BORN    1946  UK

STUDIES

1978-80    BAFA, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide
1964-65    Ravensbourne College of Art, Kent, UK
1963-64    Croydon College of Art, UK

Background

1977    Migrated to Australia
1990-2002     Lived in London and Normandy France
2002    Returned to Adelaide

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010    ‘Summertown’ Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2010    Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2009    Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2009    The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW
2008    ‘Here and There’ Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2004    Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide
1990    Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney
1986    Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1985    Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
1984    Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1983    Studio 20 Print Gallery, Adelaide
1983    Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1983    Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1982    Bonython Gallery, Adelaide

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2011    Finalist, Whyalla Arts Council Prize
2008    Finalist, Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize
2008    Finalist, Fleurieu Peninsula Vista Art Prize
2008    Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2007    Gallery Artists Collection, Hill Smith Gallery
2006    Finalist, Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize
1992    Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London
1989    Finalist Wynne Prize

AWARDS

1989    Victor Harbor Council Art Award
1988    Victor Harbor Art Prize
1988    Clare Valley Watercolur Prize
1983    Stirling Festival Art Prize
1983    Fremantle Print Award
1982    Whyalla Arts Council Prize
1981    Victor Harbor Art Prize
1980    Ethel Barringer Memorial Prize
1980    West Lakes Art Prize 1979 Pelican Prize

COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of South Australia
Maitland Gallery, NSW
Fremantle Arts Centre
Whyalla Arts Council
Hamilton Collection
Art Bank Collection
Coopers & Lybrand
ETSA
SGI
IBM
Mayne Nickless
Shell Oil
Industrial Equity
Ayers Finniss
State Bank of South Australia
Adelaide International Airport
United Airlines Melbourne Airport
Hardy’s Wines

COMMISSIONS

Adelaide City Council
Mayne Nickless
South Australian Cricket Association
Mineral Supplies International UK Ltd
Various Private Commissions

BORN 1956 Melbourne

STUDIES
Fine Art RMIT 19881 – 1984
Diploma of Teaching University of Melbourne – 1989

Background

Born of Dutch parents he began painting at the early age of eight and held his first solo exhibition whilst still in his teens. He spent three years studying and painting in Amsterdam and London where he encountered the works of Constable, Turner and Rembrandt. This impressed him and influenced his own work.  On returning to Melbourne he began studying for his fine arts degree. This brought him in close contact with some noted exponents of abstract and contemporary art in Australia, broadening his approached by focusing on the urban landscape and presenting it in a way unknown before. Three times winner of the coveted Camberwell Art Prize and twice winner of he Alice Bale award, this multi award-winning artist paints with an enthusiasm that is well recognized overseas as well as in Australia.

Apart from these notable prizes Herman has won approximately 90 major awards. In 1994 the National Taiwan art institute asked Herman to participate in a book and traveling exhibition with selected artists from Australia, USA and Taiwan. His works are featured in the books, ‘Australian Impressionist and Realist artists’, which was compiled by Tom Roberts; ‘120 Years of Watercolors’, by the Australian Realist Artists; ‘ Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand’ by Max Germaine, and ‘Profile on contemporary Watercolors’. Herman’s works are represented in many private and corporate collections throughout Australia and overseas. Currently Herman holds sellout exhibitions annually in the USA.

Artist Statement

“I always had this conflict with myself thinking, ‘God, I’m only a traditional painter. It’s been done a hundred times before.’ And now I think, Well it has been done a hundred times before but if it has artistic integrity it doesn’t matter, and artistic integrity is something that’s very hard to explain. I don’t know how to put it, you see a painting and even though you know the subject and it’s been done a hundred times before, let’s say a plain old apple, it’s the way it’s painted, the feeling in the painting, the brush strokes, the paint quality, everything about it that sets it apart. Quite often modern work hits you with a bang but really it’s very shallow if it’s taken any further and quite often doesn’t stand the test of time.”

EXHIBITIONS

2012    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Seaforth Australia (Group Show)
2011    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Seaforth Australia (Group Show)
2010    Solander
2010    Lindberg
2010    Wollongong Regional Gallery, Group Show
2010    Gosford Regional Gallery, Group Show
2010    ‘Landscapes’, Group Show, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Seaforth Australia
2009    Lindberg Contemporary
2009    Mosman Regional Gallery, Group Show
2009    Bathurst Regional Gallery, Group Show
2009    Castlemaine Regional Gallery, Group Show
2008    Lindberg Contemporary
2008    Caulfield Arts Complex, Group Show
2006    Grafton Regional Gallery, Group Show
2006    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Seaforth Australia
2006    Greenhill Gallery
2006    Axia Modern Art
2004    Mahonies Gallery
2004    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Seaforth Australia
2003    David Sumner Gallery
2002    Mahonies Gallery
2002    Artarmon Gallery, Group Show
2001    Mahonies Gallery
1998    Delshan Gallery
1994    Delshan Gallery
1994    Taiwan National Gallery, Group Show
1985    Von Bertoch Galleries
1985    Gould Gallery, Group Show
1983    Australian Galleries, Group Show
1983    Pinacothica Galleries
1979    Wiregrass Galleries
1978    Wiregrass Galleries
1974    Ordon Galleries

AWARDS

1995    Camberwell Rotary’s Gold Medal Watercolor Prize
1993    Camberwell Rotary’s Gold Medal Watercolor Prize & Alice Bale Award
1989    Camberwell Travel Grant and Rotary’s Gold Medal Watercolor Prize
1989    Alice Bale Award
1988    Wesley Art Judged by Director of the National Gallery
1987 & 83    Mountbatten Award

COLLECTIONS

Artbank
Eltham Shire Permanent Collection
National Leasing Collection-Canberra
Royal Overseas League-London
St. Kevin’s College-Toorak

BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

Impressionist journey – by Douglas Stewart
Impressionist and realist artists of Australia – by Tom Roberts
Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand – by Max Germaine
Melbourne Art Review
The Age – Robert Nelson

BORN 1953

STUDIES

2002    Doctor of Creative Arts University of Western Sydney
1998    Master of Arts University of Western Sydney
1996    Master of Educational Studies Monash University
1989    Graduate Diploma in Special Education Melbourne University
1979    Graduate Diploma in Art Education Monash University
1973    Diploma of Teaching Monash University

Background

Melbourne based artist, was a member of the famously influential ‘Roar’ group.  In the early 1980’s, along with artists such as David Larwill and Pasquale Giardino, this innovative group of young artists established their own gallery space in Fitzroy, ‘Roar Studios’.  Here they set out to have a profound and ongoing impact on the Australian art scene. With an intended play on words, these ‘raw’, energetic and rebellious artists created an art movement with their bold style and continue to be aggressively pursued by investors, collectors and curators alike.

Bruce Earles naïve ‘Roar’ painting style is defined by joyous narratives, drenched in a kaleidoscope of colour.  His richly textured works explore the potential for a harmonious and festive community identity.

Since 1983, Earles has successfully exhibited both Australia wide and internationally, in New York, Tokyo, Seattle, Beijing and Shanghai.  He received a Doctorate in Creative Arts in 2002 and has many academic publications.  In 2000 he was a recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation Award for Art.

EXHIBITIONS

2010    Lk Contemporary Perth
2010    Art Images Adelaide
2010    Artistry/Hogan Galleries Melbourne
2009    Linton and Kay Contemporary Perth
2009    Artistry Galleries Melbourne
2009    Trevor Victor Harvey Sydney
2008    Schuberts Contemporary Gold Coast
2008    Art Images Adelaide
2008    Trevor Victor Harvey Sydney
2008    Artistry Galleries Melbourne
2008    Linton and Kay Contemporary Perth
2007    Artistry Galleries Melbourne
2007    House of Phillips Fine Art Sydney
2007    Paul Gullotti Gallery Perth
2006    Art Images Gallery Adelaide
2006    Paul Gullotti Gallery Perth
2005   Goya Galleries Melbourne
2005    Qdos Gallery Lorne
2000-04    Goya Galleries Melbourne
2000-02    Dagmar Art Consultants Melbourne
1999    Maling Gallery Casula Powerhouse Sydney
1998    YZ Gallery University of Western Sydney
1995-97    Hogan Gallery Melbourne
1998    Aikenhead Gallery St. Vincents Hospital Melbourne
1991    Maska International Gallery Pioneer Sq. Seattle
1985    Central Park New York
1983-86    Roar Studios Melbourne
1982    Chrysalis Gallery Port Melbourne
1978-81    Peninsula Galleries Portsea Melbourne
1973    Monash University Frankston 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
2010    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
2009    Art Melbourne
2009    Many Arts Festival
2008    Star Gallery Chicago
2007    Goya Galleries International New York
2007    Shanghai Art Fair
2007    Ho Gallery Melbourne
2007    Art International Associates New York
2007    Libby Edwards Brisbane, Sydney
2007    Australian National Pavillion
2007    Beijing China
2007    Art Images Adelaide
2005    Goya Galleries Melbourne
2005    Art Sydney
2005    Hogan Gallery Tsunami Appeal Melbourne
2004    Melbourne Art Fair
2004    Post Gallery Melbourne
2004    Manyung Gallery Mt. Eliza
2003    Sydney Affordable Art Fair
2003    Sydney Art Fair
2002    Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair
2001    Penrith Regional Gallery Sydney
2000    Williamstown Contemporary Arts Festival Melbourne
1999    Goya Galleries Melbourne
1999    Williamstown Contemporary Arts Melbourne
1999    Open Space Gallery Melbourne
1997    Rupert Bunny 3 City of Port Phillip Melbourne
1996    Fringe Festival Melbourne
1994    Victorian Artists Society
1994    Roar 2 Studios Melbourne
1993    Australian Contemporary Arts Fair Melbourne
1992    Ten Years After Roar Studios Melbourne
1991    Aurora Gallery Anchorage Alaska
1987    Emerging Collector East Village New York
1987    Bad Gallery Melbourne
1986    Roar Studios Melbourne
1985    Gallery 212 Waseda Tokyo
1985    The Fight Shinjuku Tokyo
1985    Now Gallery New York
1984    Fringe Arts Festival Melbourne
1984    Roar Studios Melbourne
1983    Roar Studios Melbourne
1983    Fringe Arts Festival Melbourne
1982    Artworkers Union Trades Hall Melbourne
1981    Australian Council Trade Union RMIT Melbourne
1981    Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Melbourne
1980    Peninsula Galleries Portsea
1979    Flinders Art show
1976    Shire of Flinders Art Exhibiton

AWARDS

2001    University of Western Sydney Research Grant
2001    University of Western Sydney Top Up Award
2000    Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant New York
2000    Artist in Residence, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
1999    Artist in Residence, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
1995    Australian Postgraduate Award
1979    Flinders Art Award
1978    Shire of Flinders Acquisitive Award

REPRESENTED

Artistry Galleries Melbourne
Trevor Victor Harvey Sydney
Soho Galleries Sydney
LK Galleries Perth
Anthea Polson Gold Coast
Art Images Adelaide
Red Sea Gallery Brisbane, Singapore 

COLLECTIONS

National Australia Bank
St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
University of Western Sydney
Monash University
Mildwaters Warwickshire England

PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES

2008 Top 5 Guide Website, 18 June 2008
Today The West Australian, 18 June 2008
Radio RTR interview 19 June 2008
RTR’s Morning Magazine June 19-July 5 2008
Voice News ShortArts, 21 June 2008
Xpress Magazine Eye4:Arts/Eye2:Eye, 26 June 2008
West Online Website, 26 June 2008
The West Australian, Seven Days, 28 June 2008
Subiaco Post, Timeout, 28 June 2008
Cambridge Post, Timeout, 28 June 2008
Mosman/Cottesloe Post, Timeout, 28 June 2008
Clairemont/Nedlands Post, Timeout, 28 June 2008
The Sunday Times, STM Entertainent, 29 June 2008
Herald Sun, 9 July 2008, Page 51
Melbourne Weekly Magazine, July 30-August 5 2008
Mossman magazine September 2008, Page 20
Manly arts festival 2008 booklet, 12-28 september 2008
Art Guide Australia, September/October 2008
Box Magazine, Autumn 2008
North Side Courier, Editorial, 4th may 2007
Mosman Daily, 4th May 2007
Australia Art Scene,  Australia National Pavillion, Australian Government, Shanghai art fair 2007, 15-19th November 2007
Mosman Daily, 26th April 2007
Art Gallery Guide Australia, November/December 2007
Investment Art, House of Phillips Fine Art Update, Issue 12/Issue 10 2007
The Adelaide Review, July  14-27 2006
The Advertiser Review, July 15 2006
BURST magazine, spring edition 2005, page 39
Art Sydney 05, 25-28 August 2005 , page 39
Australia Art Collection, September 2005
Art Almanac, October 2004
The Age, 13 October 2004
Design, Melbourne Herald Sun, July 27 2003
Images of The Urban Experience in Contemporary Painting, University of Western Sydney, 2002
2001 Art on Display, Melbourne Times May 21
2001 Profiles, Art Almanac, March July
Art Almanac, March 2001, Page 89
Art Almanac, December 2000/January 2001
2000 Profiles Art Almanac, February, December editions
2000 The Age, Goodlife Coloumn, February 8, Melbourne
2000 Critics Choice, Jeff Makin, February 28, Melbourne Herald Sun
Art Almanac, Feburary 2000, page 72
2000 Art In America
2000 The University of Western Sydney Art Collection
2000 Public Art Strategy, Moonee Ponds Creek Coordination committee, Cities of Hume, Melbourne, Moonee Valley and Moreland Australia.
2000 Consultation and Issue Identification, Moonee Ponds Creek Public Art Strategy, Collaborations, Australia.
2000 The Pollock Krasner Foundation Newsletter, New York July 18
2000 Acquired Taste, Penrith City Star, October 10
2000 Works Put Our Region Into New Perspective, Penrith Press, October 20
Timeout Penrtih Press, 20 October 2000p
2000 Art: a regional mirror, Sydney Western Weekender, October 27
Western Weekender, 27 October 2000
Penrith City Star, Tuesday, 10 October 2000/November 14 2000
Panthers Magazine, 14 November 2000
2000 Easel Does It, Penrith City Star, November 14
2000 New Acquisitions, Panthers Magazine, November 14
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants from Fiscal year July 1999- June 2000
1999 The Inclusiveness of Diversity, University of Western Sydney
1998 Inquiry Into The Appeal of Anonymity to the Artist, University of Western
Sydney, Symposium presentation art Gallery of New South Wales.
1992 Art and About, Fitzroy, Melbourne Herald Sun
Broardsheet, 26 May-14 June 1992
The Melbourne Times, June 3 1992, page 17
The Southern Peninsula Gazette, 12 September 1979
Around Red Hill by SMC, September 27 1978, Page 56