Represented by:
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-Cavin Morris Gallery, New York, USA
-Pulp Gallery, Massachusetts, USA
-Boom Gallery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
-Gagné Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
-Copenhagen Outsider Art Gallery, Denmark
Born Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia
Lives in Queensland, Australia
ART STUDIES/OTHER ACTIVITIES
1979-81: University of Tasmania, School of Art, Hobart
1982: East Sydney Technical College (National Art School)
1985: Painting teacher at TAFE South Australia
1988-94: Living and working in Paris, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024: Online viewing room, Cavin Morris, NY
2024: Winter show, Gagné Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2023: "The cosmic cartographies of Shane Drinkwater" Cavin Morris Gallery, NY
2023: Gagné Contemporary, Toronto Canada
2022: "Memories, maps and stars" Boom Gallery, Geelong, VIC
2020: "Quietly spoken" Boom Gallery, Geelong, VIC
2016: “ a one man group show” Boom Gallery, Geelong VIC
2015: “Recent works” Boom Gallery, Geeloong VIC
2014: “Surfaces and beyond” Boom Gallery, Geelong, VIC
2014: Beadles, Toowoomba,QLD
2007: Dansey Gallery, Gold Coast QLD
2005: Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts, Brisbane QLD
1998: Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts, Brisbane QLD
1997: Gold Coast City Art Gallery,QLD
1996: Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts, Brisbane QLD
1992: Hanger 028, Paris, France
1988: Cannibal Pierce Galerie Australienne, Paris, France
1987: Contemporary Art Center, Adelaide SA
1987: Reconnaissance, Melbourne VIC
1985: Drawing and Projected Images, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier SA
1985: Naracoorte Art Gallery, Naracoorte SA
1985: Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania
1982: Viewing Programme, Devonport Regional Gallery,Tasmania
DUO EXHIBITIONS
2016: Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney
2014: “The Lost, the Found and the Superfluous” (Collector’s issue)
Gallery Molly Krom, New York, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024: Outsider Art Fair NY with Pulp Gallery
2022-23: "Obsession for numbers and schedules" Museum of the mind, Amsterdam
2021: "+10". Copenhagen Outsider Art Gallery, Denmark
2019: Spring show, Studio Gallery, Melbourne
2019: The Other Art Fair, Sydney
2018: “Surface and Substance” The Painting Center, New York, USA
2017: Librairie Galerie”D’un livre l’autre” Paris, France
2017: “One of these days” COAG, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017: "Introducing V” May Space, Sydney
2017: “Process +/- Pattern”, Sardine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2016: Art Central Hong Kong with Conny Dietzschold Gallery
2015: Xmas surprise, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney
2015: Satellite Show, Miami Beach, Fl. USA with Dusk Editions, USA
2015-16-17: The Other Art Fair, Sydney + Melbourne
2015: “Embossed” curated by Ky Anderson/Dusk, Gallery Molly Krom, New York,USA
2015: “Embossed” Look & Listen Gallery, Saint-Chamas, France
2015: Boom Gallery, Geelong, VIC
2014: Stanthorpe Art Festival (Finalist),QLD
2013: “Paper 3” Dirty Linen Artspace, Bundaberg, QLD
2013: Border Art Prize (Highly commended) Gold Coast City Art Gallery
2013-14-15: Moreton Bay Art Awards (Finalist) Pine Rivers Art Gallery, QLD
2013: Sunshine Coast Art Prize (Finalist) Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2013: Rex-Livingston Art Dealer “ Six artists exploring the landscape”
2005: Brisbane Art Fair , Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts
2003: Melbourne Art Fair, Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts
2000: Goya Galleries, Melbourne
1999: E.A.Joyce & Son / Despard Gallery, Hobart,Tasmania
1998: The Studio, Brisbane QLD
1996: Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiter’s Art Prize (Finalist)
1996; Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts, Brisbane QLD
1995-96: The Prime Touring Exhibition: Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW,
Ballarat Art Gallery, VIC, Nolan Gallery,ACT, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1985: 7 Artists from the South East, Kintore Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA
1983: Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
1982: East Sydney Tech (National Art School)
1982: The Canberra Times Art Prize (Finalist)
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SPECIAL PROJECT
2019-21: Creating fabric designs for NYC based Indi (artisan made indigo clothing)
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COLLECTIONS
9 works purchased by the Museum of the Mind in Hermitage Amsterdam
Epworth Healthcare, Victoria
Devonport Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania
Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania
Private collectors worldwide
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AWARDS AND GRANTS
1988: Alliance Française Art Fellowship/Visual Arts Board, Australia Council:
3 months residency in Paris
1987: Grants to individuals-Department for the Arts, SA
1985: Desiderius Orban Youth Award- Visual Arts Board, Australia Council
1982: Chromacryl Award for Technical Colleges, NSW
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PRESS USA
2024: Harper's Magazine published 2 works in their January issue
2024: Cover of Polity, Journal of Northeastern Political Science Association JAN issue