Stephanie Radok (born 1954) is an artist and writer based in Adelaide, South Australia, whose work is held in the National Gallery of Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria. She worked as a general editor for

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and as an art critic for

, Adelaide Review, and

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Biography

Radok was born in

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, Australia, in 1954. Radok studied a degree in Visual Arts, with a major in Printmaking, at the

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from 1982 to 1985. In 2002 she completed a Master of Arts in Visual Art at the South Australian School of Art. Radok’s writing about art is linked to memoir and the everyday, lyrical passages and descriptions of artworks. Radok’s writing was first published in the art magazine ''Unreal City'', which she founded with eX de Medici in 1986 in

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. She has written many catalogue essays including a notable one for

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titled Fingers of Memory.

Art practice

Radok has held 19 solo exhibitions. Her work has been exhibited in group exhibitions from 1977, with an artwork in ''The Women’s Show'' held by the

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in 1977. A major survey exhibition titled ''The Sublingual Museum'' was held at the

Flinders University Museum of Art Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA), sometimes referred to as Flinders Art Museum, is an art museum in Adelaide, South Australia, that preserves and develops Flinders University's historical and contemporary art collections. History The art ...

in 2011. Radok is the co-author of a book published in 2007 on leading contemporary Australian jeweller Julie Blyfield. In 2012 Radok’s book ''An Opening: twelve love stories about art'' was published by Wakefield Press. It was long listed for the inaugural

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for writing by women, and was widely reviewed. "Radok shows how art reaches deeply into our lives in unexpected and ordinary ways: the tattered calendar cutting kept for decades and left behind in a photocopier, the postcard stuck to a laundry wall, or the persistent memory of something, seen perhaps only briefly, that alters one’s thinking utterly." Dr Michele McCrea, ''Transnational Literature.'' Radok’s second memoir, ''Becoming a Bird'', was published in March 2021.

Selected solo exhibitions

* 2020 ''The Museum of Domestic Botany'', Fabrik, Lobethal, SA * 2017 ''A Prospect of Prospects'', Prospect Gallery, SA * 2011 ''The Sublingual Museum'', Flinders University City Gallery * 2004 ''Brightness falls from the air'', N Gallery, South Australian School of Art, SA * 2004 ''Shalom'', Nexus Window, Adelaide, SA * 2003 ''The Weight of Words'', South Australian Museum * 2003 ''Migration and local knowledge'', Gabriel Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria * 2002 ''Talking about country'', Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, SA * 1999 ''Her native tongue'', Gallery Spain, Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide, SA

Collections

* National Gallery of Australia * National Gallery of Victoria *

Flinders University Art Museum Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA), sometimes referred to as Flinders Art Museum, is an art museum in Adelaide, South Australia, that preserves and develops Flinders University's historical and contemporary art collections. History The art ...

References

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