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8b Dick Street, Chippendale, NSW 2008, Australia. Phone/Fax +61 2 9319 1102

BIOGRAPHY

2000 Travelled extensively throughout Northern China
1996 Travelled throughout China
1992 Travelled to USA and Japan
1990 Lecturer, the College of Fine Arts, UNSW
1984/1985 Travelled extensively throughout USA
1982/1989 Lecturer, City Art Institute, SCAE
1980 Lived in New York
1979 Travelled throughout Europe
1976/1981 Lecturer, Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education
1968/1972 Studied at National Art School, Awarded ASTC
1963 Arrived in Australia,
1948 Born China

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2003 New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
2002 Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2000 Dickerson Scott, Melbourne
1999 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1998 Robert Steele Gallery, Adelaide
1997 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1995 Solander Gallery, Canberra
1995 New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
1994 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1992 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1992 Gallery Chika, Tokyo
1989 Stuart Gerstman Galleries, Melbourne
1986 Solander Gallery, Canberra
1986 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1985 Stadia Graphics Gallery, Sydney
1984 Rex Irwin, Art Dealer, Sydney
1983 Solander Gallery, Canberra
1982 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1980 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1979 C.A.S. Gallery, Adelaide
1979 Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1978 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1977 Macquarie Gallery, Canberra
1977 Collectors' Gallery, Perth
1976 Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1975 Narek Gallery, Canberra
1974 Bonython Gallery, Sydney

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003 'The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize', Bendigo Art Gallery.
2003 'Important works on paper and important ceramics' Rex Irwin Art Dealer
2002 'Important works on paper' Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2001 'Important works on paper and important ceramics', Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2000 'Important Works on Paper', Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1999 Opening Exhibition, Dickerson Scott, Melbourne
1999 'Kedumba Drawing Award', Invitational Exhibition
1999 'Important Works on Paper', Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1998 'Important Works on Paper', Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1998 'Australian Masters', Solander Gallery, Canberra
1997 'Sextet', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1997 Opening of new wing, New England Regional Art Museum.
1997 'King of the Accordion', Dubbo Regional Gallery, Bathurst
Regional Art Gallery, Penrith Regional Gallery and Lewers Bequest
1996 Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW
1996 Logan Art Gallery, Queensland
1996 Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
1996 Maryborough Bond Store Museum, Queensland
1996 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
1994 'Mixed Impressions', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1994 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1993 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1992 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1991 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1990 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1988 11th International Exhibition of Original Drawings Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka Yugoslavia
1983 15th International Print Biennale, Yugoslavia
1981 'Continuum', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1981 14th International Print Biennial, Yugoslavia
1979 The 6th British International Print Biennial, Bradford, UK
1979 'Contemporary Australian Printmakers 1', (touring Canada and USA)
1978 The 7th International Print Biennial, Cracow, Poland
1978 'Intergafia', Poland
1977 The 45th Tokyo Print Show, Tokyo, Japan
1976 Western Pacific Print Biennial, New Caledonia
1976 The 6th International Print Biennial, Cracow, Poland
1975 World Print Council Exhibition, San Francisco, USA
1973 New Zealand Print Show, New Zealand

AWARDS

1982 L.J. Harvey Memorial Invitation Drawing Prize, Queensland
1982 Wagga Wagga Art Purchase Award, NSW
1979 Maitland Art Purchase Prize
1976 & 1974 Visual Arts Board Grants
1974 Mornington Print Prize
1974 Ashfield Art Prize
1974 Mosman Art Prize
1973 Grace Art Prize
1973 Ryde Art Prize
1971 Drummoyne Art Prize
1971 & 1970 N.A.S.U. Print Prize
1970 Rural Bank Award
1970 English Speaking Union Prize

COMMISSIONS

2000 Medina Grand, King Street Wharf
1998 & 1997 Medina Executive Apartments, Sydney and Melbourne
1989 Interni Design, Sydney
1976 Print Council of Australia

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Burnie Gallery, Tasmania
Caledonia National Art Gallery, New Caledonia
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Newcastle City Art Gallery, NSW
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, NSW
Western Australia Art Gallery, Perth
Wollongong Gallery, NSW
Griffith University, Queensland
Macquarie University, Sydney
Power Institute of Fine Art, Sydney
Print Council of Australia, Melbourne
Sydney College of Advanced Education, NSW
The University of New South Wales, Sydney
The University of Sydney, NSW
Visual Arts Board, NSW
Art Bank, Sydney
BHP, Melbourne
CitiBank, Citicorp, Sydney
Commonwealth Bank
Ballarat City Art Gallery
Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra
GIO, NSW
IBM Collection, NSW
Jetset Tours
Rice Daubuey, Architects
Maitland Art Gallery
Hawthorn City Art Gallery
Contemporary Art Society of Adelaide, SA
Ronald McDonald Collection
Private Collections in Australia and internationally.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2000 'Australian Identities in Printmaking, The Australian Print Collection of the Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery', Essay by Sasha Grishin, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery.
1997 Introduction to 'Sextet' - Nick Waterlow.
1997 'Australian Printmaking in the 1990s - Artist Printmakers 1990-1995', Sasha Grishin, Craftsman House, G & B Arts International.
1995 'The Synthesis of Events', Catalogue, New England Regional Art Museum ISBN 0 646 23140 5.
1995 'The King of the Accordion', Catalogue, New England Regional Art Museum, ISBN 0 646 25235 6.
1992 'Artfile', Craft Arts Institute, Sydney.
1988 Wu, D., & Liu, G., (eds.), 'Contemporary Australian Paintings', Liao Ning Fine Arts Publishing House, China.
1988 XIth International Exhibition of Original Drawings, Catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia.
1984 Rainbird, Stephen, '21 Australian Prints', Catalogue, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland.
1984 Art Diary, (The World's Art Directory).
1983 15th GRAFICNI Biennale, Catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
1981 14th GRAFICNI Biennale, Catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
1981 Art and Australia, Vol 19, No 2.
1981 'Continuum National Art School 60 - AMC 80' Catalogue, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
1979 Sixth International Print Biennale, Catalogue, Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, Bradford, UK.
1979 Contemporary Australian Printmakers 1 Catalogue, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne.
1978 7 m b g, Catalogue, Museum of Art, Crakow, Poland.
1977 'Selection of 41 Modern Prints from Australia' Catalogue, Japan Print Association.
1976 The 6th International Print Biennale Catalogue, Museum of Art, Crakow, Poland.
June, Oct 1975 - Hemisphere.
Jan 1974
1994 Sept 24-25 The Australian, 'The Weekend Review'.

REVIEWS

12 June, 2000 Jeffrey Makin, Melbourne Herald

9 March 1999 Sebastian Smee, The Sydney Morning Herald

30 May 1997 Sebastian Smee, Sydney Morning Herald

23 May 1997 Joanna Mendelssohn, The Australian

13 June 1995 Sasha Grishin, The Canberra Times

7 March 1992 Elwyn Lynn, The Australian

19 September 1986 Sasha Grishin, The Canberra Times

9 June 1984 Elwyn Lynn, The Australian.