Joseph Rolella
Born in Sydney in 1972, Joseph Rolella completed a Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) in 1994, a Masters (Visual Arts) in 1998.
In 2011 he won the Publishers Cup Cricket Art Prize and has been selected for many major art prizes including the Mosman Art Prize, the Moran Portrait prize, Paul Guest Drawing Prize, and the Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize.
For Rolella, painting is an adventurous and intuitive endeavour. Whether it is the figure in the landscape or the waters edge - the work is very much about movement and light. By using various tools and methods to apply paint, the works compete in a jostling of texture, colour and motifs to expose a delicate equilibrium. A process of layering and redefining - where objects continue to reveal a hidden beauty.
Incandescence Oil on Canvas 182 x 182 cm $13,200
Rapture (1 of 2) Oil and Ink on Sail Cloth 90 x 90 cm (Diptych 90 x 180cm total) $8,800
Rapture (2 of 2) Oil and Ink on Sail Cloth 90 x 90 cm (Diptych 90 x 180cm total) $8,800
Tango Oil on Canvas 152 x 180 cm $11,200
Wave-Rider I Oil on Board 40 x 30 cm $1,800
Wave-Rider II Oil on Board 40 x 30 cm $1,800
Wave-Rider III Oil on Board 40 x 30 cm $1,800
Emerge Oil on Canvas 180 x 180 cm $13,200
Aurore Oil on Canvas 150 x 150 cm $9,800
Kestrel Oil on Canvas 60 x 180 cm (Diptych) $7,200
Radiance Oil on Canvas - Hand painted Frame 150 x 150 cm $9,800
Ormal Oil on Canvas 182 x 182 cm $13,200
Impulse Oil on Canvas - Hand painted Frame 180 x 180 cm $13,200
Lumiere Oil on Canvas 60 x 90 cm $3,700
Volare II Oil on Canvas 96 x 136cm $7,200
Lazy Daze I Oil on Board 35 x 45 cm $2,200
Lazy Daze II Oil on Board 35 x 45 cm $2,200
Flamenco I Oil on Board 45 x 35 cm $2,200
Flamenco II Oil on Board 45 x 35 cm $2,200
Volare I Oil on Canvas 96 x 136cm $7,200
Flamenco III Oil on Board 35 x 45 cm $2,200
JOSEPH ROLELLA
Solo Exhibitions
2020 - Fermata - Harvey Galleries Sydney
2017 - Redsea Galleries (Brisbane)
2016 - Double Take - Depot Gallery Dank St (Sydney)
2015 - Red Sea Galleries (Brisbane)
2012 - Red Sea Galleries (Brisbane)
2011 - Terrian, Aeon Arts - Depot Gallery, Danks Street Waterloo
2009 - East to West, United Galleries Perth WA
2008 - A sense of Place, United Galleris Sydeny
2006 - Nautilis, United Galleries Perth WA
2005 - Michelle Sougnes/Gallery 482 - Brisbane
2005 - Charles Hewitt Gallery (Sydney)
2004 - Scott Livesey Gallery
2004 - Charles Hewitt Gallery (Sydney)
2003 - Pollock Gallery (Melbourne)
2003 - Charles Hewitt Gallery (Sydney)
2002 - Gallery 482 (Brisbane)
2001 - Studio Exhibtion (Sydney)
2000 - Studio Exhibtion (Sydney)
1999 - Deutscher Menzies Gallery (Sydeny)
1998 - The Atrium Gallery (the ABC Centre, Sydney)
1998 - Visual Aspects (Sydney International Airport)
Group Exhibitions
2019 - Thom Gallery –Byron Bay, NSW
2018 - Young contemporaries, Project Gallery Sydney
2017 - The Packsaddle Art Exhibition - New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM)
2015 - The Kedumba Invitational Drawing Award - (Finalist) - Bathurst Regional Gallery (NSW)
2014 - Studies Redsea Galleries-Brisbane2012 - Matter & Space Ne Na Contemporary Art Space - Chiang Mai - Thailand
2011 - The Goldcoast Art Prize, Goldcoast Regional Gallery
2009 - Publishers Cup Cricket Art Prize, Sydeny
2008 - Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliment House NSW
2007 - ANL - National Maritime Prize (Melbourne)
2006 - Unwrapped - United Galleries Sydney
2006 - Scott Livesey Melbourne
2005 - Metro 5 Art Prize finalist Metro 5 Gallery (Melbourne)
2005 - Axia Modern Art (Melbourne)
2005 - 'Flavour Singapore', Australian High Commission, Singapore
2005 - Saatchi & Saatchi 'Liquid Light' Sydney
2004 - The Mosman Art Award Finalist
2003 - AGNSW Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship - Finalist
2002 - Waverly, Woollahra Art Prize - finalist
1999 - Ten Faces Australian Contemporary Art
1998 - (AKCENT Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic)
1997 - Kings School Art Exhibition
1995 - St. Lukes Hospital Charity Auction
1994 - NSW Travelling Art Scholarship (CDFA, Sydney)
1994 - Honours (ASN building, the Rocks)
Awards
2019 - Finalist, Anzac Art award-Sydney
2016 - Finalist, The Gosford art Prize
2016 - Winner The Oakhill Grammer art prize
2015 - The Muswellbrook Art Prize: Painting / Drawing
2015 - The Moran Portrait Prize semi-finalist
2015 - Kedumba Drawing Award Bathurst Regional Gallery
2014 - Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize
2013 - Semi Finalist The Moran Portrait Prize
2011 - Winner, The Cricket Art Prize
2010 - Finalist, The Stanthrope Art Prize
2010 - Finalist, The Mosman Art Prize
2008 - Finalist, Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliment House, NSW
2007 - Finalist, ANL Maritime Art Award, Melbourne
2005 - Finalist, Metro 5 Art Prize
2004 - Winner, Hills Grammar Art Prize
2003 - Finalist, The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
2002 - Hills Grammar Art Prize
1995 - Bundanon Trust Artist in residence (Sponsored)
1994 - William Fletcher Trust Scholarship
1992 - Basil and Muriel Hopper Scholarship, Art Gallery of NSW
Collections
ANZDL container shipping
Australian Art Investment Trust
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australand
Evatt Foundation, Sydney
Hills Grammar School
Lance Rigby, Sydney
Lang Walker Corporation Ltd
Regional Air Express
Maritime Container Services
Merck Sharp & Dohme, Sydney
North Sydney Council
North Sydney Private Hospital
Patt Corrigan Collection
Park Royal
Qantas Australia
Sydney Airport Corporation Ltd
Sydney Childrens Hospital
University of Western Sydney
Westmead Childrens Hospital
Westpac Collection Sydney