FILIP A. TOTH
Education
1996-98 Diploma of Education - ACU
1991-95 Bachelor of Fine Art - Honours (Sculpture), Monash University
1983-87 Diploma of Arts - (Sculpture), College of Arts, Bratislava
Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Imperishable” - Fortyfive downstairs Gallery, Melbourne.
2017 “Recent Work” – Gallery 511, Melbourne.
2001 “Allegories Of Time” – Artflex Studio Gallery, Melbourne.
1999 “Perpetual Echo” – Gallery 101 Melbourne.
1998 “Sculptures and Drawings” - Art Affairs Gallery, Carlton.
1996 “Perpetual Calendar” - Gallery 101, Melbourne.
Group Exhibitions
2011 “Mornington Peninsula Art Show” Rye.
2008 “$5000 Small Works 08 Prize”, Brunswick Street Gallery.
“Ola Cohn Memorial Sculpture Award”, Melbourne.
2007 “Sculptura” – Temple Door Gallery, Armadale.
2001 “Evolution” – Art Affairs Gallery, Carlton.
“Darebin~La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize” – Bundoora Homestead, Bundoora.
“The Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair” – Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne.
“ASV” – Annual Exhibition and Awards – The Telstra Centre, Melbourne
2000 “Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show” – Royal Exhibition Buildings Melbourne.
“Exhibition Display” – Solander Gallery, Canberra.
“The Australian Tactile Art Prize” – group exhibition, Customs House, Sydney.
“Association of Sculptors of Victoria” – annual exhibition, Telstra Centre Melbourne.
“Moreland Sculpture Show” – at CERES, East Brunswick.
“Central Goldfields Sculpture Awards” – group exhibition at Art Complex, Maryborough.
1999 “The Post-Postcard Show” Linden’s Gallery annual open exhibition.
“Xmas Exhibition” – Melbourne Arts Club Access Gallery.
“The Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair” - Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne.
“Director’s Choice” – Review ’98 group exhibition, Gallery 101, Melbourne.
“The Master’s Apprentices”, group exhibition at Cowwarr Art Space, Cowwarr.
“Andor Meszaros Sculpture Prize”, group exhibition at The Telstra Centre.
1998 “Central Goldfields Sculptured” - group exhibition at Central Goldfields Regional
Arts Complex, Maryborough.
“Director’s Choice” Review’97 group exhibition, Gallery 101, Melbourne.
“Exhibition display” Editions Galleries Southbank - South Melbourne.
1997 “Saloon 1997” - Group Show, Jackman Gallery, Melbourne.
“Sculpture Group Show” - Gallery 101, Melbourne.
“The Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair” - Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne.
1996 “Far away so close” - group exhibition, Gallerie Helengory.
“Continuum And Contrast” - Sculpture exhibition, Mc Clelland Gallery.
“Tina Wentcher Sculpture Prize” - Collins Place, Melbourne.
“Creative Personal Design” Exhibition, Collins Place, Melbourne.
1995 “George Paton Gallery Prize” - Melbourne University.
“Christmas Show” - Gallery 101, Melbourne.
“Country Road” - Design Exhibition.
“Monash Salon”, Graduate Exhibition - Monash University.
1994 “Victorian Senior Sculpture Survey” - University of Ballarat.
1993 “Lucato Peace Prize” – Monash University Gallery.
Awards and Commissions
2016 The Spirit of Bunjil Eagle - Indigenous Aboriginal garden Oakleigh.
2004 Euphrasie Barbier Building SHGC Oakleigh.
2002 RNDM - Bronze Cross for SHGC
2000 Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show - Received Highly Commended Award.
Commemorative public Art Commission – Victorian Government & DNRE, Loch Sport VIC.
1999 Central Goldfields Sculpture Award – Received 1999 Highly Commended Award.
1998 Andor Meszaros Sculpture Prize - Received Second Prize
1994 Sculptured trophy for Country Road, Design Award, Melbourne.
1989 Catholic Priests Memorial, Kirchberg an der Raab, Österreich (Austria).
Publications
2008 ‘The Age” Domain 19.01.2008 photographs, article “A home where the art is”.
2004 "Sculpture" - SHGC Superne #2 essay by Sr. Madeleine Barlow.
2001 “Zart extra” – Term 4 Edition 2001 Secondary Article, Etching.
“Perpetual Echo” – exhibition catalogue, essay by JD Wingate.
“The Australian Tactile Art Prize” – exhibition catalogue.
“Moreland Sculpture Show” – exhibition catalogue.
1999 “Central Goldfields Sculpture Awards” – exhibition catalogue.
“ACGA” – The Australian Commercial Galleries Association Guide.
“Australian Art Collector” - Smart Art under $ 1500.
1998 “Central Goldfields Sculptured” - exhibition catalogue.
“The Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair” - exhibition catalogue.
1996 “Perpetual Calendar” - exhibition catalogue essay by James Wingate.
“Continuum & Contrast” – Group exhibition catalogue by Ken Scarlett.
“Monash Summer Salon” (Fine Art) - Group exhibition catalogue.
1994 “Victorian Senior Sculpture Survey” - Group exhibition catalogue.
Professional Experience
2002-22 Art Teacher.
Tutoring sculpture-modelling workshops at Beaumaris Art Group in Melbourne.
1998-99 Assistant to Clive Murray-White at Monash University, Loy Yang Power Station – Gippsland.
1998 Drawing/painting assistant - Melbourne School of Art.
1996 Tutoring, and demonstrations of drawing and sculptural techniques - Monash University.
1993-95 Sculpture design in marble and granite - Artflex Design Group, Melbourne.
1993 Restoration work - Scots Church, Melbourne.
1989-90 Sculptor - Harmtodh Pty.Ltd., Austria.
1987-88 Animator - Film Studios “Koliba Bratislava’’, Slovak Republic.
1986-87 Sculptor - Slovak fund of The Fine Arts.
Collections
2017 Private Melbourne
2010 Private Melbourne
2007 Private Sydney
1999 Acquisition by Monash University Collection via Stephen Dee Executive Director
Performing & Visual Arts
Private - Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney
Private - Austria, Slovakia
1996 Generation Art Collectors co-company - Generation Pty. Ltd., Melbourne
1993 Country Road Collection, Melbourne
1989 Schuster-Preiner - Modern Kunst Collectors, Österreich (Austria)
