artists

artists

Trefor Prest

SELECTED WORKS

 
1945South Wales, UK
  
1960 Attended Croydon College of Art, Greater London, UK 
1961Migrated to Australia
1972 Studied single arts subject, Modern European History, La Trobe University, Melbourne 
1972-74 Diploma of Sculpture, National Gallery Art School, Melbourne 
 Oxy-acetylene and Electric Welding qualification, RMIT, Melbourne 
1974-75 Graduate studies in Sculpture, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne 
1995-96 Teaching sculpture part time at University of Ballarat, Balarrat, VIC 

Solo Exhibitions

2011'Fabricated Memories', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Open studio, Castlemaine State Festival, Strangways, VIC
2003Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, VIC
Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
1997Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne
1996Open studio, Castlemaine State Festival, Strangways, VIC
1995University of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
1994Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne
Open studio, Castlemaine State Festival, Strangways, VIC
Australian Galleries, Sydney
1993Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC
1992Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne
1991Australian Galleries, Sydney
1990Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne
Castlemaine Regional Gallery, Castlemaine, VIC

Group Exhibitions

2011'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
2005‘Contempora 2’, Docklands Festival of Sculpture at New Quay, Sydney
2003‘8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition’, University of Hawaii, USA; Touring to Taiwan, Guam and USA
1999‘Volume and Form’, Singapore
1975‘Artists’ Artists’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Bibliography

Anderson, Kerry; "Industrial Evolution", Australian Country Style, December 1997

Andrews, Russell, "Blame it on the Donkey", Owner Builder Magazine, issue 83, 1997

Bak, Henk; "Maritime Sculptures", Craft Arts International, Issue 34, 1995

Davies, John; "Earth and Steel: Mildura's &th Sculpture Triennial", Art in Australia, Vol. 16 no. 1, September 1978

"Fast Forward", Good Weekend Magazine, The Age, Melbourne, 20 July 1991

Germaine, Max; "Artists and Galleries of Australia", Boolarong Publishing, Brisbane, 1984

Green, Charles; Catalogue Essay, 1990

Lawrence, Michel'; "Framed", Hardie Grant Books, 1998

Lynn, Elwyn; "Letter from Australia", Art International, Vol. RX 11/56, 1978

Scarlett, Ken; "Australian Sculptors", Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1980

Sturgeon, Graeme; "The Development of Australian Sculpture", Thames and Hudson, London, 1978

Awards

1980Visual Arts Board Half Standard Grant, Australia
1977 Visual Arts Board Special Projects Grant, Australia 

Collections

Artbank, Sydney

Australian National Gallery, Canberra

BHP Petroleum, Melbourne

Munchkin Inc., Los Angeles, USA

National Capital Development Commission, Canberra

Newcastle Regional Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS

University of Ballarat, VIC

Commissions

1998Tonks Sculpture Prize Perpetual Trophy, Castlemaine, VIC
1997 Lightweight mace replica, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC 
1995 Ceromonial mace, University of Ballarat, VIC