| Name |
Jeff Raglus |
| Vocation |
Artist, Musician. |
| Address |
Po Box E Aireys Inlet. Victoria Australia. |
| Fax |
03 52897209 |
| Email |
raglus@iprimus.com.au |
| Web |
www.jeffraglus.com |
| Date of Birth |
16th August 1958 |
| Citizenship |
Australian |
| Lives |
Aireys Inlet |
| Education |
Glenroy West Primary School
Essendon Grammar School |
| Employment |
1976.Surfboard Maker and Airbrush Artist
1977.Builders Labourer intermittently to 1985
1978 Joined The Salty Dogs in Pt Lonsdale vic.
1979 Joined The Feelers in Geelong.
1979 .joined Small Axe and moved back to Melbourne
1981 joined the nicest People
1982 joined The Eskalaters
1984 joined the Swinging Sidewalks
1985 joined the Black Sorrows
1986 joined The Bachelors from Prague
1992 formed The Feeling Groovies
1992 joined The Mambo Design Team .
1996 formed The Beachniks
1997 formed DubbleDub
1998 left Mambo
2002 formed Fogg with Bruce Haymes |
| Consultancies |
2004.Sat on the Australia Council lit. board as a peer for childrens books. |
| Gallery representation |
Nellie Castan Gallery Melbourne.
Qdos gallery Lorne Victoria.
Doggett st gallery Brisbane.
Salt gallery Queenscliff. |
| Individual exhibitions |
2004 - Low-Down Show Down, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
2004 - Fremantle Arts Centre
2002 - Everyday Daydreams, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
2002 - Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
2001 - Antipodes Gallery, Sorrento, Victoria
2001 -'Ancient Rock Samples' Mario’s Cafe, Fitzroy, Victoria
2001 - Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2000 - Fun Bags, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
2000 - Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1999- Nellie Castan Gallery. Sth Yarra. Melbourne.
1998-Maude Space. Blackwattle Gallery. Glebe, Sydney.
1997-Qdos Arts Lorne victoria.
1996-Maudespace Blackwattle Gallery. Glebe, Sydney.
1995-Pod Gallery. Taylors Square. Sydney.
1994- Qdos Arts Lorne Victoria.
1994-Pod Gallery. Taylors Square.Sydney.
1993-Qdos Arts .Lorne Victoria.
1992-Tom Gannan Gallery. Brunswick st. Fitzroy.
1991-Marios Cafe. Brunswick St. Fitzroy.
1990.-Marios Cafe.Brunswick st.Fitzroy.
1989-Tom Gannan Gallery Brunswick st. Fitzroy. |
| Selected group exhibitions |
1989.The Four Way Show .Brunswick St. Fitzroy . With Graeme Barker , Henri Mass and Dr Pete Kendrik .
1991'The Unexpected' Paper Heroes Gallery St.Kilda.Group show with American artists Sue Coe and Gary Panter.
1992 The first of 5 years straight of 'Tidal-Wave' shows run by Jeff Raglus and Ashley Ragg. St.Georges church hall in Queenscliff Vic.
1993 Two group shows with the Ray Hughes Gallery. 1. Mambo group show .2. Assorted Ray Hughes artists in Melb. Greville st Hall.
1994. The Mambo Surrealism Show at The N.S.W Art Gallery.
This show toured all capital cities round Australia.
1995.The Mambo 'Art Irritates Life'Show. Westpac Gallery Melbourne Arts centre. Also a touring show.
2000 Group Drawing Show at Ray Hughes Gallery Syd.
2001.Tubular Swells touring 'Surf' Art Show.
2002 Tiki Book and Art Show. Outre Gallery. Melb.
2002 Floranova . Nellie Castan Gallery.
2003 the 'Beatsville' Book and art show . Outre Gallery. Melb.
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| Awards |
2001 Entered The Archibald Prize with a 3-D driftwood portrait of Jenny Bannister and partner 'Mongoose'. Entry was excepted into the Salon Des Refuses. |
| Commissions |
!994First kids book-' Trip To Town 'published by Pen and Brush.
1995 'Schnorky' published by Allen and Unwin.
1996. Designed The sets, posters and all other art work for the Arena Theatre production of 'Schnorky The Wavepuncher' Also worked on Character development.
1996. Commisioned to do animation 'The Lert' for the MET (won an industry award)
1997 Commissioned by Swatch design House (Italy) to design the Sydney 2000 swatch watch.
Commisioned by Mambo to do posters and t shirts for the first 'Vibes on a Summers Day'. The Feeling Groovies also played .
1998. Designed sets and all costumes for Arena Theatres production of 'Oblong'.
1998. Big Funky Action Published by Random House Aust. a teenagers book. Also Schnorky published in the USA by Random House . New York.
2000. Commissioned to do the poster and all graphics for 'Hemispheres' The Sydney Olympics World Music Festival.
2001. Dream Boy published by Random House.
2003. Commissioned to do set designs, poster , plus costumes for Arena theatre's production of The Outlookers.
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| Artist-in-Residencies |
1999.Toured outback schools round Broken Hill with writer Andy Griffiths.(the Wake in Fright tour)
2003. Artist in residence Cleve P-12 college South Aust.
2003 Helped co-ordinate and paint the Benalla Skate Park. |
| Other Media Publication |
1996 Good Weekend Magazine 4 page article.
1997.Raygun Mag.USA. Surfer USA. JUXTAPOZ Mag.USA.
1998 Surfing life Aust. Article.
1998 Surfers Journal. 4 page article. |
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