Arthur Wicks was born in Sydney on the 11th August, 1937. Now living in Wagga he is one of Australia’s well known contemporary artists. Wicks employs the use of such media as photography, printmaking, sculpture, painting, video and performance. He has been known to produce artworks addressing controversial issues such as politics and war.

Arthur Wicks studied at the University of Sydney where he completed a Bachelor of Science, followed by a Diploma of Education in 1958. He then went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts with the Australian National University. His art career began to take off with his first solo exhibition held at the Nundah Galleries in Canberra in 1966. Arthur Wicks was awarded a French Government Scholarship in 1967 to study printmaking with renowned British printmaker Stanley Hayter at his studio in Paris. From then on Wicks travelled, worked, performed and exhibited in many countries around Europe. He returned to Australia in the mid-1980s and continued to produce art and exhibit in galleries in major cities and regional areas

Mining the Archive represents a range of exhibitions across Wagga including The Curious Rabbit, TAFE NSW Gallery43, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Shop, The Ambo Gallery, Advision Window Gallery, and Temora Arts Centre throughout May.

The opening night for the exhibition will be 6pm Friday the 3rd of May. Each of the Gallery’s will be open for an Art Trail on Saturday the 11th of May from 10am - 2pm. There is an artist talk with Arthur at The Curious Rabbit on Sunday the 19th of May at 1pm.

For further information on Arthur Wicks see his website