Darren Wardle

COLLECTIONS 

Artbank 
BHP Billiton 
City of Banyule Collection 
Geelong Art Gallery 
Gold Coast City Gallery Collection 
Heide Museum of Modern Art 
Hotel Tolarno, Melbourne 
Latrobe University Museum Collection 
Lyon House Museum, Melbourne 
Michael and Janet Buxton Contemporary Art Collection, Melbourne 
National Australia Bank 
National Gallery of Victoria 
RACV Collection 
RMIT University Collection 
Smorgan Family Collection, Melbourne 
Private Collections Australia & overseas 

 
GRANTS / AWARDS 

2016 Australia Council for the Arts: Development Grants Individuals and Groups - 6 month studio residency at the Leipzig International Art Program, Germany. 
2014 Winner: Lionel Gell Foundation Award, Faculty of VCA & MCM, The University of Melbourne 
2013 Winner: Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD 
2010 Australia Council for the Arts: New Work Grant - Established 
2009 Arts Victoria: International Program – Export and Touring – Solo show at Stephan Stoyanov Gallery,New York, USA 
2007 Australia Council for the Arts: Self Organized New York Studio Residency - Skills and Arts Development General 
2006 Arts Victoria: International Program – Export and Touring – “Silent Majority”, Stux Gallery, New York, USA 
2006 NSW Ministry for the Arts, Gunnery Studio Residency Program, Artspace, Sydney 
2004 Australia Council for the Arts: Los Angeles Studio Residency – Skills and Arts Development 
2002 Arts Victoria: International Program-Export and Touring-“Painting as Paradox”, Artist’s Space, New York, USA

2013 – 2014 Masters of Fine Art by Research, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne 
1997 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art, Honours (Painting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University 
1989 – 1991 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Painting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University