Mostyn Bramley-Moore
Piano (2005)
Oil on polyester
150 x 120 cm

Summary
1952 Born in Wollongong, NSW, Australia
1977 First individual exhibition: New York
1977-78 Resident artist at the Power Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, ParisGrant
1980-81 Resident artist at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland
1982 Visiting Fellow, Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution
1995 Visiting Professor of Art, University of Hawaii
1997-99 Professor and Dean, School of Art, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
Current Teaching painting, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane

Education
2007 Doctor of Philosophy (Fine Arts), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1977 Master of Fine Arts (Painting), Pratt Institute, New York
1974 Diploma in Education (Visual Art), Sydney Teachers' College
1974 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts and English), University of Sydney

Solo Exhibitions
2011 Familiar Unfamiliar, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Emotional Landscapes, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2010 Speculative Paintings, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Cloud Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Small Views of the World, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2008 Saga, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2007 Landscapes and Seascapes, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Drawings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2006 Poco Mosso, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2005 Red and Blue Places, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2004 Red Velvet, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Evidence, Shandong College of Art and Music, Jinan, China
2003 Red Diaries: recent paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2002 Tuesdays and Thursdays, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane
2001 Weather, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Recent Studies and Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2000 Travel Notes, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1999 Cities, Storms, Floods, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Amalon, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1997 The Idea: Ocean, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1996 Being on an Island, Delaney Gallery, Perth
1995 Paintings & Drawings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Solomon, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Drawings, Delaney Gallery, Perth
1994 Diary, Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
1993 Recent Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Port of Shadows, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1992 Around the Room, Delaney Galleries, Perth
1991 Watters Gallery, Sydney
Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
1990 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1989 Water and Night, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Water and Night, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Night, Milburn + Arté, Brisbane
1988 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1987 Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1986 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1985 Watters Gallery, Sydney
Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
1984 Gallery Fifty Two, Perth
1983 Watters Gallery, Sydney
1982-83 All About Rain, New South Wales House, London; MacRobert Centre, University of Stirling, Scotland; Crawford Centre for Creative Arts, University of St. Andrews, Scotland; Shetland Islands Museum
1982 Gallery Fifty Two, Perth
1981 Watters Gallery, Sydney
1979 Watters Gallery, Sydney
1977 Lotus Gallery, New York
Pratt Institute, New York

Group Exhibitions
2011 Colour Texture Form, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland
Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Frank’s Flat, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, New South Wales
Casella Art Prize, Griffith Regional Gallery, New South Wales
2010 The Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney; Tweed River Art Gallery, New South Wales
Suburbia, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Queensland
Colour Texture Form, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Victoria
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane
Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
2009 Here/Now, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
Gongju International Art Festival, Limlip Art Museum, South Korea
The Brisbane Line, The Narrows, Melbourne
Heysen Prize, Hahndorf Academy, South Australia
Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
2008 Magistery, Latrobe Valley Art Gallery, Victoria
Wynne Prize Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney; Tweed River Art Gallery, New South Wales
2007 The Unusual Suspects III, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Soundscapes, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Qld
Artists x HMAS Diamantina,    Queensland Maritime Museum, Brisbane
2006 A Gift of Colour, Mondo Arte Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales
2005 Revisited, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Man’s Best Friend, Southern Cross University Art Gallery, Lismore, NSW
Enigmatic, Shandong College of Art and Music, Jinan, China
2004 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.
2003 The Unusual Suspects, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Flood Sign: memories of a city under water, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
2002–03 Transit Narratives, Centro per la Cultura e le Arti Visive Le Venezie, Villa Letizia, Treviso, Italy; Auronzo di Cadore, Salone espositivo-  Municipio, Italy: Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane; Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne; Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart; Melbourne Artfair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2001 A studio in Paris: Australian artists at the Cité Internationale des Arts 1967–2000, National Trust S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney; Summer, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2000 Fukuoka International Exhibition, Acurosu Fukuoka Gyarari, Kyushu, Japan
Abstract paintings from the Landscape, Watters Gallery (selected), Sydney
Melbourne Artfair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1998 Mentors, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
Two Sculptures and Seven Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Sixth Australian Commercial Galleries Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1997 Stories Blown by the Wind, Gallery Kaze, Fukuoka, Japan
1996 The Usual Suspects, Dunev Gallery, San Francisco
Faces, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Into Darkness, Southern Cross University Art Museum
Transported, University of Humberside, UK
Artists' Books + Multiples Fair, Brisbane
Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1995 Ironside, New England Regional Art Museum benefit exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu
Recent Small Works & Summer, Watters Gallery, Sydney
A Centre of Culture: artists and Ballarat art schools, 1870 to 1995, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
1994 Treasures from the Art Trail, Regional Galleries Association of NSW 
Water & References, XX Space, Lismore
Australian Commercial Galleries Art Fair, Melbourne
1993 Alumni International, Pratt Institute, New York
Le Cose Italiane (with Ted Snell), Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW
Artright in the Public Eye, The School of Arts, Brisbane
1992 Contemporary Australian Drawing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
Landscape, Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Just Looking, Eagle Street Pier Exhibition Space, Brisbane
1991 Doors, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Objects of Fascination and SHE: Portrayals of Women, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1990 By the Sea, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
Works on Paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney
10 X 10, Milburn + Arté, Brisbane
Icons, Lismore Regional Gallery
1989 Key Works 1968-1988, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Heidelberg and Heritage, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
A Touch of Black and Portrait of a Gallery: 25 Years, Watters Gallery, Sydney (touring to institutional galleries in NSW & Qld)
David Rankin and Mostyn Bramley-Moore, Marina Meucke Gallery, Cairns
1988 A New Generation, National Gallery of Australia
Landmarks, Lismore Regional Gallery
Tamworth Environs, Tamworth City Gallery and New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
A Strange Set of Sea Pictures, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Degrees of Abstraction, Milburn + Arté, Brisbane
Gold Coast City Invitational Art Prize and 9 X 5 Mail, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1987 Chicago Art Fair, Gillian Jason Gallery (London)
Australia on Paper, touring exhibition to Queensland regional galleries
1986 A First Look: Phillip Morris Art Grant Purchases 1983-86, National Gallery of Australia
Landscape and Beyond, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
37 Artists 37 Works, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Nustart, Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Visual Spaces, Gallery Fifty Two, Perth
1985 The Challenge of the Landscape, Watters Gallery, Sydney
In All Directions and Small Works, Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
1984 9th International Exhibition of Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia
Survey '84, Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Still Life and Some Quieter Statements, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Middle Earth, South Australian and Victorian Regional Galleries
Eight Local Artists, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
1983 Animal Imagery in Contemporary Art, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery and Wollongong City Gallery
Drawings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Artists in Residence, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
1981 Seoul International Print Biennale, National Museum, Korea
1978 Artists' Books/Bookworks, touring exhibition within Australia and the United States of America
Towards a Local Art, LaTrobe Valley Arts Centre, Victoria

Selected Bibliography
9 X 5 Mail, [ex. cat.], Gold Coast City Art Gallery, 1988
ACAF I: First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, [ex. cat.], Melb, 1988
A Gift of Colour [ex. cat.], Mondo Arte Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ahrens, Prue, Synaesthesia and the redemption of painting, Art Monthly, Nov 2005, No.185, pp.29-30
Alumni International, [ex. cat.], Pratt Institute, New York, 1993
Anderson, Peter, Just Looking, M.O.C.A. Bulletin, Brisbane, No. 51, March 1992, pp 7–8
Animal Imagery in Contemporary Art, [ex. cat.], Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1983
Australia on Paper, [ex. cat.], Queensland Arts Council and Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane, 1987
Australian Art: Artists' Working Names Authority List, Australian National Gallery, 1989
Baker, James, Contemporary Australian Drawing, M.O.C.A. Bulletin, Brisbane, No. 51, March 1992, p. 3
Bishop, Karin, Mostyn Bramley-Moore, Sydney Morning Herald, June 18-19, 2005, Spectrum p. 29
Brown, Phil, Two Preoccupations—Mostyn Bramley-Moore, The Brisbane Review, No. 12, December 5, 1991, p.5
Brown, Phil, Heaven and Earth, Brisbane News, April 21, 2004, p. 37
Brown, Phil, Calling the Shots, The Brisbane News, issue 388, 20–26 March 2002, p. 27
Chanin, Eileen, Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990
Cochrane, Peter, Pizza with the iron works, The Sydney Morning Herald, September 19, 1995, p. 16
Collins, Kate, exhib. rev., Brisbane Sunday Mail, Jan 20, 1985, p. 34
Drury, Nevill, Images 3, Craftsman House, Sydney
Drury, Nevill, New Art Two, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1988
Edwards G., & Sullivan T. (eds), The Australian Directory of Faculties, 3rd edition, Universal Consultancy Services, Kenmore (Qld.), 1995
Edwards G., & SullivanT. (eds), The Australian Directory of Academics, 4th edition, Universal Consultancy Services, Kenmore (Qld.), 1995
Eight Local Artists, [ex. cat.], Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1984
Eisenberg, Joe, Mostyn Bramley-Moore: Water and Night, Periphery, Issue 2, February 1990, pp 10–11
Exhibition review, Ballarat Courier, February 16, 1984, p. 18
Germaine, Max, Artists and Galleries of Australia, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990
Grahame, Noreen, Artists' Books + Multiples Fair '96, [ex. cat.], Numero Uno Publications, Brisbane
Grishin, Sasha, Contemporary Australian Printmaking: An Interpretive History, Craftsman House, Sydney
Heathcote, Christopher, Back to the Beginning of Communication, The Age, Melbourne, March 10, 1993, p. 14
Heathcote, Christopher, The Mark in Question—Allan Mitelman, Mostyn Bramley-Moore, Art & Australia, Sydney, Vol 37 No 4, June/August, 2000, pp 572–579
Huntington, Tony, exhibition review, Time Off (Brisbane), Issue 185, January 19, 1985, p. 8
IXeme Exposition Internationale de Desssins Originaux, [ex. cat.], Moderna Galerija, Rijeka, Yugoslavia, 1984
Kenyon, Therese, Under a Hot Tin Roof: art, passion and politics at the Tin Sheds Art Workshop, Power Publications, University of Sydney, 1995
Key Works from the Gold Coast Art Prize Acquisitions, 1968–88, [ex. cat.], Gold Coast City Art Gallery, 1989
Landmarks, [ex. cat.], Lismore Regional Gallery, 1988
Lynn, Elwyn, Funny how varied expression can be, The Australian (Weekend Review), October 30–31, 1993, p. 13
McCulloch A. & McCulloch S., Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 3rd edition, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1994
McIntyre, Arthur, Rural Landscapes—The City Folks Do Them Best, Sydney Morning Herald, May 18, 1985, p. 47
McLean, Sandra, Quiet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, March 30, 2002, p. Arts 4
Magon, Jane, exhib. rev., Eyeline, Brisbane, No.4, March 1988, p.26
Martin-Chew, Louise, Everyday life and other abstractions, The Australian, April 5, 2002, p. 16
Middle Earth, [ex. cat.], Green Triangle Galleries Association, 1984
Mostyn Bramley-Moore: Port of Shadows, [ex. cat.], Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1993
Portrait of a Gallery: Watters, 25 Years, [ex. cat.], Watters Gallery, Sydney, 1989
Smith, Bernard, Smith, Terry & Heathcote, Christopher , Australian Painting 1788–2000, Oxford University Press, 2001
Smith, John L., The Ocean Indoors: Mostyn Bramley-Moore, Eyeline, Brisbane, No. 18, Autumn 1992, pp 45–46
Smith, Sue, exhib. review, Brisbane Courier Mail, December 19, 1991, p.36
Solomon, [ex. cat.], Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1995
Stanford, Leonie, Rich Mix Twixt Mountain and the Sea, Financial Review, March 14, 1986, p.41
Ten Works Documented Between October 1975 and December 1978, Magic Sam, Sydney, 1978
The 3rd Seoul International Print Biennale, [ex. cat.], National Museum of Modern Art, Korea, 1981
The Idea: Ocean, Watters Gallery, Sydney, with essay by Fazal Rizvi (in preparation), 2001
Transit Narratives, [ex. cat.], Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, 2002
Transported, [ex. cat.], Southern Cross University and the University of Humberside, UK
Vale-Slattery, Thomas, Mostyn Bramley-Moore, ONEWS, Brisbane, issue 33, March 8, 2002, p. 12
Water and Night, [ex. cat.], New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, 1989
Who’s Who in Australia 2004, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2004
Who's Who in Australia, 32nd edition, Information Australia, Melbourne, 1996
Who's Who of Australian Visual Artists, D.W. Thorpe and the National Association for the Visual Arts, Melbourne, 1991
Woolcock, Phyllis, exhib. review, Brisbane Courier Mail, December 5,1987, p. 48
Woolcock, Phyllis, exhib. review, Brisbane Courier Mail, January 22,1985

Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
 Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Artbank, Sydney
Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, New Zealand
Museum of Brisbane, Queensland
Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
Lismore Regional Gallery, New South Wales
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales
Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Queensland
Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria
 Warwick Regional Gallery, Queensland
La Trobe University Art Collection, Melbourne, Victoria
Pratt Institute, New York, USA
 Southern Cross University, Toowoomba, Queensland
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland
University of  Wollongong, New South Wales
Allen, Allen & Hemsley, Sydney, New South Wales
Baker & McKenzie, Sydney, New South Wales
Macquarie Bank, Sydney, New South Wales
NRMA Collection, New South Wales
State Government Insurance Office of WA, Perth, Western Australia
Western Mining Corporation, Melbourne, Victoria