| Born |
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| 1933 |
Shanghai, China |
| 1948 |
Arrive in Australia |
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| Study |
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| 1985-pres |
Full-time painting |
| 1955-84 |
Freelance illustrator books, fashion, travel articles for Vogue Australia and other magazines |
| 1956-57 |
John Olsen / Mary White School Sydney |
| 1951-54 |
Graduate - Franklin School of Art, New York |
| 1950-51 |
East Sydney Technical College |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
| 2008 |
A Diary of My Days King Street Gallery on William, Sydney, NSW |
| 2005 |
A process of walking, king street gallery on burton, sydney |
| 2004 |
King street gallery at Span Gallery [with Salvatore Gerardi],
Melbourne |
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Film Clips, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT |
| 2003 |
the daily act of living/just doing it, king street gallery on burton |
| 2001 |
around here out there, king street gallery on burton |
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My Children Have Gone to Toowoomba, Chapman Gallery |
| 2000 |
Names and Being, Chapman Gallery |
| 1999 |
substrata, king street gallery on burton |
| 1997 |
Remember, Chapman Gallery |
| 1996 |
New Work, king street gallery on burton |
| 1995 |
New Work, Chapman Gallery |
| 1994 |
Connections, Chapman Gallery |
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The Wayless Way, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney |
| 1991 |
Markers, Blaxland Gallery |
| 1990 |
Out of Alice, Blaxland Gallery |
| 1988 |
Bundle Bungles-Western Australia, Blaxland Gallery |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
2010
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Samstag Samstag Gallery, Adelaide, SA
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| 2009-10 |
Idle Hours National Portrait Gallery, ACT
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| 2009 |
Archibald Prize Exhibition Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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The Drawn Line, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
| 2008 |
Compositions, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
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Archibald Prize Art Gallery NSW, Sydney |
| 2007 |
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2006 |
afilla landscapes, king street gallery on burton |
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Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery New South Wales |
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Doggett Street Studios with king street gallery, Brisbane, QLD |
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Kedumba Drawing Prize, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW |
| 2005 |
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Regional Gallery, Sydney |
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Tattersalls Landscape Prize, Brisbane, QLD |
| 2004 |
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Singular Visions, Cowra Art Gallery, NSW |
| 2003 |
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery on New South Wales |
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The Fleurieu Prize for Landscape, S.A. |
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Ned Kelly Framed, National Trust of Australia, SH Ervin, Sydney |
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64 years, king street gallery on burton |
| 2002 |
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Acquisitions & Donations, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT |
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Two Thirds Sky-artists in desert country, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, NSW |
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last show of the year, king street gallery on burton |
| 2001 |
A Century of Collecting, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney |
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Tattersalls Art Prize, Tattersalls Club & Waterfron Place, Brisbane |
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New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW |
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Monochromatic, king street gallery, sydney |
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views, king street gallery |
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Works on Paper Prize, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre |
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Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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last show of the year, king street gallery on burton |
| 2000 |
women and the landscape, king street gallery |
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Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Kedumba Drawing Prize, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW |
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last show of the year, king street gallery on burton |
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Melbourne Art Fair 2000, king street galley at Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Redlands Westpac Invitational Art Prize, Mosman Regional Gallery |
| 1999 |
Judy Cassab and Jenny Sages, Customs House Gallery, Sydney |
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last show of the year, king street gallery on burton |
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Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
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Moree Plains Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
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Griffith Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
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prize pictures- paintings previously selected for major prize exhibitions, king street gallery on burton |
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Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Tattersalls Art Prize, Tattersalls Club & Waterfront Place |
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New England Regional Art Museum |
| 1998 |
1st Acquisition of the National Portrait Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra |
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Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
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Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW |
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Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, NSW |
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Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Tattersalls Club & Waterfront Place |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Redlands Westpac Invitational Art Prize, Sydney |
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New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW |
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The Alice Prize, Alice Springs Art Foundation, NT |
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last show of the year, king street gallery on burton |
| 1998/99/00 |
Victorian Art Centre Trust, Melbourne,VIC |
| 1997 |
Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW |
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Tamworth City Gallery, NSW |
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Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW |
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Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Landmarks-Contemporary Visions of the Australian Landscape’ Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery, NSW |
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Amnesty International, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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last show of the year, king street gallery on burton |
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Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery |
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Tattersalls Art Prize, Tattersalls Club & Waterfront Place |
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New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale |
| 1996 |
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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The Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
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Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Tattersalls Club & Waterfront Place, Brisbane |
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last show of the year, king street gallery on burton |
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New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW |
| 1995 |
1st Acquisitions Prize, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery |
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Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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The Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin, Sydney |
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The Alice Prize, Alice Springs Art Foundation |
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Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery |
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Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Tattersalls Club & Waterfront Place |
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Waverley City Art Gallery, Sydney |
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New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW |
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All in the Family, National Portrait Gallery |
| 1995/98 |
Wollongong City Art Gallery, NSW |
| 1994/95 |
All in the Family, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra |
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St. Peters Cathedral, Adelaide, SA |
| 1994 |
Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Queensland |
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Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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The Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin |
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The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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The Blake Prize for Religious Art, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney |
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Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Tattersalls Club & Waterfront Place |
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New England Regional Art Museum |
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Passages, Blaxland Gallery |
| 1993 |
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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The Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin |
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The Blake Prize for Religious Art, Blaxland Gallery |
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Tattersalls Art Prize, Tattersalls Club & Waterfront Place |
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New England Regional Art Museum |
| 1992/94 |
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery |
| 1992 |
Newcastle Regional Gallery |
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The Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Tattersalls Club & Waterfront Place |
| 1992/94/95/97 |
Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery |
| 1991 |
The Blake Prize for Religious Art, Blaxland Gallery |
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Westpac Gallery, Melbourne |
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The Alice Prize, Alice Springs Art Foundation |
| 1990 |
1st Olsen Drawing Prize, Bathurst Regional Gallery |
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Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| 1989 |
Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize |
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Celebrating the Australian landscape, Blaxland Gallery |
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| Awards/Prizes |
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| 2006 |
Kedumba Drawing Award [selected by Janet Laurence] |
| 2005 |
Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Campbelltown Purchase Prize, Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery |
| 1994 |
Work on paper, Warringah Art Prize, NSW |
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Mosman Art Prize, Mosman, NSW |
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The Portia Geach Memorial Award |
| 1992 |
The Portia Geach Memorial Award |
| 1991 |
Principal Acquisition-Bathurst Regional Art Gallery |
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| Collections |
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Art Gallery New South Wales |
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Art Bank, Australia |
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Bank of America |
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Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery |
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Department of Transport, Canberra |
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Dresdner Australia Limited |
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Labour Council of NSW |
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New South Wales State Library, Sydney |
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NIDA, Sydney |
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National Library of Australia, Canberra |
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The McDonalds Australia Collection |
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University of New England, NSW |
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Colonial First State Property Ltd |
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Manly Regional Gallery |
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Kedumba Drawing Collection |
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KPMG, Sydney |
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Avillion Hotels |
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Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
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Coles Myer, Australia |
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IBM, Australia |
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Gadens Ridgeway Collection |
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National Portrait Gallery, Canberra |
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Smorgon Collection, Australia |
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Mosman Council, Sydney |
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Macquarie Bank Collection |
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Trust Company of Australia |
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Warringah Council, NSW |
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Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery |
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Montifiore Collection |
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Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW |
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| Selected Biography |
2010
|
Watson, Bronwyn: ‘Public Works’ The Weekend Australian Review, Feb 20-21, p13
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| 2009 |
McDonald, John: ‘The Colours of Democracy’ Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 7-8, p19 |
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Christopher, Lissa: ‘Open Gallery: The Drawn Line’ Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, Nov 28-29, p14
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| 2008 |
Smee, Sebastian: ‘Put on a happy Face’ The Australian, Feb 26, p16 |
| 2007 |
Smee, Sebastian: ‘Famous Faces, Black Sheep’ The Weekend Australian, Feb 24-25 |
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McDonald, John: The Year of the awful, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 24-25 |
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Smee, Sebastian: The best of the rest actually the best, March 8 |
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McDonald, John: In a good year for bad paintings, judges play it safe, Sydney Morning Herald, March 3-4 p3 |
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Smee, Sebastian: Once again, judges leave a yawning gap, The Weekend Australian, Mar 3-4 |
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Smee, Sebastian: Vanity Fair, The Weekend Australian Review, Mar 3-4 p 18-19 |
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McCulloch Susan: Encyclopedia of Australian, Art p |
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Obrien, Sean: Ways of Walking Country, Radio feature on ABC RN Radio National May 12 |
| 2006 |
Grishin, Sasha: The Quiet Achiever, Australian Art Review, Iss 9, Nov 2005-Feb 2006, pp52-54 |
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McDonald, John: It’s like a sausage factory, The Sydney Morning Herald, April 1-2 p28-29 |
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Fox, Angie: Archibald finalist hopes for sweet 16, The Jewish News, March 24 |
| 2005 |
Simmonds, Diana: Landscape meditation, The Sunday Telegraph, Nov 27, p10 |
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Heathwood, Gail: Utopia and Beyond [on the road with Jenny Sages], LOOK Magazine-AGNSW, Aug, pp28-31 |
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Higson, Rosalie: Portraiture gives pollies the brush, Arts-The Australian, Apr 22, p18 |
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Elliott, Simon: True Stories, Portrait- Issue16, National Portrait Gallery Magazine, p20 |
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Fortescue, Elisabeth: That Utopian Ideal, The Daily Telegraph, May 27, p86 |
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Grishin, Sasha The Quiet Achiever, Australian Art Review Mag. Nov.05 |
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McDonald, John: Frame and fortune, Spectrum-Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 16-17, pp8-10 |
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Price, Sarah: Princess Mary portrait a ‘classic’, The Sun Herald, Oct 9 |
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Gal, Jacqui: Wynne’s winner: Jewish artist with Aboriginal heart, The Australian Jewish News, May 6 |
| 2004 |
McDonald, John: Mystique In love with Archibald, The Australian Financial Review, Apr 1, p22 |
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Grishin, Sasha: the circus is back in town, Arts Entertainment-Canberra Sunday Times, Apr 4, p24 |
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Portrait of a hero hits all the right buttons, Arts Express-The Sunday Telegraph, Mar 28, p113 |
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Verghis, Sharon: Face of a thousand generations takes out Archibald Prize, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 27-28, p3 |
| 2003 |
James, Bruce: Bets of three of a kind, or the dealer, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 14, p16 |
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A feast of beauty and colours, The Sunday Telegraph, Mar 30, p115 |
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McCulloch, Susan: Unmoved by a show of no personality, The Weekend Australian, Mar 22-23, p1 |
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Stern, Richard: Sage’s passion makes the bush come alive, The Australian Jewish News, Aug 15, p19 |
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Ann Low, Lenny: The Daily Act of Living, Just the Doing of It, The Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 23-24 |
| 2002 |
Dutkiewicz, Adam: Winning scene-The Fleurieu Biennale 2002, South Australian Times, Nov 24 |
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Knight, Darren & Low, Lenny Ann: Tips to keep you in the picture, Metro-Sydney Morning Herald, May 30, p14 |
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Lumby, Carrie: Two Kings, Australian Art Collector, Issue 19, Jan-Mar, p62 |
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McDonald, John: Sand and Sun – Interpreting the desert on canvas, The Australian Financial Review, June 13 |
| 2001 |
Lum, Maria: The Artistry of Portraiture, Artist’s Palette, No 14, pp8-13 |
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Lum, Maria: Inland Encounters, Artist’s Palette, No 15, pp18-21 |
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James, Bruce: Confounding the critics, Spectrum-Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 31, p12 |
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Genocchio, Ben: Never Mind the Quality, Spot the Archibald Celebrities, The Australian, Mar 18, p8 |
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Szczepaniak, Alejandra: A Sage View, LOOK Magazine, Art Gallery Society of NSW, Mar, p38 |
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McDonald, John & Knight, Darren: Framed, and They’ve got Form Too, Metro-Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15, p13 |
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Sexton, Jennifer: Archibald bell tolls at last for artist…by a nose, The Weekend Australian, Mar 17 |
| 2000 |
James, Bruce: Archie’s Sea Change, Spectrum-Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 25, p12 |
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Auty, Giles: Archibald choice a bit rich, The Weekend Australian, Mar 18-19, p5 |
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Hallett, Bryce: A portrait of the artist as a happy man, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 18 |
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Smee, Sebastian: Review, Metro-The Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 17, p25 |
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Prized Portraits, The Australian Way, Qantas, May, p80 |
| 1999 |
Auty, Giles: Review, The Australian, Apr 3 |
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Grishin, Sasha: Review, Canberra Times, Apr 3 |
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Cousins, Kerry-Anne: Remember, Muse Review-Canberra Times, Sept 19 |
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Cochrane, Peter: Challenging self-portrait wins the Archibald, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 20, p5 |
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Auty, Giles: Review, The Australian, Mar 27 |
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Regular Jewish Arts Festival, The Australian Jewish News, Dec 3 |
| 1998 |
Cochrane, Peter: Australia comes face to face with itself, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 10, p19 |
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Musa, Helen: Acquisitions Unveiled, Canberra Times, Sept 10 |
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McDonald, John: The Winner By a Head, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 2, p14 |
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McDonald, John: Review,’ The Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 11 |
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McDonald, John: The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes, and Dobell Drawing Prize, Spectrum Arts, SMH, March 21 p14 |
| 1997 |
Grishin, Sasha: Clues for the future, The Canberra Times, Sept 17 |
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Cochrane, Peter: No sight, much vision, Blackman feels her way, The Sydney Morning Herald, Mar |
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Fortescue, Elizabeth & Debelle, Penelope; Artful Women, The Daily Telegraph, Aug 30 |
| 1995 |
Cousins, Kerry-Anne: Musecrits Art, Aug |
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McDonald, John: Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15 |
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Lynn, Elwyn: Review, Asian Art News, Mar |
| 1994 |
Capon, Edmund: ‘1994 Mosman Art Prize’, Judging Report, July 22 |
| |
Lynn, Elwyn: ‘Review,’ The Australian, Dec 17 |
| |
Hawkins, Stewart: ‘Mirror,’ Daily Telegraph, Sept 17 |
| |
Morgan, Joyce: The Australian, Sept 16 |
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Watson, Bronwyn: ‘From page to big canvas,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 16, p20 |
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Fenner, Felicity: ‘Review,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 16 |
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Cousins, Kerry-Anne: ‘Musecrits Art,’ May |
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Grishin, Sasha: ‘Jenny Sages: Connections,’ The Canberra Times, Apr 23, pC7 |
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Lynn, Elwyn: ‘Review,’ The Australian, Apr 9 |
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Lynn, Elwyn: ‘Review,’ The Australian, Mar 26 |
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Fenner, Felicity: ‘Review,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 25 |
| 1993 |
France, Christine: ‘Review,’ The Australian, Dec 12 |
| |
Lynn, Elwyn: ‘Review,’ The Australian, Apr 10 |
| 1992 |
Fenner, Felicity: ‘Review,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 22 |
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France, Christine: The Australian, Aug 20 |
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McNicoll, D.D: ‘Standing Tall on a Short Success,’ The Australian, Aug 7, p3 |
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Cochrane, Peter; The Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 7 |
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Lynn, Elwyn: ‘Review,’ The Australian, Feb 22 |
| 1991 |
Lynn, Elwyn: ‘Review,’ The Australian, Dec 14 |
