It is rewarding to encounter an exhibition such as Tony Ameneiro’s Head over Head, where the magic and alchemy of printmaking can convey a whole philosophy of being that cannot be achieved in any other art form.
Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times
– March 1st 2018
Tony Ameneiro is an artist-printmaker incorporating his drawing practice across the areas of etching monotype relief and lithography
Ameneiro won the 2022 Swan Hill Print Prize and the 2007 Fremantle Print Award. He was selected twice as the commissioned print artist by the Print Council of Australia and was a finalist for the Dobell Drawing Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW in 2003, 2006, and 2012. He represented in 2005 at the Biennale Jogja VIII in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
He has printed professionally for several prominent Australian artists including Tracey Moffatt and Ben Quilty
His work has been collected by major institutions including British Museum
National Gallery of Australia Art Gallery of NSW Queensland Art Gallery Art Gallery of South Australia
Head Over Head Catalogue published by Wollongong Art Gallery
Head Over Head catalogue with essay by Dr Thomas A Middlemost
Location Catalogue published by Wollongong Art Gallery
Location catalogue essay by Glenn Barkley
Video
Head Over Head video produced by Ashley Frost for Wollongong Art Gallery
