Fred Cress Resume

1938

Born Poona, India

1954 – 1959

Studied at Birmingham College of Art

1962

Arrived in Australia

1964 – 1976

Lived and worked in Melbourne

1979 – 1980

Artist-in-Residence, SUNY Purchase, New York

1982

Australian Representative, 5^th Triennial, New Delhi

1986

Artist-in-Residence, Curtin University, Perth

1988

Archibald Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of New South Wales

People’s Prize, Art Gallery, New South Wales

1992

Studio, Cite International des Arts, Paris

1995

Judge, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

1965 – 2002

Over fifty one-person exhibitions and over eighty group exhibitions

Fred Cress is represented in the National Gallery of Australia and Parliament House, Canberra, all state and regional gallery collections, private and corporate collections in Australasia, Europe and USA