Dusan Marek b. 7 March 1926

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Tags: Surrealism, Film maker, Immigrant, Contemporary art, Political refugee
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Name
Dusan Marek
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Tags:
Surrealism
Film maker
Immigrant
Contemporary art
Political refugee
Birth date
7 March 1926
Birth place
Bitouchov, Northern Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
Death date
9 March 1993
Death place
Eden Hills, SA, Australia
Active Period
  • 1939 - 1993
Arrival
  • 1948 (Arrived on SS Charleton Sovereign)
Residence
  • c.1943 - 1948 Prague, Czech Republic
  • 1948 Refugee camp, Dillenberg, Germany (March to July)
  • 1948 Migrant camp, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
  • 1948 - 1951 Adelaide, SA
  • 1951 Hobart, Tasmania
  • 1951 - 1954 Sydney, NSW
  • 1954 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (For approximately six months)
  • 1954 - 1959 Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
  • 1959 - 1963 Adelaide, SA (Living at Bonython Gallery)
  • 1963 - 1968 Sydney, NSW
  • 1969 - 1973 Adelaide, SA
  • 1973 - 1977 Hobart, Tasmania
  • 1977 - 1978 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
  • 1979 - c.1980 Europe & North America (travel)
  • 1980 - 1981 Hobart, Tasmania
  • 1981 - 9 March 1993 Eden Hills, SA, Australia
Training
  • -

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Residences
  • c.1943 - 1948 Prague, Czech Republic
  • 1948 Refugee camp, Dillenberg, Germany (March to July)
  • 1948 Migrant camp, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
  • 1948 - 1951 Adelaide, SA
  • 1951 Hobart, Tasmania
  • 1951 - 1954 Sydney, NSW
  • 1954 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (For approximately six months)
  • 1954 - 1959 Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
  • 1959 - 1963 Adelaide, SA (Living at Bonython Gallery)
  • 1963 - 1968 Sydney, NSW
  • 1969 - 1973 Adelaide, SA
  • 1973 - 1977 Hobart, Tasmania
  • 1977 - 1978 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
  • 1979 - c.1980 Europe & North America (travel)
  • 1980 - 1981 Hobart, Tasmania
  • 1981 - 9 March 1993 Eden Hills, SA, Australia
  • c.1943 - 1948 Prague, Czech Republic
  • 1948 Refugee camp, Dillenberg, Germany (March to July)
  • 1948 Migrant camp, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
  • December 1948 - 1951 Adelaide, SA
Arrivals
  • 1948 (Arrived on SS Charleton Sovereign)
  • 12 October 1948 (Arrived on SS Charleton Sovereign)
Trainings
  • -