GEORGE RAFTOPOULOS
Born 1972
Lives Works Sydney, Australia
1992-1994 BAVA University Western Sydney, Australia
1996-1997 Graduate Diploma, Painting, Sydney College of the Arts,
Sydney University, Australia
EXHIBITIONS
2024 LOGOS Hazlehurst Arts Centre, GYMEA NSW
2024 They WALK Amongst US Praxis Art Space Adelaide S.A
2023 Maunsell Wickes Gallery Paddington NSW
2022 Colonna Contemporary , Philadelphia, USA
2021 Redd Gallery, Chania Crete GREECE
2021 Alveston Fine Art , London U.K
2020 Broken Hill Regional Museum, Broken Hill, Australia.
2019 'SPIELEN' Gallerie Rompone, Cologne GERMANY.
2019 'Art on Paper Fair', New York Phylogeny Contemporary, Seattle Washington USA.
2018 'Pulse' Miami Art Fair, Miami In association with Van Rensburg Galleries, Hong Kong.
2018 Finalist Sulman Prize, Art Gallery NSW Australia, May-September
2018 'Angry Boys' In association with Galerie Rompone Cologne Germany exhibition February 2018 Thisted Museum Denmark.
2018 Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2017 Finalist Fishers Ghost Art prize, Campbeltown Regional Gallery Campbeltown.
2017 Finalist Mosman Art prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Australia.
2017 "Salon Des Refuses" Alternative exhibition, Archibald and Wynne Prize, SH Ervin Gallery Exhibition July-October 2017
2017 "DeKonstruKt' Anna Pappas Gallery Melbourne Victoria, Australia June 2017.
2017 "Angry BOYS" Gallery ROMPONE Cologne GERMANY June 2017.
2017 Athens Art fair, Athens Greece , Anna Pappas Gallery Melbourne, May 2017.
2016 "Planting the SEEDS' TED X shift, Northern Institute, Sydney Australia.
2016 "The TRANSPORTED", Nishi Gallery, New Acton, Canberra, ACT 9-29 May.
2015 'MYTHIC Nation, Artereal Gallery Sydney Australia.
2015 'Retrospecta', Greek Embassy, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
2014 'I Could've been a Jockey' - BEGA Regional, Gallery, BEGA NSW, Australia
2014 'BEAUX MONDE' Mclemoi Gallery, Sydney Australia.
2014 Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Hillsmith Gallery, Adelaide S.A
2012 Mclemoi Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010 Tim Olsen Gallery Sydney, Australia
2010 Hillsmith Gallery Adelaide, S.A
2008 Tim Olsen Gallery Sydney, Australia
2008 Annual round table Exhibition New York Arts Club Grammercy Arts Club, New York USA.
2007 Axia Modern Art Gallery, Victoria
2007 Hillsmith Gallery, Adelaide S.A
2006 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2006 The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2006 Art Galleries Schubert, Queensland
2005 Axia Modern Art, Sydney
2005 Axia Modern Art, Mebourne
2004 Axia Modern Art, Sydney
2004 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2004 Gallery Philip Neville, Darwin NT
2008 Amanda Gillespie, New York, USA
2004 Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai China, With Australian Art Resources, Melbourne Australia
2003 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2003 Bark Modern Art, Hong Kong
2002 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2001 'Liquid', Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
2001 Paris Print Biennial, Australian High Commission, Paris,France
2000 Bilbao', Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
1999 Volvo Gallery, Sydney
1998 Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
1997 Varga Gallery Bourdeaux, France
1996 Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
COLLECTIONS
New England Regional Gallery, NERAM Armadale NSW Australia gift of Stephen Hesketh.
Bega Valley Regional Gallery Bega NSW Australia
Hellenic Museum, Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery/Museum, Queensland Australia
University of Western Sydney, Nepean NSW Australia
Molongolo Group. Canberra ACT, Australia
ABN AMRO Sydney Australia
Multiplex and Walker Corporation Australia
( INVESTA-Westpac) Property Fund Australia
Westpoint Corporation Australia
Novell Sydney Australia
NDC Global Australia
Hugos Lounge Sydney Australia
Landmine Survivors Network Washington DC USA
Pitcher Parteners Melbourne Australia
Credit Suisse Australia