Vincent Fantauzzo

Vincent Fantauzzo (born 1977, Manchester, England), is a Melbourne-based Australian portrait artist known for his award winning portraits of Heath Ledger, Matt Moran, Brandon Walters, Emma Hack, Baz Luhrmann, Asher Keddie and his son Luca. He has won the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, the Archibald Packing Room Prize, and the Archibald People's Choice Award four times.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Fantauzzo was born in England in 1977 and spent his very early years in Manchester. His family migrated to Australia when he was a child. He has a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) (2003) and a Master of Fine Art (2005) from RMIT University, Melbourne. He has had solo exhibitions at Dianne Tanzer Gallery in Melbourne in 2007 and 2008 and in Mumbai India in 2007. He won the 2003 Tolarno RMIT Partnership Prize and was a finalist in the 2007 Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize, DLAP, Whyalla Art Award and Duke Gold Coast Art Prize.[2]

In 2008 he was awarded an artist’s residency at Chancery Lane Gallery in Hong Kong where he had a solo exhibition. He has also had solo exhibitions at the L.A art fair and at Sydney’s Boutwell Draper Gallery, which coincided with the opening of the Archibald. He was a finalist in 2008’s Metro 5 Art Award, EMSC Award and Duke Gold Coast Art Prize.[3]

Fantauzzo was chosen to paint the official portrait of Julia Gillard in 2017.[7]

Selected works

  • 2008 Heath - (Heath Ledger) Archibald People's Choice 2008 [2]
  • 2009 Brandon - (Brandon Walters) Archibald People's Choice 2009 [3]
  • 2011 Matt Moran - Archibald Packing Room Prize 2011 [4][8]
  • 2011 Baz Luhrmann "Off Screen" - Doug Moran National Portrait Prize[9]
  • 2013 Love Face - (Asher Keddie) Archibald People's Choice 2013 [5]
  • 2014 All that's good in me - (self-portrait as son Luca) Archibald People's Choice 2014 [6]

Family

Fantauzzo has a son, Luca, born 2010, by his first wife, Michelle.[1]

He has a second son, Valentino, with his second wife, Asher Keddie. Fantauzzo met Keddie in 2012 after both had separated from their spouses. Fantauzzo's 2012 portrait of Keddie won the People's Choice Award at the 2013 Archibald Prize. They married in April 2014.[10] On 1 March 2015, the couple welcomed their first child.[11][12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Asher's brush with love again". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Winner: People's Choice 2008, www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
  3. 1 2 3 Winner: People's Choice 2009, www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
  4. 1 2 Winner: Packing Room Prize 2011, www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
  5. 1 2 Winner: People's Choice 2013, www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
  6. 1 2 Winner: People's Choice 2014, www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
  7. ↑ "Gillard delighted with her portrait artist". SBS News. AAP. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. ↑ Photo of Fantauzzo and Moran with the portrait, 8 April 2011, news.com.au
  9. ↑ 2011 National Portrait Prize Winner, www.moranprizes.com.au
  10. ↑ "Asher Keddie marries Vincent Fantauzzo in Fiji". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Asher Keddie and Vincent Fantauzzo welcome first child". 17 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  12. ↑ http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/asher-keddie-opens-up-on-her-baby-son-valentino/story-fnet08xa-1227278715587
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