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| 1953 |
Born Ouyen, Victoria |
| 1974 |
Diploma of Teaching Art/Craft, Melbourne State College |
| 1984 |
Travelled to Italy |
| 1987 |
Travelled to Italy, England, United States |
| 2004 |
Currently painting and teaching at Box Hill TAFE, Melbourne |
| 2004 |
Travelled to Italy |
Artist in residence
| 2001 |
Bundanon - former residence of artist Arthur Boyd now owned by State Government acting as Bundanon Trust |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2008 | 'Graeme Drendel' , Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2007 | 'States of Undress', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | 'Channelling', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2005 | Australian Galleries - Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 2004 | Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
| | 2003 | Australian Galleries – Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
| | 2002 | Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
| | 2001 | Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
| | 2000 | Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
| | 1999 | Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
| | Australian Galleries – Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 1998 | Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
| | 1997 | Australian Galleries – Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
| | 1995 | Mallee Tourist Association, Ouyen
| | 1991 | Mildura Regional Gallery, Mildura
| | 1990 | York Street Gallery, Melbourne |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2008 | ‘Who let the dogs out’, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
| | 2007 | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | 'Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | '50th Anniversary 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)
| | 1993 | MLC Invitation / Acquisitive Exhibition
| | 1991 | MLC Invitation / Acquisitive Exhibition
| | 1990 | ‘Artzwick Two’ - BP Acquisitive Exhibition
| | MLC Invitation / Acquisitive Exhibition (work acquired)
| | ‘Artzwick One’ - Brunswick (work acquired), VIC
| | 1986 | Alice Prize, NT
| | 1985 | Alice Prize, NT
| | 1984 | Mornington Festival of Drawing, VIC
| | 1983 | Faber Castell Drawing Exhibition |
BibliographyBooks
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
CollectionsArtbank, Sydney
Bundanon Trust, NSW
BHP Billiton
City of Moreland, Melbourne
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 ReviewsNew Year Group Exhibition | The Sunday Age, Preview | 6 Jan 2005
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