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TESSA
PERCEVAL Biography
 Tessa spent her
childhood in Melbourne enjoying the family background of
painting and pottery before going to London with her family
in 1963. In 1965 upon the family returned to Australia she
began painting
professionally.
Tessa Perceval has been showing her work in Australia and
England.
Tessa held her first major solo
exhibition in London in 1971 and since then she has
exhibited widely in Australia and England.
Throughout her
career spanning over 50 years as a landscape painter Tessa has
travelled extensively, painting on location in Australia,
England, France, Italy, Holland, Spain, Corfu, Scotland,
Wales and Ireland.
Tessa Perceval work is in many private
and public
collections internationally and in
Australia.
Tessa Perceval now lives in with her husband and two sons in
Herefordshire on the South Wales Border returning to
Australia periodically.
EXHIBITIONS
Since 1960, Tessa Perceval
work has been painting and showing her work in Australia and
England
1971, Hilton Gallery, London
1972, Australian Galleries,
Melbourne
1973, Australian Galleries,
Melbourne
1976, Australian Galleries,
Melbourne
1976, Bonython Galleries, Sydney
1977 Von Bertouch Galleries,
Newcastle, NSW
1977 Phillip Bacon Galleries,
Brisbane
1978 Australian Galleries,
Melbourne
1979 Qantas Gallery, London; 1979 Barry Stern Galleries,
Sydney
1980 Chapel Vale Cellars, South Australia; 1981 Abercrombie
Galleries, Melbourne
1995 Von Bertouch Galleries,
Newcastle, NSW
1997 The Best of Boyd’s Reaching Beyond the Time, Galeria
Aniela Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, Kangaroo Valley,
NSW
2005 The Boyd’s - An Artistic
Dynasty since 1858 – Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2005 The Boyd’s – Solander Gallery, Canberra.
COLLECTIONS
University of Cambridge the
New Hall Art Collection
Bundanon
Trust - Collection
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The Gift to the Nation of Arthur and
Yvonne Boyd
Heide
Museum of Modern Art
Newcastle City Council
Region Art Gallery
Gold Coast Arts Centre
Von Bertouch collection,
Newcastle
private and corporate
collections in Australia and around the world
PUBLICATIONS &
REFERENCE
The Art of the Boyd’s, P.Dobrez & P.Herbst
Artists and
Galleries of Australia M.Germaine
Dictionary of Woman
Artists of Australia, M.Germaine
The Encyclopaedia of
Australian Art, McCullock
The Journal Of Australian Art,
1990
The Boyds: Post Colonial Retrospective, P.Dobrez;
Australian Art Auction Records, E. Craig
Australian Art
Sales Digest
www.aasd.com.au
VIDEO YouTube: ABC TV
Australian National News
John Perceval
VIDEO
YouTube:
ABC TV
Australian
National News
VIDEO YouTube: ABC TV Sunday
Afternoon
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