Rhonda Goodall-Kirk
CV

"Rhonda is a self-taught figurative artist, who has been painting in oils for fourteen years. She has been actively exhibiting since 1996 and to date has had nine solo shows and eighteen group shows. With a bold and dramatic style Rhonda's work is both expressive and emotional."

Bruce James Australian Art Collector magazine

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Artist Statement

My Love affair is with Oils and canvas, the way the oil paints move across the canvas and the smell that fills the room. The passion I have for painting is insatiable it oozes from my flesh.

I am a thematic painter, the telling of the story through pictures is very important. I paint humanity at it’s most vulnerable, attempting to capture, on each canvas, one pure moment of emotion before all is clouded by numerous added emotions to confuse us.

The models I use for my paintings are usually not professional; I search for them at libraries, universities, busy streets, and even on trams and trains. My own offspring are my main models and my main source of inspiration.

To date I have had eleven solo shows and twenty-three group shows, and have painted over eight hundred large works.

SOLO SHOW
2010 "Retrospective Show" Kipl Melbourne
2008 "The Greatest Show On Earth" Pollock Gallery Melbourne
2007 "Péripatéticienne" Pollock Gallery
2005 "Love and Honor" Jackman Gallery Melbourne
2003 "Saturday Night"Jackman Gallery Melbourne
2003 "Our Interim" Span Gallery Melbourne
2000 "Flesh of War Theatre" Roar Studios Fitzroy
1999 "Love, a cigarette and the horse and carriage" Goya Galleries Fitzroy
1999 "Censorship" Roar Studios Fitzroy
1998 "Insensibility" 69 Smith Street Fitzroy
1997 "Life Space in Carrion State-The City" Roar Studios Fitzroy
1996 "Oil on Canvas" Roar Studios Fitzroy

GROUP SHOWS
2010 Finalist Mandorla Art Prize WA
2010 Artist Alley San Francisco USA
2009 Pollock Gallery Melbourne
2008 "Christmas Show" Pollock Gallery Melbourne
2007 "Hidden Faces of the of the Archibald" Crown Towers
2005 "Hidden Faces of the of the Archibald" Crown Towers
2005 Mosman Art Prize Finalist
2004 "Salon des Refuses" Crown Towers
2004 “Pet Project” 69 Smith Street
2004 "Works on Paper" Jackman Gallery Melbourne
2003 "Blue Show" Jackman Gallery Melbourne
2003 "The Inaugural Vic Salon des Refuses" The Barn Gallery Monsalvat
2003 Goya Galleries Melbourne
2001 Goya Galleries Melbourne
2000 "Christmas Show" Goya Galleries Melbourne
2000 "Linden Postcard Show" Linden Gallery St. Kilda
1999 "Christmas Summer Collection" Goya Galleries Melbourne
1999 "Penultimate" 69 Smith Street Fitzroy
1999 "Roar for Sale" Roar Studios Fitzroy
1999 Mosman Art Prize Finalist
1999-2000 Permanent Exhibit at Chicioâs Cafe St. Kilda
1999 Goya Galleries Fitzroy
1999 "Linden Postcard Show" Linden Gallery St. Kilda
1998 "Primary" 69 Smith Street Fitzroy
1998-1999 "Christmas Show" Goya Galleries Fitzroy
1998 "Batteries for the Torch Bearer" Gallery High Northcote
1997 "Bond" Roar Studios Fitzroy