PROFILE
Marcus is an Australian contemporary figurative artist. He won the Black Swan Portrait Prize in 2015 and has been a finalist in the Archibald Portrait Prize three years in a row (2011, 2012 and 2013).
In 2014, Marcus received the Dame Joan Sutherland Award in New York, and in 2015 and 2013 he was a finalist in the Art Renewal Center International Salon. Marcus has lived and worked in the UK, Australia and USA.
WEBSITE – www.marcuscallum.com
AWARDS
2015 Winner Black Swan Portrait Prize, Perth, WA
2015 Finalist Art Renewal Center International Salon, USA
2014 Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship, New York
2013 Finalist Art Renewal Center International Salon, USA
2010 Finalist (“Honourable Mention”) Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize, NSW
2009 Joshua Smith Prize for Drawing, Sydney, NSW
2009 Sir William Dobell Scholarship, Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, NSW
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015 Black Swan Portrait Prize Exhibition, Perth, WA
2015 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2014 Eutick Memorial Still Life Exhibition, Coffs Harbour, NSW
2014 Portrait Artists Australia, Embassy of Australia, Washington DC
2013 Tattersalls Landscape Prize Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD
2013 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2013 Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney and regional tour
2012 Alice Bale Prize Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC
2012 Black Swan Portrait Prize Exhibition, Perth, WA
2012 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize Exhibition, Bega, NSW
2012 Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney and regional tour
2011 The Blake Prize Directors’ Cut Exhibition, Sydney, NSW
2011 Alice Bale Prize Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC
2011 Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney and regional tour
2010 Alice Bale Prize Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC
2010 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Exhibition, Sydney and national tour
2010 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize Exhibition, Bega, NSW
2010 Julian Ashton Art School Student and Teachers Exhibition, Sydney, NSW
PROJECTS
2015 Curator and Gallery Director, Project [504], Sydney, NSW
EDUCATION
2015-2017 Masters of Fine Art, New York Academy of Art, New York
2014 BA Honours, National Art School, Sydney, NSW (deferred)
01/2014 New York Academy of Art, New York (Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship)
01/2014 Art Students League, New York (Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship)
2009 Diploma of Fine Art, Julian Ashton Art School, (Sir William Dobell Scholarship) Sydney, NSW
1990 Bachelor of Arts Honours, University of Southampton, UK
COMMISSIONS
2013 Trinity College, University of Melbourne