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Marc Etherington
Lives and works in Alberta, Canada
Marc Etherington spent his formative years immersed in the Sydney art community while fostering his emerging painting career. As a self-taught artist, Etherington has maintained a consistent practice in painting and small sculpture for over a decade and honed his unique style.
Etherington’s naive application and heightened imagination have been integral in establishing his oeuvre. His use of colour and composition combine with his sense of whimsy to take us into an alternate reality at times nostalgic, absurd or humorous but always tapping into something we can connect to. His landscapes and interiors are depicted with an eye for highly amusing detail, touching on themes such as mass production, pop culture and collectibles.
Currently based in Canada, Etherington has exhibited widely nationally within Australian and internationally. He has been a finalist in such prestigious awards as the Archibald Art Prize, Sir John Sulman Art Prize, and Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, the John Fries Award at UNSW Art & Design, and Fisher’s Ghost Art Award at Campbelltown Art Centre.
His works are held in the Artbank collection and numerous private collections in Australia, North America and Europe.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 My Old Heart, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
2022 Strange Days Indeed, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
Wondering About Things, Michael Reid Sydney
2021 Star Wars, Michael Reid Sydney
Everything Will Be A-O.K, Taymour Grahne Projects, London
2020 Cave Paintings, Hugo Michell, South Australia
Cow Poke, Michael Reid, Murrurundi, New South Wales
Cabin Fever, Michael Reid Berlin
2018 Couch Potato, Michael Reid Sydney
2017 Take Me Home, Michael Reid Sydney
2015 4 Solos: Marc Etherington, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney 2014 Marc Making, Gallery 9, Sydney
Marc Etherington, Breezeblock Gallery, Sydney
2013 Two Sydney Painters (with Digby Webster), D.N.A. Gallery Sydney 2012 Life and Times, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Celebrating 15 Years of Hugo Michell Gallery, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
2022 Painting Now, Michael Reid Art Bar, Sydney
Meta Open Arts, San Francisco
2021 Archie 100, A Century of the Archibald Prize, Sydney
2020 Michael Reid at Sydney Contemporary (Art Fair), Sydney Navigating Cook, Michael Reid, Sydney
2019 Bondi Sea Wall, commissioned by Waverly Council, Sydney
Michael Reid at Sydney Contemporary (Art Fair), Sydney
2018 Michael Reid at Sydney Contemporary (Art Fair), Sydney
2017 Michael Reid at Sydney Contemporary
2015 (Art Fair), Sydney
You’re my no. 1: curated by Talia Smith, Firstdraft, Sydney
2016 Seven deadly sins, Old Rum Store, Chippendale
A Billion bucks, The Honeymoon Suite, Brunswick, Melbourne
2015 Michael Reid at Sydney Contemporary
2015 (Art Fair), Sydney
Here, there and everywhere, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
Biggie Smalls, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney
Group Show, Gallery 9, Sydney
Friends With Benefits, Twenty Thirty Seven, Sydney
2014 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Sydney Glazed and Confused, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
One Last Time (curated by Peter Fay), Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
Still Nothing New (curated by Sophie Kitson), William St Windows, Sydney
John Fries Art Award, UNSW Galleries, Sydney
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney Renegades, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns (touring)
2013 Art On Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
Salon des Refusés, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Home and Hosed, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
Exit Pursued by a Bear, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2012 Out of the Blue, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2011 Showdown, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2020 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
2019 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
2018 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
2017 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
Finalist, Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
2016 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
Finalist, Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
2015 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
2014 Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney Finalist, John Fries Art Award, UNSW Galleries, Sydney
2013 Finalist, Salon des Refusés, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Finalist, Art On Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Sydney
Private collections in Australia, North America and Europe