HOWARD SPARKS
BORN 1930
Studies
1947 National Gallery Drawing School, Melbourne, under Murray Griffin.
1946 Formative years under Ian Bow ,sculptor, painter.
1961 Learning the craft. Nick Heiderich, painter, graduate German Art Academy.
1963 Rationalising art. John Brack, painter.
Major Exhibitions
1962 Tasmanian Tourist Bureau Gallery, Melbourne
1965Victorian Artist’s Society, Melbourne
1963 Russell Davis Jazz Gallery, Melbourne
1965 Emerald Gallery, Victoria
1967 Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne
1973 Flinders GalleryGeelong, Victoria
1975 International Originals, Melbourne
1977 Avant Galleries, Melbourne
1979 Abercrombie Galleries, Melbourne
1979 The Anvil Gallery, Victoria
1982 The Russell Davis Gallery, Melbourne
1986 Noosa Sketch Gallery, Queensland
1986 Geoffrey Hoisser Galleries, Brisbane
1988 Glen Galleries Noosa, Queensland
1995 Bruce Watling Galleries, Gold Coast, Qld
1997 Bruce Watling Galleries, Gold Coast, Qld
Artist Exhibitions
1998 Artist’s Studio Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
2001 Artist’s Studio Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
2002 Artist’s Studio Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
2002 Cafe Arts-Gold Coast Arts Centre, Gold Coast, Qld
2003 Artist’s Studio Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
2004 Griffith University GalleryGold Coast, Qld
2005 Baguette Art GalleryBrisbane , Qld
2007 Artist’s Studio Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
2013 Hilltop Gallery, Mt Tamborine, Qld
2014 Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
Group Exhibitions
1974 Civic Gallery – with Anvil Group Canberra
1975 Sydney Opera House-with Anvil Group Sydney
1999 Gold Coast City Art Gallery-FigurativelyGold Coast
2013 New York Art Expo, U.S.A
Represented in Collections
SANYO Permanent Collection, Tokyo-Japan.
The Shaw collection, U S A.
Wangaratta Regional Art Gallery, Victoria.
Netherlands Dance Company, Holland.
State Bank Collection, Victoria.
Alice Springs Federal Casino, N.T.
B.H.P., South Australia.
Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld.
Trinity College, Gold Coast, Qld.
Somerset College, Gold Coast, Qld.
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