David Fairbairn b. 1949 Zambia, Africa
- Artist (Draughtsman), (Printmaker), (Painter)
Contemporary works on paper artist David Fairbairn was born in Zambia, Africa, and came to Australia in the late 1970s. He won the 2002 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and the 1999 Dobell Drawing Prize, and in 2010, was a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize for the thirteenth time.
- Name
- David Fairbairn
- Birth date
- 1949
- Birth place
- Zambia, Africa
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
-
- Artist (Draughtsman)
- Artist (Printmaker)
- Artist (Painter)
- Residence
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- 1949- 1970s Zambia, Africa
- 1970s- Sydney, NSW
- Arrival
-
- 1970 (Late 1970s)
- Active Period
-
- 1975-
- Languages
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- English
- Training
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- Post Graduate Study (Scholarship), 1974- 1977 Royal Academy School of Art, London, England, UK (http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/)
- Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours)
- Unnamed course
- Is Indigenous
- No
Portrait of Tao Triebel
- Date
- 1998
- URL
- http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/archived/2003/dobell_prize_2003/gallery/fairbairn
or White portrait, Tao Triebels
Collections
- St Gregory's College Campbelltown, Sydney, NSW
- University of New England, NSW
- Fairfield City Council Collection, Sydney, NSW
- Wollongong University Collection, NSW
- Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, VIC
- The State Bank
- University of Western Sydney, NSW
- Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, NSW
- Faber-Castell Drawing Collection
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
- Hawkesbury City Council, NSW
- Broken Hill City Art Collection, NSW
- Mudgee Council Collection, NSW
- Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
- Warringah Shire Council Collection, Sydney, NSW
- Gold Coast City Art Gallery, NSW
- Campbelltown City Bicentennial Gallery Collection, Sydney, NSW
- Kinross Wolaroi School Collection, NSW
- Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
- Waverley - Woollahra Council Collection, Sydney, NSW
- Camden Council Collection, NSW
- Baker McKenzie
- Private Collections
- New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
- Calrossy Girls School Collection Tamworth, NSW
- Cowra Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- Hunters Hill Municipal Art Collection, Sydney, NSW
- NSW Teachers Credit Union Collection, NSW
- Bathurst City Council, NSW
- Port Stephens Shire Council, NSW
- Albury Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- Marsden's Solicitors & Attorneys
- Myers Art Foundation Melbourne, VIC
- Artbank, Sydney, NSW
- Maitland City Art Gallery, NSW
- Portland Art Purchase Committee Collection
- Doug Moran Art Foundation
- Clayton Utz Collection, Sydney, NSW
