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John Bokor
Andrew Christofides
Elisabeth Cummings
Jayne Dyer
Robert Eadie
John Edwards
John Elliott
Rachel Ellis
Gail English
Paul Ferman
David Floyd (Estate)
Salvatore Gerardi
Jon Gintzler
Frank Hinder (Estate)
Robert Hirschmann
James Jones
Jan king
Martin King
Idris Murphy
Peter O'Doherty
Amanda Penrose Hart
Jenny Sages
Wendy Sharpe
Kensuke Todo
Shona Wilson
John Turier
Central Queensland Waterscape #1

Central Queensland Waterscape #2
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Road Trip #2

Road Trip #3

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John Elliott

Born1951, Blackall, Queensland, Australia
  
1997-2002Weekly Column, Australasian Post Magazine (Australia's longest continually published magazine)
1996Founding editor: Country Music Australia
1994Founding editor: Roundup Magazine
1991Founding editor: The Australian Country Music Magazine
1983-85Board member, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
1980-presentRegular photojournalist assignments for: Who Weekly; Aussie Post; Country Weekly (USA); Australian Guitar Magazine; RM William's: Outback Magazine
  
Solo Exhibitions
2004-07Thousand Mile Stare, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT & travelling to regional galleries throughout Australia
1989John Elliott's Portrait Exhibition, Imagery Gallery, Brisbane
1987In America, Imagery Gallery
1986-87The Last Show, [book launch & exhibition] Brisbane City Hall; Ipswich City Art Gallery; Toowoomba City Art Gallery, Qld
1984Fact or Fable?, Nunkeri Gallery, Brisbane
Faces & Places, Images Gallery, Sydney
1983Monumental Works, City Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Qld
1982Postcard Collection, Imagery Gallery
1981Of Little Consequence, (joint exhibition with Doug Spowart), Imagery Gallery
  
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006King Street Gallery at Doggett St Studios, Brisbane
last show of the year, King Street Gallery on Burton
2005Masters of Fare, [Chefs Winemakers Providores] Old Parliament House, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2003Mackay Artspace, Qld
2002Barry Humphries Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery
2000Opening Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery
1990Balance 1990- Views, Visions, Influences, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
1989World Photo Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
Shots from Aus, Japan
1988Araluen Tourist Images Award, Imagery Gallery, Brisbane; Araluen Gallery, ACT; Kodak Gallery, Sydney
1987A Wedding Photography Exhibition, Imagery Gallery
1985From Out of the West, (curated by John Elliott), Imagery Gallery
Deja Vu, Imagery Gallery

The Last Picture Show, Imagery Gallery
1984The Queensland Show, Imagery Gallery, Qld; Images Gallery, Sydney
The Manipulated Image, Imagery Gallery
Dynasty, Dallas & Bitumen River, Bitumen River Gallery, Canberra
1983Ten More Darling Downs Photographers, Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Toowoomba
Trustees Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery
1982Still Life is Alive and Doing Well, Spring Hill Gallery, Brisbane
Instantly, Imagery Gallery, Brisbane; Polaroid Gallery, Sydney; touring Queensland regional centre for the arts
  
Publications
2005History of Australian Country Music [1990-2005], Published: Rural Press
2002On the Road with Slim Dusty, Published: ABC Books
2001Slim Dusty(photographs by John Elliott; text by Peter Bowers), Published: Australia Post
1994Sons & Daughters of the Barcoo
1992Cattle Creek Memories
1990Hambledon Memories
1989Mackay - A Bicentennial Portrait, Published: Boolarong Press
1988Mount Isa Portrait, Published: Boolarong Press
1985The Last Show (photographs by John Elliott; text by David Tickell)
  
Commissions
2001Slim Dusty Living Legend, Stamp Series for Australia Post Collections
Wrote and produced radio documentary on Slim Dusty, Australia Post (broadcast Australia wide)
1999Documentary: Slim Dusty in the Solomon Islands, Ross Mining Corporation
1998Documentary: Winton, Winton Shire Council, Qld
1996Documentary: Life Along The Brisbane River, Channel 7, Brisbane, Qld
1987-88Site, commission to document construction of Parliament House, Canberra
  
Awards and Prizes
2005Churchill Fellowship Reciepient, Photography and Country Music Reaserch in USA
2003Recipient [contemporary category]: The Charlie Lamb Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, Belmont University, Nashville. First time this award has gone to a nonAmerican.
1994Named 'Media Person of the Year', Australian Professional Rodeo Association
  
Grants/Public Funding
1992Queensland Government Regional Arts Development Fund (Sons & Daughters of the Barcoo)
1988Mt Isa City Council (Mt Isa Portrait)
  
Collections
Queensland Art Gallery
Blackall Shire Council, Qld
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Mackay Art Space, Qld
Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
John Oxley Library, Brisbane, Qld
  
Selected Bibliography
2005John Elliott: Thousand Mile Stare, Highlife Magazine, Autumn, pg.p60-63
Smith, Mike: 1000 mile stare, Country Music Capital News, January pg.60-61
Portraits keep bush stories alive, The Toowoomba Mail, pg.2
Elliott, John: The Last Show, Highlife Magazine, Autumn pg.37
Maynard, Neale: Silver summer a snap, The Courier Mail, 8 January pg.6
2004Elliott, John: 1000 mile stare, Outback Magazine, December pg.72-75
1000 mile stare, Qantas, December
1000 mile stare, Spectrum - The Sydney Morning Herald, December pg.11-12,17
Passmore, Daryl: Visions of the Bush, The Sunday Mail, 28 November pg.62
Gearing, Amanda: Outback faces, The Courier Mail, 23 November pg.20
Hot Seat- Canberra, The Weekend Australian, November pg.20-21
Martin, Lauren: Windows to the soul of the outback, Metropolitan - The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 November pg.17
Cassidy, Frank: The message? It's staring you in the face, 19 November

Miller, Merryl: Exhibition a snapshot of Australian bush life, 13 November pg.6
Cassidy, Frank: The message? It's staring you in the face, The Canberra Times, 19 November
Hot Seat, The Weekend Australian, 20-21 November
Gearing, Amanda: Outback faces, Today - The Courier-Mail, 23 November pg.20
1990Hogan, Janet (editor): Balance 1990-Views, Visions, Influences, Queensland Art Gallery pg.31,39
1984Tickelll, David: Photographers show in Sydney, The Courier Mail, 20 September
1982Clark, Peter: Instantly, Australian Photography, April pg.59
1981Out of a Photographic Rut, Brisbane Scene, September pg.5
Sutton, Gerri: The John Elliott Postcard Collection, The Sunday Sun, 27 September
 

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