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Education 1981-83Diploma in Fine Art University of Southern Qld Toowoomba Painting major 1996 BA with Honours Visual Arts Sthrn Cross University Lismore NSW Professional Artist working in Photography Painting Ceramics Sculpture Installation Officer casual Gold Coast City Art Gallery Solo Exhibitions 2003 Baxter@Bond Everything Now Bond University Gold Coast 2002 Stephen Baxter Digital With Love G C A C Photography 2000 Stephen Baxter New Paintings ZIGGIES Surfers Paradise Stephen Baxter The Three Graces Blue Grotto Surfers Paradise Stephen Baxter NOW Dogget Street Studio Newstead Brisbane 1999 Stephen Baxter Ceramics & Paintings Grafton Regional Gallery 1997 Stephen Baxter Ceramics Fusions Q.P.A. Gallery Brisbane 1996 Bricolage Lismore Regional Gallery N S W 1995 Mr Ultra Mode–Retro GCCAG Qld Ceramic & Painting 1990 Funky New England Regional Art Gallery in conjunction with ICI collection 1988 Stephen Baxter Ceramics Drawing & Painting U.S.Q. 1984 Stephen Baxter Paintings & Drawings Grafton Community Arts Center. Selected Commissions Acquisitions & Awards 1999 Acquired Pat & Barbrah Corrigan My Country Blinky Bill painted over Hugh Sawrey print Donated GCCAG Collection 2001 1999 Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award Judge Jeff Mincham Marymount Arts Festival Judge John Walsh Sculpture award 1997 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Judge John McDonald Ceramic sculpture 1996 Queensland University of Technology Ceramic sculpture 1995 Downlands College Acquisitive Art Prize Toowoomba Ceramic 1994 University of South East Queensland Ceramic sculpture Southern Cross University NSW Ceramic sculpture Abraxas Design Singapore Tweed Valley Art Prize NSW Painting 1992 Stanthorpe Heritage Art Awards Qld Self Portrait Stanthorpe Heritage Art Awards Qld Ceramic sculpture Red Chair Cafe Paddington Brisbane Design and construct interior Glass ceramic painting 1991 The Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane Qld Ceramic 1990 Gold Coast City Art Gallery Qld Ceramic Tweed Valley Regional Art Gallery NSW Ceramic Churchie Prize for Emerging Artists Qld Ceramic Churchie Prize for Emerging Artists Qld Design Trinity Art Festival Lismore NSW Ceramic Open Section 1989 Churchie Prize for Emerging Artists Qld Ceramic 1988 The 1988 Gold Coast Invitational Art Prize Collage mixed media found objects on board with lazer beam Bicentennial Ceramic Art Award The Southport School Student Art Prize The Southport School Painting Selected Exhibitions 2005 Promethius Art Award Gold Coast Photograph 2004 All That Glitters Artists of the Gold Coast GCCAG Photograph Transformers more than meets the eye QUT Art Museum Brisbane Ceramics 2003 Pink Poodle Art Prize Bond uni Gallery Photograph Animal Crackers GCCAG Collection show Mixed Media Josephine Ulrick National Photography Prize T R A G NSW FLOWERS Gympie Regional Art Gallery QLD Digital manipulation / Photograph 10th Aniversary Christmas Show Doggett Street Studio Brisbane Qld / Photography 2001 The Essence of Local Angels Charity Surfboard Art Auction Sylvesters Gold Coast Artists of The Gold Coast The Museum of the History of Moscow Russia Painting Art Angels GCCAG Charity auction proceeds to benefit cancer research Drawings Celebrity Art Auction Supporting the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Painting 19th International Ceramic Art Award GCCAG Continuum USQ Performance centre Toowoomba Q 1999 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize GCCAG Painting 360 degrees GCCAG collection 1998 Eclection 30 Years of the GCCAG Art Prize Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award GCCAG 1997 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery. Ceramic Sculpture Australische Keramik Kunstgewerbemuseum Schloss Pillnitz Dresden Germany Galerie Handwerk Munich Germany Tea wares Distelfink gallery Fitzroy Melbourne 1996 Tea for two 8th National Ceramic Conference Canberra A C T The Burbs Gold Coast City Art Gallery 1995 The Australian Craft Show Sydney and Canberra Ceramics Prints Paintings Barry Stern Gallery Paddington Sydney Ceramic Sculpture Phillips and Co Skygarden Sydney Ceramic & Prints 1994 The Teapot Exhibition Distelfink Gallery Toorak Melbourne Vic Local Product Tweed Valley Regional Gallery Ceramics Paintings Prints The Aust Craft Show Brisbane Qld Ceramics Prints Paintings Glass Phillips and Co Skygarden Sydney NSW Barry Stern Gallery Paddington Sydney Ceramics Sculpture 1993 The Sydney Teapot Show Old Bakehouse Gallery North Sydney The Candelabra Exhibition Old Bakehouse Gallery North Sydney The Aust Craft Show Royal Exhibition building Sydney Ceramics & Design The Spring Show NSW Craft Council Sydney Ceramic 1992 Stanthorpe Heritage Art Awards Stanthorpe Qld Ceramic sculpture & Painting The Sydney Teapot Show Old Bakehouse Gallery Nth Sydney NSW Handmade in Aust Stanthorpe Regional Touring exhibition tour Qld Sculpture The Aust Craft Show Royal Exhibition building Sydney Ceramic 1991 The Vessel Gold Coast City Regional Gallery Ceramic functional Decorated Clay Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane Australia Tea Dance Qld Craft Council Brisbane The Aus Craft Show Royal Exhibition building Sydney Ceramic & glass 1990 Tweed Valley Art Prize Tweed Valley Regional Art Gallery Painting New Era Waldron Studio Lismore Ceramic & glass 1989 Metro Art 2nd Annual Craft Survey Metro Arts Brisbane Ceramic sculpture Artist in Residence Art Glass Studio Southport Qld 1988 Stephen Baxter Foyer Gallery USQ Ceramics drawing & painting Clay Today Gold Coast City Art Gallery Bicentennial Exhibition 1987 Boyle & Baxter Gold Coast with Charlie Boyle Painting Lecturer USQ 1984 Recent Paintings & Drawings Grafton Community Arts Center NSW 1982 Lillian Peterson Prize for Small Sculpture Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane Art Empire and Industry Darlinghurst Sydney Glass sculpture 1980 National Art Awards for secondary schools Painting Painted mural Gold Coast Playroom Stephen Baxter Publications Media & Experiences 2005 Limelight Jan 2005 p28 Transformers more than meets the eye 1999 Aspects of the Gold Coast City Art Gallery Ceramic Collection Floor walk Daily Examiner Grafton April13th A whimsical work of art Gold Coast Bulletin Nov 12th P 2 Blinky Bill row by Ann Wason 1998 Gold Coast Bulletin May 360 Degrees Going potty with ceramics 1997 Keineswegs Functional Kunsthandwerk & Design Jan / Feb Judge Beaudesert Rotary Art Prize Installations Officer Gold Coast City Art Gallery Northern News Arts Beat July 31st Weekend Review Gold Coast Bulletin p12 Lining up for the prize again 1996 The Australian Potters Directory P S of A Editor Sue Buckle pp11 Bricolage Interview Radio 2NCR FM Arts program The Northern Star Entertainment nov 1st 1996 p15 Bricolage The Canberra Times Wednesday July 10 The shaping of teapots to come Meredith Hinchliffe p16 1995 Selected Australian Works QUT Art Collection Stephen Rainbird - Curator Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists Thorpe NAV A second edition pp19 Gold Coast Bulletin Page 31 Mr Ultra Mode Retro Gold Coast Bulletin Review Dr Seuss meets Dali in Baxter exhibition Lara Hookham THE MORNING SHOW Interview live to air Channel 10 reporter Brady Hals The 7th Australian Craft Show catalog Time Piece 1994 Pottery in Australia Vol33 No3/Spring Daily News Murwillumbah Sculptor makes major Asian sale 1993 Pottery in Australia Vol 23 No 1 Autumn From hobby ceramics to Ultra Modernism Australia House & Garden April Taking Tea ZOOM Teapot 1992 Elle May-June What's New Training Teapot Time Trax Movie props for Warner Brothers production unit Coomera Qld Handmade in Australia Evolution of Ceramics 1971-92 Stanthorpe R A G 1991 Decorated Clay Queensland Art Gallery Curated by Glenn Cook The Vessel Gold Coast Regional Art Gallery curated by Damion Hackett Performance Cavil Mall Surfers Paradise with Arthur Wicks (Artist) &Damion Hackett (Curator). 1990 Vogue Living Issue Dec-Jan No 10 Alice in Wonderland Teapot The Murwillumbah Mail Arts View September 6 p12 Margie Bond I make what I like Where are they now? Darling Downs Press tracing the whereabouts and achievements of selected past graduates of U.S.Q. 1988 Contributed to Sam Fullbrook documentary by Jennifer Byrne and Ch10 The Cronicle Toowoomba August 3 1988 Stephen in the limelight COLLECTIONS Queensland Art Gallery, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland University of Technology, Southern Cross University, University of South East Queensland, Tweed Valley Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Bond university vice chancellors collection.Abraxas Design Singapore, Australian and International private collections Education & Employment 2005 Photography, Painting & Ceramic studio Southport Q 1997 / 2005 Installation Officer G C C A G Gold Coast Q 2002 / 2004 Photography & Painting studio Southport Q 2001 STEPHEN BAXTER Painting and Mixed Media studio Southport Qld Ceramics studio Limpinwood Northern NSW 2000 STEPHEN BAXTER Painting and Mixed Media studio Chevron Island Gold Coast Qld Ceramics studio Limpinwood Northern NSW 1999 STEPHEN BAXTER Painting and Mixed Media studio Budds beach Gold Coast Qld Ceramics studio Limpinwood Northern NSW 1998 STEPHEN BAXTER Painting Computer Graphics and Mixed Media studio Budds Beach Gold Coast Qld Ceramics studio Limpinwood Northern NSW 1997 STEPHEN BAXTER Painting studio Budds Beach Gold Coast Qld Ceramics studio Limpinwood Northern NSW 1996 B A with Honors Visual Arts Sthrn Cross University Lismore NSW 1993-95 Ultra Mode Ceramic Painting & Design Studio Built & established Limpinwood NSW 1990-92 Ultra Mode Ceramic & Painting Studio Murwillumbah NSW 1988-89 Artist in residence Art Glass studio Southport Qld 1985-87 Artist in residence Auntie Mames ceramics studio Tweed Heads NSW 1981-84 Diploma in Fine Art University of Southern Qld Toowoomba Qld 1979-80 The Southport School Boarder Thorold House Gold Coast Qld 1976-78 Murwillumbah High School NSW