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Biography |
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1958 |
Born Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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1971-74 |
Willoughby Workshop |
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1977-79 |
Diploma of Visual Arts - Sydney College
of the Arts |
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1981 |
Post-graduate studies - Central School
of Art, London |
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1982 |
Degree Conversion of Visual Arts - Sydney
College of the Arts |
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1990-2005 |
Casual teaching at Armidale and Tamworth Technical
Colleges.
Printmaking workshops for school and TAFE students
held in own studio |
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Solo Exhibitions |
2011 |
"Recent Paintings" - Walcha Gallery of Art, Walcha, NSW |
2010 |
"From Walcha to Gulgong" – Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, NSW
"Last Light" – Tamworth Regional Gallery |
2008 |
"From the Road II" - Moree Plains Gallery, NSW |
2007 |
"From the Road" - New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale |
2007 |
Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries, Paddington, Sydney |
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2004 |
"New Paintings" - Brian Moore
Gallery, Sydney
"Familiar Territory" - New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale |
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2002 |
Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney |
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1999 |
Coventry, Sydney |
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1997 |
The Walcha Old School Gallery |
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1996 |
Coventry, Sydney
Woodbyne Gallery, Jaspers Brush (Berry) |
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1994 |
Coventry, Sydney |
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1992 |
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Coventry, Sydney |
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1990 |
Coventry, Sydney |
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1988 |
Coventry, Sydney
Cintra Galleries, Brisbane |
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1983 |
Parmenter Gallery, Walcha |
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Collections / Awards |
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Bulldust to Bitumen Art Show - Winner – Landscape Prize
Norvill Art Prize 2010 – Highly Commended
Tamworth Regional Gallery
Norvill Art Prize 2008 - Winner – People's Choice
Norvill Art Prize 2002 - Commended
Private collections Australia, USA, Hong Kong, UK
Artbank
Gadens
The Regent of Sydney
Baker and McKenzie
Campbelltown City Art Gallery |
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Selected Bibliography |
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2010 June 28 – ABC Radio NENW interview with morning presenter Kelly Fuller
2010 April 15 – The Daily Telegraph, Escape, Page 67,
"Beauty cut by hand and nature” by Marea Donnelly
2010 March 13-14 – The Courier Mail, Escape, Page 30,
"Rustic Renaissance" by Marea Donnelly
2009 August – You magazine, Page 13,
"The Art of Living" by Wendy Spooner
2009 July – Home Beautiful magazine, Page 72,
"Home Grown" by Karen Cotton
2007 Sept 17 – Armidale Express – Page 1
2006 June 3-4 – SMH, Spectrum, Page 16 –
"A Reality Czech from Walcha" by John McDonald
2005 June 4-5 – SMH, Spectrum by John McDonald
2004 April 22 – The Land magazine, Page 2
2004 February 21 – The Newcastle Herald, Weekender, Page 8-9,
by Darrell Croker
2004 "New England Pictures" catalogue and front cover
- published by NERAM
2004 December 9 – The Daily Telegraph, Sydney Live, Page 18
- Best arts shows of the week
2003 December –"Surface Memories" colour catalogue
- published
by Tamworth City Art Gallery
2003 July 3 – The Land, Magazine, Page 1, by
Melissa Lang
2003 June 20 – The Australian, Page 17, by Tim
Hughes
2003 June – "Artreach", Page 16-17,
by Jane Shadbolt
2002 June – "Artreach" (Regional Arts NSW)
2001 March 27 – SMH, Page 6, by Andrew Stevenson,
Rural reporter
1996 June 1 – SMH, Spectrum , by John MacDonald
1992 October 2 – SMH, by Bronwyn Watson
1992 September – The Financial Review
1991 New Art Five, Edited by Neville Drury |
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Links |
Represented by
Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries, 19 Glenmore Rd, Paddington NSW
> website |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
2010 |
"Bulldust to Bitumen Art Show" - Walgett, NSW
Norvill Art Prize 2010 – Murrurundi, NSW
"Going Bush – Stephen King and Julia Griffin" - Galerie Am Park, Vienna, Austria
"In(two)art" – Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
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2009 |
Opening Exhibition - Walcha Gallery of Art
"Countryscapes" - Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
Muswellbrook Open Art Prize
"An Exhibition of Six Australian Painters" - Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries, Paddington |
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2008 |
"Countryscapes" - The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo
Norvill Art Prize 2008 - Murrurundi, NSW |
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2007 |
Country Energy Landscape Painting Prize - Dubbo Regional Gallery |
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2006 |
Redlands Westpac Art Prize - Invited Artist - Mosman Art Gallery
"New England Contemporaries III" - New England Regional Art Museum
"Launch" - Harrison Galleries, Paddington
"Regional Encounters" - Tamworth Regional Gallery
"Moving Art" Exhibition and Auction
"Walcha City of Art - Contemporary Australian Art" - Karlovy Vary Art Gallery, Czech Republic
SAAS opening exhibition, Tamworth
"Crossing New England", The Armidale Gallery, Armidale
Norville Art Prize 2006 - Murrurundi, NSW |
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2005 |
"The Land" - Gallery 47, Rylstone, NSW |
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2004 |
"Countryscapes" - Sydney Opera
House
"New England Picture" - New
England Regional Art Museum
Mosman Art Prize - Mosman Art Gallery
Festival of the Black Soil Plains - Moree
Plains Gallery
Country Energy Landscape Painting Prize -
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Norvill Art Prize 2004 - Murrurundi, NSW |
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2003 |
"Surface Memories" - Tamworth City Art
Gallery
"Walcha City of Art" - New Contemporaries,
QVB, Sydney.
"Country Energy Landscape Painting Prize"
- NERAM, Armidale
Country Energy Landscape Painting Prize"
- NERAM, Armidale
"Walcha City of Art"- Old School
Gallery, Walcha
"Brian Moore Memorial Exhibition"
- Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
"Bulldust to Bitumen Art Show" -
Walgett |
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2002 |
"The First Exhibition of 2002" -
Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
"New England Art Society Spring Exhibition"
Armidale
"Norvill Art Prize 2002" Murrurundi
"Packsaddle Fundraising Exhibition" -
NERAM, Armidale |
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2001 |
"The Xmas Show" - Brian Moore
Gallery, Sydney |
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1999 |
"1999 Coventry Diary" - Coventry |
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1998 |
"The Print Show" - Coffin Creek, Mudgee
"Works from Coffin Creek Shed Mudgee" -
Old School Gallery, Walcha
"Etchings" - Coventry |
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1997 |
"Julia Griffin, Stephen King, Roger Griffin"
- Coffin Creek, Mudgee
"The Opening" - Old School Gallery, Walcha |
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1996 |
"Julia Griffin, Stephen King, Roger Griffin"
- Coffin Creek, Mudgee
"Elevations" - Old School Gallery, Walcha |
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1995 |
"Australia Felix" - Emu Plains Woolshed, Benalla
"Ironsides" - The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
"Portia Geach Memorial Award" - S.H. Ervin
Gallery, Sydney |
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1994 |
"Roger Griffin, Julia Griffin, Stephen King"
- Coffin Creek, Mudgee
"Obsession" - Coventry Collection
Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Travelling Exhibition |
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1993 |
"On the Other Hand" - S.H. Ervin Gallery,
Sydney
"Northern Artists" - Coffin Creek Shed,
Mudgee
"A survey of local contemporary practise" -
Tamworth City Gallery |
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1992 |
"Works on Paper" - Coventry, Sydney
"Works on Paper" - Ben Grady, Canberra |
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1991 |
"New Art Five Book Launch" - Coventry, Sydney
"The Packsaddle Show" NERAM, Armidale
"Christmas Show" - Coventry, Sydney |
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1990 |
"A Young Collectors Exhibition" - Coventry,
Sydney
"66 Works from the Stockroom" - Coventry,
Sydney |
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1989 |
"Griffin, Sahm, Kensell, King" - Tamworth
City Art Gallery
"15 Shopping Days to Christmas" - Coventry,
Sydney |
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1988 |
"New Works From the Studio" - Coventry,
Sydney
"The Packsaddle Show" - NERAM, Armidale
"Black and White" - Coventry, Sydney |
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1987 |
"Five Northern Printmakers" - Weswal Gallery,
Tamworth |
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1986 |
"Artists from North West NSW" - Blaxland
Gallery, Sydney
"Sydney Printmakers" - Blaxland Gallery,
Sydney |
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