LARS VESTER

b.1968, Denmark, Europe
Lives and works in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

 

EDUCATION

 

Art Direction, Graphic Design and illustration Apprenticeship at The Masters Group, Denmark, 1985-1990

Fine Arts Certificate, Århus Art Academy, Denmark, 1988

Life Drawing Course, Kolding School of Arts, Denmark, 1987

 

RECOGNITION

 

​2025: 

Winner - Tattersall's Member's Choice Award (Lethbridge Landscape Prize)

Highly Commended - Lethbridge Landscape Prize

Finalist Brisbane Rotary Art Show

Finalist - The Doyles Art Award Landscape Category

Special Merit Award - Light Space & Time 15th Annual online Landscapes Art Exhibition

 

2024: 

Gallery Finalist - Lethbridge Landscape Prize

Finalist - Brisbane Rotary Art Show

Gallery Finalist Lethbridge 20000

Finalist - The Doyles Art Award Landscape Category

Finalist - The Doyles Art Award Figurative Category

 

2023:

Highly Commended - Lethbridge Landscape Prize

2nd. Place, Painting Category - Light Space & Time 13th Annual online SeaScapes Art Exhibition

Gallery Finalist - Lethbridge 20000

Finalist - Royal Queensland Art Society Landmarks, Landscapes & Personalities

3rd. Place Overall - Light Space & Time 13th Annual online SeaScapes Art Exhibition

Finalist - The Doyles Art Award Landscape Category

Finalist - The Doyles Art Award Figurative Category

Finalist - Brisbane Rotary Art Show 

 

2022:

Gallery Finalist - Lethbridge Landscape Prize

Finalist - The Doyles Art Award Landscape Category

Finalist - The Doyles Art Award Figurative Category

Gallery Finalist - Lethbridge Landscape Prize

Gallery Finalist- Lethbridge 20000

 

2021:  

Finalist - Brisbane Portrait Prize

Gallery Finalist - Lethbridge Landscape Prize

Gallery Finalist - Lethbridge 20000

 

2020:

Winner - Brisbane Portrait Prize Salon des Refusés Petrie Terrace Gallery Award

Highly Commended - Lethbridge 20000

1st Place - Painting Category, Light Space & Time 10th Annual online Seascapes Art Exhibition

3rd Place Overall - Light Space & Time 10th Annual online SeaScapes Art Exhibition

Special Merit Award - Light Space & Time 10th Annual online CityScapes Art Exhibition

 

2019: 

Finalist - Brisbane Portrait Prize

1st Place - Painting Category, Light Space & Time 9th Annual online CityScapes Art Exhibition

2nd Place Overall - Light Space & Time 9th Annual online CityScapes Art Exhibition

Special Recognition Award - Light Space & Time 10th Annual online SeaScapes Art Exhibition

10th Place Overall - Light Space & Time 9th Annual online Landcapes Art Exhibition

Special Merit Award - Light Space & Time 9th Annual online Landcapes Art Exhibition

 

2018: 

Winner - Best Oil, Rotary Art Spectacular

Winner - Artworld Landscape Prize 

Finalist - Clayton Utz Art Award

Gallery Finalist - Lethbridge 10000

Special Recognition Award - Light Space & Time 8th Annual online Nature Art Exhibition

Special Merit Award - Light Space & Time 8th Annual online CityScapes Art Exhibition

Special Merit Award - Light Space & Time 8th Annual online CityScapes Art Exhibition

 

2017: 

Runner Up - Artworld Landscape Prize

Finalist -  Brisbane Art Prize

Special Merit Award - Light Space & Time 7th Annual online Nature Art Exhibition

Special Merit Award - Light Space & Time 7th Annual online SeaScapes Art Exhibition

Special Merit Award - Light Space & Time 7th Annual online SeaScapes Art Exhibition  

Special Recognition Award - Painting Category, Light Space & Time 8th Annual online

Nature Art Exhibition

 

2015: 

Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular

 

2014: 

Finalist - Clayton Utz Art Award

Gallery Finalist - Lethbridge 10000

 

2013: 

Highly Commended - Lethbridge 10000

Finalist Clayton Utz Art Award 

Judges Choice Award, St. Sebastian’s Spring Art Exhibition

Salon des Refuses, Bay of Fires Art Prize

 

2012: 

Gallery Finalist Lethbridge 10000.

Shortlist, Bayside Art Show, Melbourne VIC.

 

1993: 

Finalist Tasmanian Art Award - Eskleigh, TAS.

 

1982-1987:

5 time Winner, European Movement International, Annual Youth Art Competition.

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1982: 

Winner, ESA/NASA ‘Man & Space’ European Youth Art Prize.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2017:

Indooropilly Shopping Town, Brisbane QLD

 

2016:

Westfield Carindale, Brisbane QLD

Indooropilly Shopping Town, Brisbane QLD

 

2015:

Westfield Carindale Brisbane QLD.

Westfield Garden City, Brisbane QLD.

 

2014:

Brisbane Modern Art Gallery, Brisbane QLD.

Westfield Carindale Brisbane QLD.

 

1990:

The Art Foundation of the Joint Association of Danish Consumer Cooperatives (FDB) - Viby, Denmark.

 

1986:

The Gift Gallery - Grenå, Denmark.

 

1985:

Havlund Centre - Grenå, Denmark. 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2026:

Traces of Home -  Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

 

2025:

Finalists Exhibition - Doyle's Art Award, Mudgeeraba Memorial Hall, Mudgeeraba, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Rotary Art Show, Central Plaza One, Queen Street Brisbane QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 20000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

 

2024:

Finalists Exhibition - Doyle's Art Award, Mudgeeraba Memorial Hall, Mudgeeraba, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Rotary Art Show, Central Plaza One, Queen Street Brisbane QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 20000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

RME Downlands Art Exhibition, Downlands College, Toowoomba QLD.

 

2023:

Royal Queensland Art Society Landmarks, Landscapes & Personalities 2023 

Finalists Exhibition - Rotary Art Show, Central Plaza One, Queen Street Brisbane QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 20000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Doyle's Art Award, Mudgeeraba Memorial Hall, Mudgeeraba, QLD.

 

2022:

Finalists Exhibition - Doyle's Art Award, Mudgeeraba Memorial Hall, Mudgeeraba, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 20000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.. 

 

2021: 

Finalists Exhibition - Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm QLD. 

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 10000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

 

2020:

Brisbane Portrait Prize Salon Des Refuses - The Royal Art Society, Brisbane, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 20000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.   

 

2019: 

Finalists Exhibition - Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm QLD. 

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 20000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.  

 

2018: 

Finalists Exhibition - Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz Brisbane, QLD.

Artworld Landscape Prize Exhibition - Artworld Studio Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 10000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Rotary Art Spectacular, Central Plaza One, Queen Street Brisbane QLD.

 

2017: 

Finalists Exhibition - Brisbane Art Prize, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane QLD.

Rush Art Competition Exhibition - Gympie Regional Gallery, Sunshine Coast QLD.

Evolve’ 48th Annual Art Show - Brisbane Grammar School Centenary Hall, Brisbane QLD.

Ocean Shores Art Expo - Ocean Shores Public School, NSW 

Artworld Landscape Prize Exhibition - Artworld Studio Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

 

2016: 

‘Impressions’ 47th Annual Art Show - Brisbane Grammar School Centenary Hall, Brisbane QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 10000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

 

2015: 

‘Discover’ 46th Annual Art Show 2015 - Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane QLD. 

Finalists Exhibition, Rotary Art Spectacular - Waterfront Place, Brisbane, QLD.

Lions Club Art Spectacular - Westfield Garden City, Brisbane, QLD.

Clayton College Art Show - Juggler’s Art Space, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, QLD.

 

2014: 

Finalists Exhibition - Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz Brisbane, QLD. 

Yeronga Art Show - St Sebastian’s School, Brisbane, QLD.

‘Sapphire’ 46th Annual Art Show - Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 10000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD. 

Group Exhibition - Brisbane Modern Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

 

2013: 

Finalists Exhibition - Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz Brisbane, QLD.

RME Downlands Art Exhibition, Downlands College, Toowoomba QLD.

St. Sebastian’s Spring Art Exhibition - St. Sebastian’s School, Brisbane QLD.

‘Illuminate’ 45th Annual Art Show - Brisbane Grammar School. Brisbane QLD.

Group of Five Exhibition - Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 10000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

 

2012: 

Group Exhibition - NeoGallery, Mt Coolum, QLD.

Finalists Exhibition - Lethbridge 10000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

Group Exhibition - ‘Art by the River’ St. Ita’s Catholic School, Brisbane, QLD.

Bayside Art Show - Melbourne VIC.

Group Exhibition - NeoGallery Stand, Art Expo Brisbane, QLD

 

1993: 

Tasmanian Art Award - Eskleigh, TAS.

 

1981

Finalists Exhibition - ESA/NASA ‘Man & Space’ Youth Art Prize, Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

 

COLLECTIONS

 

Joint Association of Danish Consumer Cooperatives - Viby, Denmark.

H.C. Ørsted Institute - Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Former Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency Ms Penelope Wensley AC

Lars Kirk, Honorary Consul and Order of Knight of the Order of Dannebrog, Danish Consulate Brisbane, QLD

Ancher Iversen A/S - Århus, Denmark. 

 

Works held in private and corporate collections in Australia, Denmark, Sweden, USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and Dubai.

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ARTIST TALKS

 

2024:

Rotary Art Show, Central Plaza One, Queen Street Brisbane QLD.

Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

 

2022: 

Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

 

2020:

Brisbane Portrait Prize Salon des refuses, Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane, QLD.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

(Selected articles):

 

Bill Johnston, ‘City’s Purple Patch’ Quest News, QLD Australia, August 14 2014.

Allie Gilfedder. ‘Lars Light’ West End Magazine. QLD Australia, Autumn 2013.

Claire Plush, ‘Art Space’ Salt Magazine, QLD. Australia, Spring 2013.

Harry Brumpton, ‘Art Helping Homeless’ City South News, July 19, 2012.

Aarli, ‘Painting the Way’ Aarhus Stiftstidende, Denmark, March 8, 1989.

Djursland Posten, exhibition announcement, Grenå, Denmark, July 4, 1985.

Grenaa Bladet, exhibition announcement with photo, Grenå, Denmark July 7, 1985.

Søren Søndergaard, ‘Strokes of Genius’, Jyllands Posten, Denmark, November 10, 1985.

Biba, ‘Painting Journeys’, Århus Stiftstidende, Denmark, February 19, 1985.

Djursland Posten, exhibition announcement with photo, Grenå, Denmark, July 24, 1984.