Born: 1957 Melbourne, Australia 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2024     A Gathering of Friends, Gullotti, Cottesloe, WA

2023     QDOS Lorne, Lorne, VIC

2016     Alice, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, VIC

2018     Deborah Halpern at the Dunolly Courthouse, Dunolly, VIC

2017     Hug a Tree, Kiss a Dog,  Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2016     Playing with Light, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2015     Strange Creatures From A Phenomenal Planet, Anthea Polson Art, QLD

2015     Through the Forest, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2015     Duck Duck Goose, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2014     Ghost Worms and Glass Hearts, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

 2013     Creatures from the Studio, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2012     The Melbourne Art Fair, Exhibited by Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2011     New Works, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2011     New Works, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2010     Sydney Beginnings, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2009     Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2008     Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2007     Weird little things..., Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2006     Deborah Halpern: Angel, Survey Exhibition, Ian Potter Centre: NGV 

2004     Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2001     Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1999     Buschlen Mowatt Fine Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

1999     Art's Toys, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1999     Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT 

1997     Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS

1996     Small Works, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1995     Sculptures & Works on Paper, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1991     Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1989     Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1989     Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1985     Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1983     Rosies Gallery, Albert Park, VIC

1981     Blackwood Street Gallery, Meat Market Craft Centre with assistance from Craft Board of Aust Council, Melbourne

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2024   Illsley Collection: A Quarter Century of Collecting, Kelli Lundberg Art, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

2023     Paper & Clay, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2021     Summer Salon, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2013     Fine Australian Sculpture, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC 

2012     JIng'an Int'l Sculpture Project, Shanghai, China

2008     The Dream Festival, Melbourne, VIC

2008     The Gathering, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC

2005     Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee, VIC

2004     VIVID, Art Auction for The Greens, Fortyfivedownstairs Gallery, VIC

2002     Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

1998     Heartworks, Sydney Central Mission Auction, Centrepoint Tower, Sydney, NSW

1998     Copelen Chairs,'Copelen Family Services, Melbourne, VIC

1997     Then & Now, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC

1997     Pathways, Manningham Artspace, Doncaster, VIC

1997     'Bowled Over,' Savode Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

1996     Copelen Chairs, Copelen Family Services Auction, Sothebys, Melbourne, VIC

1996-97 The National Sculpture Trail, Victoria University, Footscray, VIC

1996     A Sculpture Walk in the Royal Botanic Gardens, 150th Anniversary, Melbourne, VIC

1996     Sculpture 3, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, VIC

1996     Univ. of Western Sydney Macarthur National Printmedia Acquisitive, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, NSW

1996     The Bowled and the Beautiful, Hewitt's Art Bookshop, Fremantle, WA

1996     12th Biennial Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC

1995     12th Biennial Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC

1995     Works on Paper - A Selection, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1995     Useless Objects & Real Things, Second National Crafts Conference, Melbourne, VIC

1995     Selected Recent Purchases for the QUT Art Collection,'QLD Uni of Technology, Brisbane, qld

1994     Colin and Cecily Rigg Craft Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

1994     Then & Now, Victorian Ceramics Group, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC

1992-94 Decorated Clay, Queensland Art Gallery (touring)

1992     Dame Edna Regrets She Is Unable to Attend, Heide Park & Art Gallery, AETA, Aust Council (touring) 1992 '10 1992   Square Works for Wilderness, The Wilderness Society, Linden Gallery,

1992     Melbourne Southgate Art Exhibition, Westpac Gallery 3, Victorian Centre, VIC

1992     Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC

1991     The Total Look - Locating Furniture, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart, TAS

1990-91 Halpern and Murphy Ceramics Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery (touring)

1990     Affiliations, Monash University Gallery, VIC

1990     Tea for Two, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC

1990     Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, VIC

1990     Alice 125, Carrol Foundation, Melbourne, VIC

1989     Decade, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC

1988     50 Fine Artists, Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Showgrounds, VIC

1988     Melbourne Common Ground, Fifth National Ceramic Conference, Irving

1988     Sculpture Gallery, Sydney Jewish Festival of the Arts, NSW

1988     Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1988     Australian Crafts 1988, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC

1988     The New Generation 1983 - 1988, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT

1988     The Fringe Furniture Show, Spoleto Fringe Festival, Melbourne, VIC

1987     Australian Crafts 1987, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC

1986     A First Look,' Philip Morris Arts Grant Purchases 1983-6 ANG, Canberra, ACT

1985     Just for Show, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC (touring)

1985     Teapot 3, Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1985     Australian Crafts 1985, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC

1984     Australian Crafts 1984, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC

1984     Sheer Madness, 3 Person Exhibition, Gryphon Gallery

1984     Sculptors as Craftsmen, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC

1984     Current Visions in Intimate Sculpture, Profile Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1984     Fifth Annual Craft Award Exhibition, Arts & Crafts Society of Victoria, VIC

1984     The First Great Annual Ceramic Show, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC

1984     Christmas Collections, Craft Council's Centre Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1984     The Post Atomic Card Show, Universal Workshop; Sculpture '85, Melbourne, VIC

1984     Second Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, VIC 

1984     Eight Young Australians, Craftlink, Melbourne, VIC

1984     Festival of Jewish Artists, Temple Beth Israel, Melbourne, VIC

1983     Victorian Ceramic Group, Annual Member's Exhibition, VIC

1982     Australian Crafts 1982, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC

1982     Victorian Ceramics Group Exhibition, Potters Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1982     Indulgences, Craft Council's Centre Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1982     Mad Hatters' Tea Party, The Australian Craftworks, Sydney, NSW

1982     Teapot 1,The Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1982     The Christmas Show, Craft Council's Centre Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1981     Victorian Ceramic Group, Annual Member's Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC 

1980     Whittles with the Lot, Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant, Melbourne, VIC

1979     Flaming Stars, Performance, Melbourne, VIC

1979     Missing Persons, Performance, Flying Trapeze Cabaret Cafe, Melbourne, VIC 

1978     Two Person exhibition with Sylvia Halpern, Potters' Cottage, Warrandyte, VIC

1978     Santettes, Boxettes, Performance, Melbourne, VIC

1978     Fishers Ghost Prize, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, NSW

 

 

COLLECTIONS

 


Aichi Arts Centre, Aichi Prefecture, Japan 

Art Gallery of Western Australia

Artbank

Australian National University, Canberra Ballarat Fine Art Gallery

Box Hill College of T.A.F.E. Collection City of Frankston

City of Manningham

City of Melbourne

City of Yarra

Council of Adult Education Collection

Diners Club International

Geelong Art Gallery

Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

Melbourne University Collection

Metricon Homes

National Australia Bank

National Gallery of Victoria

Osaka Sculpture Park, Japan

Queensland Art Gallery

Queensland University of Technology

Shepparton Art Gallery

Shire of Nillumbik

Southgate Collection, Melbourne

University of New South Wales

University of Southern Queensland

Victorian Ceramic Group Collection

Victorian State Craft Collection

Visy Packaging


 

Numerous Private and Corporate Commissions in Australia & Internationally Numerous Private and Corporate Collections in Australia & USA

 

COMMISSIONS

 

2013                 'Mermaid with legs', 'Fish', Private commission, NSW

2012                 'Water Creature', 'Big Cat', MC2, City of Manningham, Doncaster, Victoria

2012                 'Wayfarer', Council Offices, Shire of Nillumbik, Greensborough, Victoria

2012                 'Mali,' City of Melbourne, Birrarung Marr

2010                 'The Parrot Factory', set and costume design, Victoria Opera

2008                 'Dream Festival', inflatable sculpture event, Birrarung Marr, Melbourne,

2008                 Victoria 'Portant to another Time and Place', Lempriere Award, Werribee Mansion, Victoria 2007

2008                 'Beatiful Angel', Urquart Park Primary School, Ballarat, Victoria

2006                 'Alice', Fintona Girl's School, Balwyn, Victoria

2002                 'Spirit of the Community', Beauty Park, City of Frankston Numerous Private Commissions

2001                 'The Spirit of Enquiry', Australian National University, Canberra '

2001                 The Spirit of Nilumbik', Eltham Town Square, Shire of Nilumik

1997                 'Face Maze', Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne

1995                 'Family', Highpoint Project, ceramic tiled sculpture/fountains 

1992                 'Ophelia', Southgate Project, Melbourne

1992                 Designs for Australian Ballet international tour, promotional material 

1991                 'Mermaid', mural fountain, private commission, Melbourne

1991                 Designs for merchandise, The Gallery Shop, NGV

1990                 'Double Figure', Melbourne City Council for the International Garden and

1990                 Greenery Exposition, Osaka

1989                 Margaret Murphy Memorial Mural, Shepparton, Victoria 

1987- 89            'Angel', Bicentennial Sculpture, National Gallery of Victoria

1987                 Fitzroy Nursery, iron entrance gates, Brunswick St. Fitzroy, Victoria 

1986                 'Farmer', Art Gallery of Swan Hill

 

Numerous Private and Public Commissions in Australia & Internationally.

 

AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

 

2005                 The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Highly Commended 1

1996                 Atom Award for 'Angel' (see Electronic Media section)

1996                 'Ophelia', the sculpture at Southgate - is chosen to become the new face of Melbourne 

1994                 Golden Threads Award, Australian Wool Board, Sydney

1993                 Sidney Myer, Australia Day Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Museum

1990                 Japan Association for International Garden & Greenery Exposition, Osaka

1990                 Expo, Gold Prize for 'Double Figure'

1989                 Special Projects Grant, Visual Arts/Craft Board, Australia Council

1988                 The Myer Foundation, The Art Foundation, NGV; The Readymix Group 

1987                 Assistant's Grant, Craft Board, Australia Council

1985                 Crafts Board, Australia Council Grant to work and research in France 

1984                 Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria's Fifth Annual Award, Joint Winner

1984                 Artist in Residence, Narre Warren North Primary, Artists in Schools Program 

1982                 Artist in Residence, Croydon Community School, Artists in Schools Program 

1981                 Professional Development Grant, Crafts Board, Australia Council

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Peter Fish                        "Silver, Sculptures, and Bestsellers", Financial Review, Oct 10, 2019

Linda Morris                     "Eye Candy for Sale as Sculptors Try to Break Even", Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 26, 2018

Meghan Lehmann              "Quiet Billionaire's Next Move", The Australian, Oct 13, 2017

Anna Chisholm                  "Deborah Halpern's Mosaic Sculpture on Show in Warrandyte", Herald Sun, May 21, 2015

The Age                          "Sculpture Finds New Street Cred", 7 Jan, 2006

James Cockington              "Sculpture Shapes a Revival", The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age, March 20, 2013

ABC News                        "Gallery: Sculptures by the Sea", 11 Nov, 2011

Deborah Stone                  "Deborah Halpern: The Work of Arts", The Age, May 18, 1997

Diana Bagnall                   "Deborah Halpern: Playing with Firing", Vogue, Sep, 1988