Garry Shead Australia, 1942-.
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About Garry Shead
Born in New South Wales in 1942, Shead studied at North Sydney Technical College. A painter, print and film maker, he was associated with the 'Arty Wild Oat' and 'Ox' magazines. He lived and worked for six months in Paris in 1973, and in the 1980s he spent time in France, Spain, Italy and Holland. During a residency in southern France, he also spent a year in Budapest before returning to Australia. He has exhibited in over than seventy group exhibitions and had over fifty solo exhibitions, as well as illustrating numerous books. He won the Art Gallery of New South Wales Archibald Prize in 1993 and won the Dobell Prize in 2004.
Garry Shead is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1973 of 1,659, of which 1,058 (64%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $439,200 for The Bearers (Queen of Suburbia) 1997 sold by Sotheby's in November 2018. This year 34 works have been offered for sale. Works by Garry Shead are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and a further six major public national galleries (see list below).
Garry Shead is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 877
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 616
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 365
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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