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Frank Boyle was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1960 and has been living in Australia since 1982.

He began art studies at Seaforth Tafe in 1997 and then decided to study art full time at the National Art School from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2000.

Frank has had successful solo exhibitions at Groundfloor Gallery and Beatty Gallery and has exhibited in many group shows including exhibitions at Mary Place Gallery, the Styx Project at Mori Gallery and the Redlands Westpac Art Prize. In 2001 he won the Sail Expo Working Artists Prize.

From 2000 to 2008 he painted murals with Sydney artist Rodney Monk producing works for Westmead Children’s Hospital, The Roads and Traffic Authority and Rail Infrastructure Corporation among others.
Frank has been predominantly a landscape painter producing paintings inspired by the Scottish landscapes of his childhood and the NSW south coast. These paintings, in oil and acrylic, have become an important part of his studio practice.

Frank lived and painted in India for a 12-month period in 2008/9, where inspired by the colours and culture around him, he began working on a series of traditional figurative paintings and was invited to exhibit at Sam’s Art Hub, a local gallery in Mumbai. As a result of his visits to India he has produced a body of work that combines figure studies with an ethereal landscape background.

Currently, Frank lives in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

Born

Glasgow, Scotland 1960

Moved to Australia in 1982
Worked in the sheet metal industry from 1977 to 2007
Painted 14 murals with Sydney artist Rodney Monk
Lived and painted in Mumbai, India for 12 months 2008-9
Currently living in the Blue Mountains NSW
Full-time studio practice since 2007
Member of Blue Mountains Artists Company

Education

BA Fine Arts (Painting) National Art School, Sydney 2000

Solo Exhibitions

2013 Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, Sydney
2007 “Landscapes and Memories” Beatty Gallery, Sydney
2005 ‘Contemplation” Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney

Group Exhibitions

2012 Art Expo Sydney
2007 “Great Southern Land” Beatty Gallery, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize
2006 “Paper, Rocks, Paintings” Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair
Art Sydney 06
Mosman Art Prize
2005 “Trinity” Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney
Art Sydney 05
Melbourne Affordable Art Show
Infusion 2005, National Art School
Waverley Art Prize
Willoughby Art Prize
2004 Spectrum 2004, Parliament House, Sydney
Infusion 2004, National Art School
ASX Reuters Charity Foundation
Waverley Art Prize
2003 “Barking Up The Wrong Tree”, Mori Gallery, Sydney
Waverley Art Prize
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Regional Gallery
Mary Place Gallery
2002 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
“Outback and Beyond” National Art School
2001 Waverley Art Prize
“Allumination”, National Art School
2000 Waverley Art Prize (Highly Commended)
Mosman 2000 Residents Exhibition
Mosman Art Prize

Awards

2001 First Prize “Sail Expo” Working Artists Prize
2000 Stuart Purves Australian Galleries Painting Prize

Media Articles

2002 Lenny Ann Lowe “Toy With Me”
Sydney Morning Herald April 13
2000 Charles Maynard “Dream’s Coming True”
Mosman Daily April 13