Craig Gough

Craig Gough was born in Perth in 1938.After distinguishing himself in that art scene,(including art critic for the Sunday Times newspaper),he moved to Melbourne in 1974 to take a position which ultimately became acting associate professor fine-art and head of painting at Monash University completing an M.A fine art and leaving teaching to paint full time in1994.He has held over 40 solo exhibitions and taken part in a plethera of group exhibitions;many by invitation only( nationally and internationally.)He has been awarded many major awards including the McCaughey Prize at the National Gallery of Victoria 1983 and the Visual Art's Board studio at ' il Paretaio',Tuscany, Italy.Numerous commissions, public and private, include a painted tram for Melbourne Tramways Board,a large painting of Melbourne for the N.G.V. Hugh Williamson Award as well as a portrait of the Bishop of Sandhurst, Noel Daly , for the Bendigo cathedral.His paintings drawings and prints are in major galleries and corporate and private collections and hospitals in Australia and Internationally including Australian Embassy Saudi Arabia;National Gallery of Victoria;many regional galleries throughout Australia;Hong Kong Bank ;Price Waterhouhouse;Besen-Suzannes;Ryder-Hunt and Melbourne Clinic.He had a major exhibition, 'Survey 1980-1990' at the Castlemaine Art Gallery which toured regional galleries in 1995-1996.An exhibition of recent large paintings was exhibited at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 2007-2008.