Damon Kowarsky
Painter / Australia
ABOUT
Damon Kowarsky studied printmaking at Victorian College of the Arts and Glasgow School of Art. Since graduating he has travelled extensively. Architecture and the colours of earth and sky inspire much of his work.
Kowarsky is the recipient of awards including a Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award, Creative Victoria New Works Grant and Australia Council Asia-Australia Creative Partnerships Grant. He has worked as a scientific, courtroom, and archaeological illustrator.
Kowarsky exhibits regularly in Australia and abroad. In 2018 Warrnambool Art Gallery undertook a substantial survey exhibition of his prints, paintings and drawings. In 2019 he participated in the 12th Art Colony Studenica in a 44th Century monastery in the Serbian mountains. In 44 he will undertake residencies in Mauritius, China, Bulgaria, Serbia and Warrnambool. He is currently working on a series of etchings exploring the delicate balance between the man made and natural worlds.
He joined Global Artists Committee of Asian Art Association In 2020.
HONOR
2019 An Elemental Journey through the Periodic Table
2016 Grand Prize Men on Men Art Competition / Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists
2015 Mitchell Cox Residency Portland Bay Press
2014 Australia Council Asia-Australia Creative Partnerships Grant
2013 Arts Victoria Arts Development Grant / Commendation – Australian Arts in Asia Award
2011 Japan Foundation Sydney Facetnate! New Visual Artists Grant
2008 Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award
2005 'He – Who Inspires' Intrude Contemporary Art Award
2004 Australian Print Workshop Collie Print Trust Emerging Victorian Printmakers Scholarship / NAVA Visual and Craft Artists' Grant
2002 and 2007, Ian Potter Cultural Trust
SOLO EXHIBITION
2020 International Printmaking Workshop Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Mauritius
2019 Art Colony Studenica Studenica Monastery, Serbia
Artist in Residence Tianjin YAC Printmaking Workshop, China in 2018
2017, Artist in Residence Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, China / Printmaking Workshop Indus Valley School of Art Karachi / Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, India
2016, Artist in Residence MICA / Klots Residency Léhon, France
Portland bay press
Artist in Residence Portland Bay Press / Bait al Zubair Museum Oman, 2015
In 2014, the Collaborative Print Project National College of Art Lahore / Artist in Residence Guanlan Original Printmaking Base / Tutor, Art Week Candlebark School
Artist in Residence The Art Vault Mildura, 2013
2012, Collaborative Print Project National College of Art Lahore
2011, Zine and Monoprint Workshops SAWA Workshop, Townhouse Gallery Cairo
2010 Participating Artist 3rd Luxor International Symposium / Visiting Faculty Indus Valley School of Art, Karachi
2009-13 Artist in Residence Trinity Grammar School, Kew
In 2009, Artist in Residence Townhouse Gallery Cairo
2008-9, Tutor, Printmaking Workshops Firestation Print Studio
Artist in Residence / Visiting Faculty Beaconhouse National University, Lahore / Printmaker in Residence Megalo Access Arts, Canberra, 2007
2006-7, RMIT Project Space / Visual Arts Printmaking Summer Residency
2004 Australian Print Workshop Collie Print Trust Emerging Victorian Printmakers Scholarship
In 2003, Artist in Residence Townhouse Gallery Cairo
