| |  Born 1945, Warrnambool, Victoria
Colin Suggett studied Fine Art at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology graduating in 1965. After 5 years secondary art teaching at Leongatha Technical School he became head of Film at Rusden State College in Clayton, and in 1981, Lecturer in Photography and Sculpture at Monash University, Churchill campus until 1991. Suggett now works from his Venus Bay studio both in computer based commercial illustration and as an exhibiting artist. His acerbic, politically inspired kinetic sculptures have been shown widely and featured in a retrospective hosted by the Latrobe Regional Gallery which opened at the Melbourne Museum in 2001 and travelled interstate until 2004. The artist has since donated this collection to the Latrobe Regional Gallery. In 2007 the artist was a finalist in the McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award. McClelland Gallery purchased the piece, 'The Mickey' for their outdoor collection.
more ...EDUCATION
1962-65 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Diploma of Fine Art- Painting
1968 Hawthorn State College, Trained Technical Teacher’s Certificate PROFESSIONAL
1966 – 67 Graphic Art Studio, Warrnambool
1969 – 74 Teaching, Head of the Department, Film and
Animation Leongatha Technical School
1975 – 80 Lecturer, Head of film, Media Department, Rusden
State College
1981 – 91 Lecturer, Sculpture, School of Art, Monash
University, Gippsland Campus
1991 – 06 Freelance Artist Solo Exhibitions | | | 2008 | 'The Mickey', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2005 | ‘Thinking big on a small scale’, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria
| | 2001 | ‘RetroMoments’ Retrospective, Melbourne Museum; Wangaratta Art Space; New Land Gallery, Adelaide; Warrnambool Art Gallery; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; Burnie Reional Gallery; Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell
| | 1990 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1989 | ‘Recent Works’, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell
| | 1982 | Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2009 | 'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University Art Gallery, VIC
| | 2008 | 'Off the Point', Celia Rosser Gallery , Fish Creek, Victoria
| | 'Creative Environment', Latrobe Regional Gallery, Various locations, South Gippsland
| | 'Wet & Dry', La Trobe Visual Arts Centre , Bendigo, Victoria
| | 2007 | 'McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award', McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria
| | 'Creative environment', Various Galleries, Gippsland area
| | 2006 | 'Wet & Dry', Swan Hill Regional Gallery
| | 2004 | 'The Mountains to the Sea', Sculpture commission for West Gippsland Regional Catchment Authority
| | 2003 | 'A Modelled World', McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria
| | 2001 | 'Retro Moments' Retrospective, Melbourne Museum; Travelled Nationally until 2004
| | 2000 | 'Special FX', Commission & Installation; Stadium 4 Cinema, Leongatha
| | 1999 | ‘8 X 8 Show', Roar Studios, Fitzroy, Victoria 'Birds in Art', Deutscher-Menzies Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1998 | ‘Donation Box’, Commission, Latrobe Regional Gallery
| | 1995 | ‘Zit Wars’, Regional Galleries Stand, Melbourne Art Fair
| | ‘Works on Paper’, Moorabin City Art Gallery
| | 1994 | ‘The Briefcase Show’, Cairns Art Gallery, Queensland
| | 1993 | ‘Froggy Night Shopping’, FM Broadcast, Barwon Wetlands Art Project
| | ‘Just Sculpture’, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
| | 1992 | ‘Dame Edna Regrets she is Unable to Attend’, Heide Park & Art Gallery, Melbourne; Touring Exhibition
| | 1991 | ‘Indo Eco’, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell; Touring Exhibition
| | 1990 | ‘Contemporary Gippsland Artists’, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell; National Touring
| | 'The Underpass Show’, Degraves Street Underpass, Melbourne; Site specific installation
| | 1989 | ‘The Intimate Object’, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne
| | 'The Quarries - an Archaeology’, Site specific installation, Riddoch Gallery, Mount Gambier, South Australia
| | 'Tribute to Rod Withers’, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Flat’,(Sculptors drawings) Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
| | ‘Something in the Wind’, (Artists in Schools Program), Clifton Creek Primary School, Victoria
| | 1988 | ‘October Show’, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell, Victoria
| | 1987 | ‘Gravity’s Angel’, Wangaratta Artspace, Victoria; Toured Victorian & N.S.W. regional galleries
| | 1986 | ‘Art in Motion’, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery
| | 1981 | ‘1st Australian Sculpture Triennial’, Latrobe University, Melbourne
| | ‘Australian Perspecta’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Singular & Plural’ - College Gallery, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide
| | 1980 | ‘15 Victorian Sculptors’ - National Gallery of Melbourne; Toured Regional Galleries of Victoria
| | ‘Sculpture on Another Scale’, Travelling Exhibition No. 5. Regional Development Program Visual Arts Board 1981
| | 1978 | '7th Mildura Sculpture Triennial’, Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria ‘
| | Andrew & Lillian Pedersen Memorial Trust Prize’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
| | ‘Latrobe University Arts Festival’, Latrobe University, Melbourne
| | 1975 | ‘6th Mildura Sculpture Triennial’, Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria
| | 1972 | ‘Film Construction’ - Installation with Peter Cole, Pinacotheca, Melbourne
| | 1967 | 'The Gallery’, Warrnambool, Victoria |
BibliographyRooney, Robert; The Age, Wednesday 4th March, 1981
Ingram Terry; Financial Review, October 6th 1981
Murphy, Bernice; ‘Australian Perspecta’ catalogue essay 1981
Zeplin, Pam; ‘Art Link’ July 1989
Hansen, David; ‘Gippsland Artists’ catalogue essay
Staley, David; ‘Arts Gippsland’ August, 1992
Coventry, Donald; Essay McClelland catalogue
CollectionsFish Creek Public Art Installation, ‘The Stunned Mullet’, Victoria
Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, ‘The Colin Suggett Collection’, Morwell
McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria
Stadium 4 Cinema, ‘Sculpture installation, ‘Special FX’, Leongatha
West Gippsland Regional Catchment Authority
Private Collections |
