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.