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Henry Sherwin

Painter


Curriculum Vitae

Born 1956

BIOGRAPHY

    1954 Born Murray Bridge, SA
    1971-74 Studied Art at Torrens CAE and South Australian School of Art Awarded Advanced Diploma of Teaching (Fine Art)
    1980 Resigned from full time teaching in order to paint
    1983 Travelled and painted in Somerset, UK
    1987 Painting trip throughout Europe, Egypt, Thailand and Turkey
    1995 Painting in Edinburgh, Ireland and Italy

Solo Exhibitions

    1980 Cutcliffe Gallery, Sydney
    1980 Newton Gallery, Adelaide
    1981 Newton Gallery, Adelaide
    1982 The Painters Gallery, Sydney
    1983 Old Clarendon Gallery, SA
    1984 The Painters Gallery, Sydney
    1985 Newton Gallery, Adelaide
    1986 The Painters Gallery, Sydney
    1987 Beehive Gallery, Adelaide
    1988 Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide
    1989 Access Gallery, Sydney
    1991 Eureka Gallery, Adelaide
    1991 Access Gallery, Sydney
    1993 Eureka Gallery, Adelaide
    1995 Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
    1997 Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
    1999 Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
    2000 Dridan Fine Art, SA
    2000 Cutcliffe Gallery, Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions

    1980 Members Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide
    1982 Four Watercolourists, Newton Gallery, Adelaide
    1983 Members Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide
    1984 Alice Bale Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition, Victoria
    1985 Ansett Purchase Prize Invitation, Hamilton, Victoria
    1986 Four Painters, Clare, SA
    1991 Two Painters, Middleton Bay Studio, Port Elliot, SA
    1991 Four Painters, Clare, SA
    1999 Recent Works, Burra Art Gallery, SA
    1999 Small Works, Dridan Fine Art, SA

Awards

    1984 Winner of commission for large watercolour, NSW Government
    1985 Co winner, Sir Hans Heysen Memorial Art Prize
    1995 Awarded the Thomas Laird Travelling Art Study Prize. Studied and painted in Edinburgh, Ireland and Italy
    1996 Balaklava Art Prize, Balaklava, SA
    1998 Collection, Belalie Arts Society, Jamestown
    1999 Winner of Inaugural Rotary Club Prize (Acquisitive), Clare, SA

Represented

    Artbank,
    State Bank of SA,
    SA Co-operative Building Society,
    City of Hamilton Art Gallery,
    numerous corporate and private collections throughout Australia and overseas.