Jeff Makin

'Glen Helen Gorge, Northern Territory' - oil on canvas, 153 x 122 cms

Water Paintings

 

R O B I N   G I B S O N   G A L L E R Y
BIOGRAPHY

1943
1960-65
1966-70
1971
1978 
1972-82 
1973-82 
1983-85 
1986 
1990 
1991-95 
1996-97 
1998-99
 
Born in Wagga Wagga
National Art School, Sydney
Worked in Sydney. Taught at National Art School
Moved to Melbourne
Visiting Artist, Gloucestershire School of Art and Design, U.K.
Art Critic,Sun News Pictorial,Melbourne
Head, Painting Department, Prahan C.A.E., Melbourne
Principal Lecturer, Fine Art, Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne
Principal Lecturer, Fine Art, RMIT, Melbourne
Artist in Residence, Edinburgh University, U.K.
Full time Artist
Director, National Art School, Sydney
Full time artist
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1976
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1977
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1979
1980
1981
1982 
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1984
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1985
1986
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1987
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1995
1997
1998
1999
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2001
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Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Solander Galleries, Canberra
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Profile 5, Melbourne University Art Gallery
Macquarie Galleries
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
Gallery 52, Perth
Still Life 1978-82, Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery
Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
Victor Maze Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
Perth Festival Exhibition, Quentin Gallery, Perth
Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
Realities Gallery, Melbourne
Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
Realities Galleries, Melbourne
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
9" x 5" Centenary Exhibition, Realities Gallery
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Glen Harrow Suite, Macquarie Galleries,Sydney
Works on Paper, Macquarie Galleries,Sydney
Realities Gallery, Melbourne
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Chapman Gallery, Canberra
Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast, Queensland
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Philip Bacon, Brisbane
Greythorn Galleries Fine Art, Melbourne
BMGArt, Adelaide
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Cook's Hill Gallery, Newcastle
BMG Art, Adelaide
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Solander Gallery, Canberra
Lauraine Diggins Fine Arts, Melbourne
Cook's Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Lister Calder Gallery.
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

SELECTED AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS
1971
1976
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1979
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1980
1987
1991
1991-92
1992
1993
1995-96
1997 
2000
 
Gold Coast Purchase Prize, Queensland
Townsville Pacific Festival Purchase Award,Qld
Rockhampton Art Prize, Queensland
Tapestry - National Australia Bank, Melbourne
Gold Coast Purchase Prize,Queensland
Portrait of Prof.J.Steel, School of Veterinary Science, Melbourne University
The Desert Tram, Victorian Ministry for Transport and the Arts
Tattersall Club Art Prize, Brisbane
Mural-Hilton International ,Brisbane
VIP Lounge, Sydney International Airport
Mural-Commonwealth Savings Bank, World Trade Centre, Sydney
Australian Government Post-Graduate Research Scholarship, Deakin University, Melbourne
Crown Casino, Melbourne
Mural - AMP Head Office , Brisbane

COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Australian National Gallery
National Gallery of Victoria
Queensland Art Gallery
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Benalla Art Gallery,Victoria
Bendigo Art Gallery,Victoria
Geelong Art Gallery,Victoria
The McClelland Gallery,Victoria
Sale Regional Arts Centre,Victoria
Rockhampton Art Gallery,Queensland
Sturt College of Advanced Education, Victoria
ICI Collection, Melbourne
Edinburgh University Collection, Scotland
Townsville Art Gallery,Queensland
Gold Coast City Collection,Queensland
La Trobe University Collection, Victoria
Victorian Premier's Department Collection
National Bank of Australasia Collection of Mod. Art,Melb. Melbourne
University Collection
Dalby Collection, Queensland
Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery & Museum
Castlemaine Art Gallery, Victoria
Arnold,Bloch,Leibler, Melbourne
Potter Warburg, Melbourne
Park Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne
BHP, Melbourne
Commonwealth Bank, Sydney
Deakin University, Melbourne
R & I Bank, Perth
Parliament House Collection, Canberra
Swan Hill Regional Gallery of Contemporary Art
Rothschild Bank Collection , London
Melbourne Savage Club
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory,Darwin
Monash Medical Centre Foundation Collection,Melb. Tattersalls Club
Collection, Brisbane
Macquarie Bank, Sydney
Bankers Trust, Sydney
Chelsea Arts Club, London
Coles Myer Collection, Brisbane
Flinders University, Adelaide
Medibank Collection
Pegasas Gold Corporation, Washington, US

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Beaumont, Mary Rose, Art Review, London, 29 Jan 1988
Bonython, Kym, Australian Painting, 1970-75
Bonython, Kym, Australian Painting, 1975-80
Bromfield, Dr David, Aspects of Landscape
Gallery 52, Art Network, Spring 1983
Carmichael, Makin, Wolseley, Orienteering, Deakin University Press, 1982
Chanin, Eileen, Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftmans Press, 1990
Collier, Caroline, Paintings from Australia, Studio International, Mar 1984
Dodd, Terri, Scaling the Heights of Art, Australian Artist, #103, Jan 1993
Germaine, Max, Artists & Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, Landsdowne Editions, 1979
Griffiths, Anna, Transport of Delight, Design World, #13, 1987
Hill, Peter, The Flinders Rangers, Alba, UK, #81,1988
Lane Jessica, Jeff Makin, a Heidelberg Spirit, Antiques & Art, May/Jun, 1968
Lynn, Elwyn, Profile Exhibition, Melbourne University, May 1977
Lynn , Elwyn, Australian Letter, Art International, Mar/Apr 1982
McCulloch, Alan, Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Hutchinson, 1984
McKenzie, Jane, Drawing in Australia, MacMillan, 1986
Millington, John, Jeffrey Makin, in the Top End! Antiques & Art, Jul/Nov 1991
Siebert, David, Jeffrey Makin, an Artist of International Significance, Arts National, Sept 1984
Sturgeon, Graeme, The Painter's Vision, Bay Books, 1987
von Joel, Mike, Artline, London, Vol.3,No.10, 1988
 

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