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Born in Sydney in 1970, Murray Fredericks is a photographer and cinematographer whose work has been acquired by major public and private collections around the world. Murray’s commercial clients include international brands and agencies, tourism bodies, hotels, architects, designers and developers.
His first cinematography credit on the documentary ‘Salt’ (which he co-directed) won over 14 international awards. Salt was screened at over 50 festivals, on ABC1 and PBS in the USA.
Initially photographing solely for exhibition, Murray discovered that he was well equipped to start working as a commercial photographer. The commercial work provided the funding for his personal projects that were constantly increasing in complexity and ambition. Since 1999, Murray has worked successfully both ‘artist’ and ‘commercial photographer’ with both facets of his career supporting the other.
Murray’s work is regularly exhibited at Hamiltons Gallery in London, and Arc 1 Gallery in Melbourne. His work has been shown twice at the Louvre as part of Paris Photo, in Shanghai and in many locations including the National Gallery of Victoria and the National Portrait Gallery in Australia. His work sits in major public and private and corporate collections including the NGV, National Portrait Gallery, Elton John, Valentino, ABN Amro and Macquarie Bank Collections.
Murray has won numerous awards for his work. In 2010 he was peer-voted Australian Landscape Photographer of the year and has been finalist in Australia’s Top Photographer Awards five times. He was awarded the prestigious ‘Golden Frog’ for cinematography and nominated for an AFI award for cinematography in 2009.
Murray is married to Francesca Fredericks and together they are raising four strong-willed boys. Murray completed a Masters of Art at COFA University of New South Wales in 2004 and is currently finishing an MFA also at COFA.
Solo Exhibitions
2015 | Sydney | 'The Icesheet Project' Australian Centre for Photography |
2015 | London | 'Recent Work' Hamiltons Gallery |
2014 | Sydney | 'Topophilia' (The Icesheet Project) Annandale Galleries |
2013 | Melbourne | 'Topophilia' (The Icesheet Project) ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne |
2012 | Bierut | 'Salt' Art Factum |
2012 | London | 'Hector' Hamiltons Gallery |
2012 | Freemantle | 'Salt' Foto Freo |
2011 | Sydney | 'Hector' Annandale Galleries |
2011 | Sydney | 'Salt' Australian Centre for Photography |
2011 | Melbourne | 'Trace' Arc One Gallery |
2009 | London | 'Salt' Hamiltons Gallery |
2009 | Melbourne | 'Salt' Arc One Gallery |
2009 | Adelaide | 'Salt' Adelaide Festival Centre |
2007 | Sydney | 'Salt' Lake Eyre Photographs 2006-07, Boutwell Draper Gallery |
2007 | London | 'Salt' Lake Eyre Photographs - Hamiltons Gallery |
2007 | Sydney | 'The Biscuit Factory' - Museum of Sydney |
2006 | Shanghai | 'Landscape', Eastlink Gallery |
2006 | Sydney | 'Salt' Lake Eyre Photographs 2005 - Boutwell Draper Gallery |
Group Exhibitions
2014 | London | Paris Photo, Hamiltons Gallery |
2014 | Adelaide | SAMSTAG, 'Luminous Worlds' |
2014 | Queensland | Queensland Centre For Contemporary Photography - 'QFP5' |
2013 | Sydney | Annandale Gallery, POLYSEME |
2012 | Waurn Ponds | Deakin University - 'Shadow Lands' |
2012 | Queensland | Queensland Centre For Contemporary Photography - 'Geomorphometries' |
2011 | Sydney | Blake Prize Finalists, Sydney and Regional Touring Exhibition |
2010 | China | Pinyao International Photography Festival |
2010 | London | Paris Photo, Hamiltons Gallery |
2010 | Victoria | National Gallery of Victoria - 'Stormy Weather' Contemporary Landscape Photography' |
2010 | Booragul | Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery - 'The Lake' |
2009 | Sydney | Australian Centre for Photography - 'The Lake' |
2008 | London | Hamiltons Gallery, London |
2008 | Sydney | Boutwell Draper Gallery Sydney |
2007 | Sydney | ABN Amro 'Emergent' Finalists Exhibition |
2006 | London | Paris Photo, Hamiltons Gallery |
2006 | Shanghai | Eastlink Gallery, 'Landscape' |
2006 | Sydney | Australian Photographers Gallery - 'Head On' |
2004 | Canberra | National Portrait Gallery, 'Masters of Fare' |
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 |
2014 | Finalist | Moran Prize | Sydney |
2014 | Finalist | Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award | |
2013 | Finalist | Foxtel Documentary Prize | Sydney Film Festival - 'Nothing On Earth' Documentary Film |
2013 | Finalist | Head On Landscape Prize | Sydney |
2013 | Winner | Photography Acheivment Award | ACMP, Sydney |
2012 | Finalist | Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award | |
2011 | Finalist | Blake Prize | Sydney |
2010 | Winner | Landscape Category | Australia's Top Photographer Awards |
2010 | Winner | 'Best Cinematography' | Byron Bay Film Festival |
2010 | Winner | Jury Prize | National Geographic Award, Flickerfest |
2010 | Winner | Jury Prize | Trento Mountain Film Festival |
2010 | Winner | Excellence in Cinematography | Big Sky Documentary Film Festival |
2010 | Winner | Creative Excellence Award' | Banff Mountain Film Festival' |
2009 | Winner | 'Best Documentary Short' for 'SALT' | International Documentary Association LA |
2009 | Winner | 'Golden Frog' Grand Prix | Short Documentary for 'SALT' CameraImage |
2009 | Winner | 'Best Australian Short Film' | Melbourne International Film Festival |
2009 | Winner | 'Special Jury Prize' | Silverdocs AFI/Discovery Channel |
2009 | Winner | 'Best Documentary Short' | Atlanta Film Festival |
2009 | Winner | Best Short Documentary | Film Critic's Circle Australia |
2009 | Finalist | Australian Documentary Prize | Sydney Film Festival |
2009 | Nomination | AFI Awards | Best Documentary Short |
2009 | Nomination | AFI Awards | Best Cinematography Documentary Short |
2009 | Finalist | Landscape Category | Australia's Top Photographers |
2008 | Finalist | Art and Landscape Categories | Australia's Top Photographers |
2008 | Finalist | Art Category | Australia's Top Photographers |
2008 | Winner | ABN AMRO 'Emergent' Art Prize | Peoples Choice Award |
2007 | Finalist | ABN AMRO 'Emergent' Art Prize | Peoples Choice Award |
2006 | Finalist | Architecture Category | Australia's Top Photographers |