Merrick Fry is an Australian artist who was born in Bathurst in 1950. Fry studied at the East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art School) from 1970 to 1972, graduating in 1973Biographies Design and Art Australia Online http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/544252?c=people
In 1985, Fry wrote and illustrated Stick in the Mud. In the same year, critic John Macdonald described his work as an "intimate view of the bush".An intimate view of the Bush, Galleries, John Macdonald, pg 14, The Sydney Morning Herald – Oct 18, 1985, viewed 20 February 2015
Fry created the images for the Wooly Mammoth Campaign and Annandale Heritage Festival.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery has 25 works by Merrick Fry. In 2013 the Bathurst Gallery hosted a retrospective exhibition of Fry's work "Merrick Fry: A Life Looked At"
In 2014, Fry was commissioned to install a work in the foyer of the SMART Infrastructure Facility at Wollongong University.
Collections National Gallery of Australia's collection of Australian Prints Big country road, UNSW Art Collection Bathurst Regional Art Gallery CollectionBRAG Catalog ‘Dammed Breakaway’ Gatineau Jackson Art CollectionGatineau Jackson Art Collection University of Western Sydney
Awards
2001 Jackson Smith Sculpture Prize, Defiance Gallery, Sydney 1985 Visual Arts Board Grant, New York Studio residency, USA 1979 Selected, George's Art Prize, Melbourne 1972 Mirror-Waratah Painting Prize, Sydney 1972 National Art School Drawing Prize, Sydney
Exhibitions In 2015, Merrick Fry had a major exhibition – The Charmer's Picnic.Merrick Fry: The Charmer's Picnic, Hamilton Design Glass Blog, http://www.stainedglass.com.au/page/Merrick_Fry%3A_The_Charmer%27s_Picnic
Merrick Fry has had solo and group exhibitions including with Janet Dawson in Sydney in 2010 and they were exhibiting together in Goulbourn in 2015JANET DAWSON with Merrick Fry – Their Everyday (6 February – 7 March 2015) In 1986, a critic wrote of Fry's work: "His surfaces of seemingly agitated linear activity gradually reveal a meaningful structure of the landscape."1986 'Features ART One trio, three treats.', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995), 19 August, p. 10, viewed 21 January 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119469625
In August 2013, the Bathurst Regional Gallery hosted an extensive survey exhibition of Merrick Fry's artAUG1 Floor talk by Merrick Fry, Artist. https://www.facebook.com/events/302365816565769/
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