MACINTYRE, ALASDAIR

Born 1970, Brisbane

1995 Graduate Diploma of Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney

1990 Bachelor of Arts, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane

AWARDS & PRIZES

2009 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist
2005 National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, finalist
2004 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist
2004 Space Invaders, Aquisitive Emerging Art Award, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, winner
2003 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, acquired
2002 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist
2001 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist
2000 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist
2000 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Brisbane, acquired
1998 Warwick Art Show, Warwick Art Gallery, Warwick, commendation award
1997 Emerging Visual Artists Exhibition, Pulteney Grammar School, Adelaide, commendation
1997 Nudgee Arts and Crafts Festival, Brisbane, highly commended
1996 Lowood Art Show, Lowood Art Gallery, Brisbane, commendation
1996 Lowood Art Show, Lowood Art Gallery, Brisbane, winner, mixed media section

COLLECTIONS

Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane 
Church of England Grammar School, Brisbane 
Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast 
Griffith University, Brisbane 
La Trobe University, Melbourne 
Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane 
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba 
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah 
Private collections in Australia and overseas 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Dinky-Di, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2010 Bloom, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney 
2009 Playtime, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney 
2008 Splatsville: Memoirs of a Failed Painter, Ryan Renshaw Fine Art, Brisbane
2007 Splatsville: The Dark Room, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast
2007 Elevation, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney 
2006 Sanctus, Australian Catholic University, Sydney
2006 A Short History of Head Wear, Ryan Renshaw Fine Art, Brisbane
2006 Journeyman, Melbourne Art Fair, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006-05 Inverse, Installation, The Window, QPAC, Brisbane
2005 Alasdair Macintyre: Infiltration, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2005 Alasdair Macintyre, Black Lab, Brisbane
2003 Alasdair Macintyre, 60 Merivale Street (Artworkers), Brisbane
1999 The Human Condition, The Studio, Brisbane

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Hello Dollies, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney
2011 Pat Corrigan/Collector, Maitland Art Gallery, Maitland
2011 SSFA11, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2011 Art Stage Singapore, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2010 ARTHK2010, Hong Kong Exhibition Centre and Convention Centre, Hong Kong
2010 Time Travel: Reimagining the past, Tweed River Art Gallery, Tweed River
2010 SSFA10, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney 
2009 Twelve Degrees of Latitude: Regional Gallery and University Art Collections in Queensland, Perc-Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville 
2009 Horror - Come Darkness, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
2009 SSFA09, Sullivan +Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney 
2008 Wish You Were Here, Tweed River Art Gallery, Tweed River
2008 SSFA08, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2007 2007: The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2007 Glimpse, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast
2007 ARC. Art, Design and Craft Biennale, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
2007 Re:Staged Works, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie
2007 ARC. Art, Design and Craft Biennial, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
2007 Blast, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Redcliffe
2007 20-20, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2007 SSFA07, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney 
2006 Dream On, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
2006 Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange
2005 SSFA05, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2005 A Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2005 CCB Art Auction, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2005 ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award exhibition, Sydney
2005 Flesh vs Machine, Incinerator Arts Complex, Melbourne
2005 Prime: 2005, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2004 Temperature: Contemporary Queensland Sculpture, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2004 Retrospective: 60 Merivale Street, Artworkers, Brisbane
2004 Bricolage, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast
2004 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
2003 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
2003 9 Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane
2002 Straight out of Brisbane Festival, Brisbane
2002 SOFA + Art, Art History Society, University of Queensland, Brisbane
2002 Zeitgeist, Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane
2001 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Mandorla Art Award for Religious Art, Perth 
1998 Emerging Visual Artists Exhibition, Adelaide
1998 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
1998 Lloyd Rees Memorial Art Prize, Sydney
1997 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
1997 Emerging Brisbane Artists, Spring Hill, Brisbane
1997 Warwick Art Show, Warwick
1996 Mandorla Art Award for Religious Art, Perth
1996 One World, One Hope, Brian Murray Fine Art Dealer, Noosa
1996 Lloyd Rees Memorial Art Prize, Lane Cove Council and Centrehouse Community Art Centre, Sydney
1994 Ambiwerra Wearable Art Competition, Brisbane 

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