Pastel on stonehenge paper,
29.5 x 23cm (unframed) $500
Pastel on stonehenge paper,
29.5 x 23cm (unframed) $500
Born
1961 Sydney, Australia - lives and works in Sydney.
Education
2010-13 Master of Cross Disciplinary Art and Design, COFA, Sydney
1989-90 Düsseldorf Art Academy - (Painting) Post Graduate, Germany
1986 Higher Art Certificate (Painting) National Art School, Sydney
1984-85 Art Certificate (Painting) National Art School, Sydney
1982-83 Australian Dept. of Education Scholarship, Faculty of Philosophy at Budapest University, Hungary
1979-82 Diploma of Education, Alexander Mackie CAE, Sydney
Exhibitions
2024 Glebe Art Prize, Sydney
July Brilliance, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
Sydney Fair, Sydney
2023 Heaven and Earth, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney
The Sydney Fair, Sydney
2022 Interlace (solo exhibition), Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
Affordable Art Fair (Rochfort Gallery), Sydney
Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney
2020 Elemental Presence, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
2019 & Dolci, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
Lane Cove Art Award, Sydney
Girt by Sea, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney
Silhouette - the Body of Nature, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
2018 Bendigo Art Prize, Bendigo, Victoria
Pigments at Play, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
Petals and Pods, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
Equilibrium, Randwick Children's Hospital, Sydney
Hunter's Hill Art Prize, Sydney
Land and Sea, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
2017 Lethbridge Art Prize, Brisbane
2016 Brisbane Art Prize, Brisbane
Volumes 1, Red Sea Gallery, Brisbane
2013 Blue Box Project, Sydney
2011 Reliquary - Solo Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
2009 London International Creative Competition, London, England
Calleen Art Prize, Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra
2008 Paddington Contemporary Fine Art, Sydney
Art Sydney 08, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
Landscape Moments, Art Moment Gallery, Sydney
ANL Maritime Art Prize, Melbourne
Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, Hunter Valley, NSW
Townsville Art Award, Townsville, QLD
2007 Past, Present and Beyond, Maree Mizon Gallery, Sydney
2006 Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, Hunter Valley, NSW
Soliloquy - Maree Mizon Gallery, Sydney
ANL Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne
2005 World Year of Physics Art Prize, Macquarie University, Sydney
Effervescent - Solo Exhibition, Maree Mizon Gallery, Sydney
ANL Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne
About Face, Gallery 69, Melbourne
Art Sydney 05, Sydney
Creative Madness, Garvan Institute, Sydney
Illuminart, Sydney
2004 Magyar Kultúra Alapitvány - Solo Exhibition, MKA Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Maree Mizon Galley, Group Exhibition, Sydney
Affordable Art, Sydney
The Real Archibald, Tap Gallery, Sydney
Walking the Street, King Street, Sydney
2003 Recent Paintings – Solo Exhibition, The Arthouse Hotel Gallery, Sydney
Illuminart, Petersham Town Hall, Sydney
Creative Madness, Garvan Institute, Sydney
2002 Relish - Solo Exhibition, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Now and Then, Westside Gallery, Sydney
2001 The Shape of Things to Come, The White Room, Sydney
Biosphere, St Peters Brickpit Kiln, Sydney
1998 Fixed in Time - Solo Exhibition, Maudespace, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
1997 Multifarious, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
1996 Campbelltown Fisher's Ghost Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, selected exhibition
1995 Homeshow, Airspace, Sydney
Sydney Contemporary Art, Australian High Commission, Singapore
Scrabble, Airspace, Sydney
1994 Piece x Piece - Solo Exhibition, Airspace, Sydney
Inner Sydney Alternative Art 94, Australian Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia
Feed, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Lismore, Townsville
Hungarian Cultural Triennial, NSW University Roundhouse, Sydney
1993 Recent Paintings - Solo Exhibition, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
Form, Airspace, Sydney
1992 Homeshow, Airspace, Sydney
1991 Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
Ausstellung, Duisburg Theatre, Germany
1990 Rundgang, Düsseldorf Art Academy, Germany
1989 Rundgang, Düsseldorf Art Academy, Germany
1988 Windows and Doors - Solo Exhibition, Sylvester Studios Gallery, Sydney
Temple, Sylvester Studios Gallery, Sydney
Miniature Show, Sylvester Studios Gallery, Sydney
Awards and Competitions
2023 Hunters Hill Art Prize (finalist), Sydney
2019 Lane Cove Art Award (finalist), Sydney
Hunters Hill Art Prize (finalist), Sydney
2018 Bendigo Art Prize, (finalist), Bendigo, Victoria
Hunter's Hill Art Prize, (finalist), Sydney
2017 Lethbridge Art Prize, (finalist) Brisbane
2016 Brisbane Art Award, (finalist), Brisbane
2009 London International Creative Competition, (Honourable Mention) London, England
Calleen Art Award (finalist), Cowra
2008 Mosman Art Prize (finalist), Sydney
ANL Maritime Art Prize, (finalist), Melbourne
Waverley Art Prize (finalist), Sydney
Norvill Art Prize (finalist), Murrurundi, Hunter Valley, NSW
Townsville Art Award (finalist), Townsville, QLD
2006 Norvill Art Prize (finalist), Murrurundi, Hunter Valley NSW
ANL Maritime Art Prize, (finalist), Melbourne
2005 World Year of Physics Art Prize (finalist), Sydney
ANL Maritime Art Prize (finalist), Melbourne
2003 Great South Land Art Award (finalist), Sydney
1998 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Council, (finalist), Sydney
1995 Sutherland Art Award, (finalist), Sydney
1994 Jupiters Casino Award, (finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
Pat Corrigan Artist's Grant
1992-98 Campbelltown Fisher's Ghost Award, selected exhibition, Campbelltown Regional Gallery
1992 Pat Corrigan Artist's Grant
1987 Ryde Art Award, Highly Commended, (Modern Section), Sydney
1986 Sydney Heritage, (finalist), Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
NSW Travelling Art Scholarship, (finalist), Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1985 Youth Art Award, 1st Prize, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
Collections
Armidale Regional Gallery - permanent collection
Various private collections and commissions in Australia, Europe, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand and USA
Publications
2019 Art Edit magazine, Modern Minimalism, Dec-Feb edition
2008 The Guide, Townsville Art Award review : Jacqui Stock
2006 Sydney Morning Herald, Collision Theory : Tracey Clement
2005 Under Scrutiny, John Mater, Arts & Medicine, Issue I
2004 Panorama Magazine, Abstraction in a Historical Context : Laszlo Tonka
2003 Panorama Magazine, Marika Varady – The Magic of Colour : Thomas Bozsik
Inside Out – Mint Condition: Isobel King
2002 Sydney Morning Herald, Metropolitan Openings : Matthew Thompson
The Saturday Telegraph, Weekend Confidential : Elizabeth Fortescue
2001 Deli Harangszo – Hungarian Magazine, Shape of Things to Come :
Gusztav Ilosvay
1998 Sunday Telegraph, Exhibitions Review :Jane Hamson,
1994 Piece x Piece, Colour Catalogue, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
Inner City Alternative Art 94, Colour Catalogue;
Feed - Published by Foundry Artists Association Inc, Sydney
1993 Form - Published by Foundry Artists Association Inc, Sydney
Interviews
2006 2SER Radio, Soliloquy exhibition interview on The Daily with Phillipe Perez, Sydney
2RDJ Radio, Soliloquy exhibition interview on Spotlight with Marea Burton, Sydney
2005 2RRR Radio, Effervescent, Maree Mizon Gallery, Sydney
2004 Radio 19, Recent paintings, Solo Exhibition, 2 hour interivew, Budapest
2002 2RRR Radio, Relish – recent paintings, Solo Exhibition, Sydney
2001 2RRR Radio, The Shape of Things to Come, Solo Exhibition, Sydney
1994 2RRR Radio, Piece x Piece, Sydney
2SER Radio, Homeshow, Sydney
1993 2RES Radio, Recent Paintings Solo Exhibition, Sydney
1988 SBS Radio, Windows and Doors Solo Exhibition, Sydney