ARTIST STATEMENT
Oleh Witer is a still life
painter who draws his subject matter both from nature and from man made
objects. He uses various process devices and pictorial elements to create
evocative oil paintings which explore the divide between narrative and
descriptive, representational and abstract. His work displays great attention
to detail, both in the rendering of the subject and to the way the subject
is lit.
Oleh won the painting category
at the 2007 Churchie Emerging Art Prize and the Peoples Choice Award at
The 2007 Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize. He was a finalist in the
2007 and 2009 Sulman Prize.
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EXHIBITIONS
2008 Recent work, Space 39 Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Trophy, 4 Cats, Gallery Melbourne
2005 Masque, 4 Cats Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Cochsencansia tu, Metropolis Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Cochsencansia, Gasworks Theatre, Melbourne
2002 Larger than Life, Patrizia Autore Gallery, Melbourne
1997 You Need Hands, George Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Still Life, George Gallery, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2008 Williamstown Contemporary, Substation Arts Centre, Art Prize, Melbourne
2007 Contamination, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne
2007 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2007 Williamstown Contemporary, Substation Arts Centre, Art Prize, Melbourne
2004 Southside Arts, Deputy Premier's Office, Treasury Place, Melbourne
2004 Bridge, Toyota Australia, Melbourne
2004 Gasworks Artists Exhibition, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne
2003 Gasworks Artists Exhibition, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne
2003 Spiders and Flies, Newcontemporaries Gallery, Sydney
2002 Gasworks Artists Exhibition, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne
2001 Gasworks Artists Exhibition, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne
2000 Gasworks Artists Exhibition, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne
1999 Exchanging Places, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1997 Gas Art, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
AWARDS
2009 Finalist, Sulman Prize, Sydney
2007 Winner, Painting Category, The Churchie Emerging Art Prize, Brisbane
2007 Winner, Peoples Choice Award, Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize
Melbourne
2007 Finalist, Sulman Prize, Sydney
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