Kevin Brereton trained part-time at the Nation Gallery School Victoria (1951-52) and as an art teacher at the Prahan Technical Institute (1952-54). Beginning with portrait and landscape painting he branched into sculpture and ceramics, establishing together with his wife, fibre artist Janet Brereton, a gallery and pottery at New Brighton NSW (Brunswick Art Centre 1965 – ).
Kevin was most active as an artist in the 1960s & 70s, when he conducted workshops and exhibited ceramics and sculpture at the Brunswick Art Centre and at solo exhibitions in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney and Canberra. He was involved in the Craft Association of Queensland and was a delegate to the 1972 World Craft Council conference study tour of Europe. His largest work is the facade of the Library Building at the Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education in Rockhampton (1976-77). Other examples of his work which are easy to discover are the War Memorial at Mullumbimby and the Stations of the Cross at Saint Joseph’s Church, Tweed Heads.
As a mature age student, he went on to qualify as an Architect (1984), winning the University Medal. He then largely disappeared from the public arena to support his invalid wife. During this time he became involved in croquet, putting his skills to the manufacture of mallets and producing coaching videos.
The later years of his life saw a return to landscape and portrait painting, some of which were exhibited in Melbourne in 2004 and in Wollongong together with his son in 2005.
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- 2013
- Last updated:
- 2013
