Exhibition 19^th Nov to 7^th December 2008

Copyright  © 2004 Pollock Gallery

Trevor Weekes

“achromacity”

A selection of the catalogue follows:

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The Great Macaw Acrylic on polyester canvas 30 x 28 cm
The Common Eider Acrylic on polyester canvas 40 x 30 cm
The Black Crowned Crane Acrylic on polyester canvas 20 x 20cm
The Plate Billed Mountain Toucan Acrylic on polyester canvas 25 x 25cm
The White Thighed Hornbill Acrylic on polyester canvas 20 x 20 cm
The Malabar Pied Hornbill Acrylic on polyester canvas 30 x 28 cm
The Keel Billed Toucan Acrylic on polyester canvas 20 x 20 cm
The Hoopoe #1 Acrylic on polyester canvas 15 x 15 cm
The Hoopoe #2 Acrylic on polyester canvas 15 x 15 cm
The Downy Woodpecker Acrylic on polyester canvas 15 x 15 cm
Crested Duck Acrylic on polyester canvas 18 x 15 cm
name media size $xxx

Trevor Weekes

Curriculum Vitae

Born at Orange, NSW, 1951

Education

• 1996-99 Ph.D University of Newcastle
• 1994 MFA, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
• 1976-78 Diploma in Art, Alexander Mackie School of Art, Sydney
• 1975 National Art School
• 1974 Canberra Art School
• 1972 Part-time Studies National Art School

Solo Exhibitions

* 2008 Trevor Weekes “Achromaticity” (with Lauren Potts “Bright Nights:

Pollock Gallery,Melbourne.

* 2007 Stella Downer Fine Art Sydney

* 2006 “New Bird in the Old World” Pollock Gallery Melbourne

* 2006 “New Bird II" Eden Gardens Gallery. Sydney

* 2005 “The New Bird” Stella Downer Fine Art. Sydney

• 2005 “There is beauty in everything” John Miller gallery. Newcastle
• 2003 “Flights of Fancy” A Survey 1979-2003. Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
• 2002 “Bird Impressions” John Miller Galleries, Newcastle
• 2002 "Life Lines (The Human Arm as the basis for Flight)" Rex Irwin Gallery
• 2000 "Birds", (Portrait Studies) The Forge Gallery, Wollombi
• 2000 "Elephantism" Rex Irwin Art Dealer Sydney
• 1999 "The Magnificent Elephant Bird" Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
• 1999 "The Magnificent Elephant Bird" Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
• 1999 "Elephant Anatomy as the basis of Multi-Dimensional Exploration" The University of Newcastle
• 1995 "Elephant: "Unnatural Poses" Maitland City Art Gallery
• 1994 "Dreams of Flight" 3-Dimensional works. CoFA Gallery, Sydney
• 1992 "Dreams of Flight" 2-Dimensional works. Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1990 "The Horses Head" Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1989 "The Lost Sea Wolves" Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1988 "And the Wolf shall Devour the Moon" Touring Exhibition of Regional Galleries in New South Wales and Victoria
• 1987 "Trojan Life-City of Dreams" Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1985 "The Art of Fowlconry" Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1984 "The Perfect Trojan Horse", Macquarie Galleries. Sydney
• 1983 "Charlotte Darling's Andean Condor Expedition of 1830-1833", Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1982 "Teach your Chicken to Fly Kit" Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1981 "Project Pelican, The Flight Show" Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1980 "Flight -Man and Machine, The Society for Man-Made Flight, established in 1485" Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1979 "Sopwithicus Snipus, Extinctus Species" Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2006 "New Bird in the Old World”" Pollock Gallery,Richmond, Victoria.
• 2005 “Sheer Diversity” Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery. Sydney
• 2005 “Drawing it Out” Newcastle Regional Gallery.
• 2003 “Love Letters from China” Ivan Dougherty Gallery. Sydney
• (touring three centres in China)
• 2003 “2-D: a 3-D Tool. Maitland Regional Gallery
• 2002 “ Animal State” manning Regional Gallery. Taree
• 2002 “Important Works on paper "Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
• 2002 "Contained "Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, Muswellbrook2001 "Peer Pressure" Access Gallery, Sydney
• 2001 “Peer Pressure” Access Gallery. Sydney
• 2001 "Important works on paper" Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
• 2001 "Constructing Futures" Newcastle Regional Gallery, Newcastle
• 2000 "Hatched: Healthway National Graduate Exhibition Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts,W.A
• 2000 "Oh Africa" Maitland City Regional Gallery2000 "Oh Africa" Manning Regional Gallery, Taree 1999 "Do you Remember" Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
• 1999 "Digital Decade" Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
• 1999 "Thoughts on the Millenium" Maitland City Art Gallery
• 1999 "Ark works" Newcastle Regional Gallery
• 1999 "25 Years" Ivan Dougherty Gallery Sydney
• 1998 "Trappings of the Horse" Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery ( Touring Exhibition)
• 1998 "After the Masters" Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
• 1997 "Powerful Animals" Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
• 1996 "Artists and Artisans of the Hunter Valley" Maitland City Art Gallery
• 1996 "Boat" Rocket Art, Newcastle
• 1996 "About Face" Maitland City Regional Art Gallery
• 1996 "Elephant Works" The New England Regional Gallery, Armidale
• 1995 "Its About Time" Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
• 1994 "Crates" Airspace Gallery, Sydney
• 1994 "Sculptors of the Hunter Valley "Maitland City Art Gallery
• 1994 "New works" The Headmasters Cottage Gallery, St. Ives
• 1994 "First Eleven" The University of Newcastle
• 1993 "Survey Show by Men of the Hunter Region" Maitland City Art Gallery
• 1992 The Pacific Rim, Hand made books, Touring exhibition, USA, Europe and Japan
• 1992 "The Book Show" Touring exhibition,Victoria Regional Galleries
• 1992 "In the Company of Others" King on Burton Gallery, Sydney
• 1991 "The Phantom Show" D-C Art, Sydney
• 1989 "Gallery Show" New England Regional Art Gallery
• 1988 "Tenth Mildura Sculpture Triennial" Mildura Arts Centre
• 1988 "New Art 11" Macquarie Galleries, Sydney.1988 "The Horse Show" Heide Park and Art Gallery,Victoria 1987 "Gravities Angels" Touring Regional Galleries of New South Wales and Victoria
• 1987 "Birds and Animals in Australian Art" - (first settlers to present day.) Lewers Gallery, Penrith Regional Art Gallery
• 1985 "Glass Art Exhibition" Craft Council of New South Wales, Sydney
• 1985 "Australian Sculpture Triennial" National Gallery of Victoria
• 1984 "Animal Images in Contemporary Art" Ballarat Art Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Wollongong City Gallery1982 "Installations-3 Aspects" CAS Gallery, Adelaide Arts Festival
• 1981 "Continuum" Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

Commissions

• 2003 Eden Gardens : Botanicals, Sydney
• 2002 Gateway Sculpture. Lake Macquarie Gallery, Burragul.
• 1999 Curator: Toys by Artists, The University of Newcastle (Travelling to Regional galleries in N.S.W.)
• 1999 Sculpture, Mission Impossible 2, Sydney
• 1999 Convict Lumberyard Destination Artwork. Newcastle City Council
• 1997 Sculpture for short film "White Tree" Film and Television School, Sydney
• 1997 Bandera, Private Commission, Pheonix Arizona.U.S.A.
• 1995 Weldon Owen. "The Birding Book" (A field guide to North American Birds) The New York Times (Full Colour Drawing.)
• 1994 Governor Macqcuarie Tower, Sydney
• 1986 Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne
• 1985 Wong and Associates, 55 Clarence St, Sydney
• 1984 The State Bank of New South Wales
• 1983 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs

Collections

• Artbank
• Burnie Art Gallery
• College of Fine Arts, Sydney
• John Darnell Collection, Queensland
• Hamilton Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
• Macquarie University, New South Wales
• Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
• New England Regional Gallery
• South Australian College of Advanced Education
• State Bank of New South Wales
• The Australian National Gallery, Canberra
• The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney
• The Visual Arts Board
• Toowoomba Rotary Club
• Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
• Lake Macquarie Regional Art Gallery
• The University of Newcastle
• Araluan Art Centre, Alice Springs. N.T Private Collection: U.S.A., Britain, Spain, Australia

Limited Edition Publications

• 1983 - 2006
• "The Art of Fowlconry
• "The Perfect Trojan Horse"
• "Trojan Life"
• "The Charlotte Darling Diary - 1830"
• "The Wolf Journals"
• "Dreams of Flight"
• "The Story of Flight"
• "The Elephant Chronicles"
• "Trunken Tales"
• "Elephant Poems"
• "The Magnificent Elephant Bird"
• "Computer works - (Infini- D)"
• "Collage"
• "The small book of Elephants"
• "Thumb prints / Birds"
• "Thumb prints / Pigs"
• "Pigs,Pigs,Pigs"
• "Bird Studies ( from the Australian Museum"
• "Elephant - A Day in the Life "Compact Disc ( audio) in collaboration with Robert Bartlett
• More Irelephant Tales
• The New Bird
• New Bird/Old Bird
• The Art of Fowlconry (Expanded Edition)

Commercial Publications

• "The Teach your Chicken to fly Manual" Kangaroo press. Sydney."The Teach Your Chicken to Fly Manual" Watermark Press, Australia. Ten Speed Press, Berkley, California, Windrush Press, England, Ireland, Germany, Canada. "Master Classes" Drawing the Nude. T.A.F.E. 1999 (Video)