Name: Luke Anthony Barker Phone: 07 - 3272 2442 E-Mail: lukebarker001@hotmail.com Year of Birth: 1974 Occupation: Artist (Posing as a Construction Worker by necessity!) Favourite Mediums: Pastel - Oil - Graphite Background: Fine Art, Portraiture, Caricature, CD Cover Illustration, Private Commissions - individuals & interior design companies, Murals Training: 1992 1993/1994 The Studio Art School Lismore NSW Brin Jones School of Fine Art Southport QLD Teaching: 1999-2001 2000-Present Beenleigh Art Society - Tutoring in Pastel & Graphite techniques Private Tutoring - Individuals & Classes Industry Membership: Beenleigh Art Society Pastel Society of Australia Queensland Art Workers Alliance Work Experience: Courier Mail Brisbane - Art Department 1998-2000 Monthly work experience Jonathon Bentley - 36666051 Awards & Prizes: 30 Individual Prizes in shows entered since 1993, including: 12 First Prizes, two People's Choice Awards and one Judge's Choice Award 1993: Beenleigh Show QLD Bentley Art Show NSW 1st Prize - Still Life Pastel Highly Commended - Amateur Prize 1994: Bentley Art Show NSW Highly Commended - Amateur Prize 1995: Kyogle Show NSW 1st Prize - Pastel Portrait 1st Prize - Still Life 1st Prize - Pastel (Any Other Subject) 1st Prize - Water Colour (Any Other Subject) 1st Prize - Charcoal Open 2nd Prize - Charcoal Open Most Successful Exhibitor Award 1996: Beenleigh Show QLD 1st Prize - Insect Study Any Medium 2nd Prize - Any Painting Any Medium 2nd Prize - Still Life Pastel Highly Commended - Figure Section 1997: Bentley Art Show NSW Gold Coast Show QLD Beenleigh Show QLD People's Choice Award 2nd Prize - Contemporary Painting Highly Commended - Contemporary Painting 1st Prize - Figure Any Medium 2nd Prize - Any Painting Any Medium Highly Commended - Seascape Any Medium Highly Commended - Figure Painting 1998: Beenleigh Show QLD Gull Cottage Springwood QLD 1st Prize - Seascape Any Medium 1st Prize - Animal Study Any Medium 1st Prize - Still Life Pastel 1st Prize - Copy Any Medium Most Successful Exhibitor Award First Gallery Exhibition (by invitation only) 5th Annual Wildlife Exhibition 1999: Beenleigh Art Society Annual Exhibition Brisbane R.N.A. Show Ormeau Art Exhibition Judge's Choice Award Highly Commended Fine Art Open Class Australian Wildlife Flora & Fauna People's Choice Award 2000: Interior Decorator's Expo Australia (I.D.E.A.) Parklands QLD People's Choice Award