Tony Twigg (b. 1953 in Australia) has a strong international practice with 59 solo exhibitions presented in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines since 1975. Over his long career Twigg has also been known for his multi-disciplinary and film works, included in the iconic Cannes Film Festival. He studied painting in Australia and received his Master of Visual Arts from the College of Fine Arts, Sydney in 1985.
Tony Twigg working in his Sydney studio
He was a recipient of Australia Council Manila Studio Grant (1996), Rimbun Dahan Malaysian residency (2005), TARP Residency TAKSU Kuala Lumper (2009), and traveled to Beijing to complete a residency with Red Gate Gallery in 2012. Twigg's work is held in major museum collections and in private and corporate collections across Southeast Asia and Australia.
There, not there and on the way, Galleria Duemila, Manila, Philippines (2016)
Manifesto, Taksu Gallery, Singapore (2016)
Moonbathing, Annandale Galleries, Sydney (2016)
Recent Group Exhibitions
Abstraction 111, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney (2018)
Shimmer and pool, Annandale Galleries, Sydney (2015)
Finders Keepers, New Acquisitions, Ateneo Art Gallery, Philippines (2012)
Recent Commissions
Standing Vibrafon, Kimpton Margot Hotel, Sydney (2021)
15 sticks in 3 places, Hilton Hotel, Sydney (2017)
Transponder, Cairmhill Nine, Singapore (2017)
The leaving, Grand Hyatt City of Dreams, Metro Manila, Philippines (2014)
Pivot wall, Aloft Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2012)
Performance Works
Life Still, Dance in collaboration with Anca Frankenhaeuser and Patrick Harding-Imer, Annandale Galleries, Sydney (2016)
Selected Public and Corporate Collections
Allens, Sydney, Australia
Art Bank, Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Artspace Mackay, Australia
Ateneo Art Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
Ayaland Collection, Philippines
Australia National University, Canberra, Australia
BenCab Museum, Asin, Philippines
The Carlos Oppen Cojuangco Art Collection, Bacolod, Philippines
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia
Griffith University, Australia
Jaime Ayala Collection, Manila, Philippines
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Newcastle University, Newcastle, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Rimbun Dahan Collection, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Spencer Stuart Corporate Collection, Sydney, Australia
University of Philippines, Los Banos, Philippines
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, Australia
Featured Artworks by Tony Twigg
Code #3 2019 Enamel on timber construction in 2 parts, 92 x113cm
$5,500 | Purchase | Enquire
Cloudburst 2018-19 Enamel on timber in 4 parts, 130 x 141cm
$8,000 | Purchase | Enquire
Code #5 2017-19 Enamel on timber construction in 3 parts, 136 x136cm
$7,000 | Purchase | Enquire
The Absent 5th 2020 Enamel on timber construction in 14 parts, 118x164cm
$8,000 | Purchase | Enquire
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