The Peasant Wedding Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - The Peasant Wedding
The Peasant Wedding 2020
The Peasant WeddingStefan DunlopThe Peasant Wedding
The Peasant Wedding2020
oil on linen
180 x 150 cm
$15,800  ENQUIRE
The Ecstacy of Saint Teresa Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - The Ecstacy of Saint Teresa
The Ecstacy of Saint Teresa 2022
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The Ecstacy of Saint Teresa2022
oil on linen
150 x 170 cm
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Tote Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - Tote
Tote 2021
ToteStefan DunlopTote
Tote2021
oil on linen
170 x 150 cm
$15,000  ENQUIRE
Capitalism with Apples Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - Capitalism with Apples
Capitalism with Apples 2021
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Capitalism with Apples2021
oil on linen
154 x 134 cm
$12,000  ENQUIRE
Captain Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - Captain
Captain 2021
CaptainStefan DunlopCaptain
Captain2021
oil on line
170 x 150 cm
SOLD 
Peasant Wedding Big Splash Tote Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - Peasant Wedding Big Splash Tote
Peasant Wedding Big Splash Tote 2022
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Peasant Wedding Big Splash Tote2022
oil on linen
200 x 240 cm
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Reclining Lady After Franz Xaver Winterhalter & Romantic Landscape After Gert J Rheeders After George Crola L B Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - Reclining Lady After Franz Xaver Winterhalter & Romantic Landscape After Gert J Rheeders After George Crola L B
Reclining Lady After Franz Xaver Winterhalter & Romantic Landscape After Gert J Rheeders After George Crola L B 2022
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Reclining Lady After Franz Xaver Winterhalter & Romantic Landscape After Gert J Rheeders After George Crola L B2022
oil on linen
110 x 165 cm
SOLD 
Pink Green Blue Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - Pink Green Blue
Pink Green Blue 2018
Pink Green BlueStefan DunlopPink Green Blue
Pink Green Blue2018
oil on linen
164 x 122 cm
SOLD 
Oil Sketch After Rembrandt Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - Oil Sketch After Rembrandt
Oil Sketch After Rembrandt 2022
Oil Sketch After RembrandtStefan DunlopOil Sketch After Rembrandt
Oil Sketch After Rembrandt2022
oil on linen
46 x 40 cm
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Bananas Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - Bananas
Bananas 2021
BananasStefan DunlopBananas
Bananas2021
oil on linen
170 x 150 cm
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Third Last One Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - Third Last One
Third Last One 2022
Third Last OneStefan DunlopThird Last One
Third Last One2022
oil on linen
170 x 150 cm
SOLD 
Still Life #6 Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - Still Life #6
Still Life #6 2021
Still Life #6Stefan DunlopStill Life #6
Still Life #62021
oil on linen
46 x 40 cm
SOLD 
INSTALLATION VIEW 'Endless' Stefan Dunlop Stefan Dunlop - INSTALLATION VIEW 'Endless'
INSTALLATION VIEW 'Endless' 2022
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ENDLESS

My work grapples with the visually Baroque age in which we live, via the historical medium of oil paint. I’ve recently worked through a series of paintings that reference art history, towards a new series of work based on a fragmentation of space, form, imagery and colour.

The historically based paintings were an examination of the various troupes of painting, being playful with the western classical and baroque traditions. They both respected and subverted those traditions. There is no dark colour used in these works, so the form is created via composition and complementary colour.

The more recent fragmented and collage based works are a simple and direct response to the image-based world in which we currently live. A world in which we are exposed daily to a thousand times more images than visual artists of merely a generation ago. The visual library that contemporary artists and audiences possess is extreme and exponentially expanding, I have responded to this in my work.

Each new painting should be a new experiment, and at all times I’ve tried to avoid repeating a style of painting. If a painting is successful then it will be for that reason.

Stefan Dunlop 2022

Stefan Dunlop 'Endless'

Experimentation, spontaneity and freedom are the cornerstones of Stefan Dunlop’s most recent art practice. Known throughout his career for compositions that combine art historical references with fragments of colour and form, his work presents a unique narrative twist on western classical and baroque traditions as well as the often-overwhelming image-based world we live in.

Beginning with reference images taken from pop culture or art history, or something that has piqued his interest online, Dunlop works quickly using a combination of collage and projection to compose the elements before transferring his ideas to canvas. Working in oils, he lets the process determine the direction, giving himself permission to wreck, remove and revisit ideas as he paints. He works across multiple paintings at a time, using this method as a forced separation that allows him to step back, take time to consider each canvas and remain spontaneous. The longer he spends on a painting the more abstracted it becomes, leading to the reintroduction of grounding elements such as fine art references and historical figures to add depth, and a sense of purpose

Of late Dunlop has relaxed further into his painting, free of the niggling pressure to prove himself. His approach is now less outcome-driven and more playful, evidenced by his use of brighter colours and looser mark making. Though still challenging the physical limitations of painting and keen to simultaneously respect and subvert artistic traditions, his process has become more about the enjoyment of the work than the end result.

Stefan Dunlop studied art at the Brisbane Institute of Art from 1994-96 before undertaking further studies at the Chelsea College of Art, London, the Slade School of Fine Art, London, and the New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, New York. In 2010 he attended the University of Texas Art Residency program, and in 2014 completed the Leipzig International Art Program at the Spinnerei in Leipzig, Germany. Finalist in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize (2019, 2007), the Gold Coast Art Prize (2010, 2008, 2006, 2003), and the Clayton Utz Art Award (2010), his work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions through Australia as well as New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Germany and New York. His work is held in public and private collections including Parliament House Collection, Canberra; Artbank, Sydney; and the Sunshine Coast Art Collection.

Carrie McCarthy 2022

Stefan Dunlop

  • Born 1972, New Zealand
  • Lives and works in Australia

EDUCATION

2014

  • Leipzig International Art Programme, Germany

2010

  • University of Texas Artist Residency, Centraltrak, Dallas Texas USA

2002

  • Slade School of Fine Art, London

2001

  • New York Studio School of Painting Drawing & Sculpture, New York
  • Slade School of Fine Art, London

2000

  • Chelsea College of Art, London

1996

  • Brisbane Institute of Art, Brisbane
  • Bachelor of Commerce, University of Queensland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

  • 'Endless', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2020

  • 'Recent Work', Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne

2019

  • 'The Peasant Wedding', Galerie Pompom, Sydney

2018

  • 'Requiem for the Static King', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2017

  • 'Titles are Hard', Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2016

  • 'I Like your Old Stuff Better than your New Stuff', Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne

2015

  • 'Super, Elastic, Bubble, Plastic', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2014

  • 'Porno for Pirates', Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2013

  • 'Rum, Sodomy and the Lash', EDWINA CORLETTE at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair

2012

  • Stefan Dunlop - Ten Years, The University of The Sunshine Coast Gallery
  • 'Concrete Plastic Monument To Nothingness', Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2011

  • 'Recent Paintings', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2009

  • 'Select Paintings', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2008

  • 'The First Lie Of Painting', Axia Modern Art, Melbourne

2007

  • 'New Work', Tim Olsen Art Gallery, Sydney

2006

  • 'Pick Of The Crop', Noosa Regional Gallery

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020

  • Auckland Art Fair, EDWINA CORLETTE, Online

2019

  • 'The New Gallery Show', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2018

  • '10th Anniversary Exhibition', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2014

  • 'Twenty Fourteen', Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
  • ‘Time Travel’, Frühlingsrundgang Spinnereigalerien, Leipzig Germany

2012

  • Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery
  • Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
  • 'Untitled', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2011

  • RBS Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
  • The Stan And Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast
  • Clayton Utz Launch Art Award, Brisbane
  • 'Wattle', The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong

2010

  • Art Central Hong Kong, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
  • 'Recent Acquisitions', Parliament House Collection, Canberra

2009

  • 'Launch', Metro Arts/Clayton Utz, Brisbane
  • 'Untitled', The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
  • 'Untitled', COMODAA, London
  • 'Untitled', Noosa Regional Gallery

2008

  • 'Untitled', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
  • Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
  • 'Narrative', Brenda May Gallery, Sydney

2007

  • Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery

2006

  • Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery

AWARDS

2020

  • Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery

2019

  • Finalist, Paddington Art Prize
  • Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery

2016

  • Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery

2013

  • Winner Leipzig International Art Program (2014), Germany

2011

  • RBS Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
  • Clayton Utz Launch Art Award, Brisbane

2010

  • University of Texas at Dallas Grant
  • Short listed, Duke Gold Coast Art Prize
  • Short listed, Clayton Utz Launch Art Award, Brisbane
  • Recipient, Arts Queensland Career Development Grant

2009

  • University Of Texas Artist Residency, Centraltrak, Dallas, Texas USA
  • Short Listed, Launch Scholarship Exhibition, Clayton Utz/Metro Arts, Brisbane

2008

  • Short listed, Gold Coast Art Prize

2007

  • Short listed, Sunshine Coast Art Prize

2006

  • Short listed, Gold Coast Art Prize

2004

  • Short listed, Canberra Art Prize, Canberra
  • Short listed, Cromwell’s Art Prize, Sydney

2003

  • Short listed, Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
  • Short listed, Canberra Art Prize

2001

  • Recipient, Vincente Scholarship, New York Studio School, New York

1991

  • Winner, Queensland Excellence in Youth Art Award

COLLECTIONS

  • Parliament House Collection, Canberra
  • Collection of the Ministerial Council On Education, Employment, Training & Youth Affairs, Melbourne

November 10, 2020

STEFAN DUNLOP FEATURED ON ALAN KOHLER'S PODCAST

In his pod cast (links below) Alan Kohler tells the world that his three best Non-share investments (that he actually owns) are:


  1. A house in Richmond, Melbourne
  2. A painting by Stefan Dunlop
  3. A longines watch
He goes on the say that Stefan Dunlop is “taking off” as a painter.

Stefan is mentioned at about 31.30 min

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE AT THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/674VsBpdIzo9Itk3R3XOW9

or apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/gold-regains-lustre-as-inflation-hedge-who-wants-crown/id1201031401?i=1000495618174

June 17, 2019

STEFAN DUNLOP FEATURED IN ARTIST PROFILE MAGAZINE

Sarah Cox previews Stefan Dunlop's painting practice in the latest issue of Artist Profile magazine.

READ MORE HERE

October 27, 2018

STEFAN DUNLOP FEATURED IN THE DESIGN FILES

Stefan Dunlop's work was featured on the highly regarded Design Files blog. Elle Murrell writes of Stefan's work:

'The 45-year-old came to his practice ‘in a round about way’. He tried out a range of jobs and a degrees not associated with art, before landing in New York for six months, where he enrolled in the New York Studio School. ‘This is what really kick started my painting career,’ he recalls. ‘Now I work in splendid isolation on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.’

READ MORE HERE

May 28, 2016

Stefan Dunlop Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize

Congratulations to Stefan Dunlop who is a finalist in the Caloundra Regional Gallery's Sunshine Coast Art Prize. The prize is a national contemporary two-dimensional award with an acquisitive prize of $25,000 plus a studio residency at Montville Country Cabins. The winner will be announced on 1 September 2016. View Stefan’s available works here.

April 24, 2015

Artist Profile: Stefan Dunlop

Stefan Dunlop features in Issue #29 of Artist Profile.

STEFAN DUNLOP — In the Studio
A STUDIO GLIMPSE WITH STEFAN DUNLOP 2020

16 October 2024 – 5 November 2024
STEFAN DUNLOP

29 November 2022 – 28 February 2023
THE SUMMER SHOW

5 – 23 April 2022
Stefan Dunlop ‘Endless’

3 January 2022 – 1 February 2022
THE SUMMER SALON

26 June 2019 – 17 July 2019
THE NEW GALLERY SHOW — A Group Exhibition

29 August 2018 – 15 September 2018
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION

20 – 22 September 2013
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair

25 July 2011 – 13 August 2011
Stefan Dunlop ‘Recent Paintings’

14 July 2009 – 1 August 2009
Stefan Dunlop ‘Select Paintings’