Zelman Lew

1948 Born, Melbourne
1965 Employed, Tate Publishing Co. - Melbourne
1966 Employed, Athol Schmidt John Cato Pty Ltd. (Fashion photographers)
1967-73 Worked and traveled throughout Europe & Middle East
1978-86 Director PointOut Productions Pty. Ltd.
Publisher of PointOut Magazine, Gold Coast Australia
1994-98 Self-employed Graphic Designer
1997 Vice President, Association of Fine Artists Inc.
1998 Executive Member, Association of Fine Artists Inc.

Group Shows:

1982 SGIO (Suncorp) Art Award, Brisbane
1983 Galleries Baguett, Ascot, Brisbane
1984 Gold Coast through the Eyes of the Artists, Gold Coast City Council Chambers
SGIO (Suncorp) Art Award, Brisbane
Gold Coast Art Prize
1985 SGIO (Suncorp) Art Award Brisbane
1988 In Search of Gold, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Survey
Show of 30 Gold Coast Artists
1994 Bushwalk, Gold Coast Art Gallery
Our Town, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Critic’s Choice, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Lamp Show, Coolangatta Gallery
Mirror Show, Coolangatta Gallery
Tweed Art Prize
Noosa Art Show
Redcliffe Art Show
Fishers Ghost Art Award
1995 Coast Line Artists, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Trinity Art Show, Gold Coast
Tweed Art Show, Gold Coast
St. Hilda’s Art Show, Gold Coast
Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award, Gladstone
Traveling Exhibition, Takasu, Japan
1996 Surf Art Expo, Paradise Centre, Gold Coast
St. Alban Art Festival
AFA Art Show, Bond University Library, Gold Coast
Cost Cult, 7-person show, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1997 Hibiscus Gallery, Hobart, Tas
1998 Somerset Literary Festival, Gold Coast, Qld.
Deans Gallery, Southport, Qld.
1999 Paradise Art Gallery, Gold Coast Art Gallery, Qld.
Finalist, Tweed Valley Art Prize, NSW
Finalist, Conrad Jupiter’s Art Prize, Qld.

Solo Shows:

1985 Australian Craft Gallery, Southport, Qld.
1995 Watling Gallery, Southport, Qld.
1997 Scent of a Woman, Budds Beach Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
1999 Mooloolaba Gallery, Qld.
Galloway Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.

Awards:

1984 SGIO Art Award. Painting ‘Sky Mural’. Judged by Raoul Melish, Director, Queensland Art Gallery
1998 Bush to Beach Art Exhibition, Gold Coast, Highly Commended
1999 Paradise Art Awards, Gold Coast Art Gallery. Judged by John Walsh, Director Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Tweed Valley Art Prize. Painting ‘Questions to Answers Unknown’.

Acquisitions:

• State Government Insurance Office
• Tweed River Regional Art Gallery. Portrait of Pat Corrigan, ‘Blues for Pat’
• Robina Land Corporation
• Tweed Shire Council

Commissions:

1982 Sculpture, Windaroo Estate, Beenleigh 1995 2 paintings, Robina Land Corporation

Publications:

1988 In Search of Gold, Published by Gold Coast City Art Gallery 1996 Windows to the Soul, Published by AFA (Association of Fine Artists) Inc.