David Larwill (1956 - 2011)
BIOGRAPHY
1956 Born in Ballarat, Victoria
1976 Studied at the Prahran College of Advanced education
1980 Studied at the Preston Institute of Technology
Larwill lived and worked in Melbourne
EXHIBITIONS
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1982 Roar Studios, Fitzroy
1983 United Artist Gallery, St Kilda
1984, 87 Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1985 Tolarno Galleries,South Yarra
1985 Cockatoo Gallery, Tasmania
1988, 89, 91 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1992 Lisa Fox, South Yarra
1994, 96, 97, 99 Gould Galleries, South Yarra
1997 Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
1999 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
1999 Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Selected Group Exhibitions
1981 Green Street, Prahran
1982, 83 Roar Studios, Fitzroy
1984, 86, 87 National Gallery of Victoria
1985, 86 Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1985 Realities Gallery, Toorak
1988 The Philip Morris Arts Grant Director's Choice, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1988 A Horse Show, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Bulleen
1988 Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
1989 Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition
1989, 90 Linden, St Kilda
1992 Roar Studios Touring Exhibition
1992 Shepparton Art Gallery , Shepparton
1994, 95 Art Gallery of NSW
1996 Australian Football League Centenary Art Exhibition, Melbourne
1997, 98 Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
1998 Gould Galleries, Melbourne
1998 The Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne
1998 S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1998 Museum of Modern Art, Heide
1999 George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
1999 Australian Galleries and Smith and Stoneley, Newstead, Qld
1999 Victorian Trades Hall, Melbourne
COMMISSIONS
1984 Mural for the Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, South Yarra
1986 Painted Tram, Victoria
1986 Ministry for the Arts Poster and set design for Ubu Roi
1986 Australian National Gallery Phillip Morris Art Grant
1986 Australian National Gallery restaurant
1988 Design for Artists and Industry
1989 Lithograph design for the program Rigoletto, The Australian Opera
1995 Cover design for boxed set Six pieces du theatre contemporain Australien, 6 Australian plays, published Editions Lansman, France
1996 Painting for the Australian Football League Hall of Fame and Museum Design for St Leonards Pty Ltd.
1999 Painting for the Australian Republican Movement - Things that Matter; Celebration
1999 Tapestry commissioned by Victorian Government and Victorian Arts Centre
Trust for Singapore's new Esplanade Arts Centre, opening
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
New Parliament House, Canberra
Shepparton Art Gallery
Queensland Art Gallery
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Artbank
Deakin University
RMIT, Melbourne
Launceston College of Advanced Education
Coventry
Australian Football League
Allen Allen & Hemsley, Sydney
World Congress Centre, Melbourne
Western Mining Corporation Collection
Shell Collection of Contemporary Australian Art
Baillieu Myer
ICI Collection
Orica, Melbourne
Holmes a Court
Sir William Dobell Foundation