Ben Quilty

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ben Quilty
Occupation	Instagram Star
Date Of Birth	Sep 1, 1973(1973-09-01)
Age	51
Birthplace	Sydney
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Virgo

Ben Quilty Biography

Ben Quilty is one of the most popular and richest Instagram Star who was born on September 1, 1973 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Artist and award winning commentator who has become an Instagram star with more than fifty thousand followers and growing. His accomplishments includes winning the 2009. Doug Moran National Portrait Prize as well as the Archibald Prize in 2011, the Archibald Prize and the 2014 Prudential Eye Award.

Both he along with He and Margaret Olley are both award-winning Australian painters. are both winners of awards Australian artists.

Quilty grew up in Kenthurst in Sydney’s north-west. Quilty lives and works in Robertson, New South Wales. He was educated at Kenthurst Public School and Oakhill College, where he exhibited his HSC artwork in ArtExpress 1991. Subsequently, Quilty was selected as the recipient of the Julian Ashton Summer School Scholarship. After high school, Quilty followed his interest in art and obtained a Bachelor of Visual Arts in Painting from Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1994.

Quilty was awarded a Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in 2002.

He was raised and born in Sydney, Australia.

Ben Quilty Net Worth

Ben Quilty is one of the richest Instagram Star from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ben Quilty 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was unable to complete the 12th year of art when he was just 11 when he was diagnosed chronic fatigue syndrome. He took classes in visual arts art at University of Sydney and graduated in 1994.

He was later awarded an honorary doctorate in art and design at The University of Western Sydney.

Ben Quilty (born 1973 in Sydney) is an Australian artist and social commentator, who has won a series of painting prizes: the 2014 Prudential Eye Award, 2011 Archibald Prize and 2009 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. He has been described as one of Australia’s most famous living artists.

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Who is Ben Quilty Dating?

According to our records, Ben Quilty married to Kylie Needham. As of December 1, 2023, Ben Quilty’s is not dating anyone.

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Quilty’s works have been exhibited at the Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery (8 November 2013–15 December 2013) (solo), the 2014 Adelaide Biennial (1 March 2014–11 May 2014) (group), the Saatchi Gallery (4 July 2014–3 August 2014) (solo), 2014 Melbourne Art Fair (13 August 2014–17 August 2014) (group), Galerie Allen, Paris (17 September 2014–11 October 2014) (solo), Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong (7 November 2014–10 January 2015) (group), and (16 January 2015–1 March 2015) (solo), Bendigo Art Gallery included works from the Saatchi exhibition (12 December 2014–1 March 2015) (solo), the Art Gallery of South Australia (11 November 2016–29 January 2017) (group), and at the National Gallery of Victoria (15 December 2017–15 April 2018) (group).

Facts & Trivia

Ben Ranked on the list of most popular Instagram Star. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Ben Quilty celebrates birthday on September 1 of every year.

What is a Ben Quilty painting worth?

Since 2008 the record price for this artist at auction is $205,555 USD for Beast 2, sold at Menzies Art Brands, Sydney in 2021. Ben Quilty has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Ocula and Aesthetica.

Are Ben and Andy Quilty related?

Ben Quilty credits the family’s prodigious creative output — a cousin , Andy Quilty, is a painter based in Perth — as part fluke, part product of a philosophical outlook that emphasised art alongside sport and family as central to life.

Who was Ben Quilty inspired by?

Ben Quilty’s career has been largely influenced by his experience of contemporary Australian culture , and particularly the drug-and-alcohol imbued culture of his youth; later experiences including political activism and a position as an official war artist have also shaped his practice.

What did Ben Quilty do in Afghanistan?

Ben Quilty, Official War Artist in Afghanistan His task was to record and interpret the experiences of Australians deployed as part of Operation Slipper in Kabul, Kandahar, and Tarin Kot in Afghanistan and at Al Minhad Airbase in the United Arab Emirates.

Who is Andy Quilty?

Andy Quilty is a multidisciplinary artist engaged with the experience, documentation and interrogation of societal anxieties around criminality in a suburban context.