Sorrow © Edward Wright

Edward Wright

 

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Artist Statement

Born 1971 Sydney, Australia
Lives and works in London
 

Education
MFA Goldsmiths College, University of London 2006

BFA (Honours) National Art School, Sydney 2003.

Diploma of Fine Art (scholarship), Julian Ashton Art School 1999

B.Design, (Honours) Visual Communication UTS 1993

Awards
Anne and Gordon Samstag Scholarship 2005

Marten Bequest (painting) 2005/06

Willoughby Contemporary Art Prize, Student Award 2003

William Fletcher Trust 2003

The Jocelyn Maughan Drawing Prize 1998

Scholarship at Julian Ashton Art School 1998

Solo Exhibitions
Free Idea with Every Work Australian Galleries (Works on Paper), Sydney August 2004

Humus Nature Fourthleaf Gallery, Sydney 1997

Wet Dreams Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney 1995

Group Exhibitions
Hit My Dark Spot, Crypt, St.Pancras London 2006

Collective Particulars, The Residence, London 2006

Empire Strikes Back, Hewer St Studios, London 2006

Rag and Bone, Three Colts Gallery, London 2006

Celeste Art Prize, Truman Brewery, London 2006

Work/Play UTS Gallery, Ultimo 2006

re:sponse Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic 2005

Charity Show Royal College of Art, London 2005

On Reason and Emotion. Biennale of Sydney 2004 (Artspace, Woolloomooloo)

Salon des Refuses S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2004

Still-Life Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney August 2004

Fresh #2: Edward Wright and Midori Burns Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney 2004

Cromwell Art Prize Sydney, Melbourne, Chicago 2004

Infusion Cellblock, Sydney 2004

Artist Books Byron Fine Art, Byron Bay 2003

Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, December 2003

Nineteen, National Art School, Darlinghurst 2003

Willoughby Contemporary Art Prize, Sydney 2001, 2003

Pictured above: Sorrow (detail) © Edward Wright