PROFILE

 

 

I am a contemporary artist, living in Melbourne, Australia, working in oil and watercolour. I have a studio on the banks of the Maribyrnong River and I go Plein Air as often as possible, sketching and painting in the city streets or surrounding countryside. I also mentor a group of wonderful artists on a weekly basis.
I am a member of the Victorian Artists Society and the Watercolour Society of Victoria, and a proud Archibald Portrait Prize Finalist. My work is also in the National Gallery of Victoria’s contemporary art collection.

 

 

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ARCHIBALD PORTRAIT PRIZE FINALIST 2008

DAVID DISHER
(2007 Sulman Prize winner)
122cm x 91cm oil on canvas
Art Gallery of NSW

 

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PERCIVALS PORTRAIT PRIZE FINALIST 2024

SELF PORTRAIT
91cm x 122cm oil on canvas
Townsville Regional Gallery

 

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PRIZES
2024 Percivals Portrait Prize, Townsville Regional Gallery, Qld - Finalist
2023 Show Your Westside, Footscray, Victoria
 2023 Camberwell Art Show Plein Air, Camberwell, Victoria
2023 Brunswick Street Gallery 50 Squared, Melbourne, Victoria
2023 Lethbridge Gallery Small Works Salon de Refuses, Paddington, Queensland
2019 Southern Buoy Studios Portrait Prize, Mornington, Victoria - Finalist
2008 Archibald Portrait Prize - Finalist
2006 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize - Finalist
2005 Discovery Art Show, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne - Winner Best Oil Painting
2004 Cromwell's Art Prize, Rex-Livingston Gallery, Sydney NSW - Winner

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Victoria
2007 Delshan Gallery, Armadale, Victoria
2006 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2006 Delshan Gallery, Armadale, Victoria
2005 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2004 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2003 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2002 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2001 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2000 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Watercolour Society of Victoria 50th Anniversary exhibition, East Melbourne, Victoria
2023 Victorian Artists Society 9x5 exhibition, East Melbourne, Victoria
 2023 Rex-Livingston Gallery, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW
2023 Victorian Artists Society, East Melbourne, Victoria
2021 Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Victoria
2020 Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Victoria
2019 Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Victoria
2019 Sorrento Art Show, Sorrento, Victoria
 2007 Paintbox Fine Art, Fulham, London, UK
2007 Paintbox Fine Art, Braddon, ACT
2007 Wall Gallery, Ascot Vale, Victoria
2007 Delshan, Armadale, Victoria
2007 Green-Wood Gallery, South Melbourne, Victoria
2006 Delshan, Armadale, Victoria
2006 Wall Gallery, Ascot Vale, Victoria
2006 Green-Wood Gallery, South Melbourne, Victoria
2005 Wall Gallery, Ascot Vale, Victoria
2005 Discovery Art Show, Gasworks Art Park, Albert Park, Victoria
2005 Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Surry Hills, NSW
2005 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2005 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, Victoria
2004 The Lab Gallery, Lexington Avenue, New York City
2004 Cromwell's Art Prize, Sydney, Melbourne, Washington USA
2004 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2004 Toyota HQ, Port Melbourne, Victoria
2004 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, Victoria
2003 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2003 Affordable Art Show, Sydney, NSW
2003 Artists For Kids Trust, Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2003 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, Victoria
2002 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2002 Contemporary Art Society of Victoria, Melbourne
2002 Artists For Kids Trust, Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2002 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, Victoria
2001 Agora Gallery, Soho, New York City
2001 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2001 Contemporary Art Society of Victoria, Melbourne
2001 Southside Arts, offices of the Hon John Thwaites, Deputy Premier of Victoria
2001 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, Victoria
2000 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
2000 Contemporary Art Society of Victoria, Melbourne
2000 Southside Arts, offices of the Hon John Thwaites, Deputy Premier of Victoria
1999 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria
1999 Contemporary Art Society of Victoria, Victoria
1996 Roar Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria
1995 Emerging Artists Group Show, Mile End, SA
1995 Art Images, Norwood, SA
1990 Contemporary Art Society of Dundee, Dundee Museum, Dundee, Scotland
1989 Contemporary Art Society of Dundee, Roseangle, Dundee, Scotland
1988 Contemporary Art Society of Dundee, Roseangle, Dundee, Scotland

 

COLLECTIONS
The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Private collections in Australia, New Zealand, China, England, Scotland, USA

 

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Winner of the 2005 Discovery Art Show
Best Oil Painting Award

"THE PHOENIX"
102cm x 76cm

Judged as the Best Work In Oil in the 2005 Discovery Art Show.

This painting was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
for their Contemporary Art Collection.

 

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The Sunday Herald Sun, April 11th, 2004

PRIZEWORTHY: Neil McIrvine with his portrait of Nathan Buckley.

THE EVENT: Tucked away in Hotham Street in South Melbourne is Gallery M, a vibrant new face on the Melbourne art scene. The gallery, which opened on Wednesday night, is dedicated to showcasing select Australian artists and supporting emerging talent.

SPOTTED: Collingwood captain Nathan Buckley was not at the opening, but his presence was certainly felt in the room. Buckley's portrait was captured for the Archibald Prize by Neil McIrvine, who happily admits he is not a Collingwood fan. The piece is now on display and - if you have a chequebook handy - for sale at the gallery. Buckley sat for McIrvine twice, however the portrait took about three months to complete.

 

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COVER OF
ART GALLERY GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA
August 2000