Gavin O'Keefe b. 1965

  • Designer (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late 20th century Melbourne illustrator, graphic designer and musician, O'Keefe exhibited in the 1990 exhibition "Alice 125 : A celebration of the world's favourite book" which celebrated Lewis Carroll's classic novel.
You are viewing the version of bio from Feb. 12, 2013, 12:05 p.m. (moderator approved).
Go to current record

Illustrator, graphic designer and musician, was born in Melbourne. Having trained as a violinist, he worked professionally in an orchestra. His illustrations have appeared on book jackets, in science fiction magazines, horror comics, media guides, educational resource books, and in “Visions of Fairyland” (1985). He cites his 'major artistic and literary influences’ as 'Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Dodgson, Rene Magritte, Mervyn Peake, Richard Dadd, Richard Doyle, Henri Rousseau, William Blake, Maurits Escher and Terry Langtry’. In 1989-90 he did a series of pen and ink drawings for 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, published in Melbourne by the Carroll Foundation in 1990.

This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography.

Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

Difference between this version and previous