Andrew Arnaoutopoulos
Born 1945 Samos, Greece. Lives and works Brisbane, Australia.
Education
1978 - 79
Studied Printmaking, BCAE, Kelvin Grove.
1977
Studied Printmaking, Queensland Art Council.
1962 - 67
Studied Art, Technical College, Brisbane..
Solo Exhibitions
2017
In Heaven with Rock 'n' Roll George, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2012
Markings, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2010
Waste, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2007
The Miner’s Canary, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2003
Speed, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane..
2001
Black Figure Paintings/Red Figure Paintings, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
2000
Trojan Horse, IMA, Brisbane.
1999
Loot, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
1997
Frieze/The Big Picture, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.
1996
Frieze, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
Flag Painting, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
1994
Consignment/Industrial White on White/By-Product, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.
Consignment (Elgin Marbles) Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
1993
Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
1992
Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.
Monoliths, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra.
1991
Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
1990
Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
Monoliths, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
1989
Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
1988
Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
1987
Skyline Series, BCAE, Kelvin Grove.
Painter/Painting/By Product, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
Mini MOCA, Brisbane.
1986
Kentro Tehnis Gallery, Melbourne.
1985
Works from the Factory, Community Arts Centre, Brisbane.
1977
Prints and Drawings, Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2001
Alumni Exhibition, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum.
1997
Urban Edge, Queensland Art Gallery, travelling exhibition.
1996
Recent Acquisitions, Brisbane City Gallery & Museum, Brisbane.
Asia Pacific Hotel Fair, Brisbane, in conjunction with APT.
Mary Place Gallery, Sydney.
1995
Bellas Gallery Editions, Brisbane.
Sutton Gallery Editions, Melbourne.
1992
Conversions, Canberra Contemporary Artspace.
First Generation, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Peripheral Visions, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne.
Fact project - an Installation publication, touring exhibition.
Fertile Ground, Griffith Artworks, Griffith University.
1991
Second Language, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
Auburn Debris, ANU, Canberra.
1990
Adelaide Biennial of Contemporary Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia.
Balance: 1990 Views, Visitions,Influences, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Melbourne Savage Club Invitational Prize, RMIT.
1989
Australian Art Last Twenty Years, MOCA.
Australian Perspecta: 1989, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Private Views - Public Spaces, A joint initiative of Breens and the QAG.
1988
Works from the Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane.
1985
Queensland/ Works 1950-85, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane.
1983
No Names, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
1982
Trustees' Purchase Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Andrew and Lilian Pedersen Memorial Prize for Printmaking, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
1980
Andrew and Lilian Pedersen Memorial Prize for Printmaking,Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
1976
Andrew and Lilian Pedersen Memorial Prize for Printmaking,Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
1975
L.J.Harvey Memorial Prize for Drawing, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
1971
L.J.Harvey Memorial Prize for Drawing, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
1969
H.C.Richards Memorial Prize for Painting, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
L.J.Harvey Memorial Prize for Drawing, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
1968
H.C.Richards Memorial Prize for Painting, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
1967
H.C.Richards Memorial Prize for Painting, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Awards & Prizes
1997
Australia Council VACF Studio Grant.
1995 - 96
Australia Council Grant .
1992
QLD Government Fellowship Grant.
1989
Premiers' Encouragement Award (Qld).
VA/CB Artists' Development Grant.
1984 - 85
VAB Project Grant.
Collections
Australian National Gallery, Canberra.
Griffith University, Brisbane.
M.O.C.A. (Museum of Contemporary Art), Brisbane.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville.
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
University of Queensland Art Musuem, Brisbane.
Brisbane City Art Gallery (Museum of Brisbane).
Selected Bibliography
Anderson, M, Painter/Painting/By Product, ex.cat.,Bellas Gallery, November 1987.
Anderson, P, 'Industrial Innovations', Brisbane Review, 18/3/93.
Butler, R, 'Return to Sender', Consignment, ex.cat., IMA, 1994.
Butler, R, 'Arnaoutopoulos at Topos', Art and Australia, vol.32, no.4, Winter 1995, p. 586-7.
Collins, K, 'Pithagorean principles in the art of a Modern Greek', Sunday Mail, 28/8/198Harmon, A. 'Andrew Arnaoutopoulos', Bellas Gallery, 25 Nov - 12 Dec, 1987, eyeline,4/3/1988.
Hoffie, P, 'Speaking in Tongues Second Language', Eyeline, 1992.
Jackson, B, 'Second Language', Art & Text, No.41, 1992.
Fertile Ground Griffith Art Works, ex.cat., Griffith University, 1992.
'Industrial Surfaces',ex.cat., Australian Perspecta 1989, AGNSW.
The Individual in Perspective', The Australian, 10-11/6/1989.
'Adelaide Biennial has usual integrity', Sydney Morning Herald, 17/3/90.
Rainbird, S, 'Brisbane Report', Art & Australia, Spring Vol.29, No.1, 1991.
'Painters in the hot debate', Courier Mail, 23/6/1989.
'Works pay homage to human monuments', Courier Mail,8/8/1989.
'Decay and the corporate image', Courier Mail, 27/4/1990.
'Graveyards of Time in Monoliths', Courier Mail, 11/12/1990.
Rooney, R., 'Greekness buried in cultural crossing", The Australian, April 4, 1992.
Stanford,L., 'Andrew Arnaoutopoulos, Mark Titmarsh, Peter Burgess - Bellas Gallery', MOCA Bulletin,September, 1989.
Tsoutas, N., Monoliths, QAG, September 1990.
Underhill,N, 'Andrew Arnaoutopoulos', Adelaide Biennial of Contemporary Australian Art,ex.cat., AGSA.
'Smart art from the heart and beyond', The Australian,10-11/3/1990.
'Life cycle of artist's paint goes on show', Courier Mail, 7/12/1987.
Collections
Australian National Gallery, Canberra.
Griffith University, Brisbane.
M.O.C.A. (Museum of Contemporary Art), Brisbane.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville.
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Queensland University of Technology.
University Art Museum, Queensland.
Brisbane City Art Gallery.