Murray Fredericks
ABOUT IMAGES
bio:
Murray Fredericks is an internationally-recognised and multi-award winning artist and filmmaker. Graduating with a Bachelor of Politics from the University of Sydney in 1992, Fredericks subsequently spent extended periods travelling alone in the Himalaya and Middle Eastern deserts. During this time he became aware of the profound effect that time spent in isolation – particularly in powerful landscapes – can have on the mind and one’s sense of self.
In the almost 20 years since, Fredericks has taken prolonged solo journeys to isolated and extreme locations, to produce large-scale photographs that capture the overwhelming emptiness and powerful emotional resonance of remote land and sky.
Fredericks has exhibited widely, including a major Australian landscape survey exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, 2012; two solo shows at the Australian Centre for Photography, 2010 and 2015 respectively; and four solo shows at Hamiltons Gallery in London. His work has been acquired by important public and private collections internationally, including the National Gallery of Victoria; Australian Parliament House; Australian National Portrait Gallery; Artbank; The Sir Elton John Collection; Macquarie Bank; Commonwealth Bank; The Myer Collection; The Valentino Collection; and a number of regional galleries across Australia.
Fredericks has been the recipient of numerous awards and is a regular finalist in Australia’s top photography prizes. In 2015, he received the People’s Choice Award for the Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, was runner up in the Head-On Festival Landscape Prize, and a finalist in the JUWS Photography Award.
Murray Fredericks and Robert Mann on the B&H Podcast
BIRTHPLACE
Education
Sydney, Australia, 1970
MFA College of Fine Arts, UNSW, 2012
Masters of Art at COFA, UNSW, 2004
Bachelor of Economics, Sydney University, 1992
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Salt Lake (Retrospective), Museum of Australian Photography, Wheelers Hill, Australia
BLAZE, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Witness, The Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, Australia
2022
BLAZE, Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
2019
Array, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Array, Arc One Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2018
Murray Fredericks: Vanity, Robert Mann Gallery, New York
2017
Salt: Vanity, Hamiltons Gallery, London
Vanity, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2016
Salt, Townsville Regional Gallery
DYE2 (Video Installation), Geelong Regional Gallery
2015
Origins, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
DYE2 (Video Installation), Australian Centre for Photography
2014
Recent Work, Hamiltons Gallery, London
Topophilia, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
2013
Topophilia, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2012
Salt, Art Factum, Bierut
Hector, Hamiltons Gallery, London
Salt, FotoFreo, Freemantle, Western Australia
2011
Hector, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
The Salt Project, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Trace, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2009
Salt, Hamiltons Gallery, London
Salt, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
Salt, Adelaide Festival Centre
Salt, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2007
Salt, Hamiltons Gallery, London
The Biscuit Factory, The Museum of Sydney
2006
Salt, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Sydney Contemporary, Arc One Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2022
AIPAD, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Paris Photo, Hamiltons Gallery, Paris, France
2021
Got a Feeling ‘21 Is Going to be a Good Year, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Paris Photo, Hamiltons Gallery, Paris, France
2017
Fotográ ca Bogotá, Museum of Photography, Bogota
2016
Gallery Artists, Hamiltons, Photo London
Australian Pavillion, Dubai Photo
2015
Gallery Artists, Hamiltons, Paris Photo
2014
Luminous Worlds, SAMSTAG, Adelaide
QFP5, Queensland Festival for Photography 5, Brisbane
2012
Geomorphometries, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
Shadow Lands, Deakin University
2011
Gallery Artists, Hamiltons, Paris Photo
2010
Gallery Artists, Hamiltons, Paris Photo
Contemporary Landscapes, National Gallery of Victoria
The Lake, Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery
2009
The Lake, Australian Centre for Photography
2007
Emergent, ABN Amro Finalists Exhibition, Sydney
2006
Landscape, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai
Films & Tv
AWARDS
2023
Dark Emu, Blackfella/ABC, Time-lapse Specialist
2020
Our Planet, Netflix/Silverback/Sir David Attenborough, Time-lapse Specialist
2019
Mystery Rd 2, ABC/Bunya, Time-lapse Specialist
The Drovers Wife, Bunya/Oombarra, Time-lapse Specialist
Green Planet, BBC/Sir David Attenborough, Field Producer
2018
Lost Empire of Angkor, IMAX, Time-lapse Specialist
2017
A Perfect Planet, Netflix/Silverback, Time-lapse Specialist
Mystery Rd, ABC/Bunya, Time-lapse Specialist
2013
BBC Monsoon, BBC Natural History Unit, Time-Lapse & Camera
Nothing On Earth, ABC/Screen Australia, Director of Photography
2011
First Footprints, ABC/z-Arte, Timelapse Specialist
2009
Salt, ABC/Screen Australia, Co-director/DP
2023
Finalist, Bowness Photography Prize, Museum of Australian Photography
2015
Winner, Peoples Choice Award, Bowness Prize, Monash Gallery of Art
Finalist, Head On Landscape Prize (2nd place)
2014
Finalist, Moran Prize
Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award
2013
Finalist, Foxtel Documentary Award, Sydney Film Festival
2010
Winner, Australia’s Top Photographer
2009
Winner, Golden Frog, Camerimage Film Festival, Poland
Winner, Best Australian Short Film, Melbourne International Film Festival
Winner, Special Jury Prize, AFI/ Discovery Channel Silverdocs, Washington
Winner, Best Documentary Short, International Documenatry Association, LA
Nomination, AFI Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Nomination, AFI Best Documentary
Winner, ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award
2008
Finalist, ABN Amro Emerging Artist
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Victoria
Australian Parliament House Collection
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Commonwealth Bank Collection
RBS Collection
Macquarie Bank Collection
Townsville Regional Gallery
Sir Elton John Collection
Valentino Collection
ARTBANK