CV | Martin King
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| 1957 | Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Studies, Work & Travel |
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| 1994-2009 | Senior Printmaker, Australia Print Workshop, Melbourne |
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| 1996-2002 | Master of Fine Arts, Monash University, Gippsland, Vic |
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| 2000 |
Invited to conduct printmaking workshops in Manila, Philippines | |
| Invited to work in aboriginal community arts project, Millijidee, WA |
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| Speaker-Artist Talk, National Galleryof Victoria, Melbourne |
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| Speaker- third Australian Print Symposium, Canberra |
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| 1996 |
Invited to work with Aboriginal artists on printmaking projects, Jilamara, Melville Island, NT |
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| 1995 |
Exhibited and travelled in China and India |
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| Work and travel in Kimberley region, WA and Melville Island, NT |
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| 1994 |
Artist in Resident, Teenage Roadshow Company, Kimberley’s, WA | |
| 1993-94 |
Part-time Lecturer - Printmaking, Victorian College of the Arts, Melb. |
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| 1990 | Part-time Lecturer - Printmaking, Victorian College of the Arts, Melb. |
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| 1989 |
Artist in Resident, Teenage Roadshow Company, Outback NSW | |
| 1988-89 |
Consultant -Art Installations, New Parliament House, Canberra |
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| 1988 |
Artist in Resident, Teenage Roadshow Company, Outback NSW, QLD & NT |
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| 1986-87 |
Part-time Lecturer - Graphic Investigation, Canberra School of Art, ACT |
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| 1985 |
Part-time Lecturer -Lithography and Etching, Warrnambool Inst. Advanced Education | |
| 1984 |
Lived and worked in France, Spain and London |
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| 1983 |
Artist in Residence, M. Karolvi Foundation, Vence, France |
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| 1982 |
Postgraduate Diploma Fine Art, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney |
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Part-time tutor -Printmaking, Sydney College of the Arts |
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| 1980-81 |
Part-time tutor - Drawing and painting, Darwin Institute of Technology, Darwin |
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| 1976-78 |
Graduate Diploma (Fine Art and Design), Caulfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne |
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| Solo Exhibitions | ||
| 2009 | Overflow, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney | |
| 2008 | Slowly Disappearing Darling, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne | |
| 2007 | Slowly Disappearing Darling, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery |
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| South Georgia Island, Sub Antartica, king street gallery on burton | ||
| South Georgia Island, Sub Antartica, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 2005 | recent works, prints and paintings, king street gallery on burton |
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| Plain Song, Port Jackosn Press gallery, Melbourne | ||
| 2004 | Works on Canvas and Paper, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 2003 | First Rain, king street gallery at Span Galleries, Melbourne | |
| first rain, king street gallery on burton, Sydney | ||
| First Rain: Works on Paper, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne | ||
| 2002 |
Recent Work, lake Gallery, Paynesville, Vic |
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| recent work, king street gallery on burton | ||
| 2001 |
Going Over Old Ground, Mass Gallery, Melbourne |
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| Recent Work, Stephen McLauchlan Gallery, Melbourne |
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| Antipodes Gallery, Sorrento, Melbourne |
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| Masters Exhibition, Mass Gallery |
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| 2000 |
Geodesy, Span Galleries, Melbourne |
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| Recent Work on Paper, Motoworks Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1999 |
Recent Work on Paper, king street gallery on burton | |
| Stephen McLauchlan Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1998 |
An Installation of Paintings, St Stephens Church, Richmond |
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| Footnote, Allison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1997 |
Stephen McLauchlan Gallery, Melbourne |
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| king street gallery on burton |
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| Adelaide Central Art Gallery |
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| Fremantle Arts Centre |
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| 1995 |
king street gallery on burton |
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| 1994 | Gallery Rhumbarallas, Melbourne |
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| Adelaide Central Art Gallery |
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| Recent Prints, East Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne |
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| 1993 |
Launch of artist’s book - Seven Songs Seven Etchings, Darren Knight Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1986 |
Dorretts Gallery, Canberra |
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| Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney |
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| 1994 |
Galleria La Sirena, Barcelona, Spain |
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| Tartessos Galleria, Cadaques, Spain |
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| 1983 |
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1982 |
Robin Gibson Gallery |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2009 |
Gulag, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2008 | Masters Impression, Roopankar, Museum of Fine Arts, Bhopal, India | |
| Strathbogies NE Victoria, Strathbogies Ranges, James Makin Gallery |
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| 2007 |
Printed, Warrnambool Art Gallery | |
| The Bird Show, MARS Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 2006 | last show of the year, king street gallery on burton | |
| Salon de Montsalvat, Monsalvat Gallery, Melbourne | ||
| South Georgia Sub Antartica, Dickerson Gallery, Sydney | ||
| South Georgia Sub Antartica, MARS Gallery |
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| Broken Hill Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery (Winner) | ||
| 2005 |
Winter Collection, Port Jackosn Press Gallery | |
| last show of the year, king street gallery on burton | ||
| ALTITUDE, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Vic | ||
| MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne | ||
| 2004 |
Contemporary Australian Prints From the Collection, AGNSW |
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| Collectors Exhibition, Port Jackson Press Galllery | ||
| ALTITUDE, Dantesc Upstairs Gallery, Melbourne |
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| National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery |
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| MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, MLC, Melbourne (acquired) | ||
| Recent Acquisitions, Deakin University Art Collection, Stonington Stables Museum of Art | ||
| Practice in Progress, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne |
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| 23, Port Jackosn Press Gallery | ||
| 2004 Artist for Kids, Jackman Gallery, Mlebourne | ||
| Melbourne Affordable Art Fair, Exhibitions Building, Melbourne |
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| Drawing Dust/ALTITUDE, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne | ||
| Impressions 2004, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne |
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| 2003 |
Drawing Dust, Span Galleries, Melbourne; Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China & John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah Gallery, Melbourne |
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| Geodesy: Carleton Digital Arts Festival 2003, Bilou Art Gallery, Carelton College, Minnesota, USA |
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| Asia Print Adventure, Hokkaido Museum of Contemporary Art, Saporro, Japan |
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| People in a Landscape, Contemporary Australian Prints, Manege Exhibtion Hall, St Petersburg Russia; United Nations, Geneva, Cannakale State Fine Art Gallery, Turkey |
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| Australian Works on Paper Fair, Sydney |
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| MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, MLC, Melbourne | ||
| 2002 |
People in a Landscape, Contemporary Australian Prints, Chiang Mai University and Art Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand; German Foreign Office, Berlin | |
| Terrain, Upstairs Gallery, Melbourne |
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| king street gallery on burton at Span Gallery, Melbourne |
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| Artists’ Books, Stable Galleries, Deakin Univerity, Melbourne |
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| Exhibition, Motorworks Gallery, Melbourne Grammar School |
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| 2001 |
New Wave, Port Jackson Press Gallery |
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| Some Artists’ Books, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
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| People in a Landscape -Contemporary Australian Prints, travelling exhibition to Singapore, Thailand & Columbo |
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| Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Regional Gallery, Sydney |
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| Minutiae, Australian Print Workshop |
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| Art by Gum, Herring Island, Melbourne |
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| Exquisite Corpse, City of Monash Art Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 2000 |
Melbourne Art Fair 2000, king street gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
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| In Passing, Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, Vic |
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| People in a Landscape, - Contemporary Australian Prints, Holmes a Court Gallery, perth |
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| Proof Positive, Gold Treasury Museum, Old Treasury Building, Melbourne |
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| Exquisite Corpse, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, Victoria | ||
| The 15th Annual Asian Art Exhibition, Tainan Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taiwan | ||
| 1999-2001 |
We Are Australian, Travelling Exhibition, Australia Capital Cities |
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| 1999 |
Exquisite Corpse, Bendigo Art Gallery |
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| Travelling Around, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong |
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| Australian Paper Art Awards Exhibition, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University |
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| National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, Vic |
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| Mapping Our Countries, Diamu Gallery, Australian Museum, Sydney |
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| Impressions, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne |
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| last show of the year, king street gallery on burton |
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| 3rd Australian Paper Awards, George Adams Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1999 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery |
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| Skin Culture, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney |
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| The 4th Kochi International Triennial of Prints, Japan |
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| Look Again, New Works on Paper, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| 1998 |
Australian Prints, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Transformations- The Fine Art Prize and the Computer, RMIT Gallery |
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| Australian Contemporary Art Fair 6, Royal Exhibiiton Building, Melbourne |
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| Geelong Print Prize (purchased), Geelong Regional Gallery, Vic |
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| National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsular Art Gallery, Vic |
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| Asia print Adventure 1998, Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan |
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| A Flourishing Ecology, Tasmania School of Art, Hobart |
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| A Fine Line, king street gallery on burton |
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| Decalogue - A Catalogue of Ten Years of Australian Printmaking 1987-1997, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Korea |
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| Skin Culture, George Gallery, Melbourne; John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong; Creation Gallery, Beijing; Seni Dunia Centre, Bali, Indonesia |
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| Made in Cuba, Melbourne, Fringe Festival, Leviathan Building, Melbourne |
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| 1997 |
Prints from the APW, British Musuem, London; Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne 8th International Biennial of Print and Drawing Exhibition, R.O.C. Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Rena Allen Jones Print Award (purchased), Warrnambool, Vic |
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| John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong |
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| king street gallery on burton |
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| Works on Paper, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery |
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| Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA |
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| Australian Printmedia Awards, Casula Powerhouse, Campbelltown, NSW |
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| Geelong Print Prize, Geelong Regional Art Gallery |
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| Williamstown Festival Invitation Print Prize, Williamstown, Vic |
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| 1996 |
gallery artists, king street gallery on burton |
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| Australian Printmaking in the 1990’s, Australian Print Workshop |
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| Mornington Peninsular Art Gallery Invitational Prize |
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| International Artists Book Fair, Graham Galleries, Brisbane |
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| International Artists Book Fair, Barbican Centre, London | ||
| A Four Art, West Space, Melbourne |
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| Kids for Culture Trust Exhibition, George Gallery |
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| Artists Books, Australian Print Workshop |
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| 1995 |
Making Their Mark - Ten Artists From China, USA & Australia, Wan Fun Gallery, Beijing, China; Meridian Gallery, Melbourne |
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| Bharat Bhavan International Biennale of Prints, Bhopal, India |
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| NON, Greenpeace Fundraising Exhibition, Ether Ohnetitel, Melbourne |
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| Halter of this World (installation, Roar Studios 2) Melbourne |
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| Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre |
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| Alice Springs Invitation Art Award, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT |
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| international/interstate, king street gallery on burton |
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| Past Its Shelf Life, Meridian Gallery |
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| Nilumbik invitation Art Award, Eltham, Vic |
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| Partners in Print, Australian Print Workshop |
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| Australian Felix, Benalla Arts Festival, Benalla, Vic |
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| 1994 |
Conrad Jupiter’s Gold Coast Invitation Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery Australian Contemporary Art Fair 4, Melbourne Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
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| Reinventing the Grid, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne |
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| four new artists, king street gallery on burton |
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| Blake Prize for Religious Art, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney |
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| Christmas Show, Meridian Gallery |
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| 1993 |
Original Prints, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney |
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| Partners in Print, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne |
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| 1992 |
Transitional Times Plus, RMIT Gallery |
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| Fleur Montgomery Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1991 |
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre |
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| 1990 |
Conflict of Interest, Canberra Contemporary Art Space |
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| Diamond Valley Invitation Art Award, Melbourne |
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| Mornington Print Prize, Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, Vic |
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| 1989 |
Diamond Valley Invitation Art Award |
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| Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne |
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| Beneath the Surface, selected work from the ARCO Coal Corp. Collection, touring Queensland |
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| 1988-89 |
10:1 Print Project, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra; Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Vic; Print Council of Australia Gallery, Melbourne; Tin Shed Gallery, Sydney |
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| 1987 |
Salon Coda, Bitumen River Gallery, Canberra |
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| 1986 |
Time and Place, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra |
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| 1985 | Invitation Drawing Exhibition, Tokyo; Okinawa; Sunday City; Japan |
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| 1984 |
Joan Miro International Drawing Prize, Miro Foundation, Barcelon, Spain |
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| 1983 |
Exposition, M. Karolvi Foundation, Venice |
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| 1982 |
Exhibition 10, Print Council of Australia |
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| 1979 |
Five Printmakers, Oz Print Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1978 |
Printmakers and Sculptures, Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Melbourne |
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| Awards | ||
| 2008 | Fremantle Print Award (purchased) | |
| 2006-07 | Commission Prize, Royce Hotel, Melbourne | |
| 2006 |
Works on Paper Prize, Salon de Montsalvat, Montsalvat Gallery | |
| First Prize, Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill | ||
| 2003 | First Prize, Inaugural R M McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2002 |
Arts Victoria Grant, Drawing Dust Exhibiiton |
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| Print Commission, Crown Hotel Tower 2 Crown Casino, Melbourne |
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| 1999 |
3rd Prize, 4th Kochi international Triennial of Prints, Japan |
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| 1997 |
2nd Prize, Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre |
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| 1996 |
Print Commission, Crown Hotel - Crown Casino, Melbourne |
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| 1995 | Honourable Mention, Bharat Bhavan International Print Biennale, India |
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| 1994 |
Honourable Mention, Bharat Bhavan International Print Biennale, India |
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| 1991 |
12 Drawings for Australian Labour Party Centenary (commissioned by the ALP) Australian Labour Party National Office, Canberra |
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| 1990 |
Member Print Commission, Print Council of Australia |
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| 1983 |
Visual Arts Board Overseas Studio, Owen Tooth Memorial Cottage, Venice |
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| 1978 |
Arches Rives Works on Paper Award |
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| Collections | ||
| Allen, Allen & Hemsley |
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| Allens Arthur Robunson, Sydney |
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| Arco Coal Collection, Australia | ||
| Artbank, Australia |
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| Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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| Art Gallery of South Australia |
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| Australian National Bank |
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| Australian National Gallery, Canberra |
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| Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne |
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| Bharat Bhavan Museum, Bhopal, India |
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| British Museum, London, UK |
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| Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery |
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| Carleton College Library, Minessota, USA |
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| Chisolm Insititue of Technology, Vic |
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| Deakin University Art Collection, Vic |
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| Education Department of Victoria |
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| Eltham College, Vic |
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| Faulding Collection, Adelaide |
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| Geelong Regional Art Gallery, Vic |
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| Gippsland Art Gallery |
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| James Hardie Collection, Sydney |
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| Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW |
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| Mackay Regional Art Gallery |
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| Macquarie Bank, Sydney |
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| Maroondah Art Gallery |
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| M Karolvi Foundation, Vence, France |
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| MLC, Melbourne |
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| Monash University, Vic |
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| Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery |
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| National Australia Bank |
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| National Gallery of Victoria |
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| Nillumbik Art Collection, Eltham, Vic |
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| Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences |
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| Northern territory University |
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| Outback Arts INQ, QLD |
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Print Council of Australia |
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| Queensland State Library | ||
| RACV Art Collection |
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| State Bank of NSW |
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| Sydney College of the Arts |
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| Tamworth City Gallery, NSW |
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| University College of Southern QLD |
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| Victorian College of the Arts |
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| Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Vic |
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| Selected Bibliography | ||
| 2009 | ‘Life: Martin King’, SM, June 27-28, p20 | |
| 2007 | Mulholland, Henry & Glover, Richard; South Georgia Island, Sub Antartica, Prints by Martin King, 702 ABC Sydney |
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| Webb, Penny: The Sunday Age July | ||
| 2006 | Meacham, Steve: ‘After the Hunters, a Gentle Land’, SMH, Nov 17 | |
| O’Brien, Mary: ‘Paradise Regained’, The Age, Aug 1 | ||
| Harbant, Gill: ‘Putting the Seal on the Wild Wandering’, The Melbourne Age |
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| Smith, Damien: ‘South Georgia Island’ Exhibition Catalogue, MARS Gallery, July | ||
| 2005 |
Harding, Lesley: ‘Plainsong’ Exhibition Catalogue, Port jackson Press, Seotember |
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| Grishin, Sasha: ‘Profiles in Print -Martin King’ Craft Arts International No 64, pp 58-60Arts Exceed Expectations, journal July 8 |
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| Backhouse, Megan: ‘Galleries’ The Age (Melbourne) magazine, Issue #11, September | ||
| Field, Caroline: ‘The Coming of the Rains’, Printmaking Today, International magazine of graphic art, vol 14, #2 | ||
| Makin, Jeff: Winter Collection 2005 Catalogue, Port Jackson Press, June |
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| 2004 |
Wandjina @ Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Independent Review, July 20 |
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