Geoff Dyer is a master of capturing the beauty and intensity of the Australian landscape.
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Archibald winner Geoffrey Dyer
Geoffrey Dyer
‘Hobart Summer 5’
Oil On Linen
120cm x 183cm
POA
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Geoffrey Dyer Biography
Born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1947, he has been an exhibiting artist since 1970. Dyer came to prominence after a string of consecutive years as a finalist in the prestigious Archibald Prize. He won the award in 2003 with a painting of his good mate and writer Richard Flanagan, and has been a finalist a further 11 times.
Despite the success in the Archibald, it is Dyer’s landscapes that have defined his place in Australian Art. Dyer has been a 9-time finalist in the Wynne Prize (add a further 2 showings as a finalist in the Sulman Prize, he is clearly a repeat offender with the critics).
His work is part of many of the major collections domestically including QANTAS, AGNSW, National Australia Bank, Reserve Bank, Price Waterhouse Coopers as well as Private Collections throughout Australia including the important Moorilla Vineyards Collection, in addition his work has seen inclusion in private collections in both Europe and the USA.The last few years have proven incredibly solid for Geoff Dyer – In 2008 his work saw selection in the Glover Prize and the Salon des Refusés.
It was a year that also saw the release of his new retrospective book A Tasmanian Perspective. The 160-page book, launched at Despard Gallery by Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan who attested to his insight into the man behind the paintings, features large full colour plates of Dyer’s paintings of Mt Wellington; his Archibald Prize portraits; Tasmanian landscapes, including West Coast rivers, Ocean Beach, and the south-east coast; as well as a selection of abstract landscapes.
It also includes some of Dyer’s earlier paintings dating back to 1969, family photographs, critiques of his work by Melbourne-based curator Damian Smith and comments by Dyer himself. The prologue by former professor of Australian literature and Rhodes scholar, Peter Pierce, interweaves details of Dyer’s personal life with his artistic influences and professional career.
It describes the artist as one of the latest in a long and eccentric line of writers and painters who have created a specifically Tasmanian romanticism.Dyer’s work was also represented in a major curatorial exhibition at the Guangdong Museum of Art, China, from which – the Museum’s acquisition of a major work is a significant step by Geoff Dyer into the larger public collections internationally. In 2010 Geoff also saw his work exhibited in New York in conjunction with AusTrade.
These milestones, along with a number of successful solo exhibitions here in Australia, are key indicators for an artist who is making his mark on the international stage, the international market is a clear focus for Geoff in the next 10 years.These facts coupled with a controlled output through exhibition are likely to encourage a shift in availability of good works at auction and their respective prices.
Despard Gallery announced the passing Geoff Dyer, one of Tasmania’s most important and celebrated contemporary artists, 8 October 2020.
Geoffrey Dyer Exhibitions
2014 James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Glover Art Prize, Tasmania
2013 James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2013 A Landscape Redefined, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2013 Light and Shade: Two Gentlemen’s Perspective, Old Parliament House, Singapore
2013 Mick Gallery, Sydney
2012 Recipient – Kings School Prize, Sydney2012 MiCK The Gallery, Sydney
2011 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne2011 Despard Gallery, Paintings and works on paper, Hobart
2010 Australian Artist Exhibition, Geoff Dyer, Anthony Holzner & Chen Ping
New York2010 Climate, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2009 Drift, Despard Gallery, Hobart2009 Coast to Coast, Art Equity, Sydney
2008 Recent Works, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2008 A Tasmanian Perspective, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2008 Guandong Museum of Art, China
2008 Melbourne Art Fair 08, Depsard Gallery, Hobart
2007 Art Equity, Sydney
2006 A Point of View, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2006 Melbourne ARTFAIR 2006, Melbourne, represented by Despard Gallery
2006 A Tasmanian Perspective, AXIA Modern Art, Melbourne2006 Archibald & Sulman Prizes (Selected Finalist), AGNSW, Sydney
2005 ArtSydney05, represented by Despard Gallery, Hobart
2005 10 + 4 Days on the Island, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2005 Geoff Dyer – Recent Tasmanian Paintings, AXIA Modern Art, Melbourne
2005 Geoff Dyer, Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2004 17th Annual Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart2004 Geoff Dyer – Recent Work, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2004 Melbourne ARTFAIR 2004, Melbourne, represented by Despard Gallery
2004 New Tasmanian Paintings, Axia Modern Art, Sydney
2003 16th Annual Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2003 SOFA Chicago, (Sculpture Objects & Functional Art) represented by Despard
2003 Gallery, Hobart
2003 AXIA Modern Art, Melbourne,2003 Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2003 Painting: Tasmanian Landscape, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2002 Melbourne ARTFAIR 2002, Melbourne, represented by Despard Gallery
2002 Australian Modern Landscape Painters, group exhibition, Hong Kong, represented by Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney2002 With a French Accent (The French Connection Down Under), Despard Gallery
2002 From the dark to the light, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2001 AXIA Modern Art, Melbourne
2001 New Work, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2000 AXIA Modern Art, Melbourne 2000 Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
2000 Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1999 Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1999 Out of Australia, 2000 Rotunda, Hong Kong
1998 Editions Gallery, Melbourne: Lui-Hai-Su Art Museum, Shanghai – (Group)
1998 Australian Contemporary Art Exhibition “Out of Australia”
1997 Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1996 Beaver Galleries, Canberra
1996 Greythorn Galleries, Melbourne
1996 Wagner Gallery, Sydney
1996 Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
1996 Wagner Gallery, Hong Kong
1996 Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1996 Archibald Finalists Tour of N.S.W. Regional Galleries (Jun-Dec) (Group)
1995 Eddie Glastra Gallery, Sydney: A.G.N.S.W.
1995 Work/Study Scholarship Cite Paris (April July)
1994 Greythorn Galleries, Melbourne
1994 Kensington Galleries, Adelaide
1993 Eddie Glastra Gallery, Sydney
1993 Strickland Galleries, Hobart
1992 Cook Hill Gallery, Newcastle
1992 Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
1991 Eddie Glastra Gallery, Sydney
1991 Gould Gallery, Melbourne
1990 Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
1990 Gould Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
1989 Eddie Glastra Gallery, Sydney
1989 Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
1989 Giles Street Gallery, Canberra
1989 Gould Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Gould Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
1987 Eddie Glastra Gallery, Sydney1987 Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
1986 Richmond Galleries, Richmond
1982 – 1985 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1981 Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
1981 Colonial Gallery, Evandale
1979 – 1980 Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
1979 – 1980 Burnie Art Gallery, Burnie
1970 Brisbane Street Gallery, Launceston
1970 Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
Geoffrey Dyer Awards
Recipient of the 2003 Archibald Prize
– Selected Archibald Prize, (Finalist) AGNSW
2011, 2010, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1996, 1993
– Selected Wynne Prize, (Finalist) AGNSW
2004, 1997, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1977
– Selected Sulman Prize, (Finalist) AGNSW
2006, 1997
Geoffrey Dyer Collections
MONA – Moorilla Winery, Hobart
The World Art Museum, Guangdong, China
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
University of Tasmania
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston
Burnie Regional Gallery
Devonport Art Gallery
Moorilla Museum
Art Bank
Qantas
MEPC
Pacific Mutual
National Bank, Melbourne
Reserve Bank
Price Waterhouse
Hayman Island Resort
West Point Casino, Hobart
Crown Casino, Melbourne
Sheridan Hotel Group
Arthur Robinson Hedderwicks
The Art Trust
Prime Life Corporation Ltd
Tasmanian Parliament House (commissioned portrait of former Premier, Tony Rundle)
Private collections in Australia, England, Europe, America and Asia Pacific.
