Mick Austin
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Michael J. "Mick" Austin is a fine artist who lives and works in the UK. Initially a comic book artist and illustrator his painterly style led to him leaving this genre and concentrating on fine art in 1996.
producing cover art and a very brief 'Timesmasher' (written by the then editor Paul Neary
) series and also Blakes Seven before moving onto Warrior mainly painting cover art for which he won an Eagle Award in 1982 for his Marvelman cover. He then drew both Judge Dredd
and Judge Anderson
for 2000 AD
between 1989 and 1995. He also drew the computer game based strip Urban Strike during this period, various Tharg's Future Shocks and the featured strip in Doctor Who Magazine
during this period.
He also worked for several other publications up to 1996, notably as features artist for The Sunday Times from 1982–85; illustrating stories for the magazines Men Only, Mayfair, the TV Times as well as many book covers and several film posters. Some of his last comic work was for Fleetway's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the early 90’s and a final stint on 2000AD and Judge Dredd before he was offered his first one-man (fine art) show at Jonathan Cooper’s Park Walk Gallery in October 1997. He is represented by J Cooper at most major art fairs in the UK as well as in the US and Germany and is represented in the southern hemisphere by the Everard Read Gallery of South Africa.
In 2003 he accompanied HRH The Prince of Wales as tour artist to India and Oman.
His last two exhibitions of 2006 and 2007 concentrated on the Toro Bravo, or ‘fighting bull’, painted not from the bull-ring but in the sierras of southern Spain.
His work has been reproduced as open and limited edition prints by The Art Group of London.
Biography
Mick Austin started his artistic career in 1981 for Marvel ComicsMarvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
producing cover art and a very brief 'Timesmasher' (written by the then editor Paul Neary
Paul Neary
Paul Neary is a British comic book artist, writer and editor.His first work was for Warren Publishing in the 1970s before working with Dez Skinn at Marvel UK as well as work for 2000 AD...
) series and also Blakes Seven before moving onto Warrior mainly painting cover art for which he won an Eagle Award in 1982 for his Marvelman cover. He then drew both Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
and Judge Anderson
Judge Anderson
Judge Cassandra Anderson is a fictional character that started as a supporting player in the comic story Judge Dredd of 2000 AD and eventually rose in prominence and became the star of her own series, which is entitled Anderson: Psi-Division. It was created by writer John Wagner and artist Brian...
for 2000 AD
2000 AD (comic)
2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold...
between 1989 and 1995. He also drew the computer game based strip Urban Strike during this period, various Tharg's Future Shocks and the featured strip in Doctor Who Magazine
Doctor Who Magazine
Doctor Who Magazine is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
during this period.
He also worked for several other publications up to 1996, notably as features artist for The Sunday Times from 1982–85; illustrating stories for the magazines Men Only, Mayfair, the TV Times as well as many book covers and several film posters. Some of his last comic work was for Fleetway's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the early 90’s and a final stint on 2000AD and Judge Dredd before he was offered his first one-man (fine art) show at Jonathan Cooper’s Park Walk Gallery in October 1997. He is represented by J Cooper at most major art fairs in the UK as well as in the US and Germany and is represented in the southern hemisphere by the Everard Read Gallery of South Africa.
In 2003 he accompanied HRH The Prince of Wales as tour artist to India and Oman.
His last two exhibitions of 2006 and 2007 concentrated on the Toro Bravo, or ‘fighting bull’, painted not from the bull-ring but in the sierras of southern Spain.
His work has been reproduced as open and limited edition prints by The Art Group of London.
Exhibitions
- 1996
- The London Contemporary Art Fair - Art96, London
- 1997
- One-man show at Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London
- The London Contemporary Art Fair - Art97, London
- 1998
- The London Contemporary Art Fair - Art98, London
- 1999
- One-man show at Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London
- The London Contemporary Art Fair - Art99, London
- 2001
- One-man show at Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London
- The London Contemporary Art Fair - Art2001, London
- ArtLondon art fair, Duke of York’s, London
- The painting ‘Head’ was chosen to represent and advertise the Hunting Art Prize.
- 2002
- One-man show at Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London
- The London Contemporary Art Fair -Art2002, London
- ArtLondon art fair, Duke of York’s, London
- Paintings become available as prints and cards – printed by the Art Group.
- 2003
- The London Contemporary Art Fair - Art2003
- ArtLondon art fair, Burton’s Court, London
- One-man show at Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London
- Tour Artist for HRH The Prince of Wales – India and Oman
- 2004
- LondonArtFair (art2004) – Jonathan Cooper, London
- ArtLondon art fair, Burton’s Court, London – One-man show of Indian & Oman
- One-man show at Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London
- 2005
- LondonArtFair – Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London
- ArtLondon art fair, Burton’s Court – Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London