Eolo Paul Bottaro has been selected for this year’s Archibald Prize. This is Australia’s most well known art prize. With approximately 700 entrants and only 40 finalists, it is fantastic to be selected. The exhibition of finalists work is currently on display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and will then travel to regional centres throughout Australia:

Bendigo Art Gallery: 31 May – 29 June 2008
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery: 11 July – 17 August 2008
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery: 29 August – 12 October 2008
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery: 31 October – 7 December 2008
Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery: 15 December 2008 – 18 January 2009
Lismore Regional Gallery: 23 January – 28 February 2009

Bottaro will be having a solo exhibition at the James Makin Gallery in August 2008:

EOLO PAUL BOTTARO
‘The one-eyed man is king in the land of the blind’
August 14 – September 6, 2008

For further information about this artists work, please contact the gallery.
Image of Eolo Paul Bottaro, ‘The Archibald’, 2008.