Born (1970) and raised in Sydney, Australia, Murray Fredericks studied politics and economics at Sydney University. Following his undergraduate degree, he spent five years traveling in the Middle East and in the Himalaya. The experience of spending large amounts of time in these ‘powerful’ locations provided the basis for his approach to his photography.
Essentially self-taught in photography, Fredericks undertook and completed a Masters of Art and then his MFA at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales some years into his ‘exhibiting’ career.
Fredericks’s work is derived from a perspective that views culture as something that cannot be wholly accounted for through social construct. It’s a view that sees some values as derived from a ‘time-less essence’. The work attempts to represent the experience when thought is temporarily suspended and the mind encounters ‘other’.
From the start of his career Fredericks process has involved prolonged solo journeys to remote and often extreme locations.
Adventure and endurance have never been goals in themselves and neither have the journeys been ‘spiritual’ or ‘monastic’ undertakings. By their very nature, though, the locations are difficult to access and require large amounts time spent in them to move the compositions past the ‘surface exotic’.
Murray Fredericks is represented by Hamiltons Gallery in London, Arc One Gallery in Melbourne and Annandale Galleries in Sydney. His works are exhibited internationally and around Australia. Works sit in major public and private and corporate collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, National Portrait Gallery, Elton John, Valentino, RBS, Commonwealth Bank and Macquarie Bank Collections.
Murray Fredericks first documentary film ‘Salt’, where he was cinematographer and co-director, won twelve major international awards, played over 50 festivals and was screened on the ABC and PBS in the USA
Solo Exhibitions
Year | Title | Gallery |
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2023 | The Salt Lake (Retrospective) | Museum of Australian Photography |
2023 | BLAZE | Arc One Gallery |
2023 | Witness | QVMAG, Launceston |
2022 | BLAZE | Hamiltons Gallery, London |
2019 | Array | Arc One Gallery, Melbourne |
2019 | Array | Arc One Gallery, Sydney |
2018 | Vanity | Robert Mann Gallery, New York |
2017 | Salt: Vanity | Hamiltons Gallery, London |
2017 | Vanity | Arc One Gallery, Melbourne |
2016 | Salt | Townsville Regional Gallery |
2016 | DYE2 (Video Installation) | Geelong Regional Gallery |
2015 | Origins | Arc One Gallery, Melbourne |
2015 | DYE2 (Video Installation) | Australian Centre for Photography |
2014 | Recent Work | Hamiltons Gallery, London |
2014 | Topophilia | Annandale Galleries, Sydney |
2013 | Topophilia | Arc One Gallery, Melbourne |
2012 | Salt | Art Factum, Beirut |
2012 | Hector | Hamiltons Gallery, London |
2012 | Salt | FotoFreo, Freemantle, Western Australia |
2011 | Hector | Annandale Galleries, Sydney |
2011 | The Salt Project | Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney |
2011 | Trace | Arc One Gallery, Melbourne |
2009 | Salt | Hamiltons Gallery, London |
2009 | Salt | Arc One Gallery, Melbourne |
2007 | Salt | Hamiltons Gallery, London |
2007 | Salt | Arc One Gallery, Melbourne |
2007 | Salt | Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney |
2007 | The Biscuit Factory | The Museum of Sydney |
2006 | Salt | Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney |
Selected Group Exhibitions of Murray Fredericks
Year | Title | Gallery |
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2023 | BLAZE | Sydney Contemporary, Arc One Gallery |
2022 | BLAZE | Paris Photo, Hamiltons |
2022 | Vanity | AIPAD, New York |
2019 | Array | Paris Photo, Hamiltons |
2017 | Fotográfica Bogotá | Museum of Photography, Bogota |
2016 | Gallery Artists, Hamiltons | Photo London |
2016 | Australian Pavillion | Dubai Photo |
2014 | Luminous Worlds | SAMSTAG, Adelaide |
2014 | QFP5 | Queensland Festival for Photography 5, Brisbane |
2012 | Geomorphometries | Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane |
2012 | Shadow Lands | Deakin University |
2011 | Gallery Artists, Hamiltons | Paris Photo |
2010 | Gallery Artists, Hamiltons | Paris Photo |
2010 | Contemporary Landscapes | National Gallery of Victoria |
2010 | The Lake | Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery |
2009 | The Lake | Australian Centre for Photography |
2007 | Emergent | ABN Amro Finalists Exhibition, Sydney |
2006 | Landscape | Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai |
National Gallery of Victoria
Commonwealth Bank Collection
Myer Collection
ABN Amro Collection
Macquarie Bank Collection
National Portrait Gallery of Australia
Sir Elton John Collection
Valentino Collection
ARTBANK
Year | Title | Award |
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2023 | Finalist | Bowness Photography Prize, Museum of Australian Photography |
2015 | Winner | Peoples Choice Award, Bowness Prize, Monash Gallery of Art |
2015 | Finalist | Head On Landscape Prize (2nd place) |
2014 | Finalist | Moran Prize |
2014 | Finalist | Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award |
2013 | Finalist | Foxtel Documentary Award, Sydney Film Festival |
2010 | Winner | Australia’s Top Photographer |
2009 | Winner | Golden Frog, Camerimage Film Festival, Poland |
2009 | Winner | Best Australian Short Film, Melbourne International Film Festival |
2009 | Winner | Special Jury Prize, AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs, Washington |
2009 | Winner | Best Documentary Short, International Documentary Association, LA |
2009 | Nomination | AFI Best Cinematography in a Documentary |
2009 | Nomination | AFI Best Documentary |
2009 | Winner | ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award |
2008 | Finalist | ABN Amro Emerging Artist |
Year | Title | Production | Role |
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2023 | Dark Emu | Blackfella/ABC | Time-lapse Specialist |
2020 | Our Planet | Netflix/Silverback/Sir David Attenborough | Time-lapse Specialist |
2019 | Green Planet | BBC/Sir David Attenborough | Field Producer |
2019 | The Drovers Wife | Bunya/Oombarra | Time-lapse Specialist |
2019 | Mystery Rd 2 | ABC/Bunya | Time-lapse Specialist |
2018 | Lost Empire of Angkor | IMAX | Time-lapse Specialist |
2017 | Mystery Rd | ABC/Bunya | Time-lapse Specialist |
2017 | A Perfect Planet | Netflix/Silverback | Time-lapse Specialist |
2013 | BBC Monsoon | BBC Natural History Unit | Time-lapse Specialist |
2013 | Nothing On Earth | ABC/Screen Australia | Director of Photography |
2011 | First Footprints | ABC/z-Arte | Timelapse Specialist |
2009 | Salt | ABC/Screen Australia | Co-Director/DP |
2012 | MFA College of Fine Arts, UNSW |
2004 | Masters of Art at COFA, UNSW |
1992 | Bachelor of Economics, Sydney University |