James Drinkwater

Born

Newcastle, NSW

Education

2001  National Art School, Sydney Australia

Solo exhibitions

2010Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern- Nostalgia for nothing2010Brooding Town – Iain Dawson Gallery, Sydney2010Postage Paid Berlin, Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle 2009Poor Boy – Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne 2008I knew I knew You -Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle 2006Wash me clean – Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle 2005New Work – Volume Gallery, Newcastle 2004Vintage – Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle 2004New Paintings – Maunsell Wicks, Sydney 2003Mark Making – NAS, Newcastle

Group exhibitions

2010A perfect day to chase tornados (White) – Australian Artists show in Berlin201048hours Neukolin – Berlin2009Group Show – Libby Edwards Gallery, Melnourne2007Drinkwater & KInnane – Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle2004These are a few of my favourite things – Damien MintonGallery, Newcastle2003A collection of paintings – Alder Gallery,Surry Hills, Sydney2002Trinity Grammar Watercolour Show – Summer Hill, Sydney

Publications

2010The Spectator Magazine– ‘Ich bin ein Berliner – Creative Australians are finding in the German capital the creative freedom they lacked at home’2010Real Living Magazine– ‘Best of the best art works’2010ABC National Radio – ‘Expatriate of the week’2010Newcastle Herald – 27thMarch 2010Newcastle Herald – ‘At home in Berlin’ 2009Suffering for his art – Star Newspaper Melbourne 2010Art review – Newcastle Weekender Magazine 2010Newcastle Herald – At Home in Berlin2009Drinking it up – Newcastle Weekender Magazine 2007Newcastle Herald 

Awards

Gould League Environmental Prize 1998
Newcastle Mattara Festival Painting Prize
Reg Russom Life Drawing Prize Finalist 1995 & 1996
John Olsen National Art School Life Drawing Prize 2002

Collections

Macquarie Group Collection
Catholic Education Office, NSW, Australia
St Francis Xavier College, Newcastle
Private collections in New York, Singapore, Germany, Australia