Merrick Fry

Merrick Fry is an Australian artist who was born in Bathurst in 1950.[1] Fry studied at the East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art School) from 1970 to 1972,[2] graduating in 1973[3]

In 1985, Fry wrote and illustrated Stick in the Mud.[4] In the same year, critic John Macdonald described his work as an "intimate view of the bush".[5]

Fry created the images for the Wooly Mammoth Campaign and Annandale Heritage Festival.[6]

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery has 25 works by Merrick Fry.[7] In 2013 the Bathurst Gallery hosted a retrospective exhibition of Fry's work "Merrick Fry: A Life Looked At"[8]

In 2014, Fry was commissioned to install a work in the foyer of the SMART Infrastructure Facility at Wollongong University.[9]

Collections

  • National Gallery of Australia's collection of Australian Prints[10]
  • Big country road, UNSW Art Collection[11]
  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Collection[12]
  • ‘Damed Breakaway’ Gatineau Jackson Art Collection[13]
  • University of Western Sydney[14]

Awards

  • 2001 Jackson Smith Sculpture Prize, Defiance Gallery, Sydney[15]
  • 1985 Visual Arts Board Grant, New York Studio residency, USA[15]
  • 1979 Selected, George's Art Prize, Melbourne[16]
  • 1972 Mirror-Waratah Painting Prize, Sydney[15]
  • 1972 National Art School Drawing Prize, Sydney[15]

Exhibitions

In 2015, Merrick Fry had a major exhibition – The Charmer's Picnic.[17]

Merrick Fry has had solo and group exhibitions including with Janet Dawson in Sydney in 2010[18] and they are exhibiting together in Goulbourn in 2015[19] In 1986, a critic wrote of Fry's work: "His surfaces of seemingly agitated linear activity gradually reveal a meaningful structure of landscape."[20]

In August 2013, the Bathurst Regional Gallery hosted an extensive survey exhibition of Merrick Fry's art[21]

References

  1. "[Biographical cuttings on Merrick Fry, artist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]". Trove. 5 December 2018.
  2. "Merick Fry Early Work (1970s)". Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. Biographies Design and Art Australia Online http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/544252?c=people Archived 28 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Fry, Merrick (5 December 1985). "Stick in the Mud". Balgowlah, N.S.W. : Boobook via Trove.
  5. An intimate view of the Bush, Galleries, John Macdonald, pg 14, The Sydney Morning Herald – Oct 18, 1985, viewed 20 February 2015
  6. "Merrick Fry in Annandale".
  7. ARROW, BRENDAN (25 August 2010). "City's collection valued at $5.6m". Western Advocate.
  8. Fry, Merrick; Hale, author.), Ann; Perram, ), Richard; institutions), Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (5 December 2018). "Merrick Fry : a life looked at". Bathurst, N.S.W. Bathurst regional Art Gallery via Trove.
  9. "Installation October 2014,SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong". Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  10. "FRY, Merrick (1950–) · Related works · Australian Prints + Printmaking". printsandprintmaking.gov.au.
  11. "Item – Big country roadID UNSW P 1976/0026 (082134)". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  12. BRAG Catalog Archived 18 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  13. Gatineau Jackson Art Collection Archived 20 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  14. "Art by Year – Virtual Tours". virtualtours.uws.edu.au. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  15. "Merrick Fry". Merrick Fry. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  16. "The Age – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  17. Merrick Fry: The Charmer's Picnic, Hamilton Design Glass Blog, http://www.stainedglass.com.au/page/Merrick_Fry%3A_The_Charmer%27s_Picnic Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  18. "Coppola Dawson Fry (2010)". Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  19. JANET DAWSON with Merrick Fry – Their Everyday Archived 18 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine (6 February – 7 March 2015)
  20. 1986 'Features ART One trio, three treats.', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995), 19 August, p. 10, viewed 21 January 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119469625
  21. AUG1 Floor talk by Merrick Fry, Artist. https://www.facebook.com/events/302365816565769/
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