Exhibitions

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Group Exhibitions

2023
– ‘Round’, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW. Curator,
Lisa Jones, Tom Loveday

2022
– ‘SNO@FIVEWALLS’, Five Walls, Melbourne. Curator, Andrew Leslie

2021
‘Square 2’, Five Walls, Melbourne.
Curator, Lisa Jones and Tom Loveday

2020
– ‘Lightworks’, Drill Hall Gallery, ANU, Canberra.
Curator, Lisa Jones, Tom Loveday

2019
– ‘Square’, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney. Curator, Lisa Jones and Tom Loveday
– ‘The Studio’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne. Curator, Sadie Chandler and Richard Dunn
– ‘IN-Formalism’, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney. Curator, Andrew Leslie and Ruark Lewis/SNO | Sydney Non Objective

2018
– ‘Abstraction 17: A Field of Interest, c.1968’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne. Curator, Charles Nodrum
– ‘Redlands | Konica Minolta Art Prize’, NAS Gallery, Sydney

2017
– ‘Nach 2000. Gemälde’ Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany. (Richard Dunn, Günther Förg, Françoise Gilot, Eberhard Göschel, K. O. Götz, Hans Hendrik Grimmling, David Jones, Cesare Lucchini, Markus Lüpertz, Osmar Osten, Markus Prachensky, Norbert Tadeusz). Curator, Ingrid Mössinger
– ‘Imagine’, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria. Curator, Simon Gregg
– ‘Works on Paper’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

2016
– ‘Black White & Restive: Cross-cultural Initiatives in Australian Contemporary Art’, Newcastle Art Gallery. Curator Una Rey
– ‘Modern Australian Painting’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
– ‘Into Abstraction’, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney

2015
– ‘Painting 1 – Edge, Angle, Grid’, William Wright Projects, Sydney. Curator, Tom Loveday
– ‘Feral’, Articulate, Sydney

2014
– ‘Pop to Popism’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Curator, Wayne Tunnicliffe
– ‘Namatjira and Beyond’, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria. Curator, Diane Mangan

2013
– ‘MIX TAPE 1980s: Appropriation, Subculture, Critical Style’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Curator, Max Delaney
– ‘Vista’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
– ‘Colour Masters’, Albert Namatjira Gallery, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT. Curator, Stephen Williamson
– ‘Almanac: The Gift of Ann Lewis AO’, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra. Curator, Glenn Barkley

2012
– ‘Roads Cross’, Charles Darwin University Art Gallery, Darwin, NT. Curator, Vivonne Thwaites, Fiona Salmon, Anita Angel
– ‘Almanac: The Gift of Ann Lewis AO’, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga and Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
– ‘Roads Cross’, Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide. Curator, Vivonne Thwaites, Fiona Salmon, Anita Angel
– ‘SNO@BHO’, Balhaus Ost, Berlin. Curator, Mani Hammer, Gunna Schmidt, Nicola Stäglich, Anke Völk 

2011
– ‘Abstraction 11’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne’Lines of Thinking’, Global Centre for Drawing @ Langford120, Melbourne
– ‘Almanac: The Gift of Ann Lewis AO’, Wollongong City Gallery, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, New England Regional Art Gallery. Curator, Glenn Barkley

2010
– ‘Constellations’, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne‘. Curator, Vanessa Gerrans

2009
– ‘Almanac: The Gift of Ann Lewis AO’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
– ‘Faith & Lust’, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney. Curator, Alex Lawler
– ‘N.O.’, SNO | Sydney Non Objective Contemporary Art Project, Curator, Richard Dunn
– ‘Gallery A Sydney 1964-1983’, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown NSW and Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle NSW. Curator, John Murphy
– ‘Primary Views: Artists curate the Monash University Collection’, Monash University Museum of Art, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. Curator, Stephen Bram, Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley, Juan Davila 
– ‘Abstraction 8, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
– ‘Vivid Sydney Festival Smart Light Sydney: Art Light’, University of Technology, Sydney. Curator, Michael Day

2008
– ‘Artspace 24/25’, Artspace, Sydney. Curator, Nick Tsoutas and Jacqueline Phillips
– ‘Australia – Contemporary Non-Objective Art’, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, Germany. Curator, Christoph Dahlhausen 
– ‘Aus Australien’, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, New Zealand
– ‘Australien – Konkrete Kunst aus dem 5. Kontinent’, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany. Curator, Christoph Dahlhausen 

2007
– ‘Australia – Contemporary Non-Objective Art’, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V. and raum2810, Bonn. Curator, Christoph Dahlhausen 
– ‘Living Elvis’, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. Curator, Peter Barnes
– ‘Alluring Dystopias’, George Petelin Gallery, Southport QLD.
– ‘Australian Bicentennial Perspecta’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Curator, Tony Bond

2006

‘Weltanshauung – Vision of the World’, Art Gallery of the United Nations, New York. Curated by Dr. Paul Eubel
– ‘Weltanshauung – Visione del Mondo’, Museo D’Arte Moderna E Contemporanea Palazzo Belmonte Riso, Palermo. Curated by Dr. Paul Eubel
– ‘Models for Chinese-German sculpture and architecture-garden-places, 2006-2010’, Tianjin Art Gallery, Tianjin, PR China. Curated by Marcel Hardung-Uecker
– ‘Abstraction 5’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
– gbk | Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney

2005
– ‘S.N.O 6’, S.N.O., Sydney
– ‘Bleak Epiphanies’, Virginia Wilson ART, Sydney. Curator, Bill Wright
– ‘Pitch Your Own Ten: Art Projects/Store 5/Ist Floor’, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne. Curator, Max Delany

2004
– ‘Penetralia: Art and Psychoanalysis in Melbourne 1940-2004’, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. Curator, Suzanne Davies with Caroline Williams

2003
– ‘First Beijing International Art Biennale’, Beijing, China

2000
– ‘Monochromes’, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Curator, David Pestorius. 
– ‘Celebrating the Exquisite Corpse’, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC. Touring Swan Hill & Ararat. Curator, Anonda Bell
– ‘Aus Australien Portfolio’. Bendigo Art Gallery, Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria. Portfolio curated by René Block

1999
– ‘Southern Reflections: Ten Contemporary Australian Artists’, Göteborgs Konsthallen, (Contemporary Art Gallery, Gothenberg), Sweden, Galleria Otso (Contemporary Art Gallery), Helsinki (Espoo). Curator, Elizabeth Cross
– ‘Visiboard Art Prize’, Barossa Vintage Festival, Richmond Grove Winery, Tanunda, South Australia.

1998
– ‘Southern Reflections’, Kulturhuset, (Cultural Centre) Stockholm, Sweden; Stenersenmuseet, Oslo. Curator, Elizabeth Cross
– ‘Symbiosis’, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, and Utopia Art, Sydney

1997
– ‘Geometric Painting in Australia 1941 – 1997’, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Curator, David Pestorius
– ‘Innenseite’, Kassel, Germany. Curator, Professor Hamdi el Attar, Universität Ghk Kassel.
– ‘Objects and Ideas: Revisiting Minimalism’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Curator, Linda Michael
– Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney.

1996
– ‘Flagging the Republic’, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale; RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. Curator, Bill Wright 

1995
– ‘Smorgan Collection’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.

1994
– ‘Looking Seeing Reading’, Institute of Contemporary Art, Brisbane & Monash University Gallery, Melbourne. Curator, Ian Burn
– ‘The Baillieu Myer Collection of the 80`s’, Museum of Modern Art at Heidi, Melbourne.

1993
– ‘Languages of Abstraction’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
– ‘Looking Seeing Reading’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney. Curator, Ian Burn
– ‘Construction in Process IV: My Home is Your Home’, International Artists Museum, Łódź, Poland. Curator, Ryszard Wasko

1992
– ‘Synthesis: Art and Architecture’, (with Graham Jahn, architect), Bond Store, Sydney. Curator, Davina Jackson
– ‘Future City’, (with Graham Jahn, architect), Bond Store, Sydney. Curator, Davina Jackson

1991
– Momentary Modern, Amsterdam, Curator, Irene Scocos, Corinne Groot

1990
– ‘Art from Australia: Eight Contemporary Views’, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; National Gallery of Singapore, Singapore; Gedung Seni Rupa (National Gallery of Indonesia) Jakarta, Indonesia; National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manila, Phillipines. Curator, Alison Carroll
– ‘Eighth Biennale of Sydney: The Readymade Boomerang’, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Bond Store, Walsh Bay. Curator, René Block

1989
– ‘The Australian Exhibition’, Württembergischen Kunstverein, Stuttgart. Curator, Peter Weiermair, Tony Bond
– ‘Prospect 89’, An International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Frankfurter Kunstverein & Shirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. Curator, Peter Weiermair

1988
– ‘Australian Biennale. From the Southern Cross: A View of World Art c. 1940- 1988’ – The Seventh Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales & Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Curator, Nick Waterlow. 
– ‘Edge to Edge: Australian Contemporary Art to Japan’, The National Museum of Art, Osaka; Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan. Curator, Bruce Adams
– ‘The Australian Exhibition’, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Steirnernes Haus, Frankfurt a M. Germany. Curator, Peter Weiermair, Tony Bond

1987
– ‘From Field to Figuration’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Curator, Robert Lindsay
– ‘Fünf vom Fünften in Australien’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. Curator, René Block and the artists (Richard Dunn, John Lethbridge, Mike Parr, Peter Tyndall, Ken Unsworth) 
– ‘Sighting References’, National Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand; Art Gallery of New South Wales and Artspace, Sydney; Monash University Gallery, Melbourne. Curator: Gary Sangster.
– ‘Australian Bicentennial Perspecta’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Curator, Tony Bond

1986
– ‘Sixth Biennale of Sydney: Origins, Originality and Beyond’, Art Gallery of New South Wales & Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay, Sydney
– ‘MASS’, various locations: Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles; Artspace, Sydney Australia, and others. Curator, Tim Rollins et al./Group Material
– ‘The Hand and the Photograph’, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. Curator, Martyn Jolly

1985
– The Clocktower, New York. Curator, Alana Heiss
– ‘Australian Art in Our Time’, Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis.
– ‘Selections 30’, The Drawing Center, New York
– ‘The Politics of Picturing II’, IMA Brisbane. Curator, Suzanne Davies
– ‘5/5, Fünf vom Fünften’, daadgalerie, Berlin. Curator, René Block
– ‘MASS’, various locations: Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles; Artspace, Sydney Australia, and others. Curator, Tim Rollins et al./Group Material
– ‘Close Remarks’, Artspace, Sydney. Curator, Gary Sangster
– ‘The Pleasure of the Gaze’, Art Gallery of Western Australian, Perth. Curator, Bruce Adams
– ‘Australian Perspecta `85’ Art Gallery of New South South Wales, Sydney. Curator, Gary Sangster & Bernice Murphy

1984
– ‘The Australians: Three Generations of Australian Drawing’, CDS Gallery, New York. Curator, Memory Holloway
– ‘Recent Australian Painting’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Curator, Ron Radford
– ‘The Politics of Picturing’, University of Tasmania. Curator, Suzanne Davies

1983
– ‘D`un Autre Continent: L`Australie, Le Rêve et le Réel’, ARC/Musee d`Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Curator, Suzanne Pagé
– ‘Australian Art in Amsterdam’, Suzanne Biederberg Gallery with Gallerie Wetering and Gallerie Jurka.

1982
– ‘Popism’, National Gallery of Victoria. Curator, Paul Taylor
– ‘Australian Art of the Last Ten Years’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
– ‘The Seventies’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Curator, Robert Lindsay

1981
– ‘Australian Perspecta `81’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Curator, Bernice Murphy
– ‘The Beacon’, n- space, Sydney. Curator, Imants Tillers. 

1980
– ‘Frame of Reference’, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne. Curator, Judy Annear

1979
– ‘Third Biennale of Sydney: European Dialogue’, AGNSW. Curator, Nick Waterlow.
– ‘The Work and its Context 2’, Australian Embassy, Paris. Curator, Grazia Gunn 

1978
– ‘The Work and its Context: Six Attitudes in Australian Art’, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. Curator, Grazia Gunn 
– ‘The Sixties into the Seventies: Selections from the Chandler Coventry Collection’, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne. Curator, Grazia Gunn 
– ‘Roadshow: Works on Paper’, Touring exhibition. Curator, Katrina Rumley

1977
– ‘Georges Invitation Art Prize’, Georges Gallery, Melbourne.

1976
– ‘The Coventry Collection’, University of New England, Armidale, NSW.

1969
– ‘London `69’, Arnhem Galleries, Croydon, England.

1967
– ‘RA and RCA’, Diploma Galleries, Royal Academy, London.

1966
– ‘NSW Travelling Art Scholarship’, AGNSW, Sydney.

1965
– ‘Young Contemporaries’, Contemporary Art Society, Blaxland Galleries, Sydney.

1963
– ‘Young Contemporaries’, Archer Street Gallery, Adelaide.
– ’25 Young Painters’, Argus Gallery, Melbourne.
– ‘Young Contemporaries’, Contemporary Art Society, Blaxland Galleries, Sydney.

1962
– ‘Wills Prize’, Anthony Hordern’s Gallery, Sydney.

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