PARADISE OF EXILES
ALEXANDER MCKENZIE
ALEXANDER MCKENZIE
PARADISE OF EXILES
10 NOVEMBER - 3 DECEMBER 2022
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© All images copyright Alexander McKenzie
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COMPILER: James Edwards
PHOTOGRAPHER: Jenni Carter
COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney
Cover Image: While in Exile the Sailor Makes Good the Fortress 2022, oil on linen, 167 x 214 cm (detail)
LIST OF WORKS
1. While in Exile the Sailor Makes Good the Fortress, 2022, oil on linen, 167 x 214 cm
2. Place for Peacocks, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 102 cm
3. The Kingdom is Within You, 2022, oil on linen, 153 x 137 cm
4. Exile or Escape, 2022, oil on linen, 153 x 137 cm
5. Wreck of the Sailor, 2022, oil on linen, 137 x 137 cm
6. An Island to Herself, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 91.5 cm
7. Planted by the Waters, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 122 cm
8. End of an Endless Era, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 228 cm
9. More than a Conqueror, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 102 cm
10. The Gardener’s Night Song, 2022, oil on linen, 102 x 81.5 cm
11. Marksman in the Making, 2022, oil on linen, 102 x 102 cm
12. Return of the Gardener, 2022, oil on linen, 153 x 137 cm
13. Paradise of Exiles, 2022, oil on linen, 167 x 122 cm
14. Snakes and Eagles, 2022, oil on linen, 102 x 102 cm
15. Coming of the Lighthorse, 2022, oil on linen, 102 x 81.5 cm
16. In the Midst of a Raging Storm, 2022, oil on linen, 153 x 137 cm
17. Hope on Big Island, 2022, oil on linen, 153 x 183 cm
While in Exile the Sailor Makes Good the Fortress, 2022, oil on linen, 167 x 214 cm
Place for Peacocks, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 102 cm The Kingdom is Within You, 2022, oil on linen, 153 x 137 cm
Exile or Escape, 2022, oil on linen, 153 x 137 cm
Wreck of the Sailor, 2022, oil on linen, 137 x 137 cm
An Island
to Herself, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 91.5 cm , 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 122 cm
End of an Endless Era, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 228 cm
More than a Conqueror, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 102 cm
The Gardener’s Night Song, 2022, oil on linen,
102 x 81.5 cm
Return of the Gardener, 2022, oil on linen, 153 x 137 cmMarksman in the Making, 2022, oil on linen, 102 x 102 cm
Paradise of Exiles, 2022, oil on linen, 167 x 122 cm
Snakes and Eagles, 2022, oil on linen, 102 x 102 cm
In the
Midst of a Raging Storm, 2022, oil on linen,
153 x 137 cmComing
of the Lighthorse
, 2022, oil on
linen,
102 x 81.5 cm
Hope on Big Island, 2022, oil on linen, 153 x 183 cm
Alexander McKenzie
Born 1971 Sydney, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Paradise of Exiles, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2021 The Source, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2020 Escape to the Palmeraie, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2019 Niwa, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2018 Seen Across Water, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2018 The Adventurous Gardnener, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
2017 Guida del Giardino Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2016 Katsura, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2015 Edo Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2014 Acarsaid, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Winter Garden, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2022 Sydney Contemporary, Martin Browne Contemproary, Sydney
2022 Melbourne Art Fair Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2021 Summer Group Exhibition, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2020 Summer Group Exhibition, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2016 Fleurieu Art Prize, Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
2016 Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
2014 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2013 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2012 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2012 Tattersalls Landscape Prize, Brisbane
2012 Moran Portrait Prize Sydney
2011 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2011 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2011 Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand, Martin Browne Fine Art
2011 Approach to the Landscape Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2010 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2010 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2010 Silent spaces Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
2009 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2013 The Cairn Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2012 Arboretum, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2011 The Lake Road Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2010 The Keep Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2009 Tending Trees, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2008 Lakeland, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2008 Winter, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2007 Half-Light, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2007 Inner Shore, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2005 New Paintings Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Brown Rudnick Freed & Gesner
Culwulla Chambers, Sydney
Jackson Smith Solicitors, Sydney
Lowensteins, Sydney
Macquarie Bank, Australia
Maitland Regional Gallery
Mercy Health Care, Melbourne
Mudgee Regional Gallery
Park Hyatt, Melbourne
PC, London
Royal Bank of Scotland, Glasgow, Manchester
Sutherland Shire Council, NSW
Tweed Rivers Regional Gallery
University of Queensland Art Museum
Private Australia and International Collections