Artist Biography
Lives and works in South Gippsland, Victoria.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
1998
Australian Catholic University
Grad Dip Education (Sec)
1992-95
Melbourne University, Victorian College of the Arts
BA (Fine Arts) Painting
1990-91
Western Metropolitan College of TAFE
Advanced Certificate – Art & Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 ‘Beneath the canopy of a lost Paradise' Oct-Nov 2024 Nanda/Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2024 ‘Spitual Sweep’ JAN-Mar Queenscliffe Gallery, Queenscliffe, Victoria
2022 ‘Where some find peace’ March 2022 Nanda/Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2022 ‘Between Heaven and Earth’ Feb-Mar Queenscliffe Gallery, Queenscliffe, Victoria
2020 ‘An Island is just That’ March 2020 Queenscliff Gallery, Queenscliff
2019 ‘Away from the light of the World’ Oct 2019 Nanda/Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2018 ‘A Sea of Discontent’ Feb 2018 Nanda/Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2016 ‘A Survey of Transition’ 20 Mar- 16 Apr 2016 Gecko Studio Gallery, Fish Creek, Victoria
2016 ‘Anything Just to Belong’ Feb 2016 Nanda/Hobbs Contemporary & NKN Gallery, Melbourne
2015 ‘We Take Comfort in the Idea of a Paradise’ Feb 2015 Art Equity, Sydney
2013 'When all the Worlds Asleep’, Nov 2013, Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2013 ’In Our Private Universe’, March 2013 Art Equity, Sydney
2012 Melbourne Art Fair, August 2012, James Makin Gallery
2011 ’38 Weeks to Settlement’, November 2011, Art Equity, Sydney
2011 ‘Archiving the Nights’, June 2011, James Makin Gallery, Collingwood
2010 'A Generous Allotment’, June 2010, Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2009 ‘62 Days in the Highlands’, August 2009, Paiomena Gallery, Launceston
2008 'Waiting for the Fall’, September 2008, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2008 'Defining the Silence’, May 2008, Art Equity, Sydney
2007 'In Their Footsteps’, The Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne.
2006 ‘Silence, Identity & the Landscape’ October 2006, James Makin Gallery, Armadale
2006 ‘Return to Lake Mungo', September 2006, Bundoora Homestead Art Gallery, Melbourne
2005 'Surveying Structure', Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2004 'Uncovering Identity', Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
2004 '60 Months of Identity', Bundoora Homestead Art Gallery, Melbourne
2004 'Observing Structure', Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2003 'Surveying Identity', The Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne
2003 'Another Legacy', The Besen Center, Mt Scopus Memorial College, Melbourne
2002 'Interplay, Inheritance & Identity', Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2002 'A Survey of Inheritance', The Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne
2001 ‘Taking Stock’, Aviva Campbell Gallery, Melbourne
1999 ‘Taking a New Perspective’, Charles Smith Gallery, Fitzroy
1997 ‘Snowy Mountain Landscapes’, Hurstbridge Goldworks Gallery, Main Rd, Eltham
1992-93 ‘Still Life’, V.C.A Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Rick Amor Drawing prize finalist, Mar-June McClelland Gallery, Victoria
2024 The John Glover Prize finalist, February Evandale, Tasmania
2023 Landscape and Memory, September, Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2021 Small Works Salon, Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
Assemblage, Nov-Dec Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Victoria
Small Works Salon 2nd Wave, Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2020 ‘ Warren & Wayne’ Jul-Aug 2020 Queenscliffe Gallery, Queenscliffe, Victoria
2019 Summer Show Collection, Dec-Jan, Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2018 Lustre, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff
Locus (Imaginary), Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff
2017 December, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff
Gippsland Print Award, Gippsland art Gallery Sept - Nov
Streeton Prints, Artist in Residence, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff
Restless Nature’, Mar 2017, Collins Place Gallery, Melbourne
Places', Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff
2015 Two of a Kind, April 2015, Bundoora Homestead Gallery, Bundoora
2014 Summer Collection’, Feb 2014, James Makin Gallery, Collingwood
2012 Winter Collection’, June 2012, James Makin Gallery, Collingwood
2011 ‘The River’, October-December 2011, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora
‘2011 Tattersalls Club Art Prize’, Tattersalls Club, Brisbane
‘Glover Prize Finalists’, March 2011, Launceston 2010
‘2010 – The John Leslie Art Prize Finalists’, November 2010, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
‘Autumn Collection’, April 2010, James Makin Gallery, Collingwood
2009
‘Recent Acquisitions’, May 2009, LaTrobe University Museum of Art, Bundoora Campus
‘Winter Collection’, June 2009, James Makin Gallery, Collingwood
2008
‘Winter Collection’, July-August 2008, James Makin Gallery, Armadale
‘Glover Prize Finalists’, March 2008, Launceston, Tasmania
‘Autumn Collection’, March 2008, James Makin Gallery, Armadale
2007
‘Natura Morte’, February 2007, James Makin Gallery, Armadale
2006
‘Salon de Monstalvat’, December 2006, Montsalvat Gallery, Eltham
‘Winter Collection’, July 2006, James Makin Gallery, Armadale
‘Melbourne Art Fair’, August 2006, Port Jackson Press, Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2005
‘The Anita Show’, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
‘Winter Collection’ June-July 2005, Port Jackson Press Gallery, Brunswick
‘Journeys In Identity', June-July 2005, Bundoora Homestead Art Gallery, Melbourne
2004
‘With Love to Israel', Temple Beth Israel, Melbourne
‘Precious Platters', Sotheby's Fine Art, Victoria
‘The White Bull', Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
2003
'Smart Art', Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
'Hidden Treasures of the City of Darebin Art Collection’, Bundoora Homestead Art Gallery, Melbourne
‘The Group Show’, Artholes Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
'Kosher Culture', The Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne
2002
'Five %’, Red Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
1999-2003
‘We Are Australian’ touring exhibition – Canberra, Melbourne, Tasmania, Brisbane, South Africa
‘Rearvision’, Span Galleries, Melbourne
‘Mixed Pictures’, Charles Smith Gallery, Melbourne
1999
‘Three Perspectives’, Charles Smith Gallery, Fitzroy
‘The Post-Postcard Show’, Linden Gallery, St. Kilda
‘Exposed’, Aquinas College Gallery, Ringwood
‘Wildlife’, Port Jackson Press Gallery, Brunswick
1998
‘A Survey Of Our Landscape’, Charles Smith Gallery, Fitzroy
1996
‘Five Painters’, Re-Entombed Gallery, Armadale
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
2016
catalogue, ‘A Survey of Transition’ , Dr Vincent Alessi, (March)
2016
Radio Interview, Alex McCullocks Art Program https://soundcloud.com/alexmcculloch-2/2016-02-09-12-00-00-j-air-log
2016
catalogue, ‘Anything Just to Belong’ ,Tony Walker & Ralph Hoobs, (February)
2015
Catalogue, ‘‘We Take Comfort in the Idea of a Paradise’ , Ashley Crawford (February)
2013
Catalogue, ‘When all the Worlds Asleep’, Dr. Vincent Alessi (May)
2011
Trouble Magazine, June, Marguerite Brown, pg.44-45 (June)
2010
Art Almanac Profile, Dr. Vincent Alessi, pg.178 (July)
2009
Catalogue, ‘A Generous Allotment’, Dr. Vincent Alessi (May)
2009
Catalogue, ‘Reading the Markers’, Ashley Crawford (November)
The Examiner, Claire Van Ryn (September 2)
ABC radio, Elaine Harris, Tasmania (August 28)
2008
The Age A2, Ashley Crawford, pg.15 (September 20)
Preston Leader, Julie Adler, pg.20 (September 16)
The Age, Frances Johnson, pg.19 (September 19)
Sky Business News‘, Peter O’Day (April 18)
2007
The Australian Center for the Moving Image, short film ‘The Shoemaker’, editor Martin Green
2006
JMG Winter Collection Catalogue No.6, M.Brown, pg.35
The Australian Jewish News, Jacqui Goldberg (September 23)
The Melbourne Times, Denise Mooney, pg.12 (September 20)
PJPA Winter Collection Catalogue No.4, M.Brown, pg.38
2005
The Australian Jewish News, Jacqui Goldberg (August 26)
Catalogue ‘Latrobe Art Prize 05’, Dr. Jacqueline Healy, pgs.3 & 18
Preston Leader, Peter Taylor, pg.23 (June 7)
The Melbourne Times, Gretel Hunnerup, pg.14 (June 8)
Catalogue ‘Journeys In Identity’, Dr. Jacqueline Healy, pgs.3-4
PJPA Winter Collection Catalogue No.2, Jeff Makin, pg.43
2004
Art Streams, Vol.9, No.3, Peter Dougherty (July/August)
Preston Leader, Fleur Morrison (July 13 )
The Age, A2, Megan Blackhouse (June 26)
The Age, A3, Mary Rillis-Clarke, pgs.2-3 (June 24)
Herald Sun, Jeff Makin (June 21)
Melbourne Extra, Inga Gilchrist (June 17)
The Age, Danielle O'Donohue (June 12)
The Australian Jewish News, Danny Gocs (June 4)
Qantas 'The Australian Way', Vol.128 (February)
2003
The Age, Wednesday Domain, Susannah McGregor (August 6)
92.3 FM, interview with Aarron Huppert (June 22)
The Australian Jewish News, J.Goldberg (June 13)
SBS Radio, interview with Yehuda Kaplan (June 15)
Port Philip/Caufield Leader, Fiona O'Doherty (June 2)
3AK, Radio interview with Peter Burns (May 25)
Herald-Sun, Daryl Timms (May 21)
The Australian Jewish News, J.Goldberg (May 16)
2002
Herald-Sun, Mike Edmonds (December 6)
Melbourne City Weekly, Clay Lucas (December 5)
Melbourne Times, Stephen Crofts (December 4)
Manningham Leader, Karen Hodge (November 20)
Preston Leader (November 19)
Melbourne Yarra Leader, Steve Pogonowski (November 4)
Northcote Leader(October 30)
The Wentworth Courier, Sydney (August 7)
The Australian Jewish News, Danny Gocs (February 22)
The Age, Weekend Domain, Holly Evans (February 23)
The Australian Jewish News, Danny Gocs (February 8)
2001
The Age, Sunday life, Bernadette Clohesy (October 14)
The City Weekly, Peter Angelopoulos (February 1-7)
1999
We Are Australian Exhibition Catalogue, David Thomas (November)
ABC, Sunday Arts Diary
Herald Sun, Jeff Makin (February)
The Age – Domain, Elisabeth Tarcia (February)
Business Review Weekly, Vol.21, No.6, Paul Watson (February)
Preston Leader, Nic Oddy (February)
1998
The Age (December)
Herald Sun, Jeff Makin (December)
1996
Toorak Times (November)
1995
The Australian Jewish News (April)
1992
Mildura Times (June)
COLLECTIONS
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National Museum, Canberra
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The Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne
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United Energy, Melbourne
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Victorian College of the Arts
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The City of Darebin
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LaTrobe University
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No. 1 Martin Place, Westin Hotel Sydney
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Park Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne
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J. Richards & Associates, Las Vegas, USA
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Grocon Pty Ltd
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Ourcommunity.com.au
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Moranding Park Pty Ltd
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Victoria University
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Western Metropolitan College of TAFE
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Port Jackson Press Australia
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Accent Investment Group, Melbourne
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Aquinas College, Ringwood