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Biography |
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1958 |
Born
Bingara, New South Wales, Australia |
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1977
- 1979 |
Studied
at Sydney College of the Arts
Graduated
with Diploma of Visual Arts, Printmaking major |
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1981 |
Post-graduate
studies at St. Martins School of Arts, London |
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Solo Exhibitions |
2016 |
To Birdsville and Back, Walcha Gallery of Art NSW |
2015 |
Stephen King, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
Stephen King: Sculpture, Maitland Regional Gallery |
2014 |
Stephen King: Sculpture, Tamworth Regional Gallery NSW
Stephen King: Sculpture, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo NSW |
2012 |
Against the Grain, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW |
2010 |
Moree Plains Gallery NSW |
2009 |
Walcha Gallery of Art NSW
Gallows Gallery, Perth WA |
2006 |
Baroque Niche, Gallery Klatovy, Czech Republic |
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2003 |
BBA
Gallery, Sydney |
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2001 |
BBA
Gallery, Sydney |
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1998 |
Coventry,
Sydney |
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1996 |
Coventry,
Sydney |
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1994 |
Coventry,
Sydney |
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1992 |
Coventry,
Sydney |
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1990 |
Coventry,
Sydney |
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1988 |
Cintra
Gallery, Brisbane |
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1987 |
Coventry,
Sydney |
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1985 |
Coventry,
Sydney |
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1983 |
Tamworth
City Art Gallery |
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1983 |
Weswal
Gallery, Tamworth |
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1980 |
Parmenter
Gallery, Walcha |
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Collections/Awards |
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Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi 2014 – Winner, Artistic Excellence Program
Eumundi Sculpture Prize 2014 – Finalist
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi 2014 – Winner, Artistic Excellence Program
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi 2013 – Winner, Macquarie Group Sculpture Prize
(Acquisitive $60,000)
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi 2013 – Waverley Council Parks Staff Prize
Aquasculpture 2011 – Port Macquarie – Winner
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi 2011: Sculpture Inside – Curators Prize
Festival
of the Black Soil Plains 1999 – Moree Plains Gallery/Winner
Sculpture
by the Sea Bondi 1999 – Sherman Galleries Award
Coventry
Collection
Newcastle
Regional Art Gallery
Tamworth
Regional Art Gallery
Parliament
House, Canberra |
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Commissions |
2015 |
Peter Elkin Memorial Seat, Arboretum, Armidale NSW |
2013 |
Northlakes Estate, Newcastle NSW
Lampada Estate, Tamworth NSW |
2012 |
Castle Cove Primary School NSW |
2011 |
Crossroads Hotel, Narrabri NSW |
2010 |
Bryce Laut Memorial Sculpture Project, Sea Acres Rainforest Centre, Port Macquarie NSW |
2008 |
Sydney Polo Club, Richmond NSW |
2006 |
Lynbrook Estate Shopping Centre, South Melbourne VIC
Dorothy Topfer Memorial, Ballina School NSW |
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2005 |
The
Boulevard Longyard Estate, Tamworth NSW
Place Where Eels Swim mosaic, Walcha |
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2004 |
Harry's Corner, Shelly Beach, Port Macquarie, Hastings Council NSW
Judith
Wright Memorial Garden, Armidale NSW
Waterlily
Park, Port Macquarie, Hastings Council NSW |
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2002 |
Harry’s
Lookout, Shelly Beach, Port Macquarie,
Hastings Council |
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2000 |
Petali
entrance sign, Walcha NSW
Walcha roads entrance signs – Walcha NSW
Ku-ring-gai
Municipal Council – Bancroft Park, Roseville NSW |
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1996 |
Weather
Signs fountain sculpture, McHatton Park, Walcha NSW |
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1991 |
Sculpture
for the Rainforest Display, Dorrigo National Park, NPWS |
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1982 |
Mural, Imperial Hotel, Tamworth NSW |
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Selected Bibliography |
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ABC Open New England North West – ‘Makers and Creators’, 13 February 2015 – ‘Sculpture from the highlands to the sea’ by Tim Leha
Craft Arts International no.95 2015 – ‘Sculpture by the Sea: Aarhus Denmark’ by Sasha Grishin
Sydney Morning Herald 22 June 2015 – ‘Australian Artists Shine At Sculpture By The Sea In Aarhus, Denmark’ by Sasha Grishin
ABC Radio New England North West, 13 May 2014 – ‘A survey: Stephen King’ by Kelly Fuller
media.theage.com.au/entertainment/behind-the-scenes/stephen-king-bush-sculptor, 16 January 2015
The Australian, Arts Review, 10 May 2014 – ‘Sculptor Stephen King performs a balancing act’ by Bronwyn Watson
Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum pp12-13, 9-10 November 2013 – ‘Ocean Views’ by John McDonald
Wentworth Courier p18, 30 October 2013 – ‘City’s fave coast walk’
The Northern Daily Leader, 26 October 2013 – ‘Walcha woodsman wins equivalent of Archibald’
The Weekend Australian, The Nation p6, 26-27 October 2013 – ‘Stairway rises to art challenge but farmer steps up’ by Tim Douglas
news.com.au, 26 October 2013 – ‘Artist turns disaster to artistic triumph’
The Daily Telegraph p11, 26 October 2013 – ‘Farmer’s fallout a natural winner’ by Elizabeth Fortescue
The Armidale Express p1, p7, 23 October 2013 – ‘The King of sculpture’ by Victoria Nugent
ABC Radio, 14 May 2012 – 'Against The Grain' by Kelly Fuller – watch online
ABC Radio New England North West – Interview Kelly Fuller 2010 – watch online
The Weekend Australian Financial Review p36, 10-11 July 2010 – ‘Breath of Fresh Air” by Sue Williams
The Daily Telegraph, Escape p67, 15 April 2010 – ‘Beauty cut by hand and nature’ by Marea Donnelly
Moree Life Magazine p16, April 2010 – ‘Inspired by the land’ by Samantha Stratton
The Courier Mail, Escape p30, 13-14 March 2010 – ‘Rustic Renaissance’ by Marea Donnelly
The Land p60, 11 February 2010 – ‘Sculpting to the bio-flow’ by Matthew Cawood
Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum p18, 14-15 November 2009 – ‘Good intentions lost at sea’ – John McDonald
Sydney Morning Herald, Business Day p2, 6 November 2009, CBD by Scott Rochfort
The Australian, Arts, 4 November 2009 – ‘Figures no match for the landscape’ by Christopher Allen
Sydney Morning Herald, Arts and Entertainment p12, 30 October 2009 – ‘Thinking of Recession? It’s a shore thing’ by Adam Fulton
You magazine p13, August 2009 – ‘The Art of Living’ by Wendy Spooner
Home Beautiful magazine p72, July 2009 – ‘Home Grown’ by Karen Cotton
Insite magazine p210, Autumn 2009 – ‘Gallery’s Choice’ by Nathan Scolaro
Western Suburbs Weekly, Perth p27, 10 March 2009 – ‘Farming inspires’ by Andrew Ritchie
Beyond the Bale p18, February/March 2009 published by Australian Wool Innovation – ‘Shaping the Land’ by Matthew Cawood
The Daily Telegraph, Weekend p39, 18 October 2008 – ‘Art and about for a wondrous event” by Elizabeth Fortescue
Armidale Independent p10, 23 April 2008
Landline, ABC TV, 2 December 2007 – ‘Big art’ by Pip Courtney
The Land Magazine p36, 4 January 2007 – ‘Sculpting from Walcha’s waste’ by Amy Lewer
Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum p16, 3-4 June 2006 – ‘A reality Czech from Walcha’ by John McDonald
Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend p20, 14 January 2006 ‘Art attacks’ by John McDonald
Port Macquarie Express, Hastings Council Community Newsletter p4, 20 April 2005
The Northern Daily Leader p2, 31 March 2005 by Rebecca Gracie
The Australian, 7 April 2004 by Tim Hughes
The Newcastle Herald, Weekender pp8-9, 21 February 2004 by Darrell Croker
Armidale Express p2, 11 February 2004
Surface Memories colour catalogue published by Tamworth City Art Gallery, December 2003
Walcha City of Art colour catalogue edited by John McDonald and published by New Contemporaries, QVB, Sydney
Sunday Telegraph, 28 December 2003
The Land, Magazine p6, 2 October 2003
The Land, Magazine p1, 3 July 2003 by Melissa Lang
Artreach pp16-17, June 2003, by Jane Shadbolt and John McDonald
The Australian p17, 20 June 2003 by Tim Hughes
Sydney Morning Herald p5, 16 June 2003 by Peter Cochrane
The Daily Telegraph p13, 11 November 2002
Artreach p24 June 2002 by Cath Ovenden
Sydney Morning Herald Metropolitan p19, 4 April 2001 by Courtney Kidd
Sydney Morning Herald Metro p27, 30 March 2001 – Critics Picks by Courtney Kidd
Sydney Morning Herald p6, 27 March 2001 by Andrew Stevenson
Artreach p12, February 2001 by Rebecca Townsend
Country Style December 1998 by Sue Webber and Trevor Creighton
Artreach (Regional Arts NSW) pp42-43, Summer 1998
Business Review Weekly, 28 October 1996 by Jane Burton Taylor
Sydney Morning Herald p3, 28 May 1996 by Peter Cochrane
Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, 1 June 1996 by John MacDonald
The 7.30 Report, ABC Television, 1993
New Art Five, edited by Neville Drury, 1991
Sydney Morning Herald, 31 July 1987 by Bronwyn Watson
Sydney Morning Herald, 19 April 1985 by Susanna Short
The Northern Daily Leader p1, 30 April 1983 |
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Links |
Walcha Gallery of Art |
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Sculpture By The Sea |
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website www.sculpturebythesea.com
email info@sculpturebythesea.com |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
2015 |
Sculpture By The Sea, Aarhus, Denmark
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi, Sydney
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2014 |
Maximus Minimus, Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney
The Summer Show, Mick Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
Walcha City Of Art Anniversary Exhibition, Walcha Gallery of Art
Sculpture At Sawmillers, McMahons Point, Sydney
Sculpture By The Sea Winter Exhibition, Surry Hills, Sydney
Sculpture 2014, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi, Sydney |
2013 |
Julia Griffin, Stephen King, Nigel White, Walcha Gallery of
Art NSW
Kunderang, Walcha Gallery of Art NSW
Sculpture, Mick Gallery, Paddington NSW
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi NSW |
2012 |
Small Sculpture Show, Walcha Gallery of Art NSW
Defiance Sculpture Park at the Gate Gallery, Wollombi NSW
Sculpture Inside, Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi NSW
Tiny Titans and Miniliths – Miniature Sculpture Show,
Defiance Gallery, Enmore NSW
Sculpture, Mick Gallery, Paddington NSW
In(two)art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney NSW
Coventry’s Artists, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW
The Drawing Show, Walcha Gallery of Art NSW |
2011 |
Raw Jam, Walcha Gallery of Art NSW
Aquasculpture, Port Macquarie NSW
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi NSW
Sculpture By The Sea, Cottesloe Beach, Perth WA
Kooindah Acquisitive Sculpture Prize Exhibition, Wyong NSW |
2010 |
Going Bush – Stephen King and Julia Griffin, Galerie Am Park, Vienna, Austria
UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition, Penrith NSW
Artscape, Byron Bay NSW
Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay NSW
In(two)art, Maitland Regional Art Gallery NSW |
2009 |
Opening Exhibition, Walcha Gallery of Art, Walcha NSW
Sculpture in the Gaol, Trial Bay NSW
Aquasculpture, Port Macquarie NSW
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi NSW – Invited Distinguished Artist
Sculpture By The Sea, Cottesloe Beach, Perth WA |
2008 |
Sculpture 2008, Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi NSW
Sculpture By The Sea, Cottesloe Beach, Perth WA |
2007 |
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi NSW
Sculpture Inside, Bondi NSW
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council Chambers, Double Bay
Aquasculpture, Port Macquarie Town Green NSW
3D at Blue Poles Gallery, Byabarra NSW
Three's Company, Michael Reid, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney |
2006 |
Sculpture By The Sea, Cottesloe, Perth WA
Regional Encounters, Tamworth Regional Gallery NSW
Walcha City of Art – Contemporary Australian Art, Karlovy Vary Art Gallery, Czech Republic
Opening, SAASS, Tamworth NSW
My Time My Place Myself, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Stephen King and Mike Nicholls Linocuts, Galerie F, Klatovy, Czech Republic
6th International Linocut Symposium, White Unicorn, Gallery Klatovy/Klenova, Czech Republic
Sculpture By The Sea – Invited Artist, Bondi NSW |
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2005 |
Sculpture Inside, Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern
Galleries, Paddington
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi NSW
New England Objectives, NERAM, Armidale NSW
The Land, Gallery 47, Rylstone NSW |
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2004 |
Sheer Diversity – Sculptors Who Draw,
Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Seaforth NSW
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi NSW
Sculpture
Inside, Bondi Pavilion NSW |
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2003 |
Surface
Memories, Tamworth City Art Gallery NSW
New Sculpture, BBA Gallery, Sydney NSW
Walcha – City Of Art, New Contemporaries, QVB, Sydney NSW
Confluence – Four Regional Sculptors, Port Macquarie
Hastings Regional Art Gallery NSW
Walcha
– City of Art, Old School Gallery, Walcha NSW
Bulldust to Bitumen Art Show, Walgett NSW |
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2002 |
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi Beach NSW
Sculpture Inside, Bondi Pavilion NSW
Packsaddle Fundraising Exhibition, NERAM, Armidale NSW |
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2001 |
Sculpture From The Sea, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea NSW
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi Beach NSW
Sculpture
In The City,
Martin Place, Sydney NSW |
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2000 |
It's
A Guitar Shaped World 6, Tamworth City Art Gallery NSW
Inaugural
Exhibition, BBA Gallery, Sydney NSW
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi Beach, NSW |
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1999 |
Stephen King – Small Sculptures, Armidale NSW
Willoughby
City Art Prize,
Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney NSW
Art
In The Wild,
Wildwood, Mudgee NSW (Mudgee Wine Festival event)
Festival
Of The Black Soil Plains,
Moree Plains Gallery, Moree NSW
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi Beach NSW |
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1998 |
The
Print Show, Coffin Creek Shed, Mudgee
Sculpture
Acquisition Prize, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery NSW
Works
from Coffin Creek Shed Mudgee, Old School Gallery,
Walcha NSW
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi Beach NSW
Nova
Anglica, NERAM, Armidale NSW
Etchings,
Coventry, Sydney NSW |
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1997 |
Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi Beach NSW
Roger
Griffin, Julia Griffin, Stephen King, Coffin Creek,
Mudgee NSW
The
Opening, Old School Gallery, Walcha NSW |
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1996 |
Roger
Griffin, Julia Griffin, Stephen King, Coffin Creek,
Mudgee NSW
Generation
Stick, Tusculum Gallery, Sydney NSW
Elevations, Old School Gallery, Walcha NSW |
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1995 |
Australia
Felix, Emu Plains Woolshed, Benalla NSW
Salon
des Refusés, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney NSW
Ironsides, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney NSW |
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1994 |
Roger
Griffin, Julia Griffin, Stephen King, Coffin Creek,
Mudgee NSW
Obsession, Coventry Collection, Campbelltown City Art Gallery Travelling Exhibition
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1993 |
On
the Other Hand, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Northern
Artists – opening exhibition, Coffin Creek Shed, Mudgee
A
survey of local contemporary practise, Tamworth City
Gallery |
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1992 |
Works
On Paper, Coventry, Sydney |
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1991 |
New
Art Five, Coventry, Sydney
The
Packsaddle Show, NERAM, Armidale
Christmas
Show, Coventry, Sydney |
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1989 |
Griffin,
Sahm, Kensell, King, Tamworth City Art Gallery
15
Shopping Days to Christmas, Coventry, Sydney |
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1988 |
New
Works From the Studio, Coventry, Sydney
The
Packsaddle Show, NERAM, Armidale
Black
and White, Coventry, Sydney |
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1987 |
Colour
II, Coventry, Sydney
Australian
Works on Paper, Aion Fine Arts, Dallas USA
Five
Northern Printmakers, Weswal Gallery, Tamworth |
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1986 |
Artists
from North West NSW, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
Sydney
Printmakers, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
Colour
I, Coventry, Sydney |
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1984 |
Country
Artists, Coventry, Sydney |
1982 |
New
England Regional Artists, Tamworth City Art Gallery
Regional
Artists of New England, New England Regional Art Museum |
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1981 |
On The Open Road, London |
1979 |
Australian
Student Printmakers Travelling Exhibition, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney |
1977 |
SCA Selected Works, Adelaide Arts Festival |
1976 |
NSW HSC Travelling Exhibition |
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