TONY IRVING
Exhibitions
2014 18 Paintings, Graham Geddes, Armadale Vic 2014 Group show, Vista, Charles Nodrum, Richmond 2013 Are we there yet? Eva Breuer Art Dealer 2010 Art fills the void, Eva Breuer Art Dealer 2009 Other places, other views, Eva Breuer Art Dealer 2009 40 x 40 group show, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne 2009 ‘On paper’ group show, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne 2008 ‘Who Knows Where, or Why’, Eva Breuer Art Dealer 2007 ‘On the edge’, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne 2006 ‘Urbanscapes’, Eva Breuer Art Dealer 2005 ‘West world’, Eva Breuer Art Dealer 2004 ‘Streetside’, Eva Breuer Art Dealer 2003 ‘Memories and Imagination’, Dickerson Gallery, Richmond 2002 Selected works, Mahoney Gallery, Melbourne 2001 Selected works, Greythorne Galleries, Toorak 1996 Joint exhibition with Brian Dunlop and other realist painters, 1996 Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney 1995 Comic Art Images, Scope Gallery, Fitzroy 1990 ‘The Lanes of Melbourne’, etchings, Jester Press Gallery (Vic) 1990 Melbourne University Archives’ Sesquicentenary Exhibition 1986 David Dridan Gallery (McLaren Vale, SA) 1985 Sesquicentenary Exhibition, Melbourne Town Hall 1984 Howard Street Gallery (Perth) 1982 Ross Gallery (Melbourne) 1982 Artist-in-Residence, Trades Hall Council (Vic) 1981 Heyday Gallery, Melbourne 1976 D & S McFall, private exhibition of drawings & watercolours, completed in SE Asia 1975 Bartoni Gallery, Melbourne 1972 Winner, Camberwell Rotary Art Prize (Vic) 1971 Cremorne Galleries (NSW) 1968 Bear Lane Gallery (Oxford, UK), group show 1965 Australian Galleries, debut solo show 1966 Winner, John McCaughey Art Prize 1964 Victorian Artists Society, group show with Social Realists, Australian Galleries 1963 South Yarra Gallery, group show
A selection of portrait commissions
Jim Scott, Chairman, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Julian Gardner, Public Advocate (commissioned by International House, Parkville, Melbourne University) Commander Hailes, Royal College of Surgeons, Melbourne Rector Jeremy Daily, Newman College, (University of Melbourne) John Hepworth, memorial portrait
Private Commissions
1997-2012 Private commissions including copies of classical Dutch Master paintings, French Orientalist Gerome, Tiepolo and Velazquez; paintings for Crown Casino restaurant Sculpture commission, Italianate frieze, based on Roman sarcophagus for Lady Potter’s private collection
1996 Commissions for private residences and commercial buildings in Jakarta (Indonesia) and Singapore, for South-East Asian design/interior company. Projects included three paintings (two panels, each 17′ x 9′ and one 17′ x 12 ‘) for the foyer of the Empire Tower building in central Jakarta and large murals for a major restaurant, as well as paintings in private residences
1989-97 Commissions for trompe l’oeil work including Raddison International Hotel (Melbourne) murals for Hayman Island Resort (Queensland); panels for restoration work at Victorian Exhibition Buildings (Melbourne), Brunetti Cafe (Carlton, Melbourne); Museum, Royal Australian Air Force Base, Wagga, NSW; House & Garden magazine display for international interior design exhibition, plus many private commissions
Collections
Australian National Gallery, ACT National Gallery of Victoria Benalla Regional Gallery (Vic) BHP Billiton Collection Graham Geddes private collection (Vic) Joseph Brown Collection (Vic) Lady Potter private collection McClelland Regional Gallery (Vic) Melbourne City Council Collection Macquarie University (NSW) Monash University Newman College, University of Melbourne Pharmacy Guild of Australia (Vic) Royal College of Surgeons (Vic) St Vincent’s Hospital Art Collection (Vic) State Bank of South Australia (SA) Victorian School of Advanced Education (Vic)
1955-60 Dip. Art, Swinburne College, Melbourne; Studied at RMIT Melbourne and the National Art School, Melbourne 1966-71 Travelled through Europe, part-time study at Ruskin College, Oxford, England 1984-1998 Based in Melbourne. Taught part-time at Victorian Artists Society and private students 1982-83 Artist-in-residence, Trades Hall Council, Melbourne 1999-2001 Lived and worked part of each year in Indonesia and Singapore 2006 Travelled and worked in Italy 2006-2013 Travelling and painting, including on trips to Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Spain, France, USA, Italy, Amsterdam and London.