John Graham Paintings and Sculpture Fine Tribal Art

JOHN GRAHAM

Fine Tribal Art

John Graham's collection of ethnographic art

JOHN GRAHAM

Artist

John Graham's work can be purchased from the following galleries

Gadfly Gallery - Perth

Hawthorn Studio and Gallery - Melbourne

Louey and Lane Gallery - Melbourne

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John Graham can be contacted at sankofa@alphalink.com.au if you have interest in works displayed on this site.

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John Graham

Born in Perth,Western Australia. John Graham is painter, sculptor and film maker skilled in a variety of media and with a broad stylistic range. His work is filled with vivid and colourful images influenced by his travels to Africa, Asia and within Australia. John Graham is also a passionate collector of Tribal Art and has curated several exhibitions featuring works from his collections. Currently living in Melbourne, Australia, John Graham's work is for sale and he is also available for any illustration or painting commissions.

John Graham now lives and paints in Melbourne. John has been exhibiting his paintings since 1986 and participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions.

Graham is an expressionist painter and his subject has remained the landscape and the figure.
Recent work include a series large scale landscapes exploring the elements and the role they play shaping and defining the land.
A series on baboons from Graham’s travels in West Africa place animals into these elemental landscapes that are both benign and threatening.
In his series of dream paintings an unknown and desperate land is populated by a group of disparate characters – a woman, lion, cat, and bird who perform a complicated dance of love and war and death, under the glare of an indifferent sun.

Of his latest series featuring feral cats Graham states…
“In the Feral Cat series I seek to dignify without glorifying a much maligned creature whose notoriety is based purely on its ability to adapt and survive in any environment. The feral cat is a fine example of Darwin’s survival of the fittest and of human folly. The feral cat can be seen as a metaphor for the human race and its ability to colonise and prosper against the odds, in every environment on this planet”

A keen traveler Graham has traveled to Africa, India and Southeast Asia on many occasions. While traveling he has continue to work on a series of watercolours called ‘Paintings from the Road” started on his first overseas travels in 1987. These works are executed during his travels and always reflect the immediate environment.

A self admitted “obsessive collector” John has amassed a considerable collection of Ethnographic art from his travels. This passion not only inspires his own creative work but also directs his choice of travel destination.

John Graham

Solo Exhibitions

2010 Feral Portraits, Salmon Galleries, Sydney

2009 On the Wing, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne, Wild at Heart, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, Pieces of Me, Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide

2006 Transitional Landscapes, Gallery One/Five Sons Estate Melbourne

2005 Elemental Landscapes, Kazari Gallery, Melbourne

2004 From The Wilderness, Collins Street Gallery, Melbourne

1996 Icons, Idols, Effigies and Fetishes, Scope Gallery, Melbourne

1995 Mamawata. Scope Gallery, Melbourne

1994 Paintings And Sculpture, Botanical Gallery, Melbourne

1993 Paintings From The Road, Botanical Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

2010 Melbourne Watercolour Show, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2009 Kazari 2009, Kazari Gallery, Melbourne, Mansfield 2009 Easter Art Exhibition, The Wish List Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
Postcard Christmas Show Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2008 Art Melbourne, Seaview Gallery, Stockroom Exhibition, Pivotal Galleries Melbourne, The Good Earth, Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide

2007 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2007, Adelaide

2006 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2006, Adelaide

2005 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2005, Adelaide, The Heysen Prize Finalist, The Hahndorf Academy, South Australia

2004 New Collectables, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, N.S.W

2003 Kazari Gallery Presents New Work by Artists, Kazari Gallery, Melbourne

2000 Christmas Show, Helen Gory Gallery, Melbourne

1998 Footy Show Portraits, Artists Garden, Melbourne, For One Night Only, Methodist Ladies Collage, Melbourne

1997 Art In Time, Christies. South Yarra, Melbourne, Window Display, at Metropolis Bookshop, Melbourne

1995 Full forwards Footy Show, Artists Garden , Melbourne, Christmas Show, Scope Gallery, Melbourne

1994 The Convent Gallery, Dalesford, The Monster Football Show, Artist's Garden, Melbourne

1993 5th Anniversary Show, Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Artists Candelabra, Melbourne Theatre Company Ball, The Hyatt, Melbourne
Summer 1993, Botanical Gallery, Melbourne

1991 New Art 5, Coventry Gallery, Sydney

1990 A Young Collector's Exhibition, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, Greenpeace Fundraising Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne

1989 Melbourne Painters, Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, 15 Shopping days to Christmas, Coventry Gallery, Sydney

1986 Winter Collection, Rumbarellas Gallery, Melbourne, 9x5 Show, Rumbarellas Gallery, Melbourne

Other Exhibitions

2004 African Tribal Art, Community Collections Melbourne Museum
2002 African Tribal Art, Kazari Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Art in Time, Fundraising Auction, Christies, Melbourne
1995 Art, Textiles and Sculpture from West Africa, Nomadic Rug Traders, Sydney
Hmong Collars from Thailand and Laos, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1994 Traditional Sculpture of West Africa, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1993 Artists Candelabra, Melbourne Theatre Company
1987 Nights of Our Lives, Films of Kim Sansavini and John Graham
Glasshouse Cinema Melbourne
Fashion 87 Costume Design, Palais Theatre, Melbourne

Prizes and competitions

2007 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2007, Adelaide
2006 The Waterhouse Prize 2006, Finalist, South Australian Museum
2005 The Waterhouse Prize 2005, Finalist, South Australian Museum
The Heysen Prize Finalist, The Hahndorf Academy,South Australia
2004 Norvill Art Prize, Finalist, Murrurundi, N.S.W

Commissions

2008 Avant Cards “Feral Cat in Rosebush (ladder of thorns)”
2002 The Ink Group; "The Blue Band" Card published
George Brendish, Painting commissioned by Adrian Gilbert, Anglo Indian Society
2000-2001 Cartoonist The Big Issue; Fortnightly illustration in colour
1997 Lonely Planet Guide to West Africa - Author, Arts and Craft sections
Lonely Planet Guide to Senegal, Gambia - Author - Writing Arts and Craft sections
1994 Apocalypse Dada, Poster, Costume and Set Design, Open Stage Theatre,
University of Melbourne
A Flea In Her Ear Melbourne Theatre Company, Program Design

Bibliography

1995 Lambert, Catherine. Sunday Herald Sun, November 5
1994 Heathcote, Christopher. The Age. February 16
1993 Waldorn, Steve. The Age. March 5
1991 Dury, Neville. Editor, New Art 5
1989 Heynatz, Jennie. The Express. Bairnsdale, September 15
1986 Catalano, Gary. The Age. Melbourne, December 17

Collections

Private collections in Australia, Fiji, United Kingdom and the United States of America

For further information or images email sankofa@alphalink.com.au or telephone (M) 0401 383 144