George Moore

George Moore was born in 1916 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England. In 1920 he and his widowed mother moved to Wellington, New Zealand. He attended Wellington Technical College and the Elam Art School (today respectively parts of Massey University and the University of Auckland) before commencing work at a publisher, Whitcomb & Toombs, as an engraver and lithographer. During this time he produced large numbers of lithographic posters, refining his drawing style and experimenting with the medium. During WWII he served with the Royal New Zealand Air force, including in the Coral Sea campaign with the American forces. In 1950 he moved to Sydney, Australia, where he worked in advertising for the next twenty years. During this time he provided pro-bono poster work for the Aboriginal Welfare Development Association, the National Trust and the Independent Theatre, Sydney. He also travelled throughout the South Pacific and India and these trips continue to inform his work. In 1970 he became a full time artist. From 1976 to 1977 he taught drawing at the East Sydney Technical College, now the National Art School (NAS). In 1980 he moved to the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria before moving to Brisbane, Queensland, in 1987, Queensland. Since 2007 he has lived in Sydney.

Solo Shows

1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983
Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney

1976, 1979
Von Bertough Gallery, Newcastle, Australia

1982
Milburn + Arte, Brisbane, Australia

1986
Grafton Gallery, Cairns, Australia

1981, 1983, 1984 (drawings), 1988
Mornington Gallery, Victoria, Australia

1991
Quasions, Melbourne, Australia

2000
Windows on Church, Richmond, Melbourne, Australia,

1995
University of Queensland Graduates Club, Brisbane, Australia

Group Shows

1973
The Perth Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia,

1974-1984
Bloomfield Galleries, Australia

1974-1984
Von Bertough Gallery, Newcastle, Australia

1977
L.J. Harvey Drawing Prize, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

1978
Wagga Wagga Invitational Prize, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia

1977
Winner Acquisitive Award, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia,

1979
Highly commended

1979, 1980
winner Maitland Art Prize, Maitland, New South Wales,Australia,

1980
Broken Hill Art Awards, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia,

1981-2000
Post Office Gallery, Red Hill, Australia

1982
Mattara Festival, City Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Armstrong, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

1982, 1983
Diamond Valley Victoria Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia

1984
McClelland Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia,

1985
Anna Symonds Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide, Australia

1987
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, Australia,

1988
Uffizi Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1991, 1992
Quasions Gallery, Melbourne, Australia