| |  | 1957 | Born in Northamptonshire, England | | | |
I am not a 'political' artist, but rather an observer of human nature... I like to note the foibles of the human condition, saving little quotes and ideas for some time before I eventually use them. I like to think of my paintings as 'parallel worlds', which allow for the concentrated narratives I like to develop.
- Neil Cuthbert, 2002
more ...| 1973 | Completed General Certificate of Education, School captain and dux, Raunds High School, Northamptonshire, England | | 1974-75 | Completed Maritime Radio-communications General Certificate at Lowestoft Technical College of Further Education in Suffolk, England | | 1975-81 | Served as Marine Radio Officer in the British Merchant Navy on a variety of vessels including MV Benarty, MV Foreland, MV Rudby, MV Avon Forest, MV Dalma , MV Manchester Vigour, and MV Benefactor | | 1978 | Served on the Isle of Man Ferry, the Manx Maid, sailing between Liverpool and Douglas Completed a Basic Sea Survival Course at the Merchant Navy College, Greenhithe, Kent Also served on the SS Al Dhafrah, between July and November
Sailing between Cape Town, South Africa and Bahrain and San Juan, Porto Rico | | 1979 | Married Jacqueline Elizabeth Loveday in the Raunds Church on 8th September 1979 | | | Served on the Dover to Boulogne ferry NF Tiger | | 1980 | Served again on the SS Al Dhafrah, sailing between St. Croix Island in the US Virgin Islands, and Ras al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from March to July 1980
Migrated to Australia and acquired land in Jervis Bay, NSW
Served on the bulk carrier Loch Maree sailing between Port Hueneme in California and Japan from September 1980, but disembarked in Singapore on 13 January 1981, in order to fly home for birth of daughter | | 1981 | Daughter Jenny born on 18th February 1981
Returned to service on SS Al Dhafrah from 12 March 1981
Evacuated at Cape Town on 20th May 1981 en-route from Khawr Fakkan in the UAE to St. Croix and treated for suspected appendicitis in Johannesburg
Flown home to Australia and accepted position with Commonwealth Lighthouse Service | | 1981-91 | Served as a Marine Radio and Electronics Officer in the CLS
Served on the Lighthouse Tenders MV Cape Pillar (briefly) and MV Cape Moreton, the latter servicing navigational aids along the Queensland coast from Brisbane to Weipa | | 1982 | Son David born on 5 Nov 1982 | | 1987-90 | Candidate for the Associate Diploma of Fine Arts at West Wollongong TAFE, Graduated with Credit | | 1990-93 | Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong, with an Honours year in 1993, achieving High Distinctions, Distinctions and Credits in all subjects and a place in the 1992 Dean’s Merit List for the Faculty of Arts, Graduated with Hons Class II, Div. 1 in May 1994 | | 1990-95 | Conducted workshops in watercolour painting for High School Arts students in 1993, and also taught in general Art Classes for Adult Education in Nowra, NSW | | 1994 | Candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Wollongong Graduated in October 1995
Practical teaching appointments in a number of High Schools | | 1995 | Visual Arts teacher at Bowral High School, NSW | | 1996 | Moved to Orange and took up position at Orange TAFE, NSW teaching Fine Arts | | | Enrolled in MFA degree (by research) at COFA, University of New South Wales | | 2000 | Graduated as Master of Fine Arts in May 2000. Thesis entitled ‘The construction of Pictorial space and its influence upon the narrative in paintings of travel and Relocation’ |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corner's, Australlian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 2009 | ‘Cuthbert: The Painter’s Progress’, Survey and Touring exhibition, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
| | 2007 | Artarmon Galleries
| | 2004 | Artarmon Galleries, Sydney
| | 2001 | ‘An Architect’s progress’, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
| | 1999 | Solo exhibition of paintings on the theme ‘Migration by sea’, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
| | Artarmon Galleries, Sydney
| | 1996 | Artarmon Galleries, Sydney
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Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 'Summer Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 2010 | 'Narrative Realism: A world observed', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2009 | 'Summer Show', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 2008 | ‘Confronting the black dog’, donated to and exhibited at Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
| | 2003 | ‘Art and Theatre’, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney
| | The inaugural meeting of the Western District River Wideners Association, acquired by and exhibited at Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
| | 1999 | ‘Expanding the View’, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
| | 1993 | ‘The National Graduate Show 93’, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
| | ‘The Post Office: food for thought’, Old Post Office, Nowra, NSW
| | ‘Abracadabra’, Canberra School of Art, Canberra
| | ‘New Work’, with Lisa Havilah, Long Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
| | ‘Busts, Boats and By the Way’, Graduating BCA Honours exhibition, Illawarra Technology Centre, Wollongong, NSW
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BibliographyBOOKS & CATALOGUES
‘Cuthbert: The Painter’s Progress’, to accompany the 2009 Survey and Touring exhibition, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW Awards2006 ‘Great Man History: Designing a Water Feature’, Sir John Sulman Prize (finalist), Sydney
‘A Fundamental Fork in the Road’, Blake Prize for Religious Art (finalist) and included in the Touring exhibition, Sydney
‘A Murder of Crows’, Kilgour Prize (finalist), Newcastle, NSW
CollectionsNewcastle Regional Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
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