Born:
1950 Bathurst, Australia
Studies
1971-73 Studied sculpture, National Art School, Sydney
Wrote and illustrated ‘Stick in the Mud’, Boobook Publications, Balgowlah, 1985
Solo exhibitions
1978 Paintings and drawings, Gallery A, Sydney
1980 Monotypes and cutouts, Gallery A,
1981 Paintings and drawings, Gallery A,
1982 Paintings and prints, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ
1984 Works on card, Solander Gallery, Canberra
1985 Paintings and drawings, Bloomfield Galleries
1986 ‘Glancing back’, graphic works 1973-1986, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
Recent works, Solander Gallery, Canberra
1988 ‘Child’s Play’, paintings, drawings & installations, EMR Gallery
1990 ‘Streets and Yards’, paintings, Syme Dodson Gallery
1993 ‘Ordinary illuminations’, paintings & installation, king st gallery on Burton, Sydney
1995 ‘House Work’, paintings & installation, king st gallery on Burton
1997 Recent work, drawing & sculpture, king st gallery on Burton
1999 Sculpture, assemblage, drawing & installation from 1963-1999, king st gallery
2001 Painting, drawing and installation, king st gallery
2003 ‘The Orchard’, drawing, assemblage and installation, Bathurst Regional Gallery
2003 ‘A Quattrocento Narrative’, painting, sculpture and drawing, Depot Gallery, Danks Street, Waterloo
2005 3 Decades of Drawing, Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney
2005 Recent Work, Depot Gallery, Danks Street, Waterloo
Selected group exhibitions:
1975 Artists choice, Gallery A
1976 Three person group exhibition, Gallery A
1978 Gallery A artists, Warehouse Gallery, Melbourne
1983 ‘Minds on Masonite’, Art Unit, Sydney
1985 Juried exhibition, Ariel Gallery, New York
‘Thirteen Sydney Painters’, C.A.S., Adelaide
‘Earth & Water’, Bloomfield Galleries
1986 ‘Spirit of Place’, First Draft
1987 ‘Little Works’, Newcastle Contemporary Gallery, Newcastle
1988 Art and Technology Exhibition, Hunter Technology Development Centre
1990 ‘Common Sense’, curated by Jacques Dellaruelle, king st gallery on Burton
University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide
1991 ‘From the City to the Fringes’, Holdsworth Galleries
1992 Critics choice, Macquarie Galleries
1993 ‘In the Company of Others’, curated by Jacques Dellaruelle, king st gallery on Burton
‘Metropolis’, Lewers Bequest and Art Gallery, Penrith
1994 ‘Metropolis’, Manly Art Gallery and Museum
1996 ‘Size is Not Important’, sculpture, Defiance Gallery
‘City Remix’, Manly Regional Art Gallery
‘A Box by Any Other Name’., Defiance Gallery
1997 ‘The Biggest Little Sculpture Show in Town’, Defiance Gallery
Kedumba Drawing Award ( by invitation), Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls
‘Artists for Tranby’ (by invitation), Sherman Galleries
1998 ‘The Defiant 6’, Defiance Gallery
1999 ‘Still Life’, Defiance Gallery
‘Big Thoughts Small Works’, Defiance Gallery
2000 ‘Things of Wood’, king st gallery
‘The Importance of being Small’, king st gallery & Defiance Gallery
2001 ‘Access Sculpture 2001’, Access Gallery
‘Small Wonders’, Defiance Gallery
2002 ‘Sculpture 2002’, Campbelltown City Art Gallery
The Lady Ethel Nock Sculpture Collection, Defiance Gallery
2003 ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Installation, Bondi Sydney
2004 ‘Sculpture 2002’, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney
‘Deeper Drafts’, Drawings, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney
Awards:
1972
Awarded Mirror-Waratah Painting Prize
Awarded National Art School Drawing Prize
1979 Selected George’s Art Prize, Melbourne
1985 Visual Arts Board Grant, New York Studio
2001 Jackson Smith Sculpture Prize, Defiance Gallery
2002 Woollahra Sculpture Prize: highly commended
Collections:
Art Bank, Sydney Macquarie University
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery University of New South Wales
Canberra School of Art University of Western Sydney
Fletcher Challenge Collection, Auckland, Wollongong City Art Gallery
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery Westmead Children’s Hospital
Lake Macquarie Shire Council
Private collections: Australia, NZ, USA
Bibliography (from 1981):
1981 Nancy Borlase: Weekend Australian, 16 May
Vogue Living Australia, Nov
1982 Elva Bett: Dominion, Wellington, 10 April
Neil Rowe: Evening Post, Wellington, 8 April
1984 Susanna Short: Sydney Morning Herald, 14 Dec
1985 John McDonald: Sydney Morning Herald, 18 Oct
1986 Terry Ingram: Financial Review, Dec
Sonia Barron: Canberra Times, 19 Aug
Elwyn Lynn: Weekend Australian, 20 June
Jebby Phillips: Sydney Morning Herald, 4 April
1988 John McDonald: Sydney Morning Herald 13 Aug
John McDonald: Arts & Australia, Vol 26 (1)
Jacques Delaruelle: Art Monthly, Oct
1989 Exhibition Commentary: Art & Australia, Vol 26(3)
1990 Jacques Delaruelle: Sydney Review, October
Christopher Allen: Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Sept
1993 Felicity Fenner: Sydney Morning Herald
Jacques Delaruelle: Sydney Review, May
2000 Peter Harris: World Sculpture News (Vol 6 No 1)
2005 John McDonald, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 March
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