Winner of the 1993 Archibald Prize, Garry Shead is a noted painter and printmaker whose works highlight a distinctive love of the Australian landscape. He brings romantic and heroic elements to Australian scenes. His Stockman series of paintings of the late 1980s, were followed respectively in the 1990s by the D.H. Lawrence series based on the Lawrence's book "Kangaroo" and the gently satirical "Monarchy" suite of paintings. Represented by the National Gallery of Australia and numerous state and regional galleries, Shead also won the Power studio grant, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris in 1973.

Biography
1942 Born Sydney, Australia
1961-62 Studied at the National Art School. Editor, The Arty Wild Oat (with Martin Sharp, John Firth-Smith, Ian Van Wieringen). Cartoons published in Oz, The Bulletin, The Sydney Morning Herald, Honi Soit
1963-6 Scenic artist with ABC TV
1967 Young Contemporaries Prize. Travelled to Japan
1968 Expedition to Sepik Highlands, Papua New Guinea
1972 Artist-in-residence, Power Studio, Cite des Arts, Paris
1981-82 Artist-in-residence, Michael Karolyi Foundation, Venice, France. Travelled in Italy, Spain and Holland, Hungary
1986 Winner, Mahlab Art Prize (New South Wales Law Society)
1987 Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
1989-90 Travelled to New York, London, Budapest
1993 Winner, Archibald Prize
2004 Winner, Dobell Prize for Drawing
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1996 Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
1996 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
1995 Solander Gallery, Canberra
1995 Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
1994 Dover Street Gallery, London
1993 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
1993 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
1993 'D H Lawrence Series', Art Gallery of New South Wales
1992 Solander Gallery, Canberra
1992 Woollongong City Gallery
1992 Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
1991 Solander Gallery Canberra
1990 BMG Galleries, Adelaide
1989 Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1988 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1988 Artnet, Sydney
1987 Solander Gallery, Canberra
1985 Gary Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1984 The Print Source, Sydney
1981-83 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
1978 Abraxas Gallery, Canberra
1976 Abraxas Gallery, Canberra
1976 Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
1975 Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
1975 Watters Gallery, Sydney
1975 Abraxas Gallery, Canberra
1966-1974 Numerous exhibitions at Watters Gallery, Sydney

Group Exhibitions
Garry Shead has participated in numerous group exhibitions including the Archibald Prize Exhibition, The Blake Prize Exhibition and The Sulman Prize Exhibition.

Awards
1986 Winner, Mahlab Art Prize (New South Wales Law Society)
1993 Winner, Archibald Prize
2004 Winner, Dobell Prize for Drawing

Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Wollongong City Art Gallery
National Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Shepparton Art Gallery
Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Sydney
Phillip Morris Collection, Canberra
Sydney Morning Herald Collection, Sydney
State Bank, Sydney
University of Western Australia
University of New South Wales
Australian National University
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane City Art Collection
Artbank, Sydney
National Film Library
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra