alexander mckenzie

Born

1971 Sydney, Australia

Studies & Travel

2000-pres

2011

2007

Teaching & painting - Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney

Kyoto Japan, New York USA

Cumbria, UK

1997-2000

Studies & Travel - England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy

1997

Charlie Sheard Studio School, Sydney

1996-97

Study tour of Europe

1995

Residency, La Briche, Loire Valley, France

1994

Residency, Riversdale-Bundanon, Arthur Boyd Bequest, Nowra, NSW

1994

Inaugural Whiteley Scholarship, Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney

1991-93

Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney

1989

CAI, Sydney

Solo Exhibitions

2011                    The Lake Road, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

2010                    The Keep, Martin Browne Fine Art.Sydney

                            River, Axia Modern Art. Melbourne

2009                    Tending Trees, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney

2008                    Winter, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne

                            Lakeland, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney

2007

  Inner shore, Martin  Browne   Fine Art, Sydney 

  Halflight ,Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

2005

Stepping Westward, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

New Paintings, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne

2004

New Paintings, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

2003

Hemisphere, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

2002

New Paintings, King Street Gallery on Burton At Span Gallery, Melbourne

New Paintings, King Street Gallery on Burton

2001

New Paintings, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

2000

Scotland And Ireland, King Street Gallery on Burton

1998

New Paintings, King Street Gallery on Burton

New Paintings, Renard Wardell Gallery, Melbourne

1997

Fish Works, King Street Gallery on Burton

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011                     Archibald Prize, AGNSW

                             Wynne Prize, AGNSW

                            Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand, Martin Browne Fine Art

                            Approach to the landscape, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne

2010                    Archibald Prize, AGNSW

                            Wynne Prize, AGNSW

2009                    Archibald Prize, AGNSW

                            Blake Prize for Religious Art

2008                    Archibald Prize, AGNSW

                            Wynne Prize, AGNSW

2007

Martin Browne Fine Art,Sydney

ART 2008, 20th London Contemporary Art Fair

Approach to the Landscape, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne

Archibald Prize, AGNSW

Wynne Prize, AGNSW

Collectors Show, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney

ART 2007, 19th London Contemporary Art Fair

Dobell Prize,AGNSW

Glasgow Art Fair ,Scotland, Rebecca Hossack Gallery

2006

Wynne Prize AGNSW

Glasgow Art Fair, Scotland

ART 2006, 18th London Contemporary Art Fair

View of maitland after Vermeer, Maitland Regional Art Gallery

Glover Prize, Evandale Tasmania

Melbourne International Art Fair, Martin Browne Fine Art

Australia, Art  & About, Ananya Fine Arts, Hong Kong

2005

Wynne Prize, AGNSW

Mosman Art Prize, Sydney

ART 2005, 17th London Contemporary Art Fair

Miami Beach Art Fair, Miami USA

Tattersalls, Landscape Prize, Brisbane

2004

ART 2004, 16th London Contemporary Art Fair

Miami Beach Art Fair, Miami USA

ART London Chelsea, [Rebecca Hossack Gallery] London

Directors Choice, Axia Modern Art Melbourne

2003

King Street Gallery on Burton

ART 2003, 15th London Contemporary Art Fair

Miami Beach Art Fair, Miami USA

330, King Street Gallery on Burton

An Approach to the Landscape, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne

ART London Chelsea, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

Tattersalls landscape prize, Brisbane

2002

King Street Gallery on Burton at Span Gallery, Melbourne

ART 2002-14th London Contemporary Art Fair (Rebecca Hossack Gallery),

ART London, Chelsea (Rebecca Hossack Gallery), London

Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2001

Floating, King Street Gallery on Burton

Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

ART 2001 -13th London Contemporary Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Gallery,

Contemporary Benefactors Art Auction, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2000

The Gilchrist Fisher Award, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

Last Show Of The Year, King Street Gallery on Burton

Christmas Exhibition, Solomon Gallery, Dublin

ART 2000 -12th London Contemporary Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Gallery

Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

ART London, Chelsea, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

Southern Sydney Artists, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW

1999

Christmas Exhibition, Solomon Gallery, Dublin

Last Show Of The Year, King Street Gallery on Burton

1998

Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

King Street Gallery, Sydney

Youthworks Charity Auction, Park Hyatt, Sydney

Conrad Jupiters Art Exhibition, Gold Coast, QLD

1997-99

Alice Bale Scholarship, Caulfield Arts Centre, Melbourne

1997-99

Tattersalls Landscape Exhibition, Brisbane

1997

Helen Lempreire Travelling Scholarship, The Gunnery Art Space, Sydney

King Street Gallery

James Joyce Foundation, The Coach House Gallery, Sydney

Casula Powerhouse, Casula, NSW

1996/7

Fishers Ghost Exhibition, Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery, NSW

1996

Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney

1995

12 Figurative Painters, Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney

1991-5

Julian Ashton Graduates Exhibition Sydney

Collections

Royal Bank of Scotland, Glasgow, Manchester

Brown Rudnick Freed & Gesner PC, London

Maitland Regional Gallery

Mudgee Regional Gallery

Tweed Rivers Regional Gallery

University Queensland Art Museum

Macquarie Bank, Australia

Lowensteins, Sydney

Jackson Smith Solicitors, Sydney

Park Hyatt, Melbourne

Culwulla Chambers, Sydney

Mercy Health Care, Melbourne

Sutherland Shire Council

Private collections: Sydney, Melbourne, London, Dublin, Zurich, Edinburgh,Texas, Miami, Hong Kong

Selected Bibliography

2011                  alexander mckenzie, Harpers Bazzar May 2011,p168

                          Litson Jo, Archibald exudes energy, Sunday Telegraph 10th april 2011

                          Mcdonald John, comment, Sydney morning herald,10th april 2011

2010                  Allen Christopher, the big picture, Weekend Australian 1st May 2010 p11

                          Galinovic Maria, Hat Trick may point to win, leader 23 March 2010, p3

                          open gallery, Spectrum Sydney Morning Herald, 2 october 2010 ,p14

                          Arts Diary, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 october 2010, p13

2009                  Litson Jo, brushing aside the reccession, Sunday Telegraph, 22november

                          2010, p38

                          Christopher Lissa, open gallery, SMH, 21 november p14

                          Gill Harbant, Alexanders cool art is hot property, Herald Sun, 22 June

                          2009, p36

                          Frost Andrew, Critics choice, Australian Art Collector, Issue 49, p200

                          Lopez Annemarie, Always a painter, Australian Art Review, Issue 21, p64

2008                  Stephens Andrew, A great dividing strangeness, The Age, 19th April, p17

                          O’Brien Mark, Archibald in his sights, Leader 4th March 2008, p3

2007

Stavely Brian: Scottish Enlightenment; the luminous landscape of Alexander McKenzie,

Tejszerski Eva, Entry to arts hall of fame, 27th Febuary 2007, p1

Coast and Country, Volume 7, no 1, pg 119

Macdonald john; smh, march 10-11 p17

Nelson robert: Melbourne age, june 2 , p17

2005

Anderson, Patricia : Art and Australia,debates dollars and delusions, Pandora Press, pg 520

In Melbourne : Red 19 Magazine, May-June 05, pg 21

Departure points: Metro, Melbourne Age, 6 May

2004

Sarks, E.: Memory and Observation, Lino Magazine Issue 6 pg.25

Low Lenny Ann: All That Glimmers, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 August

Galinovic: Maria, Art a Window on World, Leader , 29 July ,pg 34

2003

McCullock, S.: Paths across the great divide, The Weekend Australian 27 September, pg.28

Exhibition Dairy, The World of Interiors, London, September, pg.153

Looking at Landscapes, The Lady London 7 October

Evans, Holly: The Diary, The Melbourne Age 7 September, pg.2

2002

De Brito, Sam: From Garbo to Galleries, The Sunday Telegraph 18 August, pg.35

Pearlman, J.: Spotlight, The Sydney Morning Herald 8 August

2000

Smee, Sebastian: The Loch Smith Exhibitions, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 June, pg.24

Gilchrist Fisher Award, Art Review Magazine, London, February

Ingleby, Richard: The Gilchrist Fisher Award, The Independent, London, 15-21 January, pg.15

1998

Makin, Jeffrey: Alexander McKenzie, The Herald Sun, Melbourne, 16 November, pg.90

1997

Exhibition commentary: Self Portrait in a Group, Fishworks series, Art and Australia,

Not for our eyes only, St George Sutherland Leader, December

Ryan, Christine: McKenzie work wins The Leader Art Award, St George Sutherland Leader, 13 May