Rita Hall is a practising artist with over 30 years experience. Her first solo exhibition was held in 1969 and she has continued to exhibit her work since. She has combined teaching and lecturing with a successful art career.

Her work is included in the public collections of the Australian National Gallery, the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Museum and Art Gallery of Tasmania as well as many regional and corporate collections.

Rita completed a master of Visual Art in 1992 and has been a part time lecturer of the south Australian School of Art, University of South Australia since 1989. Her particular interest is in printmaking and recently she has lectured in life drawing and etching. Her current work involves exploring the combination of collographic printmaking with drawing in charcoal and pastel.

Qualifications:
1992 Master of Visual Art, University of SA. SA School of Art.
1975 Adv.Dip.T.(Fine Art), Torrens CAE. SA School of Art.
1968 Dip.T.(Art), Western Teachers College. SA School of Art.

Teaching Appointments:
1999-1989 Part time Lecturer & Tutor at SA School of Art, Uni of SA, TAFE Art Schools and Adelaide Central School of Art in Printmaking, Painting, Drawing, Life Drawing, Design and Visual Art Theory.
1987-1979 Operated full time production studio in textile design and printing.
1976-1969 Full time Art teacher, Education Department of SA.
Grants and Awards:
1999 Dragan Mujanovic Art Prize
1995, 93 S.A. Dept. for the Arts and Cultural Heritage Development Grant.
1994 Flinders University of S.A., Suffrage Commemorative Print Folio.
1993 FRSASA. Ass. Dip. Design Institute of Australia.
1993 Members Print Commission, Print Council of Australia.
1991 Kernewick Lowender Art Prize.
1989 Fasson Award for Creative Excellence, Design Institute of Australia
1981 Artist Development Grant, Australia Council Crafts Board, SA Dept for the Arts.
1975 Full time release scholarship, SA Education Department

Selected Group Exhibitions:
1999 Ceramic Art Gallery. Works on Paper- Sydney
1999/97lntemational Works on Paper Fair - Sydney
1999 Adelaide Central School Gallery
1999 Hermanns Art Award - Melbourne (Finalist)
1998 The Hutchins School Art Prize, Hobart. (Finalist)
1998/96 Duraloid Silk Cut Award, Melbourne. (Finalist)
1997 St Peter's College invitational art exhibition. Adelaide.
1996 Survey Exhibition of Contemporary SA Printmakers.
1992/93/97 Aptos Cruz Gallery, Stirling, SA.
1992 Royal SA Society of Arts, Members Exhibition.
1992 Masters and Graduate Diploma, University of SA. Museum.
1977,78,79,90,92 Alice Springs Art Foundation Prize, (Finalist).
1976,88,90,93 Fremantle Print Prize, (Finalist).
1989 Adelaide\Himeji, Japan,(Selected).
1981,83 Stirling Festival, SA, Art Prize.
1980,81,82,8 3Australian Crafts Board, Craft Expo.
1980 Tamworth Fibre Award. (Selected)
1976,77,78,90 Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide, Members exhibition.
1976 Channel Ten, Adelaide, Young Artists Award, Art Gallery of SA.
1970,71,72,73 Whyalla Art Teachers.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
1998 Adelaide Festival of Arts - Art Images Gallery SA. Boots and All, Collographs
1995 Anima Gallery, Adelaide. Contemporary Equine Etchings
1993 Royal S.A. Society of Arts Gallery, Adelaide. Authentic Collections
1993 Art Images Gallery, Adelaide. Stones Collographs
1991 Reade Art Gallery, Adelaide. Stones Drawings and Paintings
1988 Freeman Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania. Wood Cuts and Drawings
1988 Tynte Gallery, Adelaide. Etchings
1983 Sale Regional Gallery, Victoria. Textiles
1982 Fremantle Arts Centre, Festival of Perth Invitation Textiles
1982 Touring Exhibition, Regional Galleries of NSW Orange, Wagga Wagga, Albury and Lake Macquarie. Textiles
1982 & 89 Mildura Art Centre, Victoria. Textiles and Wood Cuts
1981 Barry Newton Gallery, Adelaide. Textiles
1980 & 84 Jam Factory Gallery, SA. Textiles and Lake Eyre Series
1977,78 Adelaide Fine Art and Graphics. Etchings 1977 & 81 Naracoorte Regional Gallery, SA. Etchings and Drawings
1969 & 72 Aldgate Crafts. SA. Textiles

Selected Commissions:
Unley City Council Museum; Mount Lofty House; Premiers Dept Hobart Tas; Centennial Park Trust; Hilton International Hotel; Marleston College of TAFE; Hindmarsh Building Society; Post Secondary Education Commission WA; South Australian State Government Agencies, including Education, Health, Equal Opportunities, Community Welfare and Corporate Affairs; Immanuel College.

Public Collections:
Australian National Gallery
Art Gallery of SA
Art Gallery of WA
Museum and Art Gallery of Tasmania
Alice Springs Art Foundation
Tamworth Fibre Collection
Mildura Arts Centre
Naracoorte Regional Gallery
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
Art Bank NSW
Hamilton Regional Gallery
Flinders University of SA
University of SA
State Bank of SA
Kernewick Lowender, Kadina SA
Print Council of Australia
Canson Australia Pty Ltd
Toowoomba College Flinders University of SA
Duraloid Australia
Adelaide Hills Council

Bibliography:
Ceramic Art and Perception, No 37, pp 70-71, Sue Rodwell, 1999.
Craft Arts International, No 45, Shaw Hendry, 1999.
Australian Printmaking in the 1990's. Sasha Grishan, Craftsman House pp 116-117, 1997.
On Edge. 1995, Vol.2, No.2 , pp29-32. Lois Turner, Rita Hall.
Imprint, Winter 1995. Vol.30 No.2, p.15. Geoff Gibbons. Adelaide Review May, 1995, John Neylon.
Adelaide Advertiser, April, 1995, Adam Dutkiewiez.
Adelaide Review, Sept.1993, John Neylon.
Craft Arts International, No.17. Terry Davis, 1989.
The Adelaide Advertiser Weekend Magazine, Katherine Goode, August, 1990.
Craft Australia, Autumn 11981, Winter 11983, Winter 2 Supplement 1984.
The Australian, Peter Ward January 1981
Women Artists of Australia and New Zealand, Max Germain, 1991.
Imprint, 1992, Summer, 'Editions and Additions', Rita Hall.
Ceramics Art and Perception, Jan.1994. Rita Hall.

Published Books:
"The Goanna and the Cranefly", by Rita Hall, Collins, 1986.
"The Ant Explorer", by C.J.Dennis, Macmillan, 1988.
"The Frog and the Wild Rope", by Pam Shelldrake, Macmillan, 1990.

Other Details:
Unrestricted Private Pilots Licence, 1974; Ernabella Aboriginal Art Community Screen Printing Coordinator, 1977, Ceduna Aboriginal Art Tutor, 1977, Key Note Speaker, Eyre Peninsula Regional Arts Seminar, 1989; Charter Member Hills Zonta Club International; Crafts Council of Management Committee 1979-82; Trained Wendy Thurston 1981 and Gary Campbell 1985 Craft Board, Australia Council Trainee Grants; Founding committee member Mt. Lofty Art and Craft Society; Founding Chairperson, Whyalla Contemporary Art and Craft Society 1972 and awarded honorary life membership 1974; Involved in various community activities, including Stirling Festival, Come Out Festival Mural Painting, Coordinated Weekend Art School, teaching life drawing, general drawing and printmaking. Guest lecturer for Weekend Art Schools for South East Cultural Trust, 1983,94 and Riverland Cultural Trust, 1987. Lecturer, Flinders University Etching Workshop, 1990, Roebourne Aboriginal Art Community WA, Teacher, 1994, Member SA Visual Art Committee, 1992,93,94. S.A. Representative for the Print Council of Australia, 1994/1995. Royal Society of Art, SA, Executive Council, 1995/96. Curator, Survey Exhibition of Contemporary SA Printmakers, 1996. Various Art
Workshops in Drawing, printmaking and Textile printing. Invited to judge the 1998 Whyalla Art Prize, 1992 Kernewick Lowender Art Prize. Attended Life Drawing Workshop with Godwin Bradbeer, National Art School, Sydney, 1999. Participant in SALA Week 98/99