C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E


C U R I C U L U M V I T A E Born in Weimar, Germany. Studied at the Academy in Augsburg for four years and graduated with honours and an degree. Arrived in Sydney in 1970 and returned to Europe for two years, travelled extensively and exhibited in Munich and Augsburg, (Germany). Returned to Sydney in 1975; studied etching at the Willoughby Art Centre. Has held numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1974. Painted Garry McDonald, Australian actor and international author Thomas Keneally for the Archibald Prize. Represented in the National Portrait Gallery Canberra with the painting Thomas Keneally and in numerous private collections in Australia, USA, England and Germany. Exhibited many times in the Wynne Art Prize and in the Dobell Art Prize 2003 with a drawing of Professor Peter Pinson. In Germany he exhibited in 1983 and 1984 in the Grosse Kunst Ausstellung in Munich. Member of the AWI since 1984; Peninsula Art Society. Bibliography: Neville Drury, New Art Four, Craftsman House, 1990; Julian Fagan, Uncommon Australian, Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery. Lives and works in Sydney.
ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS

1977 Sydney Robin Gibson Gallery 1978 Sydney Wagner Gallery 1980 Sydney Wagner Gallery 1982 Sydney Wagner Gallery 1983 Gosford 460 Gallery 1987 Sydney Coventry Gallery 1991 Germany Himmlisch Wohnen Gallery 1992 Sydney Espace Alliance Gallery 1993 Sydney Fry Gallery Nuernberg 1994 Canberra Beaver Gallery 1997 Sydney North Shore Art Gallery 1998 Germany Himmlisch Wohnen Gallery 1998 Germany MSB Gallery 1998 Sydney North Shore Art Gallery 2000 Sydney Norton Gallery 2001 Sydney Wagner Gallery 2003 Sydney S Gallery 2006 Sydney Artarmon Gallery 2009 Sydney Wilson Street Gallery 2010 Newcastle Cooks Hill Gallery 2011 Newcastle Cooks Hill Gallery 2011 Sydney Wilson Street Gallery 2012 Sydney Peter Pinson Gallery 2016 Sydney ARTSITE GALLERY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1973 Germany Schwaebische Kunstausstellung 1974 Germany Schwaebische Kunstausstellung 1976 Sydney Wynne Prize NSW Gallery 1977 Sydney Wynne Prize NSW Gallery 1978 Sydney Archibald Prize NSW Gallery, Garry McDonald 1980 Sydney Wynne Prize NSW Gallery 1981 Sydney Wynne Prize NSW Gallery 1983 Sydney Wynne Prize NSW Gallery 1983 Germany Grosse Kunstausstellung Munich 1984 Germany Grosse Kunstausstellung Munich 1986 Sydney S. H. Ervine Gallery, 1987 - 2000 1988 Sydney Coventry Gallery 1989 Sydney BMG Fine Arts Gallery 1998 Sydney Mosman Art Prize, 1990 - 2004 1990 Sydney Archibald Prize - Thomas Keneally 1991 Sydney Bridge Street Gallery 1991 Melbourne Fine Art Gallery 1992 Uncommon Australians - Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Canberra 1996 Sydney Archibald - Salon de Refuses - David Aspden 1997 Sydney SCECGS Redlands 1997 Sydney Wagner Gallery 1998 Shanghai Wagner Gallery 2000 London Portrait Exhibition 2000 New York New Century Gallery 2001 Sydney Artamon Gallery 2003 Sydney Dobell Drawing Art Prize NSW Gallery 2003 Sydney Mosman Art Gallery 2004 Gosford Gosford Art Gallery 2005 Gosford Gosford Art Gallery 2005 Sydney Artarmon Gallery 2006 Sydney Mosman Art Gallery 2007 Sydney Mosman Art Gallery 2008 Sydney Mosman Art Gallery 2010 Sydney Mosman Art Prize 2012 Sydney Mosman Art Prize 2013 Sydney Mosman Art Prize 2013 Sydney Janet Clayton Gallery 2013 Korea Busan Biennale 2014 Sydney Paddington Art Prize 2015 Sydney Doug Moran Art Prize (semi finalist) 2015 Sydney Fisherman's Ghost Art Prize
COLLECTION: National Portrait Gallery Canberra Thomas Keneally PUBLICATION: New Art Four, Uncommon Australian Australian Watercolour MEMBERSHIPS: Australian Watercolour Institute