50 YEARS: 50 ARTISTS A-Z

This landmark exhibition celebrates 50 Years of Latrobe Regional Gallery with 50 Gippsland artists drawn from our collection, our region, and our future. Explore the artists who have left their mark on Gippsland over the past 50 years and for the next 50 to come.

Julie ADAMS

Julie ADAMS

Julie Adams has been significant to contemporary art in Gippsland, not only as an artist herself but also through various arts management roles, including five years as Arts Director at Latrobe Regional Gallery.

Rosalind ATKINS

Rosalind ATKINS

Rosalind Atkins is an artist specialising in printmaking. Atkins works across both intaglio and relief printmaking techniques, including copper engraving, etching, wood engraving and drawing.

BROWN & PROEBSTING

BROWN & PROEBSTING

Barry BROWN & Irene PROEBSTING1. Harmonic Ghosts (still), 2009, Super 8 film converted to digital video, black & white, sound, 3.00 mins, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 2016.2. Field (still), 1997, Super 8 film converted to digital video,...

David BURROWS

David BURROWS

David BURROWS1. Crepuscule, 2013, Medium format positive transparency, LEDs and acrylic, 80 x 6 cm, Courtesy of the artist.David BURROWS   David Burrows is an audiovisual artist living and working in Inverloch. He trained as an artist in France, where he was...

Glen CLARKE

Glen CLARKE

Glen CLARKE1. Heavenly Delights Over the Valley, 1974, Painted collage on graph paper and tissue paper, 48 x 63 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 1974.Glen CLARKE   Born in Gippsland in 1954, Glen Clarke is an artist working with collage,...

Peter COLE

Peter COLE

Peter COLE1. Fire, 1988, Mixed media, 172 x 124 x 28 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased with assistance of the Sydney Myer Foundation, 1988.Peter COLE   Peter Cole is an artist working in sculpture, based in Venus Bay, Gippsland, for many years....

Christopher COVENTRY

Christopher COVENTRY

Christopher COVENTRY1. Nolan’s Fired, 1984, Acrylic on paper, 76 x 56 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased with assistance of the Australia Council, 1985.Christopher COVENTRY   Christopher Coventry is a well-established artist of his generation....

Geoffrey DUPREE

Geoffrey DUPREE

Geoffrey DUPREE1. Waterloo Road, 1985, Watercolour on paper, 77 x 221 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 1985.2. Study for Waterloo Road (No. 1), 1985, Watercolour and pencil on paper, 37 x 60 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift of the...

Caroline DURRE

Caroline DURRE

Caroline DURRE1. Untitled, 1990, Coloured pencil on paper, 40 x 121 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased with assistance of the Australia Council, 1993.2. Spill with sack, 1990, Coloured pencil on paper, 29 x 40 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection,...

Lesley DUXBURY

Lesley DUXBURY

Lesley DUXBURY1. Closer than it appears #1, 2021, Pigment inkjet print, 60 x 90 cm, Commissioned by Latrobe Regional Gallery for 50 Years 50 Artists exhibition.2. Closer than it appears #2, 2021, Pigment inkjet print, 73 x 73 cm, Commissioned by Latrobe Regional...

EDWARDS-PEPPER

EDWARDS-PEPPER

Ronald EDWARDS-PEPPER 1. Boorun and Tuk, Dreamtime of Aboriginal People of Gippsland, 2007, Acrylic on paper, 64 x 88 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 2007. Ronald EDWARDS-PEPPER   Ronald Edwards-Pepper is an Aboriginal artist of the Gunaikurnai...

Rodney FORBES

Rodney FORBES

Rodney FORBES1. Surrender of the Figurehead, 2014, Oil on canvas, 50 x 100 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift of the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift program, 2021. 2. Death of Angus McMillan, 2014, Oil on canvas, 77 x 92 cm, Latrobe...

Sue FRASER

Sue FRASER

Sue FRASER1. Travellin’ Light, 1995, Etching and aquatint, Ed 14/30, 12 x 10 cm image, 67 x 38 cm sheet, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased from the Print Council of Australia, 1995.Sue FRASER   Sue Fraser is a Gippsland-based contemporary artist...

Janina GREEN

Janina GREEN

Janina GREEN1. Untitled (from the Plantation series),1996, Hand coloured Silver Gelatin print, 84 x 104 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift of the artist, 1997. 2. Mrs Naumenko, 2009, C Type print, 74 x 55 cm image, 94 x 75 cm sheet, Latrobe Regional Gallery...

Mandy GUNN

Mandy GUNN

Mandy GUNN1. W[RAPT], 2012/13, Recycled paper shopping bags and wrapping on cardboard construction, 25 x 25 x 10 cm each (12 pieces), Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift of the artist, 2014. Mandy GUNN   Mandy Gunn’s work reflects natural and synthetic...

Juli HAAS

Juli HAAS

Juli HAAS1. By the banks of her own lagoon, 1995, Watercolour on paper, 100 x 151 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift of Monash University Gippsland Campus, 1996. 2. Beneath the mirrored moon, 2002, Drypoint print with watercolour, Ed 26/40, 40 x 49 cm,...

Tony HANNING

Tony HANNING

Tony HANNING1. Orange Bowl, 1995, Flashed glass with sandblasted images, 13 x 25 cm dia., Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 1995. 2. Landscape, 1981, Sandblasted glass, 21 x 16 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victorian State Craft Collection, on loan from...

Dr Aunty Eileen HARRISON

Dr Aunty Eileen HARRISON

Dr Aunty Eileen HARRISON1. Bulldozing the houses on Jackson’s Track, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 99 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 2011. 2. Den of Nargun - Spirit Tracks, 2004, Acrylic on paper, 85 x 102 cm inc. frame, Latrobe Regional Gallery...

Euan HENG

Euan HENG

Euan HENG1. Jeeralang Still Life, 1985, Oil on canvas, 153 x 153 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift of the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts program, 2002.2. Jeeralang Still Life I, 1985, Oil on canvas, 198 x 90 cm, Latrobe Regional...

Hayden JACKSON

Hayden JACKSON

Hayden JACKSON1. Untitled, 2019, Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 200 x 180 cm, Courtesy of the artist.Hayden JACKSON   Hayden Jackson is a painter living in Seaspray. Hayden has previously shown at Latrobe Regional Gallery as a winner of the Dick Bishop Prize for...

Josephine JAKOBI

Josephine JAKOBI

Josephine JAKOBI1. Fringe Dwellers, 2015, Ink, watercolour, leaf, silk, 32 x 46 cm image, 52 x 65 cm inc. frame, Collection of Phil Evans.2. Estuary, 2016, Ink, watercolour pencil, cotton, 32 x 46 cm image, 52 x 65 cm inc. frame, Collection of Dr Jane...

Jeremy KASPER

Jeremy KASPER

Jeremy KASPER1. The Ramblings of a Mad Man, 2020, Aerosol paint, graphite, acrylic, 83 x 95 cm, Courtesy of the artist.2. Metamorphosis, 2020, Aerosol paint, acrylic, ink, pastel, 180 x 188 cm, Courtesy of the artist.Jeremy KASPER   Jeremy Kasper is an emerging...

Lisa KENNEDY

Lisa KENNEDY

Lisa KENNEDY1. Murrambakannya Niripa (Old Woman Spirit of Salt Water), 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 124 x 91 cm, Courtesy of the artist.2. The Dream of the Land, 2005, Aquatint etching, Ed 3/10, 69 x 90 cm, Courtesy of the artist.    Lisa KENNEDY   Lisa...

Kim McDONALD

Kim McDONALD

Kim McDONALD1. Drift, 2019, Monotype/Drawing, 112 x 76 cm, Courtesy of the artist.2. Deep, 2019, Monotype/Drawing, 56 x 76 cm, Courtesy of the artist.Kim McDONALD   Kim McDonald is based in South Gippsland, living and working in a small coastal town – an...

Frank MESARIC

Frank MESARIC

Caroline DURRE1. Angel with Lamb, 1990, Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased with assistance of the Australia Council, 1993.Frank MESARIC   Frank Mesaric grew up in Gippsland, where his parents had immigrated to from...

Kevin MORTENSEN

Kevin MORTENSEN

Kevin MORTENSEN1. 2 ½ with Pike, 1990, Mixed media, 186 x 127 x 175 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased with assistance of the Victorian Regional Galleries Art Foundation Trust Fund, 1993.2. Three Mounds near Wonthaggi, 1991, Pastel and watercolour on...

Nick MOUNT

Nick MOUNT

Nick MOUNT1. Reclining Bobs, 2013, Granulare murrini glass, cut, polished, and assembled, 22 x 42 x 24 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 2014.2. Bailey’s of Glenrowan, 1982, Two glass bottles, 19 x 13 x 13 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift...

Jennifer MULLETT

Jennifer MULLETT

Jennifer MULLETT1. Symbols of the Gunai Woman, 2000, Etching, Ed 4/10, 30 x 20 cm image, 38 x 38 cm sheet, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 2003.2. Bird I and Moon, 2003, Etching, Ed 2/10, 30 x 19 cm image, 35 x 25 cm sheet, Latrobe Regional Gallery...

Clive MURRAY-WHITE

Clive MURRAY-WHITE

Clive MURRAY-WHITE1. Minerva, 2007, Chillagoe marble, 60 x 50 x 50 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased with funds from the Peter Dyer Memorial Fund, 2007.2. Drawing for – Adelaide Festival smoke display, 1972, Fibre-tipped pen and wax crayon on offset...

Patrice MUTHAYMILES MAHONEY

Patrice MUTHAYMILES MAHONEY

Patrice MUTHAYMILES MAHONEY1. (detail) Jobs, Policy and LOST, 2014, Etching and ink on paper, Triptych, 70 x 99 cm each, Collection of Federation University.2. Jobs, Policy and LOST, 2014, Etching and ink on paper, Triptych, 70 x 99 cm each, Collection of Federation...

Owls of NEBRASKA

Owls of NEBRASKA

Owls of NEBRASKA1. Checkmate – a future dance about robot horses working the assembly line, 2021, Performance documentation, 16 May 2021, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Inkjet print, Courtesy of the artists.Owls of NEBRASKA   Owls of Nebraska are a collective...

Lucy PARKINSON

Lucy PARKINSON

Lucy PARKINSON1. Maxwell’s demon keeps ‘The Widening Gyre’ turning, 2019, Gouache on carbonised bamboo, oak frame, 62 x 42 x 14 cm, Courtesy of the artist.2. The Cosmic Battle: neither devils nor divines, 2019, Gouache on carbonised bamboo, oak frame, 62 x 42 x 14 cm,...

Steaphan PATON

Steaphan PATON

Steaphan PATON1. My Jindabyne II, 2018, Single channel digital video, colour, silent, Ed 3/3, Collection of Latrobe Regional Gallery, purchased 2021.Steaphan PATON   Artist Steaphan Paton’s work questions governmental forms of control that entrench the impacts of...

Jenny PETERSON

Jenny PETERSON

Jenny PETERSON1. Helmet, 2002, Etching, aquatint, electric grinder, Ed 10/40, 55 x 39 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased from the Print Council of Australia, 2002.2. Merge, 2015, Intaglio and relief print, Ed 15/35, 49 x 43 cm image, 70 x 56 cm sheet,...

PEZALOOM

PEZALOOM

PEZALOOM1 - 6. Lifeboats on land (Nos. 1 – 6), 2014, C Type print, 30 x 42 cm each, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 2019.PEZALOOM   Pezaloom is an artist whose practice is heavily informed by the Gippsland landscape and his experience living with...

Hedley POTTS

Hedley POTTS

Hedley POTTS1. Gulliver Australis I, 1990, Terracotta with coloured engobes and incised design, 42 x 42 cm dia., Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 1992.2. Urn, n.d., Ash glazed stoneware, 29 x 39 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased with...

Susan PURDY

Susan PURDY

Susan PURDY1. Flip, 1999, Photogram, 40 x 30 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 1999.2. Wreath, 1999, Photogram, 40 x 30 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 1999.Susan PURDY   Living and working in the Strzelecki Ranges, Gippsland,...

ROSEWARNE FOSTER

ROSEWARNE FOSTER

Julie ROSEWARNE FOSTER1. View to the South, 1985, Pastel on paper, 106 x 73 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased with assistance of the Australia Council, 1986.Julie ROSEWARNE FOSTER   Julie Rosewarne Foster lives in Gippsland, where she has been an...

Owen RYE

Owen RYE

Owen RYE1. Vase 7, 1995, Woodfired ceramic and ash, 19 x 14 x 14 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 2019.2. Dark Vessel, 1989, Earthenware, 27 x 26 cm dia., Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 1989.3. Pot, n.d., Stoneware, 27 x 19 cm dia.,...

Rodney SCHERER

Rodney SCHERER

Rodney SCHERER1. Electro Magnetic Landscape, 1987, Pastel on paper, 67 x 48 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift of the Latrobe Regional Arts Board, 1995.2. On the other side of the valley, 1986, Pastel on paper, 68 x 50 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery...

Heather SHIMMEN

Heather SHIMMEN

Heather SHIMMEN1. The ubiquitous balance, 2000, Linocut print with fabric overlay, 62 x 41 cm image, 76 x 56 cm sheet, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased from the Print Council of Australia, 2000.Heather SHIMMEN   The figurative expressionist style of...

Dean SMITH

Dean SMITH

Dean SMITH1. Crystal Nights, 2018, Hand built stoneware, porcelain, feldspathic glaze, glass pigment enamel, 74 x 50 x 27 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne.2. Sea Mountain, 2018, Hand built stoneware, porcelain, feldspathic glaze, glass...

Neale STRATFORD

Neale STRATFORD

Neale STRATFORD1. Being Comforted by Death, 2013, Digital pigment print on aluminium, 112 x 75 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 2013.Neale STRATFORD   Neale Stratford is an artist based in Churchill, Gippsland, who draws on his experience living...

Colin SUGGETT

Colin SUGGETT

Colin SUGGETT1. Beach Specimen, 1979, Mixed media including test tube and magnifying glass, a) 32 x 22 x 14 cm, b) 9 x 3.5 cm, c) 23 x 12 x 33 cm, Colin Suggett Collection, gift of the artist to Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2001.2. 11.59, 1998, Clock radio with base, 144...

Robin WALLACE-CRABBE

Robin WALLACE-CRABBE

Robin WALLACE-CRABBE1. Daughter and Mother VIII, 1989, Etching, Ed 4/20, 36 x 27 cm image, 54 x 39 cm sheet, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift of the Latrobe Regional Gallery Society, 1992.2. Daughter and Mother XX, 1989, Etching, Ed 11/20, 27 x 36 cm image,...

Louisa WATERS

Louisa WATERS

Louisa WATERS1. Untitled, 2021, Charcoal and graphite on paper, 116 x 245 cm, Commissioned by Latrobe Regional Gallery for 50 Years 50 Artists exhibition.Louisa WATERS   Briagalong artist Louisa Waters is interested in examining the transformation of Gippsland...

Anthea WILLIAMS

Anthea WILLIAMS

Anthea WILLIAMS1. Cyclone Crossing, 1995, Oil and enamel on bronze, 40 x 36 x 18 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, purchased 1998.2. Figure descending a staircase, 2020, Ceramic and adhesive, 20 x 13 x 15 cm, Courtesy of the artist.3. Reclining Figure, 2019,...

Dan WOLLMERING

Dan WOLLMERING

Dan WOLLMERING1. (Breadworks No. 2) In Adoration II, 1980, MDF plinth, Perspex box, and mixed media, 144 x 54 x 64 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift of the artist, 1989.2. Sure and Plenty II, 1987-88, MDF and bronze, 31 x 36 x 11 cm, Latrobe Regional...

Bill YOUNG

Bill YOUNG

Bill YOUNG1. Spirit of Morwell, 1990, Acrylic on MDF, Two panels 183 x 240 cm each, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, commissioned by the City of Morwell, 1990.2. Night Hill I, 1987, Synthetic polymer paint on paper, 19 x 17 cm, Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection,...

Kate ZIZYS

Kate ZIZYS

Kate ZIZYS1. (Detail) Dog Town, 2021, Boxset of unique state prints, drawings and digital animation, Box by Fleur Williams, Auckland University of Technology, Sound by Anthony Brandon, Copper paperweight by Allform Industries, Aluminium sheet by Latrobe Valley...