Giles Hohnen

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About the Artist

Giles was born in May 1947. He studied Fine Art at Perth Technical College and completed an Associateship in Fine Art at WAIT (now Curtin University) in 1971. Giles travelled extensively from 1971, spending extended periods of time in the USA, England, Europe and Asia, returning to settle in Fremantle in 1989.

Selected exhibitions:

2002 - Winter Exhibition x 12 Artists, Perth Galleries
1999 - Geometric Abstraction in Perth, Part 1: The 60’s and 70’s, Goddard de Fiddes Contemporary Art
1997 - Paintings at Goddard de Fiddes
1995 - 1970’s Colour Abstraction, Goddard de Fiddes Contemporary Art
1994 - Harvest Road Series, Paintings and Prints at Mark Howlett Foundation, Moores Building,
Prints Harvest Road Series at Fremantle Print Award
1993 - The Advantages of Isolation, Group show at Blaxland Gallery, Sydney and ArtPlace, Perth
1992 - Paintings and prints, a review at Mark Howlett Foundation, Moores Building,
Mark Howlett Foundation Commission
1991 - Commission Fremantle Festival poster, Prints in group show Designers/Makers & Printessentials
1990 - Exhibition at Greenhill Gallery
1985 - Exhibition at Greenhill Gallery
1983 - George Haynes & Friends, Group show at Greenhill Gallery
1971 - Exhibition at Skinner Gallery with Jeremy Kirwan-Ward