ANDREW ANRNAOUTOPOULOS
Born: 1945 Samos, Greece
Works and lives in Brisbane, Queensland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Eternity, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2017 In Heaven with Rock n Roll George, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2012 Markings, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2010 Waste, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2007 The Miner’s Canary, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2005 The Abstract in Industrial Surfaces, Sutton Gallery
2004 Speed, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2001 Black Figure Paintings/Red Figure Paintings, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Trojan Horse, IMA, Brisbane
1999 Loot, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1997 Frieze. The Big Picture. Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Frieze, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
Flag Painting, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1994 Consignment/Industrial White on White/By-Product,
Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Consignment (Elgin Marbles) Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1993 Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1992 Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Monoliths, ACCA
Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
1991 Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1990 Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
Monoliths (Industrial Surfaces on Large Canvas),QAG
1989 Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1988 Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
1987 Skyline Series,BCAE, Kelvin Grove
Painter/Painting/By Product, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
Mini MOCA, Brisbane
1986 Kentro Tehnis Gallery, Melbourne
1985 Works from the Factory, Community Arts Centre, Brisbane
SELECTED GROUP WORKS
2006 Colonial/Contemporary Dell Gallery Art College, Griffith University, Brisbane Qld
2003 Construct 24 Hour Art Gallery, Darwin NT
2002 LxBxD Brisbane City Council Art Gallery
2001 QUT Art Museum Alumni Exhibition
2000 Monochromes Qld University Art Museum
2000 We are Australian National Touring Exhibition
1998 New Acquisitions Brisbane City Council Art Gallery
1997 Urban Edge, Queensland Art Gallery, travelling exhibition
1997 Then-Now, Bellas Gallery
1996 Recent Acquisitions, Brisbane City Gallery & Museum
1996 Asia Pacific Hotel Fair, Brisbane, in conjunction with A.P.T.
1996 Artist’s Books, Brisbane City Art Gallery
1995 Pathways 1: Changes and Exchanges, Qld Art Gallery
1995 Lingo –get the picture, Brisbane City Art Gallery
1994 Topos, Art Space Sydney
1992 Conversions, Canberra Contemporary Artspace
1992 First Generation, QAG,
1992 Peripheral Visions, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
1992 Fact project - an Installation publication, touring exhibition
1992 Fertile Ground, Griffith Artworks, Griffith University
1991 Second Language, IMA Brisbane
1991 Urban Debris, Australia National Gallery , Canberra
1990 Adelaide Biennial of Contemporary Australian Art, AGSA
1990 Balance 1990 Views, Visions,Influences,QAG
1990 Melbourne Savage Club Invitational Prize, RMIT
1990 Vache (for Aids), Site 36, Brisbane
1989 Australian Perspecta: 1989, AGNSW
1989 Private Views - Public Spaces, A joint initiative of Breens and the QAG
1985 Queensland/ Works 1950-85, Queensland University Art Museum
1983 No Names, IMA Brisbane
1982 Trustees' Purchase Exhibition, QAG
1976 Andrew and Lilian Pedersen Memorial Prize for Printmaking, QAG
1969 L.J.Harvey Memorial Prize for Drawing, QAG
1967 H.C.Richards Memorial Prize for Painting, QAG
COLLECTIONS
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Parliament House Collection, Canberra
Griffith University, Brisbane
University of Southern Qld, Toowoomba
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
University Art Museum, Qld
Brisbane City Art Gallery
Art Bank, Sydney
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
Gold Coast Art Gallery, Qld
AWARDS
1984-85 VAB Project Grant
1989 Premiers Encouragement Award (Qld)
Australia Council VA/CB Artists’ Development Grant
1990 Melbourne Savage Club Invitational Prize, RMIT
1992 QLD Government Fellowship Grant
1993 Moet and Chandon Selection Panel Member
1993 -96 Australia Council Visual Arts Board Member
1993-96 Australia Council Multicultural Committee Member
1998 Australia Council VACB Studio Grant
2005 VAB Grant
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Anderson, P. 'Industrial Innovations', Brisbane Review, 18/3/93
Arden, H. Painting to ward off the blackness. ex.cat, The Miners Canary, 2007.
Butler, R. 'Return to Sender', Consignment, ex.cat., IMA, 1994
Butler, R. 'Arnaoutopoulos at Topos', Art and Australia, vol.32, no.4, Winter 1995, p. 586-7.
Carlon, C. The Endangered Image: Putting the Ethics back in Aesthetics, ex.cat. 2007
Collins, K. 'Pythagorean principles in the art of a Modern Greek', Sunday Mail, 1988
Giurina , N. “Peripheral Visions” , ex.cat. 200 Gertrude Street, 1992
Grishin, S. “Establishing a sense of authority”, Canberra Times 1992
Harmon, A. 'Andrew Arnaoutopoulos', Bellas Gallery, 25 Nov - 12 Dec, 1987, Eyeline,4/3/1988
Hoffie, P. 'Speaking in Tongues Second Language', Eyeline, 1992
Holubizky, I. “A Bountiful Mind”, Eyeline. No. 52, 2003
Jackson, B. 'Second Language', Art & Text, No.41, 1992 Fertile Ground Griffith Art Works, ex.cat., Griffith University, 1992
Lingard, B. 'Industrial Surfaces',ex.cat., Australian Perspecta 1989,AGNSW
Lynn, E. The Individual in Perspective', The Australian, 10-11/6/1989
McDonald, J. 'Adelaide Biennial has usual integrity',Sydney Morning Herald,17/3/90
Rainbird, S. 'Brisbane Report', Art & Australia, Spring Vol.29, No.1, 1991
Richards, M. 'Painters in the hot debate', Courier Mail, 23/6/1989
'Works pay homage to human monuments', Courier Mail,8/8/1989
'Decay and the corporate image', Courier Mail, 27/4/1990
'Graveyards of Time in Monoliths', Courier Mail, 11/12/1990
Rooney, R. 'Greekness buried in cultural crossing", The Australian, 1992
Sourgnes, M. Monoliths, QAG, November 1990
Stanford, L. 'Andrew Arnaoutopoulos, Mark Titmarsh, Peter Burgess - Bellas Gallery', MOCA Bulletin,September, 1989
Stelzer, C. “Trojan Horse”, Artlink Vol 20 No.3, 2000
Tsoutas, N. Monoliths, QAG, December 1990
Underhill, N. 'Andrew Arnaoutopoulos', Adelaide Biennial of Contemporary Australian Art,ex.cat.,AGSA
Ward, P. 'Smart art from the heart and beyond', The Australian,10-11/3/1990
Woolcock, P. 'Life cycle of artist's paint goes on show', Courier Mail, 7/12/1987