Wendy Sharpe
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| Wendy Sharpe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 Sydney |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Awards | Sulman Prize, Archibald Prize |
| Website | http://www.wendysharpe.com/ |
Wendy Sharpe (born 1960 in Sydney) is an Australian artist. Winner of the Sulman Prize in 1986 with Black Sun - Morning and Night[1] and the Archibald Prize in 1996 with Self Portrait - as Diana of Erskineville,[2] she has entered the Archibald Prize at least 6 times and been hung at least 3 times. She was interviewed in the 2005 Peter Berner documentary about the Archibald Prize called Loaded Brush.
She was one of Australia's official war artists sent to East Timor in 1999.[3]
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[edit] Certificates
- 1978-79 Art Certificate - Seaforth Technical College
- 1980-82 City Art Institute - Bachelor of Visual Arts
- 1983 Sydney Institute of Education - Graduate Diploma of Education
- 1984 City Art Institute - Graduate Diploma of Professional Art
- 1987 Tenancy of Studio in Paris (Dr Denise Hickey studio)
- 1987-88 Travelling scholarship to Europe and New York
- 1989 Mercedes-Benz Scholarship to Egypt, Israel, Greece and Italy
- 1991-92 MA (Fine Art) - College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
- 1994 Margaret Fesq Memorial Art Prize
- 1994 Cite International des Arts, Paris
[edit] Selected awards
- 1986 Awarded term of tenancy of studio at Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
- 1986 Dyason Bequest
- 1986 Marten Bequest, Travelling Art Scholarship (painting)
- 1986 Sulman Prize, judged by Albert Tucker
- 1989 Mercedes Benz Scholarship
- 1990/94 Modern Figurative Award, Sydney Royal Art Show (Judge Kevin Connor)
- 1990 Waverley Art Prize
- 1991–92 Australia Post Graduate Research Award
- 1992 Robert Le Gay Bereton Drawing Prize
- 1995 Portia Geach Memorial Award
- 95 Kedumba Drawing Prize, Fairmont Resort, Leura
- 1996 Archibald Prize (Diana of Erskinville)
[edit] Solo exhibitions
- 1985 "Sex and Death" Nicholson Street Gallery, Sydney
- 1986 "Fire Inside" First Impressions Gallery, Sydney
- 1986 "Lingering Images" Visual Arts Gallery Sydney
- 1987 Selected Work Nidus Gallery, Sydney
- 1989 Recent Paintings, DC-ART, Sydney
- 1990 "Magic Paintings", DC-ART, Sydney
- 1991 "Ghosts" POD Theatre, Sydney
- 1993 Recent Paintings, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
- 2011 "An Imagined Life" S H Ervin gallery, Sydney
- 2012 "Artist & Model" Buratti Fine Art, Perth
[edit] Representation
- Buratti Fine Art, Perth www.buratti.com.au
- Philip Bacon Art Dealer, Brisbane
- King St Gallery
[edit] References
- ^ "Sir John Sulman Prize winners (1936 - )". Art Gallery of New South Wales. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/faq/prizes/prizewinners/sir_john_sulman_prize. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ^ Schmidt, Lucinda (20 September 2006). "Profile:Wendy Sharpe". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/money/profile-wendy-sharpe/2006/09/18/1158431644822.html. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
- ^ Wilkins, Lola. "Wendy Sharpe". Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/people/artist_profiles/sharpe.asp. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
