Larry Mitchell

 

DATE OF BIRTH:  10 October 1953

PLACE OF BIRTH:  Northampton,  Western Australia

ART EDUCATION:  Self-taught

POSITIONS

1976-1987  Art Teacher at St Patricks College, Geraldton
1989-1992  Lecturer at various TAFE Colleges in Perth district
1989          Artist-in-Residence at All Saints College, Bullcreek
1997          Full Time Artist

TRAVEL

1977-1978  Pacific Islands
1987-1988  Europe and resided in UK for one year
1990          Europe & UK
1994          UK
1999          Europe & UK
2001          USA & UK
2002          Europe & UK
2003          Europe & UK
2004          Asia, Europe & UK
2005          Hong Kong
2006          UK, New Zealand, Papua New Guine

AWARDS AND PRIZES

1975   Geraldton Art Award
1977   Cultural Trust Landscape Prize
1979   Sunshine Festival Oil Award
1980   Sunshine Festival Oil Award
            Sunshine Festival Watercolour Award
1981   Melville Purchase Award
            Canning Art Award
            Commendation Wynne Prize,  New South Wales
1982   Sunshine Festival Watercolour Award
1985   WA Cultural Trust Prize for Oil Painting
1990   Melville Art Award
2000   Finalist Wynne Prize,  Art Gallery of New South Wales
            Finalist Fleurieu Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia

EXHIBITIONS

1979   Signature Gallery, WA
          Way '79 Anniversary Exhibition
1983   One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
          Fremantle Drawing Survey Exhibition
          WA Week Exhibition
1984   WA Arts Council Touring Exhibition
          Canberra Times Exhibition,  Canberra
1985   One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
1988   One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
          Royal Society Touring Exhibition
1990   Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
          Agnews Gallery, London
          One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
1991   Fremantle Art Centre
          One man exhibition, Geraldton Art Gallery
1992   One man exhibition, Perth Gallery
          Fremantle Art Centre 20th Birthday Exhibition
1994   "Best of Australia" Exhibition, Hong Kong
1995   "Best of Australia" Exhibition, Hong Kong
1996   One man exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
1997   One man exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
1998   One man exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
2000   Festival of Perth - Ballet on Show, Stafford Gallery, WA
          Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of  NSW
          Catanachs  Gallery, Broome
          Solo Exhibition Stafford Gallery, WA
          Finalist Fleurieu Prize, Adelaide, SA - Touring Exhibition
2002   Represented by Hespe Gallery, San Francisco
          Solo Exhibition Stafford Gallery, WA
2003   Fremantle 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
          "Fires On" Festival of Perth Exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
          Solo Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
          WA Contemporary Art Fair, Perth, WA
2004   "On the Wall" Art Fair, London, UK
          Business Design Centre, London
          Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
2005   Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
2006   Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
          Blackheath Gallery, London
          Represented James Corliss, London
2007   Represented  vessel "True North"
          "Project Abrolhos" Jahroc Gallery, Margaret River, WA
          Proposed exhibition, Blackheath Gallery, London
2009   "Project West Kimberley" Jahroc Gallery, Margaret River, WA
 
COLLECTIONS

Barings Bank, London   
R & I Bank (Bankwest)  
Weld Club Collection    
Art Gallery of WA - Geraldton
Private Collections in Australia, UK, USA, Europe and Japan
Fremantle Art Centre
Rupert Murdoch

PUBLICATIONS 

1999   "Abrolhos Island Conversations" - Fremantle Art Centre Press
       (1999 WA Premiers Award)

PUBLICITY  AND  REVIEWS

1990   Saturday Observer / London
1991   ABC Radio/ Perth
          Art and Australia
2000   Weekend Australian
2002   Art Scene WA
2003   Scoop Magazine
2004   Icon Magazine/  London
          Time Out Magazine/ London
          The West Australian/ numerous times since 1982
2006   Insite Magazine Artist's Profile

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