ALLISON ROSE
b1957, Australia
Lives and works in Melbourne Australia
I have made images for more than 30 years, but photographic art is a new vernacular; an exciting opportunity to leave a different mark. The works on this site document my photographic odyssey.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 - Olive Cotton Award Finalist Exhibition, Tweed Regional gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
2019 - Martin Kantor Photographic Portraiture Prize Finalist Exhibition, Ballarat international Foto Biennale
2018 - “Staying Power”, MARS Gallery, Windsor
2018 - "Reverie" Group Exhibition for Emerging Women Artists. International Women’s Day, Queen Victoria Women’s Centre
2017 - “Fresh 17” Graduate Exhibition, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford
2017 - "DE-PICT" Media House Gallery, Docklands
2017 - "Collective Focus" Queen Victoria Exhibition Centre
2016-2017 "The Power of the Image 11", Media House Gallery, Docklands
2015-2016 - Photography Studies College Melbourne Summer Exhibition
2015 - Up Close & Personal Exhibition for Emerging Women Artists. International Women’s Day, Queen Victoria Women’s Centre
2014 -Photography Studies College Melbourne Summer Exhibition
2013 - Photography Studies College Melbourne Summer Exhibition
2013 - Photography Studies College Melbourne Mid Year Exhibition
AWARDS
2019 Finalist Martin Kantor Photographic Portraiture Award - “Social Justice Advocate”
2019 Finalist Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture - “Community elder
2018 Finalist Fine Art Section of the International Colour Awards-'‘Noddy’s Gone”
2018 Kayell Prize for Excellence in the Art Major
2018 International Colour Awards - Winner Fine Art Section - "Blankie #3"
2016 Black & White Spider Awards Nominee - "Secessionist Tree"
2016 Gold AIPP Australian Professional Photographers Awards - "The Readymade"
2016 Finalist AIPP Victorian Professional Photography Student of the Year Award
2016 Highest scoring print in the AIPP Victorian Professional Photography Awards - "The Readymade"
2016 Finalist Fine Art Section of the International Colour Awards - "The Readymade"
2016 Victorian AIPP Professional Photography Awards - Gold with Distinction, Highest scoring print - A grid of 6 images from "The Readymade"
2015 One Eyeland Photography Awards Bronze - Fine art category -"Suburban Secrets"
2015 One Eyeland Photography Awards Bronze - Special Category - "The Readymade"
2014 Australian Commercial Media Photographers Student Photographer of the Year – Category: Fashion & Beauty – Runner up ("Balthasar")
2014 Australian Commercial Media Photographers Student Photographer of the Year – Category: Still Life – Runner up (“Thinking About the Master & Disciple- Joel Peter Witkin Restaged”)
EDUCATION
2011- 2017 Advanced Diploma of Photography, Photography Studies College Melbourne
1988 Fellow of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Radiologists
1988 Master of Medicine, University Of Melbourne
1979 MBBS University Of Melbourne
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS
2018 Niccola Anthony, “Embrace of the Unknown”, Profile Picture, Southbank Local News, July 2018: Issue76
2016 Robert Keeley, “ The Learning Curve”, Australian Photography, August 2016, p37