Kevin Foley
Born 1955
"I have a studio located on a small farm at Mia Mia. My work captures the reality & raw beauty of the Central Victorian landscape in which I am based. The work is always literal in its depictions, but behind its imagery & its specific ties to my surrounds it conveys something a little more abstract: the soul & energy of the Australian landscape and the lives lived upon it. This Spirit of the environment does not require much digging to access, we just have to take a moment to look & observe." Kevin Foley 2021
Biographical Notes:
1955 Born Melbourne Australia.
1977-79 Studied Fine Art at Preston Institute of Tech.
1980 Studied Dip. Ed. at Melbourne State College.
1982-95 Art teacher, State and Independent Schools.
1985-09 Stained Glass Studio Work.
1999-10 Part-time teaching/Printmaking.
2010- Printmaking
Exhibitions:
1979 Final Year Printmakers, PITSPACE Bundoora.
1984 Ceci Cairns Exhibition Space, Carlton.
1993 Pigtail Gallery, Fitzroy.
2003 Dog & Sheep Show, Artholes, Fitzroy.
2005 Paddocks & Sails, Artholes, Fitzroy.
2005-9 Linden Postcard Show, St.Kilda.
2006 Art Melbourne06, Exhibition Building, Fitzroy.
2006 Feathers & Fur, Marks & Gardner Gallery, Queensland.
2006 Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre.
2007 Diaspora, ACU Gallery, Fitzroy.
2007-08 Ebden-Small Gallery, Kyneton.
2008-09,11 Outback Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery.
2010 Burke & Wills Expedition Exhibition, Mia Mia.
2010 Small & Unique Summer Salon, Port Jackson Press.
2011 The Tree, Port Jackson Press Print Room, Fitzroy.
2011 Pressing Issues, Castlemaine Visual Arts Biennial.
2011 Art Melbourne, Exhibition Buildings, Fitzroy.
2011 Winter Salon, Cascade Print Workshop, Maldon.
2011 The Country Trail, Lauriston Press, Kyneton.