Dusan Marek b. 7 March 1926

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Painter, film maker and radical Surrealist. Came to Australia as a political refugee in 1948 and through his teaching as well as his art, had a profound affect on subsequent generations of artists.
Tags: Surrealism, Film maker, Immigrant, Contemporary art, Political refugee
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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 - 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
  • 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
References [<ExternalResource: Murphy, Bernice (20 December 1975), 'Project 10: Dusan Marek'.>, <ExternalResource: Murphy, Bernice (1979), 'Dusan Marek'.>, <ExternalResource: Mould, Stephen (2007), 'Dusan Marek: a Landlocked Czech Surrealist in the Antipodes'.>]
Trainings
  • 1942 - School of Applied Arts, Turnov and Jablonec, North Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
  • c.1944 - 1948 Akademie Vytvarnych Umeni v Praze (Academy of Fine Arts), Prague, Czech Republic
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Cultural heritages
  • Czech
Languages
  • Czech
Related people
  • Marek, Voitre (sibling of)
  • Tichy, Frantisek (associate of)
  • Murphy, Bernice (associate of)
  • Marek, Helena (spouse of)
  • Norton, Rosaleen (associate of)
  • Bonython, Kym (employee of)
  • Sellbach, Udo (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Contemporary Art Society (associate of)
Related works
  • Ego (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • Surrealism: Revolution by Night (exhibited at)
  • Surrealism in Australia (exhibited at)
  • Project 10: Dusan Marek (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Death
Burial place Czechoslovakia
Summary