Daryl Austin

Daryl Austin is a South Australian painter and arts educator, best known for portraiture. He has won several art prizes including the Heysen Landscape Prize 2018 and the Whyalla Art Prize in 1998 and 2002.

Daryl Austin
Born
Daryl Austin

1964 (age 55–56)
United Kingdom
EducationSouth Australia College of Advanced Education
Known forPainting
AwardsHeysen Landscape Prize 2018, City of Whyalla Art Prize 2002 and 1998
WebsitePersonal website

Biography

Daryl Austin was born in Lincoln in the UK in 1964.[1] He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now University of South Australia) in 1986.[2] He has worked at the South Australian Museum and began teaching at Adelaide Central School of Art in 2001.[3] His paintings are held in the Art Gallery of South Australia.[4][5]

Artistic style and subject

Austin is a realist painter best known for his portraiture and has undertaken commissions for the South Australian Parliament and the University of Adelaide.[6][7] In recent years, he has experimented with fictional portraits based on vintage photographs.[8]

Awards/prizes/residencies
  • Heysen Landscape Prize 2018[9]
  • Royal South Australian Society of Arts/SALA Festival Portrait Prize, Derivan Art Supplies Prize[10]
  • Royal South Australian Society of Arts Victor Zhang Portrait Prize 2015[11]
  • Whyalla Art Prize 2002[12]
  • Whyalla Art Prize 1998[13]
  • Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize 2009 and 2011[14][15]
  • Finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize 2001[16]
  • Selected for the Salon des Refusés in 2014.[17]
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References
  1. Austin, Daryl; Morrell, Timothy; Gallery, Greenaway Art (1998). Daryl Austin : still-point studio paintings, 15 July-9 Aug. 1998. Adelaide, South Australia: Greenaway Art Gallery.
  2. Downer, Stella. "Daryl Austin". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. Austin, Daryl; Morrell, Timothy; Gallery, Greenaway Art (1998). Daryl Austin : still-point studio paintings, 15 July-9 Aug. 1998. Adelaide, South Australia: Greenaway Art Gallery.
  4. "Art Gallery of South Australia :: Collection". www.artgallery.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. "Art Gallery of South Australia :: Collection". www.artgallery.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  6. Downer, Stella. "Daryl Austin". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  7. Kelton, Greg (27 October 2005). "A political spark". The Advertiser (Adelaide). p. 33.
  8. "Daryl Austin Recreates History with Fictional Portraits - The Adelaide Review". The Adelaide Review. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  9. "Heysen Prize". Hahndorf Academy. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  10. "RSASA/SALA Portrait Prize 2017 Portrait Prize Winners Announcement" (PDF). Royal South Australian Society of Arts. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  11. "Royal South Australian Society of Arts". www.facebook.com. 29 June 2015.
  12. "Wayback Machine". 7 December 2002. Archived from the original on 7 December 2002.
  13. "Wayback Machine". 7 December 2002. Archived from the original on 7 December 2002.
  14. "2009 National Portrait Prize - finalists | Moran Prizes". www.moranprizes.com.au.
  15. "2011 National Portrait Prize - finalists | Moran Prizes". www.moranprizes.com.au.
  16. "Daryl Austin - Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2000/2001 - Exhibitions". pandora.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.
  17. "Salon des Refusés 2014". S.H. Ervin Gallery.
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