Lesley Goldacre

Biography

Curriculum Vitae

Born 1953  Canberra ACT Australia. Currently lives in Austinmer NSW Australia

Professional

2007 - present Yoga & Meditation Teacher
2004 - present Administrative Assistant -  Northern Suburbs Therapy Centre, Bulli.
1989 – 2001 -Teacher in Photography – Wollongong West Institute of TAFE
Freelance Photography, Community Art Projects, and Curatorial & Design consultation,

1993 - Curator of Exhibition “Flowers, Herbs, Human Sweat and Animal Breath” - a survey of contemporary Australian photography, and production of extensive catalogue. The Long Gallery, University of Wollongong.

1990 – 1992- Lecturer in Photography – Department of Design Studies, Faculty of Visual & Performing Arts, University of Western Sydney, Nepean.

1985 – 1989 -Lecturer in Photography – Dept of Photomedia, College of Fine Art, University of NSW

1988 – 1989- Lecturer in Photography – Faculty of Visual Communications, University of Technology, Sydney.

1980 – 1983- Lecturer in Photomedia – Canberra Institute of the Arts, ANU

1980 – 1983 - Origination and Establishment of PhotoAccess,
Centre for Photography in Canberra.

Education

2007  -   Diploma of Yoga Teaching (3years full time) Satyananda Yoga Academy, Mangrove Mountain, NSW

1992  -  Master of Fine Arts (honours) Photomedia, College of Fine Art, UNSW,  Sydney

1979 -  Certificate in Photographic Studies (4 year), NSW Institute of TAFE, Ultimo/Canberra Institute of Technology.

Selected Exhibitions

2022 Unlocked - Red Point Galleries, Port Kembla, NSW, Australia

2018 Dark Rooms - Women Directing the Lens — 1978- 1998 Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Half an Inch Above The Ground - Red Point Galleries, Port Kembla, NSW, Australia

2016 Drawing the Line - co -curated with Vyvian Wilson, drawing exhibition, Clifton School of Arts, Wollongong NSW.

2015 Close to Home - Clifton School of Arts - Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Land, Forms, Memories - with Lara Seresin and Robyn Outram, Back to Back Galleries, Newcastle, NSW,
Australia

2014 Feel The Heat - Clifton School of Arts - Wollongong, NSW, Australia

2010 - 2020 International Women’s Day Exhibition – annually , Project Gallery Wollongong

2010 All In - 25th Anniversary Exhibition – PhotoAccess Contemporary Artspace, Canberra

2009 30th Anniversary Exhibition – Wollongong City Gallery

2008 In Between – Clifton School of Arts, with Hal Pratt

2007 Milestones –Project Gallery - The Art, Heritage and Place
Project- University of Wollongong and Community Cultural Services

2006 Collected Women - Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

1990 - 2000 Wollongong TAFE Arts and Media Staff Exhibitions anually at Project Gallery, Wollongong City Gallery and University of Wollongong.

2000 Local Knowledge Wollongong City Gallery - solo

1999 Gaynor Cardew Memorial 1952-1999 Artspace 71 Canberra

1999 Silver, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Art, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW Australia

1993 Kodak Acquisition Fund 10th Anniversary Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

1993 Rotary Collection Australian Travelling Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia – toured Sydney and Melbourne.

1993 Stills Artists Show, Stills Gallery, Paddington,
Sydney.

1992 Medium Density, National Gallery of Australia

1990-1992 Perpetual Alibi – A Familiar Mythology (solo exhibition) Womens Gallery, Melbourne, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington, Sydney (MFA Exhibition), Wollongong City Gallery and Stills Gallery, Paddington, Sydney.

1989 Australian Identikit – Critical Projections (Exchange exhibition)
Art Arena Inc Gallery, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Hamilton Artists Inc Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Collections

National Gallery of Australia Permanent Collection, Canberra
Equity Link Private Collection
Griffith Artworks Permanent Collection, Griffith University, Brisbane
Wollongong City Gallery Permanent Collection
University of Wollongong Permanent Collection
ACT Arts Council
Artworks are held in private collections overseas and in Australia.