BECC ORSZÁG
lives + works MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Becc Ország is a Melbourne based artist who’s practice encompasses drawing, sculpture and sound. Ország’s work explores concepts of sacred space and religious experience intertwined with the complexities of human memory, perception and the blurring of boundaries between the real and imagined. Her compositions are filled with both unattainable beauty and contradictions, exploring the complex interplay between utopic and dystopic ideals.
EDUCATION
2010 Bachelor of Fine Art (with Distinction), RMIT University, Melbourne
2005 Diploma of Art (Graphic Art), Box Hill Institute of TAFE, Melbourne
SOLO + two person EXHIBITIONS
2023
• ‘A whisper and a hush’, Stockroom, Kyneton
2021
• ‘Intermission’, Stockroom, Kyneton
2018
• 'Fantasy of virtue / All things and nothing', Stockroom, Kyneton
• 'Mirror Drawing' Becc Ország + Matthew Allen, The Neon Heater Gallery, Ohio, USA
2017
• 'The Myth-Makers', Becc Ország + Jeremy Blincoe, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2016
• 'Sanctuary', Nicholas Projects, Melbourne
2015
• 'Linden Projects: Paper', Linden New Art, Melbourne
2014
• 'The land, the way and the wall', dianne tanzer gallery + projects, Melbourne
• 'Improbable Journey', Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
2012
• 'The Promised Land', dianne tanzer gallery + projects, Melbourne
2011
• 'Autocue', Daine Singer Gallery, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
• ‘Feeling, Drawing, Thinking’ - Mejia, Melbourne
2022
•’Muswellbrook Art Prize’ - Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
2021
•‘Thin Grey Line’ - Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
•'Real Worlds' Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2020 - Lismore Regional Gallery
2020
• 'Real Worlds' Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2020 - Art Gallery of New South Wales
• ‘Kedumba Drawing Award’ - Kedumba Gallery
• 'National Works on Paper', Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
2019
• ‘Dobell Drawing Prize #21’ - National Art School Gallery, Sydney
• ‘Analogue Art in a Digital World’ - RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2018
• '65th Blake Prize' - Casula Powerhouse, Casula
• 'Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing', Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
• ‘Imagine' - Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
• 'Mixed Tape' - Stockroom, Kyneton
• 'This Wild Song' Exhibition and Fundraiser, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2017
• 'Into the Wilderness' - Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
• 'First Site 21st Birthday' - First Site Gallery, Melbourne
• 'Incinerator Art Award - Art for Social Change', Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
• 'Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award', Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea
2016
• 'Dark Symmetries', PS Projectspace, Amsterdam, NL
• 'Drawing to an End', MARS Gallery, Melbourne
• 'Paul Guest Prize', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
• 'National Works on Paper', Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington
• 'Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing', Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2015
• 'Inaugural', Nicholas Projects, Melbourne
• 'Incinerator Art Award - Art for Social Change', Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
• 'Flux Control', Contemporary Drawing Survey, House of Bricks, Melbourne
• 'Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award', Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea
2014
• 'JADA Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award', Touring Exhibition, Australia
• 'Only Human', First Site, Melbourne
2013
• 'The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize', Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
2012
• 'NotFair' 1000£ Bend, Melbourne
• 'Swan Hill Print & Drawing Acquisitive Awards', Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill
2011
• 'Point of No Return', dianne tanzer gallery + projects, Melbourne
• 'Rick Amor Print Prize', Montsalvat, Melbourne
• 'Launch - Graduate Showcase', Brunswick Arts, Melbourne
2010
• 'Drawing Twenty Ten' Graduate Exhibition, Building 4 RMIT, Melbourne
2009
• 'Siemens-RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Awards', RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
• 'Stories Told', First Site Gallery, Melbourne
AWARDS + GRANTS
2024
• Paul Guest Drawing Prize - Finalist
• Omnia Art Prize - Finalist
2022
• Muswellbrook Art Prize - Finalist
• Omnia Art Prize - Finalist
2021
• Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award - Finalist
• Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize - Finalist
2020
• National Works on Paper - Finalist
• Kedumba Drawing Award - Finalist
2019
• Dobell Drawing Prize - Finalist
2018
• 65th Blake Prize - Finalist
• Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing - Finalist
2017
• Incinerator Art Award for Social Change - Finalist
• Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award - Finalist
2016
• Paul Guest Prize - Finalist
• M Collection Art Award - Finalist
• National Works on Paper - Finalist
• Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing - Finalist
2015
• Incinerator Art Award for Social Change - Finalist
• Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award - WINNER EMERGING ARTIST PRIZE
2014
• JADA Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award - Finalist
2013
• The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize - HIGHLY COMMENDED
• Lethbridge 10 000 Award- Finalist
• Australian Council for the Arts, ARTSTART Grant RECIPIENT
2012
• Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Print & Drawing Acquisitive Awards - Finalist
2011
• Rick Amor Print Prize - Finalist
2010
• Brunswick Street Gallery Works on Paper - Finalist
2009
• Siemens-RMIT Fine Art Travelling Scholarship- WINNER
• Siemens-RMIT Fine Art Acquisition Prize - WINNER
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Anne Ryan, ‘Real Worlds’, LOOK Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, Sep-Oct 2020.
John McDonald, ‘Dobell show delves deeply into the imaginative, interior world’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2020.
Anna Dunnill, ‘Artists present uncanny Real Worlds in the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial’, Art Guide Australia, 2020
Tony Magnusson, ‘The Dobell Drawing Biennial Review’, The Saturday Paper, 2020.
Anne Ryan, 'Utopia and the unattainable: an interview with artist Becc Ország', Together in Art, AGNSW, 2020.
Simon Gregg, ‘Imagine’, Gippsland Art Gallery, Imagine Exhibition Catalogue & Essay, 2017.
Simon Pericich, ‘All the things you see now will soon be gone and the things we can't see will last forever’, Art + Australia, Issue 2 (54,1): ‘The Plague’, 2017.
‘First Site Turns 21’, RMIT Link Arts, Exhibition Catalogue, 2017
Alex McCulloch, The Arts Show, 'Radio Interview: Becc Orszag and Jeremy Blincoe', 2017.
Ashley Crawford, 'The Myth-Makers', Gallerysmith Exhibition Essay, 2017.
Louise Lakier, 'Creatives at Home, Artist Becc Ország in her converted garage studio' Houzz.com, 2016.
Sam Leach, 'Inaugural Review' The subMachine, 2015.
Katie Paine, 'In Conversation with Becc Ország' Nicholas Projects In Conversation series , 2015.
Art Smitten, SYN Nation Radio ‘Interview: Peta Clancy & Becc Ország’, 2015.
Simon Gregg, 'Becc Ország and the Splice of Life', Gippsland Art Gallery 'Improbable Journey' Catalogue, 2014.
Camille Serisier, Churchie National Emerging Art Prize Catalogue, Griffith University, 2013.
Gene Flenady, 'State Philosophy' Perita Reperta V, Dawn Press, Drawings by Becc Ország, 2013.
Ashley Crawford, ‘Debutants’, Australian Art Collector, Jan-Mar, pp.153, 2012.
Ashley Crawford, ‘Undiscovered’, Australian Art Collector, Apr-June, pp.124-125, 2011.
Ashley Crawford, ‘The Ország Codex’, Autocue exhibition essay, Daine Singer Gallery, 2011.
Damien Mason, 'International Superheroes of Drawing, Illustration and World Domination', 2009.
‘Voiceworks’ Magazine Issue 77: Postscript, 2009.
‘Curvy 5’, Paper Tiger Media Group, 2008.
‘Voiceworks’ Magazine Issue 73: Carnival, 2008.
‘Voiceworks’ Magazine Issue 72: Harvest, 2007.
COLLECTIONS
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Artbank, Gippsland Art Gallery, Siemens Australia, Private Collections in Australia, UK & EU