Barbara Tyson
At Suburban Gallery since November 2004
ARCHIBALD FINALIST 2011

Ms Quentin Bryce AC Governor General of Australia
Sydney Born and educated Barbara Tyson has a desire to excel as one of Australia’s leading female artists.
After graduating from East Sydney Art School Barbara consistently pursued her art studies while working in the graphic communications industry of which 20 years was managing her own graphic design company.
Now a full time artist based in Melbourne the fine art of painting consumes Barbara’s passion. Her objective is to create freedom and movement within our structured world through art. She explores the region between realism and abstract expression to stimulate ones imagination.
Suburban has had many sell out exhibitions of Barbara’s work plus sellout shows at ‘Art Melbourne and ‘Art Sydney’ since 2005.
quote from Lesley Huntrer Director of Suburban:
“As an artist I am in awe of Barbara’s talent to bring such movement to her canvases!
I find they ‘move and swirl’ in front of me. I love watching the reaction of my clients as they view Barbara’s work-
she is a truly talented and inspiring women and artist”. Barbara Tyson dip GD CAREER HISTORY
October 2007 Suburban NYC & other works –Art Sydney
March 2007 Suburban ‘New York Stories’ sellout
June 2006 Art Sydney-Suburban-sellout
April-2006/2007 Art Melbourne –Suburban-sellout
Aug 2005- Sell out with suburban Affordable Art show’Sydney
April 2005- Represented in the ‘Affordable Art Show’ Suburban Gallery
February 2005- Exhibition ‘The French Collection’ Suburban Gallery
November 2004- Joined Suburban 312 Gallery
Aug-Oct 2004- Commissioned to paint in the south of France
July 2004- Solo Exhibition, ‘The Freedom of Movement’
Art Associates Australia-Gardner Contemporary Art, Hawthorn
April 2004 Represented in ‘The Affordable Art Show’
Nov 2003 Hung in the ‘Salondes Refuse’s’ (leading painting used to promote exhibition)
July 2003 Solo exhibition, ‘Barbara Tyson Recent Works’
Richmond Gallery Richmond
2003 Entered the Archibald Prize, Tracey Bartram
Nov 2002 Dual Exhibition, ‘Spirited Heartlands & Movement’
Richmond Gallery Richmond (with Michael Weitnauer)
June 2002 Started teaching weekly oil painting lessons
2002 Entered the Doug Moran Prize
2001 Began Exhibiting at Richmond Gallery Richmond and International Image Galleries South Yarra
September 2001 Embarked full time painting career
December 1999 Taught painting at weekend workshop ‘Passion in Oils’
August 1999 Began exhibiting at First Settlement Gallery, Sorrento
May 1999 1st Exhibition, ‘Colorful, Evocative & Passionate Paintings’ Chapel off Chapel Gallery Prahran
1998 Expanded growth in part time commission
1995 5 years part time study of the old master techniques with Italian artist Roberto Coppa
1993 Extensive art commissions with Coogi & Coles Myer used in FlorenceItaly)
1990 Exhibited in Camberwell Art Show
1988 Studied portraiture with Archibald Prize winner
Reg Cambell, CharlesSturtUniversity
1987 Studied Creative painting with David Hill, CharleSturtUniversity
1984 Studied oils at the Doncaster Artists Society
1982 Studied water colors with Alvaro Castagnet
Managing Director of Logo Graphics
1981 Commenced painting commissions and selling art privately
First Prize -2 categories Whitlesea Art Show
1980 Riverside Graphics Melbourne, illustrator/graphic designer
1978 Michael Bryce & Associates Qld, illustrator/graphic designer
1975/76 Painting watercolors while traveling Australia, England / Europe
1974 Cleo Magazine Consolidated Press Sydney. Art director, illustrator/graphic designer
1970 East Sydney Art School-Diploma Graphic DesignSubjectsLife Drawing, anatomy, illustration, fine art, watercolor
| Diaphanous | Moving Still | Takes 2 |
| Young Michaela | Perched | Very Special Kids |
| Barcelona | Bonnieux Jewellery | Camoglai Italy |
| Heated Vatican | Puget Sunflowers | French Strength + Grace |
| Return to Study | 'Progression' *Sold | Bali Nixoma #1 |
| Bali Nixoma #2 | Bali Nixoma #3 | Feathered Reflections |
| NYC Church *Sold | Its About Time | 'Turning Back Time' |
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Trio # 2 | Trio #3 |
| 'We're all Winning # 1' | 'We're all winning'#2 | We're all Winning # 3 |
| 'Charisma' | 'Etheral' | Released *Sold |
| 'And the Greatest of These...' *Sold | 'Born to be BAD' *Sold | Grace *Sold |
| Chillax *Sold | 'Floating' *Sold | Coming Free *Sold |
| Peer Under *Sold | Summer Sizzle *Sold | 'Soak' *Sold |
| 'One' *Sold | 'Complete' *Sold | 'confidence' *Sold |
| 'Dance Energy' *Sold | Floating Crystal *Sold |
