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By georgia frances king
6 May 2012

Shaun Tan is a Perth born, Melbourne residing artist and film maker, renowned for his children's illustrations and incredible creative vision. Oh, and he's won an Oscar (last year for the short animated film The Lost Thing) and was a concept artist for WALL-E. No biggie.

You may not know the name, but you would know the amazing artist behind it. Shaun Tan is a Perth born, Melbourne residing artist and film maker, renowned for his children's illustrations and incredible creative vision. Oh, and he's won an Oscar (last year for the short animated film The Lost Thing) and was a concept artist for WALL-E. No biggie.

For those on the west coast with eager cinematic eyes, he has having a retrospective at Fremantle Arts Centre, opening May 19th and running til July 15th. The exhibition will feature everything from his earlier, formative paintings of his twenties, through to more recent work, film storyboards and personal diaries.

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