Rodney Pople is an interdisciplinary artist that works across various mediums such as painting, photography and sculpture. He completed a Diploma of Fine Arts majoring in Photography from the Tasmanian School of Art in 1974 and later studied sculpture at the Slade School of Art in London in 1978 and the New York Studio School in 1979. Pople has exhibited regularly in Australia for over 30 years and has held international solo exhibitions in Berlin and Shanghai. He is a multi-award winning artist who received the 2016 Paddington Art Prize, the 2012 Glover Prize, 2014 Fishers Ghost Prize, 2009 NSW Parliament Art Prize and 2008 Sulman Prize. He was recently a finalist in the Gallipoli Art Prize, the Muswellbrook Art Prize and the Glover Prize in 2020, as well as the 65th Blake Prize and the Mosman Art Prize in 2018, and has been selected for the Archibald and Wynne Prize over 12 times since 2000. Pople’s work has been included in group exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and in 2014 his photo-based paintings were held at the Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne as part of a major solo exhibition. His work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Artbank, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; and several regional and university galleries.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
2017
Image above: Rodney Pople Monkey Man 2021 portrait of Euan Macleod oil on linen 201 x 134 cm. Australian …
Above image: Rodney Pople Liffy Falls 2021 oil on linen 141 x 181cm A huge congratulations to Rodney Pople …
Images: Rodney Pople, Horse and figure with pom pom, 2020, scrubbed plywood, nails, screws, brass ,acrylic and cotton, string ,wax and pins, 80 …
Martin King sometimes the blind must lead the blind 2021 watercolour on drafting film and paper 119 x 178 cm Congratulations to Martin King who …
Image above: Christine Wrest-Smith Strength and Presence Congratulations to Graeme Drendel, Cathy Weiszmann and Christine Wrest-Smith for being selected as …
Image above: Angus Fisher Marajo 2020 ink pen and watercolour on paper 55 x 75 cm Australian Galleries is excited to …
This incredible new sculpture by Geoffrey Ricardo is currently being installed at the new sustainable housing development ‘Orana’ in Clyde …
Image above: Close-up detail of Portrait Magazine featuring Peter Wegner’s drawings of Marg Mossop (2015) and Hilda Heley (2015) In …
Image above: Martin King tree of life, unsuccessful species 2021 etching, drypoint, chine collé and hand colouring edition 3 168 …
Image above: Jazmina Cininas Trans Baltic-Tasman Crossing 2018 artist book with collage 21 x 14 x 2.5 cm Following an …
Vale Mandy Martin 18th November 1952 – 10th July 2021 Today we farewell artist and friend Mandy Martin. Mandy was a highly …
Image above: Artist Michael Snape and Stuart Purves alongside Michael’s Archibald Finalist painting of Stuart Purves. “Stuart Purves has been …
Image above: Mary Tonkin Crack, Kalorama 2012 oil on linen 62 x 68 cm Featuring a selection of artworks from …
