Instagram: @dinoconsalvo
currently lives and works in Newcastle, NSW
Gallery Director, Straitjacket since July 2022
Art Education
1978 – 1981 Diploma of Fine Arts – Caulfield Institute of Technology Melbourne
1976 Fine Arts – Alexander Mackie Sydney
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Water at Merewether – Art Systems Wickham, Newcastle
2023 The Colour of Water – Scratch Art Space, Sydney
2022 En Plein Air – Duckrabbit Sydney
2020 Amongst the rocks – Duckrabbit Sydney
2019 DEAD Life – Duckrabbit Sydney
2018 Connection – Gallery 139 Newcastle
2017 TRAVERSE – Art Systems Wickham Newcastle
2017 Sydney: a bridged – Janet Clayton Gallery Sydney
2016 Merewether: A Transition – Gallery 139 Newcastle
2015 No Time for Tears or Fears – Art Systems Wickham Newcastle
2014 Working the Harbour – Nobbys Lighthouse Newcastle
2014 7 Days – Presented by Damien Minton Gallery at Brenner Studio Newcastle
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Alternating the Cube – MAC yapang, Lake Macquarie
2021 gatherED – Watt Space Gallery Newcastle
2019 From the mud brick house– UoN Gallery Newcastle
(with daughter and artist Lottie Consalvo)
2016 The Subject – Gallery 139 Newcastle
2015 Dawn Patrol – Gallery 139 Newcastle
2015 Mixing it at the Metropolitan – Metropolitan Hotel Maitland
(joint exhibition with Kate Wilkins)
2014 Shed 9 – Back To Back Gallery Newcastle
2013 Drawn Upstairs – Newcastle Art Space Newcastle
2013 Moonlighting – Art Systems Wickham Newcastle
(joint exhibition with Peter Lankas)
Prizes
2024 Gosford Art Prize (finalist)- Gosford Regional Gallery
2023 Newcastle Club Foundation Art Prize (finalist and winner of Club Members Choice) – Newcastle Club
2017 Paddington Art Prize (finalist) – Wollahra Sydney
2017 Newcastle Club Acquisitive Painting Prize – (finalist) – Newcastle Club
2017 Gosford Art Prize (finalist)- Gosford Regional Gallery
2016 Gosford Art Prize (finalist)- Gosford Regional Gallery
2015 Gosford Art Prize (finalist)- Gosford Regional Gallery
2015 Mosman Art Prize (finalist)- Mosman Art Gallery Sydney
2014 NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize (semi-finalist) Sydney
Commissions
2010 Kampf Family – Sculpture Commission Melbourne
2009 Moore Family – Portrait commission Melbourne
2005 Michaels Family – Sculpture Commission Melbourne
1998 Coles Myer – Sculpture Commission Healesville Vic
1996 Brunetti Family – Mural Commission Melbourne
1976 Artists assistant to John Firth-Smith Court House Sculptures Sydney
Collections
Artbank AU, Coles Myer, Zagame Corporation, Baslie Imports, University of Newcastle, Private collections
