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Simon Obarzanek
Exhibitions
> Melbourne Art Fair 31 July - 3 August 2008
> 8 August - 1 September 2007
> 4 - 20 October 2006
Simon Obarzanek was born in Israel in 1968 and currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. Graduating from a Bachelor of Photography in 1989 from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, his first solo show Simon Obarzanek 96-02 was later in 2002 at Max Bernstein Gallery, Melbourne.
Since then he has had a string of solo shows including Portraits, Max Bernstein Gallery, Melbourne (2005); 80/137 Faces (2006), Centre for Contemporary Photography (2006); 80 faces, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2006); and 10pm-1am, Karen Woodbury Gallery Melbourne (2007).
Simon has also exhibited in numerous group shows including, William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2007, Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria (2007); DLAP: City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead, Victoria (2007); National Photography Prize, Albury Regional Gallery, NSW (2007); City of Hobart Art Prize 07, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (2007); Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photographic Prize 2007, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland (2007); Innovators, Linden - Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne (2007); Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast (2006); Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2006); City of Perth Photo Media Award, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth (2006); The Inaugural William and Winfred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria (2006); Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2005, National Portrait Gallery, London (2005); The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize 2005, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2005); Commonwealth Place Contemporary Australian Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (2003); A Room with a View, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York (1999).
Simon’s work is held in major public galleries including the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and the Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast.
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