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.
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
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
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