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Biography

1958

Born Bingara, New South Wales, Australia

1977-79

Studied at Sydney College of the Arts

Graduated with Diploma of Visual Arts, Printmaking major

1981

Post-graduate studies at St. Martins School of Arts, London

Solo Exhibitions

2009

Gallows Gallery, Perth, WA

2006

Baroque Niche, Gallery Klatovy, Czech Republic

2003

BBA Gallery, Sydney

2001

BBA Gallery, Sydney

1998

Coventry, Sydney

1996

Coventry, Sydney

1994

Coventry, Sydney

1992

Coventry, Sydney

1990

Coventry, Sydney

1988

Cintra Gallery, Brisbane

1987

Coventry, Sydney

1985

Coventry, Sydney

1983

Tamworth City Art Gallery

1983

Weswal Gallery, Tamworth

1980

Parmenter Gallery, Walcha

Collections/Awards

Coventry Collection

Newcastle Regional Art Gallery

Tamworth Regional Art Gallery

Parliament House, Canberra

Festival of the Black Soil Plains -
Moree Plains Gallery/Winner 1999

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi - Sherman Galleries Award 1999

Commissions

2008

Sydney Polo Club, Richmond, NSW

2006

Lynbrook Estate Shopping Centre, South Melbourne, Vic

2005

"The Boulevard" Longyard Estate, Tamworth

2004

"Harry's Corner", Shelley's Beach, Port Macquarie – Hastings Council

Judith Wright Memorial Garden, Armidale – Donated

"Waterlily Park", Port Macquarie – Hastings Council

2002

"Harry’s Lookout", Shelley’s Beach, Port Macquarie - Hastings Council

2000

Petali entrance sign

Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council - Bancroft Park, Roseville

1999

Walcha roads entrance signs - Walcha, NSW

1996

"Weather Signs" - Fountain sculpture, McHatton Park, Walcha

1991

Sculpture for the Rainforest Display, Dorrigo National Park - NPWS

1982

Mural - Imperial Hotel, Tamworth

Selected Bibliography

"Big Art" - Landline, ABC Television,
December 2, 2007
Reporter Pip Courtney

The Newcastle Herald, Weekender,
Page 8-9, February 21, 2004
by Darrell Croker

"Surface Memories" colour catalogue
- published by Tamworth City Art Gallery,
December 2003

The Land, Magazine, Page 1,
July 3, 2003 by Melissa Lang

Sydney Morning Herald, Page 5, June 16, 2003
by Peter Cochrane

The Australian, Page 17, June 20, 2003
by Tim Hughes

Artreach, Page 16-17, June 2003
by Jane Shadbolt

Daily Telegraph, Page 13, Nov 11 2002

Artreach (Regional Arts NSW), June 2002

Sydney Morning Herald, Metro
Page 19, April 4 2001
by Courtney Kidd

Sydney Morning Herald, Metro
Page 27, March 30 2001,
Critics Picks by Courtney Kidd

Sydney Morning Herald, Page 6, March 27 2001,
by Andrew Stevenson, Rural reporter

Country Style December 1998
by Sue Webber and Trevor Creighton

Artreach (Regional Arts NSW)
Summer 1998

Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum June 1, 1996
by John MacDonald

Sydney Morning Herald, Page 3
Peter Cochrane, May 28 1996

Business Review Weekly,
by Jane Burton Taylor, October 28 1996

New Art Five, Edited by Neville Drury, 1991

Sydney Morning Herald July 31, 1987 by Bronwyn Watson

Sydney Morning Herald April 19, 1985 by Susanna Short

The Northern Leader, Page 1, April 30, 1983

Links

Sculpture By The Sea

website www.sculpturebythesea.com

email info@sculpturebythesea.com

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009

"Sculpture by the Sea"- Cottesloe Beach, Perth, WA

2008

"Sculpture 2008" – Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries

"Sculpture by the Sea" - Bondi

"Sculpture by the Sea" - Cottesloe Beach, Perth, WA

2007

"Sculpture by the Sea" - Bondi

"Sculpture Inside" - Bondi

"Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize" - Redleaf Council Chambers, Double Bay

"Aquasculpture" - Port Macquarie Town Green, NSW

"3D at Blue Poles Gallery" - Byabarra NSW

"Three's Company" - Michael Reid, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney

2006

"Sculpture by the Sea" - Cottesloe, Perth, WA

"Regional Encounters" - Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW

"Walcha City of Art - Contemporary Australian Art" - Karlovy Vary Art Gallery, Czech Republic

"Opening" - SAASS - Tamworth, NSW

"My Time My Place Myself" - New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

"Stephen King and Mike Nicholls Linocuts" Galerie F, Klatovy, Czech Republic

6th International Linocut Symposium, White Unicorn, Gallery Klatovy/Klenova, Czech Republic

"Sculpture by the Sea" - Invited Artist - Bondi Beach, Sydney

2005

"Sculpture Inside" - Maunsell Wickes @ Barry Stern Galleries, Paddington

"Sculpture by the Sea" - Bondi Beach, Sydney

"New England Objectives" - NERAM, Armidale

2004

"Sheer Diversity – Sculptors Who Draw" – Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Seaforth, Sydney

"Sculpture by the Sea" – Bondi Beach, Sydney

"Sculpture Inside" – Bondi Pavilion, Sydney

2003

"Surface Memories" – Tamworth City Art Gallery

"New Sculpture" - BBA Gallery, Sydney

"Walcha - City Of Art" - New Contemporaries, QVB, Sydney

"Confluence - Four Regional Sculptors" - Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Art Gallery

"Walcha – City of Art" – Old School Gallery, Walcha

"Bulldust to Bitumen Art Show" – Walgett

2002

"Sculpture By the Sea" - Bondi Beach, Sydney

"Sculpture Inside" - Bondi Pavilion

"Packsaddle Fundraising Exhibition" - NERAM, Armidale

2001

"Sculpture from the Sea" - Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea

"Sculpture By The Sea" - Bondi Beach, Sydney

"Sculpture In The City" - Martin Place, Sydney

2000

"It's A Guitar Shaped World 6" - Tamworth City Art Gallery

Inaugural Exhibition - BBA Gallery, Sydney

"Sculpture by the Sea" - Bondi Beach, Sydney

1999

"Stephen King - Small Sculptures" - Armidale

"Willoughby City Art Prize" - Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney

"Art in the wild" - Wildwood, Mudgee (Mudgee Wine Festival event)

"Festival Of The Black Soil Plains" - Moree Plains Gallery

"Sculpture by the Sea" - Bondi Beach, Sydney

1998

"The Print Show" - Coffin Creek, Mudgee

"Sculpture Acquisition Prize" - Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery

"Works from Coffin Creek Shed Mudgee" - Old School Gallery, Walcha

"Sculpture by the Sea" - Bondi Beach, Sydney

"Nova anglica" - NERAM, Armidale

"Etchings" - Coventry, Sydney

1997

"Sculpture by the Sea" - Bondi Beach, Sydney

"Roger Griffin, Julia Griffin, Stephen King" - Coffin Creek, Mudgee

"The Opening" - Old School Gallery, Walcha

1996

"Roger Griffin, Julia Griffin, Stephen King" - Coffin Creek, Mudgee

"Generation stick" - Tusculum Gallery, Sydney

"Elevations" - Old School Gallery, Walcha

1995

"Australia Felix" - Emu Plains Woolshed, Benalla

"Salon des Refusés" - S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

"Ironsides" - The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

1994

"Roger Griffin, Julia Griffin, Stephen King" - Coffin Creek, Mudgee

"Obsession" - Coventry Collection
Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Travelling Exhibition

1993

"On the Other Hand" - S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

"Northern Artists" - opening exhibition, Coffin Creek Shed, Mudgee

"A survey of local contemporary practise" - Tamworth City Gallery

1992

"Works on Paper" - Coventry, Sydney

1991

"New Art Five" - Coventry, Sydney

"The Packsaddle Show" NERAM, Armidale

"Christmas Show" - Coventry, Sydney

1989

"Griffin, Sahm, Kensell, King" - Tamworth City Art Gallery

"15 Shopping Days to Christmas" - Coventry, Sydney

1988

"New Works From the Studio" - Coventry, Sydney

"The Packsaddle Show" - NERAM, Armidale

"Black and White" - Coventry, Sydney

1987

"Colour II" - Coventry, Sydney

"Australian Works on Paper" - Aion Fine Arts, Dallas USA

"Five Northern Printmakers" - Weswal Gallery, Tamworth

1986

"Artists ftom North West NSW" - Blaxland Gallery, Sydney

"Sydney Printmakers" - Blaxland Gallery, Sydney

"Colour I " - Coventry, Sydney

1984

"Country Artists" Coventry, Sydney

1982

"New England Regional Artists" - Tamworth City Art Gallery

"Regional Artists of New England" - New England Regional Art Museum

1979

Australian Student Printmakers Travelling Exhibition