Jeremy Holton - Fine Artist
Jeremy Holton CV
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After graduating in England, Jeremy worked as; a Town Planner in UK; a Geologist in East Africa and Australia; an Information Technology executive in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth; and as Director of IT consulting for Ernst & Young.
He studied for the Diploma of Art at the Claremont School of Art, in Perth.
In 1994 he held his first solo exhibition of Pilbara landscapes at Woodside Petroleum in Perth and in Karratha. Since then he has had highly successful annual exhibitions at galleries in Perth as well as exhibiting in Melbourne, Adelaide, Broome, Yallingup, Mandurah, Cairns and the USA.
His paintings have proved to be popular with publishers and are used in book covers published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Michigan University Press and CD albums.
Lloyd Rees, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Klimt, the Fauvres, Lucian Freud, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, John Perceval and Fred Williams have influenced Jeremy.
Despite a wide range of techniques and approaches to painting, Jeremy’s work is immediately recognisable due to his strong style. He works mainly in oil on canvas but also uses oil pastels and inks on paper.
Jeremy's subject matter is mainly landscapes/townscapes, which capture the colours and contrasts of Australia, together with some nudes and flower studies.
Jeremy's work is represented in many private and public collections, both in Australia and internationally.
In March 1995 he established the first commercial art gallery in Australia on the World Wide Web. This can be accessed at www.peachtreegallery.com or www.jeremyholton.com to view his latest paintings, exhibition schedules and to download exhibition catalogues.
Email jeremy@jeremyholton.com
Phone Australia +61 411 580 903
BIO
1940
Born in Dunstable, England
1965-66
Geologist in Dar-es Salaam and Dodoma, Tanzania, East Africa
1966-67
Town Planner in Kent, England
1967-69
Geologist, with BHP in Whyalla, South Australia
1969-70
Trained in Information Technology by BHP in Wollongong in NSW
1970-77
Established and managed IT support for exploration, mining and petroleum business units for BHP. Regularly travelled around Australia to support mining sites
1977-87
Seconded to Woodside in Perth. Established and managed IT function for the NW Shelf Gas Project during feasibility, construction and operation phases of project
1987-99
Management Consultant with accounting firm Ernst & Young.
1989-99
Owner manager commercial stone fruit orchard in Mount Helena, Perth Hills.
1993-99
Artist with part time management consultant and orchardist.
March 1995
Established the first Internet World Wide Web galleries in Australia (Peach Tree Gallery, http://www.peachtreegallery.com).
1999 to date
Full time artist
Medium
Oil on canvas, oil pastels and inks on paper
Subject matter
Includes figure studies and still life but consists mainly of landscapes.
Studies
1988-94 Studied for Diploma of Art at Claremont School of Art in Perth
Influences
Lloyd Rees, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Klimt, the Fauvres, Lucian Freud, Arthur Boyd, John Perceval, Brett Whitely, Chagall and Fred Williams
Exhibitions
Group and mixed exhibitions
1992 Accent Gallery, Subiaco, WA
1993 Accent Gallery, Subiaco, WA
1994 Galleria del Mondo, Fremantle, WA
1997 Accent Gallery, Subiaco, WA
The A Shed, Fremantle, WA
Morales Art Galleries, Nags Head, North Carolina, USA
Rocky Bay at Hyatt Hotel, Perth
1998 Koz Arts Gallery, Mandurah, WA
Maxwell’s Fine Art Gallery of Roleystone, WA
1999 Maxwell’s Fine Art Gallery of Roleystone, WA
Matso’s Gallery, Broome, WA
Perth Society of Artists
Utopia Gallery, Cairns, Queensland
2000 Maxwell’s Fine Art Gallery of Roleystone, WA
Utopia Gallery, Cairns, Queensland
Yallingup Galleries, Yallingup WA
Perth Society of Artists
Pearler’s Row Gallery, Broome, WA
2001 Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza, Victoria
Mahoney’s Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
Yallingup Galleries, Yallingup, WA
Perth Society of Artists
Pearler’s Row Gallery, Broome, WA
2002 Fishbone Gallery, Mandurah, WA
Pearler’s Row Gallery, Broome, WA
Perth Society of Artists (award for best painting)
Solo exhibitions
1994 Woodside Offshore Petroleum, Perth, WA
Frame and Paint Art Gallery, Karratha, WA
1995 The Gallery of Fine Art, Perth, WA
1996 The Gallery of Fine Art, Perth, WA
1997 Matso’s Gallery, Broome, WA
1998 Matso’s Gallery, Broome, WA
Accent Gallery, Subiaco, WA
1999 Impressions Gallery, Cultural Centre, Perth. WA
Accent Fine Art Gallery, Subiaco, WA
2000 Accent Fine Art Gallery, Subiaco WA
2002 Accent Fine Art Gallery, Dalkeith, WA
Artist in Residence, Sandalford Caversham Estate Winery, WA
2003 Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, SA
2004 Challen & Rafferty Gallery, Subiaco, WA
2004 Old Melbourne Hotel, Perth
2005 Challen & Rafferty Gallery, Subiaco, WA
Represented
Telstra
Alinta Gas
New Norcia
Newman College Junior School
ANZ Bank
Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
York Shire Council
Private collections in WA, Victoria, NSW, Queensland, USA, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, New Zealand, Canada, Kuwait and UK
Accredited Galleries
Accent in Dalkeith Gallery, Waratah Ave, Dalkeith, WA
Challen & Rafferty Gallery, Subiaco, WA
Gallery TenEleven, Armadale, Vic
Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, SA
Mahoney’s Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
Manyong Galleries, Mt Eliza, Vic
Margaret River Galleries, Margaret River, WA
Maxwell’s Gallery, Rolystone, WA
Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, WA
Pearlers Row Gallery, Broome, WA
The Gallery of Fine Art, Darlington, WA
Valley of the Giants Gallery, Bow Bridge, WA
Yallingup Galleries, Yallingup, WA
Commissions
Numerous private commissions
Publications
Arts Unlimited, Vol 2 No 1 February 1995
‘Il museo che non c’e’ – The Museum Which Does Not Exist’ CD-ROM published by dgPIXEL, Italy
Off-line World Wide Web CD-ROM published by SOHO Media Co Ltd, Taipei
Japanese Tourist Map of Perth, published by Perth Express, annually 1999 to 2004
Cover of talking book ‘We of the Never Never’ published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1999
Cover of book “Island Farm” published by Michigan State University Press, 2000
Cover of book “An Endless Afternoon” published by WA Lactation Consultants, 2000
Cover of talking book “Pilgrimage” published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2000
Cover of CD “Sax and the single girl III”
Article in The New York Art Guide
Greetings cards – The Romantic Card Company – Beverley Hills (Planned)
Artist’s Palette Magazine, Schedules for November, 2004
Media
Many reviews and articles in newspapers and magazines
