1. Ben Quilty was born on 1973 and is an Australian artist and social commentator, who has won a series of painting prizes: the 2014 Prudential Eye Award, 2011 Archibald Prize, and 2009 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.
13 Facts About Ben Quilty
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Ben Quilty has been described as one of Australia's most famous living artists.
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Ben Quilty was educated at Kenthurst Public School and Oakhill College, where he exhibited his HSC artwork in ArtExpress in 1991.
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Subsequently, Ben Quilty was selected as the recipient of the Julian Ashton Summer School Scholarship.
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Ben Quilty earned a Certificate in Aboriginal Culture and History in 1996, and went on to study visual communication, design and women's studies at Western Sydney University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2001.
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In 2002 Ben Quilty won the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, which increased his exposure to the public, and he has been working full-time as an artist since then.
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Ben Quilty has been described as one of Australia's most famous living artists.
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From 11 October until 3 November 2011, Ben Quilty was attached to the Australian Defence Force observing their activities in Kabul, Kandahar and Tarin Kowt.
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Ben Quilty's task was to record and interpret the experiences of Australian service personnel who are deployed as part of Operation Slipper.
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Ben Quilty's work has been influenced by a number of life experiences, including the drug and drinking culture of his youth, later political activism, and his experience as a war artist.
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Ben Quilty is known for his distinctive style of oil painting and a range of topics which includes portraits, examination of masculine culture, expression of psychological interiors, and others which show his engagement with a range of social issues, such as the death penalty, asylum seekers, and massacres of Indigenous Australians.
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Ben Quilty was a driving force in the establishment of a new gallery, the first in the Southern Highlands, situated in the grounds of historic Retford Park at Bowral.
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Ben Quilty's works have been exhibited at many locations, both solo and group exhibitions.