About
Tim Maguire
b. 1958 Chertsey, United Kingdom
Currently works in France, England, and Australia
Tim Maguire was born in the United Kingdom in 1958. He currently lives and works in Australia, France and the United Kingdom. In 1985 he studied at the Kunstakademie Dsseldorf, and prior to that studied painting at both the Sydney College of the Arts and The City Art Institute, Sydney. In 1993 he won the Moet and Chandon Australian Art Fellowship. Recent exhibitions include a solo shows at Birminghams Ikon Gallery, UK, 2008 and at Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, 2007. His work was selected for inclusion in Optimism, 2008, The Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. Tim Maguires work is held in numerous public and corporate collections in Australia and abroad, including the National Gallery of Australia, Sydney; The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide and Deutsche Bank, London.
Education
1980-1982 Certificate and Higher Certificate in Painting, East Sydney Technical College
1983 Graduate Diploma in Painting, City Art Institute, Sydney
1984 Postgraduate studies, Sydney College of the Arts
1985 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Refractions, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Recent Paintings, Von Lintel Gallery, New York
2008 Tolarno Gallery, Melbourne
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2007 Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
New Digital Pigment Prints, Studio Franck Bordas, Paris
Tim Maguire, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
2006 Tim Maguire, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Tim Maguire: Recent Paintings, Hewer Street Studios, London
Digital Prints, Bathurst Fossil and Mineral Museum, New South Wales
2005 Unnatural, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Tim Maguire, Von Lintel Gallery, New York
Tim Maguire: New Paintings and Prints, Nick Allen, London
2004 Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne
Hewer Street Studios, London
Tim Maguire: CMY, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2003 Tim Maguire: New Works, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
Tim Maguire: Colour Separation Paintings, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Tim Maguire: New Paintings, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Tim Maguire: White Paintings, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2002 Tim Maguire, Mori Gallery, Sydney
Tim Maguire, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne Art Fair
Tim Maguire, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales
Tim Maguire, Hewer Street Studios, London
2001 New Paintings, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Tim Maguire, John Curtin Gallery, Perth
Tim Maguire, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne
Tim Maguire, Mori Gallery, Sydney
2000 Tim Maguire: Schilderijen, Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
Tim Maguire, Mori Gallery, Sydney
Tim Maguire, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
Tim Maguire: New Separation Paintings, Oxo Tower Wharf, London
1999 Tim Maguire, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Art Zurich
1998 Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Nice Art Fair
Tim Maguire: New Paintings for the Project Space, Projektraum, Berlin
Tim Maguire, Mori Gallery, Sydney
Tim Maguire, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Tim Maguire, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
1997 The Last Days of the Comet, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
Tim Maguire: Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne
Tim Maguire, Seiler & Co., GmbH and Andreas Hecker Gallerie, Cologne
Tolarno Galleries in conjunction with the 12th Melbourne Festival, Melbourne
Tim Maguire: Ten-Year Survey 1987-1997, Australian Print Workshop Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Tim Maguire, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Tim Maguire: Recent Lithographs, Australian Print Workshop Gallery, Melbourne
Tim Maguire, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1995 Tim Maguire: New Paintings and Monoprints, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
Tim Maguire, Galerie Meile, Lucerne
Tim Maguire, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
Tim Maguire: Schilderijen, Galerie AZL (Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden), Leiden
1994 Tim Maguire, Gallery Apunto, Amsterdam
Tim Maguire, Hotel Chandon, Epernay
Tim Maguire, Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
Tim Maguire, Mori Gallery, Sydney
Collaborative Exhibitions
1986 Second Nature (with Roger Crawford), Performance Space, Sydney
1985 Chat (drawing exhibition and performance with Jarg Geismar), Kunstraum Krings-Ernst, Cologne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 Shanghai Univeristy, Shanghai, China
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2008 Optomism, Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2007 In Fluorescents, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Art Cologne
Martin Browne Fine Art Collectors Exhibition, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Strange Cargo: Contemporary Art as a State of Encounter, Bendigo Art , Bendigo
Snap Freeze: Still Life Now, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria
Blue Chip IX The Collectors’ Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Richmond, Victoria
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich Art Fair, Munich
The Nature of Things, Paris Photo-The Eye of the World 2007
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Art Fair, Sydney
2006 Place Made, Prints from the Australian Print Workshop, National Gallery of Australia, travelling to Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria
The Grid, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales
Strange Cargo: Art as a state of encounter, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, followed by a 7 venue Australian tour
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney at Melbourne Art Fair
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne at Melbourne Art Fair
2005 L’Atelier Franck Bordas, Grandes Galeries de l’Aitre Saint-Marlou, Rouen
Studio Franck Bordas, Paris
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney at Auckland Art Fair
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Art Cologne
Von Lintel Gallery, New York at Art Cologne
Blumenstück - Künstlers Glück. Vom Paradiesgärtlein zur Prilblume, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Atelier Bordas - Galerie Stepánská 35 + Museum Kampa, Prague
So You Wanna Be A Rock n’ Roll Star: Australian Painting from the NGV Shell Collection, McClelland Gallery &
Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria
Wild Garden, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2004 Von Lintel Gallery, New York at Art Cologne
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Art Cologne
Hothouse: The Flower in Contemporary Art, Monash University Museum of Art Touring Exhibition (Victoria),
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne; Geelong Art Gallery; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery; McClelland Gallery &
Sculpture Park, Langwarrin; Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
Tableau, BBK, Munich, Germany
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney at Melbourne Art Fair
2003 Group Exhibition, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2002 It's a Beautiful Day, The Ian Potter Gallery, The University of Melbourne
Tolarno Galleries at ARCO, Madrid
Ten Years (Phase 2), Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
2001 Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Art Cologne
Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne at Art Cologne
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Botanica, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Australian Identities in Print Making: The Australian Print Collection of Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery,
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
2000 Manifesto I, The Blue Gallery, London
Sensational Painting, Tolarno Galleries at Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Art Cologne
Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne at Art Cologne
Tolarno Galleries at Melbourne Art Fair
1999 Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne
Tolarno Galleries: The Moore’s Building, Perth Festival, Fremantle, Western Australia
Mori Gallery, Sydney at Art Chicago
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Art Cologne
Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne at Art Cologne
Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne at Art Basel
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Art Zurich
1998 Sets and Series, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Blondes, Gaha, Maguire, Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
La Peinture, Positionen zeitgenossischer Malerei, Mitchell Madison Group, Munich
1997 Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Amsterdam KunstRAI
Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Mori Gallery, Sydney
Angelus Novus - The Until It’s All Carried Away in Turmoil Peepshow, Galerie Sanguine, Paris
Visy Board Art Prize, The Orangery, Richmond Grove Winery, Tanunda, South Australia
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Art Cologne
Galerie Meile, Lucerne at Art Cologne
Galerie Isen, Berlin Art Fair
Film Still, Still Life, Le Case d’Arte, Milan
1996 Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London at Stockholm Art Fair
Galerie Meile, Lucerne at Basel Art Fair
Flagging the Republic, Sherman Goodhope Gallery, Sydney, R.M.I.T. Gallery, Melbourne
Hidden Treasures, Art in Corporate Collections, S.H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust Centre, Sydney
Food, The Performance Space, Sydney
Summer Show, Galerie Meile, Lucerne
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich at Art Cologne
Galerie Meile, Lucerne at Art Cologne
Re-Collection, the Griffith University Art Collection - 25 Years, Brisbane City Gallery
Floressence, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London Art Fair
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne at Art Cologne
Spirit & Place: Art in Australia 1861-1996, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Awards
1981 The Rural Bank Painting Prize
1984 Peter Brown Memorial Scholarship, Australia Council
1985 Jury Prize, Third International Drawing Triennale, Nuremberg
1986 Hugh Williamson Award (Best Male Emerging Artist), Ballarat, Victoria
1989 Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1993 Moët & Chandon Australian Art Fellowship
Public and Corporate Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Parliament House Collection, Canberra
Philip Morris Arts Grant Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Derwent Collection, Tasmania
Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria
McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria
Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales
Tamar Collection, Tasmania
Academisch Ziekenhuis, Leiden
Deakin University, Melbourne
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
University of Launceston, Tasmania
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
The University of Sydney
Darwin College of Advanced Education, Darwin
Griffith Artworks, Brisbane
Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney, London and New York
Artbank, Australia
AMP Insurance, Sydney
BP Collection, Australia
Conalco, UK
Deutsche Bank, London
Federal Airports Corporation, Australia
IBM, Australia
JMH Bank, Frankfurt
Macquarie Bank, Sydney
News Limited, Australia
OTC, Australia
Potter Warburg, Sydney
Qantas Collection, Sydney
Royal Automobile Club of Victoria
St Thomas’ Hospital, London
Shell, Australia
Siemens AG SFS, Munich
Siemens, Frankfurt
Target Partners, Munich
Telstra, Australia
Wesfarmers Collection, Perth
Westpac Bank Collection, New York
Zurich Insurance, Zurich
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, Australia
Bibliography
MacKenzie, Janet, Drawing in Australia: Contemporary Images and Ideas, Macmillan, Melbourne, 1987
McIntyre, Arthur, Australian Contemporary Drawing: Resurgence and Redefinition, Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, 1988
Murray Cree, Laura & Drury, Neville (eds), Australian Painting Now, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2000
Quartermaine, Peter & Watkins, Jonathan, A Pictorial History of Australian Painting, Bison Books, London, 1989
Smith, Bernard & Smith, Terry, Australian Painting 1788-1990, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1991
Trescher, Stephan, Kunst Der Gegenwart, DuMont Schnellkurs, Cologne, 2003
Selected Exhibition Catalogues (listed in reverse chronological order)
Martin Browne Fine Art, Autumn Catalogue, Australian, New Zealand and International Works of Art, Sydney, 2007
Ute Riese, Blumenstück - Künstlers Glück, ed. Stadt Leverkusen, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; Heggen Druck, Leverkusen, 2005
Bruce Millar, Tim Maguire, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, 2003
Shaune Lakin, Painting Under Duress: Tim Maguire’s Colour Separations 1998-2003, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 2003
Sarah Miller, Tim Maguire, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 2002
Suzannah Biernoff, Tim Maguire, John Curtin Gallery, Perth, 2001
Peter Timms, Reluctant Romantic, Wools of New Zealand & Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 1997
Maria Vogel, Illusion and Reality, Tim Maguire, Galerie Andreas Binder, Galerie Meile, in conjunction with Mori
Gallery, Tolarno Galleries & Tim Maguire, 1996
Beth Jackson, Re-Collection, the Griffith University Art Collection - 25 Years, Brisbane City Gallery, published by Griffith University, 1996
Stephen Rainbird, Selected Australian Works, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 1995
Eloise Lindsay, ‘The lure’, Tim Maguire, Moët & Chandon, Epernay, 1994
Adrian Searle, Tim Maguire, Moët & Chandon, Epernay, 1994
Terence Maloon, ‘The painter from Sublime Point’, Canal, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 1992
Jonathan Watkins, Canal, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 1992
Billy Crawford & Tim Maguire, Tim Maguire: Ex Nihilo, Tim Maguire & the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, London, 1990
Billy Crawford, ‘Two tanks’, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1990
Jonathan Watkins, Art and Nature, Flaxman Gallery, London, 1989
Alison Carroll, Irony, Humour and Dissent, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, 1989
Edward Colless, Australian Perspecta 1989, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1989
Jonathan Watkins, En Serie, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton University, United Kingdom, July 1989
Alexander Tolnay, Tim Maguire, Galerie der Stadt, Esslingen am Neckar, 1988
Jonathan Watkins, Stories of Australian Art, Commonwealth Institute, London, March 1988
David Hansen, The Face of Australia: The Land & the People, The Past and Present, Australian Bicentennial Authority, Sydney, 1988
John Walsh, Urban Anxieties: Australian Drawings of the 1980s, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, August 1987
Young Australians: exhibited by Budget Rent a Car - the best of young Australia, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, 1987
John McDonald, Et in Arcadia Ego, Philip Dash Gallery, New York, 1987
John McPhee, A New Romance, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1987
Ted Gott, Backlash: The Australian Drawing Revival 1976-1986, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987
Ian Burn, Symbolism and Landscape, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, June 1986
Eloise Lindsay, Terra Incognito, Mori Gallery, Sydney, 1986
Susan Hunt, A Certain Likeness, Artspace, Sydney, 1986
John McDonald, Second Nature, Performance Space, Sydney, January 1986