Aida Tomescu

Aida Tomescu is an Australian contemporary artist,^[1][2] who is known for her abstract paintings, drawings and prints. Tomescu is the winner of Dobell Prize for Drawing, the Wynne Prize for Landscape and the Sir John Sulman Prize by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Born 1955 Bucharest / Arrives Australia 1980.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Awards

Aida Tomescu is the winner of the inaugural LFSA Arts 21 Fellowship in 1996 at the Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne. She is also the winner of the Sir John Sulman Prize 1996, the Wynne Prize 2001, the Dobell Prize for Drawing 2003, by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, among others.^[12]

Exhibitions

Tomescu's work was the subject of survey exhibition at the Drill Hall Gallery in Canberra in 2009.^[13][14][15] This is one of over thirty solo exhibitions for the artist.^[16] Tomescu’s graphic works were included in the major survey of prints and drawings Out of Australia at the British Museum, London in 2011.^[17]

Her works have been a part of many important exhibitions including: The Triumph of Modernism at TarraWarra Museum of Art curated by Edmund Capon.^[18]

Collections

Aida Tomescu is represented in major art museums, regional galleries, and university and corporate collections within Australia and internationally including; The National Gallery of Australia, The National Gallery of Victoria, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, and the British Museum, London.

References

External links

Official website