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Tony Ayres

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Name

Tony Ayres

Culture

Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

16 July 1961

Birth place

Macau View on map Close map

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Movements

Australia

Occupations

Poster artist | Writer

Summary

Video and film-maker, Worked: Australia (ACT, VIC, NSW). Screenprints

NGA IRN

7731

Context

Australia

Biography

Tony Ayres

Tony Ayres was born in Macau in 1961 and migrated to Australia in 1964. He attended schools in Melbourne and Perth before going to the Australian National University, Canberra. After two years he transferred to the Canberra School of Art majoring in photography, though admitting to a preference for the printmaking department. In 1983 he became involved with the Bitumen River Gallery and active in organising exhibitions. He has published articles and reviews in Art Network and Muse (Canberra) and participated in numerous group exhibitions. In April 1985 he held his first one-man exhibition at the Bitumen River Gallery. Ayres completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Video at the Swinburne Institute of Technology in Melbourne. Since that time he as worked extensively in film and television.

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