ROD HOLDAWAY
Born 1958 New Zealand
EDUCATION
1995
Certificate of Learning Difficulties, University of New South Wales
1995
Bachelor of Education, Australian Catholic University
1989
Studied Philosophy and Linear Perspective in Italian Renaissance in Bachelor of Arts program, Deakin University
1979
Studied Painting and Sculpture in Bachelor of Fine Arts program, Adelaide College of Advanced Education
1977
Art Certificate majoring in printmaking and photography Meadowbank TAFE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
People, Places and the Spaces Between, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2014
When Paths Cross, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2011
Familiar Terrain, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
1994
Equinox Studio/Gallery, Sydney
1993
Redbrick Gallery, Gosford, NSW
1989
Gallery X, Sydney
1987
Minds Eye, Kelly Street Kolectiv Gallery, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Push and Pull of the City, alongside, Ebb and Flow of Nature sculptures by Denese Oates. Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2018
Group Show, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Ways of Seeing, fundraiser for The Sax Institute at Space Gallery, Sydney
2017
Europe is always a good idea, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
A Stella(r) Renaissance, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2016
Gallery Artists, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2015
Art @23, Waratah Street, Freshwater, Sydney
2014
‘Just Paper’ Maitland Regional Gallery
Packsaddle Exhibition, New England Regional Art Museum Kogarah Art Prize, Kogarah Library and Cultural Centre, Sydney
‘Just Paper’ Maitland Regional Gallery
2013
Gallery Artists, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
Gallery Artists, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2012
Janet Dawson, Gail English, Rod Holdaway, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2010
Kedumba Drawing Award, NSW (Finalist)
2009
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (Finalist)
Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Woollahra Arts Centre, Sydney
Kings School Art Prize, Sydney (Finalist)
A Tale of Two Cities; Newcastle & Sydney by Merrick Fry & Rod Holdaway, Depot Gallery in association with Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2008
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (Finalist)
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2007
The Nature of Things, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (Finalist)
One Small Step for Mankind, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2006
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney (Finalist)
2005
Defiance Gallery 10th Miniature Sculpture Show, Sydney
1999
Mosman Art Society Annual Exhibition, Sydney
Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Sydney
1992
Inaugural Group Exhibition Equinox Studio Gallery Sydney
1991
Mosman Shire Art Exhibition, Sydney R.S.M. Mona Lisa Show
1988
Major Exhibition ‘Current work’ with Sculptor Maureen Clack Gallery X , Sydney Gallery X Christmas Show, SydneyDarling Harbour UTA painting competition, Sydney (finalist)
1987
Sydney University Staff Club Show with Kelly Street Kolectiv Kelly Street Kolectiv Gallery at the Seymour Centre and at the Performance Space, Sydney Group Show Stuttgart Gallery, West Germany
1986
The Hans Heysen Memorial Exhibition, Adelaide Dearman Gallery Festival Group Show, Adelaide
1985
West Lakes Mall Exhibition, Adelaide
1984
Faber Castell Drawing Exhibition, Sydney Mosman Shire Art Exhibition/Competition, Sydney
1983
Elizabeth Shire Exhibition, Adelaide West Lakes Mall Exhibition, Adelaide
1979
Alice Springs Art Exhibition, NT
1978
Gosford Art Group Exhibition, NSW
COLLECTIONS
Private collections in Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Ireland.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
‘Ways of Seeing’, The Sax Institute, (catalogue), Space Gallery, Sydney
2018
Ways of Seeing’, The Sax Institute, (catalogue), Space Gallery, Sydney
2017
Alan Holley, ‘Doppler’s Web’ CD Cover and booklet illustrated by Rod Holdaway
2015
Alan Holley ‘Hammerings’, CD Booklet illustrated by Rod Holdaway, Hammerings Records ‘Just Paper’, Maitland Regional Gallery (catalogue)
2014
‘Rod Holdaway’, Process: Artist Feature, Artist Profile, Issue 28, Melbourne Art Fair Special Edition. Alan Holley, ‘King Street’, Illustrated by Rod Holdaway, Kookaburra Music
2013
Michael Fitzgerald, ‘Open Gallery’, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 – 18 August
2012
Shirley Godlewski, ‘Weaving passions into professions’, Australian Catholic University Alumni e-news bulletin, 15 March
2010
‘Suspicious Minds’, Nobody in the Art World, http://nobodyintheartworld.tumblr.com/, 2 February
2009
Christopher Allen, ‘Tumult captured on paper’, The Australian, November 13
2006
Redlands Westpac Art Prize (catalogue), Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2003
Barrington Stoke Reading Intervention Scholastic, Sydney