James Drinkwater

\ Winner of the 2014 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship \ Represented by Nanda\Hobbs Contemporary at Sydney Contemporary 2017

Born 1983
Lives and works in Newcastle

Artist's CV

Represented by nanda\hobbs

James Drinkwater is a Newcastle based painter and sculptor. He studied at the National Art School, Sydney (2001) and has held 30 solo exhibitions since 2004. A major survey exhibition, 'The Sea Calls me by Name’, was held in 2019 at the Newcastle Art Gallery. In 2016, Monash University’s engineering faculty commissioned a major sculpture / relief from the artist which spans fifteen metres, hanging permanently at Monash University's Clayton Campus. In 2017 Drinkwater collaborated with iconic Australian fashion house ALPHA60 to produce a capsule collection. In 2022 Drinkwater was included in the seminal exhibition ‘Singing In Unison - artist’s need to create on the same scale that society has the capacity to destroy’ curated by Phong H. Bui and Cal Mckeever from The Brooklyn Rail along side Sean Scully, Julian Schnabel, Lauren Bon, Ron Gorchov and Dorothea Rockburne. The same year saw the artist collaborating on a new Ballet 'Storm Approaching Wangi - and other desires’ with choreographers Skip Willcox, Belle Beasely and composer Joseph Franklin, commissioned by Multi Arts Pavilion, MIMA Lake Macquarie where Drinkwater designed the sets and costumes and performed in the final scene. 2023 will see two major surveys of the artists work; ‘Passage’ at the NCCA, Darwin and ‘At Mid Career’ in Canberra, at the The Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, curated by Terance Maloon.

James Drinkwater’s work has been included in group exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally in Berlin, Leipzig, New York and London. He has been awarded the Marten Bequest Scholarship (2011), the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship (2014), the John Olsen National Art School Life Drawing Prize (2002) and has been a finalist in many prizes including the Wynne Prize three times, Sulman Prize and the Dobell Drawing Prize. 

James Drinkwater has undertaken international residencies in Leipzig, Titjikala, Kenya, Paris,Tahiti and Ubud. His work is held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, HOTA Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Newcastle Art Gallery, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Artbank, Macquarie Bank, Macquarie University, Newcastle University, Schnabel Collection, New York, Monash University, Allens Law firm and significant private collections both in Australia and overseas.

 

 

James Drinkwater | Looking For Urchins and Louis Ferrari from Nanda\Hobbs on Vimeo.

VIDEO: James Drinkwater painting and discussing his practice ahead of his 2019 exhibition Looking for Urchins and Louis Ferrari

VIEW: Weekend AFR 3 page "special wrap"... “Why artist James Drinkwater has no time for doom and gloom” John McDonald, 21-22 Jan 2017

21 Aug 2017 - Listen to James Drinkwater in conversation with Maria Stoljar on Talking with Painters

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\ Artworks

Boxer II

2019 \ Bronze \ 28.5 x 13 x 9cm \ Edition of 12

Coming In I

2015 \ Oil and collage on board \ 180 x 122cm

Exiting and Entering (A Series of Theatre)

2019-2020 \ Oil on canvas \ F. 182.5 x 243cm

I go in de meedle

2019 \ Oil on canvas \ 76 x 102cm

It's only an entire day

2022 \ Oil on linen \ 168 x 198cm

SOLD

Morning Procession

2021 \ Oil on linen \ F. 240x180cm

Postcards Addressed to the Interior 9

2019 \ Ink, oil crayon and charcoal on paper \ 64 x 80cm framed

Stevenson Place

2019 \ Oil and enamel on canvas \ 200 x 160cm

SOLD

Stoic Rider

2021 \ Oil on linen \ F. 270 x 130cm

Tesoro I

2022 \ Oil on linen \ 82 x 92cm

SOLD

Tesoro IV

2022 \ Oil on linen \ 82 x 92cm

SOLD

The Magnificent Life of Nevia Consalvo

2019 \ Oil on canvas \ 200 x 160cm

The Walk home from the trots

2021 \ Oil on linen \ F. 155 x 116cm

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BLINK AND YOU MISSED IT — VIEW CATALOGUE

13 December 2022

In this collection are available artworks from this year’s solo gallery program; some that were not released at the time—all great examples from our talented stable.

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\ Exhibitions featuring James Drinkwater

James Drinkwater

TESORO MIO

12 April — 30 April 2022

SMALL WORKS SALON

Group Exhibition

14 August — 28 August 2021

James Drinkwater

THE BOXER — When I was young I said my prayers

9 February — 27 February 2021

9 x 5"

Group Exhibition

22 January — 6 February 2021

PLACE

Group Exhibition

21 January — 6 February 2021

MYTH

Group Exhibition

5 August — 22 August 2020

James Drinkwater

I LOVE YOU TO PIECES AND BACK TOGETHER AGAIN

12 September — 15 September 2019

Postcards From Twin Peaks

Paul Ryan & James Drinkwater

13 June — 29 June 2019

Landscape Obscura

Group Exhibition

21 February — 9 March 2019

Summer Show

Group Exhibition

5 December — 22 December 2018

James Drinkwater

Looking for Urchins and Louis Ferrari

9 October — 3 November 2018

Spring Collector Exhibition

Group Exhibition

11 September — 6 October 2018

Summer Exhibition

Group Exhibition

6 December 2017 — 20 January 2018

James Drinkwater

Rungli Rungliot

6 February — 28 February 2017

James Drinkwater

We Are Clumsy Now on This Southern Beach - New Works from the South of France

22 March — 5 April 2016

Brave New World

Group Exhibition

18 August — 28 August 2015

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