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DOUGLAS CHAMBERS - Biography

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  1935 Born London, England
  1970 Arrived in Australia to take up teaching at W.A.I.T (now Curtin University of Technology)
  Studies
  1952-56 National Diploma in Design (Painting), London, A.R.C.A. Painting
  1959-61 Graduate Diploma, Royal College of Art, LondonTeaching
  1961-62 Charterhouse School, England
  1963 Jamaica School of Art
  1970-80 Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University of Technology)
  1982 Darwin Institute of Technology
  1986 Established and taught at Curtin University of Technology, School of Art Annexe, Albany, WASolo Exhibitions
  1974 Old Fire Station Gallery, Perth
  1978 Review Exhibition, Fremantle Art Gallery
  1979 Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia (with Mac Betts)
  1980 Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
  1982 Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
  1985 Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
  1987 Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
  1989 Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
  1990 Chapman Gallery, Canberra
  1991 Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth. Festival of Perth Exhibition
  1991 Myer Atrium, Perth. Douglas Chambers - An Overview, Festival of Perth Exhibition
• 1991 Douglas Chambers: A Survey, Art Gallery of Western Australia
  1998 Recent Paintings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
  2000 New Paintings and Constructions, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
  2004 Then and Now, Recent Paintings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
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  Group Exhibitions
  1954-56 New English Art Club, R.B.A. Gallery, London
  1958 Royal Academy, London
  1958-61 Young Contemporaries, R.B.A. Gallery, London
  1966-69 Travelling Exhibition with Jamaica Artsists’ Association in Cuba, Canada and West Indies
  1969 Jamaica Government Painting Award
  1973 Four Painters Exhibition, Desborough Gallery, Perth
  1980 Third Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie DÅsseldorf, Perth
  1981 Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie DÅsseldorf, Perth
  1982 Critics Choice, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
  1983 George’s Invitation Exhibition, Melbourne
  1983 The W.A.I.T. Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia
  1983 Bougainvillea Art Award
  1983 Northern Territory Award
  1984 Pegasus Art Award, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
  1985 Five Painters in Western Australia, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth (Festival of Perth Exhibition)
  1985 Fremantle Drawing Prize, Fremantle Art Gallery
  1985 Albany Invitation Exhibition, Sir Claude Hotchin Art Gallery, Albany
  1985 The Western Australia Week Invitation Art Award, Fremantle Arts Centre
  1985 Mandorla Art Prize, New Norcia Art Gallery, New Norcia
  1985 9th Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
  1986 Albany Invitation Exhibition, Sir Claude Hotchin Art Gallery, Albany
  1986 Geraldton Sunshine Festival Art Prize, Theatre Gallery, Geraldton 
  1987 Albany Invitation Exhibition, Sir Claude Hotchin Art Gallery, Albany
  1988 The Centre, Gold Coast, Brisbane
  1988 Bi-Centenial Royal Agricultural Art Prize, Perth
  1988 First Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth)
  1988 The Matilda Bay Restaurant Art Prize, Perth
  1989 Centenary 9 x 5 Exhibition, Heidelberg and Heritage, National Gallery of Victoria
  1990 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth)
  1995 A Rose is a Rose, Galerie Düsseldorf
  1997 21 Years On, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
  1997 Swingtime, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia
  2002 Joondalup Invitation Art Award
  2002 Love Your Work, Fremantle Arts Centre
  2002 Boundless, Contemporary, Art from Country, WA, Art Gallery of Western Australia
  2003 BankWest Contemporary Art Prize
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  Awards
  1960 Rome and Abbey Scholarship
  1968 Jamaica Government Painting Award
  1976 Visual Arts Board, Australia Council Grant
  1985 Albany Invitation Exhibition Painting Award
  1985 The Western Australia Week Invitation Painting Award
  1985 The Holmes a Court Invitation Prize
  1986 Albany Art Competion ‘Caltex Art Award’, Open Prize
  1986 Geraldton Sunshine Festival Art Prize
  1988 Bi-Centenial Royal Agricultural Art Prize
  1989 The Maltilda Bay Restaurant Art Prize
  1989 Creative Development Fellowship, Department for the Arts
  1990 Commissioned to Design Poster for Festival of Perth 1991
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  Commissions
  1997 Relief Mural for the Perth Family Court
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  Collections
  University of West Indies, Shell Oil Co., West Indies, Bank of Canada, West Indies, University of Western Australia, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
  Curtin University of Technology, Western Australian Arts Council, National Gallery of Victoria, Visual Arts Board, Artbank, N.T. Art Gallery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hostpital
  Darwin Institute of Technology, State Library of Western Australia, Fremantle Art Gallery, Albany Art Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, The Robert Holmes a Court Collection
  Foothills School Western Australia, Geraldton Theatre Art Gallery, Ian and Sue Bernadt Collection, BankWest, Edith Cowan University, Wesfarmers

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