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Graeme Drendel

SELECTED WORKS

 Graeme Drendel
1953Born Ouyen, Victoria
1974Diploma of Teaching Art/Craft, Melbourne State College
1984Travelled to Italy
1987Travelled to Italy, England, United States
2001
Artist in residence at Bundanon - former residence of artist Arthur Boyd now owned by State Government acting as Bundanon Trust
2004Currently painting and teaching at Box Hill TAFE, Melbourne
2004Travelled to Italy
 
Graeme Drendel's website is www.graemedrendel.com.au

Solo Exhibitions

2009'The female nude', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2008'Graeme Drendel' , Australian Galleries, Sydney
2007'States of Undress', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Jan Murphy Galleries, Brisbane
2006'Channelling', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2004'Dancers in the dark', Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
2003'The Market Street Paintings', Australian Galleries – Works on Paper, Melbourne
'Small pictures', Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
'Trophy Hunters', Australian Galleries - Painting * Sculpture, Sydney
2002'The bridge', Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
2001'The brisge', Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
2000'Tourists', Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
1999'Recent paintings 1999', Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
'Recent gouaches', Australian Galleries – Works on Paper, Sydney
1998'Recent paintings', Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
1997'Paintings', Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
1995Mallee Tourist Association, Ouyen
1991Mildura Regional Gallery, Mildura
1990York Street Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

2010'Narrative Realism: A world observed, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2009'Salon de Refusés', S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2008'Kilgour Prize', Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW
'Step right up, the Circus in Australian Art', Albury City Gallery, VIC
'Inside Out', works from the Anthony/ Bell Collection, Albury Regional Gallery, NSW
‘Who let the dogs out’, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
2007'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2006'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘The 55th Blake Prize for Religious Art’, Blake Society at The Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2005'Contemporary Works on Paper', Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Sydney
'Australian Contemporary Art’, De Récourt Art in association with Australian Galleries at The Gallery in Cork Street, London
‘33’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
‘Desire’, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
‘Small important works’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2004‘A Humble Gesture’, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
‘Group exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale’, McLaren Vale, SA
‘A Freaudian Slip’, BMG Art, Adelaide
‘A Bundanon Exhibition’, Shaolhaven City Arts Centre, Nowra, NSW
2003‘North: Art from the other side of the Yarra’, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne
‘Traditional, Modern & Contemporary’, Savill Galleries, Melbourne
‘Sleeps with Angels – Sex And Death’, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
‘Heat’, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, QLD
2002‘You Thought You Knew’, Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
‘Conrad Jupiters Art Prize’, Gold Coast, QLD
‘Melbourne Art Fair’, Melbourne
‘Sulman Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Ten Significant Artists from Victoria’, Galerie Aniela, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
2001‘Landscape and Environment’, Australian Galleries – Works on Paper, Melbourne
‘Contemporary Australian Works on Paper’, Australian Galleries – Works on Paper, Sydney
2000‘Conrad Jupiters Art Prize’, Gold Coast
‘Melbourne Art Fair’, Melbourne
‘Prints, Drawings and Watercolours’, Australian Galleries – Works on Paper, Melbourne
1999‘Work On Paper’, Australian Galleries (Smith & Stoneley), Brisbane
‘Contemporary Works On Paper’, Australian Galleries – Works on Paper, Sydney
‘Acquisitions Exhibition’, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle
‘Pleasure’, Australian Galleries – Works on Paper, Sydney
‘Visy Board Art Prize’, Tanumba
1998‘Australian Art Fair’, Melbourne
‘Thirteen Artists’, Australian Galleries – Work on Paper, Melbourne
‘Magic Realism’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1997‘Knock Knock’, Australian Galleries – Works on Paper, Melbourne
1994‘Williamstown Summer Festival Art Prize’
MLC Invitation / Acquisitive Exhibition (work acquired)
1993MLC Invitation / Acquisitive Exhibition
1991MLC Invitation / Acquisitive Exhibition
1990‘Artzwick Two’ - BP Acquisitive Exhibition
MLC Invitation / Acquisitive Exhibition (work acquired)
‘Artzwick One’ - Brunswick (work acquired), VIC
1986Alice Prize, NT
1985Alice Prize, NT
1984Mornington Festival of Drawing, VIC
1983Faber Castell Drawing Exhibition

Bibliography

Books
Burrows, Dr Graham; catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, October 1999
Field, Caroline; Quests for Companionship, catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, June 2004
Heathcote, Christopher; Not in Front of the Children, catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne,
May 2003
Heathcote, Christopher; catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, December 2001
Heathcote, Christopher; catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, July 1999
Melbourne Art Fair Catalogue, October 2000
Smith, Bernard et al.; Australian Painting 1788-2000, Oxford University Press, 2001
Wallace-Crabbe, Christopher; catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, June 2000

Periodicals
ABC Arts, Coast to Coast, 10 February 2002
Arts 21, Vol 4 No 3, 1998
Auty, Giles; The Australian, 22 May 1999
Ballamy, Louise; “Visual Arts”, The Age, 24 May 2000
Blue Magazine, October 1998
Brown, Phil; Brisbane News, 12-18 May 1999
“Chair Tops Auction”, Moreland Courier, 25 October 1999
Frost, Andrew; Australian Art Collector, Issue 10, October 1999
Hill, Peter; “Critics Picks”, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 May 2003
Johnston, Christopher, “People Power”, The Age, 3 July 2004
Low, Lenny Ann; “Wonderworld”, Sydney Morning Herald, 10-11 May 2003
Makin, Jeff; “Critic’s Choice”, Herald Sun, 5 July 2004
Michaels, Damian; “Magic Realism”, Arts Visionary Magazine, November 1999
“Mixed Media”, Black & White, Issue 58, December 2001
“Money & Investment”, The Age, 2 October 2000
Nelson, Robert; Review, The Age, 14 May 1997
Nelson, Robert; Review, The Age, 24 November 1999
Nelson, Robert; Review, The Age, 15 December 2001
Topsfield, Jewel; Melbourne Times, 5-11 October 2000
Topsfield, Jewel; The City Weekly, 5-11 October 2000
Smee, Sebastian; Pointy Things”, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 July 1999
Smith, Sue; “Tried Techniques Sustain Shock of the New Talent”, Courier Mail, Brisbane, 13 May 1999

Collections

Artbank, Sydney
Bundanon Trust, NSW
BHP Billiton
City of Moreland, Melbourne
Darwin Museum and Art Gallery, NT
Department of Education, VIC
Deakin University, ACT
Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne
Newcastle Regional Museum, Newcastle
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Private collections in Australia and overseas

Selected Reviews

New Year Group Exhibition | The Sunday Age, Preview | 6 Jan 2005