David Rowe (cartoonist)

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David Rowe (David Alexander Rowe), is an Australian cartoonist.

He grew up in Canberra. [1] Rowe's father worked in the Department of Foreign Affairs and his mother worked in the Prime Minister’s Department. [2] Rowe attended the Australian National University and initially studied economics, later studying art history and then political science, then studied graphic design at Reid TAFE, finally moving to Canberra Art School. [3]

He has made cartoons on political issues for the Australian Financial Review. [4] He had earlier worked for the Canberra Times as a cartoonist in the 1980s. [5]

He regularly appears in the annual series Best Australian Political Cartoons edited by Russ Radcliffe. [6] [7] He is also well documented in the National Museum political cartoon inventory. [8]

In 2013 he was the Behind the Lines, [9] Cartoonist of the year. [10] Also in 2017. [11] [12] [13]

He also exhibited cartoons in Sydney in 2013. [14]

In 2015 he published a volume titled Mindless colouring 101. [15]

Publications in which illustrations are attributed

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References

  1. ↑ "This cartoonist packs a punch, with worldwide targets". Public Radio International. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Three Financial Review cartoonists reveal how their subjects respond". Australian Financial Review. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Three Financial Review cartoonists reveal how their subjects respond". Australian Financial Review. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Rowe, David (David Alexander); Turner, Ann, 1929-2011. (Interviewer) (1999), David Rowe interviewed by Ann Turner for the Comic artists and illustrators oral history project, 1999 Apr. 2, retrieved 13 January 2019{{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Rowe, David; Pryor, Geoff, 1944-; Leak, Bill, 1956-2017; Emmerson, Rod, 1955-; Barrow, Helen; Brown, Warren, 1965-; Film Australia; Australian Film Finance Corporation; Evershine (Firm); ABC-TV (Australia) (2008), Hired assassins : political cartooning in Australia , retrieved 13 January 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Radcliffe, Russ (2003), Best Australian political cartoons, Scribe, retrieved 13 January 2019
  7. ↑ "A selection from 'Best Australian Political Cartoons 2006' edited by Russ Radcliffe.(Cartoon Feature)", Arena Magazine (86), Arena Printing and Publications Pty. Ltd: 14(1), 1 December 2006, ISSN   1039-1010
  8. ↑ Political cartoons, Museum Metadata Exchange, retrieved 13 January 2019
  9. ↑ Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House (2011), Behind the Lines : the year's best political cartoons, Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, retrieved 13 January 2019
  10. ↑ "Behind the Lines announce David Rowe as cartoonist of the year". The Sydney Morning Herald . 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.
  11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S9cQvSCBrY Interview for 2017 award
  12. ↑ "David Rowe 2017 Cartoonist Of The Year / Australian Cartoonists Association". www.cartoonists.org.au. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "David Rowe has been named political cartoonist of the year by Behind the Lines". Australian Financial Review. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  14. ↑ "Cartoonist David Rowe at the Hughes Gallery". www.artnewsblog.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.
  15. ↑ Rowe, David (David Alexander) (2015), Mindless colouring 101, Melbourne University Press, ISBN   978-0-522-86940-8
  16. ↑ Second edition -Brasch, Nicolas; Rowe, David (David Alexander), 1968-, (illustrator.) (2013), So you want to be prime minister? (2nd ed.), Black dog books, ISBN   978-1-922179-25-8 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ↑ Second edition - Hunter, Amy; Rowe, David (2013), Great Aussie inventions (2nd ed.), Black Dog Books, ISBN   978-1-922179-24-1
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