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
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Born 1934 in Johannesburg, SA. Lives and works in Perth
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Studio Gallery, Yallingup, WA2023
Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA2021
Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA2019
Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA2018
Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA2016
Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA2015
Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA2013
Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA2011
Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA2010
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA2009
Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA2007
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA2006
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA2005
Mahoneys Galleries, Melbourne, VIC2004
Australian Art Resources, Sydney, NSW2003
Stafford Studios, Perth, WA
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA2002
Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA2000
Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA1999
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW1998
Perth Galleries, Perth, WA
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW1997
Editions Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT1996
Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA
Perth Galleries, Perth, WA1995
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Perth Galleries, Perth, WA
Editions Galleries, Melbourne, VIC1994
Perth Galleries, Perth, WA1993
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW1991
Perth Galleries, Perth, WA
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW1990
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW1989
Perth Galleries, Perth, WA1987
Greenhill Gallery, Perth, WA1986
Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney, NSW1984
Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney, NSW1982
Art Director’s Gallery, Sydney, NSW1970
Linda Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa1967
Clune Galleries, Sydney, NSW1961
Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa1960
Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa1959
New Vision Gallery, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
In Conversation with Christian Fletcher, Linton & Kay Galleries, Cottesloe, WA2017
25th Anniversary, Prize Winners Exhibition, Cossack Art Awards, WA2012
Mazenod College, Invited Artist
Cossack Art Award, Invited Artist
Through the Artist’s Eye – New Norcia Collection, Art on the Move2011
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Linton & Kay Galleries, Subiaco, WA2008
November Focus, Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA2007
4 Painters, Elements Gallery, Perth, WA2006
Four Views, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, NSW
4 Painters, Elements Gallery, Perth, WA2003
Art 03 – The Western Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Fremantle, WA2001
A Taste of Western Australian Art, Francesco Cozza Gallery, Stilo, Italy
Five Sydney Years, Australian Art Resources, Volvo Gallery, Sydney, NSW2000
Port Jackson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, USA1999
Selected Artist – International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney, NSW
The Perth Mint Centenary Art Prize, Perth, WA1998
Invited Artist – Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC1997
Invited Artist – Redlands, NSW
Westpac Art Prize, Sydney, NSW1995
Mandorla Art Award, WA Regional Gallery Tour – Geraldton & Kalgoorlie, WA1992–1994
Invited Artist – Mandorla Religious Art Prize, WA1992–1993
Invited Artist – WA Group Show, Austrade, Hong Kong1992
Invited Artist – 100 Years of Gold Mining, Perth Mint, Perth, WA1991
Invited Artist – Metamorphosis, New Collectables Gallery, Fremantle, WA1990
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 2, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC1968–1970
HC Richard Memorial Prize Exhibitions, Queensland Art Gallery1963
SA Painters Past & Present, Adler Fielding Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa1962
South Africa in Modern Art, National Gallery, Seoul, Korea1960–1962
Contemporary Art Show, South African Council of Arts, Pretoria, South Africa1960
Commonwealth Group Show, Cardiff, UK1959
New Vision Group, New Vision Gallery, London, UK
Drian Gallery, London, UK
South African Painters in Europe, Woodstock Gallery, London, UK
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Selected Awards
2002
First Prize, Best Overall Work, Cossack Art Award, WA2001
Cossack Art Awards – Prize Winner, Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd1994
Finalist, Mandorla Religious Art Prize, Fremantle, WA1992
First Prize, Hamersley Iron & Associates, Cossack Art Award, WA1991
First Prize, WA DILGEA Migrant Art Award1989
First Prize, Gallery Australia Exhibition, Perth, WA1983
Finalist, Faber-Castell Art Prize, Art Directors Gallery, Sydney, NSW1981
Prize Winner, Berrima Art Show, NSW1969
Perth Prize for Drawing Exhibition, WA Art Gallery, Perth, WA1967
Transfield Art Prize, Bonython Galleries, Sydney, NSW1963
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.
111 x 101cm