Born in Bath, England, Ollis is a graduate of Cardiff College of Art and Design, Wales and received his Master of Art (Painting) from the Royal College of Art, London. He arrived in Australia in 1976 and lectured at the University Northern Territory and La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria before being appointed Head of Painting at the National Art School in 1996. He became Director in 1998, and then Director of the National Art School Sydney from 1996 to 2008.
Bernard Ollis has had 50 solo exhibitions since 1972 including the Macquarie Gallery in Sydney, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne and more recently NG Gallery, Australian Galleries, Michael Nagy Fine Art and Stella Downer Galleries in Sydney.
A finalist in the Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, The Moran Portrait Prize and The Dobell Drawing Prize, Bernard has also participated in many group exhibitions throughout Australia. Ollis undertook a residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris (1975), and has been awarded numerous art prizes and awards, including the 1976 John Minton International Painting Prize, the 1977 Sir Frederick Richards’ Travelling Scholarship (UK), an Australia Council Visual Arts Board Grant (1984) and the Conrad Jupiters Award in 2005 (Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD). In 2008, Bernard was granted Artist residency at the Australian Embassy residence, Cairo, Egypt as special Guest of the Australian Ambassador.
He is represented in public collections in Australia and the United Kingdom, including the National Gallery of Australia, Parliament House, Canberra, and the state galleries of Queensland, Victoria and Northern Territory.
Bernard Ollis is represented by:
NG Art Gallery, Chippendale NSW
Australian Galleries, Paddington Sydney – works on paper
The Falls Gallery, Wentworth Falls Blue Mountains – small works & prints
BERNARD OLLIS
Born in Bath, England, Ollis is a graduate of Cardiff College of Art and Design, Wales and received his Master of Art (Painting) from the Royal College of Art, London. He arrived in Australia in 1976 and lectured at the University Northern Territory and La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria before being appointed Head of Painting at the National Art School in 1996. He became Director in 1998, and then Director of the National Art School Sydney from 1996 to 2008.
Bernard Ollis has had 50 solo exhibitions since 1972 including the Macquarie Gallery in Sydney, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne and more recently NG Gallery, Australian Galleries, Michael Nagy Fine Art and Stella Downer Galleries in Sydney.
A finalist in the Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, The Moran Portrait Prize and The Dobell Drawing Prize, Bernard has also participated in many group exhibitions throughout Australia. Ollis undertook a residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris (1975), and has been awarded numerous art prizes and awards, including the 1976 John Minton International Painting Prize, the 1977 Sir Frederick Richards’ Travelling Scholarship (UK), an Australia Council Visual Arts Board Grant (1984) and the Conrad Jupiters Award in 2005 (Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD). In 2008, Bernard was granted Artist residency at the Australian Embassy residence, Cairo, Egypt as special Guest of the Australian Ambassador.
He is represented in public collections in Australia and the United Kingdom, including the National Gallery of Australia, Parliament House, Canberra, and the state galleries of Queensland, Victoria and Northern Territory.
Bernard Ollis is represented by:
www.bernardollis.com