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Damon Kowarsky

Damon studied printmaking at the Victorian College of the Arts and Glasgow School of Art as well as Advanced Figure Drawing with Godwin Bradbeer at RMIT. In 2000 he graduated from VCA with a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) in Printmaking.

Since graduating he has continued to make prints and worked as a courtroom, scientific and archaeological illustrator. The last enterprise led him to receiving an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant to travel to Egypt in 2002 and assist as an Archaeological Illustrator on a dig for the Dakhleh Oasis Project in the western desert of Egypt.

In early 2003 he undertook a residency at the Townhouse Gallery, a contemporary arts space in downtown Cairo. On returning to Australia he was awarded a 2004 Australian Print Workshop Collie Print Trust Emerging Victorian Printmakers Scholarship.

"This was a fantastic opportunity to work through the many ideas and drawings I had gathered while overseas. My work concentrates on a variety of intaglio techniques and explores the figure, often in combination with the landscapes and environments seen on my travels. I was particularly influenced by the stone and mud-brick architecture of Tunisia and Morocco with its fortifications, baroque details and light airy domes."

He continues to print on a regular basis at the APW in Fitzroy. He is currently working towards future shows and travel in the Middle and Near East.

Boy with Chook
Etching and Aquatint on 250 x 170 mm paper, from an edition of 10, 2008. NZ$160 incl GST.
Gulberg II
Etching and Aquatint on 250 x 330 mm paper, from an edition of 14, 2008. NZ$200 incl GST.
Jaisalmer III
Etching on 470 x 760 mm paper, from an edition of 10, 2008. NZ$895 incl GST.
Rawalpindi II
Etching on 545 x 630 mm paper, from an edition of 12, 2008. NZ$525 incl GST framed; NZ$365 incl GST unframed.
Taj Ganj II (Jo)
Etching on 285 x 380 mm paper, from an edition of 12, 2008. NZ$355 incl GST.
Canberra II
Etching on 380 x 280 mm paper, from an edition of 12, 2007. NZ$285 incl GST.
Looking Down I
Etching on 380 x 570 mm paper, from an edition of 12, 2007. NZ$405 incl GST.
Looking Down II
Etching on 380 x 570 mm paper, from an edition of 12, 2007. NZ$405 incl GST.
Pan
Etching on 500 x 330 mm paper, from an edition of 12, 2007. NZ$295 incl GST.
City I
Etching on 330 x 250 mm paper, from an edition of 8, 2006. NZ$250 incl GST.
City II
Etching on 330 x 250 mm paper, from an edition of 8, 2006. NZ$380 incl GST framed; NZ$250 incl GST unframed.
Night City
Etching on 380 x 280 mm paper, A/P, 2006. NZ$305 incl GST.
Shibam IV
Etching on 350 x 745 mm paper, from an edition of 8, 2006. NZ$655 incl GST.
Buda from Pest
Etching on 330 x 510 mm paper, from an edition of 16, 2005. NZ$315 incl GST.
Departure
Etching on 330 x 510 mm paper, from an edition of 16, 2005. NZ$315 incl GST.