I am a painter and critic based in Melbourne, Australia.

Contact me at depictionbell@gmail.com

BIOGRAPHY

1952                       Born in Ballarat, Victoria.

1971-3                   National Gallery of Victoria Art School (VCA)

1975-85                London International Film School and UK Film &TV industry, travels throughout UK, Europe and New York (see also filmography)

1986-05                Melbourne commercial artist

1993-95                 MFA (VCA) Melbourne University

2001-04                PhD studies in art history (Newcastle & Melbourne Universities)

2007                      Blogs @ http://currentartpics.blogspot.com

2008                     Online dissertation: depictionandpainting.net (now defunct)

2008+                   Beginners digital graphics course (evenings) at Box Hill Institute.

2009-2010            Advanced Diploma in Digital Media, Box Hill Institute

2011                      B.A. in Digital Media, Swinburne University (abandoned)

ONLINE CATALOGUE OF WORKS:   https://gerrybellart.wordpress.com

2012                     Studio residency at Maroondah (City) Gallery, Ringwood.

2014                     Studio residency at Irene Studios (artists’ collective), East Brunswick

2016                    Commences Melbourne Art Seen blog, reviewing local exhibitions.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1986       Rhumbarallas Gallery, Melbourne, WALDEINSAMKEIT

1987       Girgis & Klym Gallery, Melbourne, REDHEADS

1988       Roar 2 Studios, Melbourne, WORKOUTS

1992       Pinacotheca, Melbourne, DOMESTIC ROUTINES

1994       Pinacotheca, Melbourne, CAR PEOPLE

1995       Ether Ohnetitel, Melbourne, CAR PEOPLE

1995       Legge Galleries, Sydney, CAR PEOPLE

1996       Pinacotheca, Melbourne, DEEP SHOPPING

1998       Pinacotheca, Melbourne, ACQUIRED TASTE and SERENADES

2000      Mass Gallery, Melbourne, LIKENESS – 10 portraits

2012       Place Gallery, Melbourne, CITYICITY – Urban landscapes

2019       William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, SAMPLER-01 – various paintings

GROUP SHOWS

1997       RMIT Project Space, Melbourne – Urban

2001      Mass Gallery, Melbourne – Mediations

2009       Place Gallery, Melbourne – Post

HARDCOPY PUBLICATIONS BY THE ARTIST

 ‘Contemporary landscape’ in Maroondah City Gallery Art Collection Catalogue 2007

‘Final Word,’ in Garageland 12, Lancing Press, London 2011. p.68.

‘Going The Distance’, in Garageland 13, Lancing Press, London 2012, p.61

 ONLINE REVIEWS BY THE ARTIST

 For Arthshub Australia (www.artshub.com.au) 2007- 8:

Fred Cress @ Australia Galleries

Juan Ford @ artsproject

Wes Placek @ Place

Paul Boston @ Niagara Galleries

On the official E. H. Gombrich Archive: ‘Ten Reasons Why E. H. Gombrich Remains Central to Art History’  (in response to James Elkins’  ‘Ten Reasons Why E. H. Gombrich Is Not Connected to Art History’)

HARDCOPY PUBLICATIONS ON THE ARTIST

 Bell, G:      Car People Paintings (catalogue) – Prismatic Images 1995 (ISBN 0 646 258328)

Walwicz A:       Deep Shopping – Art Monthly Australia, Oct 1996 No 94 p.27

Ryan, D:        Urban (Gerry Bell, John McKinnon, Peter Neilson) catalogue essay, RMIT project space, 1997.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The National Gallery of Victoria.