JAMES DRINKWATER
BIOGRAPHY
James Drinkwater is a Newcastle based painter and sculptor. He studied at the National Art School, Sydney (2001) and has held 30 solo exhibitions since 2004. A major survey exhibition, 'The Sea Calls me by Name’, was held in 2019 at the Newcastle Art Gallery. In 2016, Monash University’s engineering faculty commissioned a major sculpture / relief from the artist which spans fifteen metres, hanging permanently at Monash University's Clayton Campus.
In 2017 Drinkwater collaborated with iconic Australian fashion house ALPHA60 to produce a capsule collection. In 2022 Drinkwater was included in the seminal exhibition ‘Singing In Unison - artist’s need to create on the same scale that society has the capacity to destroy’ curated by Phong H. Bui and Cal Mckeever from The Brooklyn Rail along side Sean Scully, Julian Schnabel, Lauren Bon, Ron Gorchov and Dorothea Rockburne. The same year saw the artist collaborating on a new Ballet 'Storm Approaching Wangi - and other desires’ with choreographers Skip Willcox, Belle Beasely and composer Joseph Franklin, commissioned by Multi Arts Pavilion, MIMA Lake Macquarie where Drinkwater designed the sets and costumes and performed in the final scene. 2023 will see two major surveys of the artists work; ‘Passage’ at the NCCA, Darwin and ‘At Mid Career’ in Canberra, at the The Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, curated by Terance Maloon.
James Drinkwater’s work has been included in group exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally in Berlin, Leipzig, New York and London. He has been awarded the Marten Bequest Scholarship (2011), the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship (2014), the John Olsen National Art School Life Drawing Prize (2002) and has been a finalist in many prizes including the Wynne Prize three times, Sulman Prize and the Dobell Drawing Prize.
James Drinkwater has undertaken international residencies in Leipzig, Titjikala, Kenya, Paris,Tahiti and Ubud. His work is held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, HOTA Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Newcastle Art Gallery, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Artbank, Macquarie Bank, Macquarie University, Newcastle University, Schnabel Collection, New York, Monash University, Allens Law firm and significant private collections both in Australia and overseas.
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JAMES DRINKWATER INTERVIEWED ON ABC RADIO
‘Abstract artist James Drinkwater was so moved by William Dobell’s painting “Storm Approaching Wangi” that he painted his own version and created a ballet. It will be performed at Lake Macquarie’s MAP Mima in November. What does a ballet inspired by an artwork look and sound like? The ABC’s Dan Cox needed to know more…
JAMES DRINKWATER FEATURE BY LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW IN ‘VAULT’ ISSUE 34
James Drinkwater’s painting, drawing and sculpture are fuelled by the theatre of his life. He finds the best material in the intimacy of family and the place he chooses to live, the industrial city of Newcastle. FEATURE by LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW There is a physicality in paintings by James Drinkwater also evident in footage of him…
JAMES DRINKWATER FINALIST IN THE 2020 MOSMAN ART PRIZE
Image: James Drinkwater ‘Bump in the night’ 2019 oil on linen 125 x 104.5 cm Established in 1947, the Mosman Art Prize is Australia’s oldest and most prestigious local government art award. It was founded by the artist, architect and arts advocate, Alderman Allan Gamble, at a time when only a small handful of art…
JAMES DRINKWATER IN NEWCASTLE HERALD ‘HUNTER IDENTITIES REVEAL WHAT THEY’RE DOING WITH THEIR TIME AS CORONAVIRUS HITS HOME’ BY SCOTT BEVAN
MARCH 28 2020 – 6:00AM Hunter identities reveal what they’re doing with their time as coronavirus hits home Scott Bevan ESCAPE: Artist James Drinkwater at Myall Lakes. Picture: Supplied It is far better to be alone than in bad company,” the first US President, George Washington, famously advised. And right now, among the worst company…
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