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Marcus Wills

SELECTED WORKS

 Marcus Wills
1972Born Kaniva, Victoria
1995Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting)
1995Victorian college of the Arts (Melbourne University)
1989-91Advanced Certificate of Art and Design
1989-91Wimmera Community College of TAFE
1989-91Dandenong TAFE

Solo Exhibitions

2009'The Doom', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2004Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2001Smyrnios Gallery Australia, Melbourne
1999Span Galleries, Melbourne
1992J. Space, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

2010Sulman Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2007'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2006'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2005‘ABN AMRO 2005 Emerging Artist Award’, ABN AMRO Tower, Sydney
2004‘Portraits and other works’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Group exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2003Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Metro 5 Art Prize 2003, Metro 5 Gallery, Armadale, Melbourne
2002Conrad Jupiter Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
2001Blake Prize, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, + National Tour 2002
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers ParadiseMosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
‘Evolution’, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
2000Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills
‘A Passage of Time’, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham
1999‘Two Years of Span Galleries’, Span Galleries, MelbourneConrad Jupiter Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills
1995Re-Entombed Galleries, Armadale

Bibliography

Somerville, Jane; “Figuratively Speaking” Look Magazine (AGNSW Society), June 2006, pg 54
Auty, Giles; “Everyone’s a winner”, Australian, November 27-28 1999, Review pg. 23
Hallett, Bryce; “French impression now part of artists picture”, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 Sep 2000, pg. 6
James, Bruce; “Marcus Wills: Familiar strange”, Australian Art Collector, Apr 2000, pg. 128
Makin, Jeff; “Youthful triumph”, Herald Sun, Feb 10 2003, pg. 72
Sexton, Jennifer; “Seeking a broader picture...” Australian, Sep 8 2000, pg. 2

Awards

2006 Winner, The Inaugural Peter Brock Art Award, Salon de Montsalvat 
2006Archibald Prize - Winner
1999Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship/ Residency
 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Collections

Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Ballarat University
Private Collections

Selected Reviews

Surreal portrait wins Archibald | The Sydney Morning Herald | 24 Mar 2006
Flirting with greatness | Wimmera Mail Times | 23 Mar 2006
New Year Group Exhibition | The Sunday Age, Preview | 6 Jan 2005