Born 1973, Sydney, Australia
Lives and works Robertson, NSW, Australia
Solo Exhibitions
| 2010 |
Inhabit, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
Ben Quilty, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2009 |
CRITICAL IMPACT, GRANTPIRRIE|Offsite, Melbourne
BEN QUILTY LIVE! The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane; TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, VIC
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| 2008 |
Smashed, GRANTPIRRIE at Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne and GRANTPIRRIE Sydney
Smashed, University of Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle
More work from the Man Cave, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
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| 2007 |
Pride and Patriotism, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
New work from the Man Cave, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Death-Wish, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
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| 2006 |
Jan Murphy Gallery at the Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
Ache, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
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| 2005 |
We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Life's What You Do While You're Waiting To Die, Maunsell Wickes At Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
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| 2004 |
Beauty, Rich and Rare, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
Young and Free?, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
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| 2003 |
Torana, Maunsell Hughes Gallery, Sydney
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| 2002 |
New Paintings', Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
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| 2001 |
Paris, Step Gallery, Sydney
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Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2010 |
Hong Kong International Art Fair, GRANTPIRRIE, Hong Kong
Time Travel: reimagining the past, Tweed River Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
An Oeuvre Both Abundant and Diverse, SCA Galleries, Sydney
Australian masterpieces from the TWMA collection, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville
Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
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| 2009 |
The Shilo Project, The Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Darwin's Bastards, Verge Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney
The Death Show, Parramatta Artists Studios, Parramatta, NSW
Family Guy, Lake Macquarie Regional Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie, NSW
GRANTPIRRIE at the Hong Kong International Art Fair, May 2009
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
3x2x2x3, Deloitte, Sydney
Salon, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, curated by Daniel Thomas AM
Ben Quilty, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn
On Rage, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane. Curated by Ben Quilty
Wheels on Fire, Manning Region Art Gallery, Taree
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| 2008 |
Repeat that Again! The Serial Impulse in Art Since the Sixties, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
GRANTPIRRIE at GAG, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
New, Selected Recent Acquisitions, 2007-2008, University of Queensland Art Museum, Qld
I Am A Good Boy, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
Neo Goth, Back in Black, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
CONTEMPORANEOUS: Australian Contemporary Painting 1, Wangaratta Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC
GIFTED: New to the Griffith University Art Collection, Dell Gallery @ QCA, Brisbane
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| 2007–08 |
Considering Portraiture and Figuration, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
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| 2007 |
Past Winners Exhibition, Brett Whitely Studio, Sydney
To Be Confirmed, 2007 Arc Biennial, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
Current: Sculpture Projects in the River City, Parramatta City Council ‘Riverbeats’, The Sebel Parramatta, Sydney
Portal, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
New Acquisitions 2007, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Snap Freeze, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Vic
The Led Zeppellin World Tour, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
Cuisine and Country, Orange Regional Gallery and touring to other venues
Pants Down, Surprise, In-Transit Gallery, Portside Whard, Brisbane
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| 2006 |
Truth and Likeness, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
The Year in Art, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Dobell Drawing Prize exhibition, AGNSW, Sydney
The Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawings. Kedumba Gallery, NSW
Flaming Youth, Orange Regioanal Gallery, NSW
Ironic Expressionism, Virginia Wilson Art, Sydney
Poor Yorick, Virginia Wilson Art, Sydney
Monsters, Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland
Monsters, Albury Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
The Archibald Prize exhibition, AGNSW, Sydney
Figure 8, Deloitte, Sydney and Melbourne
Animals as Allegory, QUT, Brisbane
Driving Passion, Ipswich Art Gallery, Qld.
Post-It – Exquisite Corpse, Peleton, Sydney
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| 2005
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Autofetish: mechanics of desire, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Thai-Australian Contemporary prints, Chiangmai University Art Museum, Thailand
Thai-Australian Contemporary prints, COFA, Sydney
ABN Amro Art Award, ABN Amro building, Sydney
Recent Acquisitions, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
The Archibald Prize, Exhibition, AGNSW, Sydney
Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Metro 5 Art Prize, Melbourne
Artist protests anti sedition laws, Casula Powerhouse Art Centre, Casula
Friends and Neighbours, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
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| 2004 |
Archibald and Wynne Prize Exhibitions, AGNSW
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery and Community Centre
Show Me Your Sexy Urbanity, Fotos, Hohenstrausenstr, Frankfurt, Germany
Metro 5 Art Prize, Melbourne
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| 2003 |
Salon des Refusee, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Emerging Artists at Mary Place, Sydney
Metro 5 Art Prize, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne (Un-official Runner-Up)
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| 2002 |
University and Schools Club Art Show, Sydney
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Winner), AGNSW, Sydney
Emerging Artists at Mary Place, Inaugural Group Show, Sydney
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| 2001 |
Art Gallery Society Art Auction, AGNSW
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Shortlist), AGNSW
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery and Community Centre
BareBones Art Space, Bangalow, Selected work
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| 2000 |
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Finalist), AGNSW, Sydney
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| 1997-2002 |
Porters Gallery, Sydney
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| 1994 |
Pukka, Allen Street Gallery, Sydney
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| 1991 |
Artexpress, AGNSW, Sydney |
Awards
| 2009 |
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney |
| 2007 |
National Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum |
| 2004 |
Kings School Art Prize, Sydney
Metro 5 Art Prize, Melbourne
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| 2002 |
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, AGNSW, Sydney
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| 1992 |
Young Painters Prize, Kenthurst Galleries, Sydney
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| 1991 |
Julian Ashton Summer School Scholarship
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| 1989 |
Rocks Painters Picnic, Age and Open Winner, Sydney Festival of the Arts |
Education
| 2001 |
Bachelor of Design - Vis. Com, School of Design, University of Western Sydney |
| 1996 |
Certificate in Aboriginal Culture and History, Monash University
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| 1994 |
Bachelor of Visual Arts - Painting, Sydney University, Sydney College of the Arts |
Residencies
| 2007 |
Barcelona Studio, Spain |
| 2005 |
Hill End, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
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| 2004 |
The Gunnery, New South Wales Ministry For the Arts, Sydney
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| 2003 |
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
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| 2002 |
St Vincents Hospital, Melbourne |
Collections
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Burnie Regional Gallery, Tas.
Dubbo Regional Gallery, NSW
Ipswich Regional Gallery, NSW
Kedumba Contemporary Drawing Collection, NSW
Macquarie Bank Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW
New England Regional Gallery, NSW
QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Private collections nationally and internationally
Bibliography
Dr. Shireen Huda, ‘Market Rap’, Art Market Report, Issue 33, Third Quarter 2009 p.
Courtney Kidd, ‘The artists the market has loved too much’, Art Market Report, Issue 33, Third Quarter 2009 p. 18 - 20
Suzanna Clarke, ‘Ben turns myths into hits’ The Herald Sun, 5 October 2009, p. 47
Laini Burton, ‘Growing Pains – A journey through BEN QUILTY LIVE!’, Art Monthly Australia October 2009 #224 p. 25-27
Raymond Gill, ‘Wasted years prove all the rage’, The Age, 26 August 2009, p. 21
Susan Westwood, 'The Old Masters of Tomorrow', GQ Magazine, August/September 2009, p.141
Lisa Slade, Ben Quilty, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 2009
Rosalie Higson, 'Barnestorming effort takes out the Moran', The Australian, 11 March 2009, p.7
Katrina Steickland, 'Second entry proves three times luckier', The Australian Financial Review, ww March 2009, p.3
Louise Schwartzkoff, 'Smashed roxker and dry land scoop art's richest prize', The Sydney Morning Herald, March 2009
'Barnes portrait wins $150K prize', ABC Online, March 2009
Edith Moss, GRANTPIRRIE continues artist's winning spree', Constructing Art Blog, 10 March 2009
Ashley Crawford, 'Gothic candour: I am the coffin that will not be silent', Art Monthly Australia, No.216, December 2008 - February 2009, pp. 45-49
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Hugh Stewart, ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’, Vogue Australia, August 2008
Tracey Clement, ‘The Fast and Furious World of Ben Quilty’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 45, July – September 2008
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Lenny Ann Low, Life after ditching the palette and beret. 'The Sydney Morning Herald', October 16, 2002.
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