Gerry Joe Weise (/waɪz/), is an Australian visual artist. Who has exhibited artworks in Australia, Europe and the United States. He is part of the Australian art and Site-specific art movements, known for his installations in Land Art and Environmental Art.
Gerry Joe Weise, Selected Exhibitions
2013, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023. "Twelve Months / Les Douze Mois", Laon Cathedral, solo exhibition. Fete du Patrimoine. Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
(These photographs were taken from Gerry Joe Weise's bedroom window, at his house. Except for "April", which was taken from his living room window.)
(These photographs were taken from Gerry Joe Weise's bedroom window, at his house. Except for "April", which was taken from his living room window.)
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2019. "Environment Tunnel", "The Opposite to Nature is Nothingness", solo exhibition. Sydney Botanic Garden, Australia.
2019. "Land Art", Art Space, Southern Cross University, solo exhibition. Coffs Harbour, Australia.
2018. "Black Charcoal Lines", nature-friendly carbon pigment 990 yards (905 metres), solo exhibition. Crescent Head, Australia.
2017. "World Nature", Kingston Art Gallery, group exhibition. Broadway, New York City, NY, United States.
2017. "Earth Art - Land Art Multimedia Project", Warehouse 80, solo exhibition. Sydney, Australia.
2017. "Earth Art - Land Art Multimedia Project", Warehouse 80, solo exhibition. Sydney, Australia.
2016. "Earth Art - Land Art Multimedia Project", Warehouse 80, solo exhibition. Sydney, Australia.
2015. "Ground Paintings", Webster Art Gallery, solo exhibition. Los Angeles, California, United States.
2015. "Ground Paintings", Perspective Horizon Gallery, solo exhibition. Sydney, Australia.
2008. "Abstract Nature", Kunstverein, Cultural Center, solo exhibition. Bucholz in der Nordheide, Germany.
2007. "Where To Now?", Artist's Space NYC, group exhibition. NY, United States.
2007. "Nature Wide", Junction Gallery, solo exhibition. New York City, NY, United States.
2006. "Nightscapes", Jam Factory, solo exhibition. Adelaide, South Australia.
2002. "Earth Spirit", Les Salvages Cultural Centre, group exhibition. Castres, France.
1990. "The Sacred - Looking Up", Arthur Rimbaud Museum, solo exhibition. Charleville-Mezieres, France.
1989. "Sacred Earth Music", Espace Tresor, solo exhibition. Reims, France.
1989. "Earth Music", Ocre d'Art Cultural Centre, solo exhibition. Chateauroux, France.
1988. "Earth Church" installations, St Denis Basilica, solo exhibition. Paris, France.
1988. "Earth Church" installations, solo exhibitions. (a) St Remi Basilica, Reims. (b) Neuvizy Church. (c) Viels St Remy Church. France.
1987. "Transmythic Earth", Australian Embassy, retrospective solo exhibition. Paris, France.
1987. "Transmythic Earth", Centre Culturel du CROUS, retrospective solo exhibition. Reims, France.
1982-84. "Pencil Drawings", Schlosspavillon Gallery, group exhibition. Munich, Germany.
Selected Solo Exhibitions.
1985. Galerie La Grande Serre, Rouen, France.
1986. Mythorhythmic, Centre Culturel Les Archers, Musee de Cambrai, Cambrai, France.
1986. Centre Culturel, Chateau de Gaillon, Gaillon, France.
1987. Transmythic Earth Exhibitions retrospective:
- Embassy of Australia, Paris, France.
- Centre Culturel du CROUS, Reims, France,
- Espace AGF, Reims,
- Restaurant Version Originale, Reims,
- Cafe du Palais, Reims.
1988. Embassy of Australia, Bonn, Germany.
1988. Embassy of Australia, Brussels, Belgium.
1988. C.D.I. College Notre-Dame, Reims, France.
1988. Earth Church Installations:
- Basilica of Saint-Denis, Paris, France,
- Basilique de Saint-Remi, Reims, France,
- Eglise Saint-Remi, Viel-Saint-Remy, France,
- Eglise-Notre-Dame-de Bon-Secours, Neuvizy, France.
1988 - 1989. Centre Culturel Espace 13, Theatre 13, Paris, France.
1989. Earth Music, Centre Culturel Ocre d'Art, Chateau du Parc, Chateauroux, France.
1989. La Musique des Signes, Opus Gallery, Reims, France.
1989. Sacred Earth Music, Espace Tresor, Reims, France.
1990. The Sacred - Looking Up, Arthur Rimbaud Museum, Charleville-Mezieres, France.
1990 - 1991. Expositions Le Chant des Roches:
- Espace AGF, Reims, France,
- Les Loges Gallery, Reims,
- Radio Station 93FM Gallery, Reims.
1991. Underworld Earth Works, BK Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany.
1991. L’Utopie, Espace AGF, Reims, France.
1993. Earth Spiral, CAC, Brussels, Belgium.
1994 - 1995. L'Utopie, Centre Culturel Ancien College, Sezanne, France.
1997. Ground Painting, CCA, Munich, Germany.
1998. LB Art Gallery, Montreux, Switzerland.
2000. Galerie Jiwini, Albi, France.
2000 - 2001. Galerie Out Of Australia, Toulouse, France.
2002. Earth Spirit, Centre Culturel Les Salvages, Castres, France.
2005. Distorted Nature, Ancien Temple, Chateau de Lacaze, Lacaze, France.
2006. Nightscapes, Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia.
2007. Nature Wide, Junction Gallery, New York City, United States.
2008. New Real Nature, Kunstverein, Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany.
2013. 12 Months / Les Douze Mois, Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
2013. Earth Lines - Land Art, pigments on outdoor ground earth, Sculpture Park, Molentargius - Saline Regional Park, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
2014. Draw a Thought / Dessiner une Pensee, Bibliotheque Municipale Patrimoniale Suzanne Martinet, Laon, France.
2015. Bark Paintings, Perspective Horizon Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2015. Ground Paintings, Perspective Horizon Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2015. Ground Paintings, Webster Art Gallery, Los Angeles, United States.
2016. Ground Paintings, Transient Land Art Gallery, Docklands, Melbourne, Australia.
2016. Land Art Light Box Exhibition, Warehouse 80, Sydney, Australia. L.A.M.P. Land Art Multimedia Project: large-scale transparencies exhibited on translucent white surface with internal incandescent light source.
2017. 70th Exhibition Anniversary and Earth Art book presentation. Warehouse 80, Sydney, Australia. L.A.M.P. Land Art Multimedia Project: large-scale transparencies exhibited on translucent white surface with internal incandescent light source.
2018. Nature Art Lines, Wilson Gallery, London, Great Britain.
2018. Nature Art Lines, Land Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
2018. Black Charcoal Lines, Crescent Head, Australia.
2019. Contemporary Artist Space, San Francisco, California, United States.
2019. Environment Tunnel, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australia.
2019. Land Art, Art Space, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia.
2019. Laon Cathedral / La Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, Fete du Patrimoine, Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
2021. Laon Cathedral / La Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, Fete du Patrimoine, Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
2022. Laon Cathedral / La Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, Fete du Patrimoine, Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
2023. Laon Cathedral / La Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, Fete du Patrimoine, Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
1985. Galerie La Grande Serre, Rouen, France.
1986. Mythorhythmic, Centre Culturel Les Archers, Musee de Cambrai, Cambrai, France.
1986. Centre Culturel, Chateau de Gaillon, Gaillon, France.
1987. Transmythic Earth Exhibitions retrospective:
- Embassy of Australia, Paris, France.
- Centre Culturel du CROUS, Reims, France,
- Espace AGF, Reims,
- Restaurant Version Originale, Reims,
- Cafe du Palais, Reims.
1988. Embassy of Australia, Bonn, Germany.
1988. Embassy of Australia, Brussels, Belgium.
1988. C.D.I. College Notre-Dame, Reims, France.
1988. Earth Church Installations:
- Basilica of Saint-Denis, Paris, France,
- Basilique de Saint-Remi, Reims, France,
- Eglise Saint-Remi, Viel-Saint-Remy, France,
- Eglise-Notre-Dame-de Bon-Secours, Neuvizy, France.
1988 - 1989. Centre Culturel Espace 13, Theatre 13, Paris, France.
1989. Earth Music, Centre Culturel Ocre d'Art, Chateau du Parc, Chateauroux, France.
1989. La Musique des Signes, Opus Gallery, Reims, France.
1989. Sacred Earth Music, Espace Tresor, Reims, France.
1990. The Sacred - Looking Up, Arthur Rimbaud Museum, Charleville-Mezieres, France.
1990 - 1991. Expositions Le Chant des Roches:
- Espace AGF, Reims, France,
- Les Loges Gallery, Reims,
- Radio Station 93FM Gallery, Reims.
1991. Underworld Earth Works, BK Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany.
1991. L’Utopie, Espace AGF, Reims, France.
1993. Earth Spiral, CAC, Brussels, Belgium.
1994 - 1995. L'Utopie, Centre Culturel Ancien College, Sezanne, France.
1997. Ground Painting, CCA, Munich, Germany.
1998. LB Art Gallery, Montreux, Switzerland.
2000. Galerie Jiwini, Albi, France.
2000 - 2001. Galerie Out Of Australia, Toulouse, France.
2002. Earth Spirit, Centre Culturel Les Salvages, Castres, France.
2005. Distorted Nature, Ancien Temple, Chateau de Lacaze, Lacaze, France.
2006. Nightscapes, Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia.
2007. Nature Wide, Junction Gallery, New York City, United States.
2008. New Real Nature, Kunstverein, Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany.
2013. 12 Months / Les Douze Mois, Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
2013. Earth Lines - Land Art, pigments on outdoor ground earth, Sculpture Park, Molentargius - Saline Regional Park, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
2014. Draw a Thought / Dessiner une Pensee, Bibliotheque Municipale Patrimoniale Suzanne Martinet, Laon, France.
2015. Bark Paintings, Perspective Horizon Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2015. Ground Paintings, Perspective Horizon Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2015. Ground Paintings, Webster Art Gallery, Los Angeles, United States.
2016. Ground Paintings, Transient Land Art Gallery, Docklands, Melbourne, Australia.
2016. Land Art Light Box Exhibition, Warehouse 80, Sydney, Australia. L.A.M.P. Land Art Multimedia Project: large-scale transparencies exhibited on translucent white surface with internal incandescent light source.
2017. 70th Exhibition Anniversary and Earth Art book presentation. Warehouse 80, Sydney, Australia. L.A.M.P. Land Art Multimedia Project: large-scale transparencies exhibited on translucent white surface with internal incandescent light source.
2018. Nature Art Lines, Wilson Gallery, London, Great Britain.
2018. Nature Art Lines, Land Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
2018. Black Charcoal Lines, Crescent Head, Australia.
2019. Contemporary Artist Space, San Francisco, California, United States.
2019. Environment Tunnel, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australia.
2019. Land Art, Art Space, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia.
2019. Laon Cathedral / La Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, Fete du Patrimoine, Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
2021. Laon Cathedral / La Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, Fete du Patrimoine, Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
2022. Laon Cathedral / La Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, Fete du Patrimoine, Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
2023. Laon Cathedral / La Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, Fete du Patrimoine, Mediatheque de Montreuil, Laon, France.
Selected Group Exhibitions.
1982 to 1984. Schlosspavillon Ismaning (Galerie im Schlosspavillon) Munich, Germany.
1987. Grande Prix de France des Arts Plastiques, Ancien College des Jesuits, Reims, France.
1987 - 1988. Common Ritual / Rituel Commun Exhibitions:
- Embassy of Australia, Paris, France,
- Galerie La Lisiere, Reims, France,
- Galerie Clin d'Oeil, Toulouse, France.
1988. Grandeur Nature, Centre d'Art Contemporain Charnot, Clamart, Paris, France.
1989. Installation THNO, Le Chant des Roches, Sculpture Park, Tinos Island, Greece.
1992. Sun Earth, Centre Culturel Co-Temporaire, Musee d'Art Moderne, Troyes, France.
1993 to 1998. Galerie Ligne Roset, Reims, France.
2000. Parc des Expositions, Caen, France.
2000. Art Passions, Galerie d'Art, Boissezon, France.
2001. Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre, CCI, Castres, France.
2002. Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre, Centre Culturel Les Salvages, France.
2003. Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre, Chateau, Hotel de Ville, Brassac, France.
2004. Nature Nature, Sculpture Park, Lac du Merle, Sidobre, Brassac, France.
2005. Installations, Sculpture Park, Sidobre, Brassac, France.
2006 - 2007. Galerie Ligne Roset, Reims, France.
2007. Where To Now?, Artist's Space Gallery, New York City, United States.
2009. Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre, Conservatoire, Laon, France.
2014. Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre, Centre Culturel Le Mail, Soissons, France.
2016. Sculpture Park 2016 edition, Bindarri National Park, Australia.
2017. World Nature, Kingston Art Gallery, New York City, United States. L.A.M.P. Land Art Multimedia Project: large-scale transparencies exhibited on translucent white surface with internal incandescent light source.
2018. Ephemeral Artworks of 12 Artists, Powerhouse Arts Centre, Liverpool, Great Britain.
2018. My Land - Your Land, Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2019. Australian Artists, House of Arts Gallery, Munich, Germany.
1982 to 1984. Schlosspavillon Ismaning (Galerie im Schlosspavillon) Munich, Germany.
1987. Grande Prix de France des Arts Plastiques, Ancien College des Jesuits, Reims, France.
1987 - 1988. Common Ritual / Rituel Commun Exhibitions:
- Embassy of Australia, Paris, France,
- Galerie La Lisiere, Reims, France,
- Galerie Clin d'Oeil, Toulouse, France.
1988. Grandeur Nature, Centre d'Art Contemporain Charnot, Clamart, Paris, France.
1989. Installation THNO, Le Chant des Roches, Sculpture Park, Tinos Island, Greece.
1992. Sun Earth, Centre Culturel Co-Temporaire, Musee d'Art Moderne, Troyes, France.
1993 to 1998. Galerie Ligne Roset, Reims, France.
2000. Parc des Expositions, Caen, France.
2000. Art Passions, Galerie d'Art, Boissezon, France.
2001. Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre, CCI, Castres, France.
2002. Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre, Centre Culturel Les Salvages, France.
2003. Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre, Chateau, Hotel de Ville, Brassac, France.
2004. Nature Nature, Sculpture Park, Lac du Merle, Sidobre, Brassac, France.
2005. Installations, Sculpture Park, Sidobre, Brassac, France.
2006 - 2007. Galerie Ligne Roset, Reims, France.
2007. Where To Now?, Artist's Space Gallery, New York City, United States.
2009. Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre, Conservatoire, Laon, France.
2014. Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre, Centre Culturel Le Mail, Soissons, France.
2016. Sculpture Park 2016 edition, Bindarri National Park, Australia.
2017. World Nature, Kingston Art Gallery, New York City, United States. L.A.M.P. Land Art Multimedia Project: large-scale transparencies exhibited on translucent white surface with internal incandescent light source.
2018. Ephemeral Artworks of 12 Artists, Powerhouse Arts Centre, Liverpool, Great Britain.
2018. My Land - Your Land, Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2019. Australian Artists, House of Arts Gallery, Munich, Germany.
Travelling Exhibitions.
- Transmythic Earth retrospective. Solo travelling exhibition, funded by the Government of Australia.
1987. Embassy of Australia, Paris, France.
1988. Embassy of Australia, Bonn, Germany.
1988. Embassy of Australia, Brussels, Belgium.
- Earth Church Installations. Solo travelling exhibition, funded by the regions Ile-de-France and Grand Est.
1988. Basilica of Saint-Denis, Paris, France.
1988. Basilique de Saint-Remi, Reims, France.
1988. Eglise Saint-Remi, Viel-Saint-Remy, France.
1988. Eglise-Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Neuvizy, France.
- Common Ritual / Rituel Commun. Duo travelling exhibition, Gerry Joe Weise and Australian artist Jon Cockburn. Funded by the artist's grants awarded by the Government of Australia.
1987. Embassy of Australia, Paris, France.
1988. Galerie La Lisiere, Reims, France.
1988. Galerie Clin d'Oeil, Toulouse, France.
- Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre. Group travelling exhibition of Australian contemporary art and aboriginal art. Gerry Joe Weise, England Banggala, Peter Nabarlambarl, Thompson Yulidjirri, Sonda Turner Nampijmpa, Bob Namundja, Bill Namundja, Eddy Ryan Bangadi, Mary Mullins Jujabilla, Jocelyn Garrwurra, Janet Nangala, Minnadook. Funded by the regions Occitanie and Hauts-de-France, with the departments Tarn and Aisne.
2001. CCI, Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie, Castres, France.
2002. Centre Culturel Les Salvages, Castres, France.
2003. Chateau, Hotel de Ville, Brassac, France.
2009. Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse, Laon, France.
2014. Centre Culturel Le Mail, Soissons, France.
Performance Art.
Gerry Joe Weise had met the French writer Jean-Marie Le Sidaner during their collaboration for the Transmythic Earth retrospective catalog in 1987. Both Weise and Le Sidaner lived in Reims at the time. They formed an avant-garde performance art group, that played at art galleries, museums, and cafes. Weise’s soundscapes performed on electric guitar with various sound effects and electronic devices, were original compositions influenced by Steve Reich's Minimal music, and the 21st-century classical music of Karlheinz Stockhausen. The soundscapes laid the foundation for essays, poetry, and vocal sounds, that were recited with a theatrical performance.
19 September 1987, Gerry Joe Weise and Jean-Marie Le Sidaner formed their first performance art duo. They performed at the show opening for the Transmythic Earth retrospective, at the Centre Culturel du CROUS in Reims.
5 December 1987, Trio Rituel Commun. Weise and Le Sidaner teamed up with Australian artist Jon Cockburn, who took over the theatrical performance. They played during the show opening for the Common Ritual / Rituel Commun exhibition at the Galerie La Lisière in Reims. Cockburn and Weise were both the Australian artists that exhibited at the gallery. The Trio Rituel Commun were invited later that week, to perform the same recital at the Cafe du Palais in Reims.
23 March 1989, at the Ardennes Poetry Festival, Gerry Joe Weise and eight poets, had a two hour performance art spectacle at the Charleville-Mezieres Theater. The annual festival was an eight day tribute to Arthur Rimbaud, a French poet of the Symbolism literary movement. Weise performed on the last day of the festival and provided musical soundscapes for: Yvette Barre-Barteaux, Franz Bartelt, Francois Squevin, Robert San Geroteo, Francois Hubert, Michel Mourot, Claude-Edmond Braulx, and the high point of the evening was his duo with Jean-Marie Le Sidaner.
6 May 1989, Trio Flache. Weise played abstract musical compositions, while Le Sidaner recited prose, that incorporated the vocal antics and clowning of Australian composer Stephen Adams. They performed at the Opus 65 in Reims, which was a venue open to poetry slam, theater, and art exhibitions.
21 February 1990, Duo Flache. Weise and Le Sidaner as a duo, performed at the show opening for the The Sacred - Looking Up exhibition, which took place at the Arthur Rimbaud Museum in Charleville-Mezieres. Le Sidaner also wrote the preface for the exhibition catalog funded by the museum.
Selected Awards.
1968. 1st prize, 9 years old, Drawing Competition, TV Channel 9, Sydney Australia.
1987. Gold Medal, Grand Prix de France, Visual Arts, Reims, France.
1989. 2nd Prize, Public Choice Award, Grand Prix, Paris, France.
1993. 1st Prize, Graphic Drawing, Art Show, Brussels, Belgium.
1997. Best Installation Award, for "Ground Painting", CCA, Munich, Germany.
2015-16. Voted No.3 in Land Arts Info Magazine / Top Votes, Paris, France.
Selected Bibliography.
1986, October. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - Mythorythmic. Centre Culturel Les Archers. Edition Les Archers, Cambrai, France.
1987, September/October. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - Transmythic Earth Retrospective exhibitions. Articles by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner and Gerry Joe Weise. Centre Culturel du CROUS. Edition Antigone, Reims, France.
1987, December. Artension art magazine, N#1. Gerry Joe Weise au CROUS by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Paris, France.
1987. University of Wollongong. Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive). Rituel Commun / Common Ritual - Gerry Joe Weise and Jon Cockburn. Article by Jonathan P. Cockburn. Australia.
1988, February. Artension art magazine, N#2. Rituel Commun / Common Ritual - Gerry Joe Weise and Jon Cockburn by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Paris, France.
1988, May. Philosophy book. Flache Livre de Poche, N#1, Michel Butor special. Illustrations by Gerry Joe Weise. Edition Arthur Rimbaud Museum Library, Charleville-Mezieres, France.
1988, May. Exhibition catalog. Grandeur Nature. Centre d'Arts Plastiques Clamart. Edition SBAC, Paris, France.
1988, September/October. Art Line magazine. Australian Artists in Paris by Andrew Nuti. AGP Press, London, England.
1989, February/March. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - Music. Article by Ludovic Gibsson. Centre Culturel. Edition Ocre d'Art, Chateauroux, France.
1990, January/February. Artension art magazine, N#13. Gerry Joe Weise by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Paris, France.
1990, February/April. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - The Sacred. Articles by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner, Ludovic Gibsson, Romuald Krzych. Arthur Rimbaud Museum. Edition Rimbaud Museum Library, Charleville-Mezieres, France.
1990, June/August. Marges art magazine, N#2. Gerry Joe Weise - Sauver l'infini by Alexandre Ban and Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Edition Ad Hominem, Reims, France.
1991, January. Artension art magazine, N#20. Gerry Joe Weise - Le Chant des Roches by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Paris, France.
1991, April/June. Marges art magazine, N#3. Peintres Du Monde by Gerry Joe Weise. Edition Ad Hominem Reims, France.
1991, November/December. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - l'Utopie. Article by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Espace AGF. Edition AGF, Reims, France.
1993, April. CAC Mag art magazine. Gerry Joe Weise - Earth Spiral. Edition CAC, Brussels, Belgium.
1997, January/February. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - Earth Painting. CCA, Munich, Germany.
2006, February. JF art magazine. Nightscapes - Gerry Joe Weise. Jam Factory editions, Adelaide, Australia.
2007, October. Exhibition catalog. Where To Now. Artists Space New York. Art Now editions, NYC, USA.
2007, October/November. Art Zac magazine, N#72. Where To Now Artists by David Kellner. Art Zac editions, NYC, USA.
2007, November. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - Nature Wide. Junction Gallery. Zart Press, NYC, USA.
2007, December/January. Art Zac magazine, N#73. Gerry Joe Weise and Nature Art by David Kellner and Catherine Defrisco. Art Zac, New York, USA.
2015, February/March. Exhibition catalog. Ground Paintings. Perspective Horizon Gallery. Horizon Prints Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
2015, April. Exhibition catalog. Ground Paintings. Webster Art Gallery. Art Editions, Los Angeles, USA.
2016, February. Exhibition catalog. Ground Paintings. Transient Land Art Gallery. Trans Texts, Melbourne, Australia.
2016, May/June. Exhibition catalog. Land Art Multimedia Project. Warehouse 80. LAMP Editions, Sydney, Australia.
2017, February. Exhibition catalog. World Nature. Kingston Art Gallery. Jorge Contemporary Press, NYC, USA.
2017, May. Zoneone Arts magazine. A Conversation with Gerry Joe Weise by Deborah Blakeley. Melbourne, Australia.
2017, July. Book. Earth Art, by Gerry Joe Weise, Ludovic Gibsson. Earthworks Australia, USA.
2018, January. Book. Land Art, by Gerry Joe Weise, Ludovic Gibsson. Earthworks Australia, USA.
2019, May. Book. Environmental Art of Gerry Joe Weise, by Albert L. Sandberg, Chloe Mae Anders, Ludovic Gibsson. Earthworks Australia, USA.
- Transmythic Earth retrospective. Solo travelling exhibition, funded by the Government of Australia.
1987. Embassy of Australia, Paris, France.
1988. Embassy of Australia, Bonn, Germany.
1988. Embassy of Australia, Brussels, Belgium.
- Earth Church Installations. Solo travelling exhibition, funded by the regions Ile-de-France and Grand Est.
1988. Basilica of Saint-Denis, Paris, France.
1988. Basilique de Saint-Remi, Reims, France.
1988. Eglise Saint-Remi, Viel-Saint-Remy, France.
1988. Eglise-Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Neuvizy, France.
- Common Ritual / Rituel Commun. Duo travelling exhibition, Gerry Joe Weise and Australian artist Jon Cockburn. Funded by the artist's grants awarded by the Government of Australia.
1987. Embassy of Australia, Paris, France.
1988. Galerie La Lisiere, Reims, France.
1988. Galerie Clin d'Oeil, Toulouse, France.
- Earth Spirit / L'Esprit de la Terre. Group travelling exhibition of Australian contemporary art and aboriginal art. Gerry Joe Weise, England Banggala, Peter Nabarlambarl, Thompson Yulidjirri, Sonda Turner Nampijmpa, Bob Namundja, Bill Namundja, Eddy Ryan Bangadi, Mary Mullins Jujabilla, Jocelyn Garrwurra, Janet Nangala, Minnadook. Funded by the regions Occitanie and Hauts-de-France, with the departments Tarn and Aisne.
2001. CCI, Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie, Castres, France.
2002. Centre Culturel Les Salvages, Castres, France.
2003. Chateau, Hotel de Ville, Brassac, France.
2009. Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse, Laon, France.
2014. Centre Culturel Le Mail, Soissons, France.
Performance Art.
Gerry Joe Weise had met the French writer Jean-Marie Le Sidaner during their collaboration for the Transmythic Earth retrospective catalog in 1987. Both Weise and Le Sidaner lived in Reims at the time. They formed an avant-garde performance art group, that played at art galleries, museums, and cafes. Weise’s soundscapes performed on electric guitar with various sound effects and electronic devices, were original compositions influenced by Steve Reich's Minimal music, and the 21st-century classical music of Karlheinz Stockhausen. The soundscapes laid the foundation for essays, poetry, and vocal sounds, that were recited with a theatrical performance.
19 September 1987, Gerry Joe Weise and Jean-Marie Le Sidaner formed their first performance art duo. They performed at the show opening for the Transmythic Earth retrospective, at the Centre Culturel du CROUS in Reims.
5 December 1987, Trio Rituel Commun. Weise and Le Sidaner teamed up with Australian artist Jon Cockburn, who took over the theatrical performance. They played during the show opening for the Common Ritual / Rituel Commun exhibition at the Galerie La Lisière in Reims. Cockburn and Weise were both the Australian artists that exhibited at the gallery. The Trio Rituel Commun were invited later that week, to perform the same recital at the Cafe du Palais in Reims.
23 March 1989, at the Ardennes Poetry Festival, Gerry Joe Weise and eight poets, had a two hour performance art spectacle at the Charleville-Mezieres Theater. The annual festival was an eight day tribute to Arthur Rimbaud, a French poet of the Symbolism literary movement. Weise performed on the last day of the festival and provided musical soundscapes for: Yvette Barre-Barteaux, Franz Bartelt, Francois Squevin, Robert San Geroteo, Francois Hubert, Michel Mourot, Claude-Edmond Braulx, and the high point of the evening was his duo with Jean-Marie Le Sidaner.
6 May 1989, Trio Flache. Weise played abstract musical compositions, while Le Sidaner recited prose, that incorporated the vocal antics and clowning of Australian composer Stephen Adams. They performed at the Opus 65 in Reims, which was a venue open to poetry slam, theater, and art exhibitions.
21 February 1990, Duo Flache. Weise and Le Sidaner as a duo, performed at the show opening for the The Sacred - Looking Up exhibition, which took place at the Arthur Rimbaud Museum in Charleville-Mezieres. Le Sidaner also wrote the preface for the exhibition catalog funded by the museum.
Selected Awards.
1968. 1st prize, 9 years old, Drawing Competition, TV Channel 9, Sydney Australia.
1987. Gold Medal, Grand Prix de France, Visual Arts, Reims, France.
1989. 2nd Prize, Public Choice Award, Grand Prix, Paris, France.
1993. 1st Prize, Graphic Drawing, Art Show, Brussels, Belgium.
1997. Best Installation Award, for "Ground Painting", CCA, Munich, Germany.
2015-16. Voted No.3 in Land Arts Info Magazine / Top Votes, Paris, France.
Selected Bibliography.
1986, October. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - Mythorythmic. Centre Culturel Les Archers. Edition Les Archers, Cambrai, France.
1987, September/October. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - Transmythic Earth Retrospective exhibitions. Articles by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner and Gerry Joe Weise. Centre Culturel du CROUS. Edition Antigone, Reims, France.
1987, December. Artension art magazine, N#1. Gerry Joe Weise au CROUS by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Paris, France.
1987. University of Wollongong. Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive). Rituel Commun / Common Ritual - Gerry Joe Weise and Jon Cockburn. Article by Jonathan P. Cockburn. Australia.
1988, February. Artension art magazine, N#2. Rituel Commun / Common Ritual - Gerry Joe Weise and Jon Cockburn by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Paris, France.
1988, May. Philosophy book. Flache Livre de Poche, N#1, Michel Butor special. Illustrations by Gerry Joe Weise. Edition Arthur Rimbaud Museum Library, Charleville-Mezieres, France.
1988, May. Exhibition catalog. Grandeur Nature. Centre d'Arts Plastiques Clamart. Edition SBAC, Paris, France.
1988, September/October. Art Line magazine. Australian Artists in Paris by Andrew Nuti. AGP Press, London, England.
1989, February/March. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - Music. Article by Ludovic Gibsson. Centre Culturel. Edition Ocre d'Art, Chateauroux, France.
1990, January/February. Artension art magazine, N#13. Gerry Joe Weise by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Paris, France.
1990, February/April. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - The Sacred. Articles by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner, Ludovic Gibsson, Romuald Krzych. Arthur Rimbaud Museum. Edition Rimbaud Museum Library, Charleville-Mezieres, France.
1990, June/August. Marges art magazine, N#2. Gerry Joe Weise - Sauver l'infini by Alexandre Ban and Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Edition Ad Hominem, Reims, France.
1991, January. Artension art magazine, N#20. Gerry Joe Weise - Le Chant des Roches by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Paris, France.
1991, April/June. Marges art magazine, N#3. Peintres Du Monde by Gerry Joe Weise. Edition Ad Hominem Reims, France.
1991, November/December. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - l'Utopie. Article by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner. Espace AGF. Edition AGF, Reims, France.
1993, April. CAC Mag art magazine. Gerry Joe Weise - Earth Spiral. Edition CAC, Brussels, Belgium.
1997, January/February. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - Earth Painting. CCA, Munich, Germany.
2006, February. JF art magazine. Nightscapes - Gerry Joe Weise. Jam Factory editions, Adelaide, Australia.
2007, October. Exhibition catalog. Where To Now. Artists Space New York. Art Now editions, NYC, USA.
2007, October/November. Art Zac magazine, N#72. Where To Now Artists by David Kellner. Art Zac editions, NYC, USA.
2007, November. Exhibition catalog. Gerry Joe Weise - Nature Wide. Junction Gallery. Zart Press, NYC, USA.
2007, December/January. Art Zac magazine, N#73. Gerry Joe Weise and Nature Art by David Kellner and Catherine Defrisco. Art Zac, New York, USA.
2015, February/March. Exhibition catalog. Ground Paintings. Perspective Horizon Gallery. Horizon Prints Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
2015, April. Exhibition catalog. Ground Paintings. Webster Art Gallery. Art Editions, Los Angeles, USA.
2016, February. Exhibition catalog. Ground Paintings. Transient Land Art Gallery. Trans Texts, Melbourne, Australia.
2016, May/June. Exhibition catalog. Land Art Multimedia Project. Warehouse 80. LAMP Editions, Sydney, Australia.
2017, February. Exhibition catalog. World Nature. Kingston Art Gallery. Jorge Contemporary Press, NYC, USA.
2017, May. Zoneone Arts magazine. A Conversation with Gerry Joe Weise by Deborah Blakeley. Melbourne, Australia.
2017, July. Book. Earth Art, by Gerry Joe Weise, Ludovic Gibsson. Earthworks Australia, USA.
2018, January. Book. Land Art, by Gerry Joe Weise, Ludovic Gibsson. Earthworks Australia, USA.
2019, May. Book. Environmental Art of Gerry Joe Weise, by Albert L. Sandberg, Chloe Mae Anders, Ludovic Gibsson. Earthworks Australia, USA.