KEVIN DRAPER - Turner Galleries

KEVIN DRAPERCURRICULUM VITAEPERSONALKevin Draper - 36 Grafton Rd, Bayswater. 6053 WA.Ph/Fax -9 272 1449 E-mail: kevindra@global.net.auBorn: WA. 1/12/1958. ABN: 97 988 946 417EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS1979-85 Part-time Art studies, TAFE, Albany. WA1988 Bachelor of Arts -Fine Art (Sculpture). Curtin University Of Technology. WATEACHING2001 Sculpture Lecturer, Midland Environmental art and Design. Perth. WA1989-90 Sculpture Lecturer. Curtin University of Technology, Albany campus. WA1990 2/D Studies Lecturer. Great Southern Regional College, Albany. WA1991-96 Sculpture Lecturer. Curtin University of Technology, Perth. WA1995-99 Sculpture Lecturer. Claremont School of Art. Perth WA1997-99 Sculpture Lecturer. Midland Environmental Art & Design. Perth WA2000 Adjunct staff member, Curtin University. School of ArtSOLO EXHIBITIONS1985 The Vine Gallery, Mount Barker. WA1989 The Beach Gallery, Perth WA1991 ‘Kevin Draper-Sculpture’, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of WA, PerthWA1992 Fabrikmattenweg Studios, Basel. SwitzerlandSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS1979-85 Various group shows, Albany. WA1987 ‘30 x 30’, ARX ‘87, Curtin University of Technology, WA1988 Degree Exhibition, Curtin University of Technology, WA1989 ‘Through the Mirror’, Six Albany Artists, Vancouver Art Centre, Albany, WA1990 ‘Inscapes / Outscapes’, Vancouver Art Centre, Albany, WA‘Viewpoint 90’, Vancouver Art Centre, Albany, WA1991 ‘Art and Belonging: A Suit of Six’, Fremantle Arts Centre and regional areas.‘Australian Perspecta 1991’, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney NSW‘Against the Grain’, touring sculpture exhibition, WA and interstate.‘A Backward Glance’, PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art) WA1994 ‘Bauhaus to Birdhouse’, Perth Galleries WA‘Cornucopia’, Artrage Festival, Perth. WA1995 ’Sculpture Survey’- Invited section, Gomboc Gallery, Perth WA‘The House Show’, The Verge Gallery, Perth WA‘Beads, Application and Interval’, Craft Council of WA‘Icon, Identity, Artefact’, Kalla Yeedip Gallery, Perth WA‘Plot and Subplot’, Kalla Yeedip Gallery, Perth WAHistory of the Beach exhibition, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth WA‘Parallels’, Touring exhibition, Gomboc Gallery, Perth WA1996 ‘Out of Australia’, PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art) WA1997 ‘21 Years On’, Gallerie Dusseldorf, Perth WA‘Sculpture Survey’, Gomboc Gallery, Perth WA1998 ‘Millennium City’, Gomboc Gallery, Perth WA‘Mine Own Executioner’, Mundaring Art Centre, Perth WA

‘Contemporary Melbourne Art Fair’ -Gomboc Gallery VIC‘Sculpture By the Sea’, National Sculpture Project, Albany WA2000 WA School of Art & Design, commemorating the new Arts Complex‘Added Dimension’, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University2001 ‘ART01’, West Australian Art Fair, Fremantle‘Triangle International Artists Workshops’, John Curtin GalleryREPRESENTATIONArt Gallery of WA, Albany City Collection, Curtin University of Technology, EdithCowan University, University of Western Australia, Bunbury City CollectionKlubschule -Basel, Great Southern Regional College, Central Metropolitan CollegeRiddoch Gallery-SA, Shire of Swan, Various Private CollectionsAWARDS, COMMISSIONS1991 Albany Art Competition. Winner Mixed Media Section.1992 Artist Exchange, Basel. WA Dept. for the Arts1994/95 Commission- National Metal Industry Sculpture Project. ‘Arena’ Joondalup1995 Commission - Wrought Iron gate, Wombat Lodge, Albany. WA1995/96 Commission - Albany Agricultural Department. In collaboration with DavidJones. Albany, WA1996 Sculpture, Albany Jetty. In collaboration with Tony Jones. Albany, WAJudging panel, Albany Art Competition.Consultancy, Albany Foreshore Redevelopment Project. Panel of 6 artists.1997 Commission - Subiaco Redevelopment Authority. Environmental Sculpture.Commission - Ballajura Community College. Construction of elements forartwork by Tony Jones. In collaboration with Stuart Elliott.‘Theatreworks’, Singapore. Consultancy and construction of elements fortheatre piece. In collaboration with Matthew Ngui and Ken Seng Ong.1998/99 Commission - Subiaco Train Station Project.Commission - Mindarie Quays Primary School. In collaboration with IndraGeidans.Commission - Northam Agricultural Centre.Open prize, ‘Sculpture By the Sea’, Albany WA1999 /00 Consultancy, Ellenbrook Estate. Public Art Projects in collaboration withPhillipa O’Brien.2000 Commission - Cannington K-10 School. In collaboration with Indra GeidansConsultancy - Public Arts, Belmont Forum Project. (Spowers Architects).Consultancy, Ellenbrook Estate. Metal tree project in collaboration withPhillipa O’Brien.2000/01 Committee and participating artist, Triangle International Art Workshop.Commission - Acacia Prison - Metal BalustradesConsultancy - “We is a Big Word” Project - Albany. Mentoring localAboriginal artists in regard to a series of public art commissions at ‘DuckLake’ -Albany.Consultancy - Midland Community College - Working with Aboriginal artiststo create metal panels and gates.Commission Chinese Consulate - East Perth (Spowers Architects)Commission - Bullcreek Shopping Centre (Spowers Architects)SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY1988 ‘Pursuing Your Art’, Arts Across the West, July / August – June Moorehouse.1989 Albany Advertiser, September.The West Australian, September. - Dr David BromfieldThe Countryman, September

‘Through the Mirror’, NETS Newsletter. - Joan May Campbell‘Against the Grain’, NETS Newsletter. - Paul Hay1990 ‘Against the Grain’, catalogue.1991 ‘Australian Perspecta’, catalogue. - Margaret Moore1992 ‘Kunst in Der Mittelach’, Basel, Feuilleton, SwitzerlandReview, Arlesheim, Basel, Switzerland1995 West Australian ‘Artists in Residence’, Richard Woldendorp and John Stringer(Sandpiper Press), 1995‘100 Years of Sculpture’, catalogue. - Dr Robyn TalorThe West Australian, April. - Dr David BromfieldThe West Australian, June. - Dr David BromfieldThe West Australian (100 Years of Sculpture). - Dr David BromfieldCountryman, (History of WA Sculpture, AprilGazette, March. Gomboc Sculpture Survey.‘Parallels’, catalogue. - Sandra MurrayAlbany Advertiser, Public Art1998 ‘Artlink’, - Maggie BaxterSubiaco Post, Public Art