James Drinkwater
James Drinkwater studied at the National Art School, Sydney (2001) and has held solo exhibitions since 2004 in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle and internationally in London and Singapore. In 2016, the…
BottomJames Drinkwater studied at the National Art School, Sydney (2001) and has held solo exhibitions since 2004 in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle and internationally in London and Singapore. In 2016, the engineering faculty at Monash University commissioned a major sculpture/relief from the artist, which spans 15 metres and hangs at the Clayton Campus. In 2017, Drinkwater collaborated with iconic Australian fashion house ALPHA60 to produce a capsule collection. A survey exhibition The sea calls me by name was held at Newcastle Art Gallery in 2019.
James’s work has been included in group exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally in Berlin, Leipzig, and London. He has been awarded the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship (2014), the John Olsen National Art School Life Drawing Prize (2002) and has been a finalist in many prizes including the Wynne Prize, Sulman Prize and Dobell Drawing Prize. He has undertaken international residencies in Germany, Kenya, Paris, and Tahiti. His work is held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, HOTA Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Newcastle Art Gallery, Artbank, Macquarie Bank, Macquarie University, University of Newcastle, Monash University, and Allens Law firm.