Merrick Fry b.

  • Artist (Sculptor)
Sculptor Merrick Fry has shown in over 20 solo exhibitions since graduating from the National Art School. His work is represented in numerous collections across Australia. In 2010 the University of Newcastle staged a major exhibition "Merrick Fry: A Newcastle Survey".
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Merrick Fry, sculptor and painter, was born at Bathurst. Fry studied sculpture at the National Art School, Sydney, from 1971 to 1973.

Fry’s sculptures allow the viewer to peer into personal worlds that are based on the language of imagination and magical realism. Harnessing the beauty of transparency and light, Fry has reconfigured recycled glass objects into ornate baroque lamp forms, re-imbuing discarded materials with functionality and elegance.

In 2010 The University of Newcastle held a survey of Fry’s work at the University Gallery. In 2003 his work was featured in 'Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi. He was the winner of the Jackson Smith Sculpture Prize 2001 and both the Mirror-Waratah Painting Prize and the National Art School Drawing Prize in 1972. He received the Visual Arts Board Grant to undertake a New York studio residency in 1985.

Fry has shown in over twenty solo exhibitions. His work is represented in numerous collections, including Artbank, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Macquarie University, University of New South Wales, University of Western Sydney, Wollongong City Art Gallery, Westmead Children’s Hospital and private collections in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

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Related recognitions
  • 1979 - George's Art Prize, Melbourne (received)
  • 2001 - Jackson Smith Sculpture Prize (received)
  • 1985 - Visual Arts Board Grant (received)
  • 1972 National Art School Drawing Prize (received)
  • 1972 National Art School Drawing Prize (received)
  • 1979 - George's Art Prize, Melbourne (received)
  • 1985 - Visual Arts Board Grant (received)
  • 2001 - Jackson Smith Sculpture Prize (received)
Related events
  • Merrick Fry: A Newcastle Survey (exhibited at)
  • 3 Decades of Drawing (exhibited at)
  • A Quattrocentro Narrative (exhibited at)
  • The Orchard (exhibited at)
  • Ordinary Illuminations (exhibited at)
  • Streets and Yards (exhibited at)
  • Child's Play (exhibited at)
  • Glancing Back (exhibited at)
  • Works on Card (exhibited at)
  • Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Paintings and Prints (exhibited at)
  • Paintings and Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Monotypes and Cutouts (exhibited at)
  • Landscape Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Landscape Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Monotypes and Cutouts (exhibited at)
  • Paintings and Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Paintings and Prints (exhibited at)
  • Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Works on Card (exhibited at)
  • Glancing Back (exhibited at)
  • Child's Play (exhibited at)
  • Streets and Yards (exhibited at)
  • Ordinary Illuminations (exhibited at)
  • A Quattrocentro Narrative (exhibited at)
  • The Orchard (exhibited at)
  • 3 Decades of Drawing (exhibited at)
  • Merrick Fry: A Newcastle Survey (exhibited at)