Elizabeth Gower

 

Education

PhD, Monash University. Melbourne.

     1995

Master of Arts, RM I T University, Melbourne.

     1974

Diploma of Education, Mercer House Teachers College, Melbourne.

     1973

Diploma of Art & Design, Prahran College of Advanced Education, Melbourne.

 

Solo Exhibitions

     2019

Compilations, Milani Gallery, Brisbane

     2018

Cuttings — Elizabeth Gower, Geelong Art Gallery

     2017

Delineations, Sutton Galery, Melbourne

     2016

Rotations, Wall Installation, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton 

he loves me, he loves me not, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

     2015

Cycles, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne

     2014

365 Rotations, AC Institute, New York, USA

Regimes of Value, PhD Exhibition, MADA Gallery, Monash University 

     2013

150 Rotations, VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne

The Cutting Table, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

     2012 

Red off-cuts, TCB Art Inc, Melbourne

Monochrome, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

     2010 

Cuttings (from New York), Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

Savings, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

     2009

Amor Infiniti AC (Institute Direct) New York

He loves me, he loves me not AC (Institute Direct) New York.

Genera series 09 Longwood University, Virginia.

     2008

Cuttings (from Paris) Sutton Project Space, Melbourne.

     2007

Artefacts Galerie 4, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris.

Urban Artefacts Rewak Gallery, University of Sharjah, UAE.

Prismatics ll Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane.

     2006

Prismatics l Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

     2005

Conversations 1955 - 2005 and Sites 1980 - 2005 VCA Gallery, Melbourne.

     2004

Urban Artefacts and Cuttings (from St.Kilda) Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

Artefacts Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane.

     2003

Beyond the everyday: the art of Elizabeth Gower 1974 - 2002 Mildura Arts Centre, Hamilton Art Gallery and Wangaratta Exhibition Gallery, Vic.

     2002

Beyond the everyday: the art of Elizabeth Gower Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne.

Line of Thought Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman 1974 - 2002 Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

     2001

Cuttings (from Barcelona) Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, & Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.

     2000

Artefacts from the 20th Century Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

     1999

Chance or Design Bellas Gallery Brisbane.

     1998

Amor Infiniti (works from London) Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

     1997

Variants Arthouse, London.

Genera series Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.

Chance or Design Geelong Art Gallery , Sale Art Gallery, Victoria.

     1996

New Work Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

Chance or Design Mildura Arts Centre, Mornington Peninsular Art Gallery, Shepparton Art Gallery , Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria

     1995

Chance or Design Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne.

     1994

A Fragile Life Contemporary Art Space, Canberra.

     1993

A Fragile Life Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.

Small Works Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.

     1991

Beyond the Everyday Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.

Works on Paper Bellas Gallery, Brisbane..

     1990

Beyond the Everyday Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne.

     1989

Found Images Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.

     1987

Found Images Lennox Street Gallery, Melbourne.

     1984

All Life Long Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

     1983

City Series Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

     1982

Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.

Paper works Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

     1981

Coventry Gallery, Sydney.

     1980

Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

     1977

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne.

     1976

Ewing & George Paton Gallery, Melbourne.

Central Street Gallery, Sydney.

     1975

Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Melbourne.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

     2019

Places 1980-2019, presented by AC Institute, New York, Platforms Projects: Independent Art Fair, Athens

     2018

One Last Time, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane

Unfinished Business: perspectives on feminism and art, ACCA, Melbourne

Dipping the Kool Aid: Tony Raka Art Gallery, Ubud, Indonesia

Elevating the Everyday, Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne

     2017

Abstraction: celebrating women abstract artists, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, touring

Self/Selfie, Ballarat International Foot Biennale, Backspace Gallery, Ballarat

I love Pat Larther, Neon Parc, Brunswick

New Acquisitions: The Heide Collection, Melbourne 

     2015

Virtual Reality, Point [B], New York

18 x 8: from point A to PointB and back again…, Point [B], New York

Howard Arkley (and friends), TarraWarra Museum of Art, TarraWarra, Victoria

     2014

Open Studio, Point [B], New York

Spring 1883, The Windsor, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne

Domestic Bliss, Deakin University Art Gallery, Geelong

     2013

Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Cut With the Kitchen Kife, organised by NETS Victoria.

     2012

Less is More, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.

     2011

Black elastic, two umbrellas, a mint leaf and wheels, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne.

     2010

Stick It! Collage in Australian Art, National Gallery of Victoria.

Cubism & Australian Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.

     2009

Live in the Limo Armory Art Fair, New York.

Material Afterlife Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Michigan.

Take Out Bevard Art Museum, Florida.

6X6X2009 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York State.

     2008

1000 Drawings Artists Space, New York.

When You Think About Art George Paton Gallery, Melbourne

Into the Closet The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne

Contemporary Australian Collage John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne

Tallis Foundation National Works on Paper Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

     2007

This Crazy Love Linden, Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.

Paper/Scissors/Rock West Space, Melbourne

     2006

Regarding Retro: Reanimations of the Preloved Bundaberg Arts Centre, Qld. Australian National University Student Gallery, ACT.

     2005

Regarding Retro: Reanimations of the Preloved Blacktown Arts Centre, NSW. Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Qld.

Imaging the Apple McClelland Gallery, Vic. University of Sydney Gallery, NSW. Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld. Geelong Art Gallery,Vic.

     2004

Imaging the Apple Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Vic.Plimsol Gallery, University of Tasmania. LaTrobe Regional Gallery,Vic. RMIT Project Space, Melb.

120 degrees of Separation, Linden, St.Kilda Contemporary Arts Centre, Melbourne.

Transit Narratives QCA Gallery, Qld. VCA Gallery, Melb. & Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart.

     2003

Mesh The Art Gallery, National Institute of Education, Nanyan University, Singapore.

Pen to Pixel Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne.

The Barcelona Studio: Fragments of a brief History Plimsol Gallery, Hobart.

Selections from the Clemenger collection Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.

     2002

Fieldwork Australian Art 1968-2002 Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.

ARCO Contemporary Art Fair Madrid.

Transit Narratives Centro per la Arti Vistve & Auronzo di Cadore, Italy.

Good Vibrations: the legacy of Op art in Australia Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.

     2001

Fallout VCA Gallery, Melbourne.

Interactions between Art & Science Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.

Paperworks Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.

     2000

The Retrieved Object Linden Art Centre and Gallery, Melbourne.

Avant Gardism for Children Monash University Gallery, Melbourne.

     1999

Clemenger Contemporary Art Award Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne.

Avant-gardism for children University Art Museum, Brisbane.

     1998

Metamorphosis Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery.

Nature Cooloola Art Gallery, Queensland..

     1997

On the Line Hales Gallery, London.

Gramercy Art Fair Gramacy Hotel, New York.

Beyond the Quilt Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, London.

Perspecta Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.

     1996

The Art of Collecting #2 Linden Arts Centre and Gallery, Melbourne.

     1995

Review- works by women from the collection Art Gallery of NSW.

Collectable Eggbeater Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart.

Eve evolution Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW.

     1994

Reference Points III: the Immediate Past Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.

Interfaces Art and Technology Griffith University, Brisbane.

     1993

The Art of Collecting #1 Linden, St.Kilda Art Centre, Melbourne; Geelong Art Gallery.

     1992

Inherited Absolute Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.

Works on Paper by Contemporary Australian Artists RMIT Gallery,.Melbourne.

     1991

Off The Wall - In the Air: A Seventies Selection Monash University Gallery,.Melbourne. Artists Make Books Linden Art Centre and Gallery,.Melbourne.

Embracing Space Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Neighbours Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide.

     1990

SPECIAL..it's been done before Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne.

     1989

The Intimate Object 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne.

     1988

Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition all Australian states.

The John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

     1987

Backlash, Australian Drawing Revival: 1976 - 1986 National Gallery of Victoria.

Domestic Contradictions Power Gallery of Contemporary Art; Arts Council Gallery, Canberra; Shepparton Art Gallery and Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide.

10 x 10 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne.

     1985

Australian Perspecta Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Gower, Jenyns, Neeson, Wulff Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart.

     1984

Isolaustalia Gallerie Lillo & Fondazione Bevilacqua, La Masa, Venice, Italy.

Australiana Galerija Studentskog, Belgrade.

On Site Tasmanian School Art Gallery, Hobart.

     1983

The John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Recent Australian Painting: A Survey, 1970-1983 Art Gallery of South Australia

     1981

Australian Perspecta Art Gallery of New South Wales.

     1980

Drawn and Quartered: Australian Contemporary Paperworks Art Gallery of South Australia.

     1979

Three Artists Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne.

John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Biennale of Sydney: European Dialogue Art Gallery of N S W, Sydney.

     1978

Selections from the Michell Endowment National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Lost & Found - Objects and Images Ewing and George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne.

Australian Artists Cunningham/Ward Gallery, New York.

Treasures of a Decade, 1968-1978 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Five Melbourne Artists Coventry Gallery, Sydney.

The Map Show Ewing and George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne.

     1977

The Women's Show Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide.

Fabric in Art Project 20, Art Gallery New South Wales.

     1976

East Coast Drawing -Towards some Definitions Institute Modern Art, Brisbane.

     1975

Women in Art Western Australian Institute of Technology, Perth.

 

Curated Exhibitions

     2000

The Retrieved Object Linden: St.Kilda Contemporary Arts Centre, Melbourne.

Excess Baggage VCA Student Gallery Melbourne.

     1996

The Art of Collecting #2 (images) Linden Art Centre and Gallery, Melbourne.

     1993

The Art of Collecting #1 (objects) Linden Art Centre and Gallery, Melbourne.

The Art of Collecting #1 Geelong Art Gallery.

     1992

Inherited Absolute (with Elizabeth Gertsakis) ACCA Melbourne.

     1986

The Source Centre for the Arts Gallery, Hobart.

     1978

Five Melbourne Artists Coventry Gallery, Sydney.

 

Awards & Prizes

     2006

Australian Postgraduate Award.

     2002

Fellowship grant, Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts Board

Arts Victoria, Professional Development grant

     1995

Project grant, Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts Board.

Purchased Mornington Drawing Prize

     1990

Project grant, Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts Board

     1982

Special Projects grant, Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts Board

     1980

Alliance Francaise Art Fellowship.

     1978

Georges Art Prize.

     1977

Travel grant, Australia Council, Visual Arts Board.

     1973

Lynch Prize for Painting, Toorak Art Gallery. Melbourne

 

Residencies

     2008 

Residency, Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts Board, New York Studio, USA.

     2007 

Residency Dr Denise Hickey studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.

     2000 

Residency, Australia Council Visual Arts/Crafts Board, Barcelona Studio, Spain.

     1983 

Residency, Australia Council Visual Arts/Crafts Board, Paretaio Studio, Italy.

 

Public Commissions

     1999

Sydney Olympics Super Dome (1000sqm foyer floor).

     1995

Panorama Apartments, Melbourne (12 foyer paintings).

     1994

City of Port Phillip, with John R. Neeson (sculpture for foyer)

     1992

Southgate, Melbourne (painting for lift foyer).

     1991

MCG Southern Stand (six banners at entrances).

     1990

World Trade Centre, Melbourne (mural above escalator)

     1988

Victorian Ministry for the Arts (painted tram).

 

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Australian National Gallery, Canberra

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth

Artbank

Ballarat Fine Arts Gallery, Victoria

Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria

City of Port Phillip, Melbourne

Monash University, Melbourne

Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, Victoria

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales

Parliament House collection, Canberra

Sale Regional Arts Centre, Victoria

Shepparton Arts Centre, Victoria

Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

Queensland University of Technology

University of Tasmania, Hobart

Wesfarmers, Melbourne

Private collections, Australia, New York, France, Italy.

 

 

Artist's Writing

     2000

The Retrieved Object exhibition catalogue, Linden Arts Centre & Gallery, Melbourne.

     1997

Building a Picture: Interviews with Australian Artists, pp100-109 McGaw-Hill

     1996

Art and Australia Vol 34 No.1"The Paper Chase: An interview with Elizabeth Gower’

     1996

The Art of collecting # 2 exhibition catalogue, Linden Arts Cemtre & Gallery , Melbourne.

     1995

Chance or Design, exhibition catalogue, Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne University

     1993

The Art of collecting # 1 exhibition catalogue, Linden Art Centre & Gallery, Melbourne.

     1990

Agenda 'Artists Wallpapers' 13/14

     1989

New Art Three, Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art Craftsman House (P80-83)

     1988

Moet and Chandon, exhibition catalogue

     1981

Lip, Feminist Arts Journal 1981 (p8-9)

     1979

European Dialogue exhibition catalogue, 3rd Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of NSW.

     1977

Meanjin "Six Women Artists" No.38 (p 308)

      

Selected Bibliography

     2009 

Licata, Christine 'Elizabeth Gower' he loves me, he loves me not, exh. Cat. AC(Institute Direct Chapel) New York, Feb 09

Neeson, John R 'Elizabeth Gower' Amor Infiniti ,exhibition catalogue, AC(Institute Direct Chapel) New York, January 09

     2008

Crawford, Ashley Art Around the Galleries The Age 30 August 2008

Modra, Penny 'Into the Closet' Reviews The Australian' 31 August 2008

Nelson, Robert 'The complete package for all to unravel' The Age 18 September 2008

Vivian, Helen, ed. When You Think About Art … The Ewing and George Paton Galleries 1971-2008,  University of Melbourne 2008

     2007

Crawford, Ashley This Crazy Love, exhibition catalogue, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne 2007

Dahl, Karee ‘Elizabeth Gower’ exhibition catalogue, Rewak Gallery, University of Sharjah, UAE 2007

     2006 

Crawford, Ashley ‘Elizabeth Gower’ Art Collector Issue 37 July-Sept 2006

Just, Kate ‘Elizabeth Gower’ eyeline: contemporary visual arts Number 59 2006

Nelson, Robert ‘Exercises in containment and complimentarity’ The Age Metro September 6 2006

     2005

Bakehouse, Megan ‘The little things that matter’ Around the Galleries The Age Review 30/7/2005

Hoffman, Ingrid Regarding Retro : reanimations of the preloved exhibition catalogue Blacktown Arts Centre 2005

Morrell, Timothy ‘Elizabeth Gower: 50 Most Collectable Artists’ Australian Art Collector Issue 31 Jan 2005

Morrow, Christine ‘Roll Call’ Inventories exhibition catalogue Margaret Lawrence Galleries at VCA 2005

     2004

Bakehouse, Megan ‘Just cut out for her art’ The Age Saturday 20/11/ 2004

Bakehouse, Megan “Elizabeth Gower’ The Age (Melbourne) magazine Nov.2004

Taylor, Alex ‘Search and Resue’ 120 degrees of Separation Linden-St.Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts 2004

Webb, Penny ‘Cut out for success’ The Age Nov 19 2004

     2003

Duncan, Jenepher ‘Monash University Collection: shaping spirits’ Monash University Collection: Four Decades of Collecting exhibition catalogue, published 2003

Gallatly. Kelly ‘Beyond the everyday: the art of Elizabeth Gower” Art Monthly No.157 March 2003

Holmes, Jonathon ‘The Barcelona Studio : Fragments of a brief History” exhibition catalogue University of Tasmania 2003

King, Natalie ‘The Retrieved Object’ Like: contmeporary Art magazine No.14 2003

Kunda, Maria ‘In Extraordinary Detail’ The Barcelona Studio exhibition catalogue, University of Tasmania 2003

Lakin, Shaune ‘Elizabeth Gower’ Art & Australia 40th Anniversary Issue. Winter Vol. 40. No. 4. 2003

Leahy, Cathy ‘Elizabeth Gower’ Pen to Pixel : On Paper exhibition catalogue, NGV: Ian Potter Centre 2003

Parr, Adrian ‘The Politics of Immersion in the work of Elizabeth Gower’Eyeline: contemporary visual arts, No 50, 2003

     2002

Bakehouse, Megan ‘US critic finds a lot to enthuse about’ The Age Review 23/10 2002.

Burke, Janine ‘All that is solid melts away” Beyond the everyday exh.cat, Glen Eira City Council Gallery 2002

Clayburn, Anna, ‘Elizabeth Gower. Artist Profile’ Art Bank Issue 6. 2002

Holmes, Jonathon, “Am I or is Australia Far Away’ Transit Narratives exhibition catalogue,Queensland College of Arts Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts & Tasmanian School of Art Gallery 2002

Nelson, Robert, ‘Making art from exquisite rubbish’ The Age 2/11/2002

O’Halloran, David. “Lost to be Found’ Beyond the everyday exhibition catalogue, Glen Eira City Council Gallery 2002

Smith, Jason, ‘No Compass: a postscript to fieldwork ‘Fieldwork: Australain Art 1968-2002’ exh.cat. NGV: Australia2002

Stanhope, Zara, ‘Seeking the Op-timal Language’ Good Vibrations exhibition catalogue, Heide MOMA 2002

Williams, Linda, ‘In the Cabinets of Science: Elizabeth Gower’s reflections on taxonomy’Beyond the everyday exhibition catalogue, Glen Eira City Council Gallery 2002

     2001

Munster, Anna, ‘Symmetry and its Dissimilarities Intersections of Art and Science exh.cat Ivan Dougherty Gallery 2001

     2000

Nelson,Robert, ‘Rebirth of the cool’ The Age 5/3/2000

Olvert, Merle, ‘The Body of Work : Elizabeth Gower’ NSW Department of Education and Training 2000

     1999

Gott, Ted, ‘Urban Inventories’ Clemenger Contemporary Art Award exhibition catalogue, Heide, MOMA 1999

Nicholson, Helen, ‘Avant-Gardism for Children’ exhibition catalogue, University of Queensland 1999

Timms, Peter, ‘Art of pseudo-science’ The Age 21/4/1999

     1997

Catalano, Gary, Building a Picture: Interviews with Australian Artists, pp100-109 McGaw-Hill 1997

McDonald, John, ‘Sowing the seeds of a new vision’ Sydney Morning Herald 23/8/1997

Michael, Linda, Australian Perspecta , exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 1997

Radnay, Charles, ‘Gower cuts graphic view of the world’ Geelong Adviser 20/2/1997

     1996

Camilleri, Rosie, ‘There’s a chance these designs will appeal’ Sunraysia Daily 5/2/1996

Catalano, Gary, ‘The Paper Chase’ An interview with Elizabeth Gower. Art and Australia Vol 34 No.1 1996

Marsh, Anne, ‘Gower’s tiny slice of life’ The Herald Sun 11/9/1996

McKenzie, Robyn, ‘Creative insights’ The Age 4/1996

Shingleton, Colin, ‘When the Artist writes’ Art Monthly May No. 89.1996

Wilson, Kevin, ‘1000 hot chocolates later’ 10 Years 1986- 1996 Linden Arts Centre and Gallery 1996

     1995

Gates, Merryn, Chance or Design exhibition catalogue, Ian Potter Gallery Melbourne University 1995

Green, Charles, Peripheral Vision: Contemporary Australian Art 1970-1995 Craftsman House 1995

McAuliffe, Chris, “Eyes on the Ball: Images of Australian Rules Football’ Art & Australia Vol 32. No.4 1995

McKenzie. Robyn, ‘Reinvention of a natural argument’ The Age 6/12/1995

Rooney, Robert, ‘Elizabeth Gower’ Melbourne Art The Australian 1/12/1995

     1994

Williamson, Clare, ‘A Voluptuous Labour’ Beyond the Everyday & Fragile Life exh.cat. Contemporary Art Space, ACT 1994

Shingleton, Colin, ‘A Fragile Life’ Agenda: Aust. Contemporary Art Magazine No34. 1994

     1993

Nelson, Robert, ‘The Art of Collecting’ Agenda, Australian Contemporary Art Magazine Issue 32 1993

Rooney, Robert, ‘Order appeals in throw-away paraphernalia’ The Australian Weekend Review 15/5/1993

     1992

Gertsakis, Elizabeth, Inherited Absolute. exhibition catalogue, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 1992

Kirby, Sandy, ‘The Subject of Art and Craft’ Sight Lines : Women’s Art and Feminist Perspectives in Australia Craftsman House/Gordon and Breach 1992

Rooney, Robert, ‘Boom goes the art of parenthood’ The Australian Weekend Review 15/8/1992

     1991

Kirker, Anne, "Elizabeth Gower’ Beyond the everyday exhibition catalogue, Queensland Art Gallery 1991

Women’s Art Register, 9 contemporary Australian Women Artists Nonagon Women’s Art register 1991 

     1990

Burke, Janine, Field of Vision : A Decade of Change: Women's Art in the 70's, Viking/Penguin Books1990

Catalano, Gary, 'Paradoxes of Imagery and Realism’ The Age 19/6/1990

Elliot, Hannah, ‘Elizabeth Gower’ Tension Contemporary Art Magazine No.23. 1990

McIntyre, Arthur, Contemporary Australian Collage and Its Origins Craftsman House 1990

Philp, Angela, ‘Forget the fictions, the vibrant art is all’ The Weekend Australian 6/1/1990

Rooney, Robert, ‘Re-cycled artworks should keep conservation department happy’ The Australian 8/12/1990

Zimmer, Jenny, ‘France beckons for Moet winner’ The Sunday Herald 2/12/1990

     1989

Millar, Ronald, 'An Exhibition of Private Arts' The Herald 15/2/1989

     1987

Catalano, Gary, 'Calm in the Face of Sublime' The Age 30/9/1987

Ewington, Julie, Domestic Contradictions exhibition catalogue, Power Gallery of Contemporary Art 1987

Millar, Ronald, ‘Elizabeth Gower’ The Herald Magazine 7/10/1987

Petelin, George, 'An Inspiring celebration with rich exuberance' The Australian 19/6/1987

Rooney, Robert, 'Cursory curating is such a doodle' The Australian 12/12/1987

Smith, Terry, ‘Domestic art: when the inside comes out’ Times on Sunday 5/7/1987

Williams, Donald, ‘Contemporary Art 1960s –80s’In Our Own Image: the Story of Australian Art McGaw-Hill 1987

Woolcock, Phillis, 'Variety- six artists in three galleries' Courier Mail 25/6/1987

     1986

Gott, Ted, Backlash: The Australian Drawing Revival exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Victoria 1986

Lynn, Elwyn, 'Chance to test penchant for drawing' The Australian 19/4/1986

McDonald, John, 'Drawings catch a glimpse of thought' Sydney Morning Herald 11/4/1986

     1985

Austen, Gayle, ‘A pleasant haunt for artists’ The Sun 24/1/1985

Blackall, Judith, Isolaustralia, exhibition catalogue, Gallerie Lillo, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Italy 1985

Holmes, Jonathon, Isolaustralia exhibition catalogue, Gallerie Lillo, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice 1985

Holmes, Jonathon, ‘Elizabeth Gower’ Perspecta exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales 1985

Lynn, Elwyn, 'Favourites, censore and other monsters' The Australian 2/11/1985

Murphy, Bernice, Australian Perspecta exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales 1985

St Leger, Deborah, 'Gower, Jenyns, Neeson, Wulff'’ Art Network 16, winter 1985

     1984

Burke, Janine, "Women's Art and Feminist Criticism’ Anything Goes: Art in Australia 1970 –1980 Art & Text 1984

Corlett, Denise, Changing Hemispheres: Two eras of Australian Art Abroad exh.cat. Melbourne University 1984

Cramer, Sue, 'Works on Paper’ The Age 6/12/1984

Holmes, Jonathon, “Elizabeth Gower : All Life Long” On Site exhibition catalogue, Tasmanian School of Art 1984

Millar, Ronald, 'Fine Art for Xmas' The Herald 6/12/1984

Rooney, Robert, 'Bridging the Gap between the artist and the academic' The Age 3/12/1984

Taylor, Paul, Anything Goes. Art in Australia 1970 –1980 Art & Text 1984

     1983

Holloway, Memory, 'Senbergs finds a rich seam of meaning' The Age 15/11/1983

Millar, Ronald, 'A Dramatic Picture'The Herald 10/11/1983

Radford, Ron, Recent Australian Painting: A Survey 1970-1983 exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of S.A. 1983

Stavrianos, Wendy, "Elizabeth Gower - Nylon Tubes in folded newsprint’ Art and Australia, No1. 1983

     1982

Bates, Elizabeth, "Elizabeth Gower’ Semper 3 4/1982

Langer, Gertrude, 'Small with Important Statement' Courier Mail 23/3/1982

Makin, Jeffery, 'New artists cause a stir’ The Sun 1982

McWhinney, Angela, 'Elizabeth Gower Discussion Evening', FASS Broadsheet University of Melbourne 13/9/1982

Millar, Ronald, 'The Best of Banyule' The Herald 12/8/1982

     1981

Borlase, Nancy, 'The Answer to the Biennale is Good' Sydney Morning Herald 30/5/1981

Borlase, Nancy, 'Women's Work Takes Wing’ Sydney Morning Herald 1/8/1981

Lynn, Elwyn, 'If you can't stand the tweet get out of the kitchen' The Australian 1/9/1981

McGrath, Sandra, 'Perspecta 81' The Australian 30/5/1981

Murphy, Bernice, Australian Perspecta exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1981

     1980

Bonython, Kim, Modern Australian Painting 1975 - 1980, Rigby Limited. 1980

Burke, Janine, "Bringing it all Back Home’ Art and Australia 18, winter 1980

Fraser, Alison, 'Wedges, fans and books from art's poor relation' The Australian 1/9/1980

.Makin, Jeffery, ‘Elizabeth’s a risen star in art’ The Sun 1980

McCulloch, Alan, 'Risen Star' The Herald 28/8/1980

Rooney, Robert, 'Sorting out Paperwork' The Age 27/8/1980

     1979

Abrahams, Christine, “Women in Art” Bulletin National Gallery Society August 1979

Borlase, Nancy, One great scoop’ The Sydney Morning Herald 14/4/1979

Catalano, Gary, "The Withheld and the Unmasked" Art and Australia 17, Dec 1979

Eagle, Mary, 'Ideologies of an Art Revolution' The Age 25/8/1979

Eagle, Mary, 'Artists in an Era of Little Belief' The Age 29/12/1979

Makin, Jeffery, ‘Nolan: a look at those first years' The Sun 1/8/1979

McCulloch, Alan, 'Visual Excitement' The Herald 2/9/1979

McGrath, Sandra, ‘A rather by the way Biennale’ The Australian Magazine 14/4/1979

Trevorrow, Mark, 'More Women should have a place’ The Sun April, 1979

     1978

Burke, Janine, Lost & Found - Objects & Images exhibition catalogue, Ewing & George Paton Galleries 1978

Eagle, Mary, 'Prize Goes to Odd Man Out' The Age 2/5/1978

Eagle, Mary, ‘Show maps out the new style’ The Age 17/5/78

Eagle, Mary, ‘Pacesetter shows some of its best’ The Age Oct.1978

Lindsay, Robert, ‘Elizabeth Gower’Treasures of a Decade: 1968 –1978 exh. cat.National Gallery of Victoria 1978

Makin, Jeffery, 'The Best 10 from the National' The Sun 23/8/1978

Makin, Jeffery, ‘Incredible work with a shutter’ The Sun 18/10/1978

McCulloch, Alan, 'Prize of Great Pioneer’ The Herald 4/5/1978

McCulloch, Alan, ‘Consumer objects lost and found’ The Herald Oct. 1978

McGrath, Sandra, 'A tough intellectual stringency' The Australian 17/6/1978

Sturgeon, Graeme, ‘Back to school’ The Australian 31/10/1978

     1977

Burke, Janine, ‘A skill that borders on magic’ Melbourne Times 7/1977

Burke, Janine, ‘Deneutralizing the mainstream: Three Women Abstract Painters’ Arts Melbourne 5, 1977

Gilchrist, Maureen, ‘Refreshing solo show’ The Age 22/6/1977

Makin, Jeffery, ‘2 paths for the young’ The Sun 6/7/1977

Millar, Ronald, 'Flawed but not a folly' The Herald 23/6/1977.

Sturgeon, Graeme, 'Weaving a Paper Spell' The Australian 2/7/1977

     1976

Borlase, Nancy, 'Vintage Leger’ Sydney Morning Herald 27/5/1976

Burke, Janine, Lifting a Thin Veil' Melbourne Times 8/8/1976

Gilchrist, Maureen, 'Women top the local art scene this week' The Age 1/9/1976

Gilchrist, Maureen, 'Facing the Issues' The Age 8/9/1976.

Gilchrist, Maureen, ‘Women painters shine’ The Age Dec.1976

Makin, Jeffery, 'But where is the opinion?' The Sun 1/9/1976.

McCulloch, Alan, 'Enigmatic Women’ The Herald 2/9/1976

Owen, Wendy, 'The Art of Paperwork' The Age 3/9/1976

Sturgeon, Graeme, 'Rich and Fragile' The Australian 11/9/1976

     1975

Makin, Jeffery, ‘‘New naturalism in hybrid offshoot’ The Sun 7/1975

McCulloch, Alan, ‘Masterpieces may stagger you’ The Herald 1975

     1973

Mayhead, Gerald, 'Out of the Drama - Art' The Herald 13/8/1973.