Congratulations to Rew Hanks who has won the following awards this year:
2011 Purchase Prize - Laing Art Gallery , International printbiennale 2011 print awards, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
First Prize, 2011 IV International Print Exhibition , Istanbul, Turkey.
Purchase Prize, Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2011, Fremantle , WA.
4th Prize, 8th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
Road Runners People's Choice Award at the 2011 Hutchins Art Prize
Congratulations to Alan Jones who has won the 2011 Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown.
Congratulations to Paul Selwood, he has won the 2011 Balnaves Foundation Prize for his Sculpture by the Sea work Paradiegma Metaphysic
now on view at Bondi....image here
Frank's Flat : Maitland Regional Art Gallery 27th May - 17th July 2011
Opened by John Peart Saturday 28th May,
this exhibition gives a rare insight into the artwoks found in the home of Frank Watters (Director Watters Gallery).
Sculptor James Rogers has won a Helen Lempriere scholarship
His work The Bather was featured in Sculpture by the Sea in 2010. Sculpture by the Sea 2011 marks his 10th year exhibiting here. Bather with Beach ball
Five artists at Salon des Refuses
Exhibition can be viewed at the S H Ervin Gallery from 16th April - 19th June 2011
John Bartley (Wynne); Mostyn Bramley-Moore (Wynne); Neil Evans (Archibald); Alan Jones (Archibald); John Peart (Wynne)
Neil Evans next exhibition Clutterbutt Opens Wednesday 11th May, 6-8pm; until Sat. 28th May 2011. The sixty quirky paintings of everyday things (including a kitchen sink)
in Neil Evans's latest exhibition have been done on used bus tickets. The artist has been exhibiting since going to The National Art School in 1969, been hung in the Archibald twice,
and is considered a consummate master of painterly techniques. If you like the self portrait rendered on a used bus ticket in the Salon, you should visit the show in person to appreciate just how large and precious small normal things can be.
John Peart has an exhibition of new paintings opening at Watters Gallery Wednesday 22nd June 6-8pm until Saturday 9th June
Euan Macleod - Surface Tension : The Art of Euan Macleod - touring exhibition
opening at Morninton Peninsular Regional Gallery, Saturday 2nd July, until Sunday 7th August 2011
This Tweed River Travelling Exhibition is a retrospective exhibition of the work of Euan Macleod. It will continue to Mornington Peninsular - 30 June - 7 August;
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery - 27 August - 16 October and finishing at the University of Queensland Art Museum 29 October - 11 December 2011
Rew Hanks - linocuts - The Governor's Garden
opening at The Redbox Gallery, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney Thursday 10th February 6pm until 25th March 2011
Rew Hanks was artist in resident at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in 2010.
The residency provided Hanks with a rich and historical cache to work from resulting in a series of 14 magnificent linocut prints.
Rew Hanks will also be exhibiting at Watters Gallery, opening Wednesday 16th Novenber 2011
Ken Searle - Two Weeks in Chloride Street
opening at Broken Hill Regional Gallery Friday 11th February 6.30pm until 27th March 2011
Opens at Watters Gallery Wednesday 13th April 6-8pm until Saturday 7th May 2011
Ken Searle spent two weeks as artist in residence at Broken Hill as guest of Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery.
The culmination of this residency are twenty five drawings from the town of Broken Hill, to be opened in an exhibition at the Broken Regional Art Gallery Friday 11th February, 2011.
This exhibition will also been on show at Watters Gallery to be opened Wednesday 13th April, 6-8pm
Paul Selwood - Perspective Cutouts
Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
to be opened by Terence Maloon (Art Gallery of New South Wales) Thursday 7th April until 22 May 2011
An exhibition of apparently massive steel gravity defying sculptures hang suspended in space.
These awe inspiring works are, in fact, two dimensional cutouts, 1mm thick,
by the sculptor Paul Selwood.
