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<strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong><br />
Dealer Consultant & Valuer<br />
ABN 86 229 108 803<br />
GUY STUART<br />
Born 1942 Canberra, Australia<br />
EDUCATION<br />
2002 Fully funded residency, The Hill End <strong>Art</strong>ists, NSW<br />
1985 Revisited Japan <strong>to</strong> draw a rural environment<br />
Studied Painting at Royal Melbourne Institute of<br />
Technology<br />
1957,59 Travelled <strong>to</strong> Japan<br />
1956-60 Student of John Brack, Melbourne Grammar<br />
SOLO EXHIBITIONS<br />
2010 Guy Stuart: A Continuous Wooden Floor Revisited, Australian<br />
Experimental <strong>Art</strong> Foundation, Adelaide<br />
2008 Guy Stuart: Writing the Picture, <strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong>,<br />
Sydney<br />
2007 Guy Stuart: Bowls, Vats, Discs and Baffles, Tarra Warra<br />
Museum of <strong>Art</strong>, Melbourne<br />
Guy Stuart: Writing the Picture, Charles Nodrum<br />
Gallery, Melbourne<br />
2006 Nillumbik Shire Council Offices, Greensborough,<br />
Melbourne<br />
2004 Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
2003 Paintings and Drawings, <strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Sydney<br />
Guy Stuart – Works from Hill End, Bathurst Regional<br />
Gallery, NSW<br />
2002 Intimate Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra<br />
2001 Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
1998 Paintings and Drawings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
1997 Paintings from the Wimmera, Horsham Gallery, Vic<br />
1996 Recent Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
1990, 92, 94<br />
2 Painting and 1 Drawing exhibition, Australian Galleries,<br />
Melbourne<br />
1986 Japanese Diary, Drawings from North Kyo<strong>to</strong>, Australian<br />
Centre of Contemporary <strong>Art</strong>, Melbourne<br />
1982 Guy Stuart – A Brief Retrospective, Heide <strong>Art</strong> Gallery,<br />
Melbourne<br />
1981 Paintings and Drawings, Gallery A, Sydney<br />
1977 Drawings, Tony Coleing’s Works on Paper Gallery, Sydney<br />
1975-80 3 Painting and 2 Drawing Exhibitions, Pinacotheca, Melbourne<br />
1973 Studio Exhibition, Lattice Structures, Kensing<strong>to</strong>n, Melbourne<br />
1970 A Continuous Wooden Floor, Gallery A, Melbourne<br />
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<strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong><br />
Dealer Consultant & Valuer<br />
ABN 86 229 108 803<br />
1969 Guy Stuart: Bowls & Walls. Drawings for Metal C<strong>as</strong>tings<br />
Paintings and Drawings, Gallery A, Melbourne<br />
Lock Span, A proposal for a monumental sculpture, Gallery A,<br />
Melbourne<br />
27 exhibitions overall<br />
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS<br />
2013 Resonances, <strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Sydney<br />
2012 Contemporary Australian Drawing 2, University of <strong>Art</strong>s,<br />
London<br />
Less is More, Minimal & Post Minimal <strong>Art</strong> in Australia,<br />
Bulleen, Heide Museum of Modern <strong>Art</strong>, Vic<br />
2011 Japonisme, <strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Sydney<br />
Works on Paper, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
Modern Australian Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery,<br />
Melbourne<br />
2010 Modern Australian Paintings and Abstraction 9, Charles<br />
Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
'(<strong>to</strong>) give time <strong>to</strong> time', Australian Experimental <strong>Art</strong>s<br />
Foundation (AEAF), Adelaide<br />
2009 Paint, <strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Sydney<br />
2008 Abstraction 7, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
2007 Bodies & Minds, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
Eye <strong>to</strong> ‘I’ - The Self in Recent <strong>Art</strong>, Ballarat <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, Vic<br />
2006 Paul Guest Acquisitive Award, Bendigo <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, Vic<br />
(Winner)<br />
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, Vic<br />
(Winner)<br />
Two Paintings, The Union Club, Bent Street, Sydney<br />
Con<strong>to</strong>urs: Merran Esson, Miik Green, Guy Stuart, <strong>Stella</strong><br />
<strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Sydney<br />
21 Landscapes, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
Abstraction 5, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
2005 Mosman <strong>Art</strong> Prize, Sydney<br />
The <strong>Art</strong>hur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo <strong>Art</strong> Gallery,<br />
Vic<br />
21 st Birthday Show, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
Now- Contemporary Australian <strong>Art</strong>, Mossgreen Gallery,<br />
Melbourne<br />
Works on Paper, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
2004 P<strong>as</strong>sages, Terrance Henningsen & Guy Stuart, <strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong><br />
<strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Sydney<br />
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<strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong><br />
Dealer Consultant & Valuer<br />
ABN 86 229 108 803<br />
Fresh Fields, Charles Nodrum Collection, Ballarat <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong><br />
Gallery, Vic<strong>to</strong>ria<br />
Melbourne <strong>Art</strong> Fair 2004, <strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Melbourne<br />
Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth<br />
Falls, NSW<br />
Works on Paper, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<br />
2003 Dobell Drawing Prize, <strong>Art</strong> Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney<br />
The New Beaut Country, TarraWarra Museum of <strong>Art</strong>,<br />
Healesville, Vic<br />
National Works on Paper, Morning<strong>to</strong>n Peninsula Regional<br />
Gallery, Vic<br />
Still: Tarrawarra Museum of <strong>Art</strong>, Metropolitan Meat Market<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Centre, Melbourne<br />
Paper 3, <strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Sydney<br />
2002 Colour. From Monochrome <strong>to</strong> Polychrome, Kerry S<strong>to</strong>kes<br />
Collection, Cannery <strong>Art</strong> Centre, Esperence, WA<br />
Intimate Portraits, an exhibition with 6 artists; Andrew Daly,<br />
Mary Moore, Kevin Lincoln, Salva<strong>to</strong>re Zofrea, Janet Dawson<br />
and Guy Stuart; Participating with 12 paintings and drawings,<br />
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra<br />
The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2002, State Library<br />
of NSW, Sydney<br />
2001 Nillumbik <strong>Art</strong> Award, Montsalvat Barn Gallery, Eltham, Vic<br />
Surface Tension, Recent Acquisitions, Morning<strong>to</strong>n Peninsula<br />
Regional Gallery, Vic<br />
2000 Wynne Prize, <strong>Art</strong> Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney<br />
Project 2/2000: Revisiting the 1971 John Kaldor exhibition<br />
curated by Harald Szeemann, The Sir Hermann Black Gallery,<br />
University of Sydney<br />
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of New<br />
South Wales, Sydney<br />
1969 10 TH Biennale of Modern <strong>Art</strong>, Sao Paulo, Brazil<br />
1961 The McCaughey Prize, National Gallery of Vic<strong>to</strong>ria, Melbourne<br />
over 200 exhibitions overall<br />
AWARDS & GRANTS<br />
2006 The Paul Guest Acquisitive Award, Bendigo <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, Vic<br />
2002 Fully Funded Residency, The Hill End <strong>Art</strong>ists in Residence<br />
Program<br />
2000 Australia Council New Work Grant<br />
1999 Morning<strong>to</strong>n Regional Gallery Drawing Award<br />
1979 Glenfiddich <strong>Art</strong> Award, Melbourne<br />
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<strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong><br />
Dealer Consultant & Valuer<br />
ABN 86 229 108 803<br />
1977 Darnell de Gruchy <strong>Art</strong> Award, Brisbane<br />
1976 Australia Council Travel Grant<br />
1969 10 th Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil<br />
1967 Crouch Prize, Ballarat <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, Vic<br />
1965 National Gallery of Vic<strong>to</strong>ria Drawing Prize, Melbourne<br />
COLLECTIONS<br />
ANZ Bank, Melbourne; <strong>Art</strong>bank; <strong>Art</strong> Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney;<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane; <strong>Art</strong> Gallery of Western Australia,<br />
Perth; Australia Club, Sydney; Baker Medical Research Institute,<br />
Melbourne; Ballarat <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, Vic; Baker Medical Research Institute;<br />
Bankers Trust / Deutschers Bank, Melbourne; Bathurst Regional <strong>Art</strong><br />
Gallery, NSW; Benalla <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, Vic;<br />
Bendigo <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, Vic; Burnie <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, T<strong>as</strong>; Clay<strong>to</strong>n UTZ, Sydney;<br />
Deacons, Melbourne; Deakin University, Geelong, Vic; Department of<br />
Education, Vic; Edith Cowan University, Perth; Falkiners S<strong>to</strong>ckbroking,<br />
Melbourne; Griffith University, Brisbane; Latrobe Regional Gallery, Vic;<br />
Latrobe University, Melbourne; Leeuwin Estate, Margaret River, WA;<br />
Mon<strong>as</strong>h University, Melbourne; Morning<strong>to</strong>n Peninsula Regional Gallery,<br />
Vic; National Australia Bank, Melbourne; National Gallery of Australia,<br />
Canberra; National Gallery of Vic<strong>to</strong>ria, Melbourne; New England <strong>Art</strong><br />
Museum, NSW; Nillumbik Shire Council, Melbourne; Parliament House <strong>Art</strong><br />
Collection, Canberra; Queensland <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, Brisbane; Queensland<br />
University, Brisbane; RACV Collection, Melbourne; TarraWarra Museum of<br />
<strong>Art</strong>, Melbourne; University of Ballarat, Vic; University of Melbourne;<br />
Vic<strong>to</strong>rian College of the <strong>Art</strong>s, Melbourne; Wollongong City Gallery, NSW<br />
and numerous private collections including those of Eva and Mark Besen;<br />
Sandra and David Bard<strong>as</strong>, Holmes a Court; Ann Lewis, James Mollison,<br />
Charles Nodrum, Bruce Pollard; Kerry S<strong>to</strong>kes and Gavin Wilson.<br />
179 works are held in significant collections.<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY<br />
2012 Janet McKenzie, Contemporary Australian Drawing, M<strong>as</strong>enta,<br />
MacMillan<br />
Sue Cramer, Less is More. Minimal and Post Minimal <strong>Art</strong> in<br />
Australia, Heide Museum of Modern <strong>Art</strong>, Bulleen<br />
Patrick McCaughey, ‘Enjoy Your Diversity: The 60’s<br />
Revisited’, Meanjin Quarterly, Vol.71, No.3<br />
2011 Jeannette Davison, ‘Guy Stuart, still making his mark.’, isiiad,<br />
http://www.isiiad.com.au, 23 August<br />
‘Stark beauty of the bush’, Warrandyte Diary, July<br />
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<strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong><br />
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Yoshiko Arakawa, ‘<strong>Art</strong>istic Expression of Japanese &<br />
Australian Culture’, Jenta, 1 May<br />
‘Japonisme’, Open Gallery, Spectrum, Sydney Morning<br />
Herald, 30 April<br />
Leah Haynes, ‘<strong>Art</strong>notes’, <strong>Art</strong> Monthly, April<br />
‘Japonisme exhibition’, The Japan Foundation, Sydney,<br />
http://www.jpf.org.au, April<br />
Janet McKenzie, Contemporary Drawing in Australia,<br />
Met<strong>as</strong>enta, Macmillan Australia<br />
The Coppin Grove Collection of Sandra and David Bard<strong>as</strong>,<br />
Macmillan Australia<br />
The Estate of Ann Lewis AO, Mossgreen Auctions<br />
2009 Sophie Forbat, Edi<strong>to</strong>r, 40 Years Kaldor Public <strong>Art</strong> Projects, <strong>Art</strong><br />
Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney<br />
2008 Encounters with Australian Modern <strong>Art</strong>, Hermann<br />
with English and French editions<br />
Robyn Dold, Constancy and Evolution, exhibition essay, <strong>Stella</strong><br />
<strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Sydney<br />
2007 Sue Walker, <strong>Art</strong>ists Tapestries from Australia 1976 – 2005,<br />
The Beagle Press<br />
Robyn Dold, Guy Stuart: 1967 – 1972, exhibition essay,<br />
TarraWarra Museum of <strong>Art</strong>, Vic<br />
Maudie Palmer, Guy Stuart. Bowls, Vats, Discs and Baffles,<br />
catalogue, TarraWarra Museum of <strong>Art</strong>, Vic<br />
2006 Peter Dougherty, ‘Abstracting a view of wild bush landscape’,<br />
Diamond Valley Leader, 1 March<br />
Patrick McCaughey, Voyage and Landfall, The <strong>Art</strong> of Jan<br />
Senbergs, The Miegunyah Press, p.12<br />
Allan and Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch Childs, The New<br />
McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian <strong>Art</strong>, Aus <strong>Art</strong> Editions,<br />
The Miegunyah Press<br />
2004 Patrick Hutchings, ‘Guy Stuart’, Australian <strong>Art</strong> Collec<strong>to</strong>r,<br />
Issue 29, July<br />
2003 Dominique Angeloro, ‘Critics Pics’, Metro, Sydney Morning<br />
Herald, July 4 -10<br />
Lenny Ann Low, ‘Exhibitions’, Metro, Sydney Morning Herald,<br />
July 5-6<br />
Les Murray, The Full Dress, An Encounter with the National<br />
Gallery of Australia, NGA publication<br />
Gavin Wilson, Guy Stuart at Hill End, exhibition essay<br />
Bathurst Regional <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, NSW<br />
Patrick Hutchings, Utter Cl<strong>as</strong>sicism and Shallow Depth,<br />
Australian <strong>Art</strong> Review, Issue 3 November<br />
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<strong>Stella</strong> <strong>Downer</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong><br />
Dealer Consultant & Valuer<br />
ABN 86 229 108 803<br />
Bryony Marks, Big Wheels Keep On Turning the Tarrawarra<br />
Museum of <strong>Art</strong> Collection<br />
2002 Andrew Sayers, Intimate Portraits catalogue, National Portrait<br />
Gallery, Canberra<br />
2001 Ken McGregor, Robert Jacks – P<strong>as</strong>t Unfolded, Craftsman House<br />
2000 Clay Luc<strong>as</strong>, ‘Through the Looking Gl<strong>as</strong>s – The collection of<br />
Etta and Manny Hirsch’, <strong>Art</strong> & Australia vol. 38, no. 1<br />
1999 Bruce James, ‘The Innova<strong>to</strong>rs: 5 Collec<strong>to</strong>rs Who Shaped<br />
Sydney’s Avant-garde, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 July<br />
Gavin Wilson, John Firth Smith: A voyage that never ends,<br />
Craftsman House, p. 37, 114<br />
1996 Charles Green, ‘Pinacotheca: A Private <strong>Art</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry’, <strong>Art</strong> &<br />
Australia vol. 34, no. 4<br />
1995 Charles Green, Peripheral Vision: Contemporary Australian<br />
<strong>Art</strong> 1970-94, Craftsman House<br />
1994 Susan and Alan McCulloch, Encyclopedia of Australian <strong>Art</strong>,<br />
Allen & Unwin<br />
61 books and catalogues on Australian art since 1969.<br />
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