John Shakespeare b. 1961

  • Artist (Photographer) , (Sculptor) , (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Contemporary newspaper cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator, Shakespeare won the Stanley award in 1992 for best caricaturist. Currently based in Sydney he works mainly for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
John Shakespeare
Birth date
1961
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Residence
  • c.1983- c.2006 Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW
Website
Active Period
  • c.1983- c.2006
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator, drew political cartoons for the Courier Mail , e.g. Coombes and ASIO 13 May 1983 (included Christine Dixon, not ill.) as well as for the Sydney Sun , but now works for Fairfax Press in Sydney working mainly on the Sydney Morning Herald . He lives at Elizabeth Bay. In 1992 he won the Stanley for best caricaturist. His 'British election '97’, published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 3 May 1997, and 'Peter Costello – Budget '97’ of July 1997, were exhibited in Bringing the House Down: 12 Months of Australian Political Humour (Canberra: National Museum of Australia/ Old Parliament House exhibition, 1997), cats 20, 22. He had four caricatures – Jonathan Shier, Kevin Gosper and daughter, Michael Knight, and Murdoch and Packer together – in Bringing the House Down 2001 .

As well as drawing cartoons and caricatures, Shakespeare models figure sculptures for use in photo illustrations.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Ron Tandberg
1943
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Australian Black and White Artists Club
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Collections
Cartoons 2004: Behind the lines: The year's best cartoons
2005
Exhibition ()
National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Bringing the House Down 2001
2001
Exhibition ()
National Museum of Australia / Old Parliament House, Canberra
Bringing the House Down: 12 Months of Australian Political Humour
1997
Exhibition ()
National Museum of Australia / Old Parliament House, Canberra
Recognitions
Stanley Award for best caricature
1992
Award
Citations:
  • Hansen, Guy, (2005), [Cartoons 2004]: Behind the lines: The year's best cartoons, (Place: Canberra, ACT: National Museum of Australia)
  • (1986), Australian Black and White Artists Club book of originals, (Place: Sydney, New South Wales: Australian Black and White Artists Club / AGNSW (178.19 88.1-102))
See also:
  • Self-portrait in 'Australia's magnificent cartoonists', Bulletin 12 November 1985, p 109