Angus Hamra Biography

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EDUCATION
2020 Master of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
2015 Bachelor of Architectural Studies, University of South Australia, Adelaide

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Break the Night with Colour, Peter walker Fine Art, Adelaide, South Australia
2023 Tried To Buy A Shack, Left With A Caravan, Hither and Yon, Willunga, South Australia
2020 Drawings, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
2019 Blue Condition, Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Storm Boys, Alternating Current Artspace, Melbourne, Victoria
2016 Tunnel Vision, Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide, South Australia
2014 Forgetting Time, Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide, South Australia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19, GAG Projects and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2020 I Get It You Moved To Melbourne, Migration Museum, Adelaide, South Australia
2019 Victorian College of the Arts Graduation Show, Melbourne, Victoria
2018 The Kennedy Prize, Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Percival Painting Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland
2018 Belle ArtStart Prize, Totem Road, Sydney, New South Wales
2017 Whyalla Art Prize, Middlebacks Arts Centre, South Australia
2017 The Shirl National Youth Portrait Prize, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, New South Wales
2015 Icon of South Australia Exhibition, SAHMRI, Adelaide, South Australia
2014 The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize, Keith Murdoch Building, Adelaide, South Australia

AWARDS
2022 Willunga Residency, Willunga Regional Council, South Australia
2018 The Kennedy Prize, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Belle ArtStart Prize, Sydney, New South Wales
Percival Painting Portrait Prize (Highly Commended), Townsville, Queensland
2014 Rip It Up Publishing Artist Award (Short List), SALA Festival, Adelaide, South Australia

OTHER
2018 UKARIA 24: Cage of Enlightenment (live performance), with Nicolas Alstaedt (Germany) and Vilde Frang
2018 (Norway), UKARIA Cultural Centre, South Australia
2014 Sight For All (Feature Artist), Published ArtHouse, Adelaide, South Australia

COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Private collections throughout Australia and United Kingdom

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 What’s On, City Mag, 5th April 2023
2020 Fanning, Josh, Fringe Shows in Strange Places, City Mag, 11th Februrary 2020
2018 Fuamoli, Sose, Young Creatives Backing Young Creatives, Triple J Music News, ABC, 11th September 2018
McDonald, Patrick, Tkay is Now the Work of an Artist, The Advertiser, 8th September 2018, p.41
Strahle, Graham, UKARIA 24 Review, The Australian, 13th June 2018
Burdon, Peter, UKARIA’s (C)Age of Elightenment Gains Momentum, The Advertiser, 11th June 2018
Jones, Janice, Right Now: Fine Palette, Belle Magazine, May 2018, page 47-49
2016 Llewllyn, Jane, Artist Profile: Angus Hamra, The Adelaide Review, May 2016, p.21-22
Foster, Farrin, What's On, City Mag, May 2016, p.29-30
2015 Hender, Sarah, Three Young Artists You Need to Know Right Now, SA Weekend, July 2015