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Danelle Bergstrom

Danelle Bergstrom (born 1957)[1] is an Australian visual artist known for landscapes and portraits of significant Australians and International figures.

Danelle Bergstrom
Born
Jane Danelle Bergstrom

1957 (age 66–67)
Sydney, Australia
Alma materAlexander Mackie College
OccupationVisual artist
Children2
Websitedanellebergstrom.com

Biography edit

Bergstrom was born in Sydney. She attended Hunters Hill High School and studied art at the Julian Ashton Art School (1973-1979) and earned a Bachelor's of Art Education at Alexander Mackie CAE. Her sister is Antarctic ecologist Dr Dana Bergstrom. Bergstrom began her career in the 1980s as a high school art teacher. She moved into tertiary education as Head of Department in a visual design college in the 1990s. She began exhibiting works in the 1980s, in major art prizes and solo shows by the 1990s.[2]

Bergstrom has two works in the collection of the Australian National Portrait Gallery,[3] one of Australian aviator Nancy Bird Walton entitled Pioneer, and another work entitled Vivisector of the Australian playwright David Williamson.

Between 2007 and 2017 Bergstrom completed 24 public portrait commissions, including portraits of all six Chief Justices of the Northern Territory Supreme Court as part of the court's centenary celebration. These are exhibited in the main hall of the Supreme Court in Darwin.[4][2] Many of her commissioned portraits are found in the collections of Australian courthouses, universities, museums and private collections internationally.[5][6]

From 2018 to 2021, Bergstrom's notable portraits included Sir Tim Smit, President Tarja Halonen of Finland, Chancellor Ulrika Wolf-Knutts. In 2023, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery presented a major career survey exhibition, entitled 'Afterglow', presenting key works from the last 25 years of the artist’s practice.[7]

Awards and prizes edit

Between 1995 and 2016, Bergstrom was a finalist nine times of the most prestigious portraiture art prize in Australia, the Archibald Prize, awarded Highly Commended in 2004 and the Packing Room Prize twice in 1995 and 2007.

Bergstrom has been a finalist at the Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize at the SH Irvin Gallery fifteen times between the years 1993 and 2015, winning the People Choice Award five times.[8]

Portraits edit

Bergstrom has painted portraits of many notable people. She often uses more than one canvas in her portraits to create a time sequence or capture different aspects of her subject. She described her tryptic of Marget Olley saying: "Using three images in one work became important in expressing time and movement in the final concept: our conversations together. The first panel is more distant, a warm, friendly greeting. The second is about dialogue and exchanging ideas. The third expresses an aspect of her cheeky personality."[9] She also creates multiple portraits by depicting reflections such as in 'Two movements - Peter Sculthorpe' and ‘JFS Transposition’[10]

Prominent portraits included;

2021 edit

  • Finland, Åbo University, Chancellor Ulrika Wolf-Knuts, Portrait Commission,
  • Finland, President Tarja Halonen. Portrait unveiled Ålands Konst Museum

2018 edit

  • England, Sir Tim Smit

2017 edit

  • ‘The Vivisector’ David Williamson - SH Erving, Sydney PG
  • Michael Rozenes AO, QC Chief Judge - County Court of VIC commission –

2016 edit

  • ‘Guy Warren’ - Archibald NSW

2015 edit

  • Centenery of Grace- Eileen Kramer’ - S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach Memorial Award – ‘

2014 edit

  • ‘Face it – John Waters’ - S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach Memorial Award
  • Reginald Blanch AM, Chief Justice’ - Sydney District Court, NSW commission

2013 edit

  • ‘You and I’, Graeme Murphy AO and Janet Vernon AM - S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach Memorial Award
  • Vice Chancellor Barney Glover AO - CDU, Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT commission
  • Chancellor The Honourable Sally Thomas AO - CDU, Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT commission

2011 edit

  • ‘Independent Spirit #2 – Ann Thomson’  People’s Choice Award - S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach Memorial Award
  • ‘Chancellor Professor Vicki Sara AO’ - University of Technology Sydney (UTS) commission
  • ‘Vice Chancellor Professor Ross Milbourne’ - University of Technology Sydney (UTS) commission
  • ‘Terry Worthington, Chief Justice’ - Adelaide District Court, SA commission
  • ‘John Doyle AC’, Chief Justice - Adelaide Supreme Court, SA commission

2010 edit

  • ‘Independent Spirit – Ann Thomson’ – Peoples Choice Award - SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach Memorial Award
  • ‘Chancellor John Von Doussa QC’ - Adelaide University, SA commission
  • ‘Chancellor Richard Ryan’ - Charles Darwin University (CDU), Northern Territory commission

2009 edit

  • ‘Sun Music #2 – Peter Sculthorpe MBE OBE AO‘ - S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach Memorial Award
  • Charles Darwin University (CDU), NT commission – ‘Chancellor, Vice Chancellor Helen Garnet’

2008 edit

  • ‘Peter Sculthorpe -Two Movements’ - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney – The Archibald Prize
  • Darwin Supreme Court, Northern Territory commission – “Centenary of the Supreme Court” – ‘William Forster Chief Justice’ ‘Kevin O’Leary Chief Justice’ ‘Austin Ache Chief Justice’ ‘Brian F Martin Chief Justice’ ‘Trevor Riley Chief Justice’

2007 edit

  • ‘Take Two – Jack Thompson’ Packing Room Prize -Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney – The Archibald Prize
  • ‘Nancy Borlase’ - . SH. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach Memorial Award
  • Westmead Children’s Hospital, NSW commission – Emeritus Professor ‘Kim Oates’ AMMD, DSc, MHP, FRACP, FRCP, FAFPHM, FRACMA, DCH Discipline, Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School

2006 edit

  • ’Back to Front – Kevin Connor’ - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney – The Archibald Prize –

2005 edit

  • Inspector Hobbs -Michael Hobbs’ Peoples Choice Award -S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach
  • ‘Self Portrait with Morley – Lewis Morley’ - S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Salon de Refusés

2004 edit

  • ‘Larger Than Life – Franco Belgiorno-Nettis ‘ Highly Commended - The Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney – The Archibald Prize
  • ‘JFS Focused’ - S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach Memorial Prize

2003 edit

  • ‘Conversation with Margaret Olley’ - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney – The Archibald Prize
  • ‘Nancy Bird Walton-Pioneer’ Highly Commended - S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach Memorial Award

2002 edit

  • ‘Contemplation – John Coburn’ - S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Portia Geach Memorial Award

2001 edit

  • ‘JFS The Portrait and the Painter’ - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney – The Archibald Prize

2000 edit

  • Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW – ‘Harmonic drums’ Group Exhibition

1999 edit

  • ‘Tom Uren , Life to Left’ - S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney -Portia Geach Memorial –

1998 edit

  • John Firth-Smith, ‘JFS Transposition’ - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney – The Archibald Prize –

1996 edit

  • ‘Live in Hope – Jacqueline Gilispy’- National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Moran Art Prize, Melbourne

1995 edit

  • ‘Jon English’ – Packing room Prize

1993 edit

  • Wendy Whitely, ‘Wendy’ - ‘Portia Geach Memorial award,’ S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Landscapes edit

Bergstrom also paints landscapes such as her 2008 Symphony series depicting diverse elements of Australia's Northern Territory [11] and her 2017 Våga series depicting Scandinavian seascapes.[12]

Personal life edit

Bergstrom is the daughter of Natalie Bergstrom, a commercial artist and sculptor. Bergstrom raised her two children, son Shannan and daughter Alexarndra in Sydney, Australia. Since 2011, Bergstrom has divided her time between Australia, Sweden and Aland, Finland, having connected with her father, Leif Bergstrom's, family in Sweden in 1997.[13]

Notes/further reading edit

  • "Artist's journey of discovery sheds new light on home"[14]
  • "Whisper - John McDonald Essay"[15]
  • Danelle Bergstrom collection Vaga 2017[16]
  • "Ore What"[permanent dead link] by Peter Adams ISBN 978-0-9757813-3-3, pp. 46–52

References edit

  1. ^ "Danelle Bergstrom". danellebergstrom.com. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020. Born 1957, Sydney, Australia
  2. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Danelle Bergstrom, National Portrait Gallery". www.portrait.gov.au.
  4. ^ "Journal" (PDF). www5.austlii.edu.au.
  5. ^ "UTS Gallery and Art Collection report 2011".
  6. ^ "Portraits chronicle contributions - Charles Darwin University". www.cdu.edu.au.
  7. ^ "Danelle Bergstrom: Afterglow". bathurstart.com.au. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Bio" (PDF). www.arthousegallery.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 2003 work: Conversation with Margaret Olley by Danelle Bergstrom".
  10. ^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 1998 work: JF-S transposition by Danelle Bergstrom".
  11. ^ "Arthouse Gallery / Exhibition / Danelle Bergstrom / Symphony".
  12. ^ Danelle Bergstrom arthousegallery.com.au Archived 11 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Danelle Bergstrom Country style arthousegallery.com.au Archived 20 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ FitzGerald, Michael (8 October 2013). "Artist's journey of discovery sheds new light on home". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  15. ^ "Essay" (PDF). www.arthousegallery.com.au.
  16. ^ Denver Mottau (5 November 2017). "Danelle Bergstrom Collection : Vaga @ Arthouse Gallery". Sydney Arts Guide. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

External links edit

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