Joe Frost
Born 1974, Sydney, Australia
Studies
1992-1995
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons 1)
University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts
1999-2002
Master of Fine Arts
University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts
Teaching
1998-2001
Tutor,Waverley-Woollahra Arts Centre
1999
Tutor, Contemporary Art Workshops, Sydney
2000-2009
Sessional Lecturer, UNSW College of Fine Arts
2003-2009
Sessional Lecturer, National Art School
2005-2006
Visiting Lecturer, Meadowbank TAFE
2006-2007
Teacher, Drawing Techniques Class, Art Gallery of New South Wales Society
Solo Exhibitions
2000
Paintings and Drawings Legge Gallery
2001
Drawings Legge Gallery
2002
Paintings and Watercolours Legge Gallery
2003
Paintings Legge Gallery
2004
Paintings Legge Gallery
2005
Paintings and Drawings Legge Gallery
2007
Cityscapes, Portraits & Still Lifes Legge Gallery
2008
Paintings Legge Gallery
Group Exhibitions
1995
NSW Travelling Art Scholarship COFA Gallery, Sydney
Honours 1995 COFA Gallery, Sydney
Graduating Exhibition UNSW COFA Gallery, Sydney
1997
Young Artists. Painting Prize Berrima District Art Aociety
Willoughby City Art Prize Sydney
Waverly Art Prize Sydney
1998
Lloyd Rees Youth Art Award ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney
Willoughby City Art Prize Sydney
Waverly Art Prize Sydney
Artists' Bookes and Multiples Fair '98 Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
Renegade Library South Manitoba Regional Gallery, Canada
1999
Cityscapes Level Gallery, Newtown, Sydney
Willoughy City Art Prize Sydney
Waverly Art Prize Sydney
Group show Legge Gallery
Mixed Media Legge Gallery
2000
Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Triangle The International Drawing Research Institute, Newbery Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
2001
Paris Days - The UNSW Studio in Paris Ivan Dougherty Gallery
Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre Tutors' Show
Packsaddle New England Region Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales
Legge Gallery Painters Use Atelier Artists' Acrylic Legge Gallery
2002
Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Redlands Westpac Art Prize Mosman Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
Summer Show Legge Gallery
2003
Paintings with Drawings Legge Gallery
Summer Show Legge Gallery
2004
Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Packsaddle New England Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales
2005
Works on Paper Legge Gallery
Artists' Artists Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
Walking the Line National Art School, Sydney
Legge Gallery at Big Star Gallery Adelaide
The Defiance Drawing Show Defiance Gallery, Sydney
(Going) Out There Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
Carnevale Art Bishop Barry Centre, Sydney
The Year in Art S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney
Summer Show Legge Gallery
2006
Same Place, Many Views Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Drawcard 2006 NAtional Art School, Sydney
Who Cares? Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
Landscape Show Legge Gallery
Works on Paper Legge Gallery
View of Maitland from the Riverbank Maitland Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
Melbourne Art Fair 2006 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Kedumba Drawing Prize Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls
Redlands Westpac Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Urban Theme Legge Gallery
Summer Show Legge Gallery
2007
Works on Paper Legge Gallery
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Adelaide Perry Gallery
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Art Sydney 07 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2004
Paintings Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney
Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery
2008
Kedumba Drawing Prize Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls
King's School Art Prize King's School, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair 08 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2009
Works on Paper Legge Gallery
The Drawing Show Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Collections
Artbank
Kedumba Gallery
Macquarie Bank
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Sydney Presbyterian Ladies' College
Prizes and Scholarships
1997 1st Prize - Young Artists' Painting Prize Berimma Art Society
1998 Highly Commended Lloyd Rees Youth Art Award
1999 Australian Postgraduate Award, University of New South Wales
2001 Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris (UNSW studio)
2003 Residency, St Patrick's College, Strathfield
2007 Winner (joint) Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing
Bibliography
Bootes, Jackie: Arts listing, The City Hub, 8-114 April 1999
Iaccarino, Clara: Open Gallery,The Sydney Morning Herald, 17-18 February 1007
Low, Lenny Ann: Works on Paper - Joe Frost and Richard Lewer, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12-13 March 2005
McDonald, John: The Australian Landscape Revisited, the Sydney Morning Herald, 10-11 September 2005
McDonald, John: A Palette of Local Colour, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3-4 November 2007
Metro: The Sydney Morning Herald, 8-14 March 2002
Shaw, Kim: Artist's brush with fame, Northern District Times, 11 April 2001
Smee, Sebastian: Galleries, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 April 1999
Smee, Sebastian: Galleries, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 October 1999
Smee, Sebastian: The Ground Crew, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 March 2000
Smee, Sebastian: Transcending the mundane, The Australian, 11 October 2005
Smee, Sebastian: Show Me the Money, Weekend Australian, 9-10 October 2004
View of Maitland from the riverbank, Catalogue, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, June 2006
Yates, Peter: Some thoughts on Joe Frost's Paintings, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, May 2007
Other
Founder and editor of A Public of Individuals art magazine, 2002-03
Secretary, Imaging the Land International Research Institute, UNSW College of Fine Arts, 2004-07
Regular contributer to Artist Profile magazine, 2008-09