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Tim Storrier Biography

BIOGRAPHY

1949 Born 13 February, Sydney, Australia. Tim and his fraternal twin sister, Prue, were the only children born of the marriage of Austin (stock dealer and grazier) and Nancy (née Webb) Storrier. His stepbrother, Ned (the son of Nancy Webb and her first husband, John Scott, who was killed in Borneo during the Second World War), also lived with the family in Telegraph Road, Pymble, a suburb of Sydney.
1953 Moved from Sydney to family property, 'Umagarlee', near Wellington in rural New South Wales.
1959-66 Attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Began formal art studies under tutelage of art master, Ross Doig.
1962 Awarded First and Second Prize, Wellington Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Society Annual Exhibition, Best Drawing, sixteen years and under category.
1964 Family relocated from Wellington to O'Sullivan Road, Rose Bay, Sydney. Austin Storrier acquired property, 'Mount Hope', at Coolah in New South Wales.
1967 Enrolled at National Art School, Sydney. Commenced graphic design studies.
1969 Abandoned art studies to take up a position as a graphic artist in the television sector of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
1971 Designed 9 x 6 metre backdrop for Peter Sculthorpe's adaptation of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, performed by the Australian Ballet as part of the Canberra Arts Festival. Worked as a freelance graphic artist.
1972 Six-month tenure as Artist-in-Residence at Owen Tooth Memorial Cottage, Vence, France, under aegis of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Toured the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
1973 Study tour of Central Australia with photographers Grant Mudford and Wes Stacey, with particular concentration on Uluru (Ayers Rock).
1974 Designed sets for the movie Stone. Acquired Waverton Gas Works studio, Sydney. Death of his mother, Nancy (Webb) Storrier, 4 December.
1975 Married Sharyn White on 20 August at the Wayside Chapel, Sydney
1976 Expedition to Lake Eyre with artist John Olsen, naturalist Vincent Serventy and Stuart Purves, Director of Australian Galleries, Melbourne.
1977 Visited West Coast of the United States. Birth of first son, Benjamin, 25 May, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Purchased home in Lavender Street, Lavender Bay, Sydney. Relinquished Waverton Gas Works studio and established studio in lower ground floor of Lavender Street.
1982 Birth of second son, Luke, 14 October, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Acquired studio in Rushcutters Bay, Sydney.
1983 Travelled to Kakadu with Richard Tipping, Frank Hodgkinson and Colin Jack Hinton.
1984 Expedition to Egypt in May under the patronage of Sir Garrick Agnew OBE, in connection with commission of a series of paintings and drawings.
1987 Publication of Point to Point: The Art of Tim Storrier by Linda Van Nunen.
1989-98 Appointed Trustee, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (three terms).
1990 Married Jane Reid on 10 May at Marylebone Registry Office, London.
1993 Extensive tour of China.
1994 Awarded AM for services to contemporary Australian art in the Australia Day Honours.
1995 Moved to Bathurst, New South Wales.
1996 Birth of third son, George, 3 July, Bathurst Base Hospital, New South Wales. Travelled in a Beachcraft Baron to Moree, Longreach, Uluru, Coober Pedy, William Creek Hotel, Lake Eyre and Broken Hill accompanied by John Olsen and Giles Auty.
1997 Travelled to Nemrud Dagi, Turkey.
2000 Publication of Tim Storrier: The Art of the Outsider by Catharine Lumby.
2001 Travelled to Mexico to witness 'The Day of the Dead' festival. Travelled to William Creek and Lake Eyre with, among others, John Olsen, Rodney Pople and Robert Jacks.
2003 Publication of Lines of Fire: Works on Paper by Tim Storrier by Ashley Crawford.
Awarded Doctor of Arts by Charles Sturt University, New South Wales on 8 May.
Travelled to Africa in July, touring through Kenya and Tanzania and visiting the major national parks: Masai-Mara, Ngorongoro Crater, Amboseli NP, Samburu Game Reserve, Lake Nakuru NP, Rift Valley, Lake Manyara and Serengeti NP.
2004 Married Janet Marshall on 9 October at St Mark's Church, Darling Point.
  Currently lives and works in Bathurst, New South Wales.

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