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
Images: Rodney Pople, Horse and figure with pom pom, 2020, scrubbed plywood, nails, screws, brass ,acrylic and cotton, string ,wax and pins, 80 …
Chair, 1983, pencil on paper, 30 x 21 cm RODNEY POPLE ON PAPER: 1980 – 2020 Australian Galleries (online) 2 – …
Image above: Rodney Pople ‘I did it my way’ (self portrait) 2020 oil and watercolour on linen (Archibald Prize) Congratulations …
In her new exhibition, Mayflies & Stars, Kyoko Imazu offers a glimpse into the magical hidden worlds of some of …
Above image: Camie Lyons, Stick Figures (keepers), bronze, in situ. Photograph: Keith Maxwell. Congratulations to Camie Lyons who has been …
Image above: Mary Tonkin Ripples, Kalorama 2020 oil on linen 71 x 80 cm Landscape painter, Mary Tonkin, has recently …
Image above: Martin King Strangerlands #1 2020 graphite on drafting film with watercolour on paper, gouache and metal foil 148 …
Last week, Jimmy Rix’s monumental 18 metre-long sculpture, Road Kill, was installed in Forbes, NSW as part of a major …
Image above: G.W. Bot Other glyphs 2020 linocut 38 x 38 cm – Photography courtesy of Tim Gresham Sue Anderson, …
Image above: Mandy Martin Falling star 5 2012 pigment and oil on linen 76 x 280 cm Mandy Martin’s work …
Image above: Janet Luxton Eye contact 2021 oil on linen canvas 125 x 165 cm Congratulations to Janet Luxton and …
Image above: Michelle Hiscock Menin Gate 2021 oil on linen 61 x 75 cm Congratulations to Michelle Hiscock who has …
Above image: Rodney Pople, Liffy Falls, oil on linen, 141 x 181cm, 2021 A huge congratulations to Rodney Pople …
