David van Nunen, View to Woolloomooloo Bay

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David Van Nunen (b. 1952, Australian). Australian artist David van Nunen graduated from the National Art School in 1974, holding his first solo exhibition that same year. In 1980, he was awarded a six-month tenure as artist-in-residence at the Power Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris. Since 1974, van Nunen has held 25 solo exhibitions and participated in over 70 group exhibitions, including international surveys of Australian contemporary art. He has several art awards to his credit, including the prestigious Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize, which he was awarded in 1981. His commissions include a major 4.5 metre tapestry of Obirri Rock, which hangs as the centrepiece at Darwin International Airport.

Van Nunen exhibits regularly in Australia, America, Europe and Mexico and has been a guest lecturer at such institutions as Georgetown University and the Australian Embassy in Washington DC, the National University in Mexico City and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Van Nunen is represented in major public collections in Australia and overseas, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and the Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam, as well as in corporate and private collections in Australia, the USA, Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico and the Netherlands.

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