| |  | 1949 | Born 13 February, Sydney, Australia | | | | | | Currently lives and works in Bathurst, NSW | | 1953 | Moved to ‘Umagarlee’, the family property near Wellington, NSW | | 1959-66 | Attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School, Sydney | | 1964 | Moved to Rose Bay, Sydney. Acquired ‘Mount Hope’ property at Coolah, NSW | | 1967 | Enrolled at National Art School, Sydney. Commenced graphic design studies. | | 1969 | Abandoned art studies to become a graphic artist with the Australian Broadcasting Commission. | | 1972 | Artist-in-Residence at Owen Tooth Memorial Cottage, Vence, France, under aegis of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. | | | Toured the United States, Europe and the Middle East. | | 1973 | Study tour of Central Australia with photographers Grant Mudford and Wes Stacey, with particular concentration on Uluru (Ayers Rock). | | 1974 | Acquired Waverton Gas Works studio, Sydney | | 1976 | Expedition to Lake Eyre with artist John Olsen, naturalist Vincent Serventy and Stuart Purves, Director of Australian Galleries | | 1977 | Visited West Coast of the United States | | 1983 | Traveled to Kakadu with Richard Tipping, Frank Hodgkinson and Colin Jack Hinton. | | 1984 | Expedition to Egypt in May under the patronage of Sir Garrick Agnew OBE, in connection with commission of a series of paintings and drawings. | | 1989-98 | Appointed Trustee, Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney (three terms). | | 1993 | Extensive tour of China | | 1994 | Awarded AM for services to contemporary Australian art in the Australia Day Honours | | 1995 | Moved to Bathurst, NSW | | 1996 | Traveled in a Beachcraft Baron to Moree, Longreach, Uluru, Coober Pedy, William Creek Hotel, Lake Eyre and Broken Hill accompanied by John Olsen and Giles Auty. | | 1997 | Traveled to Nemrud Dagi, Turkey. | | 2001 | Traveled to Mexico to witness ‘The Day of the Dead’ festival. Travelled to William Creek and Lake Eyre with, among others, John Olsen, Rodney Pople and Robert Jacks. | | 2003 | Awarded Doctor of Arts by Charles Sturt University, NSW | | | Traveled to Africa in July, touring through Kenya and Tanzania and visiting the major national parks: Masai-Mara, Ngorongoro Crater, Amboseli NP, Samburu Game Reserve, Lake Nakuru NP, Rift Valley, Lake Manyara and Serengeti NP. | | 2008 | Moved to “Blackdown”, Bathurst, NSW | | | | | | For more information on Tim Storrier visit his website: | | | www.storrier.com |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'In Absentia', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2008 | ‘Photographic works’, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Paintings’, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | 2007 | ‘Photographic works’, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, curated by William Wright
| | 2006 | ‘Boys Own’, Sherman Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Pastoral Domestic’, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2005 | ‘Fireworks’, Artspace, Mackay, QLD
| | 2004 | -05 'Great Escapes’, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie, NSW
| | ‘Fire Dreaming’, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney
| | ‘Frank Saxby Acquisitions’, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
| | 2003 | ‘Tim Storrier: Dust and Ashes’, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Tim Storrier Drawings 1971-2003’, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | 2002 | ‘Constructions, Paintings and Drawings from the 1970s and 80s’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 2001 | ‘Storrier’, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
| | Exhibition and book launch, The Art of The Outsider by Catherine Lumby
| | 2000 | 'Art of the Outsider', Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | 'Still Life and Landscape', Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | 1999 | -00 'The Rose Crossing: Contemporary Art in Australia', touring exhibition: Sherman Galleries, Sydney; Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane; Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong; Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth; S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney
| | 'Expanding the View', Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
| | 1998 | ‘Pacific Drift’, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
| | ‘Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair’, Melbourne
| | 1997 | ‘Selected Recent Work’ 1996-1997, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
| | 'Recent Work', Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | 1996 | ‘Ritual’, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Embers’, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Tim Storrier: The Prints, Etchings, Lithographs, Screen Prints’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 'Tim Storrier: The Prints’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Tim Storrier: Two Decades – Paintings and Prints’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Colonial Postcolonial’, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
| | 'The Australian Experience', Galerie Konoha, Japan
| | Presentation of Point to Point, a major work, to the Australian Embassy, Tokyo
| | 1995 | 'Windows on Australia I', in association with the Embassy of Australia, Tokyo
| | Evening, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
| | Schubert Galleries, Gold Coast, QLD
| | Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | Kedumba Drawing Award, Blue Mountains Grammar School, Blue Mountains, NSW
| | 1994 | Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | 1993 | Louis Newman Gallery, Los Angeles
| | 'Tim Storrier – A Survey', Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange, NSW;
| | Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW;
| | Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW;
| | Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
| | Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, NSW
| | 1991 | Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago
| | Christopher Leonard Gallery, New York
| | 1990 | 'Blaze Lines', Fischer Fine Art London, UK
| | 1989 | 'Burning of the Gifts', Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | Fischer Fine Art, London
| | 1988 | 'Australian Bicentennial Exhibition', Fischer Fine Art, London; Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide
| | 1987 | 'Tim Storrier', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1986 | ‘Ticket to Egypt’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Ticket to Egypt’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
| | 1983 | Fischer Fine Art, London, UK
| | 1982 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1981 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1980 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1979 | ‘Paintings, Watercolours and Prints’, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | 1978 | ‘Paintings, Watercolours and Sculpture’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 'Tim Storrier', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1976 | 'Tim Storrier', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1975 | Bonython Gallery, Sydney
| | 1974 | 'Australian Landscape, Expo ‘74', Spokane, Washington, USA
| | 1973 | 'The Death of a Warrior', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1972 | Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1971 | Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
| | Gallery One-Eleven, Brisbane |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2012 | 'Archibald Prize' (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | ‘Archibald Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 2010 | 'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summer Show', Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
| | ‘Australian Masters 2010’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | 2008 | 'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2002 | Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | 2001 | ‘Five Painters’, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | 2000 | -01 ‘Decade: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 10th Anniversary’, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
| | 1996 | 'Greg Weight, Artists’ Portraits', Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
| | 1992 | Chicago International Art Exposition, USA
| | 1985 | ‘Sporting Pictures’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Image and Fabric’, Penrith Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1983 | 'Adelaide Festival Exhibition', Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide
| | 1979 | -84 Represented in the in Print Council of Australia Contemporary Printmakers Touring exhibition, Cananda, USA and UK
| | 1978 | Impressions Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1975 | Bonython Gallery, Sydney
| | 1974 | 'Australian Landscape, Expo', Spokane, Washington, USA
| | 1969 | Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
| | Strines Gallery, Melbourne |
BibliographyVan Nuen, Linda, Point to Point: the Art of Tim Storrier, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1987 Lumby, Catherine, Tim Storrier: The Art of the Outsider, Craftman House, Sydney, 2000 Crawford, Ashley, Lines of Fire: Works on Paper by Tim Storrier, Thames and Hudson, 2003 Capon, Edmund, McGregor, Ken, Wright, William, Zimmer, Jenny, Tim Storrier: Moments, MacMillian Press, 2009
Awards| 2012 | Winner, the Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 2003 | Awarded Doctor of Arts by Charles Sturt University, Bathhurst, NSW | | 1994 | Awarded AM in the Australia Day Honors for sevices to contemporary Australian art | | 1989 | Appointed Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1984 | Awarded the Sir John sulman Prize | | | Awarded ('the Burn'), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | | Australian Writers and Art Directors Award | | 1979 | Awarded Mining Prize, Perth | | 1978 | R,M Ansett Hamilton Art Award | | 1968 | Awarded the Sir John Sulman Prize ('Suzy 350'), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1967 | Sakura Colour Products Prize |
Commissions| 1990 | BHP Commision for International Iron and Steel Institute |
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