Leonie Reisberg
Leonie Reisberg is an Australian photographer.
Biography
Leonie Reisberg was born in 1955 in Melbourne,[1] and studied Photography at R.M.I.T. for 2 years then at Prahran College of Advanced Education for a further 2 years. After teaching for a year, she went to U.S. to study for her Master of Fine Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
In 1978 Reisberg returned to Melbourne to work as a graphic designer before moving to Adelaide in 1979 where she took up a lectureship in Photography at Torrens College. In 1982 the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council granted her a participation fee through their regional development program for a national touring exhibition conducted over 1981-2.[2]
Reisberg continued to exhibit nationally and internationally into the 1990s and has works in major collections in Australia and overseas.
Exhibitions
- 1976, September 7–24; Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne[3]
- 1980, March; Nuance, Adelaide Festival Adelaide Festival of Arts (11th : 1980) (1980), Nuance : Adelaide Festival, March 1980, Nuance Art Publications
- 1981, September 17-October 11; Here there and back again: Leonie Reisberg and recent works by Cartier-Bresson, The Developed Image, Adelaide[4]
- 1981-1982; touring exhibition in regional galleries from Mount Gambier in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory[5]
- 1982, 13 Oct–3 Nov; Leonie Reisberg Photo collage, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney[6]
- 1983; National Photographic Exhibition, Albury Regional Art Centre. Artists: Ann Balla, Ingrid Borberg, Kate Breakey, Kathie Crawford, Alan Cruikshank, Ed Douglas, Max Dupain, Peter Elliston, Nina Girling, Mark Kimber, Merryle Johnson, Ron McCormick, Danny McDonald, Chris Meadham, Trevor Peters, Philip Quirk, Leonie Reisberg, Miriam Stannage, Mark Strizic, Allan Vizents, Richard Woldendorp.[7]
- 1983; Australie : re-constructed vision : oeuvres contemporaines avec photographies Exhibition created by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and the Australia Council for the Festival d'Automne, Paris. Artists: Christine Godden, Fiona Hall, Douglas Holleley, Mike Parr, Leonie Reisberg, Lynn Silverman, John Williams, Micky Allen, Warren Breninger, Peter Charuk[8]
- 1981; exhibition in conjunction with the experimental theatre piece Basketweaving for amateurs at Bouverie Street, Carlton[9]
- 1997; Flatlands: photography and everyday space, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney[10]
- 2014, 1 February to 30 March; Wildcards: Bill Henson Shuffles The Deck, Monash Gallery of Art[11]
Collections
- National Gallery of Australia[12]
- National Library of Australia[13]
- Art Gallery of South Australia
- National Gallery of Victoria[14]
- Art Gallery of New South Wales[15]
- Polaroid collection, Museum of Photography WestLicht[16]
- Art Institute of Chicago[17]
- Centre for Contemporary Photography, University of Arizona[18]
References
- Printmaking, Prints and. "Leonie Reisberg". www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- Australia Council (30 June 1982), "VISUAL ARTS BOARD (30 June 1982)", Annual report, Australian Govt. Pub. Service (57 of 1982): 145, ISSN 0725-7643
- Victorian College of the Arts. Gallery (1976), Photographic invitational : the Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne, September 7–24, The Gallery, retrieved 25 January 2020
- Developed Image (Gallery) (1981), Here there and back again : Leonie Reisberg : also recent works by Cartier-Bresson : [poster]
- Australia Council. Visual Arts Board. Regional Development Program (1981), Exhibition 9. From the bottom to the top : art process- options for response, Visual Arts Board, ISBN 978-0-908024-48-3
- "Exhibitions - Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery". www.roslynoxley9.com.au. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- Albury Regional Art Centre, [Albury Regional Art Centre : Australian Gallery File]
- Newton, Gael, (author.); Musée national des arts africains et océaniens (host institution.); Australia Council (organising institution.); Art Gallery of New South Wales (organising institution.); Festival d'automne à Paris (2003) (1983), Australie : re-constructed vision : oeuvres contemporaines avec photographies, [Paris] Le MondeCS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Drama Resource Centre, [Drama Resource Centre : Australian Gallery File]
- Stephenson, D (2013), Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, Rome, 1997, Sydney
- Art, Monash Gallery of (4 March 2014), MGA Collection: Bill Henson on Leonie Reisberg and Beverley Veasey, retrieved 25 January 2020
- Reisberg, Leonie. "Friends from Australia". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/picture/result?q=%22Leonie+Reisberg%22
- "Leonie REISBERG | Artists | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- "Works by Leonie Reisberg :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- Heine, Achim, 1955-; Reuter, Rebekka; Willingmann, Ulrike; Hitchcock, Barbara; WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie (2011), From Polaroid to impossible : masterpieces of instant photography : the Westlicht collection, Hatje Cantz, ISBN 978-3-7757-3221-5CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- "Leonie Reisberg". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- "Leonie Reisberg | Center for Creative Photography". ccp.arizona.edu. Retrieved 25 January 2020.