Anne Ferran

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Research

Anne Ferran came to prominence in Australian photography in the 1980s. Her early work, influenced by theories of femininity and representation has been widely exhibited, collected and reproduced. In 1995 she began working on aspects ofAustralia's colonial past, probing it for gaps and silences especially around the lives of women and children. This work has taken the form of photography, video, textiles and artist books. It has led to her to undertake projects with museums, archives and sites in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. In 2006 she was invited to speak on her work at the Tate Modern in the Global Photography Now series. She has been Artist in Residence at the National Museum of Australia and is a recipient of the NSW Women and Arts Fellowship.

Ferran exhibits widely and her work is regularly invited into curated exhibitions. She is represented in most major public collections in Australia and in the George Eastman House collection, Rochester, New York. Ferran's practice includes critical writing; she has written for journals that include Photofile, Eyeline, Art Monthly Australia and the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art.

Anne Ferran is represented by Stills Gallery in Sydney and Sutton Gallery in Melbourne.

Exhibitions

Acting the Part: Photography as Theatre, Vancouver Art Gallery and National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2006-2007

Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2006

Backwater, Stills Gallery, Sydney, 2005

1-38, Stills Gallery, Sydney, 2003

Insula, SCA Gallery, University of Sydney, 2003

First Impressions: Contemporary Australian Photograms, National Gallery of Victoria at Federation Square, Melbourne, 2003

Spill, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2002

Photographica Australis, Sala De Exposiciones Del Canal De Isabel, Madrid, 2002

Lost to Worlds, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne and Stills Gallery, Sydney, 2001

Contemporary Photo-Art from Australia, Neuer Berlin Kunstverein, Berlin, 2000

Uncommon World: Aspects of Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery of Australia touring exhibition, 2000

Longer than Life, Stills Gallery, Sydney, 1999

What is this thing called Photography? Photography 1975-1985, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999

Secure the Shadow, in collaboration with Anne Brennan, Greenway Gallery, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, 1995

Awards

2005 Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Fund, London Studio Residency
2003 Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award
2002 National Museum of Australia, Inaugural Artist in Residence,
1999 NSW Ministry for the Arts, Women and Arts Fellowship

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