Geoffrey Bartlett was born in Melbourne in 1952. He studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1971-73 and undertook a post-graduate diploma in 1976. In 1983 Bartlett was awarded a Harkness fellowship and completed a two-year Master of Fine Arts (Hons) at Columbia University, New York. Bartlett has lectured in sculpture at Deakin University, RMIT, Chisholm Institute and the Victorian College of the Arts. From 1990 to 1994 he was Senior Lecturer in Sculpture at Monash University.
In 2015 McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery presented a major retrospective, titled 280205, spanning his forty years of work. A published book accompanied the exhibition.
In 2007 the National Gallery of Victoria presented a major exhibition of his sculpture from 1987 to 2007.
Bartlett has held over thirty solo exhibitions including Geoffrey Bartlett, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 2004; Geoffrey Bartlett: Sculpture 1977-94, at Waverly City Art Gallery and touring Victorian regional galleries in 1994-95; and Geoffrey Bartlett: Silver Cloud, at Deakin University, Melbourne and University of Technology, Sydney in 2001. His work has been selected for survey exhibitions including the Mildura Sculpture Triennial, the Australian Sculpture Triennial, the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, the McClelland Sculpture Survey, and the National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia.
Bartlett has undertaken public sculpture commissions for the National Gallery of Victoria, the City of Auckland, the City of Melbourne, the City of Newcastle, the Australian National University and Melbourne Docklands. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Parliament House Art Collection, Heide Museum of Modern Art and in many regional, university, corporate and private collections. Bartlett was awarded the Ian Potter Foundation Sculpture Award in 1982 and the Australia Council studio in Tuscany in 1984.
Geoffrey Bartlett lives and works in Melbourne.
Studies
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1973
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Diploma of Fine Art (Sculpture) RMIT, Melbourne
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1976
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Post-graduate Diploma (Sculpture) RMIT, Melbourne
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1985
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Master of Fine Arts (Hons) Columbia University, New York
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
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2017
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Geoffrey Bartlett: 1988 – 2017 Revised, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
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2015
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Geoffrey Bartlett: 280205, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Melbourne
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2012
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New Works, Albert St Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne
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2009
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New Works, Albert St Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne
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2007
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Geoffrey Bartlett, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
New Works, Albert St Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne
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2004
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Volume and Sensuality, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
Endangered Species, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
New Works, Bendigo St Gallery, Prahran, Melbourne
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2002
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Geoffrey Bartlett: The Shell, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
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2001
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Geoffrey Bartlett: Silver Cloud, Stonington Stables Museum of Art, Deakin University, Melbourne and University of Technology, Sydney
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1998,95
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Australian Galleries, Sydney
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1994
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Geoffrey Bartlett: Sculpture 1977-1994, Waverley City Art Gallery, Melbourne and touring to Regional Galleries in 1994-95
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1993,92
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Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
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1993,90
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Australian Galleries, Melbourne
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1987,86,81
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Pinacotheca, Melbourne
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1986,85,83
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Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
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1976
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Ewing Gallery, University of Melbourne
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Recent Selected Group Exhibitions
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2019
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Melbourne Modern – European Art and Design at RMIT since 1945, RMIT Gallery
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2018,19
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Art In The Vines, Hanging Rock Winery.
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2018
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Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi NSW
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2016
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Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi NSW
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2016
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Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University
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2014
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Geoffrey Bartlett, Rhonda Baum: Confluence, fourtyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
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2012
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Bartlett, Byrt, Dall’Ava, Godwin Bradbeer, Langford 120, Melbourne
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2010
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Geoffrey Bartlett: Lumen, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Melbourne
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2009
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Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University
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2008
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Freedom of Angels, Geelong Gallery
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2007
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McClelland Sculpture Survey, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park
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2006
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Palmer Sculpture Biennial 06, South Australia (invited artist)
Snapshot, Albert St Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne
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2005
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National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia Canberra, and touring to Macquarie Bank offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Dell Gallery, Queensland College of the Arts, Brisbane
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Awards/Grants
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2016
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Winner of the Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
Awarded The Helen Lempriere Scholarship
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2003
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Wyndham City Council Award
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1994
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Australian Postgraduate Scholarship (PhD Program)
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1985
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Masters Student Award, Columbia University, New York
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1983
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Australia Council Studio, Italy
Harkness Fellowship
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1982
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Ian Potter Foundation Sculpture Award
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1975
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Australia Council, Visual Arts Board, Project Grant
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Major Commissions
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2018
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Three Sides of the Self, Private Collection, Melbourne
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2017
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Arabesque, Elgee Park, Mornington Peninsula
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2015
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Dame Joan and Luciano, The Arts Centre, Melbourne
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2010
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Nautilus Study with 2 Legs, Private Collection, East Melbourne
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2009
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Nautilus, Study with Three Legs, Collection of Pt. Leo Estate, Mornington Peninsula
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2008
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Orion, Lucient Building, 430 St Kilda Road
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2005
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Aurora, Victoria Point, Melbourne Docklands
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2000
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Fusion, Australian National University, Canberra
Six sculptures, Citibank, Sydney
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1998
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Beacon, City of Newcastle
Dancer 2, Colonial First State, Sydney
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1997
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Obelisk, City of Melbourne, Focal Building
Landscape at Moyston, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Melbourne
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1996
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Constellation, City of Melbourne (with Bruce Armstrong)
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1988
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Mariner, Chase Corporation, Auckland, New Zealand
Six maquettes for riverside sculptures, World Expo 88, Brisbane
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1983
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Messenger, National Gallery of Victoria
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Selected Public Collections
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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Arts Centre, Melbourne
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, NSW
Parliament House, Art Collection, Canberra
Australian National University, Canberra Art Gallery of WA
University of Melbourne, Art Collection, VIC Geelong Art Gallery
Warrnambool Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Ballarat
RMIT University, Melbourne
Shepparton Art Museum
Macquarie University, Sydney
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Deakin University, Art Collection, Melbourne & Waterfront Campuses
McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, VIC
Visual Arts Board, Australia Council
+ corporate and private collections nationally and internationally
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