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Biographical Notes

Born                1952    Brisbane
Studies           1971     Diploma of Secondary Art Teaching, Kelvin Grove C.A.E., Brisbane
                        1992    Bachelor of Education, Queensland University of Technology
                        1974-83 Studied painting with the Australian Flying Art School

Solo Exhibitions
2023   Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2022   Michael Reid Sydney
2021    Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Paintings
2020   Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
2019    Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Paintings
2018    Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney/Murrurundi. Paintings
2018    Hold This Closely - 15 year survey exhibition, Artspace Mackay, Mackay
2017    Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Paintings
2015    Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Paintings
2013    Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Paintings
2011     Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Paintings
2009  Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Paintings
2007   Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Paintings
2005   Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Paintings
2003   Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Paintings
1996    Grahame Galleries & Editions, Brisbane
1993    Grahame Galleries & Editions, Brisbane
1991    Grahame Galleries & Editions, Brisbane
1989    Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
1987    Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
1985    Crossroads Bazaar Gallery, Brisbane
1983    Bundaberg Art Gallery, Bundaberg
1975-1981  Allamanda Art Gallery, Bundaberg
1974    Bargara Kiosk (Bundaberg)

Selected Group Exhibitions 
2023                Sydney Contemporary Art Fair (Michael Reid Sydney)
2022                An artist’s view: Margaret Olley and contemporaries Tweed Regional Gallery
2021                Savour  Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
2020               Sir John Sulman Finalist Exhibition Art Gallery of New South Wales
2020               (in situ) Selected works from Daryl Hewson Collection Brisbane Club
2019                Sydney Contemporary Art Fair (Michael Reid Gallery)
2019                Out of the Allamanda Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
2018                Sydney Contemporary Art Fair  (Michael Reid Gallery)
2018                A painter’s house Tweed Regional Gallery/ Margaret Olley Art Centre
2017                Artist Profile Australasian Painters 2007-2017 Orange Regional Gallery
2017                Harvest to Hearth, Museum of Brisbane
2011                 Finalist, Gold Coast Art Prize
2011                 Ten Degrees of Separation, Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
2010                Finalist, Redlands Art Awards
2009               Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2003-2005    The Artist’s Studio Touring Exhibition: Qld, NSW, Vic & ACT galleries + regional galleries
2004                Fifteen Artists Invitational exhibition, Redcliffe City Gallery
2000, 01,03   Brisbane Grammar School Art Exhibition
1998                Gone to the Dogs, Grahame Galleries and Editions
1996                Artists' Books & Multiples Fair, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
                        Artists' Book Fair, London.
1995                BEWARE  Books by Artists, Gladstone Regional Gallery, Gladstone.
                        Book Artists Booked In, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba.
1994                BEWARE  Books by Artists, Australian Artists Book Fair, State Library of Qld
1993                Artists’ Books by Australian Artists, Grahame Galleries & Editions.
1992                From Dixie to Down Under, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville; Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U.S.A.
1991                Aberdare Invitational Prize, Ipswich Art Gallery.
                       Suncorp Finalist Exhibition, Brisbane.
                       Artists’ Book Exhibition, Grahame Galleries & Editions, Brisbane.
1990               Bigger Than Ben Hur, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
                       Canson Print Award, Melbourne.
1984                Slants, Illuka Gardens Gallery, Bundaberg.
1980               Allamanda Art Gallery, Bundaberg.
1975-76          Australian Flying Art School, Bundaberg.


Awards
Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2020
Inaugural ‘Open Studio’ artist, QAGOMA, June-September, 2019
Residency, Tweed Regional Art Gallery 2017
Australia Council Grant ‘New Work Established’ 2007 
Winner, ‘Fifteen Artists’, Redcliffe City Gallery. 2004
Still Life Award, Courier Mail Art Prize, 2002
Editor’s Choice Award, Sunday Mail Art Prize, 2000
Watercolour Award, Courier Mail Art Prize, 2000
Landscape Award, Sunday Mail Art Prize, 1999
Caloundra Art Festival Open Painting Award, 1998
Toowoomba Biennial Acquisitive Fine Art Award, 1996.
Maroochy Arts Festival Drawing Award, 1995.
Maroochy Arts Festival Open Painting (Watercolour Award), 1993.
Logan Art Award (Watercolour), 1992.
Caloundra Art Festival Open Painting Award, 1990.
Maroochy Arts Festival Open Painting Award, 1990.
Aberdare Purchase Prize, 1990.
Bundaberg Art Festival Drawing Prize, 1988.
Bundaberg Sugar Company Award, 1980 (Bundaberg Art Festival).

Collections
Anglican Church of England Grammar School, Brisbane
Artspace Mackay, Mackay
Australian National Library, Canberra
Brisbane Grammar School
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Bundaberg Sugar Company
City of Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich
Hewlett Packhard, Brisbane
James Hardie Collection, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
Logan City Art Collection
Museum of Brisbane
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art
Queensland Building Services Authority, Brisbane
QUT Art Museum
Redcliffe City Art Gallery
REMM Collection, Brisbane
Somerville House, Brisbane
St Edmund's College, Ipswich
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Tweed Regional Art Gallery
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
South Queensland TAFE
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