John Winch (1944 - 2007)
Studies and Professional
Diploma of Design and Craft, National Art School, Sydney, Australia
Post-graduate Diploma in Professional Art Studies - Printmaking, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Art Master at the Kings School, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, 1968-70
Art Master at Sydney Grammar School and Scots College
Part-time teacher at the National Art School, Sydney
Guest Lecturer onboard S.S. Canberra in Art History
Industrial Designer. Karl Neilsen and Ass., Sydney
80 One-man exhibitions since l968 (Galleries listed below)
Author and illustrator of childrens books, New York, Boston, Sydney, Melbourne
May Gibbs Fellow in Childrens Literature, University of Canberra
Exhibitions - Australia
Bonython Gallery, Sydney
Australian Sculpture Gallery, Canberra
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide & Perth
Lister Gallery, Perth
Toorak Gallery, Melbourne
Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
Susan Gillispie Gallery, Canberra
Bridge St. Gallery, Sydney
Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Editions Gallery, Melbourne
Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney
Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Sydney & Adelaide
Gallery 460, Gosford
Bell Gallery, Berrima
Beaver Gallery, Canberra
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Orange Regional Art Gallery
New England Regional Art Museum
Riverina Art Gallery. Wagga
Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
Penrith Regional Art Gallery
Griffith Regional Art Gallery
Wollongong Regional Art Gallery
Stadia Graphics, Sydney
Kinokunyia Gallery, Sydney
Moree Regional Art Gallery
Tamworth Regional Art Gallery
State Library of New South Wales
Dromkeen Foundation of Childrens Literature, Melbourne
Alliance Francaise, Sydney & Adelaide
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
Newcastle City Library Gallery
Exhibitions - International
Bibliotheque National, Paris. 'Printmakers of the 20th Century'
Gabroski Gallery, London
Chantal Cantin Fine Art, Paris
Diogenes International Galleries, Athens
Port Jackson Fine Art, Los Angles
Bibliotheque National Paris, 'Recent Acquisitions, 1900-2000'
Musee En Herbe, Museum of Childhood, Paris
Las Vegas International Art Fair
Taperstries De France, Aubusson, France
John Leech Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Galleria Arabella, Alicante, Spain
Lane Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Chantal Cantin Fine Art, Krakow, Poland
Awards
1975 Bega Art Prize.
1976,77 Robin Hood Art Prize
1976 Grafton Art Prize
1976,78 Macquarie University Art Prize
1976,78 Ryde Art Prize
1976 Ashfield Art Prize
1980, 81, 83 Hunters Hill Art Prize
1983 Gosford Art Prize
1983, 86, 88, 95 Wyong Art Prize
1998 IBBY Award (International Children’s Book Award)
1998 American Children’s Choice Book List
2000 Kedumba Drawing Prize
New England Regional Art Museum Painting Prize
Represented
Northern Territory Art Gallery and Museum, NT
Western Australian Institute of Technology, Perth, WA
Artbank, Australia
Mt. Lawley Teachers’ College, WA
Hunters Hill Municipal Council, Sydney
Grafton Municipal Council, NSW
Murdoch University, WA
University of New England, Armidale, NSW
Bank of America Collection, New York, USA
University of New South Wales, Sydney
National University of Canberra, ACT
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney
City Art Institute, Sydney
Transfield Collection, Sydney
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Bibliotheque National, Paris, France
Foundation des Etats Unis, Paris, France
Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
Wollongong Regional Art Gallery, NSW
La Perouse Museum, Sydney
Wyong City Council, NSW
Crows Nest Community Centre, Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
National Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
Charles Stuart University, Wagga, NSW
Kedumba Collection, Sydney, Australia
University of Canberra, ACT
Lou Rees Archive, University of Canberra, ACT
Canberra Museum & Art Gallery, ACT
Newcastle City Gallery, NSW
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Mosman Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
Children's Books
One Sunday (written by Libby Gleeson), Harper Collins, Sydney
One Saturday, Walter McVity, Sydney
The Old Man Who Loved to Sing, Scholastics, Sydney, New York, Korea & Thailand
The Old Woman Who Loved to Read, Scholastics, Sydney, New York & Korea
Millennium Book of Myth and Story (written by Maurice Saxby), Millennium, Sydney
Leonardo Pigeon of Sienna, (written by Ian Hansen), Margaret Hamilton Books, Sydney
Keeping up with Grandma, Holiday House, New York
Where Do You Sleep Little One (written by Patricia Hooper),Holiday House, New York
Old Crump (written by Laurie Lawlor), Holiday House, New York
The Colt & the King (written by Marni McGee), Holiday House, New York
Brother Wolf, Sister Bird (written by Eric Kimmel), Holiday House, New York
Game of the Goose, (written by Usula Dubosarsky)
Two By Two, Holiday House, New York
Run, Hare, Run, Little Hare Books, Sydney