Andrew Purvis
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Born Sydney, Australia
Studies 1984-1987 Higher Art Certificate, National Art School, ESTC, Sydney
1989 Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1996-1997 Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts
Solo Exhibitions
1989 Capita Fine Arts Grant, Solo Exhibition, Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney
1990 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
1992 Crawford Gallery, Sydney
1993 Crawford Gallery, Sydney
1995 Crawford Gallery, Sydney
1996 Stripp Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
1988 Capita Fine Arts grant, Finalists Exhibition, Cell Block Theatre, NAS
1988 William Dobell Foundation Collection, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1990 Sulman Prize, AGNSW
1991 The Artists Eye, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1992 La Tavola Art Prize, Sydney
1993 Christopher Leonard Gallery, New York, USA
Forth Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
Up Down and Across, Campbelltown City Art Gallery
1996 Resisting Blackmail, Kenesis, Sydney
1997 Post Graduate Show, Sydney College of the Arts
2001 Painting Now, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2003 Sydney University Art Union Prize. Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney
2005 June abstraction, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2008 Argentina, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2009 CarriageArtworks, Carriageworks, Sydney
Awards/Grants
Capita Fine Arts Grant 1995
La Tavola Art Prize 2002
Artist in Residence, Cite Des Arts, Paris, Awarded by AGNSW
2003 Sydney University Art Union Prize
Collections
Artbank
Capita Finance
National Art School ESTC
NIDA
Pace Group
Sir William Dobell Foundation Collection
Sydney Technical College
Bibliography
1987 Elwyn Lynn, Sir William Dobell Art Foundation Catalogue
1987 Bronwyn Watson, An Election Photo Finish SMH 17 June
1988 Bronwyn Watson, Discovering life before death SMH 8 July
1990 Christopher Allen, Stars and Summer squalls SMH 26 January
1989 Elwyn Lynn, In or out of the race its a minefield. The Weekend Australian
1992 Lynette Fern, Bright light and dark skies SMH 14 October
1993 Bronwyn Watson, Past is always present SMH 23 May
1993 Elwyn Lynn, Signposts to the present The Weekend Australian
Suellyn Luckett, Up down and Across Catalogue
John McDonald, Masonite man heads west SMH 2 December
Terence Maloon, The weaving of hands Autumn, Art & Australia
2005 Sunanda Creagh, making a living turned into fine art, SMH 22 August