Born Quirindi, NSW, 1956
Education
1974 The National Art School, Randwick Technical College. First Year Industrial Design Diploma
1977-79 Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Diploma of Creative Arts (Visual).
Sculpture major, music minor.
1981 East Sydney Technical College, six months post certificate in sculpture.
Employment
1987 - 2009 Teacher of Sculpture part time, National Art School
Solo Exhibitions
1985 Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1987 Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1989 Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1991 Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1993 Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1999 The Perfect Storm Old School Gallery, Walcha
Rock Opera Legge Gallery
2001 Sometime Last Summer Legge Gallery
2003 Time and Tide Legge Gallery
2005 Syncopated Beach Legge Gallery
2007 Aloha Radio Legge Gallery
2008 Folk Songs Legge Gallery
Crossings Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Steel Sculpture Watters Gallery
Devotions Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
Cover Versions Walcha Gallery of Art
2011 Pulse Watters Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
1979 Graduate Exhibition Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Queensland
1980 Artists in the Community Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Queensland
Two–Man Show VAG,Toowoomba
1981 Studio Access Project Sculpture at T & G Tower, Sydney
Two–Man Show Art. Empire. Industry., Sydney
1982 Works on Paper Art. Empire. Industry., Sydney
Seven Sculptors Art. Empire. Industry., Sydney
1984 First for '84 Coventry Gallery
1985 Blake Prize Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1986 Blake Prize Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
Light Sculptures Mori Gallery, Sydney
1989 Sculptures at the Table Crafts Centre Gallery, Sydney
1990 Where are They Now? Queensland Culture Centre
Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
1991 Coventry Diary Coventry Gallery
Summer School Teacher Grafton Regional Gallery
Wynne Prize: Selected Works Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
Agape King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney
Sculptures in the Cell Block National Art School, Sydney
1993 Celebrating Sydney Coventry Gallery
1994 Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
1995 Guitar Shaped World Tamworth Gallery
The Artists of Hill End Art Gallery of New South Wales and touring regional galleries
1996 Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
1997 Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
It's a Box 11 Defiance Gallery, Newtown
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi
Sculpture 9 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Miniatures Defiance Gallery
1998 Salon des Refuses Wynne Prize, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Pas D'Accrochage En Publique National Art School
Our Collection, The Artists of Hill End Bathurst Regional Gallery
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi
The Defiance 6 Defiance Gallery
1999 Salon des Refuses Wynne Prize, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Maquette Show Old School Gallery, Walcha
Sculpture of Wildwood Mudgee
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi
Sculpture Eleven Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Legge Gallery 10th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery
2000 Sculpture by the Sea Bondi
Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne
Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery
Miniatures Defiance Gallery
Half Metre Square National Art School, Sydney
2001 Sculpture from the Sea Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi
Legge Gallery Painters Use Atelier Artists' Acrylics Legge Gallery
Miniatures Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Willoughby City Art Prize Willoughby
Sculpture in the City Martin Place
Group Show Legge Gallery
2002 Sculpture 2002 Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery and Legge Gallery
Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne
Miniatures Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi
Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery
2003 Sculpture 2003 Legge Gallery
Walcha City of Art New Contemporaries, Sydney
Walcha City of Art Old School Gallery, Walcha, NSW
Sculpture XV Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Summer Show Legge Gallery, Sydney
Beneath the Surface Tamworth City Art Gallery
2004 Sculpture 2004 Legge Gallery
Group Show Legge Gallery
The Visibility of Practice: recent work by a selection of National Art School academic staff
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne
2005 Sculpture 2005 Legge Gallery
Post Cards National Art School, Sydney
New England Objectives II New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi
2005: The Year in Art S.H. Ervin Gallery
Summer Show Legge Gallery
2006 Group Show Legge Gallery
Současná australská tvorba Galerie uměnǐ Karlovy Vary, Letohrádek Ostrov, Czech Republic
Large Sculpture Legge Gallery
Drawcard 2006 National Art School, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair 2006 Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi
Summer Show Legge Gallery
New England Objectives III New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
2007 Small Sculpture Legge Gallery
Old Fruit Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
Art Sydney 07 Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney
Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery
2008 Small Sculpture Legge Gallery
Melbourne Art Fair 08 Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne
2009 Sculpture Show Legge Gallery
Willoughby Art Prize
Sculpture in the Gaol Trail Bay, NSW
Christmas Show MossGreen Gallery, Melbourne
Watters Gallery Summer Exhibition Watters Gallery
2010 Art Month Sydney Watters Gallery
Melbourne Art Fair 10 Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
Devotions, New England Regional Art Museum
2011
Raw Jam, Walcha Gallery of Art
Abstraction,Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
Three Wynne Sculptures, New England Regioal Art Museum
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
Collections
Artbank
Campbelltown City Art Gallery
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Holmes a Court Collection
Kerry Stokes Collection
Macquarie University
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
R.A.S Showgrounds, Homebush
Star City, Pyrmont
Tamworth Regioal Art Gallery
University College of Southern Queensland
University of New South Wales
University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown
University of Technology, Sydney
Walcha Shire Council
Awards and Prizes
2006 The Sydney Morning Herald Represented Artist Prize, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi.
2011 'Helen Lemoriere Scholarship', Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
Commissions
1985 'Windvane Chimney' for the Palm Beach House. Architect Philip Cox
1986 'Campus Cars' Mobiles for the Macarthur Institute of Advanced Education, Campbelltown. Architect Philip Cox.
1987 Figure head for the flagship 'Sirius' for the Australian Bicentenary Traveling
Exhibition, Browns Mill.
1990 Panel 'Gates' for Dean Olding's Recital Room, Newtown. Architect Mikhail Molysov.
1991 Monumental version of the 'Warriors' trophy for Windfield Cup Grand Final
Entertainment, NSW Rugby League.
1994 'The Raft', the new Children's Hospital, Westmead. Architect Lawrence Nield and Partners.
Children's playground, McHattan Park, Walcha, New South Wales. Walcha Shire Council.
1995 'Upwood', South Tamworth Animal Hospital
1997 'A Wing and a Prayer', wind sculpture for the new Sydney Casino. Architect Cox Richardson Planners and Architects
'Aquarium' steel screen, Carey-Evans House, Vaucluse, New South Wales
1998 'Fellers' Charles Moses Pavilion, new R.A.S. Showgrounds, Homebush.
Architect Cox Richardson Planners and Architects.
Preparation of Public Art Strategy for Moore Reserve Project. Landscape Architects Belt Collins Australia.
Preparation of Public Art Strategy for Dee Why Town Centre. Landscape Architects McGregor Partners.
1999 Selected artist for the development of public sculpture 'Song Cycle' for the Walcha Shire Council. Maquette installed.
'Tollgate', Northern Entrance Sign, Walcha Shire Council.
2001 'Song Cycle', corner Derby and Fitzroy Street, Walcha, New South Wales.
Assistant to Street Furniture Project, Walcha Arts Council, Walcha, NSW
2005 'Stalks', Street lighting, Walcha Shire Council, NSW
2006 'Grevillias', Votive candelabra for St Mary's Cathedral, College Street, Sydney.
Collaboration with Nick Breslin
2007 'Devotional Candelabra' St Canice's Church, Sydney
2011 'Dirt Music', Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW
'Trees of Life', St Canice's Church, Sydney
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