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* 1975, October 1-September 6: ''Wimmin: six wimmin photographers'', National Gallery of Victoria, for International Women's Year<ref name=":0" />
* 1975, October 1-September 6: ''Wimmin: six wimmin photographers'', National Gallery of Victoria, for International Women's Year<ref name=":0" />
* 1975: ''Woman 1975'', touring exhibition of the Women's Christian Association of Australia, Victoria, for International Women's Year<ref name=":0" />
* 1975: ''Woman 1975'', touring exhibition of the Women's Christian Association of Australia, Victoria, for International Women's Year<ref name=":0" />
* 1974, July: Prahran College Photography students Matthew Nickson, Euan McGillivray and Jacqueline Mitelman. [[Brummels Gallery|Brummels Gallery of Photography]], 95 Toorak Road, South Yarra)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gilchrist |first=Maureen |date=26 July 1974 |title=Art |pages=6 |work=The Age}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==

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Jacqueline Mitelman
Born
Jacqueline MacGreggor

1948 (age 75–76)
Scotland
Known forPhotography

Jacqueline Mitelman is an Australian portrait photographer.

Early life and education

Jacqueline Mitelman was born Jacqueline MacGreggor in Scotland in 1948, and has since lived in Melbourne and in France for a few years. She was briefly married to Polish emigrant the painter/printmaker Allan Mitelman.[1] She studied for a Diploma of Art and Design at Prahran College of Advanced Education 1973-76, where her lecturers were Athol Shmith, Paul Cox, and John Cato.

Career

After graduation, Mitelman practiced as a freelance photographer specialising in portraiture for magazines and newspapers,[2] album and book covers, and for theatre and music posters.[3] During her career she has sought out Australia's significant writers, artists and personalities for her subjects, thus creating a valuable pantheon of the country's culture.[4] One hundred and twenty appear in her 1988 book Faces of Australia, previously exhibited at The Art Gallery, Prahran.[5] Tom Fantl prefaced his review of the book with the statement that;

"The essence of portraiture, be it in photographs, paintings or sculpture, is to convey the unique qualities of the sitter. The surface physical features are descriptive but not all telling. It is the personality and psyche which the creative artist must explore, capture and relate. It is the inherent character which the viewer is urged to see, thereby seemingly establishing an understanding, almost a relationship, with the individual portrayed."[6]

He concludes that;

Mitelman's approach is classical and explorative. Classically her sitters look directly into the camera lens, and hence at us, (eg Harry Siedler), thereby drawing us into their space and time. By carefully positioning her subjects, yet making them appear spontaneous we feel watched even as we do the watching.

The National Portrait Gallery holds twenty of her photographs[7] including those of Dorothy Hewett, Helen Garner, Judith Wright, Jack Hibberd,[8] Peter Carey, Michael Leunig, Christina Stead,[9] Brett Whiteley, Germaine Greer, Ruby Hunter, Murray Bail,[10] Alan Marshall, Kylie Tennant, Susan Ryan, Ita Buttrose and Max Dupain.[11] Her depiction of Miss Alesandra[12] won the Gallery’s National Photographic Portrait prize,[13][14] for which she received $25,000 provided by Visa International.[4] Mitelman says of her approach[15] that;

“taking photographs is a bit like a temporary infatuation, for me, because, I'm not interested in taking awkward pictures of somebody, so it's a bit like...that process when you fall in love with somebody.”[7]

Of Mitelman’s portraits of dogs, critic Anna Clabburn wrote;

“These subjects are approached with reverence and deliberation and, like a human portrait, strive towards an inner essence by mapping the creature’s eyes and body language. There’s much to be learnt from Mitelman’s comic yet serious transposition of dogs into human guise. The anthropomorphic quality of her subjects is both inviting and vaguely disturbing…”[16]

Exhibitions

  • 2019/20, 21 September-20 January: A Dog’s Life, curators Maudie Palmer AO and Eugene Howard, Hamilton Gallery[17]
  • 2016: Finalist, Bowness Prize, Monash Gallery of Art
  • 2014: Finalist, Pinnacles Gallery Portrait Prize
  • 2013, May: On Cockatoo Island, Mars Gallery
  • 2012: Smith Street Portrait Project, Gertrude Street Projection Festival[18]
  • 2011/12, October–February: Tarra Warra Museum of Art[19][20][21]
  • 2010: Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery
  • 2008: Finalist, Olive Cotton Award, Tweed River Art Gallery
  • 2007: Finalist, Olive Cotton Award, Tweed River Art Gallery
  • 2008, April: Some Dogs, MARS Gallery Port Melbourne
  • 2005, April: Mostly Strange, MARS Gallery Port Melbourne
  • 2002, January 3-February 10: Investigations, Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park
  • 2002, October 8–25: Photomontage, J-Space Centre for Contemporary Art, Chisholm Institute
  • 1998/9, November–31 January: Dog Portraiture, Monash Gallery of Art[22]
  • 1995, March 8-June 8: Beyond the Picket Fence: Australian women's art in the National Library collections, National Library of Australia, Canberra, opened by Andrea Stretton, 7 March 1995[23][24]
  • 1989, from 19 December: Literary Images, Jacqueline Mitelman, Virginia Wallace-Crabbe and Juno Gemes. Special collections section, library of the Australian Defence Force Academy, launched by Robin Wallace-Crabbe[25]
  • 1989, July 20–August 27: Jacqueline Mitelman, Jeff Busby, Greg Elms, Peter Leiss, Resurgence, The Photographers' Gallery
  • 1988, to 26 November: Faces Of Australia, works by Jacqueline Mitelman The Art Gallery, 142 Greville St, Prahran[26]
  • 1984, to 1 July Still Movements: A photographic exhibition of images of dance. Mark Ashkanasy, Andrew Baker, Jeff Busby, Paul Cox, Branco Gaila, Stephen Hall, Werner Hammerstingl, Liz King, William Lasica, Jacqueline Mitelman, Russell Naughton, Bernie O'Regan, Athol Smith, Tome Sikora and Walter Stringer. Heide Gallery, Bulleen[27]
  • 1975, October 1-September 6: Wimmin: six wimmin photographers, National Gallery of Victoria, for International Women's Year[24]
  • 1975: Woman 1975, touring exhibition of the Women's Christian Association of Australia, Victoria, for International Women's Year[24]
  • 1974, July: Prahran College Photography students Matthew Nickson, Euan McGillivray and Jacqueline Mitelman. Brummels Gallery of Photography, 95 Toorak Road, South Yarra)[28]

Awards

  • 2011: National Photographic Portrait Prize National Portrait Gallery
  • 2004: Josephine Ulrick National Photography Prize

Collections

  • National Portrait Gallery[29]
  • National Library of Australia[30]
  • Australia Defence Force Academy Library[31]
  • National Gallery of Victoria[32]
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales[33]
  • State Library of Victoria[34]
  • Museum of Modern Art at Heide[35]
  • Monash Gallery of Art[36]
  • Tweed River Art Gallery[37]

Publications

  • Mitelman, Jacqueline; Horne, Donald (1988), Faces of Australia, Lothian, ISBN 978-0-85091-343-9[6]
  • Mitelman, Jacqueline; Gaston, Vivien; TarraWarra Museum of Art (2011), Jacqueline Mitelman : facetime, TarraWarra Museum of Art, retrieved 26 January 2020
  • Horn, Michael; Hanover Welfare Services; Stegley Foundation (1995), Women alone ... : stepping forward : a report on homelessness experienced by lone women (1995 ed.), Hanover Welfare Services, ISBN 978-0-9588815-2-4

References

  1. ^ Cross, Elizabeth; Maloon, Terence; National Gallery of Victoria (2004), Allan Mitelman : works on paper 1967-2004, National Gallery of Victoria, ISBN 978-0-7241-0250-1
  2. ^ Helen Disney, Gail Bateman, Elizabeth Seddon (1996) 'Healthy Families and Relationships', in Australian Institute of Family Studies, (issuing body.) (1987), Family matters : newsletter of the Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australian Institute of Family Studies, ISSN 1030-2646
  3. ^ "Portraits hit sweet spot.(Green Guide)", The Age (Melbourne, Australia), Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited: 29, 12 February 2009, ISSN 0312-6307
  4. ^ a b Crean, Simon (24 February 2011), National Photographic Portrait Prize 2011
  5. ^ Mitelman, Jacqueline (1988). Faces of Australia. Melbourne: Lothian. ISBN 0-85091-343-8. OCLC 27577980.
  6. ^ a b Fantl, Tom (2 March 1990). "Books Australian faces". Australian Jewish News. p. 24. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Jacqueline Mitelman: 'Buddha-nature'". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  8. ^ Hibberd, J. (1995). A conversation with Jack Hibberd.[Interview by Lochner, Juliane.]. Antipodes, 9(2), 131.
  9. ^ Hill, B. (2017). Dark star. Meanjin, 76(4), 134.
  10. ^ Costello, M. (2017). Abu Ben Bail: a creative writer reads Murray Bail’s archived correspondence. Mosaic: an interdisciplinary critical journal, 50(3), 91-105.
  11. ^ "With heads held high.(Features)", The Australian (National, Australia), News Limited: B14, 9 June 1999
  12. ^ "Fierce, elegant gaze wins over portrait prize judges - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Tip from left field.(Green Guide)", The Age (Melbourne, Australia), Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited: 21, 14 July 2011, ISSN 0312-6307
  14. ^ O'Riordan, M. Wonders in portrait land:[National Photographic Portrait Prize.]. Photofile, (87), 38.
  15. ^ Waters, A., & Mitelman, J. (2019). Available natural light. Australian Rationalist, The, 113, 25.
  16. ^ Anna Clabburn, The Age, January 20, 1999
  17. ^ Gallery, Hamilton. "A Dog's Life". www.hamiltongallery.org. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Smith St portraits". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  19. ^ Mitelman, Jacqueline; Gaston, Vivien; TarraWarra Museum of Art (2011), Jacqueline Mitelman : facetime, TarraWarra Museum of Art, retrieved 26 January 2020
  20. ^ "SPACE.(News)", The Age (Melbourne, Australia), Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited: 15, 22 February 2012, ISSN 0312-6307
  21. ^ "Art directory.(Directory)", Art and Australia, 49 (1), Art and Australia Pty. Ltd: 179(12), 22 March 2011, ISSN 0004-301X
  22. ^ "Top Dogs". The Age. 8 January 1999. p. 40.
  23. ^ Carr, Sylvia; National Library of Australia (1995), Beyond the picket fence : Australian women's art in the National Library's collection, National Library of Australia, ISBN 978-0-642-10637-7
  24. ^ a b c "Jacqueline Mitelman". Design and Art Australia Online. Retrieved 26 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ "Guide to antiquarian books now available". Canberra Times. 17 December 1989. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  26. ^ "Photography". The Age. 18 November 1988. p. 50.
  27. ^ Advertisement (16 June 1984). "Heidi Gallery". The Age. p. 169.
  28. ^ Gilchrist, Maureen (26 July 1974). "Art". The Age. p. 6.
  29. ^ "Jacqueline Mitelman, b. 1952". National Portrait Gallery people. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  30. ^ "Trove search results for 'Jacqueline Mitelman' - Pictures, photos, objects". Trove. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  31. ^ "Jacqueline Mitelman photograph collection". Academy Library, UNSW Canberra Special Collection MSS 249. Retrieved 26 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  32. ^ "Jacqueline MITELMAN | Artists | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  33. ^ "Portrait of artist James Gleeson by Jacqueline Mitelman in the Collection, Art Gallery NSW". Art Gallery NSW. Retrieved 26 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ^ "Jacqueline Mitelman portraits in the collection of the State Library of Victoria". State Library of Victoria.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  35. ^ "Portraits by Jacqueline Mitelman in the Heide collection". Heide Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 26 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  36. ^ "Jacqueline Mitelman in the MGA collection". Monash Gallery of Art. Retrieved 26 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  37. ^ "Collections". Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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