Kedumba Drawing Award

'The Kedumba Collection has become the most representative collection of drawings of this period in this country.'

John Olsen AO OBE

Artists in the Collection

Tim Allen

Born 1966, UK. Studied at Meadowbank TAFE 1984. BA and Grad. Dip., City Art Institute, 1985-88. Studio residency, Glasgow, 1991. Master of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW 1996-97. Three solo exhibitions: First Draft 1997, Coventry 1998 and 1999. Numerous group exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne and overseas. Collections include Artbank and Soeul Fine Arts Centre.
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Rick Amor

Rick Amor was born in Frankston, Victoria, in 1948. In 1965 he completed a Certificate of Art at Caulfield Institute of Technology, followed by three years of study at the National Gallery School, Melbourne, under John Brack. Several Australian Council studio residencies have allowed him to work in London, New York and Barcelona. Rick Amor is a painter, printmaker and sculptor. He is one of Australia's most distinguished contemporary artists. Rick has a very significant body of work behind him, having explored a range of styles and he has exhibited regularly over the past thirty years. In 2000 he went to East Timor as an official war artist appointed by the Australian War Memorial. Rick currently lives and works in Melbourne.
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Howard Arkley

Born 1951 - died 1999 Howard Arkley’s principal theme was unique and instantly recognizable – a celebration of hometown Melbourne suburbia, particularly its post-war, triple-fronted, brick veneer homes. He perfected the art of making the commonplace look remarkable, yet these suburban pictures never featured a single, living soul. His big, vibrant paintings, almost a psychedelic style, were justifiably compared to the likes of Warhol, Hockney and Lichtenstein. Arkley had worked with a variety of mediums across the years, achieving moderate success but his career took off with his use of the airbrush. Across his 30-year career, Arkley was dedicated, rigorous, and, if anything, too critical of his own work. His early yearning for success, combined with personal problems, saw him seek solace in drugs. His career peaked in 1999 when he represented Australia at the 48th Venice Biennale, travelled to London to plan an album cover for rock singer Nick Cave, and then flew to Los Angeles for a sell-out show of his paintings. He married his long-time love in Las Vegas, and returned home triumphant, to be at last celebrated by the art world in his own country. Two weeks later, he was dead, tragically dying of a drug overdose, leaving so many to mourn a great talent unfulfilled. He was forty-eight.
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Earle Backen

Earle Backen (1927 – 2005) was one of the most respected painters in Sydney. He was a wonderful teacher and inspired many younger artists. This is especially true in the field of printmaking as he was largely responsible for introducing and teaching modern printmaking techniques to a younger generation. Backen was well trained in art having studied with Antonio Dattilo Rubbo and then with John Passmore at the Julian Ashton Art School. He won the 1954 NSW Travelling Scholarship and travelled to London where he made contact with Roi de Maistre and also John Passmore's friend Keith Vaughan with whom he studied at the Central School. In Paris, at the famous Atelier 17 run by S.W. Hayter, Backen learned the techniques of printmaking and he developed a special love for French art and the French lifestyle. Earle Backen exhibited regularly, although painting and drawing took over from his printmaking when he retired from teaching. He was a brilliant watercolourist, a medium that perhaps he has not used as often as his many admirers would have liked. His contribution to art and teaching has been acknowledged with the award of the order of Australia (AM); The Silver Pencil from the 'Pens and Pencils' group and numerous art prizes including the Kedumba Drawing Award.
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John Beard

Born 1943, Wales; lives in Sydney. International exhibitions include Gulbenkian's Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon; Tate Gallery, St Ives, UK; Science Museum, London; National Portrait Gallery, London; Lalit Kala, New Delhi; in Australia, AGNSW; NPG; AGWA; NGA. Pollock Krasner Award 2005. Finalist Sulman and Archibald, winner Wynne Prize 2006. Recent exhibitions: Sixth Australian Biennale, Drill Hall, ANU; A man's world, Museum of Brisbane; Monochromed, FAS London. Collections include: national, state and regional galleries in Australia; Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Bibliothàque nationale
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Krista Berga

Born 1970, Auckland. Studied life drawing under David Paulson, 1993-96. Solo exhibitions: Sherman Galleries and Artbox, Sydney, 1998; Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane and William Wright studio show, Sydney, 2000. Group exhibitions include in 1996, First Brisbane International Art Fair, and Fortitude Gallery, Brisbane; in 1999, Archibald Prize, AGNSW (also touring); in 2000, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane. Collections: private collections in Australia, New Zealand, UK and Bangkok.
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Peter Boggs

Born 1949, New Zealand. Dip FA, DipTeach Auckland University, 1973. Extensive teaching and exhibiting in New Zealand, Spain and England, 1973-87. Awarded the Carnegie Travelling Scholarship to Australia in 1980. Winner Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, 1998. Recipient Hill End Residency, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2000. In Australia, solo and group exhibitions from 1995, including Kedumba Drawing Award 2002; Fleurieu Biennale 2002. Represented in private and public collections in Australia and overseas. Invited to exhibit at the Giardino di Boboli, Palazzo Pitti, Florence in 2005.
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Marion Borgelt

The Kedumba Collectionof Contemporary Australian Drawings

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Artists in the Collection

The Kedumba Collection
of Contemporary Australian Drawings

a sampling from the collection
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