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OPENING EVENT
12:00pm - 5:00pm
February 12, 2022
Brendon Darby
BORN 1952, Perth Western Australia
STUDIES
1968-69 Perth Technical College
1970-77 Professional musician
Background
Brendon Darby was born in Perth in 1952. He is both an outstanding and versatile artist and professional musician. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions worldwide for more than 35 years. His works are held in many public and private collections throughout Australia and overseas. In 2007 Brendon was invited to exhibit at New York’s American Museum of Natural History as part of G’Day USA. This was the premiere presentation of his 10 year project Listening to Paintings – Australia. The multi media event involved Brendon’s live musical presentation, film and 10 major paintings describing the Australian landscape. The night raised over one million dollars for the Australian environment. It was then presented in Houston, as part of Australia Day celebrations.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1978 Rigby Gallery, Perth W.A.
1979 Way ’79 Celebration Invitation Allendale Square, Perth W.A.
1980 Signature Galleries, Perth W.A.
1981 Congress Hall, Tyrol Austria
1984 Alexander Galleries, Perth W.A.
1985 Alexander Galleries, Perth W.A.
1986 Ric’s Gallery, Perth W.A.
1987 Galleria Studio del Canova, Rome Italy
1987 Gallery Australia, Perth W.A.
1988 Framed, The Showcase Gallery, Darwin N.T.
1988 Gallery Australia, Perth W.A.
1989 Framed, The Showcase Gallery, Darwin N.T.
1989 Gallery Australia, Perth W.A.
1990 “Listening to Paintings – Kakadu” Gallery Australia, Perth W.A.
1990 Park Road Gallery, Brisbane Qld
1991 Framed, The Showcase Gallery, Darwin N.T.
1991 Park Road Gallery, Brisbane Qld
1992 “Bloody Tourists”, Perth Galleries, Perth W.A.
1993 “Consuming Paintings”, Stafford Studios, Perth W.A.
1995 Stafford Studios, Perth W.A.
1995 Framed, The Darwin Gallery, Darwin N.T.
1996 Barry Newton Gallery, Adelaide S.A. (with Garry Duncan)
1996 Editions Gallery, Melbourne Vic.
1996 “From The Nannup Studio”, Stafford Studios, Perth W.A.
1997 Michael Commerford Gallery, Sydney N.S.W
1998 Barry Newton Gallery, Adelaide S.A.
1999 Framed – The Darwin Gallery, Darwin N.T.
1999 Michael Commerford Gallery, Sydney N.S.W.
2000 Margaret River River Art Galleries W.A.
2000 “A Progress Report”, Stafford Studios, Perth W.A.
2000 “Jewels of the Landscape”, Michael Commerford Gallery, Sydney N.S.W.
2001 “Ilma”, Stafford Studios, Perth W.A.
2002 “Ilma 2”, Michael Commerford Gallery, Sydney N.S.W.
2003 “This Summer”, Stafford Studios, Perth W.A.
2003 “Mitchell Falls”, Michael Commerford Gallery N.S.W
2004 “2 Rivers”, Stafford Studios, Perth WA
2005 “The Hawkesbury”, Michael Commerford Gallery N.S.W
2007 “Listening to Paintings – Australia”, Museum of Natural History, New York
2007 “Listening to Paintings – Australia”. Heritage Hall, JP, Morgan Chase Bank. Houston.
2007 “Listening to the Land”, Booker Lowe Gallery. Houston.
2008 “Two Journeys”, Linton & Kay Fine Art Gallery, Perth WA
2009 “Timelines and Tidelines”, The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral NSW
2009 “BD’09”, Linton and Kay Fine Art Gallery, Perth WA
2010 “Window To New York”, Linton and Kay Fine Art Gallery, Perth WA
2011 “Brooklyn to Brooklyn”, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney NSW
2014 “Hawkesbury Winter”, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney NSW
2017 “Veils of Rome”, Harvey Galleries Mosman, Sydney NSW
2017 “Duet”,Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth WA
2018 “Coastlines and Train Lines”, Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth WA
2019 “Water Works”, Harvey Galleries, Seaforth, Sydney NSW
2020 “Avairy – Take Your Time”, Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth WA
2022 “A Kimberley Journey”,Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth WA
2023 “The South Coast – Trio”,Harvey Galleries, Sydney NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1979 “Fine Artists of Western Australia” Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
1988 “Alice Bale Art Award Exhibition” McClelland Gallery, Victoria
1989 “Deloitte Haskins Invitation Art Award”, Perth W.A.
1990 “Human Rights Exhibition”, Amnesty International, Darwin N.T.
1990 Glyde Gallery, Perth W.A.
1990 “The Painted Desert”, New Collectables Gallery, Perth W.A.
1990 “Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu Invitation Art Award”, Perth W.A.
1991 “Westrek Foundation Exhibition”, Gallery Australia Perth W.A.
1991 “West Australian Landscape”, Van Hall Gallery, Perth W.A.
1991 “W.A. Research For Child Health Exhibition”, Accent Gallery, Perth W.A.
1991 “James Hardie Wildlife Art Prize”, Touring Exhibition, Australia
1991 “Four Western Australian Artists”, Cable Beach Resort Broome W.A.
1991 “Water Metamorphosis of the Medium”, Carillon, Perth
1992 “Resolutions”, New Collectables Gallery, Fremantle W.A.
1992 “One Hundred Years of Gold Mining”, Perth Mint W.A.
1992 Mandorla Art Award, Perth W.A.
1993 “The Best Of Australia”, Australian Showroom, Hong Kong
1994 “The Best Of Australia”, Australian Showroom, Hong Kong
1994 “Songs of the Possum”, Burswood Showroom, Perth W.A.
1994 Mandorla Art Award, Perth W.A.
1995 “The Best of Australia”, Australian Showroom, Hong Kong
1996 China Art Expo, Beijing
1996 Rottnest Exhibition, Rafferty’s, Perth W.A.
1996 Mandorla Art Award, Perth W.A.
1998 Royal Agricultural Society. Winner Open Art Award
2001 Archibald Portrait Prize, Finalist. Gallery of N.S.W.
2001 “New Vision”, Stafford Studios, Perth W.A.
2003 “Fire’s On”, Stafford Studios, Perth W.A.
2003 Speech & Hearing Exhibition. Featured Artist (Donated Painting) Burswood Convention Centre Perth W.A.
2003 “Bali Commemorative Exhibition” Royal Perth Hospital, Perth W.A.
2004 Cossack Art Award. Winner – Invited Artists
2004 Salon des Refuses, National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery NSW, (Portrait of Kim Beazley)
2005 “Stop the Toad” Rafferty’s Gallery. Perth WA.
2006 Yallingup Galleries Easter exhibition
2006 “The Nude” Elements Art Gallery. Perth W.A.
2007 “Western Australian Landscape Paintings”, Yallingup Galleries. Artopia. Stafford Studios. Perth W.A.
2012 “About This Place”, The Holmes a Court Gallery at Vasse Felix, Cowaramup,WA
2015 Deloitte Spring Rose Art Exhibition – Featured artist (Capel Vale Wines Award)
2016 Grantfield Design Studios & Gallery of Fine Art, Anghiari, Tuscany, Italy
2016 Perth Portrait Prize – Finalist”, Art Gallery of WA.
2020 Plein Air Down Under- Winner Professional Category presented by City of Mandurah
2021 West Society of the Arts, 125th Anniversary Exhibition “Best in Show” Award
2021 Plein Air Down Under – Winner Professional Category, presented by the City of Mandurah
2023 “Duet 2” (with Ian Dickinson), Yallingup Galleries, Yallingup WA 2023 Collie Art Prize – Finalist
COLLECTIONS
J.P. Morgan Bank
Challenge Bank
Media Portfolio Limited
Town and Country Building Society
IBM Australia Ltd
Woodside Offshore Petroleum Pty Ltd
Richard Ellis International Property Consultants
Allied Corporation Pty Ltd
City of Stirling Collection
Bunbury Regional Art Gallery
Tony Barlow Collection
Rodilli Collection, Rome
Coldhurst Collection, Great Britain
Daleski Collection, U.S.A.
Dr Richard Blum Collection, Switzerland
Burlington Paintings, London
Chevron Asiatic Ltd
Leeuwin Estate
Duxton Hotel, Perth
Amcor Ltd
St John of God Hospital
Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd
Alinta Gas
Guilford Grammar
Scotch College
Edwards Thompson Solicitors
Evans & Tate
Janet Holmes a Court Collection
Many private collections throughout Australia and overseas
PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS
Include chairmen of the Perth Building Society and the Freemen of the City of Stirling.
ECU Vice Chancellor Kerry Cox (2014)
The Yandicoogina Commission
In August 1998 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd announced the commissioning of a collection of paintings to commemorate the opening of the new mine, “Yandicoogina” in March 1999. Brendon was flown to the Pilbara in September and spent time painting, drawing and photographing the landscape around Yandicoogina. The next 5 months were spent working on the larger paintings in his North Perth studio. The resulting 16 major works became part of the Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd collection, which is now the Rio Tinto collection.
“2018” Everyday iPad Painting
Brendon Darby painted everyday of 2018 on his iPad Pro. He painted whatever captured his attention on any given day. World events, very personal moments, anything that inspired him was captured and resulted in an evolving digital film. This groundbreaking artwork which runs for 3 hours 50 minutes, is a world first.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Artists and Galleries of Australia”, Max Germaine
“Arteffects”, Jean Drysdale – Green. Watson – Guptill Publications, New York An educational video “Brendon Darby Painting In Oils”, produced by the Western Australian College of Advanced Education.
“Songs of the Possum”, Bill Mather-Brown. Sundowner Press 1994
“Listening to Paintings- Kakadu”, CD/Book published by Audio Art 1995
“Mitchell Falls”, DVD produced by Audio Art
“Listening to Paintings- Australia” DVD/CD produced by Audio Art 2007
BORN 1928 Sydney, Australia DIED 2018 Sydney, Australia
STUDIES
Self-taught, attended night classes in drawing and design at the East Sydney Technical College from 1942-45 under Hayward Veal
Background
Charles Blackman is a major figure in Australian art of the post-war years. His haunting and enchanting images of women and girls, absorbed in daydreams or games have an enduring appeal. Two significant themes in his work have been the Schoolgirl and Alice in Wonderland. Deep shadows and the accentuation of his figure’s eyes occur throughout Blackman’s works with a pervasive sense of melancholy.
Charles Blackman was largely self-taught, but he attended night classes in drawing and design at the East Sydney Technical College from 1942-45 under Hayward Veal. Blackman was a co-founder of the Melbourne Contemporary Art Society in 1953 and was one of seven Antipodeans responsible for the Antipodean Manifesto – a reaction against what they saw as the meteoric rise of abstract expressionism and non-figurative art in Australia and its intolerance of figurative painting. He has exhibited frequently since and is known for his facility in drawing.
In 1951 Blackman married a poet, Barbara Patterson, who was to become a lasting presence in his work. His work is held in all Australian state and most regional galleries, institutional and private collections
1943-46 Studied East Sydney Technical College
1945-60 Lived and painted in Melbourne
1950s Painted Schoolgirl series, followed by Alice in Wonderland series
1960-64 Traveled and studied overseas after winning Helena Rubinstein Scholarship
1960-64 Lived and painted in London, exhibited at Whitechapel and Tate Galleries
1965 Tour of northern France and Flanders
1966-74 Lived and painted in Sydney
1975 Occupied Australian studio, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1953-93 Numerous solo exhibitions in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, London and Tokyo, including a major retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria,
1993 Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels
AWARDS
1997 OBE
1963 Georges Invitation Art Prize, Georges Gallery Melbourne (one painting and one drawing)
1960 Helena Rubinstein Scholarship, Melbourne
1960 Dyeson Endowment
1960 George Crouch Prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
1960 Wins prize. A. Shore, The Age (February)
1958 George Crouch Prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
1958 Rowney prize, Richmond Gallery Melbourne
1958 Collections National Gallery of Australia, and all state galleries Numerous regional galleries and university collections
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1993 Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels, catalogue for retrospective at National Gallery Victoria 1989 Shapcott, T., The Art of Charles Blackman, Andre Deutch, London 1983 Amadio,N., Orpheus the Song of Forever, Craftsman Press, Sydney 1982 Amadio, N., Charles Blackman’s Paris Dreaming, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney 1980 Amadio, N., Charles Blackman: The Lost Domain, A.H. & A.W. Reed. Sydney 1967 Shapcott, T., Focus on Charles Blackman, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane 1965 Mathew, R., Charles Blackman – Monograph, Georgian House, Melbourne
BORN 1981 Sydney, Australia
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia
Dean Brown is a Sydney based painter and printmaker known for his formal rendering of figures and objects that contain a characteristic stillness and speak to moments in time.
In Brown’s paintings, there are two central components: the form and its shadow. Like a sundial, the shadow is cast onto vacant space and endows presence and drama onto the subject, creating a noir-like theatricality unique to still life painting.
Brown’s works are bold but they realise time in a way that is steady and quiet. Every angle is regarded, each striking colour (when colour appears) is carefully selected, and the body parts are fitted together like pieces to an anatomical puzzle. Shrouded in stillness and anonymity Browns paintings contain both a familiar and enigmatic quality. His highlighted silhouettes seem to be having an existential encounter with the nothingness that surrounds them compelling us to speculate on who they are and where they are going. The still life’s depicting glasses, bowls, and fruits enveloped in rich vibrant hues set against a seemingly paired-back background evoke a similar kind of intrigue in the everyday. But while the works are meditatively formulated, diffusing calmness and tranquillity, they also exude dynamism. The aluminium surface emboldens the fluidity of each mark allowing it to swiftly glide over the smooth plain without interruption. The artist’s defined use of line accentuates the geometry of each object.
With his patient eye and laboured handwork rendering humble everyday pursuits, objects, and commutes, Brown points to the stoic grace in the act of living day-to-day. By pausing on simple occasions he shows us life does not need to be extraordinary to have meaning, each second is serene and every action has weight.
Brown has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours at the National Art School. He also holds a Diploma of Design, TAFE, Sydney, and from 2000-07 studied Classical drawing and painting at the Julian Ashton Art School Sydney. Brown’s work has been included in solo and group exhibitions in Australia and internationally. He has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize, Australian Print Triennial Prize, Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Mosman Art Prize and the Burnie Print Prize. He was awarded the Storrier Onslow National Art School Paris Studio Residency at Cite International des Arts, Paris in 2011.
STUDIES
1999 Diploma of Design, TAFE, Sydney
2000-07 Classical drawing & painting, Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney
2005-07 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Printmaking), National Art School, Sydney
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), National Art School, Sydney
Background
Painter and printmaker Dean’s work explores themes of individuality and alienation by depicting commuting urban figures removed from their larger group context.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 ‘Drive On’, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 ‘Reload – Contemporary Landscape’, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW
2011 Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
‘large exhibition of small works’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
‘large exhibition of small works’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
Stan and Maureen Duke Art Prize, Gold Coast, QLD
2010 ‘Passage and Transmission’, National Art School Graduate Award Exhibition,
Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
2008 ‘Watch this space’, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Honours Graduate Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
The Alice Prize, Alice Springs Art Foundation, Alice Springs, NT
Port Jackson Press Graduate Printmaking Award, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2007 Graduate Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
Stella Downer Printmaking Prize, National Art School Sydney
Capitals Project, Seoul, Korea
Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Awards, Centrehouse, Sydney
2006 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney
2005 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney
2004 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney
AWARDS
2011 Storrier Onslow National Art School Paris Studio Residency (Winner), Cité International des Arts, Paris, France
2008 Australian Galleries Graduate Award (Winner), National Art School, Sydney
2007 Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Awards (Highly Commended), Centrehouse, Sydney
Jeff Makin is a full-time artist, art critic and is recognized as one of Australia’s leading landscape painters. Makin is best known for his paintings en plein air of the Australian and European landscape. He has held numerous senior academic appointments while maintaining a flourishing artistic practice.
Jeff Makin’s artwork has long explored the picturesque and the sublime in nature, rooted in a specifically Australian locality. The You Yangs, the Grampians, Mt Buller, Wannon Falls and the Yarra Valley are all locations that Makin has visited intermittently throughout his career, in search of capturing those intangible qualities that form the essence of the land.
Landmarks by their very nature are immediately identifiable, partly through constructed imagery created through mediums such as painting, which become integral to our perception of them.
Jeff Makin is represented in all National, State and most Regional and corporate collections in Australia. In 2007 a boutique hotel in East Melbourne was named in his honour. Jeff Makin has been a finalist in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Tattersalls Art Prize in Brisbane.
EDUCATION
1994-95 M.A. (Research), Deakin University, Geelong
1962-66 Diploma (Painting), National Art School, Sydney
Tertiary Teacher Training, Sydney Teachers College, Sydney
1961 Julian Ashton’s School of Art, Desiderus Orban Studio, Sydney
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
1997-Current Art Critic, Herald Sun, Melbourne
1996-97 Director, National Art School, Sydney
1986-91 Principal Lecturer, Post Graduate Studies, Fine Art, RMIT University, Melbourne
1990 Artist-in-residence, Edinburgh University, Scotland, UK
1983-86 Principal Lecturer, Post Graduate Studies and Deputy Head, Fine Art, RMIT University (Bundoora Campus), Melbourne
1973-82 Senior Lecturer, Painting, School of Art & Design, Prahran College of Advanced Education, Melbourne
1978 Visiting Artist, Gloucestershire, School of Art & Design, UK
1972-82 Art Critic, Herald Sun, Melbourne
1971 Lecturer in Painting, PCAE, Melbourne
1968-70 Lecturer, National Art School, Sydney
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2011 Landmarks, Astras Galleries, Marina Mirage, Gold Coast
2010 The Journey, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Landmarks, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
Red Centre, Art Equity, Sydney
2007 A Graphic Survey, Port Jackson Press Print Room, Melbourne
2007 Etchings of Tasmania, Colville Street Art Gallery, Hobart
2006 Terre Australis, Art Equity, Sydney
2006 En Plein Air, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2006 Jeffrey Makin: Drawings, Stonnington Stables Museum of Art, Deakin University, Melbourne
2005 The Tasman Series, Art Equity, Sydney
2004 Australia Felix, Suite of ten etchings launched in conjunction with Australian
Conservation Foundation in World Environment Week, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2003 Australia Felix, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2002 Print Survey, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
Jeffrey Makin: genii loci, Stonnington Stables Gallery, Deakin University, Melbourne
Jeffrey Makin: Australia Felix, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
Lister Calder Gallery, Perth
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2000 BMG Gallery, Adelaide
1999 Robin Gibson, Sydney
BMG Gallery, Adelaide
Solander Gallery, Canberra
1998 Cook’s Hill Gallery, Newcastle
1997 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1995 BMG Gallery, Adelaide
Greythorn Gallery, Melbourne
1994 Phillip Bacon, Brisbane
Greythorn Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Greenhill Galleries, Perth
John Paul College, Brisbane
1992 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney Chapman Gallery, Canberra, Melbourne Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Schubert Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland
1991 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Adrian Slinger Gallery, Brisbane
1990 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1989 Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane, Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1988 Britain-Australia Bicentenary, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1986 Perth Festival Exhibition, Quentin Gallery, Perth Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1985 Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
1984 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1982 Gallery 52, Perth, Still Life 1978-82, Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
1981 Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1980 Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
1979 Objects 1978-79, Prahran College Gallery, Melbourne, Places 1978-79, Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
1977 Profile 5, University of Melbourne Art Gallery, Melbourne, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1976 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, Solander Galleries, Canberra, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1974 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1973 Sweeney Reed Gallery, Melbourne
1972 Llewellyn Galleries, Adelaide
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1971 Osborne and Polak Gallery, Melbourne
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1970 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Strines Gallery, Melbourne
1969 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1968 Watters Gallery, Sydney
1967 Watters Gallery, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2010 Autumn Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Winter Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Autumn Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2009 New Figuration, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Winter Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2007 International and Australian Works on Paper, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Winter Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Thirty, celebrating thirty years of limited edition fine art publishing, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2002 First Birthday Group Show, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Earth, Fire, Water, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Australian Modernism: The Complexity and the Diversity, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
1991 Group Exhibition, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, Green Arts, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1989 Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
The Kingfisher Prize Exhibition, Gallery 460, Gosford, NSW
1988 Los Angeles Art Fair (Realities Gallery), L.A., USA Painter’s Vision, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney Aspects of Art, Israel/Australia
1984 The Australians (curated by Memory Holloway), C.D.S. Gallery, New York
1983 McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
1982 Aspects of the Landscape, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne; Shepparton Arts Centre, Victoria; Benalla, Art Gallery, Victoria
1981 Joseph Brown Spring Exhibition, Melbourne
1979 McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1975 Artist’s Artists, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1974 Darnell De Gruchy Invitation Prize, Brisbane, Fifty Years of the National Art School, Bonython Galleries, Sydney, Joseph Brown Spring and Autumn Exhibitions, Melbourne
1972,74,78 Georges Invitation Art Prize, Melbourne
SELECTED AWARDS & COMMISSIONS
2010 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize 2010, Finalist
Calleen Art Award, Finalist
2009 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize 2009 Finalist
2008 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize 2008, Finalist, Glover Prize 2008 – Finalist
2003 Lake Eyre and Beyond, Deague Family Art Foundation commissioned 10 artists to travel, produce work and participate in a documentary regarding this trip to Lake Eyre
1995-98 Australian Government Post-Graduate Research Scholarship, Deakin University, Melbourne
1993 Commonwealth Savings Bank: Triptych – A Romantic Trilogy, three 2.5m x 3m canvases, World Trade Centre, Sydney
1992 Federal Airports Corporation: Two large scale paintings in VIP Lounge, International Airport, Sydney
1991-92 Hilton International, Brisbane: Mural – Waterfall, 11m x 4m
1990 Tattersall’s Club Art Prize, Brisbane
1987 Victorian Ministries for Transport and the Arts – public art project ‘Transporting Art’: Desert Tram
1985 Gold Coast Purchase Prize, Queensland
1980 School of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne: Portrait of Professor James Steel
1979 National Bank of Australasia: Tapestry woven by the Victorian Tapestry
Workshop
1976 Townsville Pacific Festival Purchase Award, Queensland, Rockhampton Art Prize, Queensland
1971 Gold Coast Purchase Prize, Queensland
1968 Southern Cross Art Prize, Sydney
1966 Drummoyne Graphic Prize, Sydney
1965 Mirror-Warratah Art Prize, Sydney
1964 Art Progression Scholarship, National Art School, Sydney
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fields, Caroline – Forward, Makin, Jeffrey – notes on drawing, Jeffrey Makin: Drawings published for the exhibition at Stonnington Stables Museum of Art, 2006
Bonython, Kym, Australian Painting 1970-75, Rigby, Adelaide, 1976
Bonython, Kym, Australian Painting 1970-80, Rigby, Adelaide, 1980
Carmichael, R., Makin, J. and Wolseley, J., Orienteering: Painting in the Landscape, Deakin University Press, Geelong, 1982
Chanin, Eileen, Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, Roseville, NSW, 1990
Crawford, Ashley and McGregor, Ken, William Creek and Beyond, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2002
Drury, Neville, Images in Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, Roseville, NSW, 1990
Germaine, Max, Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, Lansdowne Editions, Sydney, 1979
McCulloch, Alan, The Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1967
McCulloch, Susan, The Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, Allan and Unwin, Sydney 1994
McGrath, Sandra, Brett Whitely, Bay Books, Sydney, 1979
McGregor, Ken, William Creek and Beyond, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2002
McGregor, Ken and Makin, Jeff, Teeming With Life: The Graphics of John Olsen, McMillan, Melbourne, 2005.
McKenzie, Jane, Drawing in Australia, MacMillan, Sydney, 1986
Nicholls, Lara, The CBUS Collection of Australian Art: advisor Dr Joseph Brown AO 2004
Olsen, John, Drawn from Life, Duffy & Snellgrove, Melbourne, 1997
Sturgeon, Graham, Australia, the Painter’s Vision, Bay Books, Sydney, 1987
Thomas, David, Jeffrey Makin – Genii Loci, Stonnington Stables Museum of Art, Deakin University, Melbourne, 2002
Who’s Who in Australia, Information Australia, Melbourne, 1998
Zimmer, Jenny, Australia Felix: Landscapes by Jeffrey Makin, Macmillan, Melbourne, 2002
JOURNALS & MAGAZINES
Allen, Traudi, Studio International, vol 199, No. 1015, 1986/87, p. 36
Astbury, Leigh, ‘Marketing the Last Frontier’, Studio International, vol. 199, No. 1015, 1986/87
Beaumont, Mary Rose, Art Review, 29 Jan 1988
Bromfield, Dr. David, ‘Aspects of Landscape’, Gallery 52, Art Network, Spring 1983
Brown, Phil, ‘A Waterfall Affair’, State of the Art, Issue 2, 1992, pp. 46-47
Collier, Caroline, ‘Paintings from Australia’, Studio International, March 1984
Dodd, Terri, ‘Scaling the Heights of Art’, Australian Artist, No. 103, Jan 1993, cover & pp. 42-48
Griffiths, Anna, ‘Transport of Delight’, Design World, No. 13, 1987, pp. 30-33
Griffiths, Anna, ‘Splash’, Design Ink, No. 11, Dec 1992, pp.48-53
Hill, Peter, ‘The Flinders Ranges’, Alba, No. 8, 1998 pp. 34-36
Lane, Jessica, ‘Jeff Makin: a Heidelberg Spirit’, Antiques and Art, May/June, 1968
Lynn, Elwyn, ‘Profile 5 Exhibition’, catalogue essay, University of Melbourne Gallery, May 1977
Lynn, Elwyn, ‘Australian Letter’, Art International, March/April, 1982
Lynn, Elwyn, ‘Jeffrey Makin’, Watters Gallery Bulletin, 1968
Milington, John, ‘Jeffrey Makin, in the Top End!’, Antiques and Art, July-Nov 1991, p. 43
Siebert, David, ‘Jeffrey Makin, An Artist of International Significance’, Art National, Sep 1984
Siebert, David, ‘Waterfalls’, Oz Art Report, Issue 2, 1992, pp. 42-45
von Joel, Mike, Artine, Vol. 3, No. 10, 1988, pp. 20-21
NEWSPAPER REVIEWS
Bell, Pam, ‘A Fresh New Look’, Australian, 13 June 1977
Brown, Phil, Brisbane Courier Mail, 6 Sep 1991
Brown, Phil, ‘Masterpeice Commissioned’, City News, 19 Dec 1991
Brown, Phil, ‘Hilton Waterfall Unvelied’, City News, 16 Jan 1992
Carmichael, Rod, Sun News Pictorial, Melbourne, 4 March 1997
Crawford, Ashley, ‘Escape from the Traditional View of the Landscape’, Age, 15 August 2002
Dutkiewicz, Adam, ‘Makin Shows his True Colours with Landscape’, Advertiser, Adelaide, 17 May 1995
Follent, Sarah, ‘In Pursuit of an Individual Line’, Australian, 14 June 1984
Galbally, Ann, Age, 6 Oct 1971
Gill, Harb, ‘Into Thin Eyre’, Herald Sun, Weekend Magazine, 13 July 2002
Gleeson, James, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 Nov 1971
Lancashire, Rebecca, ‘Heidelberg Still Casts its Spell’, Age, 28 Oct 1991
Langer Gertrude, ‘Landscape Keeping Pace’, Brisbane Courier Mail, 6 June 1977
Langer, Gertrude, Brisbane Courier Mail, 23 Oct 1979
Lazar, Amanda, ‘Painting Needs More than a Gut Reaction’, Age, 4 December 1976
Lynn, Elwyn, ‘Soul Brothers Surge Ahead’, Australian, 11 Aug 1984
Lynn, Elwyn, ‘Conjuring with Four Masters in Full Flight’, Australian Magazine, No. 14, 14-15 May 1988
Lynn, Elwyn, ‘Champs Canvass Art with Punch’, Weekend Australian, 23-24 March 1991
Lynn, Elwyn, Australian Weekend Review, 4-5 April 1992
McCaughey, Patrick, Age, 10 Oct 1973
Millar, Ronald, Sun News Pictorial, 10 October 1973
Olsen, John, Sun News Pictorial, 1 Dec 1976
Rooney, Robert, ‘The Landscape Confrontation’, Age, 23 Melbourne 1980
Smith, Sue, ‘Landscape painter joins the masters’, Courier Mail, 26 Nov 1992
Snell, Ted, ‘Glowing Landscapes a Joy to View’, Western Mail, 10 July 1982
Stowell, Jill, ‘Icons Fall into Place’, Newcastle Herald, 22 Sep 2001
Warren, Alan, Sun News Pictorial, 6 Oct 1971
Wallace-Crabbe, Robin, Canberra Times, 28 Oct 1968
COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Art Gallery of WA, Perth
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Banker’s Trust, Sydney
Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
BHP Collection, Melbourne
Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Brisbane
Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
CBUS Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne
Chelsea Art Club, London
Coles Myer Collection, Melbourne
Dalby Collection, Queensland
Deakin University Art Collection, Victoria
Edinburgh University Collection, Scotland
Flinders University, Adelaide
Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
Gold Coast City Collection, Queensland
ICI Collection, Melbourne
La Trobe University Collection, Melbourne
Macquarie Group Collection
McClelland Gallery, Victoria
Medibank Collection, Melbourne
Monash Medical Centre Foundation – Fine Art Collection, Melbourne
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
National Bank of Australasia Collection of Modern Art, Melbourne
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Parliament House Collection, Canberra
Pegasus Gold Corporation, Washington DC, USA
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
R & I Bank, Perth
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Queensland
Rothschild Bank Collection, London
Sale Regional Art Centre, Victoria
Savage Club Art Collection, Melbourne
Stuart College of Advanced Education, Adelaide
Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria
Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane
Townsville Art Gallery, Queensland
Victorian Premier’s Department Collection, Melbourne
University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Born in Prague, Marcella was influenced by old master painters and traditional oil painting techniques. Marcella delights in the fragility of nature and its fluctuations. Her paintings are studies in tone, light and color – dancing on the surface of a fishpond, a swelling ocean or a peony. And while her subject matter harks back to the impressionists, her technique goes back even further to the 17th century master’s use of layered oils on linen.
2021
We Bleed the Same, Stirrup Gallery, Sydney
Kings School Art Prize, Sydney
40/40 Project, Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
2020
40/40 Project,Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
2019
‘Memoria’, Contemporary Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
40/40 Project, Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
2018
‘Flora’, Benedictine Cloister, St Peters Church, Reggio Emilia,Italy
‘Interna’, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
40/40 Project,Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
2017 40/40 Project, Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
2016
Small Images,Grand Visions, Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
Imago Mundi,Luciano Benetton Art Collection,’Rotte Mediterranee’,Palermo, Sicily,Italy
Small Images,Grand Visions,Wagner Contemporary,Sydney
2015
‘Hortus’,Benedictine Cloister,St Peters Church, Reggio Emilia,Italy
‘Imago Mundi’,Luciano Benetton World Art Collection,Italy
‘Small Images ,Grand Visions,Wagner Contemporary Gallery , Sydney
2014
‘Small Images,Grand Visions,Wagner Art Gallery,Sydney
2013
‘Bradman Centre Art Gallery opening show’,Museum,Bowral
‘Big’,Wagner Art gallery,Sydney
‘Flora & Fauna’,Syndicate at Danks Gallery,Sydney
‘Ready Willing and Able’,Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philladelphia,USA
Summer Show’,Wagner Art Gallery,Sydney
2012
‘Wonderfest’,Tudor House Art Show
‘Spring’,Greenhill Galleries, Perth
‘Big’, Charles Hewitt Gallery,Sydney
‘888/52’,Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2011
‘Small Images/Grand Visions’,Wagner Gallery, Sydney
’40 Square’, Greenhill Galleries,Perth
2010
John Leslie Art Prize 2010 Finalist
Small Images/Grand Visions’, Wagner Gallery,Sydney
‘Contemporanea’,Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
‘Contemporanea’,Smartartz Gallery,Melbourne
‘About Flowers’,Charles Hewitt Gallery,Sydney
‘Collector’s Choice’,Wagner Gallery,Sydney
‘Riverview Art Show’,Sydney
‘Ready,Willing & Able’,Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia,USA
’40 Squared’, Greenhill Galleries,Perth,WA
‘Something Personal’,Project Australia,Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
36th Alice Art Prize Finalist, Alice Springs,NT
‘Summer Exhibition’, Wagner Gallery, Sydney
2009
Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
800/50,Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
‘Festivite’, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
‘Xmas Show’,Wagner Gallery, Sydney
‘Towards the Light’,Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
‘Collector’s Choice’,Wagner Gallery, Sydney
‘Night With The Stars’,Westmead Hospital Cancer Fundraising
‘RedArt’, Reddam House Art Show 2009
Linden Postcard Show,Melbourne
2008
‘Festivite’,Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
Xmas Show,Charles Hewitt Gallery,Sydney
Annual Summer Show, Wagner Gallery, Sydney
Yodifee Fundraiser,Sydney
‘Small Images/Grand Visions’ ,Wagner Gallery, Sydney
Rarity Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
35th Alice Art Prize Finalist,Alice Springs, NT
Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne
2007
Mosman Art Prize, Finalist, Sydney
Waverley Art Prize Finalist, Sydney
Art Commission Show, Abu Dhabi,UAE
Frances Keevil Gallery Group Show, Sydney
Shoalhaven Art Prize
Art Commission Show,Dubai,UAE
Art Auction, 65 Roses Day, Sydney
Woollahra Public School Art Auction, Sydney
Frances Keevil Gallery,Group Show,Sydney
Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne
2006
‘Festivite”, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
“Treasure Trove:, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
‘Drawcard” National Art School, Sydney
Frances Keevil Gallery, Group Show, Sydney Northbridge Art Prize Finalist Sydney Storyteller’ Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney Shoalhaven Art Prize, Sydney Blake Art Prize Exceptions Exhibition, Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
Art Sydney 2006
Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne
Melbourne Art 2006
2005
Paddington Art Prize Finalist,Sydney -(Peoples Choice Award)
Exchange Square Fundraising Art Show,Sydney
Linden Postcard Show – Melbourne
Melbourne Art 2005
Fonas Infusion Exhibition…Cellblock National Art School,Sydney
Waverley Art Prize Finalist, Sydney – (Highly Commended)
Charlie Sheard Studio School Group Show ‘INTERLUDE’ at MLC Gallery Sydney
Shoalhaven Art Prize – winner of contemporary Art Prize Art Sydney 2005
Northbridge Art Prize, Sydney – (Winner of Oil Painting Prize)
North Launceston Art Prize, Tasmania
Frances Keevil Gallery, Group Show,Sydney
COLLECTIONS:
Apart from significant private collections in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Holland, USA, Canada, Barbados, Switzerland, France, Canada, UK , Czech Republic, China, Japan,Germany, Sweden and Norway. Marcella has been involved in architecture and design leading to numerous commission works.
BIOGRAPHY
Zhong Chen was born in 1970 in Zhongshan, China and arrived in Australia at the age of 19 in 1989. Now residing in Melbourne, Chen has forged a successful career by exploring his trans-cultural identity. Chen’s work is proudly inspired by his Chinese heritage. His collections examine, highlight and celebrate the cultural, political and historical relationships between Australia and China, and their respective approaches to narrative and image making in contemporary art.
Zhong has exhibited extensively since 1995.
EDUCATION
1998 Masters of Fine Arts, Chelsea School of Art
1996 Bachelor of Visual Arts (honours), University of South Australia
1994 Diploma of Visual Arts, North Adelaide School of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Hero and Beauty, Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2011 Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
2010 Australian High Commission, Singapore
2009 Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
2008 Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
2006 Small Paintings, Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
2005 Shanghai Bund, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York
2004 Shanghai Summer, Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast
Shanghai Night, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Zhong Chen Recent Paintings, Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
2002 Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
The Alternative Museum, New York
Juliet,Juliet, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide
Shaolin Spin Kick Combo, Studio 12, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
2000 Bird and Flower Portraiture, Span Galleries, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Chinese Australia, Ausin Tung Gallery, Melbourne
2011 The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2009 The Doug Moran Art Portrait Prize, Sydney
Salon Des Refuses, Sydney
Figurative Show, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Home Coming Exhibition, Linda Gallery, Beijing
2008 The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
The Wynne Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Mao To Now, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
Singapore Art Fair, Singapore
Asian Art Fair, New York
Hong Kong Art Fair, Hong Kong
Motif Fine Art, Taiwan
The Doug Moran Art Portrait Prize, Sydney
2007 The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2006 The Wynne Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2005 The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo
Squared, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
2004 Xin Nian-Contemporary Australian Chinese Art, The Response Gallery, NGV, Victoria
SBS Art Award, Mannigham Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Redlands Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery
Salon Des Refuses, Sydney
2002 SBS Federation Art Award, Federation Square, National Gallery of Victoria
2001 Salon Des Refuses, Sydney;
Mediated Portraits, Mass Gallery, Sydney
Alice Art Prize, Alice Springs
Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney
2000 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
SELECTED AWARDS
2009 Holding Redlich People’s Choice Award, Salon Des Refuses, Sydney
2005 Australia Council Grant ] three month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York
2002 SBS Federation Art Award, Federation Square, Melbourne
2001 Australia Council Greene Street, New York Studio Residency
2000 The Ian Potter Cultural Trust
1999 Premier’s Award- Emerging Artist of the Year, ARTSA
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of South Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Western Mining Australia
Artbank
Sydney F.H Faulding and Co.
Adelaide, Macquarie University
BHP
SBS, Melbourne
Private Collections in Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, London, New York and Australia.
Graham Fransella studied at the Bradford School of Art, Yorkshire. He came to Australia in 1975. Graham Fransella lives and works in Melbourne and is represented by galleries across Australia.
Graham Fransella’s work is represented in many public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Queensland Art Gallery, Parliament House, Print Council of Australia and Artbank.
Graham Fransella is represented in many private collections in Australia, Europe and the USA, including Saatchi and Saatchi, London.
1970 Travelled to Europe, visiting France, Italy, Greece and Spain
1970-73Attended Bradford Art School, Yorkshire under Ian Colverson
1972 Awarded Bradford College Travelling Scholarship. Travelled to Europe visiting Munich Olympic Games and Isle of Wight Rock Festival. Represented in 2nd International Print Biennale, Bradford, UK
1974 First visit to Australia travelling through Malaysia en route. Stayed for 6 months in Melbourne. Returned to England and taught at Bradford Art School
1975 Returned to Australia
1976 Assisted Bea Maddock to print etchings whilst she was Artist-in-Residence at ANU, Canberra
1977 Appointed as Printmaking Technician at Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1978 First one person show at Stuart Gerstman Gallery, Melbourne
1979 Visited England and France
1981 Exhibition at Stuart Gerstman Galleries of small scale etchings. Work purchased by National Gallery, Canberra. Appointed lecturer at Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1983 First exhibition at Macquarie Galleries, Sydney. Commenced first ‘Parrot’ Series of etchings Who Shot the Parrot?. Visited Italy, France and UK
1985 Exhibited at Gerstman Abdullah Fine Arts International, Cologne, West Germany. Awarded the Maitland Art Prize for etching Man with Case
1986 Worked for 6 months at John Walker’s studio in London. Also visited Italy and France. Exhibited at Los Angeles Arts Fair. Commenced printing with Michel Szczepanski
1989 First exhibition in London at Rebecca Hossack Gallery. Travelled to London and France
1992 Awarded Australian Council Grant. Awarded Mitchelton Print Prize. Worked at Australian Print Workshop on large scale prints and a set of erotic etchings
1996 Travelled to England and Paris with son Eric
1997 Travelled to Red Centre visiting Aboriginal communities and viewing indigenous paintings
1999 Moved to studio in Brooklyn, Melbourne
2000 Resigned lecturing position to concentrate full time on own work. Travelled in light aircraft to Northern Territory and Western Australian visiting Bungle Bungles, Lake Eyre and Coober Pedy
2001 Travelled along the Gibb River Road in the Kimberley visiting aboriginal art sites
2002 Travelled to Arnhamland to see aboriginal rock art sites and dwelling sites
2004 Travelled to London, Paris and Southern Spain
2006 Travelled to New York
2007 Awarded Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize
2009 Winner of the Wynee Trustees Watercolour Prize. Travelled to Tuscany and London. Finalist Dobell Prize, Gallery of NSW
2011 Winner of the Wynee Trustees Watercolour Prize. Travelled to Sicily, France and London
2012 Finalist, Wynee Trustees Landscape Prize
2013 Finalist, Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia
Awards
2011 Winner of the Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize, AGNSW
2009 Winner of the Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize, AGNSW
2007 Winner of the Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize, AGNSW
2006 Winner of the Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize, AGNSW
2000 Winner of the Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize, AGNSW
1992 Australia Council Grant
Michelton Print Prize
1985 Maitland Art Prize
1972 Bradford School of Art, Travelling Scholarship
COLLECTIONS
Art Bank O.T.C Australia
Art TrustOve Arup & Partners
Arthur Anderson & C0., MelbournePacific Brands
Australian Art Investment TrustParliament House
Australian National Gallery, CanberraPrint Council of Australia
Australian Print Workshop,Queensland State Gallery
Ballarat City Art GalleryQueensland University of Technology
Bristol-Myers Squibb AustraliaSAATCHI & SAATCHI, London
Corrs Chambers WestgarthSouthcorp Holdings
Crown CasinoSparke Helmore
Deakin University, MelbourneSteel Case Australia P/L
Facioni NomineesThe Toronto Dominion Bank
Footscray College of TAFEUniversity of Southern Queensland
Geelong Art GalleryVEI Superannuation
George Patterson BatesVictorian Workcover Authority
GLAXO AustraliaWarnambool City Art Gallery
JawcambWaverley City Council, Melbourne
MainpointWollongong City Gallery
Maunsells Australia P/LNational Gallery of Victoria
PUBLICATION
Graham Fransella, Graham Fransella figures & landscapes: paintings and prints, 1984 – 2002. Ed. Jenny Zimmer. South Yarra, Vic. Macmillan, c200
Artist’s statement
As a sculptor, my inspiration is drawn from the human form. More specifically, my interest lies in what the human form conveys through gesture and expression. I am interested in human experience expressed through the body and how the viewer interprets from an empathetic perspective, yet at the same time, how each interpretation can vary based on the individual’s experiences. I am also interested in aesthetics as a mode of expression. From my early influences of Renaissance sculpture in particular, having visited Rome and Florence as a teenager, my frames of reference have expanded over the years to include contemporary practitioners such as Ricky Swallow, Alex Seton, Ron Muek, Antony Gormley, and Marc Quinn. While my traditional process-driven practice continues to draw from classical roots, in the pluralistic art context of today I am interested in exploring the way traditional process and classical aesthetic can represent a moment in contemporary human experience.
EDUCATION
He attended the Newcastle Waldorf School from kindergarten till year 12. He matriculated from high school in 1999 and in 2001 commenced a bachelor of Fine Art at the University of Newcastle, completing an honours degree in Fine art in 2007, winning a traveling scholarship and spending two weeks sculpting marble in the home of Renaissance marble carving, Carrara, Italy. He then commenced a Masters of Teaching at the University of Newcastle in 2009 and graduated in 2010. Gareth is an art teacher at the Newcastle Waldorf School.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2005 New Works at Tighes Hill Gallery
2006 An Exhibition of Ceramic Sculpture at Tighes Hill Gallery
2008 Felons at The John Paynter Gallery Newcastle
2009 New Work at John Miller Gallery Newcastle
2011 In Stone at the John Paynter Gallery Newcastle
2013 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney NSW
2019 Harvey Galleries, Sydney NSW
GROUP EXHIBITION
1999 ArtExpress Regional Tour
2004 Graduation Students Award Exhibition at Inner City Clayworkers Sydney
2004 Joint at Back to Back Galleries
2004 The Artisan Art Prize at John Miller Gallery
2004 9+2 at Tighes Hill Gallery
2005 Figurative at The Art Lounge Wooloomooloo
2006 Art2Muse exhibition at Simmer on the Bay
2006 Honours, Masters, PhD Ceramics Invitational at Watt Space Gallery Newcastle
2006 Stock Room Show the Best of the Best at Tighes Hill Gallery
2008 Collectors Care invitational Front Room Gallery Newcastle
PRIZES
Awarded Top student 1998 for 3 unit visual art at OTEN
Highly commended in Mattara Miniature Sculpture competition 2003
Second prize for Mattara Sculpture Competition 2003
Awarded the 2006 Jennie Thomas Travelling Scholarship
Won Newcastle Regional Show Art (sculpture section) competition 2004, 2005, 2008
PUBLICATIONS
The journal of Australian Ceramics National Pictorial Survey 2006
Hunter Lifestyle Magazine August/September 2006
Postgraduate Paths, Six Artists, Three Spaces –University of Newcastle 2008
COLLECTIONS
St Marks Anglican Church Islington
William Wilkins Memorial Collection
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Private collections in Australia and Internationally have produced commissions for the John Hunter Hospital, The Belmont Birthing Centre, the GPT group redevelopment of Charlestown Square
2004 Graduated from University of Wales in Wales, UK with a Master of Arts degree
2002 Graduated from Communication University of China, with a Bachelor of Arts degree
Currently lives and works in Beijing, China
ARTIST STATEMENT
‘Freedom is limited under the rules. It is human nature to break away from restrictions and gain freedom.
It is a landscape of restriction and freedom.
The lines, the warp and weft, are the rules. The key is how to break the rule and get freedom. These beautiful latitude and longitude lines, just like the art of society. It seems to be perfect, but they are lifeless. Breaking the routine are the core values of the works. Each of works is a process of breaking. The process is a kind of confrontation and struggle between freedom and rules, as well as fight between sensibility and rationality. Frame and color limit the element and consciousness.
We can find a good way to keep everything going well between freedom and rules’… Dai Dandan
SOLO EXHIBITION
2017 Hopscotch, XC.HuA Gallery, Beijing
2017 ONE Art Museum Program x Matrix, Trainspotting, Beijing
2017 GIFT, MH Maker, Shenzhen
2016 Woven Freedom, Triumph Art Space, Beijing
2016 Braid, NKN Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Boundless, BM Art, Beijing
2012 Mr & Mrs Huang in the Humble Administrator’s Garden, Studio Rouge, Shanghai & HongKong
GROUP EXHIBITON
2019 ‘Wulong Lanba Art Festival 2019’, Chongqing, China
2019 “Have You Forgotten Me”, Chen Gallery, Beijing, China
2019 “Ingenious Harmony”, V Space Contemporary Art Life Exhibtion, Beijing, China
2019 “Art Beijing 2019”, Art Nova 100, Beijing, China
2019 “Prospect of Youth Art”, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia
2019 “Have Fun”, Cheng Center For Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2018 Yes or No! 2018 Art Nova 100, Guardian Art Center, Beijing
2018 Density Talisman Array, Ying Space, Beijing
2018 Spring Luster, Sky Moca, Beijing
2018 12th Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale of Venice, Italy
2017 Rebuild & Transition – Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Sichuan
2017 A Bosom Friend Afar Brings Distant Land Near, Being 3 Gallery, Beijing
2016 Suncheon International Eco-environmental Art Festival, Suncheon, Korea
2016 Art 021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai
2016 Chinese Contemporary, La Maison De La Culture À Diekirch, Luxembourg
2016 Art Nova 100, Beijing
2015 Art Nova 100 5th Anniversary Celebration, Beijing
2015 Out of the Box!- SURGE Art’s exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
2015 Are we All we are? -Residence artists’ exhibition, Busan Korea
2015 we we we, Art space at Cofco Plaza, Beijing
2014 Pure and Intangible, , Beijing, Shanghai
2014 New Generation of Abstract Art, Sishang Art Museum, Beijing
2014 ArtNova 100-HongKong, HongKong K11 Art Center, HongKong
2014 Temperature of Lines, Mingtai Space, Beijing
2014 France-China, 1964-2014: A time of Recognition & Friendship,
2014 Art exhibition featuring 50 Chinese artists, 17th arrondissement of Paris, France
2014 Beijing – SLC connect, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City
2013 ArtNova 100, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen
2013 Considering the spiritual, NING Space, Beijing
2013 Oriental Objects, BM Art Creative, Beijing
2012 Carnival-Hei Qiao Artist Community (I)’, Mizuma & One Gallery, Beijing
2010 The Republic, South Art Space, 798 ART ZONE, Beijing
Artist-In-Residency
2017 MH Maker, Shenzhen, China
2015 Openspace Bae, Busan, Korea
2014 “Living-Gallery” @Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
2012 L’hotel élan, Hongkong
2010 Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
Public Projects
2018 ‘Colorful WEY’, WEY SUV branding Launch, 798 Art Factory, Beijing
2006 Graduated from the Mural Painting Department of Shandong College of Arts with a bachelor´s degree.
Currently works and lives in Beijing.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I will muse on the layers of color and their relations and distinctions in this series of works. The “flow” of material makes my interaction with it a coincidence, which is uncontrollable and changeable. It meets my expectations to some extent, seems to be some sort of relationship between stillness and quiet. I like this kind of early experience within my scope… Yan Hongchi
GROUP EXHIBITION
2018 Art Nova 100, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
2018 Strike A Pose on The Stage, Will Space, Beijing, China
2017 CIGE Expo, One Way Art, Beijing, China
2017 Local Files, Yao Space, Shanghai, China
2016 Art Taste, PVG Art, Beijing, China
2016 Together, Rhythm Art Museum, Beijing, China
2015 Art Together, Poly International Convention and Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
Bernard Ollis (born 1951 in Bath, England) is an Australian artist and painter who lives and works in Sydney and Paris. Ollis is the former Director of the National Art School, Sydney.
Ollis is a graduate of Cardiff School of Art & Design, Wales and received his Master of Art (Painting) from the Royal College of Art. Ollis arrived in Australia in 1976 and lectured at the University of the Northern Territory where he became head of his department, and La Trobe University, Victoria where he became Head of Fine Art. In 1996, Ollis was appointed Head of Painting at the National Art School, Sydney. He became Director there in late 1997, a position he held for 10 years.
Ollis has held over 80 solo exhibitions since 1972 in Australia, New Zealand, Bath, London, Paris and China and has participated in group exhibitions throughout Australia, Europe, and Asia. Ollis has had many international residencies, these include a residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris in 1975, a residency in Cairo Egypt 2008, Antarctica in 2014, Zhouzhuang, China in 2015 , Svarbard Arctic in 2019.
Ollis received the 1976 John Minton International Painting Prize, the 1977 Sir Frederick Richards’ Travelling Scholarship (UK), an Australia Council Visual Arts Board Grant (1984), and the Conrad Jupiters Award in 2005 (Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD).
Ollis’s work is held in public collections in Australia and the United Kingdom, including the Royal College of Art London, National Gallery of Australia, Parliament House, Canberra, and the State Galleries of Queensland, Victoria and Northern Territory.
Ollis was made a Fellow of the National Art School in 2022, for his contributions to the arts community, service to arts education and his own respected art practice.
Studies
1973 – 1976 Master of Art (Painting), the Royal College of Art, London UK (MA RCA London)
1970 – 1973 Diploma of Art and Design, Cardiff College of Art and Design, Wales UK (Dip AD)
1969 – 1970 Foundation Studies Cardiff College of Art and Design, Wales UK (BA Hons)
Lecturing and Administrative Experience
1998 – 2009 Director
National Art School (Sydney)
1997 – 1998 Head of Studies
National Art School (Sydney)
1996 – 1997 Head of Painting Department
National Art School (Sydney)
1994 – 1996 Senior Lecturer/Head of Fine Art
La Trobe University (Victoria)
1982 – 1994 Head of Painting
La Trobe University (Victoria)
1982 Acting Head of Visual Art Department
Darwin Community College (University Northern Territory)
1978 – 1982 Head of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture Section
Darwin Community College (University Northern Territory)
1977 – 1978 Lecturer Fine Art
Darwin Community College (University Northern Territory)
1974 – 1976 Visiting Lecturer
Various British Art Schools
Solo Exhibitions
2021 The Artist Gardens Part 2, Harvey Galleries, Mosman, Sydney
2020 The Artist Gardens Part 1, Harvey Galleries, Mosman, Sydney
2019 The World Traveller, Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth
2019 Departures, Aarwun Galleries, Canberra
2019 The Traveller, Mitchell Galleries, Brisbane
2018 Bernard Ollis, Anala Art Advisory, Glenbrook, Blue Mountains
2018 Being There, Harvey Galleries, Mosman and Seaforth
2018 Traveler’s Tales: Paris and Morocco, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth
2017 Paris & Other Stories, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
2017 Observations, Mitchell Galleries Brisbane
2017 Favourite Places, Harvey Galleries Seaforth and Mosman, Sydney
2016 Run Ya Artspace, Linyi China
2016 Cultural Exchange of Australia and China, Linyi Arts Centre Shandong
2016 Storytelling about China – Shanghai Cultural Centre & Art Gallery China
2016 Open Studio – Travel Paintings, Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth WA
2016 Travels to Paris, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Seaforth, Sydney NSW
2015 Brisbane and Beyond, Mike Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland
2015 Bernard Ollis: 54 Works at Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015 Observations of Paris, NG Gallery, Sydney
2015 Theatre of Life, Buratti Fine Art, Perth, WA
2015 Antarctica- Shackleton, The Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
2014 Bernard Ollis, Kenthurst Galleries, NSW
2014 Le Regard de deux Australiens, L’Espace Beaujon, Paris, France
2014 Traveller’s Tales, Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW
2013 A Town Like Paris, Muk Muk Fine Art, travelling show to Alice Springs, Darwin, Brisbane
2013 Paris Work, Buratti Fine Art, Perth
2012 – 2013 Modern Living: Bernard Ollis. A survey of the work of Bernard Ollis, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2012 Paris Considered, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
2012 Parisian Reflections, Letham Galleries, Auckland, NZ
2011 Paris Revisited, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
2011 Major Works, Buratti Fine Art, Perth
2010 Italy 19Karen Contemporary Artspace Gold Coast, Queensland
2009 The Grand Tour, United Galleries Perth WA
2009 Journeys through Italy and Egypt, NG Art Sydney NSW
2008 Urban Myth, United Galleries Perth WA
2008 Incognito NG Art, Chippendale Sydney NSW
2006 The St Peters Suite Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2002 Stella Downer Galleries, Sydney NSW
2001 Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2000 Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
1998 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney NSW
Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney NSW
1997 Hot Bath Gallery, Bath UK
1996 Australian Galleries, Melbourne Victoria
1994 Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
1993 Botanical Gallery, South Yarra Victoria
1992 Retrospective Paintings and Pastels
Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1991 Powell Street Gallery, South Yarra Victoria
1990 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1989 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1988 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
Roz McAllen Gallery, Brisbane Queensland
1987 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
Powell Street Gallery, South Yarra Victoria
1984 – 1986 Visual Arts Board, “Bernard Ollis” The Australian Tour; exhibited at:
Under croft Gallery for the Perth Festival University of Western Australia
Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Victoria
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
Ararat Gallery, Victoria
Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria
Shepparton Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
Muswellbrook Art Gallery, NSW
Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
Orange Art Gallery, NSW
Benalla Art Gallery Victoria
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW
Bendigo Art Gallery Victoria (extended survey exhibition)
1984 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1982 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1981 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1978 Warehouse Galleries, South Melbourne Victoria
1976 The Africa Centre Covent Garden, London UK
The Royal Commonwealth Society, London UK
1974 – 1975 Commonwealth Institute Gallery, London UK
1972 – 1973 College of Art Gallery, Cardiff Wales
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 ‘Connections’, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW
2018 ‘Elsewhere – Travels Through Morocco, Egypt, Syria Iran and Central Asia’, exhibition with Bernard
Ollis, HR Gallop Gallery, CSU Wagga Wagga – 13 August to 7 September 2018
Griffith Regional Art Gallery – 29 September to 4 November 2018
Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo: May – June 2019
The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie: 20 July – 29 September 2019
Tamworth Regional Art Gallery: 8 February – 22 March 2020
2018 ‘The Art of Friendship’, Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios
2018 ‘Nature and Life: Images from our Souls’ Bayside Arts Festival 2018, Sydney
2017 ‘Salon des Refuses’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2017 ‘Bernard Ollis & Wendy Sharpe Etchings’, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne
2016 Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW
2015 ‘Three Australians’, Gallery 12, Auckland NZ
2015 ‘New Romantics (with Wendy Sharpe and Johnny Romeo)’, Penny Contemporary Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2015 ‘Private Lives: Collections’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2011 ‘Dobell Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2011 ‘IN[TWO]ART’, Maitland Regional Art Gallery touring exhibition
2010 ‘Salon des Refuses’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2010 ‘Tales from the City’, Two-person exhibition with Wendy Sharpe, Orange Regional Art Gallery
2009 ‘Every Dog has its Day’, Letham Gallery Auckland NZ
2008 United Galleries, Perth WA
2008 Contemporary Drawing London University of the Arts Wimbledon Art Col, England
2008 ‘Vernissage’ Oxford Street Gallery, Melbourne Victoria
‘Drawcard’ National Art School Gallery, Sydney New South Wales
2007 ‘Fragile Planet’ NG Art Gallery, Sydney New South Wales
‘Salon des Refuses’ SH Ervin Gallery, New South Wales
SCEGGS Redlands Art Prize
Mosman Art Prize
‘There is no place like home’ NG Art Gallery, Sydney New South Wales
2006 Hong Ik University Gallery, Seoul South Korea
2005 ‘Drawcard’ Cell Block Theatre National Art School, Sydney New South Wales
‘Dog Trumpet’ Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney New South Wales
‘Drawing the Line’ Cell Block Theatre National Art School (academic staff exhibition)
Art Space, Bendigo Victoria
Lake Macquarie Invitation Prize, University Gallery Sydney NSW
Awards and Prizes
2023 Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the visual arts, and to education.
2015 Artist Residency in Zhouzhang, China
2014 Mawson’s Hut Foundation artist-in-residence, Antarctica voyage
2008 Australian Embassy, Artist-in-Residence Studio, Cairo Egypt
2005 Conrad Jupiter Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery Queensland
2000 Olympic Arts Festival
1992 Selected by Melbourne Theatre Company for season’s brochure
1989 Selected for Sydney Children’s Choir catalogue
1988 Heritage Arts Festival Award, Queensland
1984 Visual Arts Board Australia, Council Grant
1983 Commissioned series of paintings for Napoleon Brandy Advertising Campaign
1982 Gold Coast City Art Awards, Queensland
1977 Sir Fredrick Richards’s Travelling Scholarship (drawing), UK
1976 John Minton International Painting Prize, London UK
1975 Artist-in-residence Maltese Studio International Youth Arts Festival British representative
Artist-in-residence Paris Studio Cité Internationale des Arts France
Collections
Art Bank, Sydney NSW
Australian National Gallery, Canberra ACT
Bathurst Arts Centre, Bathurst NSW
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Victoria
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Collection, Victoria
Cultural Centre, Valetta Malta
Darwin University, Northern Territory
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise Queensland
Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton NSW
Herald Sun Art Collection, Melbourne Victoria
McGregor Collection University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Queensland
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
National Art School, Sydney NSW
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Victoria
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW
Orange Art Gallery, Orange NSW
Parliament House, Canberra ACT
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Queensland
Royal College of Art, London UK
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria
The Commonwealth Institute, London UK
Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff Wales
Catalogues and Books
2018 Ollis, Bernard, ‘An Illustrated Guide to Montmartre’s Bars and Café’s’, Life Drawing Montmartre
2017 Major Art Review, Sasha Grishin, The Canberra Times, Canberra
2017 Bernard Ollis’s Colourful Interludes, Lena Owen, The Creative Issue, QLD
2017 Exhibition Review, Philip Brown, The Courier Mail. QLD
2014 Le regard de deux Australiens, L’Espace Beaujon, Paris, NSW
2014 Traveller’s Tales, Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW
2013 A Town Like Paris, Muk Muk Fine Art, publication to coincide with travelling exhibition
2012 Modern Living: Bernard Ollis, A Survey of the Work of Bernard Ollis, Manly Art Museum, Sydney, NSW
2005 Li, Jingzhe, Australian Contemporary Painting Shanghai People’s Fine Art Publishing House
1997 Paterson, Susan, From Bendigo to Bath, Hot Bath Gallery, Bath, UK
1996 Paterson, S. and Gervasoni, C. Catbuster Studio Art, Macmillan, Victoria
1995 Who’s Who of Australian Visual Arts (2nd edition) Reed International Publishing
1995 Gervasoni, Clare, and Paterson, Susan, Catbuster Art, Macmillan, Melbourne
1994 McCulloch, Susan, the Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, Allen and Unwin, Melbourne
1993 Hayes, Susan, and Gervasoni, Clare, Artistic Insights,
Harcourt Brace Jovanonvich, Sydney
1992 Drury, Neville, Images in Contemporary Art, Craftsman House, Sydney
1991 Chanin, Eileen, ed Contemporary Australian Art, Craftsman House, Sydney
1990 Germaine, Max, Artists and Galleries of Australia, Craftsman House, Sydney
1988 Drury, Neville, New Directions in Contemporary Art, Craftsman House, Sydney
1984 Bendigo Art Gallery Bernard Ollis Australian Works, National Touring catalogue
1983 Paroissien, Leon, Australian Art Review, Warner Assoc. Press
Contributions to Books, Journals and Magazines by Bernard Ollis
2021 Darwin Daze, Bernard Ollis, Martin Lane Publications
2018 Ollis, Bernard, ‘An Illustrated Guide to Montmartre’s Bars and Café’s’, Life Drawing Montmartre
2008 Ollis, Bernard, quoted in The Struggle to Keep Faith in the Blake Prize, Quadrant (March 2008)
2007 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword 56th Blake Prize for Religious Art catalogue
2005 Ollis, Bernard the Band Returning 2005 full page colour image appearing on front cover of Antiques & Art in Queensland November 2005 – March 2006 edition
2005 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword Walking the Line National Art School Academic Staff Drawing Exhibition Catalogue
2002 – 2006 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword National Art School Prospectus
2002 – 2007 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword National Art School Honours Yearbook
2001 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword the Studio Tradition
1999 Ollis, Bernard, Craft Arts International – Art Schools in Australia
1998 – 2007 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword National Art School Degree Show Yearbook
1998 Ollis, Bernard, History of the National Art School, NAS website (revised 2005)
1992 Ollis, Bernard, in Hayes, Susan, Flora and Fauna, La Trobe University
1983 Ollis, Bernard, An Artists view from Darwin, Australian Art Review Chapter on Northern Territory. Ed Paroissien, Leon, Macmillan Press
1980 Ollis, Bernard, catalogue preface introduction to David Middlebrook American Artist in Residence, Chandler Coventry Gallery
1980 Ollis, Bernard, Peter Corlette, in Scarlett Ken Australian Sculptors, Nelson, Melbourne
1976 Ollis, Bernard, chapter in Picard Phyllis If You Think Your Child is Gifted, Allen and Unwin, London
1975 Ollis, Bernard, Malta seminars become Carnivals, Commonwealth News 4 June 75, Volume
Recent Participation in Seminars, Symposia and Conferences
2019 Tour Leader and Lecturer, Renaissance Tours, France
2018 Talking with Painters, Television Interview & Podcast with Maria Stolja
2018 Guest Speaker & Interview, Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2017 Guest Speaker & Interview with John Hockney, Aarwun Galleries, Canberra
2017 Judge, Townsville Art Society, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
2017 Royal Art Society Annual Exhibition, Judge, Sydney
2017 Lecture, Q&A, Harvey Galleries, Seaforth (March)
2017 Guest Speaker, Harvey Galleries, Mosman, Sydney
2017 Guest Speaker, Mitchel Galleries, Brisbane, Queensland
2016 Guest Speaker, Blue Mountains Regional Gallery, NSW
2016 Judge, Southern Highlands Art Awards, NSW
2016 Guest Speaker, Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2016 Radio Interview, Art Beat, Sydney
2016 Guest Speaker, Shanghai Art Center, China
2016 Guest Speaker, Australian Chinese Cultural Festival, Linyin Art Center, China
2016 Guest Speaker, Renaissance Tours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2016 Lecturer and Workshop Leader (weekend workshop), Willoughby Art Centre, Sydney
2016 Tour Leader, Renaissance Tours, (2 Week Workshop, Paris) run by Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paris
2016 Workshop Leader, Alison Chiam Art Workshops, The Rocks, Sydney
2016 Lecture, Q&A, Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008 State Library of NSW, Examined Life Series III – The Search for Meaning – Guest Speaker
2007 Invited speaker for NAS, International Independent Art Schools Association. Evora, Portugal
2007 Forty-Eight Hours of Visual Art (FEHVA) Conference, Bangalow NSW – Guest Speaker
2006 ‘Drawing Breath’ International Drawing Symposium National Art School Campus – Convenor
Ciphering inspiration from his home city of Beijing, Peihong creates abstracted acrylic landscapes reflecting the dynamism of urban infrastructure. His ‘My Space’ series began with doodles of dead leaves and power lines, which gradually became abstracted until reaching, in the artist’s own words, a ‘simpler and purer’ reality. The stark, vibrant palette of the paintings reflects the optical saturation of the world’s most populous capital city, peppered with neon lights, cars, advertisements and buildings. In a quest for balance, Peihong distils this over-stimulating menagerie into nebulous blocks of colour that evoke psychedelic aerial views of the city. This is refracted in his painting process, which involves lying the canvas on a table and working from above, allowing the pools of acrylic to dry at their own will. Leaving areas of the whitewashed canvas blank, the artist ties shapes together with looped ‘threads’ to create a holistic, interconnected space, much like the modern, globalised city.
Artist Statement
2020
‘I am a painter and mainly focusing on abstract art area. My Space is my representative work. On my opinion, abstract art is free which has no specific formalization or shape, while show characteristics of independence and integrity in the level of visual expression. And in my latest years’ works, my concerns of trace and color of cities has moved on to the connection between people and space.
Each one of us is a consciousness, we are creators of our own massages and also act like a mediator of different massages. And these massages are formulating an invisible and abstract network that connecting each person, the shape of the network changes as our life goes on.
My Space series is a pictorial representation of consciousness network. And I choose painting to express the transformation of each moment of my thoughts. Those “shapes” and “colors” filling and constructing the space with an internal order, they look beautiful while hard to tell where they truly came from. And I could tell that the study on printmaking has influenced my way of working, go through a complex process to achieve a seemingly simple result, which allows me to paint over and over again on the canvas. Brushstrokes stack on top of one another, pigments drip and spread, mediums slowly solidified, I enjoy painting back and forth until they are covered and superimposed again.
The way I paint always lead to an unimaginable result, and brings to me a sense similar to the context of Kafka’s novel. I guess it is accurate to express the consciousness network. The time I spend to paint has been extended, necessarily. My Space is boundless, abstract and a space of nothingness, seemly unordered and tangled. And would finally become balanced, ordered and natural’
BORN
Shanghai 1987
EDUCATION
2005 Affiliated High School of Shanghai University Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai, China.
2010 BFA with Distinction, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
2014 MFA with Distinction, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2020 Harvey Galleries, Mosman, Sydney
2019 Space, Eslite Spectrum Shenzhen, Shenzhen
2017 My Space, Harvey Galleries Mosman, Sydney.
2016 From Formless To Form, Twins Art, Shanghai.
2015 Traces Freely Traveling, Mingtai Space, Beijing.
DOUBLE SOLO EXHIBITION
2020 Pursuing the City Colours Lost, Zhu Peihong Art Space, Shanghai
2019 Pursuing the City Colours Lost, Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai
2018 Pursuing the City Colours Lost, Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai
2017 The City Marked by Youngmen, Parkview Green Art 798, Beijing.
Pursuing the City Colours Lost, Tranquil Scenery, Shanghai World EXPO, Shanghai.
2016 Pursuing the City Colours Lost, Into the Light, Shanghai World EXPO, Shanghai.
2015 Pursuing the City Colours Lost, Colorful Season – Shanghai Mart, Shanghai.
2014 Pursuing the City Colours Lost, Zhu Yuxiang & Zhu Peihong Double Exhibition, Shanghai Mart.
GROUP EXHIBITION
2020 Roundabout, EGG Gallery, Beijing
2019 The Logical Lines of Painting, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou
2018 Today Wall Power, The 3rd Edition of Wallpost Artist Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing.
Never Winter, EGG Gallery, Beijing.
2017 Rebuild & Transition, Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing.
Chinese Spirit: The 4th Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition – Abstract – Non-figurative Oil Painting
Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary, Today Art Museum, Beijing.
The Migration of Fission, 40x Junge Kunst aus China, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Berlin.
Communication Extended, Parkview Green Art Taipei, Taipei.
Art Nova 100 – Art Grand Summit, The Grand Summit, Beijing.
Art Nova 100 – Art Shang Ba, Shang Ba Culture Group, Beijing.
Rebuild & Transition, Today Art Museum, Beijing
In the Name of Abstraction, Enjoy Museum of Art, Beijing
Role, X Gallery, Dalian
Abstract Contemporary Art Exhibition, Sichuan Province Art Museum, Chengdu
Centripetal Force, Sydney College of the Arts SCA Galleries, Sydney
XUN-XUN-Group Show III Grasping the normality within the abnormality, Parkview Green Art Center,
Beijing.
2016 Fun Cao Di, Parkview Green Art, Beijing
Beginning of The New Epoch – Chinese Emergent Artists, Epoch Art Museum, Wenzhou
O.C.D 2.0, EGG Gallery, Beijing
_____ Makes Our Life so Beautiful – X Gallery, Dalian
Art Nova 100 – Beijing National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing Wuu Speech: Artists Living in Shanghai – China Arts Museum, Shanghai
XUN-XUN-Group Show II – From Perception to Invovement – Parkview Green Art, Beijing
Zao Hua-Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition – C’s Gallery, Sydney
1O1 Days-Art Nova 100 DoBe WE – DoBe WE @ Donghua, Shanghai
Zao Hua-Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition – 204 Art Space, Melbourne
Zao Hua-Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition – Salmance Art Center, Hobart
2015 Art Nova 100 – Beijing National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing Initial Issue – Continuity and Mission – Phoenix Art Palace, Beijing
The Civil Power – Beijing Minsheng Art Museum Opening Exhibition – Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing
The Expression of Format – Phoenix Art Palace, Shanghai
2014 Release – M-Space, Beijing
NETWORK21c ART Festival 2014 – Chonju Art Museum, Chonju
Watchtower – CAFA Yanjiao Museum, Beijing
Endogenous Context Youth Art Invitation Exhibition – Xuyuan Museum, Beijing
Carving – Shang Ba Culture Group, Beijing Watchtower Youth Art
Art Nova 100 – Beijing National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing Midsummer – ARTMIA Four-seasons Gallery by ARTMIA Foundation, Beijing
Academic New Art Exhibition – Luohu Art Museum, Shenzhen The Extension of 2014 – An Experiment from CAFAM – CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
Postgraduates Graduation Exhibition – CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
FRANCE-CHINA 1964-2014: A time of Recognition and Friendship- 17th district town hall, Paris National Art Exhibition Shanghai Station 2014 – China Arts Museum, Shanghai
2013 College Force-New Artworks Report 1ST Round Exhibition – Luohu Art Museum, Shenzhen NETWORK21c ART Festival 2013 – Chonju Art Museum, Chonju My Style My Kind Group Exhibition – UP SAPCE Art Gallery, Beijing CAFAM FUTURE: Sub-phenomenon – CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
2012 Twenty-years Anniversary Exhibition – Red Gate Art Gallery, Beijing China Jinling Hundreds of Artist Group Exhibition – Jiangsu Province Art Museum, Nanjing
6th Tropical Lab International Artist Exhibition – LASALLE Collage of the Arts, Singapore Two Generations: 20 Years Chinese Contemporary Art of Red Gate Exhibition Tour – Sydney Center Hall, Australia
A Thousand Miles: Outstanding students’ works collection exhibition of Central Academy of Fine Arts – Art @ Golden Square Art Gallery, London
2011 Intuition: Shanghai Small Scale Oil Painting Exhibition – Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai
10 Years White Rabbit Exhibition for Partical Contemporary Artworks Collection – White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney Cold-Blood Exhibition – Longyibang Art Gallery, Beijing Imitation Towards Nature – Shanghai Sketching Artworks Exhibition – Huong Son Art Museum, Shanghai
Ten Years Exhibition – The Department of Foundation of Central Academy of Fine Arts – CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
2010 Printmaking Exhibition – East China Normal University in Shanghai, Shanghai A Thousand Miles: Outstanding students’ works collection exhibition of Central Academy of Fine Arts – CAFA, Beijing
The 10TH Printmaking Creation and Education Annual Meeting Exhibition of National Collage, Shanghai
Seven-Prism of No.4 Printmaking Studio – Today Art Museum, Beijing 2009 Happiness Age Exhibition – GuanXiang Art Gallery, Taipei
2008 CAFA NO.4 Printmaking Studio Traditional Investigation Exhibition – CAFA, Beijing
ART FAIRS
2017 Art Taipei – Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1, Taipei
The 13th International Gallery Exposition – National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing
The 16th Korea International Art Fair – COEX Hall A&B, Seoul
Art Beijing – National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing UCCA Private Feast – UCCAstore, Beijing
The 21th Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai World EXPO, Shanghai
2016 Macau Hotel Art Fair – Regency Hotel, Macau
Art Beijing – National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing Art Central, Central Harborfront, Hong Kong
UCCA Private Feast – UCCASTORE, Beijing
The 20th Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai World EXPO, Shanghai
2015 Art Beijing – National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing UCCA Private Feast – UCCAstore, Beijing
The 19th Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai Mart, Shanghai
2014 Artmo International Art Fair – Venetian Macao Cotai Expo Hall B, Macao
UCCA Private Feast – UCCAstore, Beijing
The 18th Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai Mart, Shanghai
COLLECTIONS
2017 Xuanru Art, Beijing & Hong Kong
Enjoy Art Museum, Beijing
2016 White Rabbit Museum, Sydney
Twins Art, Shanghai
Nanfang Media Group, Guangzhou
2015 HaHa Museum, Beijing
2014 Twins Art, Shanghai
2010 White Rabbit Museum, Sydney
2010 CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
2010 Today Art Museum Printmaking Center, Beijing
2008 Printmaking Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2007 Printmaking Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2006 Department of Foundation of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2004 Senior High School of Fine Arts College Shanghai University, Shanghai
AWARDS/GRANTS
2017 Professional nomination & the most popular award, In the Name of Abstraction by Kuart, Beijing
Emerging artist nomination, N.A.I.C PROJECT × ArtDeport Invitation Exhibition, Beijing
Nomination award, 2017 BOYA PRIZE, Beijing
2014 Selected into outstanding works of graduate students’ works of CAFA, Beijing
2014 Outstanding graduate award, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2010 Selected into the 10th national college Printmaking Producing and Education Exhibition
2010 The-second-prize of excellent artwork, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2009 The-second-prize scholarship of excellent student, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2003 The-third-prize scholarship of excellent student, The Senior High School of Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, Shanghai
RESIDENCIES
2015 Artist resident program, Kids Globe Association, Berlin, Germany
Taller de mosaico workshop, Trozo × Trozo, Barcelona, Spain
2012 Tropical Lab 6, LASSALE Collage of the Arts, Singapore
Complex and contradictory, Rolella’s paintings seek to expose a delicate equilibrium between a sense of balance and visual calm and the tumult of painterly texture and surface tension. The play of light at the waters edge…
BORN in 1972 in Sydney, Australia
STUDIES:
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), 1994
Masters, Visual Arts, University of Western Sydney, 1998
Solo Exhibitions
2022 The Kedumba Drawing award, Blue Mountains Grammar School
2022 Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2020 Harvey Galleries, Mosman
2017 Redsea Galleries (Brisbane)
2016 Double Take-Depot Gallery -Sydney
2015 Redsea Galleries (Brisbane
2013 Red Sea Galleries (Brisbane)
2011 Terrian, Aeon Arts – Depot Gallery, Danks Street -Sydney
2009 East to West, United Galleries Perth WA
2008 A sense of Place, United Galleries Sydney
2006 Nautilis, United Galleries Perth WA
2005 Michelle Sougnes/Gallery 482 – Brisbane
Charles Hewitt Gallery (Sydney)
2004 Scott Livesey Gallery
Charles Hewitt Gallery (Sydney)
2003 Pollock Gallery (Melbourne)
Charles Hewitt Gallery (Sydney)
2002 Gallery 482 (Brisbane)
2001 Studio Exhibition (Sydney)
2000 Studio Exhibition (Sydney)
1999 Deutscher Menzies Gallery (Sydney)
1998 The Atrium Gallery (the ABC Centre, Sydney)
Visual Aspects (Sydney International Airport)
Group Exhibitions
2017 The Packsaddle Art Exhibition –Armidale Regional Gallery
Young Contemporaries-The Project Gallery -Sydney
2015 The Kedumba Drawing Award- Bathurst Regional Gallery(N.S.W)
2014 Studies Redsea Galleries-Brisbane
2012 Matter & Space Ne Na Contemporary Art Space – Chiang Mai –
Thailand
2011 The Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Regional Gallery
2009 Publishers Cup Cricket Art Prize, Sydney
2008 Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliament House NSW
2007 ANL – National Maritime Prize (Melbourne)
2006 Unwrapped – United Galleries Sydney
Scott Livesey Melbourne
2005 Metro 5 Art Prize finalist Metro 5 Gallery (Melbourne)
Axia Modern Art (Melbourne)
‘Flavour Singapore’, Australian High Commission, Singapore
Saatchi & Saatchi ‘Liquid Light’ Sydney
2004 The Mosman Art Award Finalist
2003 AGNSW Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship – Finalist
2002 Waverly, Woollahra Art Prize – finalist
1999 Ten Faces Australian Contemporary Art
1998 (AKCENT Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic)
1997 Kings School Art Exhibition
1995 St. Luke’s Hospital Charity Auction
1994 NSW Travelling Art Scholarship (CDFA, Sydney)
Honours (ASN building, the Rocks)
2016 Finalist The Gosford art Prize
Winner The Oakhill Grammer art prize
2015 Finalist The Moran Portrait Prize
Finalist-The Muswellbrook Art Prize,Painting /Drawing
2014 Finalist- The Paul Guest Drawing Prize-Vic
Finalist- The Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize-N.S.W
2013 Semi Finalist The Moran Portrait Prize
2011 Winner, The Cricket Art Prize
2010 Finalist, The Stanthrope Art Prize
Finalist, The Mosman Art Prize
2008 Finalist, Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliament House, NSW
2007 Finalist, ANL Maritime Art Award, Melbourne
2005 Finalist, Metro 5 Art Prize
2004 Winner, Hills Grammar Art Prize
2003 Finalist, The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
2002 Hills Grammar Art Prize
1995 Bundanon Trust Artist in residence (Sponsored)
1994 William Fletcher Trust Scholarship
1992 Basil and Muriel Hopper Scholarship, Art Gallery of NSW
Collections
ANZDL container shipping North Sydney Council
Australian Art Investment Trust North Sydney Hospital
Bundanon Trust Collection Patt Corigan Collection
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Park Royal
Australand Qantas Australia
Evatt Foundation, Sydney Sydney Airport Corp. Ltd
Hills Grammar School Sydney Children’s Hospital
Lance Rigby, Sydney University of Western Sydney
Lang Walker Corporation Ltd Westmead Children’s Hospital
Regional Air Express Westpac Collection Sydney
Maritime Container Services
Merck Sharp & Dohme, Sydney
Born 1988, countryside Victoria, Sollai studied carving in Pietrasanta Italy, under the tutelage of Italy’s Artigiani. He returns to this art mecca annually to collect marble from the quarries and has them sent to his permanent studio in Berlin, Germany where he lives with his wife and Muse, contemporary dancer – Danica Hilton.
Sollai takes his inspiration from nature, his greatest teacher, but also frequents the many art masters housed in museums world wide; he is particularly fond of old masters such as Moore, Brancusi, Marini, Picasso, Matisse, but is, inevitably influenced by all things that make the heart yearn.
For Sollai, carving and making Art is a pursuit in connecting with the universe, “I carve because it takes me away from ego, and connects me to the Universe and its beauty in a productive way.”
Many of Sollai’s sculptures are purely explorations of form and light. His works are a journey to the beholder as well as to himself and he would say that he is in collaboration with the marble itself and the materials desires are as important as his own. The works therefore establish themselves in very organic and evocative forms.
Sollai recently exhibited in Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe in March 2019. In 2018 he showed in the Exhibition Hall of Australia House, London, celebrating the centenary of the buildings construction on the Strand.Art Central Hong Kong with MARS Gallery of Melbourne, 2018. He has a major piece in esteemed Bei Wu Sculpture Park Germany and showed for the opening in 2016. Sollai has had solo exhibitions with MARS gallery Melbourne, 2016, Hardman Gallery Berlin 2018, private shows in collectors gardens and salons in Hong Kong and Berlin. Sollai is placed in major private collections, such as with the late Art Collector, Neilma Gantner. He otherwise has works collected in Australia, Hong Kong, Germany, Holland and Italy.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Marmo! Harvey Galleries. Mosman, Sydney
Sculpture by the Sea . Cottesloe, Perth
Hill – Smith Gallery . Exhibition . Adelaide
Open Studio . Nunan – Cartwright atelier . Correns . Provence
Harvey Galleries . Solo Exhibition . Sydney
Sculpture by the Sea . Bondi . Sydney
Evening with Sculpture . Private Garden . Hong Kong
Artvisory . Melbourne (2020)
2018 Australia House, Australian High Commission, Centenary Exhibition, London Art Central showing with MARS Gallery, Hong Kong New Works, Solo Exhibition, Prenzlauer Studio, Berlin Hardman Galerie, Berlin, Germany CheckPoint Ilgen Art Salon, Berlin
2017 CheckPoint Ilgen, Curated by Fré and Jacqueline Ilgen , Berlin Atelierfest, Weisensee, Berlin 2016 Placed in Bei Wu Sculpture Park, Wesenberg, Germany Touch This Exhibition, Melbourne New Works, Exhibition, MARS Gallery, Melbourne 2015 Lot 19, Spring Art Fair, Castlemaine – Awarded Prize for Sculpture Group Exhibition, Castlemaine State Festival 2014 Private Exhibition with Sandra Walters Art Consultancy, Hong Kong Group Exhibition, Nock Art Foundation, Hong Kong Group Exhibition, La Rondine Gallery, Tuscany, Italy 2013 Hong Kong Art Festival, Group Exhibition, ZZHK Gallery, Hong Kong Women’s Day Exhibition, Tuscany, Italy 2012 La Rondine Gallery Group Exhibition, Hong Kong
SELECTED COMMISSIONS Reclining Woman, Private Collection, Melbourne Ula, Bei Wu Sculpture Park, Wesenberg, Germany Leonida, Tuscany, Italy Fish, Private Collection, Bermagui, Australia Growth, Private Collection, Melbourne, Australia Currawong and Bush Spirit, Mullumbimby, Australia
ARTIST RESIDENCY 2019 Basket Range, Adelaide Hills, Australia 2016 Bei Wu Artist in Residence, Wesenberg, Germany 2014 Cill Rialaig Art Project, Kerry, Ireland 2013 Artist in Residence, Mullumbimby, Australia 2013 Resident Artist at Jatsura Lewis Studio, Montreal, Canada
Esther Erlich is a Melbourne-based Australian artist who has been exhibiting since 1985. She won the 1998 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize with her painting, “Gaunt and Glorious” a portrait of Steve Moneghetti. In 2000 Esther won the Archibald People’s Choice Award with her painting of Bill Leak.
Her works can be found in the collections of the National Library of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, ALP Building Canberra, Council for Adult Education Victoria, Royal Overseas League Australian Collection, Performing Arts Museum Victoria.
MAJOR PRIZES & EXHIBITIONS
2020 July finalist Kilgour Art Prize NSW. June solo exhibition Panter and Hall London.
March Finalist Percival Portrait Painting Prize Qld
February exhibiting at the LA Art Show (USA) booth #737, represented by Panter and Hall (London)
2019 August Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award (Sydney).
November Finalist in the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Grafton Regional Gallery.
2018 November Finalist Black Swan Prize AGWA (Perth). October Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award (Sydney). November. Finalist Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton regional Gallery
April Finalist, Highly Commended, Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Qld.
2017 October Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award (Sydney)
October Semi Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2016 August Finalist Kilgour Prize Newcastle Art Gallery.
August Finalist Paul Guest Drawing Prize Bendigo Art Gallery.
May Finalist in the Percival Portrait Painting Prize Perc Tucker Regional Gallery QLD
2015 September Finalist in the Hobart City Art Prize (TMAG Tasmania).
August exhibiting in “Pain/ting” curated by Juan Arata. at Open Walls Gallery Berlin.
March NYAAF with Panter and Hall London
2014 Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award (Sydney).
Finalist in the Paul Guest Drawing Prize Bendigo Art Gallery
Finalist in the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (Sydney)
Finalist in the Rick Amor Drawing Prize (Ballarat Art Gallery)
PLAIN curated by Dr Guy Morag 2013 international artists touring exhibition (Israel)
2012 Finalist in the Black Swan Prize (WA)
2011 Finalist in the Charlatan Ink Art Prize NY (USA)
Finalist in the Black Swan Prize (WA)
2009 Finalist in the Banyule Works on Paper Award
Exhibited in the James Farrell Invitation Self Portrait Award (Castlemaine Art Gallery)
Finalist in the Black Swan Art Prize (WA)
Selected for the Archibald salon des Refuse (National Trust SH Ervin Gallery Sydney)
2008 Finalist in the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture (WA)
Finalist in the Shirley Hannan Art prize.
Selected for the Salon des Refuse exhibition (National Trust SH Ervin Gallery & Tweed River Art Gallery)
2007 Finalist in the Archibald Prize with “Tim” (portrait of Tim Rogers)
Finalist in the Dobell Prize at the AGNSW
Finalist in the Hutchins Art Prize (Tasmania) “Grunt” was purchased by Hutchins
Finalist in the Whyalla Art Prize (South Australia)
Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award
2006 Exhibited in the Delhi Art & Design Fair, and Australian High Commission Delhi India. Exhibited in Art Singapore, stand AP03 Suntec Singapore
Exhibited March in group show at New Delhi India, Gurgaon (Gallery Alternatives)
Finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait prize.
2005 Finalist in the Archibald Prize with “Lindy Wills”.Finalist in the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. Finalist in the Banyule Works on Paper Art Award.
Curated in “Lost and Found” digital sequences of images displayed at Federation Square (Melb)
2002 Finalist in the Archibald Prize with “Deborah Conway” & included in the Salon des Refuse with “Man Working”( portrait of Colin Hay).
Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award. December painting of Lynne Golding exhibited as Victorian Arts Centre’s Artwork of the Month”
2001 invited to exhibit in the National Tour of, “Portraits 2001 – An Australian Odyssey”.Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award.
2000 Winner of the Archibald Prize Peoples’ Choice Award in Sydney & Melbourne with ”Never Been Better”,( portrait of Bill Leak). Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award.
1999 Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award
1998 : Winner of the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize with “Gaunt and Glorious”,( portrait of Steve Moneghetti).Finalist in thePortia Geach Memorial Award
1996 Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award
1995 Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award
1993 included in the Salon des Refuses (Archibald).
Exhibited at the International Womens’ Exhibition in Kyushu’ Japan
1990 Finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.
1989 Finalist in the Winsor Newton Prize (Sydney). Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award. Second prize winner of the 1987 VTU Art Prize.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE GALLERY
September 2020 “Intimate Distance” Fox Galleries (Melbourne)
June 2020 “The Beholder” Panter and Hall, London
June 2019 “Audacious” Fox Galleries (Melbourne)
June 2018 “The Female Gaze” Fox Galleries (Melbourne)
Dec 2016-Jan 2017 Qdos Gallery (Lorne)
June 2016 Work on Paper Frances Keevil Gallery (Sydney)
Feb 2015 Frances Keevil Gallery (Sydney)
March 2014 “Invisible” Libby Edwards Gallery (Melbourne)
November 2013 “Farenheit” 19 Karen (Queensland)
August 2013 Perth Concert Hall -in conjunction with Gadfly Gallery (WA)
December 2012 “Rapscallions” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
October 2012 “Sirens Ablazing” Gadfly Gallery (Perth)
July 2012 “Traffic Jam” Richard Martin Art (Sydney)
September 2011 “Curiouser” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
November 2010 “Animal Instinct” Richard Martin Art (Sydney)
October 2010 “Menagerie” Gadfly Gallery (Perth)
April 2010 Jinks Creek Winery Gallery (Vic)
March 2010 “You Know You Want To” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
June 2009 “Hand in Glove” Gadfly Gallery (Perth)
September 2008 “Subtext” Libby Edwards Galleries (Brisbane)
February 2008 “Tiaras and Boxing Gloves” Libby Edwards Galleries(Sydney) November 2007 “Works on Paper” Libby Edwards Galleries (Brisbane)
November 2007 “Encore” Perth Concert Hall (WA)
October 2007 Jinks Creek Winery “Superheroes & Celebrities”
July 2007 “Human Kinds” Gadfly Gallery (Perth)
February 2007 “Ties that Bind” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
September 2006 “Modest” Libby Edwards Galleries (Brisbane)
February 2006 “Emancipated” Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney)
April 2005 “Go Figure” Gadfly Gallery (Perth)
May 2005 Perth Concert Hall
November 2004 “Rumors” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
May 2004 “Confection” Barry Newton Gallery (Adelaide)
September 2003 “Wall Flowers” Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney)
August 2003 Portraits Retrospective Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
May 2003 “Hairspray” Bark Modern Art (Hong Kong)
October 2002 Barry Newton Gallery (Adelaide)
July 2002 “Basic Black” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melb)
February 2002 “Pick-up Lines’ Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney)Works on Pap
August 2001 “Hoopla” Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney)
September 2000 Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney) Miniatures
August 2000 “No Standing” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
December 1999 Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney) Recent Acrylics
February 1999 “Suburban Spectacles” Libby Edwards Galleries
March 1996 Convent Gallery (Daylesford) “Realm of the Knave’
April 1994 “The Joker is Wild” Libby Edwards Galleries
December 1993 New Robin Group (Japan)
July 1993 Barry Newton Gallery (Adelaide)
November 1992 Barry Newton Gallery (Adelaide)
June 1991 Libby Edwards Galleries
March 1990 Libby Edwards Galleries
April 1989 Weather Vane Gallery (Flinders)
May 1988 Toorak Library
November 1987 Graphic Illusions
September 1986 Graphic Illusions
July 1984 Young Originals
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Februry 2020 “Sparks” Fox Galleries Melbourne
November 2018 Pop up show Como Centre (Melbourne) with Fox Galleries
October 2018 Frances Keevil Gallery (Sydney)
October 2017 Pop Up Show – 550 Swan Street Richmond- (Melbourne)
November 2016 Trailblazing Women Exhibition, (Melbourne)
March 2014 Guest Artist, Panter and Hall (London)
February 2014 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (Sydney)
January 2014 Rick Amor Drawing Prize (Art Gallery of Ballarat)
July 2012 Gallery One (gold coast)
October 2011 “Plain” curated by Dr Guy Morag exhibiting 240 international artists in a touring exhibition in Israel
Nov 2010 “Hang Your Doodle” Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
July 2010 Richard Martin Art, Sydney
November 2009 Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
November 2009 Castlemaine Art Gallery- J.F. Invitation Self Portrait Award
March 2009 SH Ervin Pavillion National Trust Salon des refuse
June 2008. Bega Valley regional Gallery, portrait exhibition.
March 2008 Salon Des Refuse at SH Ervin Gallery & Tweed River Regional Gallery
October 2007 Hutchins Art Prize at The Long Gallery (Tasmania)
October 2007 Chairs for Charity at Flemington Atrium
September 2007 Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Gallery
August 2007 Dobell Prize for drawing at the Art Gallery of NSW
March 2007 Archibald Prize at AGNSW; Mural Hall Melb; Manning , Grafton, Bega Valley and Broken hill Regional Galleries,
October 2006 Artwork for Baby Proms at Sydney Opera House
September 2006 Art Singapore at Stand AP03 Suntec Singapore
October 2006 Art and design Fair New Delhi at the Australian High Commission
April 2006 Moments in Art at Chapel Galleries- Chapel off Chapel
March 2006 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize at State Library of NSW
October 2005 Banyule Works on Paper at Banyule Art Space
April 2005 “The Body in Question” G.W.Bot, Esther Erlich, Barbie Kjar at Gadfly Gallery Perth
April 2005 Archibald Prize at AGNSW; Newcastle & Albury Regional Art Galleries;
Moree Plains Gallery; Cowra Art Gallery & Victoria Arts Centre
October 2005 National Small Sculpture Prize at Woollahra Municipal Council
March 2005 Lost and Found”, Curators & Artists digital sequences of images and text creating double narratives for 3 artists; Olive Cotton, Rosalie Cogan and Esther Erlich, out of the Archives of the Women’s Art Register. Displayed at Federation Square Melbourne, Gertrude St Contemporary Art Spaces, RMIT Gallery.
February 2004 “Precious Platters “ Jewish Museum of Australia, at Sotheby’s
April 2003 Kosher Culture The Jewish Museum
July 2003 Superstars Unzipped , , Jeans for Genes Retrospective Sydney Town Hall
April 2003 Jewish Museum of Australia, Kosher Culture
September 2002 Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Gallery
August 2002 Gadfly Gallery (WA)
July 2002 AGNSW Jeans for Genes Generations Art Exhibition
June 2002 Archibald Prize AGNSW; George Adams Gallery (Melb) & regional tour
June 2002 Salon des Refuse at SH Ervin Gallery Sydney
December 2001 Portraits 2001 – An Australian Odyssey touring Logan,Toowoomba,Shepparton,and Tamworth City Art Galleries and, Dalby,Hervy Bay, Manning, Portr Macquarie-Hastings,
Tweed River; Port Pirie, and Albury Regional Art Galleries
December 2001 Victorian Arts Centre selected as artwork of the month.
September 2001 Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Gallery
July 2001 Jeans for Genes, Sydney
September 2000 Portia Geach award at SH Ervin Gallery
March 2000 Archibald Prize at AGNSW , George Adams Gallery and Regional tour
September 1999 Portia Geach Award SH Ervin Gallery (Sydney)
July 1999 Jeans for Genes- Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney)
April 1999 Marymount Arts Festival (Queensland) featured artist
October 1998 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize at National Gallery Victoria & State Library of NSW
September 1998 Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Gallery
August 1998 Mary Place Gallery (Sydney)
March 1998 Retrospecta II. Motorworks Gallery featured artist
December 1997 Libby Edwards Galleries
September 1996 Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Galllery
February 1996 Grand Central Gallery, World in a Matchbox
October 1995 Portia Geach Memorial Award exhibition; SH Ervin Gallery (Sydney)
January 1995 Ten New Artists , Holdsworth Gallery (Sydney)
March 1994 “The Nude in Art” Barry Newton Gallery (Adelaide)
December 1993 Libby Edwards Galleries
November 1993 Libby Edwards Galleries
July 1993 International Womens Exhibition at the Kyushu Municipal Gallery Japan
March 1993 Salon des Refuse at SH Ervin Gallery Sydney
March 1993 Holdsworth Gallery (Sydney)
October 1992 Libby Edwards Gallery
December 1990 Portraits of Australia DMNPP Sydney Opera House
September 1989 Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Gallery (Sydney)
June 1989 Figurative Exhibition Libby Edwards Galleries
December 1988 National Gallery of Vic, On a Clothesline
March/July 1986 Freeman Gallery (Hobart)
April/July/Oct. 1983 Young Originals Gallery
PUBLIC ACQUISITIONS
National Portrait Gallery , “The Hon. Jim Carlton AO with Cravat”
Tweed Valley Regional Art Gallery , “Gaunt and Glorious”(Steve Moneghetti)
National Library ACT , “Louis Kahan”, “Andrew Sibley” and pencil study for Gaunt and Glorious.
Hutchins Foundation Collection, “Grunt II”
Holocaust Museum Vic. “Mr Socolovitz”
ALP Building Canberra, “Barry Jones”
Royal Overseas League, Australian Collection, “Nine Two Nine”
Performing Arts Museum, Victorian Arts Centre, “Lynne Golding”
Council for Adult Education, “Warming Up”
Macrobertson Girls High School, portrait of Leslie Boston
Mentone Girls High School, portrait of Jill Dargue
St Catherine’s School, portrait of Laraine Sharr
PUBLICATIONS
(2020) Modern Seasons The Great Curve, (book 3, Spring) The Intimate Distance
(2013 )Illustration for Jonathan’s Thongs by Susan Kliman
(2014) illustration for One Breast, Two Breasts by Susie Kliman
Let’s Face It – The History of the Archibald Prize by Peter Ross and AGNSW.
Gallery (Dec.2000 – Jan.2001 edition) National Gallery of Victoria publication.
Portrait of Louis Kahan front and back covers of The National Library of Australia’s 38th Annual Report 1997 – 1998.
Illustrations for,”Making Conversation” 1996 ,Intercom Publishing House, Japan.
Included in Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists by D.W. Thorpe, November 1995
Cover, Artwork and Article feature in,”Generation Journal’ November 1993, March 1995 and September 1998 issues.
Illustration featured in,”Marmalade’s Book of Cats” distributed by Tower books
Cover and Article – 1991 December Issue of Australian Artist
Included in,”Portraits of Australia” 1990 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Collection
Cover Illustration – Angus and Robertson’s “Middle Aged Maidens by Gwen Kelly
SAA Painters “Video into Art Series”, Schmelling Artvideo Australia.
Felicia Aroney is Western Australian born, now living and working in Sydney as a leading contemporary artist.
Felicia draws inspiration from her European heritage and Australian environment. Working with oils and acrylics, her distinctive abstracted floral works, and contemporary abstracts she utilise a highly sculptural mark-making process.
Using a palette knife to layer and shape the paint until it stands relief from the canvas. Felicia’s mixed media works are a delicate combination of collage, acrylic, oil and brush mark making.
Her paintings evoke a sense of history and antiquity mixed with all things Australian. A wonderful synergy of her European heritage and Australian background.
Felicia was a finalist in the high profile Mosman Art Fair Prize.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Solo “Winmark Gallery” Broke NSW
2021 Solo “Hydrangea” Exhibition Aroney Art Gallery NSW
2021 Solo “Linton & Kay Gallery” WA
2020 “Abstraction” Aroney Art Gallery Oct
2019 -2020 “Hydrangea season” Aroney Art gallery
2019 Linton & Kay Gallery WA August
2019 Art2Muse Gallery NSW October – November
2018 Milk Factory Gallery Bowral NSW September
2017 Mandoon Estate Linton and Kay Gallery WA Sept- Oct
2017 “Cape Lodge Hotel” WA Sept – Nov
2017 Art2Muse Gallery NSW November
2016 Art2Muse Gallery NSW 24th May – 7th June
2015 Art2Muse Gallery NSW April
2014 Napoleon Perdis Lifestyle Store NSW January
2014 Napoleon Perdis Lifestyle store VIC Feb/ March
2014 Gadfly Gallery WA May
2014 Milk Factory Gallery NSW Nov
2014 Sydney Childrens Hospital NSW Dec / Jan
2013 Girls with Gems store NSW
2013 Balmain Art Fair (feature artist)
2013 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2013 Tusk Gallery VIC
2012 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2011 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Live in Art Gallery NSW (Intercontinental Hotel Double Bay)
2021 Winmark Gallery Broke NSW
2020 Gallery One QLD “End of year group show” Dec
2020 Linton and Kay “Light and shade” Ex Dec
2020 Rochfort Gallery NSW “group show” Dec
2020 Grainger Gallery ACT “group show” Oct – Nov
2020 Rochfort Gallery “group show” NSW June
2020 Threesome 19 Karen Gallery QLD
2019 Jahroc Gallery WA April
2018 Linton & Kay Group Xmas show
2018 Milk Factory Gallery “Summer Exhibition” Dec-Jan
2018 Studio Gallery Melbourne group show (Nov-Dec)
2018 Rochfort Gallery “Petals and Pods” Exhibition 2018
2018 Studio Gallery Melbourne March 2018
2017 19 Karen Gallery Xmas show Dec-Jan 2018
2017 Art2Muse Gallery NSW Xmas show Dec-Jan 2018
2017 Milk Factory Bowral NSW Xmas show Dec-Jan 2018
2017 “Directors choice Exhibition” 19 Karen Gallery QLD July-Sept
2017 Purple Noon Gallery NSW July
2017 Milk Factory gallery NSW April
2016 Art2Muse Gallery NSW (Xmas show 2016 – 2017)
2016 Milk Factory Gallery Summer Exhibition (2016-2017)
2016 Paperpear Gallery Wagga Wagga NSW
2016 Tusk Gallery VIC (End of year show))
2016 Galleria 360, Florence, Italy (December 2016 – 2017)
2015 Linton & Kay Gallery WA end of year show
2015 Art2Muse Gallery NSW ‘End of year show” Dec/ Jan 2016
2015 Balmain Art Fair NSW
2015 St Thomas Art Fair NSW
2015 Tusk Gallery VIC Group October 2015
2015 Brisbane Modern Art Gallery QLD
2014 Jahroc Gallery WA
2014 Retrospect Gallery Byron Bay NSW
2014 Gadfly Gallery WA
2014 Tusk Gallery VIC
2014 Milk Factory Gallery NSW “Magpie exhibit”
2014 Art2Muse Gallery NSW Dec / Jan
2014 St Thomas art Fair NSW
2014 Lindfield Art fair NSW
2014 Canterbury Art fair VIC
2014 Balmain Art fair NSW
2013 Chapman and Bailey Gallery VIC
2013 Walker St Gallery
2013 Parliament House NSW
2013 Milk Factory Gallery NSW
2013 Lindfield Art Fair NSW
2013 Waverley Art Prize NSW
2013 Cam Art VIC
2013 Australian Art Show Melbourne VIC
2013 Kings Art Fair NSW
2013 Australian Art Show Sydney
2013 Balmain Art Fair NSW
2013 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2012 Chapman and Bailey Gallery VIC
2012 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2012 Milk Factory Gallery NSW
2012 Balmain Art Fair NSW
2012 Sydney Art Expo NSW
2012 Tusk Gallery VIC
2012 Graphic Impressions Gallery VIC
2012 Art Melbourne VIC
2012 Greek Art Exhibition Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2012 Sydney art Month NSW
2012 Brunswick Gallery VIC
2011 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2011 Tanjent Gallery SA
2011 Tusk Gallery VIC
2011 Art Melbourne VIC
2011 Art Sydney NSW
2010 Art Melbourne VIC
2010 Art Sydney NSW
2009 Art Sydney NSW
2009 Portsea Gallery VIC
2009 Manyung Gallery VIC
AWARDS
2021 Lethbridge Landscape Art Prize Finalist
2020 Blacktown Art Prize Finalist
2020 Lethbridge Art Prize Finalist
2016 Seoul AFF International
2016 Gallery 360 group show Florence Italy Dec/ Jan 2017
2015 Asia Contempotay Hong Kong
2015 Hong Kong AAF International
2015 Seoul AFF International
2014 Mosman Art Prize Finalist
2014 Hornsby Art Prize Finalist
2013 Waverley Art Prize Finalist
2013 Balmain Art Fair – Feature Artist
2013 Walker St Gallery VIC Finalist
Isaac Petersen is a contemporary oil painter from New Zealand. He grew up on the rugged shores of the North Island’s west coast and now splits his time between the coastal towns of New Plymouth and Australia’s Byron Bay.
Isaac started surfing when he was just ten years old and his love of New Zealand’s coastal landscapes inspired him to put his interpretation onto canvas. He excelled at art at school and went on to study Graphic Design at Taranaki Polytech. While studying, Isaac sold his first painting and demand for his watery landscapes steadily increased.
He now paints full time, depicting pool scenes and still life as well as rugged coastal waters. Isaac often travels overseas, taking inspiration from new landscapes and re-invigorating his love for the unique New Zealand landscape. In recent years, his wife Erika often appears as a familiar figure in his paintings, adding depth and connections to the places in his paintings.
Isaac predominantly uses oils on canvas to recreate his lively, summery scenes in a photorealist style with shimmering aquamarines, deep navy blues and vibrant teal. His works have strong appeal with New Zealanders and those who love the New Zealand scenery. He regularly holds solo and joint exhibitions and his works appear in private collections around the world.
BORN 1982, New Zealand
STUDIES
Bachelor of Visual Art Degree, New Plymouth, New Zealand
(Majored in Graphic Design)
“My work is a culmination of stories from my life, my home, and places I have been. Since I can remember the ocean and rugged landscape of where I grew up in New Zealand has inspired me to paint landscapes and the sea. These paintings kick started my career as an artist in my early twenties.
Since travel being a part of my adult life, my paintings expanded to capture the ‘story” of places abroad in the last few years. I becan painting my wife, Erika, as a figure to add depth and connection to a beautiful surrounding, often water.
I hope to leave the viewer with a good feeling. Whether they can relate to my painting with a past experience, or by a fantasy of somewhere they would like to go, my painting should take them there.”
SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 ‘Under age Australian Sky’, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2020 ‘Here and Now’, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2020 ‘New Depths’, Artbay Gallery, Queenstown, New Zealand.
2017 ‘Bettie’s Pool’, Smyth Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand. (upcoming)
2016 ‘Colours of Summer’, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
2014 ‘Untitled’, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
2012 ‘Home and Away’, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
2010 ‘A Painted Region’, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
2009 ‘At the Beach’, Flagstaff Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2007 ‘Town and Around’, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 ‘Out from Down Under and Beyond’, Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York
AWARDS
2017 Finalist Clifton Art Awards Brisbane
2009 Peoples Choice Award, Taranaki National Art Awards
Background
With his paint-stained Dulux t-shirt and workman’s trousers people assume Chris Lees paints houses, and he doesn’t contradict them.
Opal miner turned landscape painter breathes new life into the art market with his arresting landscapes. Christopher Lees reflects an authority in his brushstrokes which is evident in his monumental perspectives of the Australian terrain. In his twenties Lees travelled extensively throughout remote Australia, working as an opal miner. Now based in rural Victoria, his experiences of the outback unravel on the canvas in panoramic and dioramic form.
Artist Statement
“Freedom has always been important to me. When I was younger, if I didn’t like what I was doing, I would just walk away. I would get in the car, maybe even travel to another state, and simply trust that I would find other work. I feel privileged to be in this position – painting full-time. I don’t want to get cocky. I don’t want to see other artists as competition…that is why I take on the ‘tradie’ persona.”
He says that he has”… never been with a teacher so I am a lot freer. For me, painting is instinctual. I know if a painting is working – practice also helps guide instinct…I would like my work to live on and I am conscious that people are buying works for investment. I want (the works) to last 500 years, so I use great materials.”
“I want to connect with the viewer by using colour and familiar motifs that are typically associated with the Australian environment. Exaggeration of space and elements create a theatrical representation of the landscape.”
PROCESS
Lees’s process is straightforward. He begins with a sketch which organizes the painting, creating a sense of balance and proportion that is transposed onto the canvas, working to achieve a composition that is harmonious. The resultant landscapes are still, stark, and mysterious. Devoid of people and fauna, they echo the experience of the painter in the studio with only his creative muse for company.
“I exaggerate space and the elements of landscape which makes my work theatrical, but colour is the key…I want to ensure that people understand my work is concerned with the Australia landscape– I love those earthy colours.”
Lees respects the canon of Australian landscape painting.
“When I first started painting I was interested in how Arthur Boyd created works using fine brushes.”
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Fragments” Libby Edwards South Yarra 2022 “Habitat” Harvey Galleries Sydney
2021 “Cloud trip” Libby Edwards Gallery Melbourne
2021 “Rock Candy” Harvey Galleries Sydney
2020 “Ancient Summer” Libby Edwards Gallery Melbourne
2019 “Un-discovery” Libby Edwards Gallery Melbourne
2019 “Transfigure”, Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2018 “Group Show” Margaret River Gallery WA
2018 “Terrain” Harvey Galleries Sydney
2017 “Group Show” Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne
2017 “Recent Landscapes” Harvey Galleries Sydney
2017 “Recent Landscapes” Redsea Gallery Brisbane
2016 “Recent Work” Harvey Galleries Sydney
2015 “Vision of Solus”, Redsea Gallery Brisbane
2014 “Recent Paintings” Libby Edwards Galleries
2014 “Exhibition WA”, Gadfly Gallery Perth 2013
2012 “Recent Paintings” Libby Edwards Galleries
2011 Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney
2011 “New Surrealist paintings” Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne
2010 “Recent Landscapes”, Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne
2009 “Recent Landscapes”, Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne
2008 “Recent Landscapes”, Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne
2008 “Recent Landscapes”, Libby Edwards Galleries Brisbane
2007 “Coldsnap”, Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney
2007 Libby Edwards Galleries in Hong Kong
2006 Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney
2005 “Australian Landscapes”, Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne
2004 “Recent Landscapes”, Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney
2002 Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney
2001 Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney
2001 Libby Edwards Galleries, South Yarra
2000 Libby Edwards Galleries, South Yarra
2000 Libby Edwards Galleries, South Yarra
1999 Libby Edwards Galleries, Portsea
1999 Libby Edwards Galleries, South Yarra
Painterly detail richly illuminates skies with delicate layers of graduated color. Finger-painting adds immediacy to cliff faces and calligraphic brushwork delicately enhances tree branches. Lees admires Fred Williams’ abstractions in nature, and this influence appears in his reductionist tree forms. Lees explains his intentions, “The Australian landscape is an enigma of nature’s imagination. I try to illustrate this concept in my paintings. In my canvasses no picturesque European gardens or manicured lawns are in evidence, but gnarly, craggy, primeval escarpments that plummet into the abyss. The landforms are not easily accessible, viewed only by floating on the deep black liquid with no floor, or birdlike, hovering over this strange land in a dreamlike trance. There are no sounds, no winds or signs of life, but fragments of familiar motifs such as boulders, trees and occasionally fence lines that suggest enigmatic past habitations.
I try to represent the Australian bush with emotions that can’t be written down. I want the viewer to feel alone, at peace, and privileged to behold this surreal landscape”.
Whilst navigating his fishing adventures, Lee’s builds up a memory bank of composites that he can later draw on – secret streams of iron-coloured water are bordered by iconic eucalypt and mountainsides littered with boulders, cliffs and crevasses. Lees’ process is straightforward, beginning with a sketch which organizes the painting, creating a sense of balance and proportion that is transposed onto the canvas. The resultant landscapes are still, stark, and mysterious. Lees strives to attain perfection in the way each subject is rendered and harmony in composition. Devoid of people and fauna, they echo the experience of the painter in the studio with only his creative muse for company.
Amongst his recent series, the painting “Keeper of the Lake” is an homage to Nolan, with a monumental boulder echoing the Kelly series. “I am not painting like Sidney Nolan – I’m not even interested in mimicking another artist’s style. But I want to acknowledge the importance of whom and what has come before in this genre.”
His favourite pastime, fishing, often guides his compositional choices. “I like creating sheer cliff faces and the towering mountains. I have travelled to many places in Australia. The paintings don’t depict a specific place. Instead I want to convey a feeling about the Australian landscape… If I’m not fishing I like to paint a place where I would like to fish…and I love to paint water.”
Demand for his work is now driven by overseas and local collectors. Lees is represented in corporate and private collections in Australia, Asia, Italy, and the UK.
STUDIES
Qualified secondary school Art and English teacher:
1986 (1 year) Graduate Diploma in Education at Gippsland College of Advanced Education, Victoria
1982-1985 (3 year) Diploma in Fine Art at TAFE, Townsville
Artist Statement
My work is a dichotomy of fragmented images drawn from my experiences of the beach and bush. I grew up in Townsville ,and on Christmas holidays my family would drive down the notorious Bruce Highway and stay for weeks on the Gold Coast beaches. As kids we would laze about under the strong shadows of beach umbrellas in the glaring midday sun and play cricket late into the afternoon. I remember the colourful patterns of togs, towels, hats and strong blue skies. These images ,and the many holidays at the beach with my own family are the inspiration I use to help me create a lyrical narrative of Australian beach life that so many of us have experienced.
Studying a Diploma of Art in Townsville in the mid 80s, I was under the tuition of Anneke Silver and Bob Preston who were both mentors in my early painting career. I was an avid horserider and during vacations, I worked as a Jillaroo on sheep and cattle stations where I continued my love affair with the outback and left me with a deep sense of belonging and connection.
A career in teaching art at high schools followed, but the urge to create my own art was a constant preoccupation until finally when living in the USA for two years, I gave up the security of teaching to pursue my passion. Exhibitions in artist-run studios and small commercial galleries were encouraging. Early in my career I explored a variety of different styles – naïve art, figurative art, abstraction, miniature art particularly manuscripts with their borders and fine detail, and mixed media. I visited different cultures, walked the Kokoda Trail (nearly died from Malaria) and travelled throughout Australia.
From 1997 to 2005 I was represented exclusively by Robertsons Design, a Queensland based, international interior design and architectural company. I had three major exhibitions with them, showing large scale paintings on canvas as well as generating stock supplied during the year. I am now represented by Harvey Galleries in Sydney.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Abundance, Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2016 Back to the High Country, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2015 Bush Poetic, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2014 Bush, Land, Beach, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2013 Wild Places of Home, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2012 In the Summertime, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2011 Sand, Salt and Spinifex, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney; 18 landscapes
2010 Life, Love, Landscape, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney; 27 paintings (Sold out)
2009 Places of My Heart,Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney: 28 paintings (Sold out)
2008 New Works: Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2006 Down to Earth; Doggett St Studio Brisbane
2006 The Stone Garden: Logan Regional Art Gallery
2006 Testing the Waters : Redlands Regional Art Gallery
2003 Illumina: Robertsons Interior Design Gallery, Gold Coast (Sold out)
2002 Recent Paintings: Robertsons Design, Gold Coast (Sold out)
2001 New Paintings ; Robertsons Interior Design, Gold Coast (Sold out)
1994 A Landscape Response ; Art and Design Gallery, Woollongabba
1994 Figures: Eagle St.Pier Exhibition Space, Brisbane
1993 Echoes of a Landscape McWhirters Art Space Fortitude Valley
1990 Impressions : The Palms Gallery Townsville
1989 New Guinea Beginnings: Umbrella Studio Townsville
1988 Neo-Primitive ; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Earth and Life; Toscani’s restaurant; Victoria Point QLD
2010 Painters of the Coast Gallery One Gold Coast
2010 Art for Art’s Sake Brisbane
2009 Rotary Art Spectacular Brisbane
2008 ArtSydney08; Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2008 Art Melbourne08; Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2008 ArtBrisbane08; Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2007 Selected for Abused Child Trust Annual Art Show, Brisbane
2007 Selected for Brisbane Grammer School Art Show, Brisbane
2007 St Martin’s Art Show; Brisbane
2007 Selected for Art for Art Sake Charity Art Show, Brisbane
2006 Doggett St Christmas Exhibition, Brisbane
2006 Floriate; Marks and Gardner Gallery Mt Tamborine
2006 Brisbane Grammar School Art Show
2006 Abused Child Trust Annual Art Show, Brisbane
2005 Courier Mail Home Show; Brisbane
2004 Courier Mail Home Show ; Brisbane
1995 Connect 2 ; Joint exhibition at Stephens Gallery, Brisbane
1992 Group show at Multiple Choice Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
1985 Final Year TAFE show at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
‘Soul’ Apartment Towers, Gold coast
ABN Amro Morgans
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Westpac Bank HongKong
Juniper Group
Sheraton Hotel Group Gold Coast
Johnson & Johnson Sydney
Storm Financial Melbourne
Storm Financial Sydney
Storm Financial Brisbane
Jumeirah Suite Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi
Brian Tucker Accounting
COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS
2016 Finalist Pro Hart Outback Art Prize – FIRST PRIZE WINNER (acquisitive)
2016 Finalist Border Art Prize
2016 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular WINNER OF BEST ACRYLIC IN SHOW
2016 Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize RUNNER UP PEOPLE’S CHOICE
2016 Finalist Finalist Waterhouse Art Prize HIGHLY COMMENDED
2016 Finalist John Leslie Art Prize
2016 Finalist Redland Art Prize WINNER OF MEREDITH FOX PEOPLE’S CHOICE
2015 Calleen Art Award – PEOPLE CHOICE WINNER and HIGHLY COMMENDED
2014 Mosman Art Prize – PEOPLES CHOICE WINNER
2014 Finalist Redland Art Award – PEOPLES CHOICE WINNER
2014 Finalist Calleen Art Award – PEOPLES CHOICE WINNER
2014 Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize
2014 Finalist Moreton Bay Art Prize
2014 Finalist Norvill Art Prize
2014 Finalist Clayton Utz Art Award
2010 Finalist Art for Art’s Sake Brisbane
2009 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular Brisbane
2009 Finalist Pine Rivers Art Award
2008 ArtSydney08; Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2008 Art Melbourne08; Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2008 ArtBrisbane08; Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2007 Abused Child Trust Annual Art Show, Brisbane
2007 Brisbane Grammer School Art Show, Brisbane
2007 St Martin’s Art Show; Brisbane
2007 Art for Art Sake Charity Art Show, Brisbane
2006 Doggett St Christmas Exhibition, Brisbane
2006 Floriate; Marks and Gardner Gallery Mt Tamborine
2006 Brisbane Grammar School Art Show
2006 Abused Child Trust Annual Art Show, Brisbane
2006 Finalist Redland Arts Award
2006 Finalist Regional Arts Award
2006 Joint First Prize – Gloria Beletz Drawing Prize
2006 Highly Commended Nudgee Art Show
2005 Finalist Regional Arts Award
2005 Courier Mail Home Show
2004 Courier Mail Home Show ; Brisbane
1995 Connect 2 ; Joint exhibition Stephens Gallery, Brisbane City Hall
1992 Group show at Multiple Choice Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
1991 First Prize; King of Prussia Drawing Award; USA
1985 Final Year TAFE show at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville
1985 Joint First Prize Drawing Award Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville
1992 First Prize Delaware County Painting Award USA
EMPLOYMENT
1995- current; Practicing artist
1994 Administrator Qld School of Printing & Graphic Arts; Morningside
1992 Teacher of Adult and Further Education classes in watercolour, drawing and painting
1991 Employed by Philadelphia college of Fine Art for 12 months USA
1990 1 year as Art Teacher at Catholic High School Philadelphia, USA
1989 2 years as Art Teacher at Townsville State High School Townsville
1987 2 years as Art Teacher at Pimlico State High School Townsville
RESIDENCIES
2009 Attended workshop with Elizabeth Cummings (3 days)
2007 Attended the Girraween Retreat with June Tupicoff
2006 Attended the Eungella Retreat in Mackay with Wendy Teakel (6 days)
2005 Attended the Magnetic Island Retreat in Townsville with Anneke Silver (6 days)
2004 Attended the “Living the Landscape” workshop at Cunnamulla with Mandy Martin ( 6 days)
2003 Attended the Cooee Bay Workshop, Yeppoon with Bill Ferguson (14 days)
2002 Attended the Moreton Island Art Camp with Stephen Newton ( 3 days )
2001 Attended the “Drawing from the Landscape” Toowoomba with David Hawkes ( 6 days)
2000 Attended the Mortimers Art Workshop with Judith White NSW ( 7 days)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2011 Opening Guest speaker; Mammas in the Hood; group show at Pine Rivers Regional Gallery
2011 Artist talk; open studio
2011 Guest speaker; South East Creative Generator Forum
2011 Guest Judge; Yurara Art Society Easter Art Competition
2010 Presentation; Brisbane Artist Development Group
2010 Artist Talk; open studio
2010 Artist Talk; TVH Gallery opening night
2010 Artist Talk; Gallery One opening night Painters of the Coast
COMMISSIONS
2011 2 corporate commissions; Soul Apartment Towers; Gold Coast
2011 2 corporate commissions; Abu Dhabi ; Etihad Towers; Presidential Suite
2010 8 Private commissions ; Sydney
2009 Private commission; canvas size 140 x 180cm
2008 2 Corporate Commissions for Storm Financial Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
2007 Art Nomad collection; 4 landscape paintings 100cm x 200cm
2005 Private commission; ABN-AMRO Morgans, Brisbane canvas size 90 x 90cm
2005 Corporate commission-Storm Financial, Sydney; canvas size 1700 x 1080mm
2004 Private collection; canvas size 1500 x 1000mm
2004 Corporate collection- Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast; 66sets of 5 original artworks @ 300x 300mm
2004 Private collection – Gold Coast; canvas size 2000 x 1750mm
2003 Private collection; canvas size 350 x 1150mm
2003 Corporate collection-Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast; 6 paintings, canvas size 800 x 800mm
2003 Private collection; canvas size 200 x 550mm
2003 Private collection; canvas size 1200 x 1800mm
2002 Private collection; canvas size 1720 x 1080mm
2002 Corporate collection-Gold Coast Marketing office; 3 paintings on paper size 1400 x 1000mm
2002 Corporate collection – Bluewater Apartments Sunshine Coast
2002 Corporate commission – Blue Water Apartments Sunshine coast; 76 original artworks
2002 Corporate commission-Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast; 52 original artworks @ 300 x 400mm
2001 Corporate commission; 72 original artworks for Sheraton Mirage – Gold Coast
2001 Private collection; canvas size 2000 x 1700mm
2001 Private collection; canvas size 2200 x 1600mm
2001 Private collection; canvas size 2200 x 1750mm
2001 Private collection; canvas size 2000 x 1350mm
2001 Private collection; canvas size 1650 x 1650mm
2001 Private collection; canvas size 1240 x 1740mm
2000 Private collection; canvas size 2000 x 800mm
2000 Private collection; canvas size 1750 x 1150mm
2000 Private collection; canvas size 1900 x 1600mm
2000 Private collection; canvas size 1800 x 1800mm
2000 Private collection; canvas size 1900 x 1750mm
2000 Private collection; canvas size 2000 x 2000mm
1999 Corporate Collection; Deloitte Touche Tomatsu:
1999 Private collection; canvas size 1500 x 1150mm
1999 Private collection; canvas size 1500 x 1800mm
1999 Private collection; canvas size 1400 x 700mm
CATALOGUES AND OTHER PUBLISHED WORKS
2010 Redland City Council Postcards
2003 Queensland Homes Autumn page 21
2003 Queensland Homes Winter page 39
2002 Queensland Homes Annual Gold Collector’s Edition
2002 Queensland Homes Winter page 107
2002 Luxury Home Design Vol 4 No 4 page 56
2002 Luxury Home Design Vol 4. No. 2 page 83
2002 Luxury Home Design Vol 3 No. 4 page 67
CRITICAL REVIEWS AND MEDIA COVERAGE
2010 Wynnum Herald, Wed August 4 ‘Inspired by the Land’ Bianca
2006 Bayside Bulletin Tues Mar 21 “Landscape Inspiration” by Jessica Marszalek
2006 Logan News Bulletin May 10 Gallery Express “Artwork of National Standard” Doug Cartwright
2003 Gold Coast Weekender July 19-20 “Praise the West Wall” Douglas Kennedy
2003 Gold Coast Bulletin July 22 “Hanging in Style”
1993 The Wynnum Herald Wednesday July 14 “Philadelphian images still echo for Anita” Nance Haxton
1990 Townsville Bulletin July 1990 “Palms features talented painter”
1990 Townsville Bulletin July 20 “Works reflect life and moods”
1990 Townsville Bulletin Sep “The public: a source of inspiration for artist” Robin Rattray-Wood
1990 VERANDA magazine August “Anita’s impressions go on display”
1989 Advertiser, February 9, “Whimsical images of New Guinea on show” Stephen Hall
1989 Townsville Bulletin Feb 18, 1989 “Kokoda Trail Inspires Anita Glen”
1989 The Advertiser Thursday June 16 1988 “Perc Tucker Gallery Report: Picture Stories” Anna Bock
1988 Townsville Bulletin Sat June 18 1988 “The simple approach works well for artist”
1988 Townsville Bulletin “Perc Tucker Art Gallery Report”
1985 Townsville Bulletin November 1985
Sally West is a contemporary Australian artist whose work is widely coveted.
Her application of the paint is incredibly thick which creates an interesting textural surface. She works with a muted palette and bold application of the paint which often spills over the edge of the canvas. Sally West’s most recent body of work from her beach series was painted inspired by and often created at various Australian beaches including Terrigal, Avoca, Freshwater, Manly, Coogee, Maroubra, Bondi, Camp Cove, Blueys, Lizzie & North Curl Curl (NSW).
Sally has won several art prizes and is a regular finalist in many others including the Portia Geach Art Prize (SH Ervin Gallery), New South Wales Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, Paddington Art Prize (2016), KAAF Prize (2016), EMSLA (2016), Salon Des Refuses (Wynne) Prize, Charlatan Ink Art Prize (Manhattan NYC), and the Pacific Palms Art Prize (winner 3 years), Gosford Art Prize, Mosman Art Prize (2019), Hornsby Art Prize and many more.
BORN 8/12/71, West Wyalong, NSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 PINK, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal
2019 Spring Colours – Sydney, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
2019 Lizzie Beach, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza Terrigal
2018 Sally West, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide
2018 All Sorts, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
2017 Surf & Snow, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal
2017 Figurative Focus, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal
2017 Around Town, Traffic Jam Galleries, Netural Bay
2016 Spring Sydney, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
2016 Sally West, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal
2015 Sally West Plein Air, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal
2015 Here And There, Traffic Jam Galleries, Neutral Bay
2014 The Art Of Still Life, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
2014 One Weekend Only, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal
2014 Northern Beaches Local Landscapes, Angel, Queenscliff, Sydney
2013 Impressionist Paintings, Fix 8 Gallery, Freshwater, Sydney
2013 Thread of Light, Artifact Gallery, Manhattan, New York
2013 Eastern Suburbs, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
2012 Sally West Solo, CAN Gallery, New Art Centre, Manhattan, New York
2011 Sally West Solo, CAN Gallery, New Art Centre, Manhattan, New York
2011 Northern Beaches, Painters Gallery, Mona Vale
2009 From Dusk to Dawn, Global Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2009 To Broken Hill and Back, The Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
2009 Local Landscapes, Moby’s, Pacific Palms
2008 Scarlet’s Web, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2008 Coast Meets Country, 240, Forster
2007 What Comes After Drought?, The Charles Smith Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2006 Reflections, Art Moment Gallery, Bondi, Sydney
2003 Inside & Out, Hill On Hargrave Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2002 A Hat or A Cat, Hill On Hargrave Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
1999 Underwater, Wadi Gallery, Bondi, Sydney
1998 The Journey, Bondi Pavillion Gallery, Bondi, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Artists of Mosman 2088 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2020 Spring Inside and Outside, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra
2020 Artists of Mosman 2088 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2019 Affordable Art and Sculpture, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra
2019 Mosman Art Society Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2019 Artists of Mosman 2088 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2018 Modern Art Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra
2018 Florabunda, Gallery 307, Northbridge
2018 Harbour Perspectives, Gallery 307, Northbridge
2018 Artists of Mosman 2088 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2018 Works On Paper, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra
2017 9X5 Exhibition, Julian Ashton Art School, Headland Park, Mosman
2017 Harbouring The Beach, Traffic Jam Galleries, Neutral Bay
2017 Artists of Mosman 2088 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2016 Two Views, Warringah Creative Space, Curl Curl
2016 9X5 Exhibition, Julian Ashton Art School, Headland Park, Mosman
2016 Mosman Art Society Autumn Show, Hutley Hall, North Sydney
2016 Under The Sun Group Exhibition, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra
2016 Artists of Mosman 2088 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2016 End Of Summer Exhibition, Traffic Jam Galleries, Neutral Bay
2015 Mosman Art Society 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2015 The Drawing Room, Traffic Jam Galleries, Neutral Bay
2015 Artists of Mosman 2088 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2015 Terrigal In Bloom, KAB Gallery, Terrigal
2015 9X5 Exhibition, Julian Ashton Art School, Headland Park, Mosman
2014 Group Exhibition, Traffic Jam Galleries, Neutral Bay
2014 Group Exhibition, Gallery 307, Northbridge
2014 Two Views Exhibition, Art Smart Gallery, Seaforth
2014 Mosman Art Society Autumn Show, Hutley Hall, North Sydney
2014 Northern Beaches Inspired Group Show, Painter’s Gallery, Manly
2014 Artists of Mosman 2088 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2014 9X5 Exhibition, Julian Ashton Art School, Headland Park, Mosman
2013 Mosman Art Society Christmas Show, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2013 Christmas Show, Gallery 307, Northbridge
2013 Christmas Show, Fix 8 Gallery, Freshwater
2013 Group Exhibition (Keeping Company With The Collection), Manly Art Gallery & Museum
2013 Spring Group Exhibition, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra
2013 Landscapes Group Exhibition, Gallery 307, Northbridge
2013 St Thomas’ Art Show, St Thomas’ School, Willoughby
2013 Manly Arts Festival Group Exhibition, Manly Community Centre, Manly
2013 Group Exhibition, Gallery 307, NSVA, Northbridge
2013 9X5 Exhibition, Julian Ashton Art School, Headland Park, Mosman
2013 Osbourne & Grace Gallery, Marina Mirage, QLD
2013 Art Expo New York 2013, NYC
2013 Lindfield Art Festival, Lindfield, Sydney
2012 Red Dot Fair, Soho, New York
2012 New York Art Expo, Chelsea Piers, New York
2012 Holy Family Art Festival, Holy Family School, Lindfield
2011 Small Paintings Exhibition, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra
2011 Affordable Art Exhibition, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra
2011 La Magie Du Printemps, Gallerie 64, Hendaye, France
2011 Canasta Group Exhibition, CAN, New York
2010 Group Exhibition, Woollahra Times Art Gallery (Fellia Melas), Woollahra, Sydney
2010 MARB Art 2010 – International Art Fair, Marbella, Spain
2010 Collective Exhibition, Galerie 64 – Atelier, Hendaye, France
2010 Group Exhibition July/Aug, Camden Art Gallery, London
2010 Group Exhibition Jun/July, Camden Art Gallery, London
2010 Art Shopping Carousel Du Louvre, Paris
2010 CANCAN group exhibition, Contemporay Art Network, New York
2009 Group Exhibition, Camden Art Gallery, London
2009 NY Fashion District Arts Festival, Contemporary Art Network Gallery, New York
2009 Fabulous and Fashionable, Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza, Victoria
2008 Traces of Memory, Ferrara Museum of the Estense Castle, Italy
2008 Out From Down Under and Beyond, Agora Gallery, New York
2007 Out From Down Under and Beyond, Agora Gallery, New York
2006 Fashion Moments, Art Moment Gallery, Bondi
2006 Life’s Precious Moments, Art Moment Gallery, Bondi
2005 Group Exhibition, My Style, Tuncurry
2004 Group Exhibition, My Style, Tuncurry
2004 How Much Is That Doggie, QVB Building, Sydney (www.howmuchisthatdoggie.com.au)
2003 Tim Hill Stable, Swiss Grande Hotel, Bondi
2002 IM Fashions Charity Auction, MCA, Sydney
2002 Christmas Show, Hill On Hargrave Gallery, Paddington
2002 Mooving Art – www.cowparade.net, public spaces around Australia. Auctioned later.
2001 Christmas Show, Wadi Gallery, Bondi Junction
2001 Group Exhibition, Flying Pig Precinct Gallery, Berry
2001 8th International Art Works On Paper Fair, Byron Kennedy Hall, Fox Studios, Sydney
2001 On The Beach, Bondi Wadi Gallery, Bondi Junction
2001 Group Exhibition, Charles Smith Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2000 Rising Stars, Wadi Gallery, Bondi Junction
2000 Christmas Show, Wadi Gallery, Bondi Junction
1999 Christmas Show, Wadi Gallery, Bondi
1998 Christmas Show, Wadi Gallery, Bondi
1998 Red Exhibition, Global Gallery, Paddington
1997 Global Arts Factory, Global Gallery, Paddington
1997 Ascending Artists, Wadi Gallery, Bondi
AWARDS/PRIZES
2021 SALON DES REFUSES – Lethbridge Landscape Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2021 FINALIST – Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham, Victoria
2020 FINALIST – Vincent Art Prize, Duck Rabbit Gallery, Redfern
2020 FINALIST – ANL Maritime Art Awards, The Mission to Seafarers, Docklands, VIC
2020 FINALIST – Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW
2020 FINALIST – Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD
2020 FINALIST – Gallipoli Art Prize, Gallipoli Memorial Club, Sydney
2019 FINALIST – Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery, Campbelltown
2019 FINALIST – Georges River Art Prize, Hurstville Museum and Gallery, Hurstville
2019 FINALIST – ANL Maritime Art Awards, The Mission to Seafarers, Docklands, VIC
2019 FINALIST – Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW
2019 FINALIST – Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2019 FINALIST – Northbridge Art Prize, Gallery 307 Art School, Northbridge
2019 FINALIST – Northern Beaches Art Prize, Warringah Creative Space, Curl Curl
2019 FINALIST – Vincent Art Prize, Duck Rabbit Gallery, Redfern
2019 FINALIST – Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill Town Hall, Hunters Hill, Sydney
2019 FINALIST – John Villiers Outback Art Prize, Outback Regional Gallery, Winton QLD
2018 FINALIST – Greenway Art Prize, Art Est. Gallery and Art School, Leichardt
2018 FINALIST – Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery, Campbelltown
2018 WINNER – Northbridge Art Prize, Gallery 307 Art School, Northbridge
2018 FINALIST – Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill Town Hall, Hunters Hill, Sydney
2018 FINALIST – Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD
2018 FINALIST – Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham, Victoria
2017 WINNER – Cliftons Art Prize, Cliftons, Sydney
2017 FINALIST – Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
2017 FINALIST – Hornsby Art Prize, Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby
2017 FINALIST – Greenway Art Prize, Art Est. Gallery and Art School, Leichardt
2017 FINALIST – Georges River Art Prize, Hurstville Museum and Gallery, Hurstville
2017 FINALIST – Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery, Campbelltown
2017 FINALIST – Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW
2017 WINNER – Northbridge Art Prize, Painting Section, NSVA, Gallery 307, Northbridge
2017 FINALIST – NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize
2017 FINALIST – ANL Maritime Art Awards, The Mission to Seafarers, Docklands, VIC
2017 FINALIST – Manning Art Prize, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree
2017 FINALIST – Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art School, Bondi
2017 WINNER, People’s Choice Award, Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art
Gallery, Broken Hill
2017 FINALIST – Lethbridge Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2017 FINALIST – Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, Muswellbrook
2017 FINALIST – North Sydney Art Prize, Coal Loader Centre, Waverton, Sydney
2016 FINALIST – KAAF Art Prize, Korean Culture Centre, Sydney
2016 FINALIST – Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
2016 FINALIST – Hornsby Art Prize, Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby
2016 FINALIST – Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (EMSLA), Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
2016 FINALIST – Paddington Art Prize, Queen Street, Woollahra
2016 FINALIST – Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW
2016 FINALIST – ANL Maritime Art Awards, The Mission to Seafarers, VIC
2016 FINALIST – NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize
2016 FINALIST – Warringah Art Prize, Warringah Creative Space, Curl Curl
2016 FINALIST – Kogarah Art Prize, Kogarah Library and Cultural Centre, Kogarah, Sydney
2016 FINALIST – Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, QLD
2016 FINALIST – Fleurieu Food + Wine Art Prize, McLaren Vale & Fleurieu Visitor Centre
2015 SEMI-FINALIST – KAAF Art Prize, Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney
2015 FINALIST – Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
2015 FINALIST – Hornsby Art Prize, Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby
2015 FINALIST – Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW
2015 FINALIST – Northbridge Art Prize, NSVA, Gallery 307, Northbridge
2015 FINALIST – Portia Geach Art Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2015 FINALIST – Warringah Art Prize, Warringah Creative Space, Curl Curl
2015 FINALIST – Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2015 FINALIST – Pirtek Still Life Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral
2015 WINNER – Mayor’s Prize, Waverley Art Prize, Waverley-Woollahra Art School, Bondi
2015 FINALIST – Outback Open Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill
2015 FINALIST – NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize
2015 FINALIST – Lethbridge Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2014 WINNER – Painting Section, Hornsby Art Prize, Hornsby
2014 FINALIST – Portia Geach Art Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2014 FINALIST – Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW
2014 WINNER – Northbridge Art Prize, NSVA, Gallery 307, Northbridge
2014 HIGHLY COMMENDED – ANL Maritime Art Awards, The Mission to Seafarers, VIC
2014 FINALIST – Redland Art Awards, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD
2014 FINALIST – Outback Open Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill
2014 FINALIST – Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill Town Hall, Hunters Hill, Sydney
2014 FINALIST – Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, QLD
2013 WINNER – Painting Category, Hornsby Art Prize, Hornsby
2013 FINALIST – Hawkesbury Art Prize, Purple Noon Gallery, Freemans Reach
2013 FINALIST – Portia Geach Art Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2013 FINALIST – Northbridge Art Prize, Gallery 307, NSVA, Northbridge
2013 FINALIST – Waverley Art Prize, Waverley-Woollahra Art School, Bondi
2013 FINALIST – NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize
2012 FINALIST – Redlands Art Awards, Cleveland, QLD
2012 FINALIST – Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art School, Bondi
2012 WINNER – Pacific Palms Art Prize, Pacific Palms Community Centre
2012 FINALIST – Salon Des Refuses (Wynne), SH Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney
2011 FINALIST – Hawkesbury Art Prize, Purple Noon Gallery, Freemans Reach
2011 FINALIST – Portia Geach Art Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2011 FINALIST – Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2011 WINNER – Landscape Section – Pacific Palms Art Prize, Pacific Palms
2011 FINALIST – Charlatan Ink Art Prize, Manhattan, New York City
2011 FINALIST – Prometheus Art Award, Merrimac, QLD
2010 WINNER – Pacific Palms Art Prize, Pacific Palms Community Centre
2009 FINALIST – Media 3. Art Biennial, London
(Awarded Honorable Award/Diploma of Excellence)
2009 FINALIST – Societe Nationale Des Beaux-Arts SNBA Salon, Paris (Awarded Special Prix)
2009 FINALIST – Pacific Palms Art Prize, Pacific Palms Community Centre
2009 FINALIST – Palm Art Award, Art Domain Gallery, Leipsig, Germany
2008 FINALIST – Country Energy Art Prize, ÒCountryscapesÓ, Wentworth Gallery, Sydney
2008 FINALIST – Country Energy Art Prize, “Countryscapes”, Broken Hill Regional Gallery
2008 FINALIST – Corangamarah Art Prize, con.ceit ’08, Barongarook, Victoria
2008 FINALIST – Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2007 FINALIST – Pacific Palms Art Prize, Pacific Palms Community Centre, Pacific Palms
2006 FINALIST – Pacific Palms Art Prize, Pacific Palms Community Centre, Pacific Palms
2005 FINALIST – Waverley Art Prize, Bondi Public School, Bondi
2005 FINALIST – Pacific Palms Art Prize, Pacific Palms Community Centre, Pacific Palms
2004 FINALIST – Pacific Palms Art Prize, Pacific Palms Community Centre, Pacific Palms
2003 FINALIST – Pacific Palms Art Prize, Pacific Palms Community Centre, Pacific Palms
2003 FINALIST – Waverley Art Prize, Bondi Public School, Bondi
2001 FINALIST – Alexander Berry Art Prize, Berry School of the Arts, Berry
1997 FINALIST – Waverley Art Prize, Bondi Public School, Bondi
1976 WINNER – Australia Post Art Competition
Johnny Romeo is an internationally acclaimed Australian painter. Considered Australia’s leading Pop artist, Romeo is spearheading the global Neo-Expressionist Pop movement with his electrifying collision of rock’n’roll swagger, comic book aesthetics and street art. Described by GQ Magazine Australia as ‘part punk, part pop’, Romeo’s Kitsch Pop works are explosive sugar rushes of Technicolour imagery and urban grittiness that are turning heads worldwide.
Armed with tongue-in-cheek humour and razor-sharp social commentary, Johnny Romeo is today renowned as a world-leading culture jammer. His works explore the influence celebrity icons and brand-name heroes have on our contemporary identity. Romeo approaches his art-making practice like a television, broadcasting colourful Postmodern visions that re-contextualise and seek to make sense of the daily cacophony of images, ads and memes we are bombarded with in our Pop-obsessed culture.
Over the last decade, Johnny Romeo has enjoyed a successive number ofcritically acclaimed and sold-out exhibitions acrossAustralia, New Zealand, and the US. Romeo has continued his dominance as a world-class Pop artist with acclaimed and sell-out exhibitions in Sydney, Perth, Auckland, Napier, Canberra, and the Gold Coast in 2021 and 2022, and most notably the Australian Consulate-General in New York (2018). He was a highly celebrated feature artist in Brisbane’s Sign of the Times group exhibition, alongside street art juggernauts Banksy, Blek le Rat and Swoon. A major force in contemporary Pop art, Romeo is represented by many top galleries both in Australia and overseas.
Romeo has graced several prominent publications such as the Sydney Morning Herald, Vogue, Australian Art Review, Artist Profile and No Cure Magazine.Television features include the ABC 7:30 Report, Foxtel’s STVDIO, and the ABC documentary ‘Conquest of Space:Science Fiction & Contemporary Art’, written and hosted by renowned art critic Dr. Andrew Frost.
On the international stage,Johnny Romeo is a Pop Art tour de force, with hugely celebrated exhibitions in the US, including, New York, Los Angeles, Pennsylvania, and Florida, and recently in Sweden.He has participated in several high-profile group shows across the US and Europe, including Language Art, alongside childhood hero and Pop Art icon Robert Indiana. Romeo made a massive splash as a celebrated featured artist in POP AUSTIN 2017, exhibiting with contemporary art powerhouses like Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Mr. Brainwash. Over the past three years, Romeo has made many standout appearances on US national television and universities. Since 2015, he has released three books examining his paintings and art-making practice: TV Land (2015), 10-year retrospective survey Plastic Fantastic (2017) and Pump Up the Jams: Culture Jamming in the Works of Johnny Romeo (2019).
As one of the biggest names in Pop art today, Romeo’s works are highly sought-after globally, and are held in prominent Australian and international public and private collections. He has collaborated on many illustrious projects with the likes of leading US snowboarding company Gilson Boards, craft beer alchemists Zeroday Brewing Company, world-famous punk band Blink 182 and Lexus Australia.
JOHNNY ROMEO
Born Sydney, Australia.
Lives Sydney, Australia / Los Angeles, California, USA.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 LANDED!, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2022 Ned Kelly Revisited, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in association with Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach, Australia.
2022 In Between Days, 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2022 CHOOSE LIFE, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia. 2021 Colossal Youth, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia. 2021 RISE, Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, Napier, New Zealand. 2021 New Clear Days, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia. 2021 Kings Of The Wild Frontier, Graphite Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 2021 Nothing Is Real, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 2021 Selected Works, Hell’s Kitchen Gallery, Tiny Tree Cafe, Brisbane in association with 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2020 The Sunny Side Of The Moon, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2020 The Beautiful People, Galleri Lohme, Malmo, Sweden.
2020 Sign Of The Times, Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, Napier in association with 12 Gallery,
Auckland, New Zealand.
2020 Burn Down The Disco, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2020 Johnny Romeo Pop-Up, Harvey Galleries, Melbourne, Australia.
2019 To The Extreme, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2019 ROCKA ROLLA, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
2019 Marquee Moon, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2019 In A Moonage Daydream, 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2019 DREAM-LAND, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2018 The Last Days Of Disco, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2018 New Americana, The Australian Consulate-General, New York in association with Anala Art Advisory, New York, USA.
2018 Guns’N’Poses, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
2018 Rock Is Dead, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2017 Electric Boogaloo, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2017 The Arthouse Series, 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2017 Boogie Street, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2017 Pure Heroine, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2016 Ghetto Superstar$, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2016 Lincoln : The Freedom Series, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2016 American Woman, Anala Art Advisory in conjunction with The Ausin Group, Melbourne, Australia.
2016 Wasteland, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia.
2016 27, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2016 When We Ruled The World, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2016 Lincolns On Lincoln, Venice Heights / China Inn Gallery, Venice, California, USA.
2015 Selected Works, Penny Contemporary, Hobart in conjunction with Bespoke Melbourne, Australia.
2015 Pop Life, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2015 TV Land, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2015 Angry Birds, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2015 Print Pop Up Show: POPtometry, Hoff Optometry & Eyewear, Venice, California, USA.
2015 Top Of The Pops, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2015 Open Studio, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2015 Sonic Youth, Prize of Venice, Venice, California, USA.
2014 Wasted Years, 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2014 ICONS, CG Projects, Pennsylvania, USA.
2014 Editions on Paper: Too West Coast, Petra Gallerie, Beverly Hills, California, USA.
2014 Dirty Boulevard, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2014 Pussy Riot, Muk Muk Fine Art, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2014 Pussy Riot, Muk Muk Fine Art, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2013 POPism: The Andy Warhol Show, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2013 Editions on Paper: Forever Young, Jeanie Madsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA.
2013 Deadwood, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2013 Grindhouse, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2012 Bloodsport, Buratti Fine Art, Perth, Australia.
2012 When Doves Cry, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2012 Cop Killer, Muk Muk Fine Art & Sprout Creative, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2012 Cop Killer, Muk Muk Fine Art, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2011 Romeo Must Die: The Super Villain Series, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2011 Sin City, Buratti Fine Art, Perth, Australia.
2011 Special Release: Ned Kelly Hero Series, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2010 Spiderbait, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2010 Electric Bird, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2010 Johnny Romeo Vs David Spencer, United Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2010 You’ll Never Take Me Alive! The Ned Kelly Hero Series, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2009 Candyland, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2009 Crisis On Infinite Earths, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2009 Flight Club, Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2008 Dove Kidney Zoo, NG Art Gallery in association with Maurice Byer Chambers,
MLC Centre, Sydney, Australia.
2008 Galaxy Cattle, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2007 Brain on a Machine, China Heights, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia.
2007 Converse, Regard Gallery, Darlington, NSW, Australia.
2007 Live at the Apollo, Newview Gallery, Newtown, NSW, Australia.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Concrete Candy, Peek Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia.
2020 Unplugged, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
2019 Undead, Arthaus Projects, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
2018 Notes From The Underground, Arthaus Projects, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
2018 Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand, 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2017 POP Austin International Art Show, Fair Market, Austin Texas.
2017 The LA Residency (Local Access), Converge Gallery, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
2017 Neo Nouveau, Sidewinder Gallery, Chicago, USA.
2017 Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Galleri Lohme, Malmo, Sweden.
2017 Directors Choice – Stockroom Show, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2017 Signs Of The Time, Gold Coast City Gallery / The Arts Centre Gold Coast, Australia.
2015 Pain/Ting, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in conjunction with Open Walls Gallery,
Berlin, Germany.
2015 New (Town) Romantics, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2015 Urban Art – Parked!, Wilson Parking Car Park, North Sydney, Australia.
2015 RED – Expressionism, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2015 The Australians, Pearce Gallery, Whitecliffe College of the Arts & Design, Auckland, New Zealand.
2014 Language Art, The Cornell Museum Of Art, Delray Beach, Florida, USA.
2014 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, Panter & Hall, London, United Kingdom.
2014 A Tribute To Michael Jackson’s 10 Best Film Clips, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2014 A Portrait Apart Deux, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2013 Fountain Art Fair, Chicago, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2013 Below The Surface, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2013 The Figure, Buratti Fine Art, Perth, Australia.
2013 The Art Of Cirque Du Soleil, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2013 Uprising, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2013 Urban Pop II, Jeanie Madsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA.
2012 Gold Coast Art Prize, The Arts Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2012 Homage To Hollywood, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2012 The Art Of Spain, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2012 A Rolling Stone, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2011 There and Back Again, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2011 Aqua Art Fair, Art Basel, Miami 2011, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2011 Blow In, Museum & Crane, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2011 Super Iam8bit, Iam8bit Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2011 Urban Pop, Jeanie Madsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA.
2011 Homage To Frida, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2011 Stockumentary, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2010 The Sydney Fringe Festival, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
2010 Mood Swings, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2009 Plates, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2009 Petits Travaux, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay.
2009 Troop, Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2009 Art Sydney 09, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
2009 Each To Their Own, The Freshly Baked Gallery, Melbourne.
2009 Revolution Of Art, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay.
2009 Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize.
2009 Every Dog Has Its Day, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2008 Art Sydney 08, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
2008 Food For Thought, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2008 Royalty Tooth Coins, 2042: Art on the Street, Sydney, Australia.
2008 Come See The Animals, Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2008 Sordid Tales: A History of Chippendale, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2007 Fragile Planet, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2007 The Weekend Australian Art Sydney 07, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney.
2007 Let Them Roam, Harrison Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
REVIEWS
2021 Luxury Meets The Streets, by Charlotte Middleton, Art Edit + Interior Design, #30, 2021, p.136 –143. 2021 There’s A Star Man, Cover Feature by Lisa Goodhand, Neighborhood Media 2204, Issue 1 – June, 2021, p. 1, 6, 7. 2019 ‘Undead’ Exhibit Coming To Arrthaus Project, Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday October 24th, 2019, p. 14
2019 Five Things To Do This Weekend, 1. Pop Of Colour, Private Capital, by Amy Martin, Canberra
Times, Wednesday September 18th 2019, p.1
2019 Pop Goes The Easel, by Fiona Purdon, Sunday Mail, U On Sunday Magazine, June 9th 2019, p.27.
2018 Arthaus Projects Set To Debut ‘Notes From The Underground’ Exhibition, Showcase Section,
Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday October 4th, 2018, p. 6 & 15.
2017 Johnny Romeo Electric Boogalo, Exhibition Brief, Art Almanac (Australia), December 2017 –
January 2018, p.58.
2017 Art That Pops With Colour Johnny Romeo’s New Exhibition, by Andrea McCullagh, Mosman Daily,
Thursday December 7th, 2017, p. 12.
2017 A Lasting Legacy: International Pop Artist, WAHS Art Students Produce Public Mural, Education
Section, North Central PA, Monday November 13th, 2017, p. 4.
2017 Johnny Romeo, Artists // Featured Work, POP AUSTIN International Art Show (Catalogue),
November 9th – 12th, 2017, p. 18, 19.
2017 Converge Gallery and Johnny Romeo team up to present ‘L.A. (Local Access) Residency’,
Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday November 2nd, 2017, p. 12.
2017 Converge Gallery Launches Book Featuring Artist Johnny Romeo And His Work, by Jason Klose,
Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday June 22nd, 2017, p. 3 & 4.
2017 Artist Johnny Romeo Inspired By 20 Iconic Women To Create Pure Heroine Exhibition, Lifestyle Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Eastern Reporter, Tuesday 13th June, 2017, p. 26.
2017 Feminist Icons Inspire Artwork, Art Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Western Suburbs Weekly,
Tuesday 13th June, 2017, p. 28.
2017 Feminist Icons Inspire Art, Lifestyle / Art Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Southern Gazette – Belmont,
Tuesday 13th June, 2017, p. 21.
2017 Feminist Icons Inspire Art, Lifestyle / Art Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Southern Gazette – South
Perth, Tuesday 13th June, 2017, p. 21.
2017 Feminist Icons Inspire Art, Lifestyle / Art Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Southern Gazette – Victoria
Park, Tuesday 13th June, 2017, p. 21.
2017 Female Icons Inspire Exhibition, Exhibition Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Eastern Reporter, Tuesday
13th June, 2017, p. 26.
2017 Pure Heroine Exhibition, Socials, The Sunday Times Magazine, Sunday 11h June, 2017, p. 23.
2017 Romeo Fetes New-Wave Feminists With Punch, Today / Arts, Artefacts, The Weekend Australian,
Saturday June 7th, 2017, p. 6.
2017 Top Of The Pops, by Belle Taylor, The Sunday Times Magazine, Sunday 4h June, 2017, p. 14 &
15.
2017 Pure Heroine, Review, Out & About, The Weekend Australian, Saturday June 3rd, 2017, p. 29.
2017 Pure Heroine, Review, Out & About, The Weekend Australian, May 20-21, 2017, p. 29.
2017 Pure Heroin, The Sunday Times Hot List, The Sunday Times Guide, Sunday 21st May, 2017, p. 7.
2017 Openness In The Right Measure, by Susanne Kennedy, Habitus Living In Design Magazine, Issue # 35, p. 165 &171.
2017 Johnny Romeo Interview, words by Anthony Thomas, NO CURE Magazine, Issue 13 / 2017, p. 58
– 63.
2016 Imagination And Incarceration Converge Gallery Mainstay Johnny Romeo To Curate Dual Shows,
by Jason Klose, Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday October
27th, 2016, p. 1, 8 & 9.
2016 Rebels A Draw, by Fiona Purdon, Arts & Culture Section, Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Sunday 2nd
October, 2016. p. 93.
2016 Loving…,Brisbane News Magazine, September 28th, Issue 1098. p. 6.
2016 Pop Goes The Wasteland, Village News, Brisbane, September 2016 edition. p. 19.
2016 Fourteen Hills, The San Francisco State University Review, Issue 22.2 -2016. p. 125 & 126.
2016 Aussie Artist’s Star Attraction by Sarah Pope, The West Australian, Today, Monday 21st March,
2016 p. 3.
2016 When We Ruled The World, The Sunday Times Hot List, The Sunday Times Guide, Sunday 20th
March, 2016. p. 4.
2016 Johnny Romeo, Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 34, 2016, p.102 – 105.
2015 Johnny Romeo, The Sublime Zine (UK), December Issue, 2015 p.1, 22-31.
2015 Art From Down Under Leaves Its Mark On Williamsport, Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-
Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday October 22nd, 2015, p. 14.
2015 Pop Artist Shares His Vision With WASD Students, by Tony Irwin, Williamsport Sun-Gazette,
Pennsylvania, Wednesday September 16th, 2015, p. 1 & 5.
2015 Setting Up For Success, by Samantha Wallace, Entertainment, Williamsport Sun-Gazette,
Pennsylvania, Friday September 11th, 2015, p. Section B, p. 4.
2015 Johnny Romeo To Present New Exhibit, Book Of Prints in ‘TV LAND’, Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday September 10th, 2015, p. 3.
2015 A Book Of Many Colors, by Samantha Wallace, West Branch Life Magazine, Fall Edition – August
2015, Volume 3, Issue 3, p. 10 – 11.
2015 Sharpe Cuts Through, by Clyde Selby, Public Hangings, Tasweekend Magazine, The Mercury, Hobart, Saturday June 20th, 2015, p. 20.
2015 Art And Wine Blend Gives Chippo A New Buzz Around The Old Block, by Michael Koziol, The
Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday June 20th, 2015, p. 12 – 13.
2015 Urban Art Parked!, The Planner, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 6th – 7th 2015, p. 22. 2015 Carpark Takes Arty Turn, by Kate Crawford, Mosman Daily, June 4th 2015, p. 16.
2015 Unique Art Put In Gear, by Kate Crawford, North Shore Times, June 3rd 2015, p.1.
2015 Art Shines In Top Of The Pops Show, Lifestyle, Inner West Courier, June 2nd 2015, p. 38.
2015 Artists See Red Over Show by Phil Brown, Arts And Entertainment, Brisbane Courier Mail,
Thursday 30th April 2015, p. 45.
2015 Phil James by William Sturrock, Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 30, 2015, p.116 – 118.
2014 Tragic Heroes, Art News New Zealand, Sketches, Summer 2014 Issue, p. 48.
2014 Q&A With Johnny Romeo by Lyndsey Hewitt, Showcase Section, Sun-Gazette, Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, October 2nd 2014, p. 11-12.
2014 John Felix, Johnny Romeo & Petra Gallerie by Anthony Ewart, Hollywood Weekly, August 2014
Issue, p.1, 24 – 25.
2014 The Soft Approach by A.J.Edwards, Technical, Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 28, 2014, p.116 –
118.
2014 Johnny Romeo Inside The Mind Of Australia’s Leading Pop Artist by Taher Nojavan, The Source
Magazine, University of Western Sydney, Issue 1 / 2014, p. 50 – 55.
2014 Man In The Mirror Ride by Fiona Purdon, Sunday Mail, U On Sunday Magazine, May 18th 2014, p.
30.
2014 Coast Confidential, Gold Coast Bulletin, May 6th 2014, p.14.
2014 Pop Artist Johnny Romeo, Editorial Quote, Centralian Advocate, Alice Springs, March 7th 2014,
p.32.
2014 Romeo Lets Art Run Riot, News, Centralian Advocate, Alice Springs, March 7th 2014, p.17.
2014 Such Sweet Sorrow, Johnny Romeo In Conversation With Territory Q, TQ ART, Territory Q Magazine, Issue 2. January – March 2014, p. 72 – 73.
2014 Hang Tough by Antonino Tati, Gallery, Rock Candy Magazine, Issue 08 / Summer 2014, p. 25 – 29.
2013 First Williamsport, Then The World by Lyndsey Hewitt, Showcase Section, Sun-Gazette,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, November 27th 2013, p. 20 & 30.
2013 Pop Artist On A Celebrity Ride by Fiona Purdon, Sunday Mail, U On Sunday Magazine, November
10th 2013, p. 30.
2013 Jeanie Madsen Gallery Presents Three Solo Show “Say What? By Kathy Leonardo, Santa Monica Mirror, October 4th, 2013, p. 7.
2013 Deadwood, Open Gallery, by Michael Fitzgerald, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald,
September 7th – 8th, 2013, p. 13.
2013 Arts, Galleries, Deadwood, by John Saxby, Arts Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 20th 2013, p. 14.
2013 Party Parade, by Effie Mann, S, The Sun Herald, August 18th 2013, p. 22 & 23.
2013 Eight Days, compiled by Sarah Thomas, Unwind, The Sun Herald, August 18th 2013, p. 4 & 5.
2013 The Shortlist, Planner, compiled by Sarah Thomas, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 16th 2013,
p. 6.
2013 Add A Dash Of Dead Celebs And A Mix Of Pop Culture, MX Newspaper, August 14th 2013, p. 2.
2013 Eternal Fame Game, by James Gorman, Central Sydney Magazine, August 14th 2013, p. 17.
2013 It’s A Dead-Set Tribute to See Artist’s Celebrity Show, by Lauren Murada, Lifestyle, Galleries, Inner
West Courier, August 13th 2013, p. 38.
2013 3 Gringos Buys $15,000 Of Art From Converge Gallery by Lyndsey Hewitt, Showcase Section,
Sun-Gazette, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, August 8th 2013, p. 8 & 9.
2013 Coast Confidential, Gold Coast Bulletin, June 5th 2013, p.19.
2013 Caldarelli At Licensing Expo For The First Time, Total Licensing Italy Magazine, Edition Issue #
Summer 2013, p.152.
2013 Must Visit, Coast Culture, Gold Coast Panache Magazine, Issue January / February 2013, p.34.
2012 Hooray For Hollywood by Tim Hannaford, Artworld, Paradise Magazine, The Gold Coast Bulletin, December 1st – 2nd 2012, p.23.
2012 Knockout Show Hits The Canvas by Stephen Bevis, The Weekend West, October 27th – 28th 2012, p.23.
2012 Exhibitions ARTS & EVENTS, compiled by Jenna Shenton, Scoop Magazine, Spring Issue # 061, p.85.
2012 NT Wrap, 03 A Foot In Two Camps, compiled by Kieran Finnane, Australian Art Collector, Issue #
62, October – December 2012, p.257.
2012 Collector, Contemporary Conversions by Helen McKenzie, Australian Art Collector, Issue 61, July – September 2012, p.158.
2012 Hold-Out Gallery Lauds WA Scene by Katrina Strickland, The Australian Financial Review, June 20th 2012, p.20.
2012 Viva Espana by Marina Saint Martin, Artworld, Paradise Magazine, The Weekend Bulletin, June
23rd – 24th June 2012, p.23.
2012 Coast Confidential, Gold Coast Bulletin, June 13th 2012, p.23.
2012 Essence Of A Nation, Zarraffa’s The Grind Magazine, Issue 7, 2012, p.29.
2012 Spanish Acquisition by Sally Browne, Sunday Mail, Galleries, U On Sunday Magazine, June 3rd
2012, p.38.
2012 Arts & Culture, Showing At Letham Gallery, Ponsonby News Magazine, New Zealand. Issue May
2012, p.148.
2012 Cop Killer, Visual Arts, Off The Leash Magazine, Darwin, Issue March 2012, p.25.
2012 Great Art Galleries, Johnny Romeo Cop Killer, Sunday Territorian, Darwin, March 25th 2012, p.41.
2012 Ned Kelly, Cop Killer, NT News, Northern Territory, March 16th 2012, p.38.
2012 Johnny Romeo Exhibition Cop Killer, Darwin Life Magazine, Issue March 2012, p.38.
2012 Ned Kelly Like You’ve Never Seen, Centralian Advocate, Alice Springs, March 13th 2012, p.1.
2012 Johnny Romeo Cop Killer, Exhibition Brief, Art Almanac (Australia), March 2012, p.44.
2011 Johnny Romeo, The Planner complied by Melissa Davey, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, October 29th – 30th, 2011, p.22.
2011 Exhibition, The Buzz, Grazia Review, Grazia Magazine, Issue 159, October 24th 2011, p.91.
2011 Exhibition, 24Hours The Art Diary, The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday October 19th 2011,
p.12.
2011 Heroes And Villains, by Lauren Murada, Inner West Courier, Tuesday October 18th 2011, p.48.
2011 Critic’s Choice, The Best Art Shows This Month, Time Out Sydney, Issue October 2011, p.49.
2011 Sinners Are Winners, by Jacqui Bahr, Arts End, The Wire Magazine, Issue 114, July 28th 2011, p.17.
2011 Go Johnny, Go, by Stephen Bevis, Arts Editor, Artefacts, The West Australian, July 20th July 2011,
p.6.
2011 Exhibitions, Review Magazine, The Australian. Saturday 25th June 2011, p.20.
2011 Art & Antiques, Australian Insite Magazine, Issue 28, Autumn 2011, p.199 & 228.
2011 Art Gallery’s Choice, Australian Insite Magazine, Issue 28, Autumn 2011, p. 228.
2011 Fit To Be Hung, GQ Style Australia. Issue 2, Autumn / Winter 2011, p.76.
2011 Johnny Romeo Special Release: Ned Kelly, WA Wrap, 05, Australian Art Collector. Issue # 55,
Jan – Mar 2011, p. 318.
2010 Queensland, Contemporary Matters, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 236, Dec 2010 – Feb 2011, p.86.
2010 Meet Johnny Romeo, Zarraffa’s The Grind Magazine, Issue 1, 2010, p. 50.
2010 Australian Galleries Launch IPhone Apps, Australian Art Collector. Issue 54, Oct – Dec 2010, p.87.
2010 Art + Culture, Ponsonby News Magazine, New Zealand, Issue September 2010, p.152.
2010 New Zealand Homes, Your Home and Garden Magazine, Issue August 2010, p.55.
2010 Star Wars by Maria Noakes, STE Magazine, Sunday Times, Perth, June 13th 2010, p. 21.
2010 Johnny Romeo, Pedro TV Review, The Newtonian, Vol 1 Edition 5, 2010, p.13.
2010 Art Month Follow Your Art, Australia Vogue Living, Issue March/April, 2010, p.11.
2010 Johnny Romeo_You’ll Never Take Me Alive, Exhibitions_View Australia, Artist Profile Magazine,
Issue 10, 2010, p.127.
2010 Framing Ned Kelly by Liz Giuffre, Interval Arts & Film Guide, The Drum Media Magazine, Issue
1000, March 16th 2010, p.60.
2010 Street Level With Sydney Artist Johnny Romeo, The Brag Magazine, Issue 352, March 8th 2010, p.43.
2010 Hot Tickets, Art, by Kristie Lau, Entertainment, S, The Sun Herald, March 7th 2010, p.19.
2010 Moody Blues, Arts + Entertainment, Style, Prestige Lifestyle Magazine, Gold Coast, Issue March
2010, p.15.
2009 Johnny Romeo, Ponsonby News Magazine, New Zealand, Issue August, 2009, p.140.
2009 Artistic Licence, NZ Life & Leisure Magazine, New Zealand, Issue 24, March/April 2009, p.154.
2009 Johnny Romeo by Rohan Trollope, The Weekend Starts Here, Art, The Age (Entertainment Guide),
Melbourne. February 13th 2009, p.3.
2009 Dinamismo Del 21Mo Secolo Nei Lavori Dell’ Artista Pop Johnny Romeo, Review / Rivista, Il Globe
Newspaper, Melbourne, February 12th 2009, p.30.
2009 Fight Club by Jeff Makin, Herald Sun Extra 9, Gallery Snapshot, Herald Sun, Melbourne, February
9th 2009, p.49.
2009 Inner-City Edge: Johnny Romeo, by Food For The Future Writer, Sprout Magazine, Issue 1,
Summer 2009, p.19.
2008 Art for Arts Sake…Brain Food, Australian Art Review, Issue 16, August – October 2008, p.12.
2008 Where for Art Thou, Romeo? by Jennifer Bennett, Central Magazine, Sydney, July 23rd 2008, p.20.
2008 Galaxy Cattle by Jo Litson, Insider Arts, Hot Tickets, The Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, July 20th
2008, p.95.
2008 Johnny Romeo by Leesha McKenny, Arts & Entertainment, Open Gallery, The Sydney Morning
Herald, July 19th – 20th, 2008, p.16.
2008 Demolition Man by Rhiannon Elston, Preview, Time Out Magazine, Sydney, July 16th – 22nd 2008, p.35.
2008 Romeo Parte Da Los Angeles, by Giuseppe Russo, Rivista, La Fiamma Magazine, Sydney, July
14th 2008, p.19.
2008 Johnny Romeo: Galaxy Cattle, Your Sydney…Visual Arts, The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, July 9th
2008, p.28.
2008 Brushstrokes, Arts Frontline, Brag Magazine, Sydney, July 7th 2008, p.29.
2008 Adrenalin Rush by Elizabeth Fortescue, Sydney Live, The Daily Telegraph, July 7th 2008, p.63.
2008 Romeo, Romeo, What’s Your Art About, Romeo? By Britta Campion, MX News Magazine, Sydney,
July 3rd 2008, p.2.
2008 Johnny Romeo, Art, The (Sydney) Magazine, Issue July 2008, p.90.
2007 Converse View, Mingle, Inner West Courier, August 14th 2007, p.30.
2007 The Planner complied by Jennie Jones, The Daily Telegraph, August 4th 2007, p.12.
2007 Profiles – Johnny Romeo Converse, Art Almanac, Issue August 2007, p.219.
2007 Topics Of Conversation by Jennie Jones, Sydney Live, The Daily Telegraph, July 31st 2007, p.45.
2007 Arts Frontline, Reviews, Brag Magazine, Sydney, July 30th 2007, p.34.
2007 Romeo Shows Us His World by Marie Sansom, The Inner West Weekly, May 3rd 2007, p.32.
2007 Where For Art Thou Romeo by Ani Lamont, Central Magazine, Sydney, May 25th 2007, p.23.
2007 This Week Top Shelf, Metro Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 4th – 10th 2007, p.3.
2007 The Planner complied by Alice Wasley, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 5th – 6th 2007, p.6.
2007 A Pop At Modern Life And Culture by Marie Sansom, The Glebe, May 3rd 2007, p.27.
TELEVISION & RADIO
2017 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Dave Kuharchik on PA LIVE – WBRE / NBC, Thursday
November 2nd, 2017, Pennsylvania, USA.
2017 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Fiona Powell for Radio Station WVIA FM’s Art Scene, Wednesday
November 1st, 2017, Pennsylvania, USA.
2017 Johnny Romeo, interviewed by Peter Barr on RTRFM, Thursday 1st June 2017, Perth, Australia.
2016 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Dave Kuharchik on PA LIVE – WBRE / NBC, Wednesday
November 2nd, 2016, Pennsylvania, USA.
2016 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Fiona Powell for Radio Station WVIA FM’s Art Scene, Monday
November 31st, 2016, Pennsylvania, USA.
2016 Johnny Romeo featured on POSTCARDS with Scherri-Lee Biggs, Channel 9, Episode 10, 2016,
Australia.
2015 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Dave Kuharchik on PA LIVE – WBRE / NBC, Thursday September
17th, 2015, Pennsylvania, USA.
2015 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Fiona Powell for Radio Station WVIA FM’s Art Scene, Wednesday
September 16th, 2015, Pennsylvania, USA.
2014 Conquest Of Space: Science Fiction & Contemporary Art, documentary written and presented by
Andrew Frost, ABC Arts (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
2013 Pop Artist Johnny Romeo – Documentary Directed by Danny Guo, Produced by Antony
Cirocco – Academy of Information Technology, Sydney, Australia.
2013 Johnny Romeo, Tim Bailey Weather Report, Channel 10 News, Sydney, Wednesday 27th
November 2013.
2013 Johnny Romeo Deadwood, Le Clubz On Air TVS 44, Sydney.
2012 Johnny Romeo Bloodsport, Gallery Watch, West TV, Perth.
2012 Ned Kelly Revisited, 7:30 NT, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
2012 Ned Kelly Revisited, 7:30 National, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
2010 Johnny Romeo, Art Break, STUDIO TV, SBS & Foxtel Australia.
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Johnny Romeo Pump Up The Jams: Culture Jamming In The Works of Johnny Romeo, Hive
Publishing Co, Pennsylvania, USA.
2017 Johnny Romeo Plastic Fantastic: A Survey of Paintings, 2007-2017, Hive Publishing Co,
Pennsylvania, USA.
2015 Johnny Romeo TV Land, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2012 Johnny Romeo Cop Killer, Muk Muk Fine Art.
2009 Johnny Romeo Balloons and Airships, Black Falcon.
2009 InRetrospect 10, Retrospect Galleries.
COLLECTIONS
Numerous public and private national and international collections.
Since his first solo exhibition in 1980, Ken Done has become one of Australia’s most famous artists. His work has been described as the most original style to come out of Australia, and his paintings are in collections throughout the world.
Born 29 June, 1940, in Sydney, Ken left school at 14 to enter the National Art School in East Sydney. After 5 years study, he commenced a highly successful career as an art director and designer in New York, London and Sydney.
At the age of 40, after painting for many years, he gave up his advertising career to become a painter full-time. Since then, he has held over 50 one-man shows, including major exhibitions in Australia, Europe, Japan and the USA. His works have been shown in the Archibald, Sulman, Wynne, Blake, and Dobell Prizes.
In 1991, a major touring exhibition in Japan attracted over 200,000 visitors. The artist’s first European exhibition was held in Paris in 1996, to great acclaim, and in 2000 the art of Ken Done was successfully premiered in both Los Angeles and London.
Major projects in a very diverse career include the painting of a BMW Artcar, and the total decorative scheme for the Garden Restaurant at the Powerhouse Museum, in Sydney. In 1994, a major retrospective of Ken Done’s work “Ken Done: the art of design” was mounted by the Powerhouse Museum. In 2002 the Museum acquired his commercial art and design archive of more than 300 items.
In 1988, Hanako, a Tokyo fashion and lifestyle magazine, was launched, and featured a Ken Done painting on the cover every week for over 15 years. In 1999, Done was asked to create a series of works for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies programs of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Ken’s paintings became the creative source of a unique, and highly successful Australian business which continues to promote Australian art and design to a world-wide audience. In 1993, Ken, together with his wife Judy, won the Fashion Industries of Australia’s Grand Award for Fashion.
Although he has worked extensively for many charitable organisations, the welfare of underprivileged children has always been a special concern of Ken’s. Father of the Year in 1989, Ken Done has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1988.
Ken received the Order of Australia (A.M.), for services to Art, Design and Tourism in 1992. In many parts of the world, Ken Done has come to symbolise Australia and Australians: creative, optimistic and bold.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1980 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney Australia
1981 Art Directors Gallery, Sydney Australia
1982 Art Directors Gallery, Sydney Australia
1983 Art Directors Gallery, Sydney Australia
Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane Australia
1984 Art Directors Gallery, Sydney Australia
1985 Art Directors Gallery, Sydney Australia
Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide Australia
Chapman Gallery, Canberra Australia
1986 Gallery Tamon, Tokyo Japan
1987 Black Swan Gallery, Fremantle Australia
Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide Australia
Chapman Gallery, Canberra Australia Mt Gambier Gallery,
Mt Gambier Australia Orange City Centre, Orange Australia
1988 Bridgewater Mill, Adelaide Australia Hilton, Cairns Australia
Seibu Ikebukuro Art Gallery, Tokyo Japan
1989 Chapman Gallery, Canberra Australia
Moore Park Gallery, Sydney Australia
Yomiyuri Shimbun/Seiko Instruments Exhibition, Laforet Museum, Tokyo Japan
1990 Aces Gallery, Tokyo Japan
Amics Gallery, Tokyo Japan
Art Gallery of Yokohama Takashimaya, Yokohama Japan
Ciel Gallery, Tochigi Japan Gallery Tamon, Tokyo Japan
Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne Australia
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong Australia
Mildura Art Gallery, Mildura Australia
1990-91 Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
1991 Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul Korea
Daimaru Museum, Tokyo Japan
Daimaru Museum Umeda, Tokyo Japan
Shimonoseki Daimaru, Shimonoseki Japan
Hakata Daimaru, Fukuoka Japan
Nagasaki Daimaru, Nagasaki Japan
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly Australia
1992 Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Emu Plains Australia
Tamworth City Art Gallery, Tamworth Australia
Moree Plains Gallery, Moree Australia
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange Australia
Keihan Gallery of Arts and Science, Moriuchi City Japan
Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery, Lake Macquarie Australia
Grafton Art Gallery, Grafton Australia
Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith Australia
Adelaide Loft Concept Space, Adelaide Australia
1993 Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill Australia
Moore Park Gallery, Sydney Australia
Chapman Gallery, Canberra Australia
Horsham Art Gallery, Horsham Australia
Izumizaki Museum and Art Gallery, Izumizaki Japan
Sogetsu Plaza, Sogetsu Keihan, Tokyo Japan
1994 Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly Australia
The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
1994-95 The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Australia 1995 Westpac Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne Australia
1996 Galerie Scot, Paris France
Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Cairns Australia
Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta Australia
Latrobe Regional Art Gallery, Morwell Australia
1997 Australia Centre, Manila Philippines
Millicent Gallery, Millicent Australia
Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier Australia
The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise Australia
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool Australia
Latrobe University Museum, Bundoora Australia
Solander Gallery, Yarralumla Australia
1998 Horsham Art Gallery, Horsham Australia
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange Australia
The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
1999 Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton Australia
Gallery on Seven, David Jones Elizabeth Street, Sydney Australia
2000 Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Los Angeles USA
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK
Sogetsu Plaza, Sogetsu Keihan, Tokyo Japan
Nahan Plaza, Hanamaki City Japan
Mosman Art Gallery and Cultural Centre, Mosman Australia
Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Cottesloe Australia
2001 One Bush Street, San Francisco USA
Pilbara Fine Art Gallery, Karratha Australia Volvo Showroom,
Stockholm Sweden Johyun Gallery, Pusan Korea
2002 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK
The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
2003 44 Gurner Street, Sydney Australia
The Blue Dot Gallery, Toronto Canada
Xanadu Fine Art Gallery, Margaret River, Australia
The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
2004 The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK
2005 Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Cottesloe Australia
The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane Australia
2006 The Cooper Gallery, Noosa Australia
The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
2006-07 IXL Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Hobart Australia
2007 Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Cottesloe Australia
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK
2008 Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton Australia
2009 The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
2010 The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
The Dragon, Hangzhou China
2011 The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
The Balman Gallery, Corbridge UK
Cyclone Gallery, Melbourne Australia
Solander Gallery, Yarralumla Australia
2012 Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2013 Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah Australia
Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth Australia
2014 Johyun Gallery, Busan Korea
Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney Australia
Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth Australia
2015 The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016 The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, Australia
2017 Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia
The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney ,Australia
Gallery One, Gold Coast, Australia
2018 Harvey Galleries Mosman, Australia
2019 Harvey Galleries Mosman, Australia
2020 Harvey Galleries Mosman, Australia
2022 Harvey Galleries, Australia
2023 Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1978 The Blake Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
1979 The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
1982 The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
1984 The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
The Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
1985 The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
1986 The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
1987 The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
1989 Art Cars, The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Australia
1990 Alice 125, Melbourne Australia
1992 Artseen, The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington New Zealand
The Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
Artists in Aid of Animals, Australian Democrats
1992 Endangered Species Campaign, Perth, Sydney, Canberra, Australia
1993 The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
The Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
The Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
1994 The Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
1995 The Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
1999 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Clean Up Australia, The Michael Commerford Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2000 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2001 The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Australia
The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists Supporting Animal Preservation, Taronga Zoo Foundation, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2002 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2003 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2004 Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Australia
The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Australian Visions: Art from Down Under, Mudanjiang Art Museum, Mudanjiang China
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2005 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2006 Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Australia
The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2007 Gana Art Gallery, Seoul Korea
The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2008 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2009 Reflections of Australia, Hongrun Huaxia Hotel, Zhengzhou China
The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Taronga Artists Camp: Artists in Residence, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2009-10 Idle Hours, The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Australia
2010 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2011 The Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia
2011-12 Archibald Prize Regional Tour: Tarra Warra Museum of Art, Healsville Australia
Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah Australia
Moree PLains Gallery, Moree Australia
Lake Macquarie City Gallery, Lake Macquarie Australia
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula Australia
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange Australia
Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree
2011 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
2012 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Australian Artists and the Sydney Opera House, Utzon Centre, Aalborg Denmark
2013 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Utzon’s Opera House, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Holiday and memory-20th Century Australia at play, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Artists of Mosman, 2088 Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Naked and Nude, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, Australia
2014 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
Patternation, Melbourne Fashion Week, Melbourne, Australia
Art = My Automolove, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture, Australia
Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Face 2 Face, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2016 GQ Iconic Artist
2019 Finalist of the Wynne Prize
2022 Harvey Galleries, Australia Australiana: Designing a Nation, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Australia Bank of America 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition with 3.33 Art Projects, Sydney Australia A Line A Web A World, Powerhouse Ultimo, Sydney Australia
AWARDS
1967 Cannes Gold Lion Award
1973 Gold and Silver A.W.A.R.D.S.
1974 D. & A.D. Awards O.A.A.A. Award
1975 Melbourne A.D.C. Awards
1976 Caxton Award
1977 F.A.C.T.S. Award
1986 New South Wales Tourism Award
1987 Finalist, BHP Awards for the Pursuit of Excellence
1989 Father of the Year
1992 Order of Australia (A.M.) for services to Art, Design and Tourism
1993 Fashion Industries of Australia Grand Award
Mosman Citizen of the Year Rotary International Award for Excellence Spirit of Australia Award for excellence in the Australian Arts
1994 Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International
1999 Westpac Export Heroes Award, Australian Institute of Export
Finalist, Business Asia Awards
Fellow of Design Institute of Australia (Hon)
2001 Finalist, Business Star Awards
2002 Powerhouse Museum Life Fellow
Bachelor of Design (Hon), Sydney Graphics College
2007 The Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award 2013 Design Institute of Australia Hall of Fame
REPRESENTED
Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Bega, Australia
Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Australia
Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, Australia
Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, Australia
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, Australia
Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Australia
Grafton Art Gallery, Grafton, Australia
Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, Australia
Harvey Galleries, Seaforth, Australia
Horsham Art Gallery, Horsham, Australia
Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich, Australia
Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery, Lake Macquarie, Australia
Maitland Art Gallery, Maitland, Australia
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, Australia
Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, Australia
Moree Plains Regional Gallery, Moree, Australia
Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, Australia
Murray Art Museum, Albury, Australia
National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia
National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, Australia
Nolan Gallery, Lanyon, Canberra, Australia
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, Australia
Outback Regional Gallery, Winton, Australia
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, Australia
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Australia
Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Moreton Bay, Australia
Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, Australia
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, Australia
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, Australia
Suntory Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation, Sydney, Australia
Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth, Australia
The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, Australia
University of Tasmania, Fine Arts Collection, Hobart, Australia
Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, Australia
Spencer Harvey and Lloyd Harvey are sister/brother filmmakers and photographic artists born in Sydney, Australia.
They came to renown for their screenwriting work when they won an Academy Nicholl Fellowship in 2016 from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They have since been commissioned by Chernin Entertainment to write a half-hour television series based on their experience in the Australian art world.
Their mastery of storytelling is intrinsic to their photographic and video work, which has surreal, subversive, strange and often magical narratives featuring strong female subjects. They have been exhibited in the National Portrait Prize and also shortlisted as semi-finalists in The Moran Photographic Prize.
They are currently represented by United Talent Agency and 3 Arts Entertainment in the U.S.A. and by Harvey Galleries in Sydney.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2017 National Portrait Prize Finalist, Canberra
PUBLICATIONS
Vogue Italia
Australian Harper’s Bazaar
Cream Magazine
The Unlimited New York
LOTL Magazine
PRIZES
The Moran Photographic Prize (Semi-Finalist)
The National Portrait Prize (Finalist)
STUDIES
Newcastle upon Tyne and at Brighton College in the United Kingdom
Tyneside Foundation Course
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sculpture B.A. Hons
Brighton College of Art B. A. Hons. Fine Art
ARTIST STATEMENT
Bronze figurative sculpture has a long tradition. For me, the Art Deco period was the foundation for inspiration.
Running parallel to that are ideas that spring from photographic imagery, fashion and robotics.
Somewhere, ideas develop and grow, but always around the figure. I have always drawn, but mainly for the purpose of planning my sculptures. But now, my drawings are developing into a more expressive form of my creativity .
BACKGROUND
Born in Hammersmith England, Stephen served his apprenticeship as a Sculpture student at Newcastle upon Tyne and at Brighton College in the United Kingdom before moving to Australia as a young professional sculptor in the early 1980s. He has since attracted considerable interest and many commissions throughout Australia, and in Asia.
In his work, Glassborow relies heavily on traditional classical precedents and careful anatomical observation. Nevertheless, he manages to temper his respect for figurative precision with a refined elegance and beauty. His is sometimes an Art Deco renaissance.
Retaining fluidity in the body while still achieving sharp muscular perfection through clay thrills Glassborow. The skill of merging the two successfully drives him into further exploration of the human form.
EXHIBITIONS
1978 Commonwealth Travelling Exhibition, UK
Commonwealth Buildings, London
1979 Profile Gallery, Joint Exhibition
1980 Profile Gallery, Joint Exhibition
Artist in Residence, A1bert Park School
1981 Profile Gallery Joint Exhibition
1983 Profile Gallery Joint Exhibition
1985 Graphic Illusions Joint Exhibition
1986 Graphic Illusions Joint Exhibition
Permanently exhibited in State Theatre Shop,
Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
1993 The Australian Ballet Gallery, Melbourne
Eagle Hawke Gallery, Sydney
Bronze figures and drawings of the, Artists Of The Australian Ballet
1995 Robin Gibson Gallery,
Joint Sculpture Exhibition
1996 Jajuta Gallery, Singapore. Solo Exhibition
1999 North Shore Fine Art, Sydney Solo Exhibition
Cooks Hill Gallery Newcastle Solo Exhibition
2000 Cooks Hill Gallery Newcastle Solo Exhibition
Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach , California , U.S.A.
2001 Vanessa Wood fine Art, Sydney
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2002 Lattitude Gallery, Boston, USA
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2003 Wagner Gallery, Sydney
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2004 1000 Deg C Gallery Sydney
Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
Ronald Coles Gallery, Kenthurst
Manly Regional Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2005 Gallery Perutz, London England
Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Wagner Gallery, Sydney
Gallery Perutz, Edinburgh, Scotland
2006 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
Manyung Gallery, Melbourne
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Gallery Perutze. London
Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne
Ronald Coles Gallery, NSW
Wagner Gallery, Sydney
2007 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
Manyung Gallery, Melbourne
Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne
Makers Mark Gallery, Sydney
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Forest Gallery, Canberra
2008 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
Cooks Hill Gallery Newcastle
Emporium Gallery , Brisbane .
2010 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
BMGART, Adelaide
2011 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
Redhill Gallery, Brisbane
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Richard Martin Gallery, Sydney
2012 BMGART, Adelaide
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
Redhill Gallery, Brisbane
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2013 Gallery One, Brisbane
Richard Martin Art, Sydney
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2014 Gallery One, God Coast
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2015 Gallery One, Gold Coast
Artnuvo Gallery, Queensland
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2016 Gallery One, Gold Coast
BMG Gallery, Adelaide
Catto Gallery London
2017 Harvey Galleries Mosman, Sydney
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
Catto Gallery, London UK
2018 Gallery One, Queensland
Eumundi Gallery, Hong Kong
BMG Gallery, Adelaide
Manyung gallery, Victoria
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2019 Harvey Galleries Seaforth, Sydney
PUBLICATIONS
1987 Melburnian Magazine
1987 Melbourne Arts Magazine
1987 Home Beautiful Magazine
1988 Craft Arts Magazine
1989 House and Garden Magazine
1989 The Age Magazine, Melbourne
1991 Corporate Office and Design
1993 The Age, Melbourne
1994 Dance Australia
1994 The Age, Melbourne Herald Sun, Melbourne
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, The Australian
1995 Craft Arts International Magazine Issue 34
1999 North Beach Journal Issue 4
2002 Belle Magazine
2005 The Age, The Independent and Sydney Morning Heralds
2008 West Australian
Sunday Times
2010 Herald Sun, The Age, The Australian
2011 Australian Art Review, The Age, The Australian,
Sydney Morning Herald, Herald Sun
2014 Sunday Mail, Brisbane
2018 Wentworth Courier, Channel 10 Morning show
COLLECTIONS
AMP Perth, WA
SEDGWICK INSURANCE, Melbourne
McDONALD’S GROUP, Sydney
McDONALD’S GROUP, Melbourne
KPMG PEAT MARWICK, Sydney
REMY MARTIN, Melbourne
PARK LANE Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
QANTAS, Melbourne
WALKER CORPORATION, Sydney
STATE CHAMBERS, Sydney
CITY OF WHITE HORSE REGIONAL ART GALLERY, Melbourne
RANDWICK COUNCIL, Sydney
HILTON HOTEL, Soeul, Korea
SHERATON ON THE PARK, Sydney
ADELAIDE HILTON, Adelaide
ANA GROUP, Sydney
FRANKSTON CITY COUNCIL, Victoria
BANK OF NEW ZEALAND, Perth
STAR CITY CASINO, Sydney
ROCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Victoria
MANLY ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Sydney
McFARLANE BURNETT INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, Melbourne
SHANGRI-LA HOTELS, Shanghai & Bangkok
ST.GEORGE BANK, George Street, Sydney
MARIST BOYS COLLEGE, Randwick , Sydney
APOLLO GROUP, Singapore
PASIR RIS Centre, Singapore
IMPERIAL HOTEL, Kuala Lumpur
CROWN CASINO, Melbourne
HILTON, Shanghai, China
HASTINGS CITY COUNCIL,Victoria
PORT JACKSON FINE ART Laguna Beach, USA
CITYCORP, Sydney
MONARCH BAY DEVELOPMENT, Laguna Beach, USA
WALT DISNEY CORPORATION, Hong Kong
MGM Macao, China 2014
WARRAGUL CITY COUNCIL, Victoria (Lionel Rose Sculpture)
FRANKSTON CITY COUNCIL, Victoria (Johnny Famachon Sculpture)2018
RICHARD COHEN ART COLLECTION, Adelaide 2015
INTERCONTINENTAL ART COLLECTION PERTH 2018
ANTHONY PODESTA ART COLLECTION QLD 2018
STUDIO CITY ART COLLECTION MACAO CHINA 2016
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