Diena Georgetti

Diena Georgetti (born 1966)[1] is an Australian contemporary artist born in Alice Springs, Australia and currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Her works have been displayed in galleries across Australia, including the National Gallery of Victoria,[2] the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane and the Art Gallery of South Australia.[3] She was selected for inclusion in the National Gallery of Australia's Know My Name exhibition 2021-22.[2]

In 2021, her 2020 painting Ampersand was awarded the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize.[4]

Career

Georgetti held her first individual and group exhibitions in Brisbane in 1986.[3]

In 1989, she received critical attention for her early series of blackboard paintings after they were exhibited in the Institute of Modern Art, and later at the Biennale of Sydney in 1992.[5] The blackboards featured words or phrases scrawled across the blackboards, sometimes elegantly and sometimes chaotically and awkwardly, and were exhibited together in clusters of works.[5] The words Georgetti used were German and Latinate, and often resembled English words that were suggestive in nature.[5]

In 2008, Georgetti was the focus of major survey exhibition, The Humanity of Abstract Painting.[3] The exhibition displayed a diverse range of Georgetti's works from 1988 to 2008,[3] taken from various public and private collections from throughout Australia and New Zealand.[3]

Style

Georgetti's style has been described as part idealist and part surrealist[6] and represents a diverse array of artistic styles.[3]

References
  1. Miller, Nick (1 June 2021). "The reclusive Melbourne artist who's mashing up a storm". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. "Diena Georgetti". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. Art, Monash University Museum of (9 February 2022). "Diena Georgetti: The Humanity of Abstract Painting 1988 - 2008". Monash University Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. "Georgetti's work wins Geelong contemporary art prize". Geelong Times. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. Brisbane, Institute of Modern Art. "Diena Georgetti". Institute of Modern Art. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. "StackPath". learning.qagoma.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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