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David Bromley 1960 - Present Day

Style
Figurative expressionist and pop art painter, print maker and textile artist

Career Status
Mid Career

Biography
Born in Sheffield, England, in 1960, David Bromley came to Australia as a small child. He is currently based in Adelaide and has had exhibitions in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart and Adelaide since the mid-1980s. He has had portraits hung in the Archibald prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1999 and 2001, and is represented in state gallery collections and numerous corporate and private collections throughout Australia. Influenced by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Glen Baxter and the characters and style of childhood books such as the once popular Boys Own Annuals, David Bromley is represented by four distinctive paintings in the Collection. The first was purchased in 1989 and the most recent, Looking for direction in 1996. David Bromley’s artworks have two clear focal points – the Boys Own adventure project and the Female Nude series. Studies1989-90 Pratt Institute New York.

Collections
Artbank, Australia;
Art Gallery of South Australia;
Art Gallery of Western Australia;
Baker & McKenzie, Sydney;
Campbelltown City Art Gallery;
CCT Internet Travel, Brisbane;
Derwent Collection, Hobart;
De Pasquale Advertising, Brisbane;
Derwent Collection, Hobart;
Flinders University, South Australia;
Gadens Ridgeway, Sydney;
Gold Coast City Art Gallery;
Marsdens, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria;
Northern Territory Art Museum;
Optus, Brisbane; Pan Continental Mining;
Radisson Playford, Adelaide;
Red Ochre Restaurant, Adelaide;
St Peter's College, Adelaide;
Tamar Collection, Hobart;
Taxation Department, Melbourne;
Tiffins on the Park, Adelaide;
University of the Northern Territory; University of Southern Qld

Auction Record
Belinda $59,090Oil and metallic paint on canvas, signed lower right, 150 x 120 cm, Est: $14,000-18,000 Joel Fine Art Melbourne 14/08/2007, Lot No. 24

Awards
2004 Finalist in the Archibald Prize (McLean Edwards), AGNSW
2002 Finalist in the Archibald Prize (Charles Blackman), AGNSW
2001 Finalist in the Archibald Prize (Long Tom Tjapanangka), AGNSW
2000 Finalist in the Archibald Sporting Portrait Prize, AGNSW
1999 Finalist in the Archibald Prize, AGNSW
1994 Finalist in Moet & Chandon Award
1993 Winner - Fisher Ghost Award, New South Wales
Finalist in Moet & Chandon Award

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