David Fairbairn b. 1949

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  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Contemporary works on paper artist David Fairbairn was born in Zambia, Africa, and came to Australia in the late 1970s. He won the 2002 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and the 1999 Dobell Drawing Prize, and in 2010, was a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize for the thirteenth time.
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Works on paper artist David Fairbairn was born in 1949 in Zambia, Africa, and came to Australia in the late 1970s.

Fairbairn has exhibited numerous times in the Dobell Drawing Prize. In 2007 he was awarded the Willoughby Art Award for Works on Paper and in 2006 he was awarded the Calleen Acquisitive Award. He also won Art on the Rocks in 2003, The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize in 2002, The Dobell Drawing Prize in 1999, The Fishers Ghost Open Art Prize and Conrad Jupiters Purchase Prize in 1997, The Landseer Prize and David Murray Landscape Scholarship at the Royal Academy in 1975 and 1976 respectively, as well as over forty other prizes and awards since 1981.

Fairbairn is represented in many collections including the Doug Moran Art Foundation Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Myers Art Foundation, Faber-Castell Drawing Collection, University of New England, University of Western Sydney, Wollongong University Collection, State Bank, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Cowra Regional Art Gallery and Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.

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Stella Downer
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011

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  • Private Collections (collected in)
  • Baker and McKenzie, AMP Building, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW (collected in)
  • Clayton Utz, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, NSW (collected in)
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury, NSW (collected in)
  • Doug Moran Art Foundation (collected in)
  • University of Western Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong University Collection, NSW (collected in)
  • Fairfield City Council, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Calrossy Girls School Collection Tamworth, NSW (collected in)
  • Hawkesbury City Council, NSW (collected in)
  • St Gregory's College Campbelltown, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • The State Bank (collected in)
  • Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, VIC (collected in)
  • Maitland Regional Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Mudgee Council Collection, NSW (collected in)
  • Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW (collected in)
  • Marsden's Solicitors & Attorneys (collected in)
  • Warringah Shire Council Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Camden City Council, Camden, NSW (collected in)
  • Kinross Wolaroi School Collection, NSW (collected in)
  • NSW Teachers Credit Union Collection, NSW (collected in)
  • Faber-Castell Drawing Collection (collected in)
  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW (collected in)
  • Waverley - Woollahra Council Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Portland Art Purchase Committee Collection (collected in)
  • Hunters Hill Municipal Art Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Myers Art Foundation Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD (collected in)
  • University of New England, NSW (collected in)
  • Port Stephens Shire Council, NSW (collected in)
  • Bathurst City Council, NSW (collected in)
  • Private Collections (collected in)
  • Baker and McKenzie, AMP Building, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW (collected in)
  • Clayton Utz, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, NSW (collected in)
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury, NSW (collected in)
  • Doug Moran Art Foundation (collected in)
  • University of Western Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong University Collection, NSW (collected in)
  • Fairfield City Council, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Calrossy Girls School Collection Tamworth, NSW (collected in)
  • Hawkesbury City Council, NSW (collected in)
  • St Gregory's College Campbelltown, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • The State Bank (collected in)
  • Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, VIC (collected in)
  • Maitland Regional Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Mudgee Council Collection, NSW (collected in)
  • Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW (collected in)
  • Marsden's Solicitors & Attorneys (collected in)
  • Warringah Shire Council Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Camden City Council, Camden, NSW (collected in)
  • Kinross Wolaroi School Collection, NSW (collected in)
  • NSW Teachers Credit Union Collection, NSW (collected in)
  • Faber-Castell Drawing Collection (collected in)
  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW (collected in)
  • Waverley - Woollahra Council Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Portland Art Purchase Committee Collection (collected in)
  • Hunters Hill Municipal Art Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Myers Art Foundation Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD (collected in)
  • University of New England, NSW (collected in)
  • Port Stephens Shire Council, NSW (collected in)
  • Bathurst City Council, NSW (collected in)