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Douglas Kirsop - artist profile Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007
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Born Scotland 1952

studies & professional experience
1972-76 B.A.  (Hons) Fine Art- City & Guilds & Hornsey Art School, London
1976-77 1Year French Scholarship, Ecole de Beaux Arts, Aix en Provence.
1977-78 1Year Post-graduate Art Teacher's Certificate, Leeds University
1978-82 Traveled and painted in Italy, France and Austria, specializing in watercolours, landscapes and portraits.
1982-84 Arrived in Australia, March 1982. Traveled and painted widely until September 1984.
October 1984 Gained permanent residency in Australia and started painting full-time. Paints Pilbara, Kimberley, Northern Territory, 
Settled in South West of Western Australia.
Subsequent painting trips made to Nepal and Europe taking in Tuscany France and Portugal
1999 2 week Painting and Teaching trip to Lucca, Tuscany
2000 2 week Painting and Teaching trip to Lucca, Tuscany
2001 3 week Painting and Teaching trip to Greece
2002 2 week Painting and Teaching trip to Lucca Tuscany

 

awards
2006 Cossack Art Award – Pilbara Landscape Category
2006 Joint Winner Vasse Primary School Art Prize               
2000 People's Choice, Cossack Art Prize
2000 Finalist for Mandorla Art Prize
1995 Finalist for Mandorla Art Prize
1993 Wild West Hyundai Art Prize, Gillian Aitken Award
1991 Katanning Art Prize, Water based Medium
1987 Subiaco Rotary Art Club Prize
1986 Subiaco Rotary Art Club Prize
1985 Williams Watercolour Prize

representations
Private collections in Europe, USA, Israel, Australia, UK 
Corporate Collections in Japan, USA, Australia, China     
The Holmes a Court Collection 
Rumanian Government
Dominion Gold Mines
The Weld Club
Westpac Wesfarmers
Kerry Stokes Reserve Bank
E.U. Delegation Office, Canberra 
Millbrook Winery, Jarrahdale, WA
Hamersley Iron                                                                  
Alinta Gas                                                                          
Evans & Tate Wines
Kalgoorlie College Art Dept. Collection                                                                                
Hale School Collection, Perth WA
Cape Bouvard   
Monastery Gallery Collection,  New Norcia, WA      
Illustrations for 3 poems for “Songs of The Possum” by Bill Mather Brown

solo exhibition
2005 Monsoon Gallery Broome WA
2004 Stafford Studios, Perth WA
2004 Delshan Gallery, Armadale,Melbourne
2003 Monsoon  Gallery – Broome WA 
2002 Evans and Tate Visitor’s Center Opening
2000 Stafford Studios - Perth WA
2000 Monsoon Gallery - Broome WA
1999 Beaver Galleries - ACT
1997 Stafford  Studios - Perth, W.A
1996 Gunyulgup Galleries - Yallingup, W.A.
1995 Stafford Studios-Perth
1995 Beaver Galleries- A.C.T.
1995 Holdsworth Gallery- Sydney
1994 Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, W.A.
1993 Stafford Studios, Perth
1991 Beaver Galleries
1991 Arts Darwin Gallery, Darwin
1990 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1990 Goodridge Gallery, Perth
1988 Goodridge Gallery, Perth
1987 "Pilbara Light" Exhibition, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
1986 Goodridge Gallery, Perth
1986 Ric's Gallery, Dalkeith, Perth
1985 Tresilian Community Centre, Perth
               

 

 

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