Everything about Wendy Sharpe totally explained
Wendy Sharpe (born
1960 in
Sydney) is an
Australian artist.
She won the
Sulman Prize in 1986 with
Black Sun - Morning and Night and the
Archibald Prize in 1996 with
Self Portrait - as Diana of Erskineville. She has entered the Archibald Prize at least 6 times and been hung at least 3 times. She was interviewed in the 2005
Peter Berner documentary about the Archibald Prize called
Loaded Brush.
She was one of Australia's official war artists sent to
East Timor in 1999.
Certificates
[1978-79Art Certificate - Seaforth Technical College]
[1980-82City Art Institute - Bachelor of Visual Arts]
[1983Sydney Institute of Education - Graduate Diploma of Education]
[1984City Art Institute - Graduate Diploma of Professional Art]
[1987Tenancy of Studio in Paris (Dr Denise Hickey studio)]
[1987-88Travelling scholarship to Europe and New York]
[1989Mercedes-Benz Scholarship to Egypt, Israel, Greece and Italy]
[1991-92MA (Fine Art) - College of Fine Arts, University of NSW]
[1994Margaret Fesq Memorial Art Prize]
[1994Cite International des Arts, Paris]
AWARDS - SELECTED
[1986Awarded term of tenancy of studio at Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris]
[1986Dyason Bequest]
[1986Marten Bequest, Travelling Art Scholarship (painting)]
[1986SULMAN PRIZE judged by Albert Tucker]
[1989Mercedes Benz Scholarship]
[1990/94Modern Figurative Award, Sydney Royal Art Show (Judge Kevin Connor)]
[1990Waverley Art Prize]
[1991-92Australia Post Graduate Research Award]
[1992Robert Le Gay Bereton Drawing Prize]
[1995Portia Geach Memorial Award]
[1995Kedumba Drawing Prize, Fairmont Resort, Leura]
[1996ARCHIBALD PRIZE (Diana of Erskinville)]
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
[1985"Sex and Death" Nicholson Street Gallery, Sydney]
[1986"Fire Inside" First Impressions Gallery, Sydney.]
[1986"Lingering Images" Visual Arts Gallery Sydney]
[1987Selected Work Nidus Gallery, Sydney]
[1989Recent Paintings, DC-ART, Sydney]
[1990"Magic Paintings", DC-ART, Sydney]
[1991"Ghosts" POD Theatre, Sydney]
[1993Recent Paintings, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney]
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