BRIDGET DOLAN Started her art practice as a dancer in Paris where she performed at the Moulin Rouge and the Lido De Paris. After returning home from Paris Bridget studied at the College of Fine Arts (UNSW) Painting and Drawing and was then accepted into the National Instituted of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) and graduated with a Bachelor of Dramatic Arts in Production Crafts in 2004. Since graduating Bridget has worked in both film and theatre as a designer, painter and sculptor. She was a founding member of the award winning visual theatre company ‘My Darling Patricia’. As a visual artist Bridget’s experience in the performing arts informs her inquiry into the drama of line and form.
(Born 1974, Sydney)
Education
2002-04 | Bachelor of Dramatic Arts in Production Crafts NIDA
1999-02 | Bachelor of Fine Arts/ Painting and Drawing
Exhibitions
2017 | LAS Art Prize, Overall Winner | Casula Powerhouse Art Centre.
2017 | Mosman Art Prize | Finalist Exhibition | Mosman Art Gallery.
2016 | LAS Art Prize | Overall Winner | Casula Powerhouse Art Centre.
2016 | Blacktown Art Prize | Finalist Exhibition | Blacktown Art Centre.
2015 | Sulman Prize | Finalist Exhibition | The Art Gallery of NSW.
2015 | Mosman Art Prize | Finalist Exhibition | Mosman Art Gallery.
2012 | Waverly Art Prize | Finalist Exhibition | Waverley-Woollahra Art School.
2010 | Portia Geach Touring Exhibition | Tweed River Gallery.
2011 | Portia Geach | Finalist Exhibition | S.H. Ervin Gallery.
2010 | Portia Geach | Finalist Exhibition | S.H. Ervin Gallery.
2009 | Portia Geach | Finalist Exhibition | S.H. Ervin Gallery.
2005 | ‘Feral Child’ Sculpture Australia Council Group | Australia Council for the Arts.
2004 | NIDA Design Exhibition | National Institute of Dramatic Art.
2002 | Graduating Exhibition | Group Student Exhibition | COFA UNSW.
Commissions
2004 | ‘Dear Pat’- P Space & Live Bait Festival Commission.
2009 | ‘Africa’ - Malthouse Theatre Commission.
Awards
2007 | Best Production - Adelaide Fringe Festival - Politely Savage - Vitalstatistix.
2006 | Best Independent Production - Sydney Theatre Awards - Politely Savage - P Space.
2006 | Best Production - Melbourne Fringe Festival - Politely Savage - Art Centre.
2006 | Best Design - Melbourne Fringe Festival - Politely Savage - Art Centre.
Bibliography
Cameron Woodhead - ‘A wild journey into children's imaginary world’ THE AGE, Nov 16, 2009.
Cameron Woodhead - ‘Where the wild swings were’ THE AGE, Dec 14, 2009.
Alison Croggon - ‘Puppets tug the heartstrings’ THE AUSTRALIAN, Nov 20, 2009.
Clara Iaccarino - ‘Night Garden’ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, Mar 6, 2009.
John McCallum - ‘Innovators' gothic triumph’ THE AUSTRALIAN, 20th Jan 2006.
Keith Gallasch - ‘The power of invention’ REAL-TIME, June July 05 No67 2005.
Grants/ Fellowships
2007 | NSW Ministry for the Arts - research and development - Night Garden - My Darling Patricia Company.
2005 | Australia Council - Start Up Emerging Artist Grant - Politely Savage - My Darling Patricia Company.
2004 | NSW Ministry for the Arts - research and development - Politely Savage - My Darling Patricia Company.
2004 | Hot House Theatre Month in the Country Residency Programme.
Selection of Productions
2015 | Alien: Convenant - Ridley Scott - Twentieth Century Fox Films - Fox Studios, Sydney.
2014 | Falling Women - Alice Osborne/Halcyon Macleod - P.Space, Sydney.
2014 | A Christmas Carol - Anne-Louise Sarks - Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney.
2014 | Mantle - My Darling Patricia - Campbelltown Art Centre.
2014 | Gods of Egypt - Alex Proyras – Summit Entertainment Fox Studio, Sydney.
2013 | The Piper - My Darling Patricia – Carriageworks, Sydney.
2013 | Unbroken - Angelina Jolie - 3 Arts Entertainment- Fox Studios, Sydney.
2013 | Hamlet - Simone Stone - Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney.
2012 | The Splinter - Hilary Bell - Sydney Theatre Company.
2012 | I’m Your Man - Roslyn Oades - Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney.
2009 | Africa - My Darling Patricia - Malthouse theatre, Melbourne.
2009 | The Blue Bird – Benjamin Winspear - Cranbrook School, Sydney.
2008 | Night Garden - My Darling Patricia - P.Space, Sydney.
2008 | Pixel and Friends - Theatre of Image - Powerhouse, Sydney.
2006 | Politely Savage - My Darling Patricia - Art Centre Melbourne.
2006 | The Billy-Club Puppets - Federico Lorca - ioMyers Studio UNSW.
2005/06 | Politely Savage - My Darling Patricia - P.Space - Sydney.
2005 | Superman Returns - Bryan Singer - Warner Bros - Fox Studios, Sydney.