Adrian Lockhart
“I never tire of drawing and painting the figure. Especially after a morning surfing at the beach. Rather than accepting the notion that it’s all been done before, the endless possibilities of discovery and invention have me hooked for life. The method may change from time to time – some are mixed media, others painting only and some are close to abstraction. Initially I work quickly and then come back to layer depth of light and tend the line.”
Adrian Lockhart is an accomplished Australian artist working across painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and artist’s books. He embraces a fluid visual style that moves between figurative, landscape, and abstract forms. His figures evoke body forms without literal representation, inviting personal interpretation.
About the Artist
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*1947 in Queenstown, TAS
Lives and works in Balmain, Sydney, NSW -
Selected Solo Shows
2020 Linton and Kay, Perth.
Jacaranda Images, Amman, Jordan
2019 Metropolis, Geelong
2017 Colville Gallery, Hobart
Metropolis, Geelong
2016 Frances Keevil, Sydney
2015 Book Marks: Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Frances Keevil, Sydney
2014 Metropolis, Geelong
2013 Frances Keevil, Sydney
2011 Beaver Gallery, Canberra
Metropolis, Geelong
Frances Keevil, Sydney
2010 The Salamanca Collection,
Hobart Shorelines, Maitland Regional Gallery
2009 Gadfly Gallery, Perth
2008 William Merrill Gallery
Laguna Beach, California
2007 Beaver Gallery, Canberra Drawings, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2006 The Salamanca Collection, Hobart
2005 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2004 William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2003 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Dickerson Gallery, Sydney.
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
2000 Jan Murphy Gallery, BrisbaneSelected Group Shows
2021 A Conspicuous Object, Maitland Regional Gallery.
Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery
2019 Triumph of Venus, Frances Keevil, Sydney
2017 Finalist, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize
Finalist, Manly Library Artists Book Prize
2015 Finalist, Manly Library Artists Book Prize
Just Paper, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Chroma: The Jim Cobb Gift, Orange Regional Gallery
2013 Finalist, Manning Regional Gallery “Naked & Nude” Art Prize
Finalist, Manly Library Artist Books Prize
2012 The Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition, AGNSW
2011 Finalist, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize
2010 Wilson St. Gallery “Text”
2009 Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
Kedumba Drawing Award Exhibition
Frances Keevil Gallery
2008 “Music”, Salamanca, Hobart
2007 Kedumba Drawing Award Exhibition
2006 William Merrill Gallery, California, Interiors
Black and White, Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
The Chroma Collection, Macquarie Uni. Art Gallery
2006 The Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition, AGNSW
2005 Bon à Tirer: Whaling Road Print Studio, Mosman Art Gallery
2005 10th Anniversary Show, Jan Murphy Gallery
2004-2009 Gadfly, Perth
2004-2009 The Salamanca Collection, Hobart
2004 Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2002-2009 The Bell Gallery, Berrima
2002-2005 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2001 “Works on Paper”, The Bell Gallery, Berrima
2000 Kedumba Drawing Award Exhibition -
Awards
Dobell Prize for Drawing (Art Gallery of NSW)
Finalist in 2006, with the work titled Torn Self‑PortraitKedumba Drawing Award / Collection
His work is included in The Kedumba Collection, one of Australia's pre‑eminent drawing awards and collections
Collections
Lockhart’s work is held in significant public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, New England Regional Art Museum, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, MONA Library, Kedumba Collection, and others.
