Douglas Kirsop

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Born                     Scotland 1952

 

STUDIES & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

1972-76                   B.A.  (Hons) Fine Art- City & Guilds & Hornsey Art School, London

1976-77                   1Year French Scholarship, Ecole de Beaux Arts, Aix en Provence.

1977-78                   1Year Post-graduate Art Teacher's Certificate, Leeds University

1978-82                   Traveled and painted in Italy, France and Austria, specialising in watercolours, landscapes and portraits.

1982-84                   Arrived in Australia, March 1982. Traveled and painted widely until September 1984.

October 1984         Gained permanent residency in Australia and started painting full-time. Paints Pilbara, Kimberley, Northern Territory, 

Settled in South West of Western Australia.

Subsequent painting trips made to Nepal and Europe taking in Tuscany France and Portugal

1999                        2 week Painting and Teaching trip to Lucca, Tuscany

2000                        2 week Painting and Teaching trip to Lucca, Tuscany

2001                        3 week Painting and Teaching trip to Greece

2002                        2 week Painting and Teaching trip to Lucca, Tuscany

 

AWARDS

2006                        Cossack Art Award, Pilbara Landscape Category

2006                        Joint Winner Vasse Primary School Art Prize

2000                        People's Choice, Cossack Art Prize

2000                        Finalist for Mandorla Art Prize

1995                        Finalist for Mandorla Art Prize

1993                        Wild West Hyundai Art Prize, Gillian Aitken Award

1991                        Katanning Art Prize, Water based Medium

1987                        Subiaco Rotary Art Club Prize

1986                        Subiaco Rotary Art Club Prize

1985                        Williams Watercolour Prize

 

REPRESENTATIONS

Private collections in Europe, USA, Israel, Australia    

Corporate Collections in Japan, USA, Australia, China

The Holmes a Court Collection                                                            Rumanian Government

Dominion Gold Mines                                                                           The Weld Club

Westpac                                                                                                  Wesfarmers

Kerry Stokes                                                                                           Reserve Bank

E.U. Delegation Office, Canberra                                                         Millbrook Winery, Jarrahdale, WA

Hamersley Iron                                                                                       Monastery Gallery Collection

Alinta Gas                                                                                               New Norcia, WA

Evans and Tate Wines                                                                          Cape Bouvard

Kalgoorlie College Art Department Collection                                  Illustrations for 3 poems in "Songs of The

Hale School Collection                                                                                        Possum" by Bill Mather-Brown

Pilbara Iron

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007                        Moonsoon Gallery – Broome, WA

2006                        Delshan Gallery – Armadale, Victoria

2005                        Monsoon Gallery – Broome WA

2004                        Stafford Studios – Perth WA

2004                        Delshan Gallery – Armadale, Victoria

2003                        Monsoon Gallery – Broome, WA

2002                        Evans and Tate Wines Visitor’s Centre Opening – WA

2000                        Stafford Studios - Perth WA

2000                        Monsoon Gallery - Broome WA

1999                        Beaver Galleries - ACT

1997                        Stafford  Studios - Perth, W.A

1996                        Gunyulgup Galleries - Yallingup, W.A.

1995                        Stafford Studios-Perth

1995                        Beaver Galleries- A.C.T.

1995                        Holdsworth Gallery- Sydney

1994                        Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, W.A.

1993                        Stafford Studios, Perth

1991                        Beaver Galleries

1991                        Arts Darwin Gallery, Darwin

1990                        Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney

1990                        Goodridge Gallery, Perth

1988                        Goodridge Gallery, Perth

1987                        "Pilbara Light" Exhibition, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth

1986                        Goodridge Gallery, Perth

1986                        Ric's Gallery, Dalkeith, Perth

1985                        Tresilian Community Centre, Perth

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007                        Stafford Studios – Cottesloe, WA

2007                        Yallingup Galleries Garden Art Studio - WA

2006                        Gecko Gallery – Broome - WA

2006                        Yallingup Galleries Garden Art Studio - WA

2005                        Yallingup Galleries Garden Art Studio – WA

2004                        Yallingup Galleries Garden Art Studio – WA

2003                        Yallingup Galleries Garden Art Studio – WA

2001                        Stafford Studios – Perth, WA

1999                        Stafford Studios – Perth, WA

1998                        Stafford Studios – Perth, WA

1998                        Monsoon Gallery , Broome,WA

1996                        Pierrepiont Gallery, Newark, England

1996                        Abney Gallery New York, N.Y.

1991                        Gallery at Carillion, Perth

1989                        Blaxland Gallery,Sydney

1989                        Relief Print Portfolio,"Western Sight", Perth Galleries

1987                        Fremantle Arts Centre

1986                        Two Man "Festival of Perth", Editions Gallery, Fremantle

1984-85                   Group Shows in Perth and Fremantle

1983                        Balmain Art Gallery, Sydney

1980-81                   Austria and Italy