May Barrie b. 1918 Denmark WA
2017CV
Bibliography / Media / Catalogues
2010 Andrew Frost, ‘May Barrie & Tori de Mestre’, Metro, Sydney
Morning Herald, 3 December
‘May Barrie & Tori de Mestre’, Sculpture by the Sea e-Bulletin, 2 December
‘May Barrie & Tori de Mestre’, Arts, the Wentworth Courier, 1 December
Katherine Harrington, ‘Studio Visit - May Barrie's in Albion
Park’, The Sculptors Society Bulletin, July – August
‘May Barrie and Tori de Mestre’, Artfiles, 19 November
2009 Michael Hill, ‘Time and Tide, May Barrie’, Sculpture by the Sea website, 24 November
Adam Fulton, ‘Caught Between A Rock And First Place’, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October
‘91yo takes top prize in Sculpture by the Sea’, ABC Arts News, abc.net.au, 29 October
2002 Ken Scarlett, ‘The concept emerges from the stone’, Art & Australia, vol.39 no.3
1996 Harvey Shields, ‘Ambience of Stone’, Craft Arts International, no. 37, p.37
John McDonald, ‘Carving out a niche’, Sydney Morning Herald, Arts Review, Jul 20
Christine France, May Barrie retrospective 1945-95, catalogue
1993 Ken Scarlett, ‘Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Gardens’, Gordon and Breach Arts International, Sydney, p71
1984 McCulloch, Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, vol. 1, Hutchinson Australia
1980 Ken Scarlett, Australian Sculptors, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne,
1970 Ivor Francis, Newsclipping in Barrie’s scrapbook
Dora Chapman, Newsclipping Barrie’s scrapbook, Adelaide
1967 Donald Brook, ‘Rabbits out of old hats’, The Canberra Times,18 April
1961 Lenton Parr, The Arts in Australia: Sculpture, Longman, Melbourne
Education
1973- Regular travel and study – Afghanistan, Europe Turkey,
France, Greece, India, Italy, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Oman,
Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, UK, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
1948 Travel to Holland and South Africa.
1941 Diploma in Sculpture, Associate of Sydney Technical College,
National Art School, Sydney
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Drawings, Callemondah, Albion Park NSW
1996 Retrospective, Wollongong City Gallery, NSW
1976 Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1971 Regular exhibitions in private studio, gallery and gardens of ‘Callemondah’, NSW
1976 Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1970 Habitat Gallery, Adelaide
1968 Nundah Gallery, Canberra
1967 Crana Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Sculpture May Barrie & Small Holding Tori de Mestre, Stella Downer Fine Art
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
2009 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney (Winner, Balnaves Foundation acquis prize)
2008-09 Wollongong City Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, NSW
2004 May Barrie and Tori de Mestre, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
1971-03 Annual exhibitions with Society of Sculptors, Sydney
2000 The Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney
1968 Alcorso Sekers Prize, AGNSW, Sydney
1966 Transfield Sculpture Prize, Sydney
1963 Hunters Hill Art Show, NSW (First Prize)
1961-63 Mildura Sculpture Prize, NSW
1958 Hunters Hill Art Show, NSW
NSW Society of Sculptors, Sculpture in the Home
1956 Hunters Hill Art Prize (First Prize for Pyramus and Thisbe Sculptors Society)
1949 Canberra Art Society
1947 McFayden Hall, University of Pretoria, with Luca Cramer, South Africa
Commissions
1987 Font, St Peters Church, Cremorne, Sydney
1974 Viva Solaris, Wollongong Institute of Education, NSW
Buddha-Rupa, Australian Buddhist Vihara, Katoomba, NSW
1973 Portrait of Professor R. C Mills, Australian National University, Canberra
1972 Sculpture for fountain, Fort Street Girls High School, Sydney
1969 Beverley Hills Girls High School, Sydney
1968 Andromeda, Lidcombe Scientific Laboratories (Uni of Wollongong), NSW
1964 Winged Bull of St Luke, St Lukes Church, Liverpool, Sydney
1962 Memorial, Jewish section, Northern Suburbs Cemetery, Sydney
Peace, Berkeley High School, Berkeley, NSW
1960 Fairfield Baby Health Centre, Sydney (Gough Whitlam Library, Cabramatta)
1948 Portrait of Sir Robert Garran, Australian National University, Canberra
Numerous private commissions
Prizes, Awards, Scholarships, Residencies
2009 Award for Abstraction, Society of Sculptors
Winner, Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Prize (Acquisitive), Sculpture by the Sea
1957 Hunters Hill Art Prize (First Prize for Pyramus and Thisbe Sculptors Society)
Collections - MGD & GBH
Granite Fragment 2011 polished granite purchased at artist’s house / studio exhibition 25 March 2012 unsigned
Collections – Public
Australian National University, Canberra
National Capital Development Commission, Canberra
University of Wollongong, NSW
Collections Private
Numerous private collections
Archive
2012 Callemondah Sculptors -List of Works - March 2012 and receipt for No 16 from May Barrie works in studio and house, in archive.
Bibliography / Media / Catalogues
2010 Andrew Frost, ‘May Barrie & Tori de Mestre’, Metro, Sydney
Morning Herald, 3 December
‘May Barrie & Tori de Mestre’, Sculpture by the Sea e-Bulletin, 2 December
‘May Barrie & Tori de Mestre’, Arts, the Wentworth Courier, 1 December
Katherine Harrington, ‘Studio Visit - May Barrie's in Albion
Park’, The Sculptors Society Bulletin, July – August
‘May Barrie and Tori de Mestre’, Artfiles, 19 November
2009 Michael Hill, ‘Time and Tide, May Barrie’, Sculpture by the Sea website, 24 November
Adam Fulton, ‘Caught Between A Rock And First Place’, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October
‘91yo takes top prize in Sculpture by the Sea’, ABC Arts News, abc.net.au, 29 October
2002 Ken Scarlett, ‘The concept emerges from the stone’, Art & Australia, vol.39 no.3
1996 Harvey Shields, ‘Ambience of Stone’, Craft Arts International, no. 37, p.37
John McDonald, ‘Carving out a niche’, Sydney Morning Herald, Arts Review, Jul 20
Christine France, May Barrie retrospective 1945-95, catalogue
1993 Ken Scarlett, ‘Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Gardens’, Gordon and Breach Arts International, Sydney, p71
1984 McCulloch, Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, vol. 1, Hutchinson Australia
1980 Ken Scarlett, Australian Sculptors, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne,
1970 Ivor Francis, Newsclipping in Barrie’s scrapbook
Dora Chapman, Newsclipping Barrie’s scrapbook, Adelaide
1967 Donald Brook, ‘Rabbits out of old hats’, The Canberra Times,18 April
1961 Lenton Parr, The Arts in Australia: Sculpture, Longman, Melbourne
Education
1973- Regular travel and study – Afghanistan, Europe Turkey,
France, Greece, India, Italy, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Oman,
Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, UK, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
1948 Travel to Holland and South Africa.
1941 Diploma in Sculpture, Associate of Sydney Technical College,
National Art School, Sydney
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Drawings, Callemondah, Albion Park NSW
1996 Retrospective, Wollongong City Gallery, NSW
1976 Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1971 Regular exhibitions in private studio, gallery and gardens of ‘Callemondah’, NSW
1976 Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1970 Habitat Gallery, Adelaide
1968 Nundah Gallery, Canberra
1967 Crana Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Sculpture May Barrie & Small Holding Tori de Mestre, Stella Downer Fine Art
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
2009 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney (Winner, Balnaves Foundation acquis prize)
2008-09 Wollongong City Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, NSW
2004 May Barrie and Tori de Mestre, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
1971-03 Annual exhibitions with Society of Sculptors, Sydney
2000 The Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney
1968 Alcorso Sekers Prize, AGNSW, Sydney
1966 Transfield Sculpture Prize, Sydney
1963 Hunters Hill Art Show, NSW (First Prize)
1961-63 Mildura Sculpture Prize, NSW
1958 Hunters Hill Art Show, NSW
NSW Society of Sculptors, Sculpture in the Home
1956 Hunters Hill Art Prize (First Prize for Pyramus and Thisbe Sculptors Society)
1949 Canberra Art Society
1947 McFayden Hall, University of Pretoria, with Luca Cramer, South Africa
Commissions
1987 Font, St Peters Church, Cremorne, Sydney
1974 Viva Solaris, Wollongong Institute of Education, NSW
Buddha-Rupa, Australian Buddhist Vihara, Katoomba, NSW
1973 Portrait of Professor R. C Mills, Australian National University, Canberra
1972 Sculpture for fountain, Fort Street Girls High School, Sydney
1969 Beverley Hills Girls High School, Sydney
1968 Andromeda, Lidcombe Scientific Laboratories (Uni of Wollongong), NSW
1964 Winged Bull of St Luke, St Lukes Church, Liverpool, Sydney
1962 Memorial, Jewish section, Northern Suburbs Cemetery, Sydney
Peace, Berkeley High School, Berkeley, NSW
1960 Fairfield Baby Health Centre, Sydney (Gough Whitlam Library, Cabramatta)
1948 Portrait of Sir Robert Garran, Australian National University, Canberra
Numerous private commissions
Prizes, Awards, Scholarships, Residencies
2009 Award for Abstraction, Society of Sculptors
Winner, Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Prize (Acquisitive), Sculpture by the Sea
1957 Hunters Hill Art Prize (First Prize for Pyramus and Thisbe Sculptors Society)
Collections - MGD & GBH
Granite Fragment 2011 polished granite purchased at artist’s house / studio exhibition 25 March 2012 unsigned
Collections – Public
Australian National University, Canberra
National Capital Development Commission, Canberra
University of Wollongong, NSW
Collections Private
Numerous private collections
Archive
2012 Callemondah Sculptors -List of Works - March 2012 and receipt for No 16 from May Barrie works in studio and house, in archive.