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Wendy Sharpe
| Born | 1960 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Studies, Work & Travel |
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| 1991-92 | M.A. (Fine Arts), College of Fine Arts, University of NSW |
| 1989 | Mercedes Benz Scholarship: travel to Egypt, Israel, Greece, and Italy |
| 1986 | Dr Denise Hickey Studio, Paris, France
Marten Bequest Travelling Art Scholarship: Europe and New York |
| 1984 | Graduate Diploma of Professional Art, City Art Institute |
| 1983 | Graduate Diploma of Education, City Art Institute |
| 1980-82 | B. A. (Visual Arts), City Art Institute, Sydney |
| 1978-79 | Art Certificate, Seaforth Technical College, Sydney |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2008 | Paris Paintings and Drawings, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
| 2007 | Stories from the Studio Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2006 | Opera Series Paintings and Drawings, King Street Gallery on Burton
Million Dollar Mermaid, Australian National Maritime Museum |
| 2005 | Artist and City Paintings and Spanish Series, Chapman Gallery, Canberra |
| 2004 | Paintings (City Series), King Street Gallery on Burton
Travel Paintings, Phillip Bacon Gallery |
| 2003 | Recent Paintings, Chapman Gallery ,Act
Paintings, Phillip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2002 | Wendy Sharpe: a selection of works 1999-2002, King Street Gallery on Burton at Span Galleries, Melbourne
New Paintings, King Street Gallery on Burton |
| 2000 | New Beginnings-East Timor, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
East Timor, King Street Gallery on Burton |
| 1999 | Drawings, Paintings and mixed media works for The Annette Kellermann Mural (at Cook & Phillip Aquatic Centre, Sydney) King Street Gallery, Sydney |
| 1997 | Night Paintings, King Street Gallery on Burton |
| 1996 | New Work, King Street Gallery on Burton |
| 1995 | New Work, King Street Gallery on Burton |
| 1993 | Recent Paintings, Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney |
| 1991 | Ghosts, Pod Theatre, Sydney |
| 1990 | Magic Paintings, DC Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 1989 | Recent Paintings, DC Art Gallery |
| 1987 | Selected Work, Nidus Gallery, Sydney |
| 1986 | Fire Inside, First Impressions Gallery, Sydney
Lingering Images, Visual Arts Gallery, Sydney |
| 1985 | Sex and Death, Nicholson Street Gallery, Sydney |
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| Selected Group and Survey Exhibitions |
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| 2007 | Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery
An artist at my table, Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney NSW
Dusk to Dawn, The Delmar Gallery, Sydney
Cuisine & Country, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
Salon Des Refuse, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Squared, Greenhill Gallery, Perth
Group Therapy, Chapman Gallery |
| 2006 | The Inaugural Adelaide Perry Prize For Drawing, Sydney
The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Salon Des Refuse, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Witness to WAR [official art and photograhy 1999-2003], SH Ervine Gallery [travelling NSW] |
| 2005-07 | Fireworks-tracing the incendiary in Australian Art, (curated by Gavin Wilson) travelling to regional galleries throughout NSW; Qld; Vic |
| 2005 | Collaboration- Sydney Printmakers Gosford Regional Gallery; Tweed River Art Art Gallery, NSW; Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld
Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery New South Wales
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Regional Gallery, Sydney
Salon des Refuse, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Art + Humour, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Walking the Line- an exhibition of drawing by National Art School Staff, (curated by Lesley Harding) Cell Block Theatre, NAS |
| 2004 | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Drawcard, National Art School, Sydney
2004 The Year in Art, National Trust, SH Irvin Gallery
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Spectrum 2004, [FONAS], Parliament House, Sydney
Westpac Art Prize, Sydney
Reg Richardson Collection Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery |
| 2003 | The Salon Des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney
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The Dobell Prize for Drawing , Art Gallery of New South Wales
Winner- Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, SH Ervin Gallery
AGNSW 50th Anniversary Exhibition and Auction, Sydney
Winner- Allen Gamble Memorial Art Prize (in conjunction with Mosman Art Prize), Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Ned Kelly-Framed, National Trust of Australia, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| 2002 | The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
King Street Gallery at Span Galleries, Melbourne
Kedumba Drawing Prize, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
Portia Geach Portrait Prize, SH Evin Gallery, Sydney
Erotica, Metro5, Melbourne
Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| 2001 | Federation, (curated by John McDonald) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
A Studio in Paris - Australian Artists at the Cite, (curated by Jane Watters), S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Works on Paper,(2 person show with Nora Heysen), Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
Studio Tradition, (curated by Therese Kenyon), Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
Bat, Ball and Brush, A Summer of Cricket and Art at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Art on Steel, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Wollongong City Gallery, NSW; Museum of Tropical Queensland, Qld (& travelling) |
| 2000 | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Last Show of the Year, King Street Gallery on Burton
Ceramics and Works on Paper, (collaborative with Janna Ferris), Chapman Gallery, Canberra
Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Greatest Show on Earth, Cutcliffe Gallery, Sydney |
| 1999-2003 | Witness to War-Australian War Memorial, (curated by Claire Baddeley &
Katherine McMahon), Mornington Regional Art Gallery & travelling throughout NSW; Qld; Vic |
| 1999 | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Gallery Artists, King Street Gallery on Burton
Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, SH Ervin Gallery |
| 1998 | Last Show of the Year, King Street Gallery on Burton |
| 1997 | Gallery Artists, King Street Gallery on Burton |
| 1996 | Winner- The Archibald Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Gallery Artists, King Street Gallery on Burton |
| 1995 | The Archibald Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales and travelling exhibition: Moree Regional Art Gallery; Dubbo Regional Art Gallery; Wagg
Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Winner- Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, SH Ervin Gallery
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Winner- Kedumba Drawing Prize, Kedumba Gallery |
| 1994 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales and travelling exhibition: Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery and Tamworth Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Erotic/Exotic, (2 Person with Tim Schultz), Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
King Street Gallery on Burton |
| 1993 | Portia Geach Exhibition, SH Ervin Gallery |
| 1992 | Critic's Choice, Macquarie Gallery, Sydney
Portia Geach Exhibition, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Archibald Prize, Salon des Refuses, S H Ervin Gallery |
| 1991 | Erotic/Exotic, Inner Circle Gallery, Sydney
Portia Geach Memorial Portait Prize, SH Ervin Gallery
A Figurative Focus, Tamworth Regional Art Gallery
The Intimate Experience (Australian Women's Images of Women), Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney |
| 1990 | International Women's Exhibition, Women's Gallery |
| 1989 | Modern Muses: Classical Mythology in Australian Art (1940 - 1989), S H Ervin Gallery |
| 1988 | Elysian Muses Return, EMR Gallery, Sydney
Fresh Art, S H Ervin Gallery |
| 1986 | Winner- Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| 1985 | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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| Selected Awards, Prizes and Major Commissions |
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| 2004 | Limited edition print for Inaugural Fine Art Heritage Fund Raising Program for
the Australian Red Cross (launched 6 Nov, Brisbane Room, Brisbane City Hall, Qld) |
| 2003 | Allen Gamble Memorial ArtPrize, Sydney
Portia Geach Memorial Award |
| 1999 | Commissioned as Australian Offical War Artist to East Timor, Australian War Memorial, ACT |
| 1998-99 | Commissioned by the City of Sydney for Olympic pool murals based on the life of Annette Kellerman (8 panels), Cook & Phillip Aquatic Centre |
| 1998 | Bathurst Art Prize, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery |
| 1996 | Archibald Prize Winner, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| 1995 | Kedumba Drawing Prize, New South Wales
Portia Geach Portrait Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney |
| 1992 | Robert Le Gay Bereton Drawing Prize |
| 1991-92 | Australia Post Graduate Research Award |
| 1990-95 | Waverley Art Prize, New South Wales |
| 1989 | Mecedes Benz Art Scholarship |
| 1986 | Awarded tenancy Cite International Studio, Paris
Dyason Bequest
Marten Bequest, Travelling Art Scholarship
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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| Collections |
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Art Gallery of New South Wales
University of Sydney
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Australian Embassy, Paris, France
Australian Embassy, Paris, France
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
BHP Australia
City of Sydney Council
University of Sydney
Kedumba Drawing Collection
Orange Regional Gallery
Qantas
Waverley Council
Warringah Council |
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| Selected Bibliography |
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| 2007 | Lloyd, Ian (photographer) and McDonald, John: Studio: Australian Painters on the Nature
of Creativity
McDonald,John: Anything goes in the silly season, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24-25 March, pg.16
Wilson, Gavin Cuisine & Country, Catalogue
McDonald, John. A tasty treat for the senses, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5-6 May, pg.16 |
| 2006 | McDonald, John: Tour of duty by lens and brush, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22-23 July, pgs.16-17
Schmidt, Lucinda: Profile: Wendy Sharpe, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 September, pg.3
Million Dollar Mermaid , The Weekender - Good Weekend, 14 January, pg.12 |
| 2005 | McDonald, John: Drawn to the flames, Spectrum The Sydney Morning Herald, 10-11 December, pg.29
Smee, Sebastian: Face Value, Review-Weekend Australian, 23-25 April, pg.R4-R5
Fortescue, Elisabeth: Arty laugh, Sydney Live-The Daily Telegraph, 4 April, pg.63
Wilson, Gavin: Fireworks-Tracing the Incendiary in Australian Art, Art Space Mackay catalogue
Walking the Line-drawings by National Art School Staff, catalogue, NAS
Weight, Craig Australian Icons Framed, National Trust, p37
As a Crossword Clue, 23-24 April, pg.60
Jingzhe Li (editor): Australian Contemporary Painting: The Classic Works of 42 Excellent Artists, Shanghai Peoples Fine Arts Publishing House, pgs.101-104
Witness to War-Official Art and Photography 1999-2003, published by Australian War Memorial
Griffin, Sasha: The Canberra Times September |
| 2004 | Speck, Catherine: Painting Ghosts, published by Craftsman House Press, pgs.200-203
Churcher, Betty: The Art of War, published by The Miegunyah Press, pgs.166-168
Weight, Greg: Australian Artists, published by Chapter & Verse, pgs.166
Davies, Alan: An Eye for Photography, published by The Miegunyah Press, pgs.104-105
Hill, Peter: Creative thoughts, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 November, pg.44
Mclean, Sandra: Different Destination, The Courier Mail, 8 October, pg.4
Brown, Phil: Wendy Sharpes brush with travel, Brisbane News, October, pg.39
Hill, Peter Two to tango, Spectrum The Sydney Morning Herald, 16-17 October, pg.18
Pierce, Peter: Dispatches from the Homefront, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4-5 September, pg.13
Fortescue, Elizabeth: city at night, Sydney Live - The Daily Telegraph, 9 April, pg.65
Higson, Rosalie: The Face, Profile - The Weekend Australian, 10-11 April, pg.R3*
Morgan, Joyce: Enter at their own risk, Spectrum The Sydney Morning Herald, 6-7 March, pg.4
Artist Week- Visual Arts Program, Adelaide Festival Artist Week, 28 February 4 March |
| 2003 | Reid, Michael: Always buy the works you love, The Weekend Australian, 8-9 February, pg.42
Higson, Rosalie: Work from a womans perspective, The Australian, 26 September, pg.16
Low, Lenny Ann: Paper and tigers, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11-12 October
Fortescue,Elizabeth: A Sharpe focus on herself, The Daily Telegraph, 26 September, pg.105
Verghis, Sharon: Rampant colour and chaos float in teacup over sea of restraint, The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 September, pg.5
Visual: A Thousand Words-East Timor Concert, The Weekend Australian Mag, 20-22, December, pg.2
Musa, Helen: New book captures the true colours of war, The Canberra Times, 21 May
Guerrera, Orietta: Book marks artists in conflict, The Age, 21 May, pg.7
Price, Jenna: Painting in sharp focus, The Canberra Times, 14 June, pg.17
Wilkins, Lola [editor]: Artist in Action (from the collection of the Australian War Memorial) , Australian War Memorial Publication [front cover image]
Gower, Steve: Artist in Action (from the collection of the Australian War Memorial) , Australian War Memorial Publication, Lola Wilkins [editor], pgs.156-157
Minus, Jodie: The Face-Gavin Wilson, The Weekend Australian, 8-9 February, pg.R3
Symmonds, Diana: An Artist at her Peak, The Sunday Telegraph, 19 October, pg.120
Ball, Amelia: Portrait wins Praise, The Glebe and Inner Western Weekly, 8 October, pg.23
Buttenshaw, Lucy: Wendy Sharpe and Janna Ferris, (cover), Pottery in Australia, Spring/Summer, pg.23
Callagon, Greg: A thousand Words-A painting by Wendy Sharpe, The Weekend Australian Magazine, 20-21 December |
| 2002 | Thomas, David: Erotica Today, catalogue for Erotica exibition, Metro5, 27 February - 17 March
Aldred, Debra: Ms Contrary, The Courier Mail, 6 November, pg.23
Low, Lenny Anne: Lets be serious its Archibald time, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May
Lumby, Carrie: Two Kings, Australian Art Collector, Issue 19 January-March, pg.62 |
| 2001 | McDonald, John: Australian Art and Society 1901- 2001, catalogue for Federation exhibition, National Gallery of Australia
Morgan, Joyce: How to win the Archibald, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 March, pgs.2,14
Fortescue, Elizabeth: The Year of Living Famously, The Daily Telegraph, 10 March, pgs.12,13
Bevan, Scott: East Timor Drawings, (cover and review), Newcastle Herald Weekend Supplement, 24 February
Blinksell, Magella: Wendy Sharpe, Reviews, Muse, August, pg.11 |
| 2000 | Taylor, Elena: Christmas in East Timor, Art on View, National Gallery of Australia, Summer, pg.17
Wilkens, Lola: New Beginnings-East Timor, catalogue Australian War Memorial
Kidd, Courtney: Critics Picks, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18-24 August, pg.27
Hynes, Victoria: Sharpe focus on East Timor, Galleries,-Sydney Morning Herald, August, pg.15
Auty, Giles: Into the breach with paintbrush, Arts Review - TheWeekend Australian, Arts Review, 15-16 July, pg.23
Fortescue, Elizabeth: At The Sharpe End, The Daily Telegraph, 8 July, pg.112
Taylor, Kerry: Art gives a glimpse of Timorese journey, The Canberra Age, 5 July, pg.7
Wills, Jenny: house painting, The Sunday Telegraph, 25 June, pg.17
Sharp images of battle, The Sun Herald, 25 June
Szczepaniak, Alex: Art keeps the peace, LOOK magazine (Art Gallery of NSW), 18-20 May
James, Bruce: Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 March, pg.12
Duncan, Susan: Images of war (Wendy Sharpe in East Timor), The Australian Womens Weekly, March, pgs.56-57
Smee, Sebastian: Between the lines, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 November, pg.12
Beyond the Frame, Visual Arts Resource Package, Department of Education and Training |
| 1999 | Stuart, Sarah: Sydneys new pool opens with a splash, The Sunday Telegraph, 8 February
Ryan, Anne: Australias mermaid, LOOK magazine (Art Gallery of NSW), August, pgs.20,35-36
Trute, Peter: Water wonderland, The Daily Telegraph, 30 July, pg.21
Jamieson, Tim: A pool of resources is the new way to park, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 July
Morgan, Joyce: Vaudeville star makes a new splash, June
McCabe, Susan: Million Dollar Mermaid, Artwrite, Issue #18, pgs.28-29
Hallett, Bryce: Captain canvas reporting for duty, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December, pg.1
Albert, Jane: New war artist expecting a grim picture, The Australian, 9 December, pg.5
Ross, Peter: Lets Face It (The History of the Archibald Prize),, Art Gallery of NSW [front cover image]
Ross, Peter: Lets Face It (The History of the Archibald Prize), Art Gallery of NSW, pgs.110-111&140
Smee, Sebastian: In Combative Mode, The Galleries, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 October, pg.17
Fortescue, Elizabeth: Images True to Life (Drawing on History), 13 November, pg.36
Moore et al: (Cover), The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December
Saleh, Lillian: Woman to capture our Timor soldiers, The Daily Telegraph, 9 December, pg.19
Gotting, Peter: Artist draws on horror, heroism, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December |
| 1998 | Mooney, Susan: Archibald in its intimacy, Inner Western Suburbs Courier, 9 March
Kolenberg, Hendrik: Australian Drawings from the Art Gallery of NSW Collection (book) |
| 1997 | Watson, Bronwyn: It pays to read between the lines, Art - The Bulletin, 23 September, pg.73
McDonald, John: Serious Fun, the Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May
Fortescue, Elizabeth: Winner rides a higher profile, The Daily Telegraph, 21 March. pg.42 |
| 1996 | Turner, Brook: Suffering for our art, Agenda, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July, pg.13
Merten, Margaret: Body of work, Good Weekend, The Sydney Morning Herald Magazine, 29 June, pgs.18-19
James, Bruce: Dedication and a sensual dignity, The Age, 27 March 27, pg.A20
Cochrane,Peter: Diana in thongs walks off with Archibald, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 March, pg.1
McDonald, John: The sentimental prize, Spectrum Arts, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 16, pg.14s
Fraser, Jane: A revealing view of women as winner, The Weekend Australian, 9-10 March, pg.1
McDonald, John: Archibald and the sex goddess: the art prize that surprises, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9March
Smee, Sebastian: Win lose and draw, Sydney Morning Herald, October |
| 1995 | James, Bruce: Geach winner true to awards ideals, The Melbourne Age, 8 November
Auty, Giles: Theres no place for arrogance, The Weekend Australian, 22 October
McDonald, John: brush power, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 October
McGillick, Paul: Talented Women on Show, Art-The Financial Review, 20 October
Cochrane, Peter: A portrait of the artist-with milk-crate, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 October
James, Bruce: The Archibald, a portrait of dishwasher dullness, The Age 19 April
Fortescue, Elizabeth: Drawing from Life, The Daily Telegraph Mirror, 29 April, pg.107
James, Bruce: Archibald Prize, Review - The Age, 27 March |
| 1994 | Lynn, Elwyn: The Australian Weekend Review, Mar 26 |
| 1992 | Fenner, Felicity: Sexuality in the Work of Six Contemporary Women Painters, Art and Australia, Spring
Dysart, Dinah & Paroissien, Leon: editors of Eroticism - Images of Sexuality in Australian Art, Craftsman House |
| 1991 | Fenner, Felicity: A Figurative Focus, (catalogue essay), Tamworth City Gallery, April-
May
The Sydney Review, Aug
Webb, Belinda: catalogue, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Aug |
| 1990 | Delaruelle, Jacques: Art Monthly, April |
| 1989 | Gibson, Emily: The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 June
Allen, Christopher: Sydney Morning Herald, June 23
Loxley, Anne: Modern Muses: Classical Mythology in Australian Art, 1940-1989, catalogue, S H Ervin Gallery |
| 1988 | Loxley, Anne: The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 November |
| 1987 | Hoad, Brian: The Bulletin, 13 January
McDonald, John: The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 January |
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