Pam Aitken

Education
2006 - 1999 Teacher of Painting Private Practise
1996 Master Visual Arts Sydney University SCA
1994 Bachelor Visual Arts (Honours) Sydney University SCA
1989 Associate Diploma of Arts (Fine Arts) TAFE Meadowbank
1988 Art Design Colour Certificate TAFE Meadowbank

Solo Exhibitions
2006 Variations on a still point 7 SNO Showroom Sydney
2003 Gesso Paintings MOP Gallery with Helen Smith Sydney
Freight 3 (+community workshops) Ballidu; IASKA Kellerberrin; Albany, Esperance WA
2002 Freight 3(+community workshops) Margaret River, WA
2001 Freight 3 The Works Gallery Fremantle, Western Australia
1999 Texts for nothing 6 Side-On Gallery Sydney, NSW
1998 Works on Paper 4 CBD Gallery “
1997 Works on Paper 3 CBD Gallery “
1996 The Absence of Work 3 CBD Gallery “
Works on Paper 2 Pendulum “
The Absence of Work 2 CBD Gallery “
1995 The Absence of Work CBD Gallery “
100 CBD Gallery “
1994 Lux Selenium Gallery “
111,5,9 CBD Gallery “
1992 Corrugated Decon Ten Taylor Street Gallery Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 Group 19 SNO showroom Sydney
Artlanguage Cross Arts Projects Sydney, curated by Ruark Lewis
Réalitiés Nouvelles Parc Floral de la Ville de Paris Paris, France
2005 Artlanguage Shoalhaven Poetry Festival Nowra, curated by Ruark Lewis
6 Kms from CBD SNO Showroom Sydney, curated by Pam Aitken
Minimal Approach – Concrete Tendencies Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney, curated by Conny Dietzschold
Group 1 SNO showroom Sydney
2004 Sculpture by the Sea Bondi to Tamarama Sydney
Constructed Colour Artspace Sydney
Radical Moores Gallery Fremantle, WA
2003 MOP Projects MOP Gallery Sydney
2002 swap + meet Moores Gallery Fremantle, Western Australia
2001 Sculpture by the Sea Bondi to Tamarama Sydney
1998 Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship Artspace Sydney
1996 Freight Canterbury Uni. Gallery Christchurch, New Zealand
1995 Three Pendulum Sydney
1994 Critique First Draft Gallery Sydney, PICA Perth WA, IMA Brisbane Qld
Intermission Panorama Gallery Melb'rne curated by Ben Curnow
1993 CBD Benefit CBD Gallery Sydney
1991 Selected Works Sir Herman Black Gallery University of Sydney

Residencies
2005 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France Art Gallery of New South Wales
2003/2004 Milan, Italy Australia Council for the Arts
2003 Ballidu; IASKA Kellerberrin; Albany; Esperance Western Australia
2002 Margaret River; Fremantle Residential Studio MRCRC, and AFWA in WA
2001 Fremantle Residential Studio, Western Australia NSW Ministry of the Arts

Positons Held/ Awards
2006/05/04 Executive and Founding Member SNO SNO (Sydney Non-Objective) group
2003 Peoples Choice, Balmain Photography Competition Balmain Art and Craft Show
1996/95/94 Management Committee Member CBD Gallery Sydney
1996/95 Advisory Board Member Side-On Studios Gallery
1995 Golden Key National Honour Society University of Sydney
1995/94 Vice-President and Founding Co-ordinator ScAlumni (SCA Alumni Assoc)
1989 O.R. Cormack Award for Excellence Meadowbank TAFE

Reviews, Citations, Publications
2005 Winter Reuben Keehan un Obscure un.magazine, art review magazine, issue 4, p59
May 21 John McDonald The Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum p28-29
March Gail Carson NAVA Quartley, Artist Profile p13
2004 Dec Pine Solutions, Issue No 21
Nov 10 Angela Catterns Breakfast 702, 2BL 702AM Radio, Sydney
Nov 6 Ron Banks The West Australian, Good weekend, Arts p9
Nov 1 Sydney Telegraph
October 3 Sydney Sun Herald p34
September 24 Metro The Sydney Morning Herald p2
2003 September For Arts Sake Monument 57, p18 (illustration)
July 9,10,23,June 18,25 Radio West, Esperance
July 10, & 3 Kellie Dolan The Esperance Express WA p2
June 24, 19 & May 15 Albany Advertiser Albany WA p11, p4, p5
April 7 The Pipeline Kellerberrin, WA vol 16,edit 6
March 20 The Advocate, Moora, WA p7
January 8 Janine Beacham AMR Mail, Margaret River, WA p3 & p4
2002 December 11 Janine Beacham AMR Mail, Margaret River, WA….p8
2002 September 18 Sarah Palmer The West Australian p6 Arts
2001 October 5 Ron Banks The West Australian p7 Arts
September The Miner Kalgoorlie
August Helen Curtis Artists Foundation of WA Newsletter, vol10, edition3, p9
1998 July 9 Schufton/Shorter Buzz 2SER FM radio
1996 October 4 Bruce James Sydney Morning Herald p14
May Robyn Ussher Christchurch Press
1995 ed Janet Shanks Circular #4 Sydney Edition
1994 October 28 Felicity Fenner Sydney Morning Herald p16
September Messingham-Muir, K Art + Text
June 22, Loxley, Anne Sydney Morning Herald
1993 August 10, Messingham-Muir, K Honi-Soit (illustration)

Collections/ Grants
2005 Marrickville Council Arts Grant Scheme
2004 and 2003 Marketing Grant, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)+ NSW Ministry for the Arts
2003, 1994, and 1993 Pat Corrigan Artist Grant
2003 Margaret River Community Resource Centre Collection; Ballidu Contemp Art Society Collection
2005 - 1989 Private Collections, Meadowbank TAFE School of Art and Design Collection
1996 Sydney University SCA Postgraduate Research Students Conference Travel Grant Scheme.
1993/1994 Sydney University Cultural Grant, Student SCA Artist Grant