Rachel Fairfax is a figurative painter.
She was born in Sydney and grew up in Forster/Tuncurry, on the NSW mid-North Coast of Australia.
Currently she lives and works in Sydney and Hong Kong.
Rachel studied a BA (Fine Art) then Honours (Drawing) at National Art School, East Sydney from 1998-2002.
Rachel is trained as a painter and has exhibited Paintings, Drawings and Ceramics, professionally since graduation.
She is a Lecturer in Drawing and Painting at the National Art School, East Sydney 2003-present.
She is currently represented by NG Art Gallery, Sydney. She was represented by Ray Hughes Gallery 2005-2010 and Defiance Gallery 2003-2005.
Rachel won two Reg Richardson Scholarships in 2003 and carried out two Hill End Residencies in Murray’s and Haefliger’s cottages. She won the Art Moment Gallery Painting Prize in 2006. She carried out a Taronga Zoo Artist in Residency in 2009 and is currently working on an Artist in Residency project in Hong Kong.
Rachel has taken on significant commissions and residencies and been selected for many art prizes, all listed in her CV.
Her work is held in public collections of Artbank, Sydney Airport, St Vincents Hospital, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Tetsyua’s Restaurants and private collections of Ray Hughes, Reg Richardson, Joe Montano Jonathan Self (Ireland), Defiance Gallery, Michael Nock (Hong Kong) to name a few.
Rachel was named as one of Australia’s 10 leading artists on Australia Day 2009 in The Sydney Morning Herald.
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'SHIP SHAPE' – THE BOAT SHOW
Defiance Gallery
Exhibition dates and opening:
10 – 26 November 2011
Opening 6-8pm Thursday 10 November
This painting has been selected as a finalist in
Victoria's ANL Maritime Art Prize.
Fishing Boats, Wallis Lake, Forster Tuncurry, 2011,
Oil on Canvas, 120x120cm
Their website is www.missiontoseafarers.com.au
Opening night and Prize announcement is Thursday night 6th October in Melbourne.
Landscapes of the Larapinta Trail
NG Art Gallery
5th - 23rd July 2011
Driving up the Larapinta Trail in The Northern Territory, Rachel Fairfax, was so inspired by the landscape, she was sketching in the car. ‘I got a bit car sick,’ she laughs, ‘But I just had to document it. There was...’
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Exhibition Invite (pdf)
Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize 2011
Rachel's drawing "Birthday Waterhole Larapinta Trail" has been selected to be represented in the Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize which opens on 25th February 2011.
For more infomation please see:
www.plc.nsw.edu.au
Distant Bridges
18 January - 5 February 2011
The Distant Bridges exhibition for Amnesty International is a beautiful charity exhibition in support of refugees.
This exhibition includes 2 of Rachel's ocean paintings - an interpretation of the theme "The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins with a Single Step" by Chinese Philosopher Lao Tse.
For more infomation please see: www.ngart.com.au