John Turton

Curriculum Vitae / Biography

1971 -1973 CLAREMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (DIP.OF F.A.)
1974 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INSITITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (BACHELOR OF FINE ART)

Exhibitions

1973-78 Churchill Gallery-Perth.
1979 Fremantle Art Centre
1980-82 Fine Art Gallery - Perth
1984-87,93.95,97 The Town Gallery, Brisbane.
1987,90 Gallery Australia, Perth
1988,91,93,00 Famed Gallery, Darwin.
1989 Cape Gallery, Byron Bay
1989 Lake Russel Gallery, Coffs Harbour.
1998 Regional Gallery, Harvey Bay.
1999 Michael Commerford Gallery, Sydney.

Group Exhibitions

1981 West Coast Watercolour, Fremantle Art Gallery.
1982 Landscape Images, Fremantle Art Centre.
         Still Life Exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre.
1983 Five Artists, The Town Gallery, Brisbane.
         West Australian Artists Exhibition,
         Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney.
1984 Western Australian Artists in China, Praxis, Perth.

Awards

1977,79 Melville Art Prize, WA
1978,82 Canning Art Prize, WA
1979 Albany Art Prize, WA
         6UA Radio Art Prize, Albany WA
         Harvey Art Prize WA
         Watercolour Prize, Royal Perth Show
         South Perth Art Prize, WA
1982 Best Landscape Mackay Art Society WA
1984 Coloundra Acquisitive Art Prize, QLD
1985 Redcliff Art Prize, QLD

Residencies

1981 Artist InResidence, Gascoyne Region, WA Arts Council
1982 Artist In Residence, Mundaring Arts Centre (offered -not taken up)

Publications

Artists and Galleries of Australia & New Zealand, Germaine, M.ed. Sydney Landscape Press
Art and Australia - Vol. 21 - No. 2 & Vol 23- No 3 - Lynn E.ed.
Contemporary Western Australian Painters and Printmakers Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
1979 - Mason - M.ed.

Teaching Experience
1979-82 Watercolour Tutor Fremantle Arts Centre - WA
Mixed Media Arts Tutor-Brisbane Institute Of Fine Arts - QLD
1984-85 Watercolour & Painting Tutor - TAFE Brisbane

Representation
The National Gallery Victoria, UTAH, Chamber of Mines Perth Art Bank, Murdoch University, Perth, BHP IBM Australia, Royal Perth Hospital Collection, Premierís suite Perth, Novak Tonkin, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Collection, SGIO Collection, R & I Bank Collection, Standard Chartered Bank Australia Collection, Numerous Council & Private Collections -Including Robert Holmes a Court - WA & Brian Arrowsmith - QLD

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