CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
Address Home 2 Abbey Street, Leura, NSW 2780 Australia
Phone Number +61 (0)439 448 110
Email grahamjmarchant@gmail.com
Website www.grahammarchant.com.au
BIOGRAPHY
Graham Marchant is an Australian Artist who lives and works in Leura in the Blue Mountains, having relocated here from England in 1981. He trained in the UK, gaining both a BA and MA both at Honours level, he gained his PhD from Newcastle University, Australia in 2012. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, art prizes and artist residencies over the years in Australia, Paris: Italy: Spain: The United Kingdom, New York and Vermont. USA. He has held over thirty-one person exhibitions and participated in over eighty significant group exhibitions. His principal mediums are painting (oil and watercolour) drawing and printmaking.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
2013 PhD Newcastle University, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
1991 MA. (Hons), Fine Art, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, UK.
1971 Higher Diploma in Art, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, UK.
1970 BA. (Hons), Fine Art, Maidstone College of Art, UK.
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS:
1973-80 Various Art colleges in the UK, principally Cheltenham College of Art and Maidstone College of Art
1981 Prahran College of Advanced Education, Melbourne, VIc., Australia
1982-2002 University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Positions including Head of Fine Art, Post Graduate Co-ordinator
2003-2011 Professor, Rollins College, Florida, USA. Australian Studies Program, Sydney University
2006-2010 Visiting Professor, Rollins College, Florida, USA
2003- Printmaking and Water Colour Workshops; Various Summer/ Winter Schools
EXHIBITIONS
Over thirty-one solo exhibitions, including
2022 Oct The Mist That Follows Rain, Artsite, Sydney, NSW
2019 Oct Seasonal Nocturnes, Artsite, Sydney, NSW
2017 Oct Burning Colour, Artsite, Sydney, NSW
2016 Oct The Still Life Show, Artsite, Sydney, NSW
2015 Nov The Colour of Light, Artsite, Sydney, NSW
2014 Mar A Sydney Flower Show, Artsite, Sydney, NSW
2013 March Hot House Gardens, Interior landscapes, Artsite, Sydney, NSW
2011 June Inside Gardens, Outside Rooms, University of Newcastle Gallery, Newcastle NSW. PhD Exhibition
2008 Nov Window Studies, Palmer Street Gallery, Sydney NSW
2007 May Silks, Quilts and Manuscripts, Paintings and Works on Paper, Marianne Newman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2006 Dec Reflected Moments, Paintings and Works on Paper, Kenthurst Galleries, Sydney, NSW.
2006 June The Manuscript Series, Paintings and Works on Paper, Impressions on Paper Gallery, Canberra
(reviewed Canberra Times, 7 June 2006)
2004 Sept Images of Changing Light, Paintings and Works on Paper
Bundaberg Regional Gallery, Bundaberg, QLD
2003 Sept View from the window, Paintings and Works on Paper
New England Regional Gallery, Armidale, NSW
2003 April Recent Paintings, Bower House Gallery, Milton, NSW
1996/98 Recent Paintings, Works on Paper, Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney NSW
1992/94/98 Paintings/Works on Paper, Breewood Gallery, Leura, NSW
1996 June Filtering Light, Paintings/Works on Paper, Perth Galleries, Perth, WA
1993 May The Rain Forest Canopy, Paintings, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney (reviewed Sydney Morning Herald, 14 May 1993)
1992 Jan The Garden Series, Paintings, Prints & Drawings, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Gallery, Penrith
1991 April The Garden Series, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1985 Aug Paintings, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, NSW (reviewed Sydney Morning Herald, 26/8/83)
1978 June The Australian Suite, Paintings, Prahran Gallery. Melbourne
1974–2013 Participated in over seventy significant juried exhibitions and art prizes.
ART PRIZES:
2024 Finalist, Kedumba Drawing Prize, Sydney, NSW
2024 Finalist, Paddington Landscape Prize, Sydney, NSW
2024 Finalist, Land Cove Art Award, Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW
2024 Finalist, Small Works, Lethbridge Galleries, Brisbane, Qld.
2024 First Prize. Waterbrook Landscape Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, NSW
2024 Finalist, Doyles Art Award, Mudgeeraba, Qld.
2023 Finalist, Flow, Watercolour Prize, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
2023 Finalist, Muswellbrook Art Prize, Works on Paper, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW
2023 Finalist, Mount Eyre Art Prize, Rex Livingstone Gallery, Katoomba, NSW
2023 Land Cove Art Prize (Highly Commended), Sydney, NSW
2023 Tim Coats Watercolour Prize (Highly Commended), Bowral, NSW
2023 Finalist, Polish Drawing Biennale, Melbourne, Vic.
2023 Finalist, Hawkesbury Art Prize, NSW
2019 Gosford Art Prize (Highly Commended), Gosford, NSW
2018 Highly Commended, Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW
2018 Finalist, 9” x 5” Landscape Prize,
Waverly Woollahra Art School, Bondi, Sydney,NSW.
2017 Invited Artist, Kedumba Drawing Prize, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
2017/18 Annual Watercolour Exhibition, AWI, Juniper Hall, Sydney, NSW
2017 Finalist, Painting Section, Waverly Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2017 Awarded Third Prize, Oakhill College Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2017 Finalist Muswellbrook Art Prize, Works on Paper, Muswelllbrook Regional Art Gallery, Muswellbrook, NSW
2017 Finalist, The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting. Griffith University, Brisbane, Qld.
2016 Finalist, Art Concerning the Environment, Scope Galleries, Warrnambool, Vic.
2016 Finalist, Emsla Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
2016 Finalist, Art Concerning the Environment Exhibition. Scope Galleries, Warrnambool, Vic.
2014 Invited Finalist, Kedumba Drawing Prize, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2007-2015 Finalist, EMSLA Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour, NSW
2014 Waverley Art Prize (Winner, Printmaking section), Sydney, NSW
2013 Merit award, Small works exhibition, BSG Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
2012 James Kiwi Watercolour prize (Highly Commended), Wollongong City Gallery. Woolongong, NSW
2011 Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2007–12 Finalist, EMSLA Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
2012 Winner, Inaugural Painting Prize, Oakhill College, Sydney, NSW
2004 Winner, Printmaking Prize, Mungundi Art Prize, Mungandi, NSW
2003 Winner, Hills Grammar School Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
1999 International Biennale of Drawing (2nd Prize) Le Puget Art Gallery, Le Puget, France
1998 Waverly Art Prize, Winner Drawing Section, Sydney, NSW
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES:
2004 Queensland Arts Council Grant. Residency and Exhibition, Qld.
2004 Artist in Residence, Bundaberg Regional Gallery, Qld.
2002–2003 Artist in Residence, Armidale Regional Art Gallery, Armidale, NSW
2001 Artist in Residence, University of Central England, Birmingham, UK
1999/01 Artist in Residence, Part Fellowship, Vermont Studio Centre, USA
1986/96 Artist in Residence, AGNSW Studio, Cité International des Arts, Paris
1996 Artist in Residence, Delphina Studio Trust, Manilva, Spain
1991 University of Western Sydney, Professional Experience Program, Study
Tour of Italian and English Gardens
1989 University of Western Sydney, Nepean
Research Grant for a series of Paintings and Prints based onGardens
1986 Artist in Residence, British School at Rome, Italy
1981 Artist in Residence, Prahran College of Advanced Education, Melbourne, Vic.
1978 British Council Award, Visiting Artist to Australia
PUBLICATIONS and Articles:
2016 Painting in Watercolour, The Indispensable Guide, 2016.
My article: ‘Painting Fabric in Watercolour’, pp. 232–235 (Book code WCCG).
2016 Mar Australian Artist Magazine, pp. 66–70.
2007 May Catalogue Essay, Silks, Quilts and Manuscripts by William Wright.
2006 Nov The Australian Watercolour Institute, Publisher Phillip Mathew.
2000 Dec Residency Report, The Vermont Studio Centre. Postwest UWS No 17.
1997 Apr Selected Prose, Home and Away, Pandora Books, Brighton UK.
1995 Jan Commissioned to publish four prints for Port Jackson Press, Melbourne.
1992 Feb The Garden Series, Exhibition Catalogue, Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Author Dr. Alan Krell
COLLECTIONS:
Nepean Hospital, NSW, Australia.
Cheltenham Art Gallery UK.
Art Bank, Australia.
New Parliament House, Canberra, Australia.
Australian Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia.
University of Central England, Birmingham, UK.
Hills Grammar School, Sydney, NSW. Australia.
Oakhill College, Sydney NSW Australia.
SOCIETIES/ MEMBERSHIPS:
2005– Elected Member Australian Watercolour Institute
2003– Sydney Printmakers, NSW, Australia
2005–10 Elected President, Sydney Printmakers, NSW, Australia
