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'''Garry Shead''' is an Australian artist and filmmaker who won the [[Archibald Prize]] in 1992/93 with a portrait of Tom Thompson, and won the [[Dobell Prize]] in 2004 with ''Colloquy with John Keats''. |
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'''Garry Shead''' is an Australian artist and filmmaker. His paintings are in many galleries in Australia and overseas, and he has won several awards, including the [[Archibald Prize]] in 1992. He has spent time in Japan, [[Papua New Guinea]], France, Austria, and Hungary, returning to Australia in the 1980s. |
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==Early life and education== |
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He won the Young Contemporaries Prize in 1967 and travelled to [[Japan]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[France]], [[Vienna]] and [[Budapest]]. He returned to Australia in the 1980s. His paintings are in many galleries in Australia and overseas. |
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Born in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], he studied at the [[National Art School]] in the 1960s.<ref name=mudie/> |
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==Career== |
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Born in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], he studied at the National Art School in the 1960s. He was a founding member of the [[Ubu Films]] collective in the late 1960s, with whom he made numerous experimental film works,<ref>Peter Mudie - ''Sydney Underground Movies: Ubu Films 1965-1970'' (UNSW Press, 1997) |
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He was a founding member of the [[Ubu Films]] collective in the late 1960s, with whom he made numerous experimental film works,<ref name=mudie>Peter Mudie - ''Sydney Underground Movies: Ubu Films 1965-1970'' (UNSW Press, 1997) </ref> and he also worked for the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]{{clarify|date=February 2018}} as an editor, cartoonist, filmmaker and scenic painter before his first major solo exhibition with [[Watters Gallery]] in [[Sydney]]. He was a friend of [[Brett Whiteley]] and participated in the famous Yellow House activities.{{cn|date=February 2023}} |
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He has shown in more than seventy group exhibitions and had over fifty solo exhibitions, as well as illustrating numerous books.{{cn|date=February 2023}} |
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| ⚫ | During a residency at the Karolyi Foundation, in Vence in southern France he met Hungarian sculptor Judith Englert, and spent a year in Budapest with her before returning to Australia. |
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| ⚫ | During a residency at the [[Karolyi Foundation]], in Vence in southern France, he met Hungarian sculptor Judith Englert, and spent a year in [[Budapest]] with her before returning to Australia. In 1987 they eventually settled in the seaside suburb of Bundeena, south of Sydney. During the late 1980s his style (figurative, allegoric, lyric, moody) crystallized with the [[Bundeena]] paintings, the Queen series and the [[D. H. Lawrence]] series. This last is based mainly on Lawrence's novel ''[[Kangaroo (novel)]]'', which was inspired by the Lawrences' stay at Thirroul, near [[Wollongong]]. Shead became interested in Lawrence after he came across letters by the author while on an expedition with the ABC to the Sepik Highlands in [[Papua New Guinea]] in 1968.{{cn|date=February 2023}} |
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The 21st century saw him branch out into a complex set of paintings celebrating the [[Ern Malley]] series of hoax poems.{{cn|date=February 2023}} |
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==Personal life== |
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In 1967 he married folk singer and civil rights activist [[Odetta]]. They later divorced.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/arts/music/03odetta.html |title= Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77 |work=New York Times|accessdate=September 4, 2023}}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
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Shead won the Young Contemporaries Prize in 1967.{{cn|date=February 2023}} |
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| ⚫ | He won the Archibald Prize in 1993 with a portrait of Tom Thompson. He also painted a portrait of Brett Whiteley's ex-wife [[Wendy Whiteley]] for the Archibald Prize, but that entry did not win.{{when|date=February 2023}}<ref>[http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/entertainment/picture-this/2008/02/21/1203467253439.html Picture this: Steve Meacham, Brisbane Times, 23 February 2008]</ref> He was a finalist in the [[Archibald Prize]] in [[List of Archibald Prize 2009 finalists|2009]] and [[List of Archibald Prize 2012 finalists|2012]].{{cn|date=February 2023}} |
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He won the [[Dobell Prize]] in 2004 with ''Colloquy with John Keats''.{{cn|date=February 2023}} |
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==Collections== |
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Shead is represented in the [[National Gallery of Australia]] and all state galleries, many regional galleries and numerous private and corporate collections, both nationally and internationally.{{cn|date=February 2023}} |
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==External links== |
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* Search [http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&me=A2M7420YY7NNC3 Garry Shead on Amazon] |
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Garry Shead is an Australian artist and filmmaker. His paintings are in many galleries in Australia and overseas, and he has won several awards, including the Archibald Prize in 1992. He has spent time in Japan, Papua New Guinea, France, Austria, and Hungary, returning to Australia in the 1980s.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Sydney, New South Wales, he studied at the National Art School in the 1960s.[1]
Career
[edit]He was a founding member of the Ubu Films collective in the late 1960s, with whom he made numerous experimental film works,[1] and he also worked for the ABC[clarification needed] as an editor, cartoonist, filmmaker and scenic painter before his first major solo exhibition with Watters Gallery in Sydney. He was a friend of Brett Whiteley and participated in the famous Yellow House activities.[citation needed]
He has shown in more than seventy group exhibitions and had over fifty solo exhibitions, as well as illustrating numerous books.[citation needed]
He spent six months in Paris in 1973. In the 1980s he spent time in France, Spain, Italy and Holland.[citation needed]
During a residency at the Karolyi Foundation, in Vence in southern France, he met Hungarian sculptor Judith Englert, and spent a year in Budapest with her before returning to Australia. In 1987 they eventually settled in the seaside suburb of Bundeena, south of Sydney. During the late 1980s his style (figurative, allegoric, lyric, moody) crystallized with the Bundeena paintings, the Queen series and the D. H. Lawrence series. This last is based mainly on Lawrence's novel Kangaroo (novel), which was inspired by the Lawrences' stay at Thirroul, near Wollongong. Shead became interested in Lawrence after he came across letters by the author while on an expedition with the ABC to the Sepik Highlands in Papua New Guinea in 1968.[citation needed]
The 21st century saw him branch out into a complex set of paintings celebrating the Ern Malley series of hoax poems.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]In 1967 he married folk singer and civil rights activist Odetta. They later divorced.[2]
Awards
[edit]Shead won the Young Contemporaries Prize in 1967.[citation needed]
He won the Archibald Prize in 1993 with a portrait of Tom Thompson. He also painted a portrait of Brett Whiteley's ex-wife Wendy Whiteley for the Archibald Prize, but that entry did not win.[when?][3] He was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 2009 and 2012.[citation needed]
He won the Dobell Prize in 2004 with Colloquy with John Keats.[citation needed]
Collections
[edit]Shead is represented in the National Gallery of Australia and all state galleries, many regional galleries and numerous private and corporate collections, both nationally and internationally.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Peter Mudie - Sydney Underground Movies: Ubu Films 1965-1970 (UNSW Press, 1997)
- ^ "Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77". New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Picture this: Steve Meacham, Brisbane Times, 23 February 2008
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