Mark Threadgold

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Mark Threadgold
Born1977
NationalityAustralian
Known forPainting
AwardsCorangamarah Art Prize
2008
Website http://www.threadgoldart.com/Artist/artist_page.htm

Mark Threadgold (born 1977) is a contemporary Australian painter. Threadgold lives and works in Melbourne. He won the 2008 Corangamarah Art Prize [1] and was selected as a finalist in the Metro 5 Art Award, Australia's richest art prize for Australian artist's under the age of 35 in 2005, [2] 2006, [3] and 2007. [4] His work is held in public collections in Australia and in private collections around the world. [5] He has exhibited in selected group shows and solo exhibitions throughout Australia since 1998. [6]

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He has studied visual arts at Deakin University. He then studied education and teaching at the University of Melbourne (2013). [7]

Influences and Style

Themes of life, mortality, routine and work are explored in Mark Threadgold's paintings. Multiple interpretations are often discovered in his work where subjects are carefully constructed and allegories are formed. [5] While Threadgold's earlier paintings were realistic in style, his more recent work since explores more abstract styles, including romanticism, intending to create emotional engagement [8] . His affinity with past masters is evident in his technical expertise. Traces of Caravaggesque naturalism and moody romanticism, combined with the textural invention of the artist, situate his work at the end of a linear history of painting. [5] His work is influenced by artists such as Gerhard Richter, Francis Bacon, Caravaggio, Damien Hirst and Richard Prince. [9]

Art Awards

2011 Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Finalist 2009 Prometheus Art Award, Finalist
2008 Corangamarah Art Prize, Winner
2007 Metro 5 Art Award, Finalist
2006 Metro 5 Art Award, Finalist
2005 Lloyd Rees Memorial Art Prize, Finalist
2005 Metro 5 Art Award, Finalist
1998 Darian Art Prize Deakin University, Winner

Solo exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ Corangamarah Art Prize "Index". Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Metro 5 Gallery past M5award". Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Metro 5 Gallery 2006 M5award". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Metro 5 Gallery past art award 2007". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  5. 1 2 3 "Mark Threadgold Artist Page". Threadgoldart.com. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Mark Threadgold official website http://www.threadgoldart.com/Artist/artist_page.htm
  7. ↑ Lynch, James (2020). "Mr Maintenance Challenges the Inevitable". Deakin University Collections. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Mark Threadgold". James Makin Gallery. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Australian Artist Interview with Mark Threadgold". Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
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