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From table rock
'From Table Rock' by John Spooner

 

John Spooner

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Bio

Born in Melbourne in 1946
1974 - Law Degree, Monash University
1974 - Commenced drawing for the "Age" newspaper

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Solo Exhibitions           

2007
New Works at Chrysalis Gallery and Studio, Melbourne

2004
Etchings, Cartoons & Paintings at Chrysalis Publishing Gallery and Studio, Melbourne

2000
McClelland Gallery (Victoria): Prints, Paintings and Cartoons from the Year 2000
Recent Thoughts at George Adams Gallery, (Victorian Arts Centre) showing paintings, cartoons and printmaking

1997
Essoign Club, Owen Dixon Chambers, Melbourne

1996
John Spooner-A Survey, Prints Drawings and Paintings 1987 - 1996, Westpac Gallery

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Group Exhibitions

2004
T
he Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne
An Age of Cartooning, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne

2003
T
he Biennial International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney

2001
T
he Biennial International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney

2000
Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair

1999
The Biennial International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney
Western Australian Museum and in Bringing Down the House an exhibition curated by the National Museum of Australia

1998
Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair
Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
Theatreworks, Melbourne

1997
The Biennial International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney

1996
Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair

1995
T
he Biennial International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney

1984
Powell Street Gallery , Melbourne
Solander Gallery, Canberra

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Awards

2003 -
Graham Perkin Award for Australian journalist of the year, Quill Awards
2002 - Graham Perkin Award for the Australian Journalist of the Year

1994 - T
wo Walkely Awards for Best Illustration and Best Cartoon
1986 -
Co- winner of the Fremantle Print Prize
1986 -
Co-winner Mornington Peninsula Print Aquisitive Award
1995/1996 - Winner of five Stanely Awards, including the Black and White Artist of the Year gold Stanely Award
1982 - The Walkley Award

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Collections

The National Gallery of Australia
National Library of Canberra
The National Gallery of Victoria
The Victorian State Library Art
The Melbourne Cricket Club Museum
Public and private collections in Australia and overseas

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