Justin Pearson Artist

Justin Pearson

Biography

Justin Pearson was born 1963 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The son of English and New Zealand parents, he moved to the United Kingdom when he was 17. He stayed and studied Art in London until he left for Australia in 1989. He has been living and painting in Australia since.

Education

1985-88 Byam Shaw School of Art.B.A,London,UK.
1984-85 Chelsea School of Art. Foundation,London,UK.
1982-84 Putney Art School Pre-Foundation.London,UK.

Major Exhibitions

2010 Light Horse Gallery,New South Wales
2010 Ryders Gallery,New South Wales
2009 Tap Gallery,Sydney
2008 Gallery Red,Sydney
2008 Blacksphere art gallery,Melbourne, VIC
2007 South Australian Living Artist Festival,Art Studio,Adelaide Hills.S.A.
2007 Hahndorf Academy,Heysen Gallery,Adelaide, S.A.
2006 Upstairs Gallery,Adelaide,S.A.
2004 Why Cafe, Sydney
2003 Vineyard Gallery,Hunter Valley,NSW
1997 Seymour Theater Center, Sydney
1997 Tap Gallery, Sydney
1996 Artist Alive Project, Sydney
1996 Hollywood Hotel, Sydney,
1996 Tap Gallery, Sydney
1995 Bank Gallery, Sydney
1995 Katkoko Restaurant, Sydney
1995 Toast Gallery, Sydney
1994 Toast Gallery, Sydney.
1993 Art House Gallery, Sydney
1993 Tap Gallery, Sydney
1992 Gigmanity Gallery, Canberra
1992 Canterbury Gallery, Cristchurch, New Zealand.
1992 Pod Gallery, Sydney
1992 Punch Gallery, Sydney
1990 Balmain Gallery, Sydney
1990 Proba Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.

Major Awards

Fettlers Heritage Art Prize,2nd Prize Winner,2011,NSW
Tap Gallery,2nd Prize Winner of Real Refuses,2009,Sydney.
Adam Portrait Award, Highly Commended, 2008, New Zealand Portrait Gallery,     Wellington.
Winner of The Heysen Prize for Australian Landscapes, 2007, oil and acrylic.
Winner of Touch of Red 111 Competition, 2007 Melbourne.

Art Awards Finalist

Goulburn Art Award,Goulburn Regeional Art Gallery,NSW 2011
Works on paper Prize,BDAS Gallery,NSW 2011
Still Life Prize,BDAS Gallery,NSW 2010
Adam Portrait Award, New Zealand Portrait Gallery,NZ 2010
Heysen Prize for Australian Landscape, Heysen Art Gallery, SA 2006

Collections

Private and corporate collections in Australia, Waikato Museum in New Zealand also James Wallace Arts Trust in Auckland NZ, and in the United Kingdom.

Bibliography

The Southen Highlands News Paper-Sydney,2010:Collectors Arts Magazine-Sydney,2009; SA LIFE Magazine, South Australian Artists, Adelaide, 2007; Courier News Paper, The Arts, South Australia, 2007; Summit Insight Council Newspaper,Community Art, Adelaide, 2006; Courier Newspaper, The Arts, South Australia, 2006; North Shore Courier Newspaper, Arts Today, Sydney, Australia, 2005; The Australian-House and Garden Magazine, The Arts, Australia, 1998; The Glebe and Inner Western Weekly News Paper, Sydney, Australia, 1998; Two CD covers,for Jeff Duff and his Orchestra, Sydney, Australia, 1998; Godfrey Miller The Artist, written by Deborah Edwards,Curator of the Australian Art Department,NSW Art Gallery.  Mr Pearson received thanks in the acknowledgments for helping with the book,1996; Playboy Magazine, The Arts, 1996; New South Wales Art Gallery, Lecture for The Young Friends of the N.S.W.Art Gallery, Australia, 1995; The Sydney Morning Herald Magazine, The Good Weekend, The Arts,Sydney, Australia, 1995; Rolling Stone Magazine, 1995.; Self Published own Autobiography, Justin Pearson A Retrospective(1971-1994), Sydney, Australia, 1994; Art Teacher in Long Bay Prison,(Remand Centre)Sydney, 1993; The Daily Telegraph Mirror News Paper,The Arts, Sydney, Australia, 1993; Christchurch Herald News Paper, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1992; Vogue Magazine,The Arts, Australia, 1992; Eastern Herald News Paper,The Arts, Sydney, Australia, 1991; The Kiwi Cooee, Magazine, The Arts, Sydney, Australia, 1991; NZ Herald Newspaper, The Arts,  Auckland, New Zealand, 1990.