Ken Searle b. 1951

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A self taught artist, Searle's early paintings celebrated Kangerigars, an Australian mythological hybrid. Later he painted large celebrations of Sydney's urban landscape, and he has also painted in the Australian outback, including at Papunya,
Tags: Ocker Funk, Allegory, Urban landscape, Papunya, Budgerigars
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exhibited at
Unearthed: Fifty years of Australian Landscape Art from the Charles Nodrum Collection
Date
2010
Place
La Trobe University Art Museum, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Landscape art through the lens of the Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sydney Suburb
Date
2000
Place
Museum of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of the nature of the suburb in Sydney life

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Urban landscape
exhibited at
Ken Searle: Ballarat
Date
1998
Place
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
Description

Searle was jointly commissioned by the City of Ballarat and the University of Ballarat to complete a large panoramic view of Ballarat. The exhibition comprised the completed Ballarat painting along with over 40 working sketches and paintings.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
BFAG annual report; National Library of Australia catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Ballarat / by Ken Searle. [Ballarat, Vic: Ballarat Fine Art Gallery], 1998
ISBN 0949063150

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Painting, Drawing
exhibited at
Project 18: Some Recent Art in Adelaide
Date
25 June 1977 - 24 July 1977
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Project exhibition, curated by Bernice Murphy, that brought recent Adelaide experimental art to Sydney

Type
Exhibition

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Related recognitions
  • Maude Vizard-Wholohan Prize (received)
  • NSW Premiers History Award (received)
  • Maude Vizard-Wholohan Prize (received)