Ian Gunn

English born, based in Australia I received my art training in both countries., majoring in painting and ceramics. My studio is located in Queensland on the Sunshine Coast. I have used different mediums in my art practice including encaustic, collage, ceramic, inks, acrylics and oils and I am currently creating works from memories of English and Australian landscape.
My work practice is intuitive. I do not make work from photographs, drawings, or plans of any kind.
I just start and memory and mark making set me on a journey of layering marks and partial erasing until I feel the final combination of marks is cohesive.

I have been exhibiting since my arrival from England in 1991 with over sixty shows and my work is held in private collections worldwide and in public collections in Brisbane and Gympie Queensland.

National Dip. Art and Design.
Cleveland college of Art and Design. Middlesbrough, England.

Advanced Dip. Sunshine Coast TAFE Queensland, Australia.

Oct-Nov 2016 Solo. BK Gallery. Eumundi, Qld.
June -July 2015. Pop Up. Cooroy, Queensland.
2014 Moreton Bay finalists. Pine Rivers ,Queensland.
2013 Jacaranda drawing prize finalists. Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales (Touring exhibition).
2012 True Stories from the studio. Sunshine Coast University. (Touring exhibition). Queensland.
2012 Last chance to see. Kari art gallery, Kenilworth, Queensland.
2012 New drawings & paintings. Gatakers art space, Maryborough, Queensland.
2011 Squeeze. Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra, Queensland.
2011 Up in smoke. Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Queensland.
2010 Kenilworth Art Peize finalist show. Kenilworth, Queensland.
2010 The Edge. The Gallery Eumundi, Eumundi, Queensland.
2009 Last picture show. Baboa Gallery, Brisbane, Queeensland.
2007 This Pop is loud. Umbrella Gallery, Townsville, North Queensland.
2006 Finalist show. $15,000 Sunshine Coast art prize. Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra, Queensland.
2006 Finalist show. $10,000 Mayors art prize. Kenilworth, Queensland.
2006 Finalists show. Conrad Jupiters Art prize. Gold Coast City gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland.
2005 Image as text as image. Noosa Regional gallery, Noosa, Queensland.
2005 Construction 8....