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.

Citations

  • (1986), 'Australian Black and White Artists Club book of originals’, Sydney, New South Wales: Australian Black and White Artists Club / AGNSW (178.19 88.1-102).

  • (2001), Canberra, ACT: National Museum of Australia website.

  • Information sourced from Dixon, Christine.

  • Hansen, Guy (2005), '[Cartoons 2004]: Behind the lines: The year’s best cartoons’, Canberra, ACT: National Museum of Australia.

See also

  • 'Self-portrait in 'Australia's magnificent cartoonists', Bulletin 12 November 1985, p 109'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists