Wendy Sharpe

Wendy Sharpe

Wendy Sharpe (born 1960 in Sydney) is an Australian artist.

She won the Sulman Prize in 1986 with "Black Sun - Morning and Night" and the Archibald Prize in 1996 with "Self Portrait - as Diana of Erskineville". She has entered the Archibald Prize at least 6 times and been hung at least 3 times. She was interviewed in the 2005 Peter Berner documentary about the Archibald Prize called "Loaded Brush".

She was one of Australia's official war artists sent to East Timor in 1999.

Certificates [1978-79 Art Certificate - Seaforth Technical College] [1980-82 City Art Institute - Bachelor of Visual Arts] [1983 Sydney Institute of Education - Graduate Diploma of Education] [1984 City Art Institute - Graduate Diploma of Professional Art] [1987 Tenancy of Studio in Paris (Dr Denise Hickey studio)] [1987-88 Travelling scholarship to Europe and New York] [1989 Mercedes-Benz Scholarship to Egypt, Israel, Greece and Italy] [1991-92 MA (Fine Art) - College of Fine Arts, University of NSW] [1994 Margaret Fesq Memorial Art Prize] [1994 Cite International des Arts, Paris]

AWARDS - SELECTED [1986 Awarded term of tenancy of studio at Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris] [1986 Dyason Bequest] [1986 Marten Bequest, Travelling Art Scholarship (painting)] [1986 SULMAN PRIZE judged by Albert Tucker] [1989 Mercedes Benz Scholarship] [1990/94 Modern Figurative Award, Sydney Royal Art Show (Judge Kevin Connor)] [1990 Waverley Art Prize] [1991-92 Australia Post Graduate Research Award] [1992 Robert Le Gay Bereton Drawing Prize] [1995 Portia Geach Memorial Award] [1995 Kedumba Drawing Prize, Fairmont Resort, Leura] [1996 ARCHIBALD PRIZE (Diana of Erskinville)]

SOLO EXHIBITIONS [1985 "Sex and Death" Nicholson Street Gallery, Sydney] [1986 "Fire Inside" First Impressions Gallery, Sydney.] [1986 "Lingering Images" Visual Arts Gallery Sydney] [1987 Selected Work Nidus Gallery, Sydney] [1989 Recent Paintings, DC-ART, Sydney] [1990 "Magic Paintings", DC-ART, Sydney] [1991 "Ghosts" POD Theatre, Sydney] [1993 Recent Paintings, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney]


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