Ambrose Reisch

  • Artist (Painter)
Contemporary artist, Reisch's paintings depict images of the Hawkesbury River, NSW, where he lives and works. He is deeply concerned with pictorial space and ways of seeing. The difference between the experience of space and the pictorial representation of that space acutely informs his work.
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Name
Ambrose Reisch
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher
Active Period
  • 1972-
Residence
  • Hawkesbury River, NSW
Training
  • Introductory and Intermedia, 1972 St George Technical College, Sydney, NSW
  • Classical Drawing, 1974 Italy
  • Diploma in Art, 1977 Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education, Sydney, NSW
  • Diploma in Education, 1980 Sydney Teacher's College, Sydney, NSW
  • TESOL, 1986 Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Painting, 1987 City Art Institute, Sydney, NSW
  • Master of Art, 1992 College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, NSW
  • Doctorate of Philosophy (Fine Arts), 2005 University of Newcastle, NSW
Languages
  • English

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Related recognitions
  • Hornsby Art Foundation Bicentennial Award (received)
  • Fairfield Art Prize (received)
  • 1995 Highly Commended, Muswellbrook Art Prize, NSW (received)
  • Lane Cove Art Prize (received)
  • 1991 First Prize Open Section, Waverley Art Prize, NSW (received)
  • 1990 First Prize Open Section, Willoughby Art Prize, NSW (received)
  • 1990 First Prize Open Section, Waverley Art Prize, NSW (received)
  • Hornsby Art Foundation Bicentennial Award (received)
  • 1990 First Prize Open Section, Willoughby Art Prize, NSW (received)
  • 1990 First Prize Open Section, Waverley Art Prize, NSW (received)
  • Lane Cove Art Prize (received)
  • 1991 First Prize Open Section, Waverley Art Prize, NSW (received)
  • Fairfield Art Prize (received)
  • 1995 Highly Commended, Muswellbrook Art Prize, NSW (received)
Related events
  • Falling Against the Darkness (exhibited at)
  • Sleeping on the River (exhibited at)
  • The Year in Art (exhibited at)
  • Recent Work (exhibited at)
  • Two Rivers Two Views (exhibited at)
  • Reference and Notation (exhibited at)
  • The Contained Space (exhibited at)
  • Recent Paintings by Lesley Redgate (exhibited at)
  • New Work (exhibited at)
  • T-Sections (exhibited at)
  • Hawkesbury River Work (exhibited at)
  • Two Rivers Two Views (exhibited at)
  • The Year in Art (exhibited at)
  • Hawkesbury River Work (exhibited at)
  • T-Sections (exhibited at)
  • New Work (exhibited at)
  • Recent Paintings by Lesley Redgate (exhibited at)
  • The Contained Space (exhibited at)
  • Reference and Notation (exhibited at)
  • Recent Work (exhibited at)
  • Sleeping on the River (exhibited at)
  • Falling Against the Darkness (exhibited at)