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Wendy Sharpe (b. 1960)
Biography
1960 Born in Sydney
1978-79 Art Certificate, Seaforth Technical College, Sydney
1980-82 BA (Visual Arts), City Art Institute, Sydney
1983 Graduate Diploma of Eduction, Sydney Institute of Education
1984 Graduate Diploma of Professional Art, City Art Institute, Sydney
1986 Awarded tenancy at Cite International Studio, Paris
1986 Travelled to Europe and New York on Marten Bequest Traveling Art
Scholarship
1989 Travelled to Egypt, Israel, Greece and Italy on Mercedes Benz Art Scholarship
1991-92 Master of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW; Received a Graduate Research Award from Australia Post
1998-99 Commissioned by the City of Sydney for Olympic Park Murals, based on the life of Annette Kellerman, Cook & Phillip Aquatic Park
1999 Appointed as Official Australian War Artist for the Australian Army for their tour to East Timor, Australian War Memorial, ACT
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1985 'Sex and Death', Nicholson Street Gallery, Sydney
1986 'Fire Inside', First Impressions Gallery, Sydney
1986 'Lingerie Images', Visual Arts Gallery, Sydney
1987 'Selected Works', Nidus Gallery, Sydney
1989 'Recent Paintings', DC Art Gallery, Sydney
1990 'Magic Paintings', DC Art Gallery, Sydney
1993 'Recent Paintings', Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney
1995, 96 'New Work', King Street Gallery, Sydney
1997 'Night Paintings', King Street Gallery, Sydney
1999 'Drawings, Paintings and Mixed Media Works for the Annette Kellerman Mural', King Street Gallery, Sydney
2000 'New Beginnings – East Timor', Australian War Memorial, Canberra
2000 'East Timor', King Street Gallery, Sydney
2002 'Wendy Sharpe: a selection of works 1999-2002', King Street Gallery, Sydney and Span Galleries, Melbourne
2002 'New Paintings', King Street Gallery, Sydney
2002 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2003 'Recent Paintings', Chapman Gallery, Canberra
2003 'Paintings', Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2004 'Recent Paintings', King Street Gallery, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
Included in numerous group exhibitions throughout Australia and often selected to exhibit in The Archibald Portrait Prize, The Sulman Prize, The Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW; and The Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, SH Ervin Gallery
Awards
1986 Awarded tenancy at Cite International Studio, Paris
1986 Dyason Bequest
1986 Marten Bequest Traveling Art Scholarship
1986 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1989 Mercedes Benz Art Scholarship
1990-95 Waverley Art Prize, New South Wales
1992 Robert le Gay Brereton Drawing Prize
1995 The Portia Geach Memorial Prize, SH Ervin Gallery
1995 Kedumba Drawing Award, New South Wales
1996 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW (Self Portrait)
1998 Bathurst Art Prize, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2003 The Portia Geach Memorial Prize, SH Ervin Gallery
2003 Allen Gamble Memorial Art Prize, Sydney
Collections
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
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
Sources:
'Wendy Sharpe', exhibition catalogue, King Street Gallery on Burton, Darlinghurst, 6 April - 1 May, 2004
'Wendy Sharpe', exhibition catalogue, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 29 Oct - 23 Nov, 2002
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