News : David Griggs

Congratulations to the following artists who are finalists in the 2024 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Archibald, Sulman and Wynne Prize) Zaachariaha Fielding (Sulman and Wynne Prize) David Griggs (Archibald Prize) Laura Jones (Archibald and Sulman Prize) Iluwanti Ken (Sulman Prize) Guido Maestri (Archibald Prize) Amber Wallis (Sulman Prize) The winners will be […]

Congratulations to India Mark, Monica Rohan, David Griggs and Claudia Greathead who have been announced as Finalists in the 2023 Mosman Art Prize. The Mosman Art Prize is the longest running and most prestigious municipal art prize in Australia. Winning entries form the basis of the Mosman Art Collection, a valuable and historic collection that […]

Congratulations to the following artists who are finalists in the 2023 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Archibald Prize) Keith Burt (Archibald and Wynne Prize) Lucy Culliton (Wynne Prize) Zaachariaha Fielding (Wynne Prize) David Griggs (Archibald Prize) Iluwanti Ken (Sulman Prize) Richard Lewer (Sulman Prize) Guido Maestri (Wynne Prize) Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes […]

Work by David Griggs will be featured in the forthcoming exhibition at QAGOMA, ‘Lies, Magicians and Blind Faith’, which focuses on the dynamic relationship between Australian and Filipino artists throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Central to the exhibition is Griggs’ 2008 installation-based work, ‘Frog boy’s dissertation into a new karaoke cult’, a monumental painted carnival […]

David Griggs will join Maria Stoljar (from Talking with Painters) for an in conversation event at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Wednesday, 28 September. The eight times Archibald Prize finalist will discuss his energetic paintings that tap into the raw undercurrents of society and human conditions. Artists in conversation Centenary Auditorium Art […]

David Griggs has painted a mural alongside new paintings featured in the recently opened group exhibition,‘Nationalism in the Wake of COVID’ at Macquarie University Art Gallery. The exhibition explores the dialectic between nationalism, localism and internationalism within the context of the global pandemic and the signals that drove nation state border closures in Australia. The […]

Earlier this week, David Griggs unveiled the final lion installation in the globally recognised Tusk Lion Trail. The British charity whose Royal Patron is HRH The Duke of Cambridge, launched 47 life-sized lion sculptures onto the streets in iconic locations worldwide including the UK, the US, Dubai, Nairobi, New Zealand and lastly in Sydney. The ‘Civilian […]