Siv Grava (born 1954), who lives in

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, is an Australian

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. Grava won the 1992 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for ''Self Portrait''.

Collections

Her works are held in the collections of the

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(''Andamooka triptych''), and the

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(''Self Portrait'').

Exhibitions

Grava's work has been exhibited at the

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(''Tough(er) Love: Art From Eyre Peninsula'', group).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grava, Siv 1954 births Living people 20th-century Australian painters 21st-century Australian painters 20th-century Australian women artists 21st-century Australian women artists Artists from South Australia Australian women painters Australian landscape painters