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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Name
David Fairbairn
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1949
Birth place
Zambia, Africa
Active Period
  • 1975-
Arrival
  • 1970 (Late 1970s)
Residence
  • 1949 - 1970-1979 Zambia, Africa
  • 1970s- Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Post Graduate Study (Scholarship), 1974 - 1977 Royal Academy School of Art, London, England, UK (http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/)
  • Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours)
  • Unnamed course
Languages
  • English

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  • Lineage: David Fairbairn Selected Portraits 1998-2010 (exhibited at)
  • Insight (exhibited at)
  • Contour (exhibited at)
  • Captured (exhibited at)
  • Marking Time (exhibited at)
  • Headline (exhibited at)
  • Overdraft (exhibited at)
  • Tableau (exhibited at)
  • Head Strong (exhibited at)
  • Engraven Images (exhibited at)
  • Scratching the Surface (exhibited at)
  • Visage (exhibited at)
  • Wedderburn Pathways & Platforms (exhibited at)
  • Malevolent Head and the Landscape (exhibited at)
  • Portraits from Africa (exhibited at)
  • Familiar Faces (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
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