Jules Sher


“I don’t paint the landscape as I see it, but as I remember and feel it — reduced to essential forms and space.”

– Jules Sher 

Jules Sher is a celebrated abstract landscape painter based in Perth, Western Australia, whose work captures the vast light, space and horizon of the Australian landscape in refined colour fields. Having studied at the Johannesburg Art School and the Central School of Art in London, Sher migrated to Australia in 1967. There, he developed a distinctive style blending realism and abstraction, often using a constant horizon line to balance earth and sky. Drawing on memory, mood and aerial perspective, his paintings transform the Western Australian landscape into contemplative, atmospheric compositions that evoke both place and feeling. His work is represented in major national and state collections, and he is recognised for his ability to translate the monumental silence and power of the land into a timeless visual language.

 About the Artist

    • Born 1934 in Johannesburg, SA. Lives and works in Perth

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions

    • 2024
      Studio Gallery, Yallingup, WA

    • 2023
      Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 2021
      Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 2019
      Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 2018
      Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 2016
      Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 2015
      Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 2013
      Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 2011
      Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 2010
      Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA

    • 2009
      Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 2007
      Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA

    • 2006
      Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA

    • 2005
      Mahoneys Galleries, Melbourne, VIC

    • 2004
      Australian Art Resources, Sydney, NSW

    • 2003
      Stafford Studios, Perth, WA
      Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA

    • 2002
      Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
      Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA

    • 2000
      Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
      Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA

    • 1999
      Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA
      Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

    • 1998
      Perth Galleries, Perth, WA
      Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

    • 1997
      Editions Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
      Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT

    • 1996
      Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA
      Perth Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 1995
      Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
      Perth Galleries, Perth, WA
      Editions Galleries, Melbourne, VIC

    • 1994
      Perth Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 1993
      Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

    • 1991
      Perth Galleries, Perth, WA
      Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

    • 1990
      Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

    • 1989
      Perth Galleries, Perth, WA

    • 1987
      Greenhill Gallery, Perth, WA

    • 1986
      Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney, NSW

    • 1984
      Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney, NSW

    • 1982
      Art Director’s Gallery, Sydney, NSW

    • 1970
      Linda Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

    • 1967
      Clune Galleries, Sydney, NSW

    • 1961
      Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

    • 1960
      Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

    • 1959
      New Vision Gallery, London, UK

    Selected Group Exhibitions

    • 2024
      In Conversation with Christian Fletcher, Linton & Kay Galleries, Cottesloe, WA

    • 2017
      25th Anniversary, Prize Winners Exhibition, Cossack Art Awards, WA

    • 2012
      Mazenod College, Invited Artist
      Cossack Art Award, Invited Artist
      Through the Artist’s Eye – New Norcia Collection, Art on the Move

    • 2011
      10th Anniversary Exhibition, Linton & Kay Galleries, Subiaco, WA

    • 2008
      November Focus, Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA

    • 2007
      4 Painters, Elements Gallery, Perth, WA

    • 2006
      Four Views, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, NSW
      4 Painters, Elements Gallery, Perth, WA

    • 2003
      Art 03 – The Western Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Fremantle, WA

    • 2001
      A Taste of Western Australian Art, Francesco Cozza Gallery, Stilo, Italy
      Five Sydney Years, Australian Art Resources, Volvo Gallery, Sydney, NSW

    • 2000
      Port Jackson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, USA

    • 1999
      Selected Artist – International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney, NSW
      The Perth Mint Centenary Art Prize, Perth, WA

    • 1998
      Invited Artist – Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
      Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC

    • 1997
      Invited Artist – Redlands, NSW
      Westpac Art Prize, Sydney, NSW

    • 1995
      Mandorla Art Award, WA Regional Gallery Tour – Geraldton & Kalgoorlie, WA

    • 1992–1994
      Invited Artist – Mandorla Religious Art Prize, WA

    • 1992–1993
      Invited Artist – WA Group Show, Austrade, Hong Kong

    • 1992
      Invited Artist – 100 Years of Gold Mining, Perth Mint, Perth, WA

    • 1991
      Invited Artist – Metamorphosis, New Collectables Gallery, Fremantle, WA

    • 1990
      Australian Contemporary Art Fair 2, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

    • 1968–1970
      HC Richard Memorial Prize Exhibitions, Queensland Art Gallery

    • 1963
      SA Painters Past & Present, Adler Fielding Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

    • 1962
      South Africa in Modern Art, National Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    • 1960–1962
      Contemporary Art Show, South African Council of Arts, Pretoria, South Africa

    • 1960
      Commonwealth Group Show, Cardiff, UK

    • 1959
      New Vision Group, New Vision Gallery, London, UK
      Drian Gallery, London, UK
      South African Painters in Europe, Woodstock Gallery, London, UK

  • Selected Awards

    • 2002
      First Prize, Best Overall Work, Cossack Art Award, WA

    • 2001
      Cossack Art Awards – Prize Winner, Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd

    • 1994
      Finalist, Mandorla Religious Art Prize, Fremantle, WA

    • 1992
      First Prize, Hamersley Iron & Associates, Cossack Art Award, WA

    • 1991
      First Prize, WA DILGEA Migrant Art Award

    • 1989
      First Prize, Gallery Australia Exhibition, Perth, WA

    • 1983
      Finalist, Faber-Castell Art Prize, Art Directors Gallery, Sydney, NSW

    • 1981
      Prize Winner, Berrima Art Show, NSW

    • 1969
      Perth Prize for Drawing Exhibition, WA Art Gallery, Perth, WA

    • 1967
      Transfield Art Prize, Bonython Galleries, Sydney, NSW

    • 1963
      Prize Winner, Gallery 101 / U.A.T. Airlines Scholarship, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Corporate Collections

    • Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, WA

    • The Wesfarmers Collection, Perth, WA

    • The State Bank Collection, Sydney, NSW

    • Australian Bankers Association Collection, VIC

    • Department of Immigration, Perth, WA

    • Goldfields Art Centre Collection, Kalgoorlie, WA

    • New Norcia Regional Art Gallery, WA

    • WA Attorney-General Collection

    • AMP Art Collection, Sydney, NSW

    • King Edward Hospital, Perth, WA

    • Insurance Council of Australia

    • Hollywood Private Hospital, Perth, WA (1997)

    • Hale School, Performing Arts Centre, WA

    • Sheraton Airport Hotel, Sydney, NSW

    • NuFarm Collection, VIC

    • Grundy Television, Sydney, NSW

    • WA Dept of Meteorology, Perth, WA

    • ANA Hotel, Sydney, NSW

    • Concord Resources Ltd, Sydney, NSW

    • University Superannuation Board, VIC

    • Park Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

    • The Art Trust, Melbourne, VIC

    • Multiplex, Sydney, NSW

    • Colonial First State, Melbourne, VIC

    • Citibank, Sydney, NSW

    • International Trade Centre, Sydney, NSW

    • Cambridge Council, Perth, WA

    • Quay West, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC

    • Shire of Roebourne Collection, WA

    • AM International Collection, Stilo, Italy

    • Abbingdon Science Park, UK

    • Graphis Collection, Hong Kong

    • Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation, South Africa

    • John Schlesinger Collection, South Africa

    • Sanlam Collection, Belville, South Africa

    • The Bellisario Collection, Sydney, NSW

    Private Collections
    Australia, Canada, Israel, Switzerland, South Africa, Singapore, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, Italy, Holland, and Austria.

Works by the Artist

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