Davida Allen
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Davida Frances Allen is an Australia
Australia
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n painter
Painting
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, film maker
Film director
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 and writer
Writer
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Career

Allen studied under Betty Churcher
Betty Churcher
Betty Ann Churcher, AO is best known as director of the National Gallery of Australia from 1990 to 1997. She was also a painter in her own right earlier in her life. She won a travelling scholarship to Europe and attended the London Royal College of Art...

 at the Stuartholme School
Stuartholme School
Stuartholme School is a Catholic, day and boarding school for girls, located in Toowong, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Established in 1920 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart, the school currently caters for approximately 750 students from Years 8 to 12, including 150...

, Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 (1965–69) and later under Roy Churcher (Betty Churcher's husband) at Brisbane Central Technical College
Brisbane Central Technical College
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. She won the Archibald Prize
Archibald Prize
The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919...

 in 1986 for her portrait of her father-in-law Dr John Shera (My father-in-law watering his garden). Allen has written and illustrated two books, and has created a 50 minute film, Feeling Sexy (1999), on the struggles of an artist attempting to reconcile the conflicting demands of bohemia
Bohemianism
Bohemianism is the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people, with few permanent ties, involving musical, artistic or literary pursuits...

 and suburbia
Suburbia bashing
Suburbia bashing refers to a negative discourse about suburbia that is relatively prominent in Australia, particularly in the mainstream media. Sprawling cities define the urban Australian landscape. The iconic "quarter -acre" block is often cited as fundamental to the Australian Dream. It has both...

. At the 1999 Film Critics Circle of Australia
Film Critics Circle of Australia
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 Awards, she was nominated for the award for "Best Direction" for that film and she won the "Best Original Screenplay" award. The film was also invited to the Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
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She frequently confronts the themes of family and sexuality; regarding the latter she has said: "if we are truly feminist in the fullest sense of the word, we shouldn't have felt we had to lock it away or be really careful about it. We should be chauvinist in our womanhood." Allen is represented in most major public collections in Australia.

Australian exhibitions

  • Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, in 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985 and 1986.
  • Australian Galleries, Sydney, in 1993, 1996, 2001
  • Philp Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008

International exhibitions

  • D'un autre continent: l'Australie le rêve er le réel, curated by Suzanne Page/Leon Paroissien, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
    Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
    Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art dedicated to the arts of the 20th/21st centuries. It is located at 11 Avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.-Description:...

    . Shown internationally in Vienna
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    , Texas
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     and Venice
    Venice
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    .
  • An international survey of recent painting and sculpture, curated by Kynaston McShone, Museum of Modern Art
    Museum of Modern Art
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    , New York City
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  • Davida Allen, curated by Anne Kirker, National Art Gallery of New Zealand. Touring to four other New Zealand
    New Zealand
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     museums.
  • Painters and sculptors, curated by Michael Sourgnes, Queensland Art Gallery
    Queensland Art Gallery
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    , Brisbane. Travelling to Museum of Contemporary Art, Saitama
    Saitama, Saitama
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    , Japan
    Japan
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    .
  • ROSC, ann International Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
    Ireland
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