Dick Watkins b. 1937

Also known as Richard John Watkins
  • Artist (Painter)
Sydney-born painter, who occasionally attended art classes in the 1950s. He came under the influence of New York School abstraction and emerged as a major figure in Australian abstract art in the 1960s.
Tags: Colour field, Abstract
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exhibited at
Australian Perspecta
Date
1981
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Colourists 77
Date
1977
Place
Western Australian Institute of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Fifty Years of the National Art School
Date
1974
Place
Bonython Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Recent Australian Art
Date
19 October 1973 - 18 November 1973
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Save Victoria Street
Date
13 May 1973 - 20 May 1973
Place
Save Victoria Street campaign headquarters, 109 Victoria Street, Potts Point, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Biennale of Sydney
Date
1973
Place
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1973
Place
Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibited with the gallery 1973-1981

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Colour and structure: Recent British and Australian paintings
Date
13 May 1970 - 30 May 1970
Place
Farmer's Blaxland Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1970
Place
Hargrave Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibited with the gallery 1970-1972.

Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
Tony McGillick and Dick Watkins
Date
28 May 1969 - 14 June 1969
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
exhibited at
Arts Vietnam
Date
3 October 1968 - October 1968
Place
Gallery A, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Gallery A Sydney
exhibited at
Dick Watkins
Date
October 1968 - 16 November 1968
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
exhibited at
Stock Show
Date
26 June 1968 - 6 July 1968
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Watters Gallery
exhibited at
Group Exhibition
Date
18 May 1968 - 25 May 1968
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

'This exhibition is designed primarily to expose a range of work by gallery painters at the time of the visit to Sydney of Clement Greenberg’ – Elizabeth McGillick, 15 May 1968. Co-incided with a similar exhibition held at the University of Sydney Staff Club.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
exhibited at
21st Exhibition
Date
30 January 1968 - 24 February 1968
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
exhibited at
'The Field'
Date
1968
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Perth Prize for drawing 1967
Date
7 December 1967 - 1 January 1968
Place
Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Dick Watkins
Date
8 August 1967 - 2 September 1966
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibited with the gallery between 1966-1969.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
Black and White
Date
10 May 1967 - 3 June 1967
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
exhibited at
Works on Paper: Exhibition of gouaches, drawings, collages, prints by British, Australian and American artists
Date
21 December 1966 - 28 January 1967
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Closed 23 December 1966 to 9 January 1967.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
exhibited at
The Mirror Waratah Festival Art Competition '66
Date
2 October 1966 - 8 October 1966
Place
Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW
Description

First public appearance of Vag Dens, by Vivienne Binns (Invitation Section, catalogue number 3).

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Feminist
exhibited at
Dick Watkins
Date
27 September 1966 - 22 October 1966
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Central Street Gallery
exhibited at
Young Contemporaries Exhibition 1966
Date
20 April 1966 - 3 May 1966
Place
Farmer's Blaxland Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Young contemporaries, Contemporary Art Society
exhibited at
Paintings & Sculpture
Date
24 November 1965 - 11 December 1965
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Watters Gallery
exhibited at
Drawings & Paintings: A Group Show
Date
13 October 1965 - 30 October 1965
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Watters Gallery
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