Stewart MacFarlane

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Stewart MacFarlane is an Australian artist. Born in Adelaide in 1953, he was encouraged at school by South Australian artist, David Dridan. At 16 he entered the South Australian School of Art, intent on following a career as a painter. There MacFarlane was influenced by Adelaide artist, David Dallwiltz. MacFarlane traveled to New York in 1975, aged 21, to study at the School of Visual Arts for 2 years. He remained living and working in New York for several years. New York based artist and teacher, John Button, became MacFarlane’s mentor, post art school. During this time, MacFarlane received residencies and fellowships to the Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting in Maine, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts and the MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire. He exhibited in group shows as well as having three solo exhibitions in New York. Firstly at Razor Gallery, SoHo in 1979, then Belanthi Gallery in 1979 and the Australian Consulate New York in 1983. MacFarlane worked as a studio assisstant for several New York City based artists from 1977-79, including, Janet Fish, Alex Katz and Chuck Close. He returned to Australia in 1983, moving to Melbourne the following year for post-graduate studies at the Victorian College of the Arts. In 1985, he taught at The Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education and in 1986 moved to Darlinghurst, Sydney to paint. Later that year, he was artist-in-residence in the Besozzo Studio, Italy.	In 1987, MacFarlane lived and painted in Mornington, Victoria for several months before receiving an initial residency with the Roswell Artist-in-residence program, New Mexico, for a year. Over the next 8 years he moved between Melbourne, Sydney and Roswell, producing one or more solo exhibitions each year. In 1994 he received a residency at The Bemis Center, Omaha, Nebraska, then traveled to Mexico to paint for 3 months. Queensland became home on returning in 1995, where he remained to work for the next seven years, basing himself in Maryborough firstly, then New Farm and the Sunshine Coast. MacFarlane moved to Hobart in 2002, where he lived with his wife Jane and daughter Lily until moving back to mainland Australia, in 2011. In 1996 the monograph, Stewart MacFarlane Riddles of Life by Veronique Helmridge-Marsillian, was published by Craftsman House. MacFarlane is in the majority of State Gallery collections as well as the Australian National Gallery. He has held over 50 solo exhibitions of his work in Australia, Asia, U.S.A. and Germany. A major monograph is planned on his work, due for publication in July 2012.
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Born 24/11/53, Adelaide, South Australia education 1984 Post-graduate Studies (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts 1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), School of Visual Arts, New York City, U.S.A. 1976 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, U.S.A. 1974 Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting), South Australian School of Art collections Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania Alice Springs Art Foundation, Araluen Art Centre, Northeren Territory Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, New Mexico, USA Artbank, Australia Art Gallery of Western Australia Australian National Gallery, Canberra Brisbane City Gallery, Queensland Curtin University Gallery, Perth Griffith University, Brisbane Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Victoria Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia Monash University. Melbourne Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland Print Council of Australia, Melbourne Provincetown Museum and Art Center, Massachusetts, USA Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane solo exhibitions 2011 Inheritance , Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur 2010 Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney 2009 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2008 Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne -America, Chapman Gallery, Canberra -Strange Land, Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, USA 2007 Serenade, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney 2006 Private Life, Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Small Observations, (Survey) Carnegie Gallery, Hobart; Vision, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2005 Pretty Colours, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne; Life Size, Bett Gallery Hobart 2004 Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney; Jazz, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane; Chapman Gallery, Canberra 2003 Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin, Germany; New Start, Bett Gallery Hobart; Some Kinds of Love, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne 2002 BMG Art, Adelaide; Dridan Fine Art, McLaren Vale, South Australia 2001 Compulsion (Survey), Brisbane City Gallery; Interior, Greenhill Galleries, Perth; Revelation, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane; University Paintings, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Syd Uni; Fortune, Chapman Gallery, Canberra 2000 Stone Free, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne; Screen Play, Galerie Carlos Hulsch Berlin, Germany 1999 Small Paintings, Gallery 460, Gosford NSW; Glow, Greenhill Galleries, Perth; Hometown, BMG Art, Adelaide 1998 Country Life, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane; Turpentine, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne 1997 Noosa: Not Just A Holiday, Noosa Regional Gallery; Favour, Greenhill Galleries, Perth 1996/7 McClelland Regional Gallery, Victoria 1996 Outcast, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne 1995 Bordertown, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney; Greenhill Galleries, Perth 1994 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide; Greenhill Galleries, Perth; The Modern World, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne 1993 Australian Passenger, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, Perth Galleries, Perth Gallery 409 (The Anderson Contemporary Art Gallery), Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.A. 1992 Perth Galleries, Perth 1991 Gallery 409 (The Anderson Contemporary Art Gallery), Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.A.; Roswell, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney 1990 Australian Galleries, Melbourne; Anima Gallery, Adelaide; Perth Galleries, Perth 1988 Door of Memories, The Roswell Museum and Art Centre, Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.A.; Nine Months in New Mexico, 70 Arden Street, North Melbourne 1987 Holdsworth Contemporary Gallery, Sydney; Frightened Gods, 70 Arden Street, North Melbourne 1985 Bright Lights, Big City, 70 Arden Street, North Melbourne 1984 Expatriates, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide 1983 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S.A; Australian Consulate, New York City, U.S.A. 1979 Razor Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.; Belanthi Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. selected solo exhibitions 2007/8 40th Anniversary Exhibition: Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, Roswell Museum and Art Gallery, USA 2006 Glover Art Prize (commended), Tasmania 2005 So You Wanna Be A Rock `N” Roll Star: Australian Painting From the NGV Shell Collection, National Gallery of Victoria Touring Exhibition, Wangaratta Exhibition Gallery, McClelland Gallery, Hamilton Art Gallery A Partial View: Australian Art in the UWA Collection, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia 2004 To Look Within, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra & University Art Museum, Brisbane The Painted Self, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria Imaging the Apple, Australian touring exhibition, Arts Academy, University of Ballarat Freudian Slip, BMG Gallery, Adelaide 2003 Self Portrait, Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin, Germany Sex and Sensuality, Noosa Regional gallery, Queensland People and Places, Redland Art Gallery, Queensland Back to the Future, Monash Museum of Art, Victoria The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria Travelling the Roundabout, Academy Gallery, Launceston and Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart Future Perfect, Bett Gallery Hobart Heat, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland 2002 Naked, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney The Painted Fold, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne Self Portrait, Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin 2001 Ill Met By Moonlight – An Exhibition of Nocturnes, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney Male Nude – A Private View, Charles Nodrum Gallery 2000 Body Image, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane Small Paintings, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S.A Land Mark, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic. Skin Deep, New Zealand 1999 William Dobell Drawing Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Cars and Culture Our Driving Passions, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Riding on the Edge. Art, identity and the Motorcycle, Waverly City Gallery, Victoria The Artist’s Retreat: Discovering the Mornington Peninsula 1850s to the Present, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Visy Board Art Prize, Tanunda, South Australia 1999/8 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Touring Exhibition 1998 The Fleurieu Biennale, McLauren Vale, South Australia Flesh, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland Luscious, Cooloola Shire Public Gallery, Queensland 1997 Alice Springs Art Award, Alice Springs Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Art Award, Queensland 1996 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne 1995 If You’re Creative You Can Get Stuffed, Continental Café, Melbourne 1994 Forth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne Monash University Collection, Monash University, Melbourne 1993 William Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Death, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of Sydney 1992 Urban Images, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne 1991 Artists from Melbourne, The Australia Gallery, NYC, USA 1989 Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition Heidelberg and Heritage, Linden Gallery, Melbourne Artists under Saturn, Ian Potter Gallery, The Uni of Melb 1988 A New Generation, Australian National Gallery, Canberra Paintings from Roswell, Uni. of Texas, El Paso, USA What’s Happening: A Fly-By, The Roswell Museum and Arts Centre, New Mexico, U.S.A. The Naked City, Contemporary Arts Centre of South Australia, Adelaide 1987 Here and There, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne Budget Collection Touring Exhibition ICI Collection, Touring Exhibition selected awards and residencies 2007/8 Roswell Artist-inResidence, Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation, New Mexico, USA 2006/7 Public Art Commision (Bridgewater High School Mural), Tasmania Government 2006 New Work Grant, Visual Arts Board, The Australia Council 2005 Public Art Commission (Rosebery High School), Tasmanian Government 2005 Visual Arts Grant, Arts Tasmania 2002 Artist-in-Residence, University of Tasmania, School of Art; New Work Grant, Australia Council 1998 New Work Grant, The Arts Office, Qld Government 1997 The Alice Prize, The Alice Springs Art Foundation, NT; Artist-in-Residence, Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD 1996 Logan City Art Award, Painting, Queensland 1994 Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. 1992 Artist-in-Residence, Edith Cowan University, Perth 1992 Artist-in-Residence, Monash University, Gippsland, VIC. 1990/1 Artist-in-Residence, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.A. 1987/8 Artist-in-Residence, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.A. 1987 Artist-in-Residence, Monash University, Gippsland, Victoria 1986/7 Visual Arts Board, Besozzo Studio, Italy 1985 Visual Arts Board, Half Standard Grant 1978 Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, U.S.A. 1977/8 Artist-in-Residence, Fine Art Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts. U.S.A. 1976 Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, U.S.A. 1975 Visual Arts Board Grant, Overseas Study selected bibliography 2006 Small Observations, 1967-2005 Survey of Small Paintings, Essay by Dr Veronique Helmridge-Marsillian, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart. Private Life, Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2001 Compulsion: Stewart MacFarlane, Essay by Vincent Katz, Brisbane City Gallery 1996 Stewart MacFarlane Riddles of Life, Veronique Helmridge-Marsillian, Sydney: Craftsman House. 1999 Cars and Culture. Our Driving Passions, Charles Pickett, Sydney: Harper Collins & Powerhouse Publishing 1998 Images 3, Contemporary Australian Painting, Nevill Drury, Sydney: Craftsman House; Australian Artlook, Melbourne:Heinemann. 1994 Art Now. Contemporary Art Post-1970, Donald Williams and Colin Simpson, Sydney: McGraw-Hill; Images 2, Contemporary Australian Painting, Nevill Drury, Sydney: Craftsman House. 1984 The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Alan McCulloch (rev. by Susan McCulloch) Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 2006 Stewart MacFarlane: Small Observations (Survey Exhibition), Essay: Dr Veronique Helridge-Marsillian, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart City Council. 2001 Compulsion: Survey exhibition, Brisbane City Gallery 1998 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Touring Exhibition 1995 Shell Collection of Contemporary Art, Robert Lindsay. 1993 Death, Felicity Fenner and Anne Loxley, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney 1987 Artists under Saturn, Frances Lindsay, Ian Potter Gallery, The University of Melbourne 1989 Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition, Frances Lindsay; I.C.I. Contemporary Art Collection, Robert Lindsay; Drawing, Jennifer Phipps, Geelong Art Gallery 1988 The Naked City, Margot Osborne, Contemporary Arts Society of South Australia, Adelaide 1987 Here and There, Elaine Merkus, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne; Young Australians. Budget Collection, Robert Lindsay, Powell Street Gallery; Stewart MacFarlane. Door of Memories, Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, U.S.A. 2004 “The Painted Self”, Roger Leong, Australian Artist (No 242, August); “Stewart MacFarlane”, Alison Kubler, State of the Arts (April) 2003 Artlink (Cover Image), Vol 23, No. 2 2001 “Review of Compulsion”, Tim Morrell, Art Link (Dec) 1997 “The Function”, Timothy Morrell, Artlines (Aug-Sept), Queensland Art Gallery Society 1994 “Work and Sex. Three Paintings by Stewart MacFarlane”, Veronique Helmridge-Marsillian., Art Monthly (July) 1992 “Stewart MacFarlane: ‘Roswell’”, Rosemary Adam, Art Monthly (March) 1990 “Stewart MacFarlane”, Rosemary Adam, Tension (22: Sept) 1989 “Summer Famine”, Christopher Heathcote, Art Monthly (March) 2004 “Private View with Stewart MacFarlane”, produced and directed by Nicholas Nedelkopoulos “Self Portraits”, Sunday, Nine Network (29 August) 2003 “Stewart MacFarlane Profile”, ABC TV Stateline (18 July)