Siv Grava (born 1954), who lives in Elliston, South Australia, is an Australian artist.

Siv Grava
Born1954 (age 69–70)
NationalityAustralian
OccupationArtist
AwardsDoug Moran National Portrait Prize (1992)

Grava won the 1992 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for Self Portrait.[1]

In 2004 Grava was awarded the Graham F Smith Peace Foundation Peace Award for an Artist in Residence for Hearsay Art Project with John Turpie, an art installation at the Baxter Detention Centre, working with asylum seekers.[2]

Collections

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Her works are held in the collections of the Australian Catholic University (Andamooka triptych),[3] and the Tweed Regional Gallery (Self Portrait).[4]

Exhibitions

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Grava's work has been exhibited at the Flinders University Museum of Art (Tough(er) Love: Art From Eyre Peninsula, group).[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Tweed Art Gallery: Items - Painting, Self Portrait". aumuseums.com. Australian Museums and Galleries. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Past Recipients". Graham F. Smith Peace Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Andamooka triptych; Siv Grava, Australian, Born 1954; 2007/2008; 1.4-1.4.MEL". ehive.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Tweed Art Gallery: Items - Painting, Self Portrait". aumuseums.com. Australian Museums and Galleries. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^ John Neylon (2015). Tough(er) Love: Art From Eyre Peninsula - Resource Kit (PDF). Country Arts SA. Retrieved 31 March 2022.