PHILIP WOLFHAGEN

Born in 1963, Australia, Philip Wolfhagen currently lives and works in Tasmania, Australia. In 1987 he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Tasmania, Hobart. Following this he also competed a Diploma of Visual Arts at the University of Sydney, Sydney.

Philip has held in excess of 25 solo exhibitions that include: Noctiluca, Bett Gallery, Hobart; The Inner Edge, Sherman Galleries, Sydney; Night Beacons, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne; Luminary Traces, Bett Gallery, Hobart; Vapour Trails, The Australian Embassy, Washington DC, USA and New Deliriums, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions including: Curious Colony: A twentyfirst century Wunderkammer, Newcastle Region Gallery (2010); Four Tasmanian Painters: Burns, Keeling, Wastell, Wolfhagen, Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth (2009); Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2009, 2007); Wonderful World, The Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide (2007); From an Island South, Asia Link Touring Exhibition; Lahore, Pakistan; Kuala Lumpur; Bangkok (2006/07); Australia and Constable, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2006); Senses of Place: Art in Tasmania, 1970-2005, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart (2006); Rhapsody 21C: Tasmanian Contemporary Art, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania (2005); Great Escapes, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, New South Wales (2004/05); Tidal, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania (2004); Depth of Field, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne (2003); Painting Tasmanian Landscape, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart (2003); Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney (first prize) (2001 & 1998); Uncommon World: Aspects of Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2000); distance, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney (1999); Contemporary Australian Art from the Tamar Collection, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston (1998) and the Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; national tour (1997 & 1996).

Among his various awards and achievements, Philip has was the Winner of the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2007) and the Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney (2001). Philip has also been awarded the Centenary Medal, for contribution made to the Arts (2001) and a VACB Project Grant from the Australia Council (1996 & 1993).

His work is widely admired and features in many major public collections that include: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW; Devonport Gallery & Arts Centre, TAS; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle; University of Tasmania, Hobart; University of Technology, Sydney and Muzeum Narodowe W Warsawie, Poland.

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