David Fairbairn b. 1949

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • 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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exhibited at
Lineage: David Fairbairn Selected Portraits 1998-2010
Date
1 July 2011 - 21 August 2011
Place
Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW
Description

Survey exhibition curated by Campbelltown Arts Centre. Planned tour:

Maitland Regional Art Gallery
1 July – 21 Aug 2011

Mosman Art Gallery
3 Sept – 9 Oct 2011

Caloundra Regional Art Gallery
27 Oct – 5 Dec 2011

Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery
20 Jan – 18 Mar 2012

Campbelltown Arts Centre
31 Mar – 27 May 2012

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Insight
Date
2011
Place
Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.stelladownerfineart.com.au/exhibitions-details.php?exhibitionID=49
exhibited at
Contour
Date
2010 -
Place
James Makin Gallery, Collingwood, VIC, Australia
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Captured
Date
2009
Place
Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.stelladownerfineart.com.au/exhibitions-details.php?exhibitionID=24
exhibited at
Marking Time
Date
2007
Place
Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Headline
Date
2005
Place
Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Overdraft
Date
2003
Place
Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Tableau
Date
2001
Place
Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Head Strong
Date
2000
Place
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Engraven Images
Date
1999
Place
Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Scratching the Surface
Date
1997
Place
Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Visage
Date
1995
Place
Crawford Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Wedderburn Pathways & Platforms
Date
1993
Place
Crawford Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Malevolent Head and the Landscape
Date
1988
Place
DC Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Portraits from Africa
Date
1986
Place
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Familiar Faces
Date
1984
Place
Mori Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1981
Place
David Reid's Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1981
Place
Unberumbeka Gallery, Armidale, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1974
Place
Bondgate Gallery, Newcastle, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Related recognitions
  • Over 40 further award since 1975 (received)
  • 1997 Winner - Conrad Jupiters Purchase Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD (received)
  • 1997 Winner - Fishers Ghost Open Art Prize (received)
  • Berrima Works on Paper Prize (received)
  • 1999 Winner - Dobell Drawing Prize, NSW (received)
  • Flemming Muntz Albury Purchase Award for Works on Paper (received)
  • Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (received)
  • Art on The Rocks (received)
  • Calleen Acquisitive Award, Cowra Art Gallery (received)
  • Willoughby Art Award, Works on Paper (received)
  • 2009 - Kedumba Drawing Award (received)
  • Dobell Prize for Drawing (received)
  • Over 40 further award since 1975 (received)
  • 1997 Winner - Conrad Jupiters Purchase Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD (received)
  • 1997 Winner - Fishers Ghost Open Art Prize (received)
  • Berrima Works on Paper Prize (received)
  • 1999 Winner - Dobell Drawing Prize, NSW (received)
  • Flemming Muntz Albury Purchase Award for Works on Paper (received)
  • Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (received)
  • Art on The Rocks (received)
  • Calleen Acquisitive Award, Cowra Art Gallery (received)
  • Willoughby Art Award, Works on Paper (received)
  • 2009 - Kedumba Drawing Award (received)
  • Dobell Prize for Drawing (received)