Fine Tribal Art

JOHN GRAHAM

 

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

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2006 Transitional Landscapes. Five Sons Estate Winery Dromana/Gallery One Mornington
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 2008 Pivotal Galleries. Melbourne 2007 The Good Earth. Greenhill Gallery Adelaide The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2007. South Australian Museum, Adelaide
2006 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2006. South Australian Museum, Adelaide
2005 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2005. South Australian Museum, Adelaide
The Heysen Prize For Australian Landscape. Hahndorf, South Australia
2004 Gadfly Gallery, Perth
Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne
2003 Kazari Gallery Presents New Work By Artists, Kazari Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Boats Four Cats Gallery Melbourne
1998 Footy Show Portraits. Artists Garden, Melbourne
For One Night Only. Methodist Ladies Collage, Melbourne
Nudes 1 Nudes 2 Melbourne Arts Club, 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
Green peace 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

Films

2005 Elemental Landscapes. Digital, Premiered Kazari Gallery Aug 2005
2004 Taking Care Of Business. Digital
1994 Steak Baby. Super 8 Premiered Provincial Hotel Nov 2001
1993 Share Accommodation. Super 8
1987 Gabage at Fashion 87. Super 8. Premiered at Nights of Our Lives, Glasshouse Cinema, Melbourne
1986 Citizen Shit. Super 8. Premiered at the first Melbourne super 8 Film Festival The Little Tailor Was Disturbed. Super 8. Premiered at the Spoleto Fringe Film and Video Festival.
New releases. 86 Hoyt's Midcity
1984 Before the White Man, Pig. Super 8. Premiered at the Melbourne Fringe Festival

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 2006. South Australian Museum, Adelaide (un)Natural Selection
2006 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2006. South Australian Museum, Adelaide Tandanus Catfish
2005 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize. South Australian Museum, Finalist "Wilderness"
Heysen Prize For Australian Landscape. Hahndorf, South Australia, Finalist "Meet Me In The Morning"
2004 Norvill Art Prize. New South Wales, Finalist "Striped Hills"


Commissions

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

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, the United Kingdom and the United States Of America
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For further information or images email sankofa@alphalink.com.au or telephone (M) 0401 383 144

 
    

 

 

 

 

 

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