STEWART MACFARLANE

1953 Born Adelaide; lives & works in Hobart

STUDIES
1974 Diploma of Fine Arts
1977 Bachelor of Fine Art - Painting - School of Visual Arts, New York City
1984 Post Graduate Studies, V.C.A., Melbourne

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
1984 Painting & Drawing, Monash University, Gippsland, Victoria
1989 Painting, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW
1990 Painting & Drawing, RMIT, Melbourne
1991 Painting, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW
1994 Life Drawing, Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne
1997 Life Drawing, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Queensland
1999 Painting, Cooloola Shire TAFE, Noosa, Queensland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1979 Belanthi Gallery, New York
          Razor Gallery, New York
1983 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1984 Expatriates, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide
1986 Bright Lights, Big City, 70 Arden Street, Melbourne
1987 Frightened Gods, 70 Arden Street, Melbourne
1988 The Door of Memories, Roswell Museum & Art Center, New Mexico          
          Nine Months in New Mexico, 70 Arden Street, Melbourne
1990 Australian Galleries, Melbourne
          Anima Gallery, Adelaide
          Perth Galleries, Perth
1991 Roswell, Rex Irwin, Sydney
          Gallery 409 (Anderson Contemporary Art), Roswell, New Mexico, USA
1992 Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, W.A.
          Perth Galleries, Perth
1993 Australian Passenger, Rex Irwin, Sydney
1994 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
          The Modern World, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
          Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1995 Bordertown, Rex Irwin, Sydney
          Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1996 Outcast, Charles Nodrum Gallery
          McClelland Art Gallery, Langwarrin
1997 Favour, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
          Noosa: Not Just a Holiday, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa
1998 Turpentine, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
          Country Life, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
1999 Hometown, BMG Art, Adelaide
          Small Paintings, Gallery 460, Gosford, NSW
2000 Screen Play, Galerie Carlos Hulsch Berlin, Germany
          Stone Free, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Fortune, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
          Revelation, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
          The Interior, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
          Compulsion, Retrospective Exhibition, Brisbane City Gallery
2002 BMG Art, Adelaide
          Dridan Fine Art, McLaren Vale, Southe Asutralia
2003 Some Kinds of Love, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
           Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin, Germany
            New Start, Bett Gallery, Hobart
2004 Chapman Gallery, Canberra
           Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
           Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
2005  Dridan Fine Art, McLaren Vale, South Australia
           Lifesize, Bett Gallery, Hobart
           Pretty Colours, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1987 Budget Collection Touring Exhibition
          ICI Collection, Touring Exhibition
          Here & There, Monash University, Melbourne
1988 The Naked City, Contemporary Arts Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
          What’s Happening: A Fly-By, Roswell Museum & Arts Centre, New Mexico, USA
          Painting from Roswell, University of Texas, El Paso, USA
          A New Generation, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
1989 Artists Under Saturn, Melbourne University
          Heidelberg & Heritage, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
          Moet et Chandon Fellowship, touring state galleries
1991 Artists from Melbourne, The Australia Gallery, New York, USA
1992 Urban Images, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Death, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
          Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Galley, Sydney
          William Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1994 Monash University Collection, Monash University, Melbourne
          Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, with Charles Nodrum, Melbourne
1995 Australia Felix, Benalla Easter Arts Festival
          Modern Australian Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery
          Derwent Collection, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
          If You’re Creative You Can Get Stuffed, Continental Café, Melbourne
1996 Australian Paintings 1950-1990, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
          Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, with Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Art Award, Gold Coast
          Alice Springs Art Award, Alice Springs
1998 Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, with Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
          Luscious, Cooloola Shire Public Gallery, Queensland
          Flesh, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Noosa
          The Fleurieu Biennale, McLaren Vale, South Australia
          Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, touring exhibition
1999 Visy Board Art Prize, Tanunda, South Australia
          Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
          The Artist’s Retreat, Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery
          Riding on the Edge: Art, Identity & Motorcycle, Waverly City Gallery
          Cars & Culture: Our Driving Passions, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
          William Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
          Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery
          Spring Salon, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Skin Deep, New Zealand
          Small Paintings, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
          Art & Furniture, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
          Body Image, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane
2001 I'll Met by Moonlight: An Exhibition of Nocturnes, The Sir Hermann Black Gallery
          Male Nude – A Private View, Charles Nodrum Gallery
          Werde, der du bist, Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin
2002	Naked, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
The Painted Fold, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
Self Portrait, Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin 2003 Self Portrait, Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin, Germany
People and Places, Redland Art Gallery, Queensland
Back to the Future, Monash Museum of Art, Victoria
The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Travelling the Roundabout, Academy Gallery, Launceston and Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Future Perfect, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Heat, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland2 2004 Imaging the Apple, Australian touring exhibition, Arts Academy, University of Ballarat
The Painted Self, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria To Look Within, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra & University Art Museum, Brisbane

AWARDS
1975 Visual Arts Board Grant for Overseas study, USA
1976 Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, USA
1977-78 Artist in Residence, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1978 Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire
1985 Visual Arts Board, Half Standard Grant
1986-87 Besozzo Studio, Italy, Visual Arts Board
1987-88 Artist in Residence, Roswell Museum and Arts Center, New Mexico
1990-91 Artist in Residence, Roswell Museum and Arts Center, New Mexico
1992 Artist in Residence, Monash University, Gippsland
1992 Artist in Residence, Edith Cowan University, Perth
1996 Logan Art Award, Logan City Gallery
1997 Artist-in-Residence, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa
1997 The Alice Prize, The Alice Springs Art Foundation, Northern Territory
1998 New Works Grant, The Arts Office, the Government of Queensland 
 2002 New Work Grant, Australia Council
           Artists-in-Residence, University of Rasmainia, School of Art
COLLECTIONS
Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania
Alice Springs Art Foundation Collection, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Artbank
Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane
Curtin University, Western Australia
Griffith University, Brisbane
I.C.I. Collection
Latrobe Valley Arts Centre
Monash University, Melbourne
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery, Townsville, QLD
Philip Morris Collection
Print Council of Australia
Provincetown Museum & Arts Center, USA
Queensland Art Gallery
Residency Collection, Roswell Museum & Art Centre, Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Shell Collection
Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery
University of Western Australia
Wagga Wagga City Gallery

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alan McCulloch, Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, 2 vols, Hutchinson, 1984 / 1996
Stewart MacFarlane: Door of Memories, Roswell Museum & Arts Center, New Mexico, 1987
Elaine Merkus, Here and There, exhibition catalogue, Monash University, 1987
Robert Lindsay, Young Australian: Budget Collection, Powell Street Gallery, 1987
Margot Osborne, The Naked City, exhibition catalogue, C.A.S. Adelaide, 1988
Robert Lindsay, I.C.I. Touring Exhibition, catalogue, 1989
Frances Lindsay, Artists under Saturn, exhibition catalogue Melbourne University, 1989
Frances Lindsay, Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition, catalogue, 1989
Jennifer Phipps, Drawing, exhibition catalogue, Geelong Art Gallery, 1989
Felicity Fenner and Anne Loxley, Death, exhibition catalogue Ivan Dougherty Gallery, 1993
Donald Williams & Colin Simpson, Art Now, McGraw Hill, Sydney, 1994
Nevill Drury, Images 2, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994
Robert Lindsay, Shell Collection of Contemporary Art, 1995
Veronique Helmridge-Marsillian, Stewart Macfarlane – Riddles of Life, Craftsman House, 1996
Australian Artlook, Heinemann, Melbourne, 1998
Neville Drury, Images 3, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1998
Charles Pickett, Cars & Culture: Our Driving Passions, Powerhouse Publishing, Sydney, 1999

SELECTED ARTICLES & REVIEWS
Neville Weston, The Advertiser, 7 Nov 1984
Ronald Millar, The Herald, 25 Nov 1987
Wesley Rusnell, Roswell Daily Record, 28 March 1988
Gary Catalano, The Age, 9 Dec 1988
Robert Rooney, The Australian, 24-5 Dec 1988
Christopher Heathcote, Art Monthly, March 1989
Gary Catalano, The Age, 16 May 1990
Robert Rooney, The Australian, 19-20 May 1990
Rosemary Adam, Tension Magazine, No 22, Sept 1990
Margot Osborne, The Advertiser, 4 July 1990
Elwyn Lynn, The Australian, 16-17 Nov 1990
Rosemary Adam, Art Monthly, March 1992
Robert Rooney, The Australian, 1 Feb 1992
Bronwyn Watson, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 March 1993
David Bromfield, The West Australian, 4 June 1994
Veronique Helmridge-Marsillan, Art Monthly, July 1994
Brook Turner, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 April 1996
Robert Nelson, The Age, 8 May 1996
Robert Rooney, The Australian, 10 May 1996
Richard Waller, Brisbane Courier Mail, 8, June 1996
Timothy Morell, Airlines, Queensland Art Gallery Society, Aug-Sept 1997
Kieran Finnane, Alice Springs News, 12 November 1997
Giles Auty, The Weekend Australian, 29-30 November 1997
Jan Richards, Sunshine Coast Daily, 18 January 1999
Robert Cook, The West Australian Today, 26 May 1999
Andrew Frost, Australian Style Magazine, forthcoming, 2000
Roger Taylor, Asian Art News, vol 10, no 5, Sept/Oct 2000; p 97