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John Beard    (British)

 John Beard - After Adraga 2 (Paintings) h: 71 x w: 71 cm / h: 28 x w: 28 in
John Beard
After Adraga 2 2007
 
 John Beard - After Vermeer (Paintings) h: 76 x w: 76 cm / h: 29.9 x w: 29.9 in
John Beard
After Vermeer 2007
 
 John Beard - Baby Gorilla (Paintings) h: 76 x w: 76 cm / h: 29.9 x w: 29.9 in
John Beard
Baby Gorilla 2007
 
 John Beard - Ghandi (Paintings)
John Beard
Ghandi 2007
 
 John Beard - Gorilla (Paintings) h: 71 x w: 71 cm / h: 28 x w: 28 in
John Beard
Gorilla 2007
 
 John Beard - Hand (Paintings) h: 120 x w: 120 cm / h: 47.2 x w: 47.2 in
John Beard
Hand 2005
 
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Biography
1943 Born 1943, Aberdare, Wales
1962 - 1965 Swansea College of Art, Wales, N.D.D. (Hons.)
1965 - 1966 University of London, London, A.T.C. (Lond.)
1968 - 1970 Taught in various schools, colleges and universities in the UK. Produced and appeard in series of Art & Design programmes for BBC1 and BBC2 TV
1973 Became permanent resident of Australia 1973
1973 - 1976 University of London, London, D.A.E. (Lond.)
1974 - 1979 Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Milton Keynes College, Open University
1975 - 1979 Member of the Board of Studies for Art and Design, University of Oxford
1979 - 1981 Royal College of Art, London, M.A. (RCA)
1979 - 1983 Part-time Lecturer, Middlesex University, London
1983 - 1986 Senior Lecturer, Head of Painting, Curtin University, Western Australia
1986 - 1989 Worked in New York and New Delhi (Artist in residence at Lalit Kala Akademi, Indian Arts Council, New Delhi, for three months)
1987 - 1989 Visited America and Europe regularly. Exhibited Los Angeles and Chicago
1989 Awarded Australian Council Fellowship. Worked for four months in New York. Resigned from tenured position at Curtin University
1990 Dual citizen of Britain and Australia 1990
1990 - 1991 Moved to Manhattan to prepare solo exhibitions for New York and Chicago
1991 Returned to Australia for three months to work and exhibit in Sydney
1991 - 1992 Moved to Spain to prepare solo exhibition in Madrid
1992 - 1993 Worked in Portugal, completing solo exhibition for London
1993 Six-month residency at University of Melbourne’s Victoria College of the Arts, with Dunmoochin Foundation Studio
1994 - 1996 Returned (via India) to Portugal to prepare for exhibitions in Lisbon, Madrid and London. Invited to work with Tavira Print Workshop, Southern Portugal
1996 Four month residency with the Sarjeant Gallery in Wanganui, New Zealand
1997 Established base in Sydney. One month residency with College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales. Worked in New York and the UK for three months
1998 Completed first short film in Sydney. Solo exhibitions in UK, Australia and New Zealand. Ten week residency and two-part solo exhibition at Tate St. Ives, UK
1999 In Sydney, prepared for solo exhibitions in Europe commencing in year 2000. Continued printing project with Tavira Print Workshop
2000 Resident, Art Gallery of New South Wales Studio, Cité Internationale des Artes, Paris
2001 - 2007 Continued working in Australia and the UK, with exhibitions in London, Lisbon and Sydney. Appointed as Professorial Visiting Fellow in the School of Art, College of Fine Art, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Exhibitions
2007 Sceggs Redlands Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, New South Wales
2007 Harbour, Manley Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
2007 London Art Fair, UK (FAS/Fine Art Society, London)
2007 Gulf Art Fair, Dubai (FAS/Fine Art Society, London)
2007 Archibald Prize (winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales
2007 Wynne Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales
2007 ye to “I”: conceptions of self in recent art, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
2007 Australian Drawings II, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Tylee Cottage: 21 years, celebration of artist in residence programme at The Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
2007 Soundscapes, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland
2007 Monochromed 2: White Out, FAS/Fine Art Society, London
2007 Inaugural University of Queensland Artists’ Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Museum
2007 Decade, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney (solo)
2007 Other Faces, FAS/Fine Art Society, London (solo)
2006 Eight Years, John Buckley Galery, Melbourne (solo)
2006 Sullman Prize (finalist), Art Galery of New South Wales
2006 Archibald Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales
2006 Wynne Prize (winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales
2006 Who Cares?, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2006 The Big Picture, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2006 The Sixth Drawing Biennale, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
2006 A Man’s World, Museum of Brisbane, Queensland
2006 Blake Prize (finalist), College of Fine Arts, Sydney
2006 chromed, FAS/Fine Art Society, London
2006 Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawings (winner)
2006 ton Art Prize (winner), Sydney
2005 - 2006 Visão Fugitiva, Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (solo)
2005 Archibald Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales
2005 all is Beautiful XXIII, Flowers East Gallery, London
2005 lack Epiphanies, Virginia Wilson Gallery, Sydney
2005 The Whaling Road Print Studio, Mosman Art Gallery
2004 - 2005 Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2004 Gallery Artists, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2004 The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2004 John Beard: Headlands, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney (solo)
2002 - 2003 Contemporary Australian Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2002 The Head and Uluru, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney (solo)
2002 Head On: Art with the Brain in Mind, The Science Museum, London
2002 The Shell Collection, National Gallery of Victoria
2001 1m x 1m, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2000 ARCO, Madrid (Galeria Presença)
2000 Melbourne Art Fair (Paul Greenaway Gallery)
2000 Painting the Century—101 Portrait Masterpieces, The National Portrait Gallery, London
2000 A Pagan Landscape/The Land’s End II, Galeria Presença, Porto (solo)
2000 The Age of Prescription, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide (solo)
2000 Ocean, Jensen Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (solo)
2000 The Rock and The Head, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London (solo)
1999 After Adraga/The Land’s End, installation of selected works from Tate St. Ives, UK, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (solo)
1999 The Possibilities of Portraiture, The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
1998 Heads Phase III (Wanganui Heads), New England Art Museum, New South Wales (solo)
1998 Part I: After Adraga, Tate St. Ives, UK (solo)
1998 Part II: The Land’s End, Tate St. Ives, UK (solo)
1998 Heads Phase I & III (Self Portrait/Wanganui Heads), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1998 Heads Phase III (Wanganui Heads), Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand (solo)
1998 Heads Phase I (Self Portraits), Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide (solo)
1997 Inaugural exhibition, Tavira Print Workshop, Tavira, Portugal
1995 London International Art Fair, UK (The William Jackson Gallery)
1995 ARCO, Madrid (Galeria Luís Serpa; Afinsa Almirante Galeria de Arte)
1995 ADRAGA I, Galeria Luís Serpa, (Galeria Córnicos), Lisbon (solo)
1995 ADRAGA II, Galeria Gomes Alves, Guimarães, Portugal (solo)
1995 ADRAGA III, 15th Festival De Música dos Capuchos, Lisbon (solo)
1994 The Beautiful and the Damned I, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (solo)
1994 The Beautiful and the Damned II, BMG Gallery, Adelaide (solo)
1994 Manchester Art Fair, UK (The William Jackson Gallery)
1994 The Summer Seen, The William Jackson Gallery, London
1994 London International Art Fair (The William Jackson Gallery)
1994 Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, BMG Art, Adelaide
1994 12th Bienal de Zamora, Zamora, Spain
1993 Art Chicago International (The William Jackson Gallery)
1993 Inauguration (with gallery artists: John Beard, David Mach, Jock McFadyen, Eduardo Paolozzi, Adrian Wiszniewski, Bruce McLean), The William Jackson Gallery, London
1993 Accrochage (with John Beard, Jose Maria Sicilia, Juliao Sarmento and Michael Biberstein), Galeria Córnicos and Galeria Luís Serpa, Lisbon
1993 London International Art Fair, UK (The William Jackson Gallery)
1993 The William Jackson Gallery, London (solo)
1992 Pinturas 1989–1992, Afinsa Almirante Galeria de Arte, Madrid (solo)
1992 The Summer Seen, The William Jackson Gallery, London
1991 Veiled Illusions, Delaney Gallery, Festival of Perth, Western Australia
1991 Inauguration of new gallery, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1991 Christopher Leonard Gallery, New York (solo)
1991 Chicago International Art Fair (Macquarie Galleries) (solo)
1991 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (solo)
1991 Delaney Galleries, Perth (solo)
1991 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (solo)
1990 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (solo)
1990 Realities Gallery, Melbourne (solo)
1990 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia (Macquarie Galleries; Realities Gallery)
1990 Works on Paper, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1990 Visual Instincts, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1990 International Works on Paper, Christopher Leonard Gallery, New York
1989 Mindscapes, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1989 Chicago International Art Exposition, USA (Macquarie Galleries)
1989 Painters’ Visions, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1989 Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
1989 Inaugural exhibition, Ameringer & Avard Gallery, New York
1989 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (solo)
1988 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (solo)
1988 Recent Australian Art, Houston International Festival, Texas
1988 Lake Macquarie Art Award Exhibition, Lake Macquarie Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
1988 Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne (Macquarie Galleries; Realities Gallery, and Galerie Düsseldorf)
1988 Works on Paper, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1988 The Self Portrait, David Jones Gallery, Sydney
1988 Australian Drawings, Gallery Anne Gregory, Sydney
1988 Wood Cut, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1988 A Celebration, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1988 ART/LA 88, Los Angeles International Art Fair (Macquarie Galleries; Realities Gallery)
1987 Invisible Cities, Praxis Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
1987 Western Australian Drawings, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1987 Art Purchase Exhibition, University of New South Wales, Sydney
1987 Recent Work—13 Artists, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1987 Painters’ Visions, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1987 Chicago International Art Exposition (Macquarie Galleries)
1987 ART/LA, Los Angeles International Art Fair (Macquarie Galleries)
1987 Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth (solo)
1987 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (solo)
1987 Realities Gallery, Melbourne (solo)
1986 Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth (solo)
1986 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (solo)
1986 Lalit Kala Akademi (Indian Arts Council), New Delhi (solo)
1986 Hugh Williamson Invitation Exhibition, City of Ballarat Art Gallery, Victoria
1985 Australian Perspecta 85, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1985 9th Anniversary exhibition, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1985 Western Australian Art Award, Fremantle Art Gallery, Western Australia
1985 Fremantle Prize for Drawing, Fremantle Art Gallery, Western Australia
1985 Five Painters in Western Australia, Galerie Düsseldorf, Festival of Perth, Western Australia
1985 Artists Salute Lloyd Rees, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1985 Mandorla Art Prize Invitation exhibition, New Norcia Gallery, Western Australia
1985 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (solo)
1985 Realities Gallery, Melbourne (solo)
1984 Festival of Perth Exhibition, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth (solo)
1984 Form–Image–Sign, Biannual Survey of Contemporary Australian Art, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1984 Destination China—Western Australian Contemporary Art, Guangzhon/Canton, China
1984 Fremantle National Drawing Prize Invitation Exhibition, Fremantle Art Gallery, Western Australia
1984 Western Australian Art Award, Fremantle Art Gallery, Western Australia
1983 Pegasus Art Award, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1983 Show of Presence, Praxis Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
1982 Whitechapel Annual, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1982 New Painters, Morley Gallery, London
1982 100 Years of Art Education, Middlesex Polytechnic Gallery, London
1981 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy Galleries, London
1981 Reliefs, Royal College of Art Gallery, London
1981 Drawing 81, Arts Council of Great Britain (touring)
1980 Whitechapel Annual, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1980 50th anniversary exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
1980 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy Galleries, London
Collections
Artbank Australia
Arts Council of Great Britain
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Buckinghamshire Education Authority, UK
Canberra National Convention Centre
Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
Curtin University, Western Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
The Irving Deal Collection of Contemporary Drawings, Dallas, Texas
The Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawings
Macquarie Univesity, Sydney
Mount Gambier Regional Gallery, South Australia
Mobil Australia
Murdoch University, Sydney
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Library of Wales
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales
New Parliament House Collection, Canberra
Oxford University
Queensland Art Gallery
Robert Holmes à Court Collection, Australia
Royal College of Art, London
Rural and Industries Bank, Australia
Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
Shell Corporation, Australia
State Bank of New South Wales
State Library, Perth Cultural Centre
S.G.I.O., Australia
Sydney University
Tate Gallery, London
University of Melbourne (Victorian College of the Arts)
University of New South Wales
University of the Northern Territory
University of Western Australia
Woolongong Regional Gallery, New South Wales
Represented in private collections in America, Canada, England, Wales, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and India
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