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Curriculum Vitae





Education & Experience

2009        Part time teaching Painting at Nowra TAFE.
2008        Cert IV in Training & Assessment
2005-08  Developing & practising printmaking skills at Wollongong West TAFE.
2003-04  Cert IV Fine-arts at Wollongong West TAFE
2000        Full time artist painter.
1989        Immigrate to Australia.
                 Create AF Specialised Painting
                 Free-lance artist in Australia & world wide.
1987-89  Worked for Catherine Feff, Paris.
                 Painting large scale arts works for public and private commissions.
1986        Advance diploma in air-brush techniques
1979        Baccalaureate “Arts plastic & Art History”

Solo Exhibitions

2007        Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2007        Despard Gallery Hobart Tasmania
2006        Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2005        Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2005        The Buttermilk Factory, Pyree NSW
2004        The Old Milk Factory, Bowral NSW
2001        Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008        Summer show, The Bell Gallery, Berrima, NSW.
                 Who Let The Dog Out, Lake Macquarie City Council
                 & Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW.
                 The dog in Contemporary Australian Art.
2008        Summer show Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
2007        Art Melbourne, Victoria.
                 Represented by Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
2007        Summer show Despard Galley, Hobart Tasmania
2006        Bruyeres Gray Fine Art, Bowral NSW   
2006        Project Space Wollongong NSW
2005        Project Space Wollongong NSW
2004        Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW.

Selected Art Prize

2008        The Norvill, Murrurundi, NSW, Highly commended.
                 The Malcolm Turnbull bequest, Bowral, Highly commended.
                 The 8 x 8 Milton Art fest, Winner of the Best Drawing.       
     
            The Cowra, Cowra NSW, finalist.
   
             Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Outback, finalist.
   
              The Alvaro, Bowral District Art Society, finalist.
2007        The Waverley, Sydney NSW. Highly commended.
  
               The Alvaro, Bowral District art society, highly commended.
2006        The Pyree Tycan, Bowral District Art Society, commended
   
              The Alvaro, Bowral District art society, finalist.
    
            The Cowra, Cowra NSW, finalist.
   
             The Norvill, Murrurundi NSW, finalist.
2005        The ANL Maritime, Dockland, Victoria, finalist.        
  
               The Paddington, Sydney NSW, national finalist.
   
              The Cowra, Cowra NSW, finalist.
2004        The ANL Maritime, Dockland Victoria finalist
  
               The Paddington, Sydney, national finalist.
                 The Norvill, Murrurundi NSW, highly commended.
      
           The Merrogal, Nowra. Highly commended.
      
           The Shoalhaven art society, Nowra. Highly commended.
2003        The Waterhouse, South Australian Museum Adelaide, finalist.
   
             The Mosman, Mosman NSW, finalist.
2002        The Norvill, Murrurundi NSW, commended
     
            The Mosman, Mosman NSW, finalist.


Publications:

The Daily Telegraph, October 2007, page 49, Sydney Live
“Dogged pursuit of excellence”

Australia “BARK” magazine, volume 1, number 5, Sept/Oct 2006 page 14
“Pig hunting dogs make a powerful series”.

South Coast Register Oct30 2006 page 11
Canine to canvas, Artist explore the darker side of hunting dogs.

Art Almanac, Oct 2006 page 224, profiles
“I’ve got a problem with the world today”.



Despard Gallery
15 Castray Esplanade, Hobart Tasmania 7000, Australia.
Phone: +61 3 6223 8266 Fax: +61 3 6223 6496 E-mail: steven@despard-gallery.com.au