Dan Kyle is an Australian artist [1] [2] and the recipient of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2020. [3] He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National Art School in Darlinghurst in 2010. [4] He lives in Kurrajong Heights at the foot of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales [5] and much of his painting reflects the changing landscape there. His paintings are held in the Collection of the Australian Catholic University and in many private collections in Australia. [6] [ unreliable source? ]
Backcountry at the Nicholas Thompson Gallery 2019 [4]
Caught in the Haze at the Edwina Corlette Gallery 2019 [7]
In 2020, Kyle won the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship. [8] [9] He was twice a Finalist of the Paddington Art Prize (2015, 2012 – Highly Commended). He was a finalist for the Mosman Art Prize in 2013 and again in 2019. [10] In 2010 he was the winner of the Walcha Show and the Inner City Clay Workers Award, NAS, Sydney. [6]
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This page provides directions to Lists of finalists of the annual Australian Archibald Prize for portraiture.
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