Greenhill Galleries

Lives and works in Lennox Head, NSW
1993-1995 Full time study, Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney
1994 Finalist NSW Travelling Art Scholarship, COFA, Sydney
1995 Awarded Brett Whiteley Scholarship; Tutor, Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney
1996-1999 Lived and worked in Leros, Greece
2001-2001 Attended the Florence Academy of Art, Firenze, Italy. Lived, worked and studies in Italy for 2 years
2006 Expedition Painter, Mawson's Huts Foundation, Australia Antarctic Territory, Antarctica
2008 Artist in Residence, Aurora Expededitions, Antarctica

Angus McDonald’s still life works are exquisitely rendered in oils; his inanimate objects purely serve as a medium with which to study light, and the path that light pursues. He also noticeably investigates the void, the contrasting and opposing dark spaces in his work.

The meticulous workings of McDonald’s dramatic paintings reflect and parallel the workings of this artists mind, revealing a deep connection between art and life. For him, painting is a necessity and a passion. He often has several paintings on the go, continually studying the compositions of each, looking for a balance. It is almost a meditation of a work for McDonald, with periods of time where paint does not even hit the canvas, and paintings that can take months to complete.

To achieve a balance and harmony in a work, to find out the real truth, one must look for it. Sometimes there is no clear boundary between still life and real life for McDonald, both being foremost in the brain.

Whilst painting is clearly a passion for McDonald, it is drawing that underpins his work in media (as diverse as furniture and fashion) and enables him to find the true nature of his subject. He is most known for his immense sensual accurate drawings of cows, bulls and horses, depicting the animals with a remarkable sense of strength and grace.

Having studied at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney in the early 90s, followed by several years living and studying in Europe, Angus McDonald had also been fortunate enough to be chosen as the artist in residence during two expeditions to the Antarctica (2006 and 2008).

2012
"Elysium", Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

2011
"Recent Paintings and Drawings", Greenhill Galleries, Perth
"Sit Still", Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

2010
‘The Time in Between”, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
“Love Death & Cowhide”, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

2008
“Recent Paintings”, Degawa, Mitsukoshi Dept. Store, Tokyo
“Snort”, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

2007
“Antarctica” Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
“Antarctica” Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore
“Vessel”, with Fiona Myer, Tim Olsen Gallery Sydney

2006
“Recent Paintings”, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
“Selected Paintings, 2001- 2006”, Retrospective Survey, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore,NSW

2005
“Recent Paintings” Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
“Bull Market”, Tim Olsen Gallery Annex, Sydney
Degawa, Tokyo, Japan
Degawa, Osaka, Japan

2004
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne

2003
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

2001
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

1999
Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney “Savana”, Leros, Greece

1998
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

1997
Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney

1996
Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
Coffin Creek Gallery, Mudgee, NSW

1995
Soho Galleries, Sydney

2012
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
SPRING, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

2011
London Art Fair , with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, UK
Hewer Street Studios, London
"Animalia", Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
"SQUARED", Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Kedumba Drawing Award, Sydney

2010
Piece Gallery, Mullimbimby, NSW
london Art Fair, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, UK
Inanimate, With Lorraine Pilgrim and Nyst Gallery, Gold Coast
Miscellanea, an insight into the journey of a collector, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney Blake Prize, Director’s Cut, NAS, Sydney

2009
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Monalto Sculpture Prize, Monalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Vic Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
Eutick Memorial Still Life Prize, Coffs Harbour Regiional Gallery, NSW “Australian Still Life 1930- Present”, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
Blake Prize, Directors Cut, NAS, Sydney Art Islington, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
Postcard Show, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
“Waiting-A Still Life” - NG Art Gallery, Sydney
“FEHVA”, Auction for the Buttery, Bangalow, NSW
DESIGN+WOOD, Dank Street Gallery & Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
New York Affordable Art Fair, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, New York, USA Works from the Collection, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore , NSW Jeans For Genes, Children’s Medical Research Institue, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney

2008
“Wish You Were Here” Tweed River Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting (Highly Commended), Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW
“Food for Thought”, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Zaishu collaboration, Zasihu “Workshopped”, in association with the Powerhouse Museum, Chifley Square, Sydney
“FEHVA”, Auction for the Buttery, Bangalow NSW
Art Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
JADA Drawing Prize, (Awarded Packing Room Prize), Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW,
Art London, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, UK
“SQUARED” Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
2 x 2, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
FORM, Olympia, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
Australian Studio Furniture Design Awards, (Major Prize Winner), Bungendore Gallery, NSW

2007
Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Art London, with Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London
Glasgow Art Fair, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Glasgow
FORM, Olympia, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
“North Coast Real”, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW

2006
Art London, Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London
The Grand Opening, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
Auction For the Buttery, Byron Bay, New South Wales

2005
Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, New South Wales
“SQUARED”, Greenhill Galleries, Perth Art London, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

2004
Chelsea Art, Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London

2003
“Alchemy”, screenprints and ceramics, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney & Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Monotypes, Abercorn Vineyard, Mudgee, New South Wales
Jeans for Genes touring retrospective, Sydney Opera House & Victorian Arts Centre

2002
Australian Vision, with the Australia Council & Degawa, Tokyo, Japan

2001
Nicola Townsend, Tokyo

1999
“Art Sauce”, Australia’s Emerging Artists, Natalie Best, Singapore
Nicola Townsend, Tokyo
2 x 2, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Jeans for Genes, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1998
Monoprints, Coffin Creek Gallery, Mudgee, New South Wales
Work from Coffin Creek Shed, Walca Arts Council, Walca, NSW

1997
Devoured by Paint, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
Jeans for Genes, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Still Life, Savana, Leros, Greece
Mosman Art Prize, (Highly Commended, People’s Choice Award), Sydney
Painting is Not Dead, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney

1996
Selected Works, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
Jeans for Genes, Art Gallery of NSW, AGNSW, Sydney

1995
Lexus Art Prize, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
Oil Sketches, Savana, Leros, Greece

1994
Fourteen Figurative Painters, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
NSW Travelling Art Scholarship, COFA, Sydney
Waverley Art Prize, Sydney