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    Irene Barberis

    1993                       H.E.C.S. Scholarship, Master of Fine Art, V.C.A. Melbourne University

                                    Drina; A Modern Dance Piece, collaboration with Alida Chase, Studio 1. Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

                                    Rubies and Carbuncles, a modern dance piece, collaboration with Alida Chase, Greenmill Choreographic project, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne

    1992                      H.E.C.S. Scholarship, Master of Fine Art, V.C.A. Melbourne University, Melbourne

    1991                      Australia Council, Visual Arts / Craft Board, Artists Development Grant

                                   Artist in Residence, (Lithographic), Muka Studios, Auckland, New Zealand

                                   Prismatic Still Life (painting), Prism Paints, Melbourne

                                   Eight Banners, collaboration with Elizabeth Gower, Melbourne Cricket Club, Great Southern Stand Arts Commissions, architect, Daryl Jackson, Melbourne

    1990                     Maggie and Mathew, portrait commission, Edmond and Corrigan

                                  Artist in Residence, Mount Scopus College, Melbourne.

                                  Artist in Residence, Victoria College, Ceramic Department, Melbourne

                                  Beltshazzar, costume drawing for Peter Corrigan, Theatre Works, Melbourne

    1989                    Children's Workshops, (invitation) Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne

                                  Dr. Henry Kranz, portrait commission

                                  Visual Production, Richmond A.O.G. Theatre Production, Melbourne

                                  Playbox Panel Painting, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne

    1988                    Artist in Residence, (Kyneton), - not taken, Victoria

                                 8' X 28', Factory work, commission for John Sands Collection, Melbourne

    1987                    Visual production, Cultural Exchange, Pun Yu Province and Guangzou, China

    1986                   Andrew Barton, Portrait commission, Victoria

    1985                   Artist in Residence, Melbourne Boys Grammar, Melbourne

                                Sybil Craig, Selected Drawing Prize, Mornington Peninsular Art Centre, Vic

    1984                  Two Billboards, Victoria's 150th Anniversary, Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Melbourne

    1982                  Portraits, commissions for subjects of Paris and Britain

                               Blue Print, blueprint for the British Embassy Church mural, Paris, France

                              Accepted for Master of Fine Arts, Chicago Institute of Art, Chicago, USA

                              Scholastic scholarship, value $6,000 USA(not taken up), Chicago Institute of Art. USA

    1981                Sculpture Studio, six month residency, Cite' Internationale des Arte, Montmartre, Paris, France

    1980               Dyson Grant, Art Gallery of NSW Sydney, NSW

    1979               Glenfiddich Painting Acquisition, Sydney Opera House, NSW

                             Australia Council, Visual Arts Board Project Grant

                             Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

    1979               Power Studio, Residency, Cite' Internationale des Artes, Paris, France, Sydney, University,

                            Australia Council, Visual Arts Board Residency, Vence, France

    1978              N.S. Eckersley Scholarship, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

    1977              Fractured and Cluttered – 12ftX 18 ft: Art in the Streets Project, Six Artists, Selected for installation

                           City Square, Ministry for the Arts, Melbourne

    1976              Glimpses, Visual Design, collaboration with Claire Robertson, Graeme Murphy, Australian Ballet Company, Melbourne

                           Glimpses, Visual Design, collaboration with Claire Robertson, Sydney Dance Company, NSW

    2009

    International Funding Research; Metasenta Projects, RMIT University, Metasenta Pty. Ltd®
    International Funding Research; Metasenta Projects, RMIT University
    Shortlisted for International Public Art Project, City Centre’, Three in One – the Rock Project, Bury City Centre Manchester, United Kingdom
    Won; Honourable Mention for Intersections – Reading the Space, Museums Australia, Jewish Museum
    Frankston City Council, Public Art Project, “ Circular Light Project, ground installation”, 1.8 mts diameter.
    Frankston City Council, Frankston Bayside, Public Art Project, 2 Glass Sculpture works, 2.8mts x 1.5 mts "Ellipse"
    Finalist, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize. Bendigo Art Gallery Australia , Concentric Cross Form, 2005,acrylic on canvas, 3mts x 2.4 mts, 12 modules.
    Frankston Commission, Eight Works – A Kinaesthetic Experience”, major sculptural work, Pivot
    Arts Victoria, New Work Development Grant
    Nets Victoria, Exhibition Development Fund Grant, Saying it with Flowers
    Airfare and Travel Grant, Victoria University
    Australian Postgraduate Award, H.E.C.S Scholarship
    Victoria University Postgraduate Research Scholarship
    Victoria University Postgraduate Research Fellowship Australian Postgraduate Award, H.E.C.S Scholarship
    Lighting Project, Geelong Arts Precinct, with Brecknock Consulting
    Selection- finalist, Docklands Lighting Project, ARM architects (5 shortlist)
    Five Soft Sculptures, Art in Public Spaces, Melbourne City Council
    Australian Postgraduate Award, H.E.C.S. Scholarship
    Invitee, The 1997 John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria
    Australian Postgraduate Award, H.E.C.S. Scholarship
    Victoria University Postgraduate Research Scholarship
    Visual Production, Bart mitzvah, Mount Scopus, College, Melbourne
    Daniel Joles, portrait commission, Melbourne
    Boxes, (design) Tokyo, Japan, Melbourne.
    Architect / Artist collaboration, Maggie Edmond (Edmond and Corrigan) - presentation only - The Women's Building, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
    Prepared Table, Lowther Hall, Anglican Girls Grammar School, Melbourne
    Master of Fine Art: The Spiritual and the Mundane, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University
    Esther; Concept and visual production collaboration with Alida Chase, (former member of the Australian Ballet Company, Netherlands Dance Theatre, Frankfurt Ballet Company)
    Artist in Residence, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW
    Noel Counihan, Portrait purchase, Albury Regional Gallery, NSW

    2005

    1997

    2004

    2003

    2002

    1999

    1998

    RMIT University, Design Research Institute Grant: Tapestry of Light: History into Futures

    1996

    1994

    1995

    2006

    Won, International Public Art Award, Bury City Centre, “ Three in One – the Rock Project” Manchester, UK (not taken up)

    2008

    2007

    Awards and Commisions

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