1934 Born Johannesburg, South Africa
1956 Studied Painting at Central School of Art, St Martins, London, UK
1967 Immigrated to Australia
SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2011 Linton & Kay, Perth WA
2010 Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup WA
2009 Linton & Kay, Perth
2007 Mahoneys Galleries, Melbourne VIC
2006, 2005 Gunyulgup Galleries,Yallingup
2004 Australian Art Resources, Sydney
2003 Stafford Studios, Perth
2002 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup WA
2000 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup WA
1999 Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup WA
Access Contemporary Art Gallery,
1998 Perth Galleries, Perth
Access Contemporary Art Gallery
1993 Editions Galleries, Melbourne
Beaver Galleries, Canberra
1991 Perth Galleries, Perth
Access Contemporary Art Gallery Sydney
1990 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1989 Perth Galleries ,Perth
1987 Greenhill Gallery, Perth
1986 & 1984 Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney
1982 Art Director’s Gallery, Sydney
1970 Linda Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1967 Clune Galleries, Sydney
1961 & 1960 Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg
1959 New Vision Gallery, London
GROUP EXHIBTIONS
2017 25th Anniversary, Prize Winners Exhibition, Cossack Art Awards WA
2012 Mazenod College, Invited Artist
2012 Cossack Art Award Invited Artist
2012 Through the Artist’s Eye – New Norcia Collection - Art on the Move
2011 10th Anniversary Exhibition Linton & Kay
2008 ‘November Focus’ Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup WA
2007 ‘4 Painters’ Elements Gallery, Perth, WA
2006 ‘4 Painters’ Elements Gallery, Perth WA
‘Four Views’ Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2003 Art 03, The Western Australian
2001 A Taste of Western Australian Art – Francesco Cozza Gallery, Stilo, Italy
2001 Five Sydney Years – Australian Art Resources- Volvo Gallery
2000 Selected Artist- International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney
Port Jackson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California USA
1999 The Perth Mint Centenary Art Prize – Perth
1998 Invited Artists Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1997 Invited Artist – Redlands Westpac Art Prize- Sydney
1995 Mandorla Art Award WA Regional Gallery Tour- Geraldton & Kalgoorlie WA
1992/94 Invited Artists – Mandorla Religious Art Prize, WA
1992/3 Invited Artist – WA Group Show Austrade- Hong Kong
1992 Invited Artist – ‘100 Years of Gold Mining’ Perth Mint,Perth
1991 Invited Artist –‘Metamorphosis’- New Collectables Gallery Fremantle WA
1990 Australian Contemporary Art Fair 2, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1968/70 HC Richard Memorial Prize Exhibitions, Queensland Art Gallery
1963 SA Painters Past & Present,
Adler Fielding Gallery, Johannesburg
1962 South Africa in Modern Art,
National Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1960/62 Contemporary Art Show, South
African Council of Arts, Pretoria
1960 Commonwealth Group Show, Cardiff
1959 Drian Gallery, London
South African Painters in Europe, Woodstock Gallery, London
New Vision Group, New Vision Gallery, London
SELECTED AWARDS
1963 Prize Winner, Gallery 101/U.A.T Airline Scholarship, Johannesburg
1967 Transfield Art Prize, Bonython, Sydney
1969 Perth Prize for drawing exhibition WA Art Gallery, Perth
1981 Prize Winner – Berrima Art Show NSW
1983 Finalist – Faber-Castell Art Prize Art Directors Gallery, Sydney
1989 First Prize – Gallery Australia Exhibition, Perth
1992 First Prize – WA DILGEA Migrant Art Award
1992 First Prize – Hamersley Iron & Associates, Cossack Art Award WA
1994 Finalist – Mandorla Religious Art Prize, Fremantle, WA
2001 Cossack Art Awards – Prize Winner, Mermaid Marine Aus.Ltd
2002 First Prize ‘Best Overall Work’, Cossack Art Award, WA
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
The Westfarmers Collection,Perth WA
The State Bank Collection, Sydney NSW
Australian Bankers Assn Collection Vic
Department of Immigration, Perth WA
Goldfields Art Centre Collection, Kalgoorlie,WA
New Norcia Regional Art Gallery WA
WA Attorney-General Collection
AMP Art Collection, Sydney NSW
Kind Edward Hospital, Perth WA
Insurance Council of Australia
Hollywood Private Hospital,1997 Perth WA
Hale School, Performing Art Centre WA
Sheraton Airport Hotel, Sydney NSW
NuFarm Collection, Victoria
Grundy Television,Sydney NSW
WA Dept of Meteorology – Perth
ANA Hotel, Sydney NSW
Concord Resources Ltd, Sydney NSW
University Superannuation Board Vic
Park Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne Vic
The Art Trust, Melbourne Vic
Multiplex, Sydney NSW
Colonial First State, Melbourne Vic
Citibank, Sydney NSW
International Trade Centre, Sydney NSW
Cambridge Council, Perth WA
Quay West, Southbank, Melbourne Vic
Shire of Roebourne Collection, WA
AM International Collection, Stilo, Italy
Abbingdon Science Park, UK
Graphis Collection, Hong Kong
Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation, South Africa
John Schlesinger Collection S Africa
Sanlam Collection, Belville S. Africa
The Bellisario Collection, Sydney NSW
PUBLICATIONS
1967 Young but Vital Painters by James Gleeson
1970 Art & Artists in South Africa – Esme Berman, p115, 201
1988 The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors – Grania Ogilvie p601
1990 Australian Contemporary Arts Fair
Australian Weekend Colour Magazine
1992 New Art Seven by Nevill Drury p 197-180
1993 Drawing on a Feminine Force The Australian Weekend Review Elwyn Lynn
1996 20th Century South African Art – Human & Rousseau p131
1998 International Artist p104-113
2005 Australian Art Review, by Judith McGrath
2011 Visual Century, 100 years of South African Visual Art, Wits University Press Vol 2 1945-1976
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Australia, Canada, Israel, Switzerland, South Africa, Singapore, Japan, UK, USA, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, Italy, Holland and Austria.
Art is a continuous journey in an attempt to discover the unexpected.
As a landscape painter living in Western Australia, it is impossible not to be affected by the fierce light, intense colour, immense space and endless horizons of this extraordinary and varied landscape.
Through filtered memory I reassemble a range of images carefully striking a balance between realism and abstraction.
A constant throughout my work is the strictly parallel horizon line. Experience gained from flights over the landscape, and journeys inland enables me to approach the landscape from two points of view – the illusion of distance beyond the horizon, in contrast to the aerial view of the solid field-like frontality of the landscape below the horizon line. This duality is essential to my visual approach.
The addition of elements of light at a certain time of day, clouds, shadows, dust, rain, wind or mist add atmosphere and mood to the works and are an integral part of my imagery.
Over the years, the privilege of retrospection has enabled me to rediscover and evolve anew, iconic images from previous periods.
They fall into 4 distinct groups: Earth, Air, Fire and Water – essential elements necessary for the regeneration of the environment, unique to this part of the world.
Jules Sher 2019