Born 1956, Perth, Western Australia
Servite College Perth
Perth Technical College - Certificate Graphic Design
Claremont College of Art - Diploma in Fine Art
Edith Cowan University - Bachelor of Visual Art

West Australian artist Shaun Atkinson has been exhibiting his art since 1975. Having travelled widely, living abroad both in Europe and Asia, Shaun's colourful and sophisticated works exude this worldly influence. Shaun's latest body of work includes works influenced by his travels and exhibitions in Asia and the Middle East, as well as works exploring the effect of light and shadow on landforms surrounding his beloved Margaret River home. The physical properties of the work evoke the strength and conflict within nature. The shadow, which is ever present in Atkinson's work, is a vehicle that explores territories of the subconscious. It stimulates past experience and metaphors of place, and here we find a silence and isolation integral to the Western Australian landscape.

Atkinson plays an important role within Western Australia's art community having fulfilled various important positions that include the Director of Margaret River Galleries and lecturer of Visual Arts at a number of educational institutions. He has exhibited for the Festival of Perth, Gomboc Galleries, Bunbury Regional Galleries, Gulbenkian Galleries London, and was selected in 1999 as part of Greenhill Galleries prestigious "Directors' Choice Exhibition".

City of Bunbury Collection
Kerry Stokes Collection
Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
Curtin University Western Australia
University of Western Australia
Ministry of Arts Collection, Western Australia
Lloyd & Liz Horn Collection
Parliament House Western Australia
Gomboc Collection, Perth, Western Australia
Perth College, Western Australia
Ian & Sue Bernhart Collection

2003
Artist in residence Four Seasons Resort, Bali

1995-02
Lecturer Edith Cowan University Bunbury Campus

1994
Special Arts Program - Applecross Senior High School (Painting Lecturer)

1993
Visual Arts Technical Officer Edith Cowan University Perth WA

1988-90
Director of Margaret River Art Galleries

1987-89
Lecturer Technical Education Dept of WA in Design & Visual Literacy

1985
Resided in Europe & Asia

1984
Resided in Sydney (1978-80)

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