Stieg Persson
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Stieg Persson | |
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| Born | Melbourne, Australia |
| Education | Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne |
| Known for | Contemporary art |
| Movement | Postmodernism |
| Awards | Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize |
Stieg Persson is an Australian contemporary artist whose work is represented in all of the country's major art museums.
Early life and education
Stieg Persson was born in Melbourne, Australia.
His undergraduate studies were at the Victorian College of the Arts from 1979 to 1981. He completed a master's degree from the same institution in 1998.
Career
Persson has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Australia and internationally since the early 1980s and is represented in all of the country's major art museums.
Considered among the first of the country's postmodern painters, Persson's early work is characterised by his eclectic source material, monochromatic palettes, the use of arabesques and a free interplay between abstraction and figuration. His more recent paintings have tended towards abstraction.
In 2003 he won the inaugural Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize from the Bendigo Art Gallery (then Australia's richest open painting prize), worth $50,000.[1]
In 2018 he was the subject of a major survey. Polyphonic, at the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Large, layered and now it's worth $50,000". The Age. 9 November 2003. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
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