Bill Meyer Australia, Britain, 1942-.

Born 10th December 1942 in Australia, he graduated from Melbourne University in art history and languages and then from the National Gallery Art School, (later Victorian College of the Arts), completing his formal art training at the Royal College of Art in London, England (1972). Research at the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut (YIVO) New York, as well as Yeshiva and Kollel learning, has provided much of the conceptual underpinning of Meyer’s artwork. Meyer established a fine art editioning studio in London during the 1970s at 10 Martello Street, Hackney, and printed and designed many of the posters for Genesis P. Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti for their infamous Prostitution show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London in 1976. He has worked with major Australian artists at Port Jackson Press publishing in Melbourne. During the eighties, while he was a committee member, and later when he was president of the Print Council of Australia, Meyer curated travelling exhibitions including the controversial Print as Object. He also created Gapscape, an exhibition of his prints and drawings which toured regional Australian galleries. In 1995 he participated in The Wandering Jew. Myth and Metaphor, curated and toured for the Jewish Museum of Australia.

We have records of art auction sales by Bill Meyer from 1989 and in total 20 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 11 (55%) were sold. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Bill Meyer are held by the Geelong Gallery, National Gallery of Australia and a further four major public national galleries (see list below).