Anne Zahalka (b. 1957), photographer, studied at East Sydney Technical College and Sydney College of the Arts. She began exhibiting in the early 1980s in Australia and Germany; her solo exhibitions include the touring shows Woven Threads (1997-1998) and Leisureland (1999-2001). In 1990 Leo Christie organised a portfolio of prints by Australian women artists as a fundraiser for the Cancer Council, following the success of a similar initiative he took in 1988. Anne Zahalka photographed each of the artists whose work was included in the portfolio, and the photographs were included in the portfolio as her contribution to it. Zahalka recorded a cross-section of women artists - emerging, senior, indigenous, photographers, painters, printmakers - all of whom played a significant role in the Australian art world of the 1980s. Her photograph of painter Mandy Martin is included in this exhibition.
Gift of Leo Christie 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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