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Jim Birkett Biography

EDUCATION
1963-63 Carlisle College of Art - Foundation Year Studies
1963-66 Exeter University, College of Art - Bachelor of Art (Honours)
1966-67 University of London, Hornsey College of Art - Post Graduate Studies

QUALIFICATIONS
1966 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Honours
1967 Post Graduate Art Teachers Certificate

SCHOLARSHIPS
1963 Cumbria Education Council - Pipers Exhibition Travelling Scholarship to Paris to study at the Rodin Museum.
1965 Exeter College of Art - Travelling Scholarship to the Soviet Union to study Early 20th Century Modern Art in St Petersberg and Moscow.

EXHIBITIONS
1965 Dartington Hall Gallery - Group Exhibition.
1966 British Consulate in Paris - Group Exhibition.
1967 Camden Passage Gallery, Islington - Drawings - Solo Exhibition.
1968 Waratah Art Prize, Hyde Park - Group Exhibition.
1974 - 76 Gosford Art Prize - Group Exhibition.
1977 - 80 Maitland Art Prize - Group Exhibition.
1983 SMH Heritage Prize - Commonwealth Bank Martin Place - Group Exhibition.
1983 Kirribilli Centre Gallery - Banksia Drawing Exhibition - Solo Exhibition.
1984 SMH Heritage Prize - Commonwealth Bank Martin Place - Group Exhibition
1991 Gallery 483 Surry Hills - Opening Exhibition- Group Exhibition
1993 Gallery 483 Surry Hills - Toy Boys - Solo Exhibition.
1996 Gallery 483 Glebe - Ice Ground - Solo Exhibition.
1996 Gallery 483 Glebe - Gallery Artists - Group Exhibition
2002 Bower House Gallery, Milton - The Miniature Show - Group Exhibition
2003 Bower House Gallery, Milton - The Erotic Show - Group Exhibition
2003 A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney - Butt Naked - Group Exhibition
2003 A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney - The Dog Show - Group Exhibition
2003 Bower House Gallery, Milton - Jervis Bay Journeys - Solo Exhibition.
2004 A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney - Doggy 2 - Group Exhibition
2004 Queenwood Mosman - Vision - Group Exhibition
2004 Bower House Gallery, Milton - The Tree in Changing Light - Group Exhibition.
2005 A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney - And other Journeys - Solo Exhibition.
2005 Bower House Gallery, Milton - Room Enough - Group Exhibition
2005 Queenwood Mosman - Vision 2 - Group Exhibition
2005 Butterfactory Gallery, Pyree - Journey Through Time - Solo Exhibition
2005 Soda Gallery, Sydney - Finalist Small Painting Prize
2006 A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney - Doggy 3 - Group Exhibition
2006 Forest Gallery, Bateman’s Bay - Gallery Exhibition
2006 Gallery 460, Central Coast - Gallery Exhibition
2006 Queenwood Mosman - Vision 3, - Group Exhibition
2006 Shoalhaven Arts Centre - Botanic Journeys - Solo Exhibition
2007 A-Space on Cleveland, - Doggy 4 - Group Exhibition
2007 A-Space on Cleveland, - Weird/Whacky/Wonderful - Group Show
2 007 Glen Street Gallery, by land and sea - Solo Exhibition
2007 Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - Ways of Seeing Exhibition - Invited Group Show
2008 A-Space on Cleveland - Pooch, 6th Annual Dog Show - Invited Group Exhibition
2008 Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - City Collection


POSITIONS
Visual Arts teacher NSW Education, Visual Arts Advisor NSW Education
Lecturer Newcastle CAE, Lecturer Sydney University School of Education
Visual Arts Consultant, Directorate of Studies, NSW Education
Head of Art and Design Queenwood School for Girls, Mosman
Vice President NSW, Australian Institute of Art Education