David Moore Biography

David Moore began his art studies at Ealing Art School, London in 1966, before studying drawing at the National Gallery School, Melbourne in 1967. He went on to receive a Diploma of Art and Design from Swinburne Institute of Technology, Melbourne in 1970 and also qualify as a teacher. Since then he has continued to exhibit his work regularly in both solo and group exhibitions.
Moore was a recipient of the A.M.E Bale Residental Scholarship and the Norman Kaye award.
He currently lives and teaches painting in Melbourne.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & EXPERIENCE

1992 - 2007    Painting Teacher, Monsalvat, Eltham
2001        Artist in Residence, Yarra Valley Grammar School
1995 - 1999    Painting Lecturer, University of Ballarat
1998        Painting/Lecturing Tour, Italy
1994 - 1996     Painting/Lecturing Tour, Italy
1985, 88        Study tours of London and Paris
1973 - 1976    A.M.E. Bale Residential Scholarship
1973        Painting Lecturer, Yarra Valley Grammar School
1971, 72        Painting Lecturer, Clayton Technical School
1970        Swinburne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1967        National Gallery School, Melbourne
1966         Ealing Art School, London

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007        Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Abbotsford    
2004        Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Abbotsford          
2002        Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Abbotsford        
2002        Divided Space, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery        
2001        Paintings from Life, Monsalvat, Eltham
1999        Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1998        Recent Paintings, Monsalvat, Melbourne
1996        Recent Paintings, Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
1995        Recent Paintings, Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
1994        Recent Paintings, Lyall Burton Gallery, Fitzroy
1992        Works on Paper, Lyall Burton Gallery, Fitzroy
1991        Paintings, David Ellis Fine Art Gallery, Fitzroy
1990        Paintings, David Ellis Fine Art Gallery, Fitzroy
1989        Paintings, David Ellis Fine Art Gallery, Fitzroy
1982, 86        Victorian Artist Society Galleries, Melbourne
1975, 79        Wiregrass Gallery, Eltham
1974        Malvern Fine Art Gallery, Malvern

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006        Salon de Montsalvat, Invitation Landscape Prize, Eltham
2000        Swan Hill Print and Drawing Prize, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
2000        Tattersall Invitation Landscape Prize, Brisbane
1999        James Farrel Self Portrait Prize, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery
1999        Treasures, 10th Birthday Celebration, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1998        Making a Spectacle of Ourselves, Eltham Library, Eltham
1997        Nillumbik Invitation Art Awards, Nillumbik Shire Council
1997        Pathways, Manningham City Gallery
1996        Ballarat University Staff Exhibition, Ballarat University Gallery
1995        Gallery Artists Exhibition, Lyall Burton Gallery
1995        Nillumbik Invitation Art Awards, Nillumbik Shire Council
1994        ACAF4, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1994        Who’s Who and Who’s Hot, Kildary Davies Gallery, Melbourne
1994        Gallery Artists Exhibition, Lyall Burton Gallery
1993        James Farrel Self Portrait Prize, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery
1992        Review 1992, David Ellis Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne
1992        ACAF3, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1991        Eltham Invitation Art Prize, Eltham Shire Council
1990        ACAF2, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1989        Eltham Invitation Art Prize, Eltham Shire Council
1987        Works Behind Glass, Doncaster Municipal Gallery
1975        Seven Painters, David Sumner Gallery, Adelaide
1972, 73, 74    Seven Painters, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2001        Artist in Residence, Yarra Valley Grammar School
1991        Eltham Art Award, Eltham Shire Council
1988        Undine Award, Victorian Artists Society
1987        Norman Kaye Award, Victorian Artists Society
1985        Applied Chemicals Art Award, Victorian Artists Society
1985        Warrandyte Art Award
1984        St Leo Art Prize
1973 - 1976    A.M.E. Bale Residential Scholarship

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Max Germaine        Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand
Peter Dougherty        Art Streams, David Moore, Sep/Oct 2000
Peter Timms        Art in Australia, Spring 1991, Exhibition Commentary
David Moore        Australian Artist, Oct 1987
Peter Dougherty        Diamond Valley News, The Arts, 5 June 1996
Fabrizio Calafuri        Diamond Valley News, Small works offer new insights, 25 October 1988
Vogue Living        February 1989
Melbourne Times        Inside Melbourne, 6 March 1991
Megan Backhouse    The Age, The Space Between, 9 March 2002
Jan Blensdorf        The Age, Galleries, 15 March 1991
Deborah Stone        The Australian, David Draws on Fathers Discipline, 27 March 1989
Megan Backhouse    The Age, David Moore lets painting take its course, 24 July 2002
Jeff Makin        Critic’s Choice, David Moore, 29 July 2002
Peter Dougherty        The Arts, 21 August 2002

COLLECTIONS

Crown Casino Collection
Equity Trustees Collection
Haileybury College Collection
Municipal Collections of Banyule, Waverley,
Heidelberg and Nillumbik
Perpetual Trustees Collection
Swinburne Institute of Tafe Collection
Yarra Valley Grammar School Collection
Private Collections

All the works are original and hand painted by the artist.