Graeme Drendel

b. 1953

Graeme Drendel is a Melbourne-based painter and printmaker. He completed a Diploma of Teaching Art and Craft in 1974. A regular finalist in Archibald, Sulman, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize, Drendel has held thirty solo exhibitions since 1990. He is represented in public and private collections throughout Australia and works by Drendel were included in the National Portrait Gallery's Popular Pet Show 2016. 

A survey exhibition of Graeme's works Silos + Silence was held at the Mildura Art Centre in 2016/2017, and a monograph was published in 2016 by Australian Galleries. The hardcover book by Gavin Fry details a comprehensive collection of works that showcase Drendel’s distinct painting style over three decades of his career. Figures on vast landscapes, under moody skies, relay stories of the intricacy of the human condition from the solitude of a single character to obscure scenes and social gatherings.

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2025