David van Nunen
Australia
David van Nunen is President of the Australian Watercolour Institute and a founding executive member of the Painters and Sculptors Association of Australia.
大衛．凡努能為現任澳洲水彩畫會理事長，同時也是澳洲畫家與雕刻家協會之創始經營團隊成員。
Born in Grafton, New South Wales in 1952, he holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts. Since 1974, van Nunen has held over 41 solo exhibitions, including the Australian Embassies in Paris, Washington D.C. and Mexico City, and participated in more than 120 group exhibitions in Australia, America, France, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand and China.
1952年生於新南威爾士州格拉夫頓市，並取得新南威爾斯大學藝術學院藝術碩士學位。自1974年起，凡努能在澳洲駐法國巴黎大使館、美國華盛頓特區及墨西哥市等地舉辦超過41場個展，也曾於澳洲、美國、法國、墨西哥、英國、臺灣、韓國、泰國及中國參加超過120個聯展。
His artist-in-residencies include CitéInternationale des Arts, Paris; the Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory; the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Arthur Boyd’s Bundanon Trust property on the Shoalhaven River. In 2013, van Nunen was artist-in residence at the Himalayas Art Museum, Zhujiajiao, China, culminating in a solo exhibition there.
參加過的藝術駐村計畫包括法國巴黎藝術村、澳洲北領地博物館和美術館、澳洲新南威爾斯美術館及班達農信託基金會之駐館計畫。2013年，凡努能於中國上海朱家角喜馬拉雅美術館駐館策畫其個展。
He was curator of Wattle, Rose and Thistle: the Finest Watercolourists of Australia, England and Scotland, shown in England, Scotland and Australia in 2010; co-curator, with Professor Chin-Lung Huang of Tradition and Transformation: Taiwan-Australia Exhibition, shown in Taiwan and Australia (2012-2013); co-curator with Xidan Chen ofAcross the Water: China-Australia Modern Masters of Watercolour, at QuanhuaWatercolour Gallery, Zhujiajiao, Shenzhen Fine Art Museum and the Moran Arts Foundation, Juniper Hall, Sydney in 2015 and co-curator with Tianya Zhou of Australia- Shenzhen in 2017.
他策畫過在英國、蘇格蘭和澳洲展出的「金合歡、薔薇與薊：澳洲、英國與蘇格蘭頂尖水彩畫家展」（2010）；與黃進隆教授共同策展「傳統與變革：臺澳水彩畫交流展」（2012~2013）；與陳希旦藝術家共同策展「水系大師情——中澳水彩名家作品聯展」（2015），於上海全華水彩藝術館、深圳美術館與雪梨杜松宅邸摩蘭基金會展出；與周天涯共同策展「澳洲－深圳水彩展」（2017）。
He is co-author, with Linda van Nunen, of Brushes with History: Masters of Watercolour, published by The Beagle Press in 2015.
他也與琳達．凡努能於2015年共同出版《畫筆風華：水彩大師》（The Beagle Press）。
Among van Nunen’s art awards are the Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize for landscape painting, the Sydney Harbour Week Art Award for his plein air paintings of Sydney Harbour and the Kogarah Art Prize.
凡努能獲得多項獎項肯定，包括他的風景畫榮獲「雪梨晨鋒報藝術獎」、替雪梨港所畫的風景寫生畫作榮獲「雪梨港週藝術獎」及科格拉藝術獎。
His work is represented in major public and private collections internationally, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
他的作品廣受國際上公共及私人機構收藏，包括澳洲國立美術館、新南威爾斯美術館、澳洲當代藝術博物館及阿姆斯特丹市立博物館。