| BIOGRAPHY |
| 2006 |
Currently lives in Sydney and Burgundy, France |
| 2003 |
Awarded an AM for services to Visual Arts in Australia |
| 1965-2002 |
Over 60 one-person exhibitions and 90 group exhibitions |
| 1995 |
Judged Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| 1992 |
Resided in Studio, Cité International des Arts, Paris |
| 1988 |
Archibald Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of New South
Wales, Sydney |
| 1986 |
Artist-in-Residence, Curtin University, Perth |
| 1982 |
Australian representative, 5th Indian Triennale, New Delhi |
| 1979-1980 |
Artist-in-Residence, SUNY, Purchase, New York |
| 1964-1976 |
Lived and worked in Melbourne |
| 1962 |
Arrived in Australia |
| 1954-1958 |
Studied at Birmingham College of Art, UK |
| 1938 |
Born Poona, India |
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RECENT SOLO SHOWS
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| 2005 |
Robert Steele Gallery, New York, USA |
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Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia |
| 2004 |
BMG Gallery, Adelaide, Australia |
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East West Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
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Born Melbourne, Australia |
| 2003 |
Australian Galleries, Sydney, Australia |
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Galeria Aniela Fine Art, Kangaroo Valley, Australia |
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Robert Steele Gallery, New York, USA |
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Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2002 |
BMGART, Adelaide, Australia |
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Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia |
| 2001 |
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia |
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Chapman Gallery, Canberra, Australia |
| 2000 |
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia |
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BMGART, Adelaide, Australia |
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East West Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
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| RECENT GROUP SHOWS |
| 2006 |
2Studios, Marianne Newman Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2004 |
Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2003 |
Works on Paper Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia |
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Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize Bendigo Art Gallery,
Bendigo, Australia |
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Prizewinners East West Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
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| SELECTED COLLECTIONS |
| Fred Cress is represented in the Australian National
Gallery, Canberra and all Australian State and Regional Galleries, as well as
corporate and private collections in Australia, England, France, Holland,
USA, Switzerland, Italy and New Zealand |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| ‘Enter at your own risk’ Sydney Morning Herald 6 March
2004 |
| Fry, Gavin Fred Cress, The Beagle Press, Australia, 2001 |
| Hill, Peter ‘A deja viewing’ Sydney Morning Herald 22
November 2003 |
| Low, Lenny Ann ‘Paper and Tigers’ Sydney Morning Herald 11
October 2003 |
| ‘Lies and whispers lurk under the sea. The new paintings
of Fred Cress reflect both our fears and search for order’ Sydney Morning
Herald 22 April 1996 |
| Krell, Alan, Dr Fred Cress, Wild and Woolley Publishing,
Australia, 1989 |