Simon Obarzanek b. 1968

  • Artist (Photographer)
A photographer, Simon Obarzanek chiefly works in portraiture and his work has been exhibited extensively since 2002. His work featured in the 2003 exhibition 'Commonwealth Place Contemporary Australian Portraits' at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
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Photographer Simon Obarzanek was born in Israel in 1968 and currently lives and works in Melbourne. Graduating with a Bachelor of Photography in 1989 from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, his first solo show Simon Obarzanek 96-02 was at Max Bernstein Gallery, Melbourne in 2002.

Since then he has had a string of solo shows including Portraits , Max Bernstein Gallery, Melbourne (2005); 80/137 Faces (2006), Centre for Contemporary Photography (2006); 80 faces , Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2006); and 10pm-1am , Karen Woodbury Gallery Melbourne (2007).

Obarzanek has also exhibited in numerous group shows including, William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2007 , Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria (2007); National Photography Prize , Albury Regional Gallery, NSW (2007); Innovators , Linden – Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne (2007); Light Sensitive , National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2006); City of Perth Photo Media Award, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth (2006); Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2005 , National Portrait Gallery, London (2005); Commonwealth Place Contemporary Australian Portraits , National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (2003) and A Room with a View , Mike Weiss Gallery, New York (1999).

Simon’s work is held in major public galleries including the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, and the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

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Woodbury, Karen
Date written:
2008
Last updated:
2011

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Related stub person groups
  • Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
Related collections
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • A Room with a View (exhibited at)
  • Commonwealth Place Contemporary Australian Portraits (exhibited at)
  • The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize 2005 (exhibited at)
  • Portraits (exhibited at)
  • Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2005 (exhibited at)
  • The Inaugural William and Winfred Bowness Photography Prize (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da199f6b538b73d9300fe15')) (exhibited at)
  • 80/137 Faces (exhibited at)
  • 80 faces (exhibited at)
  • Conrad Jupiters Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • 10pm-1am (exhibited at)
  • Innovators (exhibited at)
  • Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photographic Prize 2007 (exhibited at)
  • City of Hobart Art Prize 07 (exhibited at)
  • DLAP: City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • National Photography Prize (exhibited at)