Beat Urfer CV
Beat Urfer was born in Switzerland in 1947. After formal education and studies in chemistry, he researched vitreous enamel for the application on equipment for the pharmaceutical industry. He was interested and engaged in the Arts from a young age and so it was no surprise that he also foresaw exciting possibilities for this medium in the Arts.
1980 Beat settled in Australia, turning to the Arts full time and his first exhibition in Sydney was in February
1981 at the Miniature Gallery, followed by another one in October *
1981 at the same Gallery *
After a move to the Tropical North, his next exhibitions were
1983 Pacific International, Cairns
1985 Christy Palmerston Gallery, Port Douglas *
1985 Miniature Gallery, Sydney *
1985 Upstairs Gallery, Cairns
1988 Galerie Noodlebaerg, Basel, Switzerland *
1988 Galerie des Arcades, Berne, Switzerland *
1989 Pacific International, Cairns
1989 Fine Art Australia, Waterfall Place Gallery, Cairns
1989 Galerie des Arcades, Coppet, Switzerland
1991 David Jones, Sydney
1991 Dixon Galleries, State Library of NSW, Sydney
1991 Union Bank of Switzerland, Zofingen, Switzerland *
1993 Radisson Royal Palms Resort & Mowbray Gallery, Port Douglas
1994 Radisson Royal Palms Resort & Mowbray Gallery, Port Douglas
1995 Galerie Noodlebaerg, Basel, Switzerland *
1996 Cairns Regional Gallery / Mowbray Gallery, Port Douglas
1996 Pam Schultz Studio Gallery, Babinda *
1997 Mowbray Gallery, Port Douglas *
1998 Bruce Watling Galleries, Southport
1999 Galerie Noodlebaerg, Basel, Switzerland *
2002 Atrium Gallery, Cairns
2002 Port Douglas Gallery of Fine Art, Port Douglas *
2002 Galerie Trearte, Burgdorf, Switzerland *
2002/03 La Maison de l’Email, Morez, France *
2003 Port Douglas Gallery of Fine Art, Port Douglas
2003 Swiss+Oz Art Expo, The Gallery, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
2003 5èmes Rencontres Internationales de l’Email, Morez, France
2004 Galerie Noodlebaerg, Basel, Switzerland *
2004 Galerie de l’Essor, Le Sentier, Switzerland *
2004 Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2006 Invité d’Honneur – 6èmes Rencontres Internationales de l’Email, Morez, France *
2007 Torre Vella, Museu de l’Esmalt Contemporani, Salou, Spain
2008 Galerie So-Un International Art, Zofingen, Switzerland
2011 Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2012 Galerie Mauritiushof, Bad Zurzach, Switzerland
2012 Galerie am Bach, Erlinsbach, Switzerland
2016 'Gondwana's Garden', Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
* indicates solo exhibition. Other exhibitions were either with one or two other artists or as part of a group.
Beat Urfer has also received several Art prizes and Awards, nationally and internationally and his work is represented in Institutional and Private Collections around Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Japan, China, Canada, USA, Mexico, U.K., Europe, Russia, South Africa.
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