BIOGRAPHY
 
1950 BORN IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
1967-70  NATIONAL ART SCHOOL
1971 DIPLOMA OF GRAPHIC DESIGN, NATIONAL ART SCHOOL, SYDNEY

TRAVEL      

1971-73 STUDY TOUR OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, USA, UK, EUROPE, TURKEY, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, INDIA, NEPAL, THAILAND, INDONESIA, CANADA, MID-PACIFIC, EASTER ISLAND, CHILE, THURSDAY ISLAND, SCANDINAVIA
1974 PHILIPINES, BALI, JAPAN
1975 MEXICO
1976 JAPAN
1976-77  BALI, JAVA
1977-78 JAPAN, US, GUATEMALA
1978 JAPAN
1978-88 TRAVELLED WITHIN AUSTRALIA
1983 USA, POLYNESIA
1984 JAPAN
1985 TAIWAN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
1986 WESTERN AUSTRALIA
1987       JAPAN, CAPE YORK
1988 US, WEST INDIES, VENEZUELA
1989 CAPE YORK, THE KIMBERLEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BATHURST ISLAND, MELVILLE ISLAND, KAKADU, NORTHERN TERRITORY
1991  MEXICO, USA, FRANCE
1992 CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
1993 JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND
1994 ITALY, FRANCE, TASMANIA, EYRE PENINSULA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
1995 SPAIN
1996 ITALY, GREECE, TURKEY
1997 JAPAN, NEPAL, NSW, VICTORIA
1998 NSW, QUEENSLAND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, FIJI
1999 INDIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, INDONESIA
2000 ANTARCTICA, CHILE, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL
2001 INDONESIA
2002 SOUTH AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, NSW, QUEENSLAND
2003 SWITZERLAND, SPAIN, JAPAN, GERMANY
2004 INDIA, MALAYSIA, NEW ZEALAND, TASMANIA
2005 INDIA, MALAYSIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, QUEENSLAND
2006 TASMANIA, MALAYSIA, SWEDEN, UK, FRANC, SPAIN, TRAVELLED IN EUROPE FOR 5 MONTHS- PAINTED AND SCULPTED IN CARARRA, ITALY FOR 3 MONTHS
2007 ITALY- SCULPTED IN ITALY, WORKED WITH CURATOR FOR  SURVEY SHOW
2008 SYRIA

AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

1969 ACQUISITION GOSFORD CITY ART PRIZE, NSW
1979 JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY, NORTHERN QUEENSLAND
1980 GOSFORD CITY ART PRIZE, NSW
1982 HUNTER VALLEY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, NSW; PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL AND CO, AUSTRALIA SQUARE-10
PAINTINGS COMMISSIONED
1983 QANTAS SYDNEY – 2 FOYER MURALS, COMALCO SWITZERLAND, READERS DIGEST, SYDNEY – 2 FOYER MURALS
1984 RIALTO BUILDING, MELBOURNE – 2 FOYER MURALS
1985 QANTAS – 2 SCULPTURES
1992 MONASH UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE
1994 CORRS, CHAMBERS, WESTGARTH, SYDNEY – FOYER PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES
2001 WINE ART SERIES, HUNTER VALLEY COMPONENT, PERTH MINT/GOLD    CORPORATION, INTERNATIONAL PRINT CIRCULATION
2007 WINNER OF THE REGIONAL ART AWARD, THURSDAY PLANTATION SCULPTURE SHOW

EXHIBITIONS

1970-76 STRAWBERRY HILL GALLERY, SYDNEY
1972 GALLERIE MANUEL, BERNE, SWITZERLAND
1977  DAVID SUMNER GALLERY, ADELAIDE
1978 STUDIO ZERO, GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND
BARRY STERN EXHIBITING GALLERY, SYDNEY
1980 ‘COASTAL’ – BARRY STERN EXHIBITING GALLERY, SYDNEY
1981 COOKSHILL GALLERY, NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES
BARRY STERN EXHIBITNG GALLERY, SYDNEY
WYNNE PRIZE, EXHIBITION, ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
1982 COOKSHILL GALLERY, NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES
WYNNE PRIZE EXHIBITION, ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
1983 ARCHIBALD PRIZE EXHIBITION ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
BARRY STERN EXHIBITING GALLERY, SYDNEY
1984 BARRY STERN EXHIBITING GALLERY, SYDNEY
1985 MOSMAN GALLERY, SYDNEY
1986 BARRY STERN EXHIBITING GALLERY, SYDNEY
GREENHILL GALLERY, PERTH
‘THE NEW OUTBACK: AUSTRALIAN ART TODAY’
DESIGN CENTRE, LOS ANGELES, USA
1987 MUNSON GALLERY, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
ART EXPO, CHICAGO,
USA  MOSMAN ART GALLERY, SYDNEY
1988      

IMG ARTISTS SPACE, NEW YORK CITY
MUNSON GALLERY, CHATHAM, CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETS, USA
1990

ART FAIR, MELBOURNE
AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE
BARRY STERN EXHIBITING GALLERY, SYDNEY
1991 AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE
1992

PRINCE COHEN GALLERY, SYDNEY
AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE
1993 ‘POINTS OF VIEW’, AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE
1994 ‘AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST’: THE ROTUNDA, HONG KONG
1995 ‘TRANS’ – BRIDGE STREET GALLERY, SYDNEY
WAGNER GALLERY, SYDNEY
ARCHIBALD PRIZE EXHIBITION, ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
1996 ‘CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN ART’ – KUALA LUMPAR,
AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE
CHRISTOPHER DAY GALLERY, SYDNEY
1997 ‘THREE CONTINENTS’ , CHRISTOPHER DAY GALLERY, SYDNEY
AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE
1998 ‘AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY ART’ LIU-HAI-SU ART MUSEUM, CENTRAL SHANGHAI, CHINA,
‘RECENT WORKS’ – AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE,
‘RECENT WORKS’ – CHRISTOPHER DAY GALLERY, SYDNEY AND PHILIP BACON GALLERIES, BRISBANE
1999

‘TOWARDS 2000- CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN ART’, THE ROTUNDA, HONG KONG
‘BORDERLINES’ – AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE
1999-2002 ‘WE ARE AUSTALIAN’, VICTORIAN ARTS CENTRE, MELBOURNE
2000

‘LIFE AND LANDSCAPE’, BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION,:CHRISTOPHER DAY GALLERY, SYDNEY AND AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE
‘WE ARE AUSTRALIAN’, TOURING EXHIBITION:VOLVO GALLERY, SYDNEY
ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE, ADELAIDE, CANBERRA
MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, HOBART, TASMANIA
NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL ART MUSEUM, ARMIDALE, NEW SOUTH WALES
HAMILTON ART GALLERY, VICTORIA
LATROBE REGIONAL GALLERY, MORWELL, VICTORIA
2001 ‘EXTINCTION DENIED’ , VOLVO GALLERY, CBD, SYDNEY
2002 ‘WE ARE AUSTRALIAN’, TOURING EXHIBITION:STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND
GEELONG ART GALLERY, REGIONAL VENUE, MORWELL
‘NEXUS’ , AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE
ART FAIR, MELBOURNE
‘AUSTRALIAN REALIST PAINTERS’, WAGNER GALLERY, ROTUNDA, HONG KONG
‘AT ONE STAGE’, CHRISTOPHER DAY GALLERY, SYDNEY
2003 ‘WE ARE AUSTRALIAN’, THE IMMIGRATION MUSEUM, MELBOURNE
2004 ‘CIRCUMFERENCE’, PHILIP BACON GALLERIES, BRISBANE
‘ENCOMPASS’, AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, MELBOURNE
‘LAND AND SEA’, AXIA MODERN ART GALLERY, SYDNEY
“PRECIOUS PLATTERS EXHIBITION”, JEWISH MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE
2005 ‘ALTERED COURSES’, COOKSHILL GALLERY, NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES
‘RADIUS’, AXIA MODERN ART, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
‘FIVE ANGLES’, GALLOWS GALLERY, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
2006 ’ALONG THE LINE”, AXIA MODERN ART, MELBOURNE
“ACROSS THE STAGE”, COOKSHILL GALLERY, NEWCASTLE, NEW WALES
“ART OF MUSIC”, GROUP EXHIBITION, ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY
GROUP EXHIBITON- IMAGINATION GALLERY, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UK
2007 “FAR A FIELD”- SOLO EXHIBITON- COOKSHILL GALLERY, NEWCASTLE
GROUP EXHIBITION WITH WAGNER GALLERY, WOOLLHARA, NSW
2008 APRIL 3RD, 2008 –“OPEN SPACES OTHER PLACES”  SURVEY SHOW, CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF PAINTING
14TH MARCH, 2008- PHILIP BACON GALLERIES – EXHIBITION
APRIL, 2008 – GROUP EXHIBITION AXIA MODERN ART, MELBOURNE
JUNE, 2008- WAGNER GALLERY, WOOLLHARA, SYDNEY
OCTOBER, 2008- AXIA MODERN ART, MELBOURNE-SOLO EXHIBITION

COLLECTIONS

  AGL ELECTRICITY LTD
ARTBANK
THE ART TRUST, MELBOURNE
BANK OF AMERICA
BHP STEEL
BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
BP AUSTRALIA
BURDETT BUCKERIDGE AND YONG
BURNIE REGIONAL GALLERY, BURNIE, TASMANIA
CGE AUSTRALIA
CIG
COMMONWEALTH BANK, AUSTRALIA
CORRS, CHAMBERS, WESTGARTH
CREDITLINE AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY
CS FIRST BOSTON BANK
DEBEERS, LONDON
DRESNA BANK
EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
ESANDA FINANCE CORP
GANDEL GROUP
GORDON PACIFIC
GOSFORD CITY COUNCIL, NEW SOUTH WALES
GROSSHILL PROPERTIES, UK
HEWLETT PACKARD
HONDA AUSTRALIA
IMMIGRATION MUSEUM, MELBOURNE
JONES LANG WOOTON, UK
KORN FERRY INTERNATIONAL
LEGAL AND GENERAL INSURANCE LTD
LEIGHTON HOLDINGS LTD
LEND LEASE
LLOYS OF LONDON
MAITLAND REGIONAL GALLERY, NEW SOUTH WALES
MCDONALD’S CORPORATION, NEW YORK
MERCK PTY LTD
MEDICAL BENEFITS FUND OF AUSTRALIA LTD
JP MORGAN
NATIONAL FOODS
NEC AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES TREASURY CORPORATION
NEWCASTLE REGIONAL ART GALLERY, NEW SOUTH WALES
NEWS CORPORATION
NRMA AUSTRALIA
OMNIFINANCE
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, ISRAEL
ROTHSCHILD
RUPERT MURDOCH (PRIVATE COLLECTION)
SALAMON SMITH BARNEY AUSTRALIA P/L
SOUTHCORP
STAR CITY CASINO, SYDNEY
ST GEORGE BANK
ST MARTINS PROPERTIES
TIME INC
TRANS CITY
TWEED REGIONAL GALLERY, NEW SOUTH WALES
UMEHARA JAPAN
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH QUEENSLAND
JP WERE
WESFARMERS, PERTH
WILLIAM M MERCER
WOOLWORTH LTD
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MARITIME MUSEUM, FREEMANTLE
NUMBEROUS PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA AND OVERSEAS

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