Richard Maurovic

Richard Maurovic Artist Statement

Richard Maurovic is a precise person who plans every move. And yet, when it comes to deciding what to paint, he lets his eyes decide and his mind follows. Celebrating the man-made world, he finds beauty in interesting forms, colour contrasts, incongruent compositions or beautiful light, and he gets them down; the potential meanings and narratives following in the days and weeks as the work develops. By the time the artwork is finished, the story has formed in his mind. The creation catches up with the vision.

In this collection one sees the variety of images that caught his eye and translated into these frozen moments. The primary colours and wonderful patterns of balconies of a Sydney apartment block, the lyrical sunset over a highway, kooky tetrapods shoring up the spit of a lighthouse in the Venetian lagoon. These images of everyday interest, humour, or loveliness are a key to Richard Maurovic’s character and interests.

Solo Exhibitions

2014
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, The Saatchi Experience
The Saatchi Gallery, London

2012
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, "Peace & Prosperity"

2008
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, "Unscheduled Stopover"

2008
Paddington Contemporary Gallery, Sydney

2005
Hill Smith Fine Art, Adelaide "Airport"

2003
Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide, "Adelaide As...."Kendall Fine Art, London

2002
Mawson Lakes, Adelaide
Yalumba Harvest Market (Mixed Exhibition)

2001
Tasting Australia - Adelaide (SA)

1999
Barry Newton Gallery - Adelaide (SA)
Framed Gallery - Darwin (NT)

1996
Barry Newton Gallery - Adelaide (SA)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
Director's Choice, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

1996
Royal Overseas League Exhibition, London .
Onkaparinga Rotary Art Show
Royal Overseas League Exhibition, London

1998
Kings College Art Prize, Sydney

1999
Port Victoria Art Exhibition
30th Alice Prize
Cheetham Salt Ardrossan Art Competition

2000
Fleurieu Biennale
Port Art Show, Port Adelaide (SA)

2002
Encounter 2002 Ardrossan Art Show

Corporate Collections

Adelaide International Airport Fletcher Constructions
Australian Submarine Corporation Holco Meat Wholesalers
Baulderstone Hornibrook Intervest Securities
City of Adelaide, Town Hall collection Kinhill Engineers Pty Ltd
Cooper's Brewery Mallala District Hospital
Department of Human Services - SA Government Office of the Minister of Transport
District Council of Yorke Peninsula Qantas Airways
ETSA Corporation Santos
Eureka Furniture T & R Pastoral
Fairmont Homes Wesfarmers Collection