awards and commissions

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

Irene Barberis

Awards and Commisions