Title

John Millington CV

Author

MILLINGTON, John

Publication date

2010

Type

CV

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

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JOHN MILLINGTON (Born 1942, Sydney, Australia )

Painter, Printmaker, Arts Columnist, Author.
Lives and works: Maclean, New South Wales.
Contact: millingtonart@westnet.com.au 0266 45 3880
Web www.millingtonart.com.au or www. johnmillington.com.au

Biographical Outline:

1948-59 Educated at Cranbrook School, Sydney.(Art Teacher, Justin O’Brien)
1961- 66 Studies, National Art School, East Sydney Technical College.
1967- 78 Teaching; Full-time Secondary and Part-time Tertiary Art.
1974- 78 Head of The Art Department, The Southport School, Queensland.
1977- 92 Art Critic, Gold Coast Bulletin daily newspaper, Queensland.
1987 Publication of "Tropical Visions", 25 Qld. artists, University of Qld. Press.
1987 Artist-in-Residence, Somerset College, Gold Coast, Qld.
1992 New South Wales Ministry for The Arts Special Purpose Grant…”SugarTown“.
1992 Artist-in-Residence, Condong Sugar Mill, Murwillumbah, N.S.W.( July-Sept.)
1992- 93 Study Tour....Britain, France, Holland.
1993- 94 Art Critic, Fairfax Weekend Herald, Gold Coast, Qld.
1996 Artist-in Residence, Benowa High School, Gold Coast, Qld.
1997- 98 Tweed Shire Council Artists' Co-Ordinator and Designer, "Tweed Streetscape" Project, Tweed Heads, N.S.W.
1998 Arts Office, Qld. Grant...Purpose, Biography artist, John Rigby.
1998- 01 Regional Arts Correspondent, Brisbane Courier Mail newspaper, Qld.
1999 Artist-in-Residence, Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School, Qld.
2003 Publication of “John Rigby” (Life & Work) Playwright Press
1999- 04 Gold Coast City Art Gallery Committee Member.
2005-6 Convenor St. Bernards Hotel $10,000 Art Prize, Mt.Tamborine, Qld.
2006 Tutor, Lake Eacham Art workshops (September) North Qld. RADF Grant-assisted.
2006 Finalist “Tiles for Trees” Public Art Project. Mt. Tamborine. Qld.

ART PRIZES AND PURCHASE/PRIZES WON: (more highly rated awards preceded by asterisks)
1972 Blue Mountains Prize,(still-life painting) N.S.W.
1977 *** Bundaberg Open Painting Prize (landscape oil) Qld.
1978 St. Alban's Purchase Award, Gold Coast (figurative painting, oil) Qld.
1979 Texas Open Painting Prize ( landscape, oil ) Qld.
1980 Mt. Gravatt Show Prize, Brisbane ( landscape, oil ) Qld.
Seven Hills Prize, Brisbane ( landscape, oil ) Qld.
*** Ipswich City Festival Open Prize & 2nd in Open ( landscapes, oils ) Qld.
1981 *** Ipswich City Festival Open Painting Prize ( landscape, oil ) Qld.
St. Alban's Purchase Award, Gold Coast ( drawing ) Qld
1982 Hamilton Rotary Purchase Award, Brisbane ( drawing ) Qld.
1983 St. Alban's Purchase Award, Gold Coast (serigraph ) Qld.
St. Kevin's Purchase Award, Gold Coast ( drawing ) Qld.
Currumbin Prize, Gold Coast ( watercolour ) Qld.
1984 *** State Govt. Insurance Office ( later, Suncorp ) Purchase Award ( oil ) Qld.
*** Stanthorpe Heritage Festival Purchase Award ( watercolour ) Qld.
Marymount College Purchase Award, Gold Coast ( landscape, acrylic) Qld.
1985 Marymount College Prize, Gold Coast ( drawing ) Qld.
Gold Coast Show Prize ( landscape, oil ) Qld.
*** Gold Coast City Art Purchase Prize ( landscape, oil ) Qld.
Kyogle Fairymount Festival Prize ( serigraph ) N.S.W.
1986 Currumbin Prize, Gold Coast ( drawing ) Qld.
*** Tweed Festival Open Painting Prize ( landscape, oil ) NSW
1987 Kyogle Fairymount Festival Prize ( drawing ) N.S.W.
Currumbin Open Painting Prize ,Gold Coast( landscape, oil ) Qld.
Gold Coast Show Prize, ( mixed media ) Qld.
*** Ernest Henry Memorial Prize, Cloncurry ( drawing ) Qld.
1988 Gold Coast Show Prize, ( landscape, oil ) Qld.
*** Southern Cross Open Prize, Ballina ( landscape oil) N.S.W.
*** Murwillumbah Art Prize, Open Award ( landscape, oil ) N.S.W.
South-East Qld. Arts Festival Open Award, Dalby (landscape, oil ) Qld.
1989 Byron Easter Classic, Byron Bay, ( mixed media ) N.S.W

1990 Allied Qld. Coalfields, Aberdare Purchase Award (serigraph) Qld.
1990 St. Hilda's Purchase Award, Gold Coast ( serigraph ) Qld.
Currumbin Open Painting Prize ( landscape, oil ) Qld.
Gold Coast Show Prize, ( painting, oil ) Qld.
1991 *** Southern Cross Open Prize (3 awards, oil, watercolour,print, Ballina N.S.W.
*** Ernest Henry Memorial Purchase Award, Cloncurry ( serigraph ) Qld.
Currumbin Open Painting Prize, Gold Coast ( oil, landscape ) Qld.
1992 Tweed Valley Art Prize, Murwillumbah (drawing ) N.S.W.

**** Tattersall's $15,000.00 Invitational Landscape Prize, Brisbane ( oil, landscape)Qld.

*** Stanthorpe Heritage Festival Purchase Award ( print ) Qld.
Currumbin Open Painting Prize, Gold Coast ( landscape, oil ) Qld.
1993 Australian Workers Heritage Award, Barcaldine ( serigraph ) Qld.
Tweed Valley Art Prize, Purchase Award, Murwillumbah ( serigraph ) N.S.W.
1994 St. Hilda's Purchase Award, Gold Coast ( drawing ) Qld.
Southern Cross Award, Ballina, ( mixed media ) N.S.W.
1995 *** Southern Cross Awards Ballina, Portrait Prize & Drawing Prize N.S.W.
1996 *** Stanthorpe Purchase Award (serigraph ) Qld.
Currumbin Prize, Gold Coast ( pastel ) Qld.
Trinity Lutheran School Purchase Award ( drawing ) Qld.
1997 Currumbin Prize, Gold Coast ( drawing ) Qld.
2001 Konami-South Tweed Bowls Club Art Prize, 3rd ($1,500.00) (painting) N.S.W.
2003 Bundaberg Open Art Prize (painting), Bundaberg Qld.
2005 Border Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, 2nd ($1,500) (painting) Qld.

REPRESENTED : (Public and Corporate Collections)
* B.H.P. Collection. * Art bank (5 works)
* Queensland Premier's Dept.,Arts Division.
* Gold Coast City Art Gallery Qld. (7 works) * Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W. (4 works) * Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Qld. (3 works)
* Dalby Regional Art Gallery, Qld.
* Bunadberg City Art Gallery, Qld.
* Grafton Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W.
* Cloncurry Civic Collection, Qld.
* University of Queensland, Customs House Collection.Qld.
* University of Newcastle, Student Union Staff House Collection N.S.W.
* Australian Workers Heritage Centre, Barcaldine, Qld.
* Granite Belt Winemakers Collection, Stanthorpe, Qld.
* First National Real Estate Collection, Murwillumbah N.S.W.
* Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Qld.
* O.T.C. Collection, Sydney, N.S.W.
* Commonwealth Bank Collection, Head Office, Brisbane, Qld.(6 works)

* Four Seasons Resort, Kakadu, Northern Territory.
* Marriott Resort, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
* The Southport School, Gold Coast, Qld.
* Somerset College , Gold Coast, Qld.
* St. Hilda's School, Gold Coast, Qld.
* St. Kevin's School, Gold Coast, Qld.
* Marymount College, Gold Coast, Qld.
* Trinity Lutheran College, Gold Coast, Qld.
* Nowra High School, Nowra, N.S.W.
* Bundaberg Sugar Co., Bundaberg Qld.
* Tattersalls Club, Brisbane, Qld.
* Allied Queensland Coalfields Collection, Ipswich, Qld.
* State Government Insurance Office ( now Suncorp ) Collection, Brisbane, Qld.(defunct)
* H.I.H. Winterthur Insurance Collections, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide (defunct)
* Abbey of the Roses, Warwick, Qld.
* Clarence District Council Chambers, Maclean N.S.W.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1979-82 & 85, The Broadbeach Gallery, Gold Coast Qld
1980 Home Studio, Coffs Harbour N.S.W.
1979-81 & 83, The Boston Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
1981 Private Gallery, Mornington, Victoria.
1982 The Downs Gallery, Toowoomba, Qld.
1987 & 94 Schubert Galleries, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
1987 Beaver Galleries, Canberra, A.C.T.
1988 Nino Tucci Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
1989 & 92 Griffith Park Galleries, Murwillumbah, N.S.W.
1990 & 92 Gold Coast Fine Arts Gallery, Southport, Qld.
1990 & 94 Framed Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory.
1991 Sheraton Noosa Resort Hotel, Sunshine Coast, Qld.
1991 Cape Gallery, Byron Bay N.S.W.
1993 Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, N.S.W.
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Qld.
Grafton Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W.
Manning Region Art Gallery, Taree, N.S.W.
1994 Dalby Regional Art Gallery, Dalby, Qld.
Bundaberg City Art Gallery, Qld.
Mackay City Library Art Space, Mackay, Qld.
Blackwater Regional Art Gallery, Qld.
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
Budd's Beach Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
1995 Brisbane Customs House Gallery, University of Qld, Brisbane, Qld.
1996 Hyatt Hotel, Sanctuary Cove, Gold Coast, Qld.
1997 Survey Exhibition, 1977-1997, Bruce Watling Galleries, Southport, Qld.
2003 “Moods of a Mountain” The Painters Gallery, Tamborine Mountain Qld.
2006 “Beautiful Desert” Marks & Gardner Gallery, Tamborine Mountain Qld.
2007 “Clarence Coast Sketch Book” Gallery G Brisbane Qld
2007 “Clarence Coast Sketch Book” Maclean R.S.L. Maclean N.S.W.

SELECTED COMMISSIONS:

1985 Mural Project, Northcliffe Surf Lifesaving Club, Gold Coast, Qld.
1988 Granite Belt Winemakers Annual Print Commission Qld. (edition of 50 )
1991 Foyer, Golden Gate Apartments, Gold Coast, Qld. ( 11 works )
1992 Laguna Quays Resort, Proserpine Qld. ( 57 pastel works )
1992 The "Sugar Town Project", N.S.W. Arts Ministry Grant for a 6 month Artist-in-Residency at Condong Sugar Mill, Northern N.S.W. to prepare a major Touring Exhibition ( 1993-5) (approx 80 works)
1997 Foyer refurbishment, Pacific Harbour Resort, Fiji ( 8 double-sided hand-painted and screen-printed banners)
1997 Screen-printed freize (36 m. x 0.45 m.), 5 colours, Ball Room, Old Queensland Government House, Brisbane, Qld., as part of restoration to early Art Nouveau.

1998 Mural, Palm Beach-Currumbin Rugby Union Club, Gold Coast, Qld.
1998-9 Stage 2, Old Queensland Govt. House restoration, screen-printed dado for Ballroom
1999 Ergon Head Office, Brisbane, Qld. (11 works on paper )
1999 Logan Hospital, Logan City, Qld.( 2 large works on canvas )
1999 Noosa Private Hospital, Noosa Qld. (1 Major painting and 55 works on paper )
2000 Primary Producer's House, Brisbane. (4 works on paper)
2000 Domain Annex Private Hospital and Retirement Village, Gold Coast, Qld.
(42 works on paper and one work on canvas)
2002 Villa Serena Private Hospital and Retirement Complex, Robina, Gold Coast,
(20 works on paper)
2008 Design for leadlight window, Peter Watt Cottage, Maclean N.S.W.
2009 Design for leadlight window, Pilot House Cottage, Yamba. N.S.W.

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1982 " It's Not The Gum Tree, It's The Artist", Nerang Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld.
1982 " Byron's Environs" Cape Gallery, Byron Bay, Northern New South Wales.
1983 Gold Coast Artists Survey Exhibition, Baguette Gallery, Ascot Brisbane.
1985 "Canvas to Canberra" 5 Gold Coast Artists, Canberra Grammar School A.C.T.
1987 "Gold Coast Through The Eyes of Artists" Gold Coast City Art Gallery,
Surfers Paradise, Queensland.
1987 "Tropical Visions", Townsville Regional Art Gallery, Townsville N.Qld.
1988 "In Search of Gold", Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
1988 " 9 x 5 x Mail " Bicentennial Exhibition, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld.
1996 "Coastcult", Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
1997 "Coastcult", Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, N.S.W.
1998 "Five Men and a Houseboat", Bruce Watling Galleries, Southport
2001 "The Making of Paradise" Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland.
2001 “Site Works”, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah.
2002 “Tourists…the Artists’ Take” Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
1992- 2008 Tattersall’s Invitational Landscape Prize, Brisbane.
2003 &4 The Waterhouse Prize, South Australian Museum
2004 “All that Glitters”, Contemporary Visions of The Gold Coast, G.C. City Gallery.