ARTIST BIO

TIM O'SHEA

Website:   www.tim-oshea-art.com

Instagram: @tim_oshea_art

 Educational Details

1999 Graduated from the University of SA with a Bachelor of Education – Secondary Art/Design

(Awarded Membership of the Golden Key National Honour Society)

Professional Appointment

Visual Arts Teacher at St Peter’s College, Adelaide SA

Art Studio

Central Studios, 109-119 Grote Street, Adelaide SA

Art Awards

2015     Walkerville Art Exhibition, highly commended painting in show (adjudicated by Peter Goers)

2012     Walkerville Art Exhibition, awarded best painting in show (adjudicated by Peter Walker Fine Art

2009     Finalist in Australia’s premier natural history art exhibition, The Waterhouse Art Prize, South Australian Museum

2008     Finalist in Australia’s premier landscape painting exhibition, Fleurieu Biennale, The Art of Food and Wine Prize and The Fleurieu Peninsula Vistas Prize

2006     Finalist in The Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale, The Water Prize

2005     Corporation of the Town of Walkerville, Art Acquisition Prize (best painting 2005)

1999    University of South Australia – Annual Art Purchase Prize Award

Solo Exhibitions

2014     ‘Decade’, Mockingbird Lounge, Glenelg South

2013     ‘Palette’, Rymill Winery – Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival

2011     ‘Bask’, Flinders Medical Centre, Promenade Gallery – SALA Festival

2009     ‘First Impressions’, Zest Café Gallery, Glenelg, Adelaide – SALA Festival

2006     ‘Views’, Zest Café Gallery, Glenelg, Adelaide Fringe Festival

2005     ‘Rundle Streetscapes’, Exeter Hotel, Adelaide

2005        ‘Tram Lines’, Bay Discovery Centre Gallery, Glenelg Town Hall

Group and Selected Exhibitions

2015     Invited artist at Art Images Gallery, Norwood, Adelaide (Paintings for summer)

2015     Central Studios SALA exhibition – Grote Street, Adelaide

2015     Turkey Flat vineyards – Central Studios collective – Barossa Valley

2013     Sussex St Records and Art Space – Fringe Show – Group Exhibition (4 artists)

2012     St Peter’s College ‘Oaktree Foundation Exhibition’ – Group Exhibition

2011     St Peter’s College ‘Oaktree Foundation Exhibition’ – Group Exhibition

2010     St Peter’s College Sailing Club Exhibition – Group Exhibition

2010     Flinders Medical Centre Promenade Gallery – Group Exhibition

2009     Greenhill Galleries, North Adelaide, ‘The Australia Day Show’

2009        Victor Harbor Art Show

2009     Flinders Medical Centre – Promenade Gallery – Group Exhibition

2009     Paintings on show at Red Poles Gallery, McLaren Vale, SA

2008     Invited artist in the Fleurieu Biennale Invitational Exhibition

2007     Lacy Road Gallery, Putney, London. Summer Exhibition of paintings

2006     ‘Works from Studio 52’, Tin Cat Café Gallery, - Collaborative exhibition with Stephen James

2006     ‘Objects and Images’, St Ignatius’ College, (invited artists group exhibition)

2006     Glenelg Art Gallery

Collections

Flinders Medical Centre, University of South Australia, Town of Walkerville, SA, Chapel Hill Winery (commission), McLaren Vale, Walkerville Chiropractic Clinic, SA, Zest Café Gallery, SA, Glenelg Art Gallery, SA, Tin Cat Gallery Restaurant, SA, Private Collections: United Kingdom, South Korea, India, Sydney, Melbourne, Alice Springs, Perth and Adelaide.

Media

ABC's Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb - Cory Barnardi - Paintings on show, SA Life magazine, April 2015. Cover design for book, ‘The Greenies Guide to the end of the world’, Rev. Dr Theodore McCall, 2012 Channel 9 television series ‘Postcards’ (‘Tramlines’ exhibition), BBC World Radio,

Adelaide Matters magazine articles (‘Rundle Streetscapes’, ‘Views’), The Guardian Newspaper (‘The Waterhouse Prize’, ‘Tramlines’), SA Life magazine, The Adelaide Advertiser (Education), The Adelaide Advertiser (Arts, ‘Tramlines’)

Tim O’Shea was born in 1977 and grew up in Adelaide. He gained a Bachelor of Education: Secondary Art Design from the University of South Australia. He has been a teacher of Art and Design since and is a committed artist. As a coastal dweller and keen sailor his paintings are often inspired by the beach, sea, coastal landscapes and vineyards. Living in London for a period, travelling extensively and teaching art at the prestigious King’s College School provided life-changing experiences that added a new dimension to his work.  They are a tapestry of moments experienced, memories captured and unforgettable accounts of travel. He has been a finalist in the world’s premier Landscape Art award, The Fleurieu Art Prize on three occasions and a finalist in Australia’s leading Natural History Art award, The Waterhouse Prize. His work has been shown in galleries in Adelaide and London, has held several successful solo exhibitions and still continues to exhibit widely.  His work is held in private and corporate collections in Australia and overseas. Tim O’Shea is a teaching member of the Art Faculty at St Peter’s College, Adelaide. He still remains an avid traveller.