JOSHUA YELDHAM
Sydney Australia

 

 

JOSHUA YELDHAM

BIOGRAPHY

1970
Born Sydney, Australia

1989-1993
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design. USA.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1. 2011 'Two Rivers ' - Cat Street Gallery - Hong Kong
2. 2010 ' River Song' - Art House Gallery - Sydney - Australia
3. 2010 "River Music" - Carved board and instruments" - Scott Livesey Gallery - Melbourne
4. 2009 "Child of the Moon" - Works on paper - Scott Livesey Gallery - Melbourne
5. 2008 "Hawkesbury River - Motherland", ArtHouse Gallery, Sydney
6. 2007 Hawkesbury River – Death Bird Series, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne
   2006 "Hawkesbury River", Melbourne Art Fair, Art House Gallery
   2006 "Hawkesbury River", Art House Gallery, Sydney
   2005 "Bird Nest Diaries", Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne.
   2004 "Bird Nest Diaries", Art House Gallery, Sydney.
   2003 "The Clay Brothers - A Prayer for Fertility", Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne.
   2003 A Prayer for Fertility", Sydney Art Fair, Fox Studios.
   2002 "Solitude's Bride Series", Art House Gallery, Sydney.
   2002 "Solitude's Bride Series", Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
   2001 "Eucalyptus", Art House Gallery, Sydney.
   1999 "Colo River", Art House Gallery, Melbourne.
   1999 "Solitude & Prayer", Art House Gallery, Sydney.
   1998 "Paradise is a Bird", Art House Gallery, Melbourne.
   1998 "Paradise is a Bird", Art House Gallery, Sydney.
   1997 "The Hunger Artist", Art House Gallery, Sydney.
   1996 "Viola and the Emu Catcher", Art House Gallery, Sydney.
   
   
   
   GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1. 2011 Wynne Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2. 2011 Wattle - Australian Artists - Cat Street Gallery - Hong Kong
3. 2011 30 to Collect - Brisbane Flood Releif - Art House Gallery - Sydney
4. 2010 Hong Kong Art Fair - Cat Street Gallery
5. 2010 Salon des Refuses - National Trustr S.H.Ervin Gallery
6. 2010 Salon des Refuses - Tweed River Art Gallery - NSW
7. 2010 Zoo Air Goup Show - Artist in Residence - Newcastle University & Sotheby's Australia
   
8. 2010 Salon des Refuses - S.H.Ervin Gallery - Sydney - Wynne entry
9. 2009 Wynne prize finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales
10. 2006 Sulman prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
    2006 "Flaming Youth", Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
    2005 Selected, Mosman Art Prize, New South Wales.
    2003 Biennial Sydney Art on Paper Fair, Sydney
    2003 Selected, Mosman Art Prize, New South Wales..
    2003 "Ned Kelly Framed", The National Trust of Australia, S. H. Ervin Gallery
    2000 Art House Gallery, Biennial Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne.
    1999 "An Affair to Remember", Art Sauce, Singapore.
    1997 "A Taste in Art: Next Generation of Great Australian Artists", Sotheby's Sydney.
    1997 "Zoo", Art House Gallery, Sydney.
    1997 Westpac Art Awards, Skeggs Redlands, Sydney
    1997 Tattersall's Landscape Art Awards, Brisbane, Queensland.
    1996 Australian Artists Exhibition, Cranbrook School, Sydney.
    1996 Teresa Burns Exhibition of Australian Artists, Westpac , Sydney.
    
    
    
    AWARDS & PRIZES :
    
    2011 Wynne Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales
11. 2010 Salon des Refuses - S.H.Ervin Gallery - Sydney - Wynne entry
12. 2009 Selected Wynne prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
13. 2006 Selected Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
    2005 Selected, Mosman Art Prize, New South Wales.
    2003 Selected, Mosman Art Prize, New South Wales.
    2002 Universities and Schools Club Prize, Sydney.
    2000 Commission, Australian Stock Exchange, Sydney.
    1998 Selected Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
    1995 Australian Young Achiever Awards, New South Wales State Finalist, Career
    Achievement Award (Arts Division).
    1995 The Queen's Trust Award
    1993 Alumni award for outstanding achievement, Rhode Island School of Design, USA.
    
    
    
    PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
    
    Manly Regional Gallery
14. University of Wollongong
15. Australian Stock Exchange
    BHP Biliton Collection
    Mervac Collection
    Hawkesbury River Regional Gallery (on loan)
    Autore Pearl Collection
    James Packer Collection
16. Australian Stock Exhange
17. Private Collections Australia/OS
    
    
    
    BIBLIOGRAPHY / PUBLICATIONS:
    
    Yeldham, Joshua, Solitude's Bride, Art House Gallery, Sydney, 2002.
    
    (Limited Edition Artist Monograph)
    
18. "Hawkesbury River" , Catalogue, Art House Gallery, Sydney 2006
19. 
    "Death Bird Series", Catalogue, Scott Livesey Gallery 2007
20. Motherland - Catalogue - Art House Gallery 2008
21. River Song - Catalogue - Art House Gallery 2010
    
    
    BIBLIOGRAPHY / ARTIVLES & REVIEWS:
22. 2010 Harpers Bazar - Young Creative Talent
23. 2010 Vogue Living
24. 2010 Artist Profile Magazine
25. 2009 ABC television, Artscape - Joshua Yeldham -documentary
26. 2009 Sydney Morning Herald - John McDonald - Wynne prize - 14 March
27. 2009 Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney Magazine - People to watch - issue #70
28. 2009 Sydney Morning Herald - Spectrum - Elissa Blake - The hot seat - 13 December
29. 
    2009 Sydney Morning Herald - John McDonald - Return of the natural order - 6 December
30. 
    2008 Belle Magazine profile
31. 2006 Kelsey Munro, "Hawkesbury River", in Sydney Morning Herald
    
    2004 Hynes, Victoria, "Art: Joshua Yeldham-Bird's Nest Diaries", in Sydney Morning
    Herald
    
    Low, Lenny Ann, "Bird's Nest Diaries", in The Sydney Morning Herald
    
    ('Spectrum'), 21 August, 2004.
    
    Nicholas, Emma, "Desert Diary Unfolds", in The Wentworth Courier, 2004.
    
    "Yeldham Family Looks to New Horizons", in The Sun-Herald, 9 May, 2004.
    
    2003 Hawley, Janet, "The new Kelly gang", in The Age ('Good Weekend'), 1 March,
    
    2003, p.38.
    
    Verghis, Sharon, "Fringe arts fight for crumbs beneath sponsors' table" in The
    
    Sydney Morning Herald, 8 August, 2003.
    
    Walker, Pam, "Art for everyone", in The Wentworth Courier, 23 July, 2003,
    
    p.18.
    
    2002 "Arts & Culture Around Australia: Solitude's Bride", in The Bulletin, 11 June,
    
    Brown, Penny, "Solo man", in The Weekend Australian, 23-24 November, 2002
    
    Frank, Lillian, "Ghost of a chance", in The Herald Sun, 12 October,
    
    Hill, Peter, "Exhibitions: critic's picks", in The Sydney Morning Herald ('Metro'),
    
    8-14 November, 2002, p.27.
    
    Low, Lenny Ann, "Grave intentions", in The Sydney Morning Herald
    
    ('Metropolitan'), 16-17 November, 2002.
    
    Thomas, Brett, "Future Force: The Artist- Joshua Yeldham", in The Sun-
    
    Herald, 9 June, 2002.
    
    2001 Ranken, Bill, "Out there...", in The Eastern Herald, 16 May, 2001.
    
    1998 "A Conversation With Joshua Yeldham", in Australian Style, 1998.
    
    1997 Guinness, Daphne, "On a Bus, in the fast lane", in The Sydney Morning Herald,
    
    2 September, 1997.
    
    1996 "Trust Makes Desert Bloom", in The Sunday Telegraph,
    
    "Film Maker On Track To Win", in The Daily Telegraph Mirror,
    
    Film-maker and painter", in The Wentworth Courier,
    
    1995 Hilferty, Tim, "On The Road To Stardom", in The Sydney Morning Herald,
    
    Zion, Lawrence, "Celluloid Rising", in JJJ Magazine,
    
    1994 Barber, Lynden, "Joshua Is Ready to Make the Climb", in The Sydney Morning
    
    Herald,
    
    Coppleson, Patricia, "Journey to Higher Ground", in Cafe Magazine,
    
    Dell'oso, Anna Maria, in The Sydney Morning Herald,
    
    Kay, Shelley, "Time For Changing: Short Film Awards", in Film News Australia
    
    O'Shea, Margaret, "Wise Young Guy", in Film News,
    
    Pomeranz, Margaret, " Extraordinarily Accomplished First Film", in Gold Coast
    
    News,
    
    Rogers, Jenny, "Cranbrook Old Boy to Soar to Top", in The Wentworth
    
    Courier,
    
    Zion, Lawrence, "Australian Directors: The Next Wave" in Rolling Stone
    
    (Australia),
    
    Variety, Feb 18 1994 - The Academy of Television Art & Sciences has selected
    
    it's annual College Award Winners.
    
    
    
    FILMOGRAPHY:
    
    1993 Frailejon ( Colour, 65 minutes)
    
    Producer, Director, Writer, Co-DOP, Co-Editor.
    
    Filmed on location in the Venezuelan Andes, New York & Sydney
    
    1989 Silver Threads Among The Gold"
    
    1982 "Platform"
    
    "Children of Haiti"
    
    "Sauvinance"
    
    
    
    
    
    FILM NOMINATIONS & AWARDS:
    
    1995 "Frailejón", Best Feature Film, Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, USA.
    
    "Frailejón", Original Concept in Film (Winner), Best Director & Best Screenplay
    
    St. Kilda Film Festival, Victoria.
    
    "Frailejón", Innovation in Film Award, Best Australian Short Film (Nominee),
    
    Australian Teachers of Media Awards, Sydney
    
    1994 "Frailejón", Best Australian Short Film, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.
    
    "Frailejón", Best Short Film & Innovation in Film (Nominee), Best Screenplay
    
    (Nominee, Joshua Yeldham), Australian Film Industry (AFI) Awards.
    
    1993 "Frailejón", Emmy Award, Best Student Film, Academy of Television Arts &
    
    Sciences (ATAS), USA.
    
    "Frailejón", Academy Award (Oscar), Best Dramatic Student Film
    
    (Nominee),Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, USA.
    
    Frailejón", Best Student Film (Winner), Eastman Kodak Awards, USA
    
    "Frailejón", Dendy Awards, Sydney Film Festival
    
    
    
    DISCOGRAPHY:
    
    1993 Producer of "Frailejón - Journey to higher ground", Original Motion Picture
    
    Soundtrack
    
    
    
    MEDIA & PUBLIC APPEARANCES:
    
    2008-2009 ABC Television - Artists at work series
32. 2003 The Today Show - Channel 9 - SOLITUDE'S BRIDE - Yeldham talks about his
    
    desert paintings.
    
    Artist Talk, Biennial Sydney Art on Paper Fair, Byron Kennedy Hall, Fox
    
    Studios, Sydney, 2 August, 2003.
    
    1999 Catalyst For Renewal Lecture Series, "Spirituality and the Arts", (with Dr.
    
    Colette Rayment), Paddington, 7 April, 1999.
    
    1997 "Accidental Hero", story by Caroline Jones for "Australian Story", ABC
    
    Television, 24 May, 1997.
    
    1994 "Frailejón Wins Prestigious Emmy", for the "Today Show", Channel 9,