About the Artist:

SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
1934 Born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1951-54 Studied Painting, Johannesburg Art School, South Africa
1956 Worked in Spain and London
1956-57 Studied Painting (p/t) Central School of Art and St. Martins, London, UK
1956-59 Worked and Studied in London
1959-64 Worked in South Africa
1964-67 Returned to London
1967 Immigrated to Australia
1969 Travelled to Germany, Switzerland and Sardinia
1972 Travelled to Thailand, Lebanon and Italy
1994 Travelled to New York, London and Greece
1996 Travelled to UK, Paris and Amsterdam
1999 Travelled to Tuscany, Venice and UK
2000 Travelled to Tuscany and UK
2001 Travelled to Tuscany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1959 New Vision Gallery, London
1960 Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg
1961 Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg
1967 Clune Galleries, Sydney
1971 Linda Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1982 Art Directors' Gallery, Sydney
1984 Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney
1986 Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney
1987 Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1988 Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney
1989 Perth Galleries, Perth
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1990 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1991 Perth Galleries, Perth
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1993 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1994 Perth Galleries, Perth
1995 Perth Galleries, Perth
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
Editions Galleries, Melbourne
1996 Perth Galleries, Perth
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA
1997 Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Editions Galleries, Melbourne
1998 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
Perth Galleries, Perth
1999 Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
2000 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2002 Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA
Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2003 Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Perth WA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1956 'South African Painters in Europe' - Woodstock Gallery, London
1960 'Commonwealth Group Show' - Cardiff, UK
1960/61/62 'Contemporary Art Show' - South African Council of Arts, Pretoria
1962 Selected to represent South Africa - National Gallery of Seoul, Korea
1963 'South African Painters, Past and Present' - Adler Fielding Gallery, Johannesburg
1964 'South African Art Today' - South African National Art Gallery, Cape Town
1967 Selected - Newcastle prize - Newcastle City Art Gallery, NSW
1968 Selected - Transfield Art Prize - Bonython Galleries, Sydney
1968/69/70 Selected - HC Richard Memorial Prize Exhibition - Queensland State Gallery
1969 Selected - Perth Prize for Drawing - The Western Australian State Gallery
1980/81 University of NSW Art Prize Exhibition
1990 Australian Contemporary Art Fair 2 - Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1991 Invited Artist - 'Metamorphosis' - New Collectables Gallery, Fremantle WA
1992 Invited Artist - '100 Years of Gold Mining' - Perth Mint, Perth
1992/93 Invited Artist - Western Australian Group Show - Austrade - Hong Kong
1992 Selected - Downland Art Exhibition - Toowoomba, Queensland
1993 Invited Artist - 'On the Other Hand' - S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Invited Artist - Heritage Council of Western Australia Art Award, Moores Building, Fremantle
Invited Artist - Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1992/94 Invited Artist - Mandoria Religious Art Prize, WA
1995 Mandoria Art Award WA Regional Gallery Tour - Geraldton and Kalgoorlie, WA
Invited Artist - 'Landscape as Metaphor' - Claremont School of Art, Perth
1997 Invited Artist - Redlands Westpac Art Prize - Sydney
Invited Artist - Hale School Art Exhibition, Perth
Invited Artist - Perth College Art Exhibition, Perth
1998 Invited Artist - Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
Australian Contemporary Art Fair - Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1999 The Perth Mint Centenary Art Prize - Perth
Invited Artist - 'Water' - Gunyulgup Galleries Group Show
1999 Selected Artist - International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney
2000 Australian Contemporary Art Fair - Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Invited feature Artist - Perth College Art Exhibition
Invited - 2 artist Group Show - Port Jackson Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California USA
2001 Invited Artist - DADAA Group Show -
Janet Homes á Court Gallery, Perth
Selected Artist - Exchange Program
between Calabria and the City of Bayswater
New Visions Exhibition- Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Perth WA
2002 Art of Refuge - Henry Moore Building, Fremantle
Five Sydney Years - Australian Art Resources,
Ex-Volvo Gallery, Sydney
Featured Artist - Mazenod College, Perth
2003 Invited Artist- "Fire's On" Exhibition -Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Perth WA

AWARDS / PRIZES
1963 'Gallery 101/UAT French Airlines Scholarship' Gallery 101, Johannesburg
1981 First Prize - 'Berrima Art Show' NSW
1983 Finalist 'Faber-Castell Art Prize' - Art Directors' Gallery, Sydney
1989 First Prize - Gallery Australia Exhibition, Perth
1992 Highly Commended - Tresillian Art Award, Perth
First Prize - WA DILGEA Migrant Art Award
First Prize - Hammersley Iron & Associates, Cossack Art Gallery, WA
1993 Highly Commended - Heritage Council of Western Australian Art Award
1994 Finalist - Mandorla Religious Art Prize, Western Australia
2001 Cossack Art Awards - Prize Winner
Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd.
2002 Cossack Art Awards - First Prize
'Best Overall Artwork' - Shire of Roebourne

PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS
1996 '20th Century South African Art' Human & Rousseau Cape Town p131
1967 Review - James Gleeson - The Sun, Sydney
Review - George Berger - Sydney Jewish Times
1970 Art & Artist in South Africa - Esme Berman
p115, 201
1988 The Dictionary of South African Painters & sculptors - Grania Oglivie p601
1990 Australian Contemporary Art Fair - Sunday Herald Magazine, Victoria, June 10
Review - Bronwyn Watson, Sydney Morning Herald, July 27
Australian Artist - Vol.6, No.11
1991 Front Cover 'Fremantle Arts Review' - January
1992 New Art Seven - Profiles in contemporary Australian Art. Craftsman House BVI Ltd p178-181
1993 Review - Elwyn Lynn - Australian Weekend Arts - December 4-5
1993 Art Effects - Jean Drysdale Green Watson/Guptill - New York p115
1994 'Sharing Sher's View' - Judith McGrath - Arts Unlimited April/May Issue p6-7
Images 2 - Contemporary Australian Painting Craftsman House / G&B Arts International Text p21 Plates 29 & 179
1995 'A Dual Aesthetic' - Judith McGrath Artlink - Vol. 15 No. 4 p76
1995 Who's Who of Australian Visual Art - DW Thorpe (in association with NAVA)
1996 Australian Artist - March - Vol. 141 p68-73 Artists & Galleries of Aust. - Max Germaine CD Rom
Review - 'Earth, Air, Fire & Water' - Judith McGrath The Western Review, June p14
Review - 'Patience with the Land in Mind' -
Eve Arnold, Business Review Weekly, Sept. 30 p83
Review - 'The Elements' - Judith McGrath, The Western Review, November p20
1997 Interview - 'Layouts to Landscape' - Ron Banks, Arts Today The West Australian, August 20
1998 Images 3 - Contemporary Australian Painting Craftsman House / G&B Arts International Text p19 Plate p24
1998 International Artist Oct/Nov Vol. 3
'Illusions and Reality in Acrylic' p104-113
Scoop - Winter Edition - Perth - Vol. 8 - p78
2002 Dorothy Erikson - Artlink Vol. 22 No. 3 - September

REPRESENTED
Rembrant van Rhijn Art Foundation, South Africa
John Schlesinger Art Collection, South Africa
Robert Holmes a Court Collectin, Perth WA
Jerry Levine Collection, San Francisco USA
The Wesfarmers Collection, Perth WA
The State Bank Collection, Sydney NSW
Challenge Bank Collection, Perth WA
Australian Bankers Association Collection, Vic
Department of Immigration, Perth WA
Goldfields Art Centre Collection, Kalgoorlie WA
New Norcia Regional Art Gallery Collection, WA
Linney's Art Collection, Perth WA
Hale School Art Collection, Perth WA
WA Attorney-General Collection
Perth College Art Collection, Perth WA
AMP Art Collection, Sydney NSW
Insurance Council of Australia
Hollywood Private Hospital, Perth WA
Rydges Hotel, Perth WA
Sheraton Airport Hotel, Sydney NSW
Grundy Television, Sydney NSW
ANA Hotel, Sydney NSW
Concord Resources Ltd, Sydney NSW
University Superannuation Board Vic
Park Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne Vic
The Art Trust, Melbourne Vic
Multiplex, Sydney NSW
Colonial First State, Melbourne Vic
Citibank, Sydney NSW
AM International Collection, Stilo, Italy
International Trade Centre, Sydney
Quay West, Southbank, Melbourne
Shire of Roebourne Collection, WA
Private and Corporate Collections in Australia, Canada, Israel, Switzerland , South Africa, Singapore, Japan, UK, USA, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Malaysia and New Zealand