Vince Vozzo was born in Sydney in 1954 and studied art at Liverpool TAFE, East Sydney College and Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education.

In a career spanning three decades, Vozzo has exhibited in 41 solo exhibitions and produced thousands of artworks in different mediums. He has featured in numerous group exhibitions, most notably Sydney’s Sculpture by the Sea, where his magnificent sculpture has loomed large over the coastal horizon more 13 times to date. His work has been included in 36 prize exhibitions and with eight selections in the prestigious Wynne Prize, Vozzo holds the record for a sculptor in that competition. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and commissions most notably the Ligurian Society Art Travel Scholarship to Pietrasanta, Italy and the Norton Sculpture Award.

Vozzo’s work is represented in private and public collections in Australia, Europe, USA and Asia. His work has received widespread media coverage, including in McCulloch’s Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, the Australian Mildura Sculpture Triennial and the Australian Art Review. Vince’s work has also been seen on the small screen, including a sand scuplture that he created for Robert Hughes’ The Fatal Shore which aired on SBS and the BBC.

BORN 1954 Sydney Australia

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

1975-77 Studied Art @ East Sydney College, Art Certificate
1978-81 Studied Art at Alexander College of Adv.Edu. Art Diploma
1981-85 Art teaching at Charlton Boys Home Liverpool, Sydney University
1986-89 Illustrator for Arts Alive Magazine, Artist in residence at Busby High School, sand sculpture workshop at Bondi Beach.
1990-92 Sculpture Workshops, Sydney Opera House, Bronze Foundry.
1993-96 Art Teacher at Bankstown Art Society, Sydney Community College, WEA and North Sydney Leisure Centre.
1997-99 Illustrator for The Hub & Wellbeing magazines, Lecturer at Meadowbank Technical College and St. George Technical College.
2000 Commission for NSW Parks and Wildlife Service Commission
Olympic Games 2000 Homebush
2000-2006 Sculpture workshops, Curator for Sculptors that draw exhibition at Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Private studio lessons, Lecturer at various Technical Colleges, Sculpture and stone carving workshops at Ingleside and Tom Bass Sculpture School,
2006 Travel to Italy Pietrasanta, Carrara, Milan, Venice, Florence, La Spezia, Rome, Assisi, Calabria, Sicily
2009 Travel to Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco – USA
2010 Judged Hunters Hill Art Prize
2011 Travel to Seattle, Los Angeles, New York – USA
2013 Travel to London, Berlin, Leipzig, Paris -Europe
2014 Artist in Residence – Sturt, Contemporary Craft & Design – Mittagong, NSW
2015 Winter Workshop – Sturt Gallery Mittagong NSW – Pulp Fiction
2016 Redgate Artist Residency –Beijing, China

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018      Siren, Demons & Wowsers – Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2018      Testa Dura II – Mildura Arts Centre, VIC
2016      Manly Art Gallery and Museum – Dreaming of Galileo
2016      Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
2015      Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
2014      Neram, Armidale Regional Gallery, NSW
2013      Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
2012      Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
2011      Newington College, Sydney – Carrara Caresses and Kisses
2011      Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
2010      Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
2009      Harrison Gallery, Sydney – God of the gaps goes to Hollywood
2008      Casula Powerhouse, Sydney-Testa Dura-Mule Head
2005      Richard Martin Gallery, Sydney
2003      Phillip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
2003      Gomboc Gallery, Swan, Western Australia
2002      Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney
2002      Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne
2001      Sir Hermann Black Gallery at Sydney University
2000      Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne
2000      Bathurst Regional Gallery
1998      Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne
1998      Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1995      Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1995      Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1994      Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1993      Australian Galleries, Sydney
1991      Artarmon Galleries, Sydney
1989      Breewood Galleries, Katoomba
1988      Artarmon Galleries, Sydney
1986      Woolloomooloo Galleries, Sydney
1984      Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1983      Sculpture Centre, the Rocks, Sydney
1983      Lewers Regional Gallery, Penrith
1982      Allegro Gallery, Kenthurst, Sydney
1981      Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1979      Fairfield City Council Central Library, Cabramatta

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 Sculpture at Hillview, Sutton Forest
2016 Scenic World, Katoomba Cultural Centre
2016 Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Wombat Hollow, Robertson
2016 Sturt Gallery, Mittagong – Drawn to Clay
2015 Kangaroo Visit, Rome, Italy
2015 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach
2015 Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sculpture 2015
2015 Sculpture by the Sea, Macquarie Decade Club
2014 Art and Architecture at Tempe House, Tempe
2014 Pieces of Eight, Art Month, Erskineville, NSW
2013 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach
2013 Bradman Centre Art Gallery, Bowral NSW
2011 54th Venice Biennale, State of the Arts, Italian Cultural Institutes in the World
2011 Italian Forum Cultural Centre, Leichhardt – Merge
2011 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach
2011 Sculpture by the Sea, Orange Regional Gallery
2010 Welch Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
2010 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach
2010 James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Welch Gallery, Palm Desert, CA, USA
2009 Ivan Dougherty Gallery “Curating the COFA Collection”, Sydney
2009 Carriage Works Gallery, “Windows of Pain”, Sydney
2008 Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2008 United Galleries, Perth
2008    Harrison Gallery Sculpture in 2008 Group show
2006    Sculpture by the Sea
2004    Sheer Diversity “Sculptors Who Draw” Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, NSW
2004    Sculptures by the Sea, Oct-Nov
2004    Sculpture by the Sea, Sculpture Inside at Bondi Pavilion
2003    20th Sculpture Survey 03, Middle Swan, W.A., Gamboc Gallery
2002    New Gallery – Michael Nagy Gallery, Woollahra
2002    “Take it Outside”, Wombarra Sculpture garden
2002    Sculpture by the Sea, October – November
2002    Sculpture by the Sea, Sculpture Inside at Bondi Pavillion
2002    Melbourne Art Fair 2-6 October
2002    Bush Fire Appeal, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Potts Point
2001    Art on Paper Award, Hazlehurst Gallery
2001    McClelland Gallery Melbourne, The Joseph Brown Collection,
2001    Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Campbelltown, Hazlehurst and Wollongong
2001    Salon des Refuse, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2000-97    Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2000-99    Ansett Golden Wing Lounge, Domestic Airport, Sydney
2000-99    Dante Australia 2000, Atrium Gallery, Ultimo
2000-99    Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney University
2000-99    Still life Sculpture, King Street Gallery Miniatures 99, Defiance Gallery, Newtown
1998-97    Sculpture 9 & 10, Robin Gibson Gallery
1998-97    Figure in the Landscape, Defiance Gallery, and Newtown
1997    The Box Show 11, Defiance Gallery
1997    Sculpture 8, Robin Gibson Gallery
1997    Salon des Refuses
1997    Ardt Gallery, Leichhardt
1997    Collectors Show, Wentworth Falls School of Arts
1997    Size does not Matter, Defiance Gallery
1995    Sculpture 7, Robin Gibson Gallery
1995    Dante in Australia, Westpac Gallery
1994    Sculpture 6, Robin Gibson, Mary Reiby Gallery, Enmore
1993    Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1993    Contemporary Art Fair, ANU, Canberra
1992    Sculpture 4, Robin Gibson Gallery, Meridian Gallery, Melbourne
1992    Invited Artists Exhibition, Camden
1990    Working up to Yellow, Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery
1989    Individual Views of Eroticism, Breewood Galleries, Katoomba
1988    St Gregory’s College, Wollongong
1988    University Gallery, The Italian Community in Australia: First 200 years
1988    Tenth Mildura Sculpture Triennial
1987    Mosman Gallery Bondi 3-d Exhibition, Bondi Gallery,
1987    Amnesty International Craft Gallery, The Rocks
1986    The Great Rail Art & Sculpture Exhibition, Central Railway, Sydney
1985    Woolloomooloo Gallery
1983    The Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney
1980    The Modern Art Gallery, Casula, The Sculpture Centre, Sydney

PRIZE EXHIBITIONS
2016 Watercolour Society Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery
2015 Hidden, Sculpture Exhibition, Rookwood
2013 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
2013 Manning Regional Art Gallery Sculpture Prize-Taree NSW
2012 & 2014 McClelland Sculpture Survey Award – Melbourne VIC
2012 Sunshine Coast Art Prize – 3D – Noosa
2011 Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion, “Italians in the World”
2010 & 2014 Sawmillers Reserve Sculpture Prize, McMahons Point
2009 Liverpool City Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse
2008 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2007 The Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize.
2006 UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition, Landcom Awards, Campbelltown
2006 The Inaugural Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2006, Croydon, Sydney
2006 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2005 Montalto Sculpture Prize, Victoria
2004 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2002 Woollahra Sculpture
1992 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1991 Blake Prize, Sydney
1990 & 1992 International Dante Bronze Biennale, Italy
1985 & 1986 Blake Prize, Sydney
1983/84/85/86 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

AWARDS

Represent in private and Institutional collections in Australia, U.K., Europe, USA and Asia

2014 Sturt Gallery, Mittagong Collection
2013 Orange Regional Gallery Collection
2009 Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2009 Liverpool City Art Prize – Casula Powerhouse – Sculpture Prize
2009 ResMed collection – San Diego USA and Sydney Australia
2006 Liguria Society Art Grant for Travel to Pietrasanta, Italy
2004 Alexander Mackie College collection
2004 McClelland Gallery, Victoria
2001 Sculpture Prize, Hunters Hill Art Prize
2001 The Joseph Brown Collection
2000 NSW Parks and Wildlife Service, Sandstone Animal Sculptures
1993 Steve Vizard Collection
1986 Mildura Art Centre Collection

BIBLIOGRPAHY/CATALOGUES/MEDIA

1984 Artist and Galleries of Australia by Max Germaine
1988 Australian Mildura Sculpture Triennial
1990 Max Germaine – Artist and Galleries of Australia
2000 Sand Sculpture for “the Fatal Shore” Robert Hughes
2001 Italy Down Under – Vozzo’s Rotund idols defy art trendies”.
2004 Tarbs – World T.V. Vince Vozzo Artista “La Finestra sul Cotille”
2005 Daily Telegraph – Art attack as exhibits hit Sydney shores – Elizabeth Fortescue
2005 SMH – Staying in Touch, Losing his marble by David Dale
2006 McCulloch’s Encyclopaedia of Australian Art
2008 Testa Dura/Mule Head – (27th Sept 2008 – 26th October 2008) – A 2008 Casula Powerhouse Project, curated by Nicholas Tsoutas and published by Casula Powerhouse, October 2008. Opened – executive director, Kon Gouriotis.
2008 Dare to Dream Magazine – Issue 4, Success Story – The Sculptures of Vince Vozzo by Anthony Frater
2010 Sculpture + the enemies, Issue 2 Quarterly No. 1. Katherine Harrington.
2011 Venice Biennale – State of the Arts – Italian Cultural Institutes in the World, by Vittorio Sgarbi
2011 The ResMed Art Collection (selected works) 21 Years in the Making, Peter Farell.
2011 Sculpture by the Sea – the first fifteen years 1997 – 2011.
2011 Documentary – “Chipping away” by Phillip Myers (in progress)
2012 Artist Profile- Preview
2012 Art Monthly- Leah Haynes-Vince Vozzo Survey
2012 McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award- Catalogue
2013 Art Almanac- Exhibition Brief
2013 World Sculpture News- Humanity and Nature
2015 Published book -“The Life and Works of Vince Vozzo”–published by Captain Honey
2016 Manly Daily – “Dreaming of Galileo” Rod Bennett
2016 Inner-West Courier – “Master of form and Figure in spotlight” Steve Stickney
2016 Art Edit – “The Philosopher’s Stone” Camilla Wagstaff
2016 Street Smart with Ben Southwell – Cobden & Hayson “Romancing the Stone”

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 1972
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia

George Raftopoulos compled his
BAVA at the University of Western Sydney in 1994 before going on to receive a Graduate Diploma in Painting from Sydney College of the Arts in 1997.

George Raftopoulos’s paintings are immediate, responsive, intuitive. He is a story-teller. In the manner of Aesop his paintings are modern visual fables and moral lessons; observations on man’s inhumanity to man and the human condition and more prosaically the vicissitudes of the artist, along with musings on politics, philosophy and life.

The migrant experience pervades. George Raftopoulos mines the Greek myths and psyche of his heritage and his experience growing up Greek in a small Australian country town. His DNA is Greek, His nurture is Australian. His way of working is cathartic. It’s about George…his story, his history, his search for identity.

George Raftopoulos positions himself as part of an art-historical lineage. His works are a form of modern day myth- making, fables of modern life; a psycho-drama and collage of his thoughts, dreams and ideas and his flights of fancy. While outwardly heroic and romantic, his works frequently harbour subversive, often acerbic social commentary, and elements of self-examination and reinvention in the service of purging the angst and dilemma of constructing identity, both personal and national.

George Raftopoulos has exhibited his work extensively over the last two decades at galleries and institutions including: Bega Valley Regional Gallery, the Greek Embassy in Canberra and the Paris Print Biennial.

His work is held in numerous public and private collections, including those of: New England Regional Gallery, Bega Valley Regional Gallery Hellenic Museum in Melbourne, Gold Coast City Art Gallery/Museum, University of Western Sydney, Molongolo Group, ABN AMRO and Credit Suisse Australia.

Exhibiting internationally since the late 1980s, Irene Hanenbergh has amassed a large body of work which the artist describes as ‘liminal portals’ into other worlds, and ‘windows of longing’, suggesting psychological and physical spaces that lie just beyond our grasp. Her evocative oil paintings are personal and contemporary renderings of the sublime in which scenes of primordial forests, lakes, mountains and oceans morph in and out of formation, infused with influences of the baroque, romanticism, and marginal fantasy genres. Exploring the slippage between contemporary and historic landscape painting, key styles and traditions including folk art, mystic and visionary practices, (faux) political histories and cults have been erased, repainted and spiritually charged, creating fantastical and otherworldly shifts as brushstrokes collide with impossible foliage, dark shadows and the spectre of history. Her works do not rely on narrative structures for the formation of content; rather they seduce or just invite the viewer to become immersed in another world, another time, another sensation.

Irene Hanenbergh‘s practice deals with concerns of disciplined immaterial sensibilities within (marginalized) Romantic, Visionary and Fantastic art genres. She uses various media including drawing, painting, sculpture and print media. Hanenbergh completed a Master of Fine Arts by Research at the Victorian College of the Arts (The University of Melbourne) in 2010. She holds as well a BFA (Hons) in Painting and Sculpture from The Academy of Fine Arts Minerva (1988, The Netherlands), a BFA (Hons) in Printmaking, from The Athens School of Fine Arts (1995, Greece) followed by 2 year Postgraduate Research at the same academy. Additionally she completed a Post Graduate Program at The Royal College of Art (1992, London). Intermittently over the last 25 years, she has spent considerable time on artist residencies & for the purpose of exhibitions, in various locations across Europe, Asia (Japan and Thailand) and the USA (NYC). Hanenbergh teaches Master of Contemporary Art at the VCA, University of Melbourne.

She has held solo exhibitions in Australia and internationally; amongst other ‘Mild Fantasy’ at Neon Parc, ‘Libertine, Celestine’, at Neon Parc, ‘House of Dandelion & Lohr (outperformance)’ at Hugo Michel Gallery, Adelaide; ‘Feldspar’ (with Storm Gold) at BUS Melbourne, ‘Argyle Dreaming (1863)’, a Black art project in Sydney; ‘Dada-Roman (4711)’, at Caves in Melbourne and collaborative exhibitions as Zilverster with Sharon Goodwin, at Sarah Scout Presents in Melbourne and in ‘Lurid Beauty’ at the National Gallery of Victoria. Zilverster is currently showing in ‘All the better to see you with (Fairy Tales transformed’ at the Potter Museum of Art in Melbourne, 2017.

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

PUBLICATIONS

Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, March 13-14 2010

BORN
Zhongshan, China, 1969

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.

BORN 1950 Harrow, England

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

1979 Born in Beijing, China

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 12^th 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 5^th 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, 17^th 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

2017 BEIJING DESIGN WEEK, Hebei Branch Venue

2017 ‘Gathering Design Power’, Rosewood Hotel, Beijing

2016 ‘Art Intervention’, Beijing Financial Street Shopping Mall, Beijing

2016 ‘Art Intervention’, Shine Hills, Beijing

Prize

2018 Special Prize, Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy

• National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
• Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
• Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
• Macquarie Group Collection
• Shell Aboriginal Art Fund Collection
• The Henderson Family Collection, Sydney
• Owen Wagner Collection of Australian Art
• Dr Peter Elliot Collection, Sydney
• Hank Ebes Collection, Melbourne
• The Luczo Family Collection, USA
• Parliament House Collection, Canberra
• Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
• Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
• Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
• Charles Darwin University, Darwin
• Griffith University Art Collection, Brisbane
• Corrigan Collection, Sydney
• Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia, USA
• Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Moitiers, Switzerland

Awards and Recognition

2011 Appointed Member of the Order of Australia
2010 Alice Prize, Alice Springs – Finalist
2010 Western Australian Art Prize – Finalist
2009 TogArt Contemporary Art Award, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin – Finalist
2009 26th NATSIAA, Darwin – Finalist
2009 Desert Mob, Alice Springs – Finalist
2008 25th NATSIAA, Darwin – Winner
2006 Desert Mob, Alice Springs – Finalist
2006 Top 50 Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector Magazine
2005 Top 50 Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector Magazine
2004 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW – Finalist
2004 Top 50 Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector Magazine
2003 Top 50 Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector Magazine
2003 20th NATSIAA, Darwin – Finalist
2003 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne – Finalist
2002 19th NATSIAA, Darwin – Finalist
2001 18th NATSIAA, Darwin – Finalist
1998 15th NATSIAA, Darwin – Finalist
1998 Desert Mob, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs – Finalist
1997 14th NATSIAA, Darwin – Finalist
1997 Desert Mob, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs – Finalist

History

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2010 New Vision, Utopia Art, Sydney
2007 Makinti, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2004 Makinti, John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour
2003 Makinti Napanangka – A Painter, Utopia Art, Sydney
2002 Recent Paintings, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2001 Makinti Napanangka – New Paintings, Utopia Art, Sydney
2000 Makinti Napanangka: New Vision, Utopia Art, Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2021 50 Years of Papunya Tula Artists, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2021 SIGNIFICANT, D’Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2021 Lineage & Legacy, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2021 Big Names Little Paintings, Cooee Art Gallery, Sydney
2020 Desert Painters of Australia – Two Generations, Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong
2020 A Woman’s Work. Harvey Art Projects, Sun Valley, ID, USA
2020 Pintupi Masters – Enduring Dreamings, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2020 Matriarchs, Paul Johnstone Gallery, Darwin
2020 Director’s Choice 2020, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2020 Papunya, D’Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2019 Reverence, D’Lan Davidson, Sydney
2019 Desert Painters of Australia, Larry Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA – from the Steve Martin & Anne Springfield Collections and Kluge-Ruhe Collection of the University of Virginia, USA
2019 Borrowed Scenery, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2019 Community X, Utopia Art, Sydney
2019 Significant, D’Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2018 Pintupi – Paintings from the Masters of the Western Desert, Harvey Art Projects, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
2018 Significant, D’Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2018 Three Women, Utopia Art, Sydney
2017 Important Australian Indigenous Art , D’Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2016 Artist’s Hand: Collectors’ Eye – The Angel Gift, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2015 Papunya Tula Artists – Indigenous Paintings from Australia’s Western Desert, Brumby Ute Gallery, Aspen, CO, USA
2015 Tarnanthi – Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2015 Wynners, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2014 Parcours Des Modes, Arts d’Australie, Stephane Jacob, Paris
2013 Crossing Cultures, The Owen and Wagner collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA
2013 Community V, Utopia Art, Sydney
2013 Papunya Tula Artists: Masters of the Western Desert, Harvey Art Projects USA, Sun Valley, ID, USA
2012 Ancestral Modern, Australian Aboriginal Art from The Kalplan & Levi Collection, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA
2012 Crossing Cultures, The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH, USA
2012 All Our Relations, 18th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2012 Interconnected, Utopia Art, Sydney
2012 Good company, Utopia Art, Sydney
2012 PTA 40th Anniversary Show, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2012 Unique Perspectives – Papunya Tula Artists and the Alice Springs Community, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
2011 Up Close and Personal: works from the collection of Dr Peter Elliott AM, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2011 Revival In Small, Artkelch, Freiburg, Germany
2011 40 Years of Papunya Tula Artists, Utopia Art, Sydney
2011 Aboriginal Art 2011, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2011 Pintupi Trails 2011, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2010 Museum III, Utopia Art, Sydney
2010 Significant Women Artists from the Western Desert, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2010 PTA NOW, Utopia Art, Sydney
2010 Tradition And Innovation – Papunya Tula 2010, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2010 Aboriginal Art 2010, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2010 Papunya Tula Artists: Art of the Western Desert, Harvey Art Projects, Sun Valley, ID, USA
2010 Ngurra Kutju Nugurrara – Belonging to One Country, ReDot Gallery, Singapore
2010 Community, Utopia Art, Sydney
2010 Nyakula Kanyini Piintapalyalpayi Kamu Walytja Tjanampa Lurrtju – Caring For Artists And their Families, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2010 Papunya Tula Women’s Art, Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland, NSW
2009 All About country: Aboriginal Art from The Central and Western Desert, Artkelch, Freiburg, Germany
2009 Papunya Tula Classics, Utopia Art, Sydney
2009 Pro Community – Papunya Tula Artists, Kunstwerk, Eberdingen-Nussdorf; Art Bar71, Berlin; VDMA, Frankfurt; Artkelch, Freiburg, Germany
2009 Painting The Country, Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin
2009 Six Hands, Utopia Art, Sydney
2009 Nganana Tjungurringanyi Tjukurrpa Nintintjakitja – We Are Here Sharing Our Dreaming, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York
2009 Pintupi 2009, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide
2009 Community – The Heart Of Papunya Tula Artists, Utopia Art, Sydney
2009 Nganampatju Kanpatja Winki, Nganampatju Yara Wilkii – All Our Paintings, All Our Stories, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2009 Size Matters, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2009 Mythology & Reality: Contemporary Aboriginal Art From The Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, VIC
2008 Black & White: Inspired by Landscapes, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2008 Australian Abstraction, Utopia Art, Sydney
2008 Papunya Tula – Recent Works, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
2008 Papunya Tula Artists 2008, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2008 New Paintings from Papunya Tula Artists, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
2008 David Larwill and the Western Desert Artists, Stephan Weiss Studio, New York
2008 Virtuosity: The Evolution of Painting at Papunya Tula, The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
2008 Desert Prophets, Indigenart, Perth
2008 Paint, Raftspace, Darwin
2008 Ngurra Yurru Kulintkjaku – Always Remembering Country, Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin
2008 Aboriginal Art 2008, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2008 Marrkangku Yara Palyantjaku Ngurrangka – Making Strong Paintings At Home, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2008 Pairs of Paintings, Utopia Art, Sydney
2007 Papunya Tula, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
2007 Gifted: Contemporary Aboriginal Art, The Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2007 Papunya Tula Artists – Big Paintings, Utopia Art, Sydney
2007 Australian Abstraction, Utopia Art, Sydney
2007 Papunya Tula 2007, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2007 Papunya Tula Women, Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Group Show, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Recent Paintings 2007, Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin
2007 Pintupi Art 2007, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide
2006 A Particular Collection, Utopia Art, Sydney
2006 Well Represented, Utopia Art, Sydney
2006 Melbourne Art Fair 2006, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2006 Luminous – Contemporary Art From The Australian Desert, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
2006 Papunya Tula Artists 2006, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2006 PTA, Utopia Art, Sydney
2006 Pintupi, Hamiltons Gallery, London
2006 Dreaming Their Way, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2006 Luminous – Contemporary Art From The Australian Desert, Manning Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2006 Papunya Tula Artists – Recent Paintings, Harriet Place, Darwin
2006 Luminous – Contemporary Art From The Australian Desert, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2006 Pintupi Art 2006, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide
2006 Pintupi Dreamtime, ReDot Gallery, Singapore
2006 Yawulyurru kapalilu palyara nintilpayi, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2006 Aboriginal Art 2006, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2005 Pintupi Women, Indigenart, Perth
2005 Papunya Tula Artists, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2005 New Ideas, Utopia Art, Sydney
2005 Luminous – Contemporary Art From The Australian Desert, Manly Art Gallery And Museum, Sydney
2005 New Works From The Western Desert, Indigenart, Perth
2005 from big things little things grow, Utopia Art, Sydney
2005 Pintupi Artists, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2005 Papunya Tula Artists – new work for a new space, Utopia Art, Sydney
2005 Strong and Stately, ReDot Gallery, Singapore
2005 Museum II, Utopia Art, Sydney
2005 Aboriginal Vision In Contemporary Australian Art, Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA, USA
2005 Pintupi Art 2005, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide
2005 Living Legends of the Western Desert, Walkabout Gallery, Sydney
2005 Celebrating 20 Years, Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, travelling exhibition, Wollongong City Art Gallery, NSW
2005 Celebrating 20 Years, Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, travelling exhibition, Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD
2004 Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2004 Pintupi Artists, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2004 Pintupi Art 2004, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide
2004 Papunya Tula Artists, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2004 Mythology & Reality, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
2004 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2004 Ma Yungu/Pass It On, Framed Gallery, Darwin
2004 Depth Of Field – Anamorphosis, Utopia Art, Sydney
2004 Colour Power – Aboriginal Art Post 1984, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2004 Celebrating 20 Years, Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, travelling exhibition, National Archives of Australia, Canberra
2004 Celebrating 20 Years, Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, travelling exhibition, RMIT, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2004 All About Papunya, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
2004 Aboriginal Art 2004, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
2003 Recent Paintings By The Women Artists Of Kintore And Kiwirrkura, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2003 International Abstralaction: Making Painting Real, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA
2003 Pintupi Artists, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2003 Pintupi Art From The Western Desert, Indigenart, Perth
2003 Pintupi Art 2003, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide
2003 Papunya Tula Selected Paintings, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2003 Papunya Tula Masters, The Depot Gallery, Sydney
2003 Masterpieces From The Western Desert, Gavin Graham Gallery, London
2003 Framed Gallery, Darwin
2003 Aboriginal Art 2003, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
2002 The Year In Review, Utopia Art, Sydney
2002 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2002 Spring Exhibition 2002, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
2002 Saluting Papunya, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
2002 Pintupi Men’s and Women’s Stories, Indigenart, Perth
2002 Pintupi Artists, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2002 Paintings From Our Country, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide
2002 Next Generation – Aboriginal Art 2002. Art House Gallery, Sydney
2002 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2002 Art Born Of The Western Desert, Framed Gallery, Darwin
2001 Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art, Comunidad de Madrid touring exhibition, Spain.
2001 Size Doesn’t Matter, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2001 Pintupi Exhibition, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2001 Papunya Tula 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
2001 Palm Beach Art Fair, Palm Beach, FL, USA.
2001 Kintore and Kiwirrkura, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2001 Indigenart, Perth
2001 Dreamtime: the Dark and the Light, Kunst der Gegenwart, Sammlung Essl, Vienna
2001 Dreamscapes-Contemporary Desert Art, Mostings Hus, Frederiksberg, Denmark
2001 Desert Flowering, Manawatu Art Gallery, North Island, New Zealand.
2001 Art of the Pintupi, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide
2001 Aboriginal Art 2001, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
2001 Kintore and Kiwirrkura, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2001 Aborigena, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turino, Italy.
2000 Utopia Art, Sydney
2000 Pintupi Women, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2000 Papunya – Tula Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2000 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2000 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2000 Framed Gallery, Darwin
1999 Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
1998 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
1998 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
1998 14th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Art Award, RMIT University, Melbourne
1998 14th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
1998 nineteen ninety eight, Utopia Art, Sydney
1997 Museums & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1997 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
1996 Papunya Tula Women, Utopia Art, Sydney
1996 Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
1996 Museums & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

BORN
1951 England

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

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

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
2025 An Imaginary World, Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2025 From the Inside, Looking Out, Mitchell Fine Art Galleries, Brisbane
2025 Time Travelling, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
2024 Postcards from Paris, Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2024 Snakes and Ladders, Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie, Yapang, NSW
2024 Fascinating Places, Harvey Galleries, Seaforth, Sydney
2023 Different Worlds, Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
2023 Locations, Aarwun Galleries, Canberra
2022 An Opulent World, Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2022 Artist Gardens III, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth
2021 Being There, Aarwun Galleries, Canberra
2021 Artist Gardens, Mitchell Fine Art Galleries, Brisbane
2021 Crossroads, Linton & Kay Galleries, Cherubino Wines Margaret River, Perth
2021 From the Studio: Under 5k, Online Exhibition, Harvey Galleries, Seaforth, Sydney
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
2023 ‘Affordable Art Fair’, Sydney
2022 ‘Captivate: 100 Years of the National Art School’, NAS Gallery, Sydney
2022 ‘Crossing: Sino-Australian Artists Group Exhibition’, Sydney
2020 ‘Dark Places’, 5 – 26 March 2020, See Street Gallery Meadowbank TAFE, Sydney.
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
2025 Judging the Bundaberg Art Prize, QLD
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
2022 Ollis, Bernard, ‘Darwin Daze’, Self-Published, Sydney
2021 Ollis, Bernard, ‘The Artist’s Garden’, Self-Published, Sydney
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
2022 Ollis, Bernard, ‘Darwin Daze’, Self-Published, Sydney
2021 Ollis, Bernard, ‘The Artists Gardens’. Self-Published, Sydney
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
2024 Guest Speaker NAS Graduate exhibition. Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2023 Q and A, National Art School, Awarded Fellowship of the National Art School
2022 The Artist Speaks: in Conversation with Maria Stoljar, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2019 One plus One, 30min television interview. ABC. Jane Hutcheon
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

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

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.

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

Photo Credit: James Geer

BORN 1952

STUDIES

Stewart Westle studied at Trinity Grammar School Melbourne where he excelled at print making. He then travelled throughout Australia, Asia and Europe and, although largely self taught, completed several painting courses on returning to Australia.

Background

Themes

Westle’s enthusiasm for the Australian landscape and seascape is evident in the colour, freedom of application and raw energy emanating from his paintings, through which he has evolved a distinctive language for landscape.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1995    Valerie Cohen Fine Art Paddington NSW
1996    LibbyEdwardsGalleries, South Yarra,
1997    First Settlement Gallery Sorrento,
1998    LibbyEdwardsGalleries, South Yarra
1999    Group Exhibition, Art Images Gallery, Norwood SA & First Settlement Gallery, Sorrento
2000    Art Images Gallery, Norwood, SA
2001    First Settlement Gallery, Sorrento
2002    Art Images Gallery, Norwood, SA
2003    Without Pier Gallery, Sandringham
2004    Without Pier Gallery, Sandringham
2004    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2005    Without Pier 10TH Anniversary Show at Glen Eira Gallery
2005    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2005    Art Images Gallery, Norwood, SA
2006    Without Pier Gallery, Cheltenham
2007    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2008    Without Pier Gallery, Victoria
2009    Gadfly Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
2009   Without Pier Gallery
2009    Paintbox Gallery,Canberra
2010    Gadfly Gallery, Perth (with Jane Flowers)
2010    Without Pier Gallery, Victoria
2010    Paintbox Gallery,Canberra
2011    Gadfly Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
2012    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2016    Sculpture selected for Yerring Station sculpture prize
2017/17    Sculpture selected for Montalto Sculpture Prize
2018.   Gullotti Gallery Perth
2021    Manyung Gallery, Mornington
2023   Harvey Galleries, Sydney

COLLECTIONS

Australia, Hong Kong, Asia, Europe and the USA.

BORN
11/10/69, Victoria Australia

STUDIES
Self Taught

BACKGROUND
Sign-painter / 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 and sign-writer.  Now based in rural Victoria, his experiences of the outback (and his own bush property and surrounds) 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 and still having that freedom to travel for inspiration.”

PROCESS
Lees’s process is straightforward.  He begins with a sketch which organises the painting, creating a sense of balance and proportion that is transposed onto the canvas, working to achieve a harmonious composition.  The resultant landscapes are still, stark, and mysterious.  Usually devoid of people and fauna, they echo the experience of the painter in the studio with only his creative muse for company.

EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Nightcap”, Libby Edwards Galleries, South Yarra
2023 “Headspace”, Harvey Galleries, Sydney
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

MITCHELL ENGLISH — COASTAL SOUL, CONTEMPORARY VISION

Mitchell English is a Noosa-based, Sydney-born artist whose work captures the raw, sun-drenched essence of coastal life. With over 30 years of painting and a lifetime of chasing waves, his art is a visual love letter to the Australian coastline.

A life-long surfer, English’s paintings radiate a utopian vision of Australian beach life. His works define cropped fragments of infinity, taking the viewer beyond the canvas into the space of memory. Being lost in joy and lost in waves are palpable inspirations that infuse his pieces with captivating energy.

English’s work has been featured in Vogue Living, belle, InsideOut, Taschen, Home Beautiful, and ELLE Decoration. His pieces grace private collections and prestigious public institutions worldwide, including Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum.

English has exhibited in solo and group shows across Australia and internationally, creating art that resonates with both art enthusiasts and surf aficionados.

Education

1989     Bachelor of Visual Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Australia

1990     Studio Assistant, Markus Lupertz, Direktor, Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany

1993     Lecturer/Tutor Visual Arts, University of Western Sydney, Australia

1997     Masters in Design, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, Australia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024     Falling into the Sun, Art Kind Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia

2023     Mirror Maze, Sydney Road Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2022     Children of The Sun, Sketch & Co. Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2022     With the Sun in My Eyes, Arcadia Street Gallery, Noosa Heads, Australia

2022     Shoreline, Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia

2021     The Thrill, Van Rensburg Gallery, Milton, NSW, Australia

2020     Heatwave, Van Rensburg Gallery, Milton, NSW, Australia

2019     Winter of My Content, T. Bexon Gallery, Noosa Heads, Australia

2019     Recent Work, Project Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2014     Please No Photos, Butchers Hook Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2011     Detritus, Deus Temple, Canggu, Bali

2010     End of Summer, Sheahan Galleries, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

2007     5 Summer Stories, James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney, Australia

2003     Numbskulls, Salon Hildenbrandt, Karlsruhe, Germany

1998     A B Grade History, Casula Powerhouse Regional Gallery, Sydney

1995     Golden Summer, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, Australia

1994     Club Classics, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, Australia

1993     The Fringe Dwellers, Galerie Ute Groehbuehl, Karlsruhe, Germany

1991     Neue Arbeit, Pomodoro, Karlsruhe, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025     Where the Light Falls, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia

2022     High Tide, Sketch & Co Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2022     Sand & Salt, Weswal Gallery, Tamworth, Australia

2021     The Sun Also Shines: Four Queensland Artists, Arcadia St Gallery, Noosa, Australia

2021     We Are 4, Sydney Road Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2014     Christmas Show, Butchers Hook Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2013     Inaugural Show, Butchers Hook Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2012     Group Show, Deus Gallery, Kemang, Jakarta, Indonesia

2010     MCM Art Show, MCM House, Waterloo, Sydney

2010     Art Sydney 10, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney

2010     Garage Art Show, Beach Road Hotel, Sydney, curated by Steve Gorrow

2009     Drawcard 09, National Art School Gallery, Sydney

2009     Drawcard 08, National Art School Gallery, Sydney

2007     Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree, James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney

2006     Drawcard 06, National Art School Gallery, Sydney

2006     Drawcard 06, National Art School Gallery, Sydney

2001     Interiors, Object Gallery, Sydney

1999    Cars & Culture, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

1997    The Collector, First Draft, Sydney, curated by Elvis Richardson 

1997    Fibro Australian Perspecta 97, Casula Powerhouse Regional Gallery

1995    Africa e Arancia, Spazio D’Ars, Milan, Italy

1995    New Work, Olsen Carr Gallery, Sydney

1995    No Holds Barred, Airspace, Sydney

1994    Jeans for Genes, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

1992    New South Wales Travelling Scholarship, Works Gallery, Sydney

AWARDS            

2020     The Clayton Utz Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Finalist

2020     The Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize, Finalist

2018     Albany Art Prize, Finalist

2016     Paddington Art Prize, Finalist

2013     Mosman Art Prize, Finalist

2012     Moran Prize, Finalist

Redland Art Award, Finalist

2010     Mosman Art Prize, Finalist

2008    Fleurieu Biennale, Finalist

Eutick Memorial Still Life Painting Prize, Finalist

2001     Gold Coast Art Prize, Finalist

1999     Gold Coast Art Prize, Finalist

1996     Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Finalist

Mosman Art Prize, Finalist

1994     Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Finalist

COLLECTIONS

Public Collections

Sydney Powerhouse Museum

University of Western Sydney

Bannisters Hotel Group

Bega Regional Gallery

Noosa Tourism

Private Collections

Australia, Canada, Dubai, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, USA.

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.

Born: c. 1930

Deceased: 2009

Language Group: Anmatyerre

Country: Atnangkere , Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas and Linen, Batik on Silk, Print Making

Subjects: Awelye (Women’s Ceremony and Body Paint Designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard), Bush Bean

Ada was involved in the art movement of Utopia since its inception. She began with the Utopia Women’s Batik Group in the late 1970’s where her work was exhibited extensively and featured on the cover of the Utopia – A Picture Story publication by A. Brody (Heytesbury Holdings, Perth, 1990). In 1988 Ada subsequently began painting with acrylics during CAAMA’s Summer Project and continued in this medium until suffering a stroke 2004.

Ada’s work is represented in many major and private collections all over the world. She is known for her bright, bold linear patterns often incorporating breasts, indicating women’s ceremonial body paint designs associated with the Arnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard) Dreaming for Atnangkere and Ahalkere Country. This Dreaming story was the most significant for Ada along with her sisters, Kathleen, Gloria, Myrtle, Violet, Nancy and Jean Petyarre (also known as the Seven Petyarre Sisters).

Ada always painted like her personality: vibrant, outgoing and blatantly honest! She was a lover of bright colours, in particularly blue, but also painted in more traditional and subdued colours. Fine detailed works are not traditional of her group nor were they any part of Ada’s works. She is a traditional senior Aboriginal woman who involved and expressed herself to the fullest extent both on canvas and in her ancient culture, her most favoured works being the women’s ceremonial body paint designs (Awelye) for the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe).

Ada had two daughters, June and Hilda and four sons, Paddy, Colin, Stephen and Ronnie. All are married and have children of their own. Ada had over 30 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren when she passed. When Ada was asked how many grandchildren she had she replied, whilst slowly shaking her head, ‘too many!’ Many of her large extended family have continued Ada’s tradition and are Utopia artists too.

Collections

Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

The Holmes á Court Collection, Perth

The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica USA

University of Queensland, Anthropology Museum, St Lucia

Solo Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Further References

Kate Pittas is a Brisbane-based contemporary landscape painter, exploring her own experiences of the Australian bush. Her work is expressive, and delves into themes of nostalgia, memory and connection.

Hitting the road and discovering or revisiting regional and remote locations in Australia provides Kate with personal experiences she can work with back in her home studio in the bushy outer suburbs of Brisbane. Having studied Visual Arts at university, Kate taught in Sydney high schools for close to a decade before transitioning away from the classroom and into her current full-time practice and career as a painter, which she relishes.

Art Prizes
2023 National Emerging Art Prize ACB Selects Finalist
2023 Finalist ‘Heart of the Bush’ – The Bush Exchange Goondiwindi
2021 Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Finalist Salon des Refusès
2020 Unearthed Art Prize Art to Art Finalist

Solo
2021 Wanderlust – Wild Canary Brisbane
2022 Solo Arcadia Street Gallery Noosa – ‘Not Far from Home’

Exhibitions
2024 Breathing Space – Wild Canary
2024 Primordial Landscapes Whitewall Art Projects Southern Highlands
2024 Brisbane Affordable Art Fair – Arcadia Street Gallery- Brisbane
2023 An Ode to Pink Corner Store Gallery Orange
2023 Sydney Affordable Art Fair Sketch Co Gallery Sydney
2022 Gather, Sketch Co Gallery Sydney
2022 Melbourne Affordable Art Fair – Sketch Co Gallery
2021 Arcadia Street Gallery, ‘The Sun Also Shines’ Noosa
2021 Wild Canary, ‘A Winter’s Walk’
2021 Wild Summer Days – Wild Canary Brisbane
2020 Wild Canary, Solo Exhibition, ‘Wanderlust’
2019 ‘Betwixt & Between’ Purple Noon Gallery Sydney
2019 ‘Landscapes’ Group Exhibitions – Conner Store Gallery Orange