John Shakespeare b. 1961

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (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.
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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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Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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