Mark Cairns
STUDIES & EMPLOYMENT
1980 Gordon Technical College – TOP – Art Course
1980 Traineeship at Newton & Rowan Graphics
1984 Lance McNeil Art Course – Drawing / Life Drawing
1986 Robert Hollingworth Short Course/Design in Art
1987 Ray French & Associates / Graphic Art & Illustration
1988 The Adworks / Graphic Art & Illustration
1990 Self Employed / Graphic Art & Fine Art
1990 Geelong Fine Arts School – Part time course
1991 Geelong Fine Arts School – Part time course
1993 Art Central – Part-time course
1995 Art Central – Part-time course
1996 Victorian Artist Society – Portraiture
1996 Gordon Tafe
2006 Grovedale West Primary School /Deaf Facility (Voluntary work)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1992 Lossiemouth Restaurant Gallery
1993 ‘The Gallery’ Torquay
1994 ‘The Gallery’ Torquay
1995 ‘The Gallery’ Torquay
1997 Ryrie Street Art Gallery
1998 Without Pier Gallery
1999 Without Pier Gallery
2000 Without Pier Gallery
2001 Without Pier Gallery
2006 Without Pier Gallery
2007 Without Pier Gallery
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1993 Kardinia Picture Framers/Gallery
1996 Ryrie Street Gallery
1997 Alice Bale Art Exhibition- Glen Eira Arts Complex
1998 Art Images Gallery
1999 Art Images Gallery
1999 Momento Art Show
2000 First Settlement Gallery
2002 On Shore Art
2003 First Settlement Gallery
2003 On Shore Art
2003 Geelong Regional Artists Exhibition, Gordon Gallery
2004 The Geelong Experience, Little Malop Gallery
2004 The Waterhouse Prize, South Australian Museum
2005 Inspiration by the sea, Lorne Art Gallery
2005 Without Pier Gallery 10th Anniversary, Glen Eira Arts Complex
2005 Contemporary Art for Corporate Spaces, Little Malop Gallery
2008 Little Malop Gallery- Quadriptych
2009 Without Pier Gallery – Natural Orientation
AWARDS
1992 Bellarine Art Show – Up and Coming Artist Award
1993 St Josephs Award – Best Watercolour
1994 Bellarine Art Show – Minor Award
1995 Target Art Show – ‘Public Vote Award’
1996 Bellarine Art Show – Major Award
1996 Angair Art Show – Second Prize
1997 Camberwell Art Show – Up and Coming Artist Award
1997 St Leonards College 9x5 Art Prize
1997 Bellarine Art Show – Major Award
1997 Mt Waverley Art Show – ‘Public Vote Award’
1997 Angair Art Show – Second Prize
2004 Finalist in The Waterhouse Prize, South Australian Museum
COLLECTIONS
Private and Public, Interstate & International - UK, USA, & Hong Kong