Patrick Owen WILSON
b. 1940
Sculptures, paintings
Patrick Owen Wilson in 1972
Brief C.V.
Born 2nd August, 1940 in Germiston, Transvaal, of Irish descent; educated in Swaziland; worked in advertising for 10 years, was creative director, attending an advertising convention in Chicago, 1970. After leaving the advertising and free-lance designing field, he became a full-time self-taught sculptor, working in polyester resin. Moved to Pinetown, Natal, in 1974.
In 1983, he moved with his family to Sydney N.S.W., Australia. He is a creative director of Pennywhistle Productions in Roseville, Sydney, Upper North Shore.
Selected solo and group exhibitions
1972 Gallery 101, Rand Central, Johannesburg (Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures and Graphics by Pretoria Artists) (22nd May to 5th June) (3 polyester resin sculptures: female form, split torso, the virgin)
1972 Gallery 101, Johannesburg (solo) (paintings and sculptures) (23rd October to 11th November)
1972 “Living Arts 72”, Carlton Exhibition Centre, Johannesburg (5th to 15th December) - one of 25 international and South African artists included
"Interlocking", 1972 - sculpture in polyester resin by Patrick Wilson exhibited at the Living Arts Exhibition, Johannesburg in 1972
1973 Art South Africa Today, Durban (one sculpture)
1974 Gallery 101, Rand Central, Johannesburg (“4th Transvaal Sculpture Exhibition”) (25th February)
1974 N.S.A. Gallery, Durban (Paintings and sculptures) (May to 8th June)
Work included on
1973 IV Bienal Internacional del Deporte en las Bellas Artes, Madrid (April-May)
"Archer" - polyester resin - 41x85x20 cm - exhibited in Madrid 1973 (IV International Biennale for Sport in the Fine Arts)
1999 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney - Wynne Art Prize (finalist) ("Study of the human body at rest")
"Figure at rest" ("Study of the human body at rest") - two interlocking sculptures in polyester resin - 61x41 cm - exhibited at AGNSW 1999
Selected sculptures
Sculpture in resin illustrated in ARTLOOK 71 Johannesburg – October, 1972, p. 28
See also Youtube upload on this link
Screen print of selected © sculptures on Facebook from different periods by Patrick Owen Wilson
Selected Publications and reviews
ARTLOOK 71 Johannesburg - October 1972, Vol. 5 No 10, p28 ill
"Living Arts 1972" Johannesburg catalogue
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 30th October, 1972 ("Art View")
The Star, Johannesburg - 31st October, 1972
1973 Art South Africa Today, Durban - catalogue ("Reclining figure" listed)
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg – February 1974 (“Art in aspect” by Richard Cheales)
Natal Mercury, Durban ("Action painting at the NSA") - 31st May, 1974
Natal Daily News, Durban ("A penchant for polyester") - 5th June, 1974
Tempo, Durban - 7th June, 1974
"Art & Artists of South Africa" (Berman) (Balkema) 1983, listed p.526
Selected Awards
SASWA-Idem Award - Nominated as Runner-up to the Best English Television Drama Script of 1981 for "The Potato Eater"
CLIO Award 1982 for Illustration
Work on auction
"Interlocked forms", 1972 - polyester resin - 41 cm H including base
Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg (30th March, 2013) - Lot P131
Bibliography
"Horns above the grass" - first novel published and illustrated by Patrick Owen Wilson in 2013 (Kindle)
Updated 4th September, 2015