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Colin Suggett

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 Colin      Suggett
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.

Colin Suggett's website is www.suggett.com.au

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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
1990Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1989‘Recent Works’, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell
1982Roslyn 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

Bibliography

Rooney, 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

Collections

Fish 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