Artist's Bio
Duncan Staples is a Sydney-based artist, who specializes in figurative and landscape painting, portraiture, caricature, and design.
Having completed his Bachelor of Creative Arts and Bachelor of Arts at the University of Wollongong where he majored in painting, Staples has sold work through private commission and through exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, the Illawarra and the Riverina regions.
It is Staples’ aim to find new and creative ways of capturing and articulating the sociological and emotional aspects of his environment through his art.
Having completed his Bachelor of Creative Arts and Bachelor of Arts at the University of Wollongong where he majored in painting, Staples has sold work through private commission and through exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, the Illawarra and the Riverina regions.
It is Staples’ aim to find new and creative ways of capturing and articulating the sociological and emotional aspects of his environment through his art.
Curriculum Vitae
Waverley Art Prize 2013
"Sprung From Cages", Solo Show at blank_space gallery 2013
St George Art Awards 2012 & 2016
Cricket Art Prize 2011
Mosman Art Prize 2008 & 2011
Warringah Art Prize 2011 & 2012
Thirroul Seaside & Arts Festival, 2004-2016
Small Works, Brunswick Gallery, 2009
Children’s & Young Adult Writers & Illustrators Conference, 2008
Bald Archy Prize, Coolac Festival, 2006-2008
“Land & Sea” DeHavilland Gallery, Wollongong, 2007
“Nudes” DeHavilland Gallery, Wollongong, 2007
"Sprung From Cages", Solo Show at blank_space gallery 2013
St George Art Awards 2012 & 2016
Cricket Art Prize 2011
Mosman Art Prize 2008 & 2011
Warringah Art Prize 2011 & 2012
Thirroul Seaside & Arts Festival, 2004-2016
Small Works, Brunswick Gallery, 2009
Children’s & Young Adult Writers & Illustrators Conference, 2008
Bald Archy Prize, Coolac Festival, 2006-2008
“Land & Sea” DeHavilland Gallery, Wollongong, 2007
“Nudes” DeHavilland Gallery, Wollongong, 2007