Stephen Eastaugh
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| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia
| nationality = Australian
| occupation = Artist
| years_active = 1981-
| known_for = Semi-abstract Landscapes
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}}Stephen Eastaugh (born 28 July 1960) is an Australian contemporary artist from Melbourne, Australia. He is known for producing semi-abstract, mixed media art, and his work is often informed by his experiences traveling.
Career
Eastaugh studied at the Victorian College of the Arts from 1979 to 1981. After completing his Bachelors of Fine Art, he began to travel, first to New Zealand and Norway,Hor-Chung Lau, J. “Stitches and stays”, South China Morning Post, 8 August 2004 and since then has not settled anywhere for more than a few months at a time.Thomson, Jonathan. “The Art of Travel”, Asian Art News, Vol. 14 No.6, November/December 2004 Since the early 1980s, he has participated in over 100 solo exhibitions and 100 group exhibitions in Australia and internationally. He is represented in many of Australia’s state and national art collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria and Parliament House Canberra.
In 2012 Eastaugh self-published Unstill Life, a book with a limited-edition of 500 copies, documenting his 30 years of traveling which he wrote over the winter of 2009 at Mawson station in Antarctica.
= Artistic Style and Influences =
Each of Eastaugh's semi-abstract, mixed-media artworks tells a story based on his travels,Crawford, Ashley. “Wandering star”, The Australian, 26 June 2010 such as passing out after his drink was spiked in Peru (Drugs, 1990).Wardell, M “East(augh), West, North and South”, Stephen Eastaugh: Antarctica, international touring exhibition catalogue, 2000-1 Antarctichinoiserie-scape (2004), for example, was inspired by the rafting sea ice found in Antarctica while reminiscent of depictions of distance in Chinese landscape paintings.Thomson, Jonathan. “The Art of Travel”, Asian Art News, Vol. 14 No.6, November/December 2004
Eastaugh calls his art of travel an ‘Unstill Life’.Schmidt, Lucinda. “Everysomewherever”, Mercedes magazine, Autumn 2008 He has made nine trips to Antarctica: three trips as the official [http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/antarctic-arts-fellowship/alumni/2000-2009/2000-stephen-eastaugh Australian Antarctic Arts fellow] (2000, 2002–3, 2009), and six times as an artist-in-residence on tourist ships. He travelled twice to the North Pole as part of a Polar art residency on Russian icebreakers.Hor-Chung Lau, J. “Stitches and stays”, South China Morning Post, 8 August 2004 Ulan Bator (Mongolia), Nuuk (Greenland), Nufa Alofa (Tonga), Ushuaia (Argentina) are among the 80 plus countries Eastaugh has visited.Thomson, Jonathan. “The Art of Travel”, Asian Art News, Vol. 14 No.6, November/December 2004 His 2006 Summer studio at Australia’s Davis Station in Antarctica was the subject of the ABC TV documentary AntarcticArt.Schmidt, Lucinda. “Everysomewherever”, Mercedes magazine, Autumn 2008 On Eastaugh's third official trip to Antarctica he over-wintered at Mawson station.Raw, Kristin. “Ice in your paintbrush”, Australian Antarctic Magazine, Issue 29, December 2015
The work Eastaugh produces in each country regularly uses materials that resonate with, or are particular to, the local culture.Thomson, Jonathan. “The Art of Travel”, Asian Art News, Vol. 14 No.6, November/December 2004 These materials have a strong textural quality: encaustic wax, oilsticks, medical bandages, rugs, fabric, embroidery, damaged paper and pearl shells.Schmidt, Lucinda. “Everysomewherever”, Mercedes magazine, Autumn 2008 Rooted (Mongolia), 2004, for example, abstracts various Mongolian objects and views in 30 panels made from acrylic paint and embroidered medical bandages, wool and cotton thread.Hor-Chung Lau, J. “Stitches and stays”, South China Morning Post, 8 August 2004
Personal life
An adopted child born in Melbourne, AustraliaSchmidt, Lucinda. “Everysomewherever”, Mercedes magazine, Autumn 2008 Eastaugh made contact with his biological parents when he was 28.Crawford, Ashley. “Wandering star”, The Australian, 26 June 2010 His biological father is a former Dutch sailor, based in Broome, Australia.Crawford, Ashley. “Wandering star”, The Australian, 26 June 2010 In 2007 Eastaugh married Argentinian photographer and vigneron Carolina Furque in Hong Kong.Crawford, Ashley. “Wandering star”, The Australian, 26 June 2010
Collections (selected)
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
- Parliament House, Canberra
- Australian Antarctic Division Collection
- Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
- Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
Awards, grants, fellowships (selected)
- Asialink Residency, Hong Kong 2001 and Beijing 2012
- [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/about-us/opportunities-for-artists/studios-in-paris-scholarship/ Art Gallery of NSW, Moya * Dyring Studio, Cite Internationale, Paris, 2001]
- [http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/antarctic-arts-fellowship/alumni/2000-2009/2000-stephen-eastaugh Australian Antarctic Division Artists' Program, 2000, 2002–3 and 2009]
- Faber Castell National Drawing Award (Professional), 1991
References
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External links
- [http://stepheneastaugh.com.au stepheneastaugh.com.au]
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