AboutWest Australian painter Mark Tweedie has been an exhibiting artist since 2012. His work is characterised by themes of memory, connection to place, and lineage. Photography underlies his painting practice, paying homage to the medium’s emotive aesthetics whilst recontextualising archival imagery to create new narratives. Mark has undertaken significant residencies throughout regional Australia that continue to shape his work, motivated by his childhood in the Gascoyne and Pilbara regions.
Mark exhibits with Jan Murphy Gallery and has been a finalist in prominent national art prizes including the Darling Portrait Prize, the Kilgour Prize and the Blake Prize. 
Photography by Jessica Eva
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Solo Exhibitions2023 Vagabond Hearts, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2021 Before & After, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane 2019 I Remember You (online exhibition), Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane 2018 Births, Deaths & Marriages, Saint Cloche, Sydney Selected Group Exhibitions2024 Darling Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2022 Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD 2021 Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW 2020 Historical Remnants, Art Collective WA, Perth Séance, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney John Stringer Prize, John Curtin Gallery, Perth 2019 Marriage: Love and Law, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD 2018 The Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW Black Swan Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 2017 Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Galleries, WA 2016 Life, Still, Saint Cloche, Sydney Black Swan Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Glencore Percival Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, QLD 2015 Heathcote Select, Heathcote Museum & Gallery, Perth Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Galleries, WA 2014 Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW The Young Ones, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth 2013 South Perth Emerging Artist Award, Perth Cossack Art Awards, Cossack, WA 2012 Black Swan Prize, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth Selected Prizes & Grants2024 Arts Projects for Individuals Creative Development Grant, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, WA
2024 Darling Portrait Prize - Finalist 2022 Sunshine Coast Art Prize - Finalist 2021 Kilgour Prize – Finalist 2020 Creative Development Grant - DLGSC, WA. John Stringer Prize - Finalist 2019 Sunshine Coast Art Prize - Highly Commended, Finalist 2018 The 65th Blake Prize - Finalist Kilgour Prize – Finalist Black Swan Prize – Finalist 2017 Creative Development Grant - DLGSC, WA. Kilgour Prize – Finalist 2016 Black Swan Prize - Tony Fini Foundation Artist Prize Winner Percival Portrait Prize - Finalist 2015 Claremont Art Award - Winner Minnawarra Art Awards - Winner (Gerry Gauntlet Award) 2014 Kilgour Prize – People’s Choice Award Winner, Finalist 2013 Cossack Art Awards - Winner (Portraits category) 2012 Black Swan Prize – Finalist Residences2024 Carnarvon, WA (supported by the DLGSC)
2021 Cannery Arts Centre, Esperance, WA 2019 Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA 2019 FORM & Spinifex Hill Studios, Port Hedland, WA 2018 The Pickers' Hut @ Glaziers Bay, Tasmania 2017 Cossack historical settlement, WA Collections St John of God Health Care, WA
City of Bunbury, WA Santa Maria College, WA City of Wanneroo, WA Shire of Roebourne, WA Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, WA Town of Claremont, WA Selected Publications2019 Jane O'Sullivan, 'Forecast - Mark Tweedie', Vault, issue 28
2018 Andrew Nicholls, ‘2018 Undiscovered Artists’, Art Collector, issue 84 2017 ‘Discovery: Mark Tweedie’, Artist Profile, issue 40 |
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