Collection: George Gittoes AM

George Gittoes is a major Australian artist, photographer and filmmaker. For nearly four decades he has documented some of the worlds most notorious conflicts. From the killing fields of Bosnia to the brutal massacres of Rwanda, Gittoes has documented the best and worst of the human condition.

From the beginning his works have typically reflected his social, political and humanitarian observations of man's treatment of his fellow man.

George Gittoes has been described variously as a pop artist, a figurative artist, a modernist and a post modernist. Ultimately he is a documenter. Through drawing, painting, film making and the written and spoken word he reflects and tells the stories of what he has seen and experienced.

Acclaimed as one of Australia’s most important artists, Gittoes has been recognised for his humanitarian and peacemaking efforts and has been awarded an Order of Australia (AM) and in 2015 he was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in recognition of his life's work in contributing to the peace making process.

As an artist George Gittoes has received critical acclaim. In 1995 he was awarded with the Blake Prize for religious art for one of his most important paintings ‘The Preacher’. In 2008 he was awarded and honoree Dr of Letter by the University of NSW.

His work has been collected by the Queensland Art Gallery, the State Gallery of New South Wales, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, the Powerhouse Museum and the National Gallery of Australia.

'AUGUSTUS TOWER' (MARCH 2020)
'PAINTING WHITE LIGHT' EXHIBITION (OCT 2019)
'LOVERS' EXHIBITION (SEPT - OCT 2018)
'NIGHT VISION' EXHIBITION (JULY - AUG 2016)