Rick Amor b. 1948

Also known as Ric Amor
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Contemporary Melbourne painter, printmaker and political cartoonist. In 1999 the Australian War Memorial appointed Amor as an official war artist, along with Archibald Prize-winning painter Wendy Sharpe. They travelled to East Timor to record events there - the first artists to ever to be commissioned in peace time.
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exhibited at
Melbourne Now
Date
22 November 2013 - 23 March 2014
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Website
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/melbournenow/
exhibited at
Archibald Prize
Date
2005
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Australian artists in black and white
Date
1999
Place
National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.) S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Archibald Prize
Date
1997
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Archibald Prize
Date
1996
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Rick Amor and the Graphic Arts : Selected Prints 1968 1997
Date
1993
Place
Niagara Galleries & NETS Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Rick Amor & the graphic arts: selected prints 1968-1991
Date
1993
Place
Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
Description

Toured in Tasmania by CAST. The 50 works in this exhibition of Rick Amor’s prints were selected late in November 1991.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Plimsoll archive

Exhibition Catalogue:
Rick Amor & the graphic arts. [Richmond, Vic: Niagara Galleries, 1993]
ISBN 0 908298 37 4

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Printmaking
exhibited at
Rick Amor: paintings and drawings
Date
1991
Place
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Warnambool Art Gallery exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting, Drawing
exhibited at
Rick Amor : Paintings and drawings : 1983 1990
Date
1990
Place
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warnnambool, Vic; & Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Rick Amor Prints
Date
1986
Place
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1978
Place
Melbourne Trades Hall, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Three Regional Painters
Date
1977
Description
Type
Exhibition