Daryl Austin b. 1964 Lincoln, England
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- Artist (Painter)
- Name
- Daryl Austin
- Birth date
- 1964
- Birth place
- Lincoln, England
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
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- Artist (Painter)
- Residence
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- 1991 Fremantle, WA, Australia, Australia ( Granted residency at the Fremantle Arts Foundation)
- 1964- 2000s Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Other Occupation
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- Painting Lecturer 2001- Adelaide Central School of Art & University of South Australia , Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Australia
- Head of Painting 2006- Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Australia
- South Australian Museum employee 1988- 1989 South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA
- Website
- Active Period
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- 1980-
- Cultural Heritage
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- English
- Languages
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- English
- Training
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- BA (Visual Arts) University of SA, 1983- 1986 Bachelor of Fine Arts - South Australian College of Advanced Education
- Study Tour Europe - EVA Award, 1996 Europe
- Is Indigenous
- No
Biography
Born in Lincoln, England in 1964, Daryl Austin, came to Australia and settled in Adelaide. He is painter and lecturer of painting at the Adelaide Central School of Art. Daryl Austin is currently represented at the Greenway Art Gallery, GAG, Adelaide South Australia. GAG has consistently supported Austin throughout his career hosting at least 6 solo exhibitions over his career.
Austin studied a BA in Visual Arts at the University of South Australia 1983 – 1986. The following year he became a member of the South Australian Workshop, until 1992.
Austin was granted residency at the Fremantle Arts Foundation, Western Australia in 1991. A solo exhibition was held in conjunction with this residency, Chance, Choice, Artifice and Repetition.
Austin’s work has been exhibited as part of selected group exhibitions from his graduation in 1986. Austin held his first solo exhibition in 1989, Recent Works, Club Foote Gallery Adelaide.
Austin was included in the 2nd Adelaide Biennial at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1992.
Austin’s talent has been recognised by numerous awards, starting in 1993, winning 2 separate distinctions, EVA Award, Adelaide and Kernewek Lowender Art Prize. Following awards included Winner Santos Whyalla Art Prize [1997], Winner City of Whyalla Art Prize [2002], University of Adelaide – Vice Chancellor Portrait Commission [2003] and Parliament of South Australia – President of Legislative Council Portrait commission [2005].
Austin began lecturing in Painting at the Adelaide Central School of Art and the University of South Australia in 2001. Austin was instated as the Head of Painting at the Adelaide School of Art in 2006, where he continues to lecture.
Daryl Austin’s work is collected by the Art Gallery of South Australia, the University of Adelaide and Legislative Council, Parliament of South Australia in addition to several corporate collections in Australia.
- Writers:
- Downer, Stella
- Date written:
- 2006
- Last updated:
- 2011
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Collections
- ATO , Australian Taxation Office, Australia
- University of Adelaide , University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Clayton Utz Solicitors, Sydney, NSW
- Legislative Council, South Australian Parliament, Adelaide, SA
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA Note: The lost, 2009, Adelaide, charcoal on paper 50.0 x 33.0 cm (comp.) Gift in memory of Gwen Slade (1926-2009) by her family and friends 2010, on the advice of former curator of AGSA Christopher Menz. .
- Artbank
Nature Mort / Peintre Mort
Alice Bale Art Award
Daryl Austin
Here then, now there
Drawing Today
A Small Private Eye
New Works
Whyalla Art Prize Exhibition
7Up
Alice Bale Art Award
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Daryl Austin
Chemistry: Art in South Australia 1990 - 2000
ACAF 6
Still-point Studio Paintings
Salon des Refuses
Whyalla Art Prize Exhibtion
Solo Exhibition
Emerging Visual Arts Award (EVA)
Daryl Austin
Daryl Austin
Moet & Chandon finalist
2nd Adelaide Biennale
Chance, Choice, Artifice and Repetition
Recent Works
Custom House 3
SAW
3 in August
Recent Works
New Adelaide Painters
4 painters
Under-Exposed
Recognitions