Jock Young

Jock Young
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About the Artists:

Jock Young is a landscape painter whose main interest is the sea, or more accurately, the interface between the sea and land. His paintings focus is on the dynamic between the movement of the sea and the stillness of the land, and in which he tries to capture a kind of personality of the location. But in the end it is all about the light, which is a distinctive quality of the Tasmanian landscape.
Young prefers painting plein air, and because of this, travels widely here and elsewhere. He has completed residencies in France, and on mainland Australia. He has had over twenty solo shows and is represented in a number of public and private collections.

Résumé:

Studies
1975-82 - Painting and drawing Sydney University, East Sydney and Seaforth Technical Colleges
2004 - Workshops with Elisabeth Cummings, Wendy Sharpe, Emma Walker, Idris Murphy and  Ross Laurie


Solo Exhibitions
2018 - Handmark gallery (Hobart)
2016 - Handmark gallery (Hobart)
2015 - Interiors and landscapes, Handmark Gallery, Evandale
2014 - Interiors, Colville Gallery
2013 - Paris drawings and paintings, Colville Gallery
2012 - 42 Degrees South, NG Gallery, Sydney
2011 - Coast, Colville Gallery; French Landscapes, Colville Gallery Hobart
2006–2009 - Colville Gallery, Hobart
2005 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2003 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2001 - Bett Gallery, Hobart
2000 - Handmark Gallery, Hobart
1999 - Bett Gallery, Hobart
1998 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1996 - Bett Gallery, Hobart
1995 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1994 - Bett Gallery, Hobart, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston
1993 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1992 - Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1991 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1989 - Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1987 - Handmark Gallery, Hobart
1986 - Handmark Gallery, Hobart

Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 - Still life Exhibition Handmark gallery (Evandale)
2017 - Landscape exhibition Handmark gallery (Evandale)

2016 - Tattersalls invitation art prize 2016, 2017
2015 - Glover prize finalist
2015 - Finalist, Glover Prize
2014 - Finalist, Glover Prize
2014 - Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival
2013 - Finalist, Lloyd Rees Art Prize, Hobart
2009 - “marcher sur les pelouses” Plimsoll Gallery, UTAS, Hobart
2008 - Art Melbourne 08, Melbourne
2007 - Art Melbourne 07, Melbourne
2006 -  Tattersall's Invitation Landscape Art Award, Brisbane, en plien air, Huon Art Group Winner; Art on the Rocks, Sydney
2005 - Art on the Rocks, Sydney Visitor Centre; Only Drawing, Robin Gibson Gallery , Sydney
2005 - Artaid, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery; Tattersall's Invitation Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2004 - Interpreting 2004, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery; Finalist, Hutchins Art Prize
2001 - Finalist, Hutchins Art Prize
1999 - Summer Show, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
1994 - Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, Trust Bank Invitation Art Award , Figure/Ground exhibition , Bett Gallery, Hobart, Artists on the beach Robin Gibson Gallery
1993 - To the surface Plimsoll Gallery, Uni Tas, New watercolour painting Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart; Finalist, City of Hobart Art Prize exhibition; International Print Fair, Sydney , NSW
1992 - Salon des Refusés, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney; Finalist, City of Hobart Art Prize exhibition
1991 - Common Ground, Hobart Town Hall, Hobart, International Print Fair, Sydney Australian
Printmakers, Australian painters, Editions Southbank, Melb.,Vic., Finalist, City of Hobart Art Prize exhibition
1989 - Finalist, City of Hobart Art Prize exhibition
1987 - Finalist, Wynne Prize competition, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Commissions and Awards               
2006 - en plien air, Huon Art Group Winner
2000 - Runner up, Tattersall National Landscape art prize
1999 - Arts Tasmania (Art in public buildings)
1994 - Arts Tasmania (Art in public buildings)
1993 - Winner, Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club 125th Anniversary Art Prize, Sydney
Set of eight oil paintings commissioned for Tasmania 's Bass Strait ferry "Spirit of Tasmania"
1992 - Set of eight oil paintings commissioned by the Trust Bank, Tasmania
1991 - Set of linocut prints commissioned by TAAB for Common Ground , a joint project with the British Arts Council

Collections
Artbank
ABC, Hobart
Art in public buildings program ( Tasmania ) 1994, 1999
Australian National Gallery
Bundanon Trust
CSIRO Marine Laboratories
Hobart City Council
Huon Valley Council
National Australia Bank Collection
Reserve Bank of Tasmania
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Sydney
Spirit of Tasmania
Trust Bank Tasmania
University of Tasmania, Hobart and Launceston
Private collections Australia, USA and UK


Bibliography
2014 - The Mercury
2012 - Elizabeth Fortescue ‘A breath of fresh air for suburbia’ Daily Telegraph, Jan 30, 2012
2012 - Peter Wright - The Week Magazine, Arts p. 23 (20 Jan) – ‘Jock Young: Forty two Degrees South’ at NG Gallery
2012 - The Australian Arts Diary Jock Young
2012 - Sydney Morning Herald Arts Diary (19 Jan) “Jock Young”
2009 - The Mercury
2007 - Stateline, 7.30 Report, ABC Television 18 May, 2007
2007 - Andersch, J Perfection by Degrees, Reference Point The Mercury 19 May, 2007
2006 - Art Collector Issue 36 April – June p.268
2005 - Andersch, Joerg New Works The Mercury
2005 - Elizabeth Fortescue. Daily Telegraph
2003 - Lenny Ann Low. Disparate Visions . Sydney Morning Herald. 12-13 July
2001 - Genevieve Read. Quest beyond surface of things . Mercury, 26 July
2000 - Michelle Paine. Boat comes in for artist Jock . The Mercury, 9 Sept
1999 - Taha Baxter. Jock Young , Interpreting reality . Artists Palette 8, p. 62 - 67
1999 - George Andersch. The Mercury, Weekend Arts, 27 Mar
1996 - George Andersch. The Mercury, Weekend Arts, 26 Oct
1994 - McIntyre. Hobart artist exhibits in Launceston The Examiner. Jan 29, p. 17
1993 - George Andersch. The Mercury, Weekend Arts, 3rd Dec
1993 - CAST calender, Sean Kelly. To the surface' - an exhibition of contemporary landscape Press, p. 51-52, Summer
1993 - Chris Viney. Jock Young , painter of sails, sunlight and salt water , Leatherwood, Apr
1993 - Elwyn Lynn. Ted Hillyer, Jock Young , Toby Dupree: Australians all / Robin Gibson Gallery, The Weekend Australian. Review 13, July 3-4
1993 - Margaretta Pos. Positively speaking The Mercury, p. 39, July 3
1993 - George Andersch. The Mercury, Weekend Arts, Dec 11
1993 - Anon. Art and Australia , Summer, p. 164
1992 - Tony Ryan. Jock Young , the pilgrimage Press Press (Tasmanian Arts and Entertainment Magazine), p. 44, Spring
1992 - Anon. Profile on two Tasmanian artists State of the Arts. p.18, Issue No. 4
1992 - Anon. Trust Bank Tasmania Annual Report
1992 - Elwyn Lynn. Christmas, Robin Gibson Gallery The Weekend Australian, Review 11, Dec 12-13
1991 - Sean Kelly Review of Hobart Art Prize The Mercury p. 23, Jan 5
1991 - Elwyn Lynn Galleries, Jock Young at Robin Gibson Gallery, The Weekend Australian, Review 8, Mar 16-17
1991 - Margaretta Pos Positively speaking The Mercury, Weekend Arts p. 21, Aug 3
1991 - Joerg Andersch Exhibition review. The Mercury, Weekend Arts, Aug 10
1990 - Susan Leggett. Welcome home to a striking show Mercury p.22, Sept 1
1989 - Anon The Freeman Gallery Welcome to Tasmania
1987 - Joerg Andersch. Young's colours joyful The Mercury p. 24, Oct 21
1987 - Phil Mason. Two artists to be watched. The Mercury p. 33, Sept 12
1986 - Anon Arts diary Vogue Living. No. 5, p.35
1986 - Margaretta Pos. Jock's brightness is an exciting discovery The Mercury p. 31, Dec 14

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Associated Exhibitions

'Of The Sea' - Group Exhibition Of Sculpture & Paintings
Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza
20 October - 31 October, 2017
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Impressions - a celebration of Printmaking
Manyung Gallery Malvern
18 August - 3 September, 2017
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Jock Young
Manyung Gallery Sorrento
26 January - 16 February, 2017
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