About The Artist

In 2016 I will celebrate my 30th year as a professional artists. So far I have held 36 solo exhibitions including a successful London exhibition in 2006 and a group exhibition with a group of Australian artists in Shanghai selected by the Australian Trade Commission in 2008. I paint, sculpt and write poetry and much of my work has themes reflecting on human rights and social justice. My work is represented in public, corporate, and private collections around the world, including Holland, England, Ireland, USA, China, Canada and Australia. I was a semifinalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2015 Collectors include: The late HRH Princess Margaret, UK, Brigadier General Charles Duke, USA (Astronaut - Apollo 16) Lisa Gerrard, Australia (Composer) La Trobe Regional Gallery Morwell, Vic, Bega Regional Gallery NSW, Shanghai Electric Power Company, China Returned and Services League, Australia LaTrobe City Australian Paper Mills I was born in Eindhoven, Nederland, in 1942, I have generations of artists on both sides of my family. I arrived in Melbourne in 1956. www.jmartist.com.au