Solo exhibitions

2014 Pillow Talk, Janet Clayton Gallery
2013 Anthology of Absurdity, Janet Clayton Gallery
2013 Conversations with the Devil Woman, Campbelltown Arts Centre
2011 Library of Disturbance, Wilson Street Gallery at Danks, Sydney
2010 Afterlife Maitland Regional Art Gallery & Tour
2009 Shelf-Life Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
2008 Mistress of the Dead Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
2007 BreathLess Wallspace Gallery, Sydney
2005 Horsepower Campbelltown Arts Centre
2004 Horses for Courses War Memorial Art Gallery, University of Sydney
2002 Small Bronzes & Collages Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra, ACT
2001 Predators & Prey BBA Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2000 Visitation-Celebration (Bronze Sculpture) Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
1999 Sculpture & Collage Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1998 Flora & Findings Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1996 Small Bronzes & Collage Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1996 The Visitation Paintings Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1992 Paintings Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1990/88/86/83 Paintings (and sculptures) Rex Irwin, Sydney, NSW
1987 Paintings Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
1983/80 Paintings Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1983 Paintings Sydney Uni Staff Club
1981, 80 Paintings David Reid Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1979/77/74 Paintings (and sculptures) Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1977/75 Paintings (and sculptures) Abraxas Gallery, Canberra ACT
1977 Paintings (and sculptures) Raffin Gallery, Orange NSW
1970 Paintings Pinkney Gallery, London, England
1969 Paintings Clune Gallery, Sydney, NSW

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

2014 Transforming Meijiang Gallery, Tianjin, China2014

2014 Stitched, Janet Clayton Gallery

2014 Reticulation a multi authored survey of the USU Art Collection, Verge Gallery, Uni of Sydney

2014 Across the Water: China-Australia Modern Masters of Watercolour, Shanghai Quanuha Watercolour Art Gallery & Shenzhen Museum of Fine Arts

2014 Stitched-Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney

2013 31 Days - Blur the Lines, Gallery Red, Glebe
2013 Unbound - Macquarie University Art Gallery
2013 From Scrolls to Zines - Janet Clayton Gallery
2013 - Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery
2012 From Paper Beijing Art Space, China
2010/12 Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition AGNSW
2010 Kedumba Drawing Award 2010 Blue Mountains Grammar School
2010 Swan Hill Print & Drawing Awards Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
2010,13 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Adelaide Perry Gallery, PLC Sydney
2009 Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition AGNSW
2007 BloodLines Hawkesbury Regional Gallery and Tour
2006 View of Maitland from the riverbank Maitland Regional Art Gallery
(With apologies to Jan Vermeer & View of Delft)
2006 Sulman Prize exhibition AGNSW
2003-04 "International Contemporary Drawing Art" Exhibition touring to Central Academy of Art
Beijing Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts &
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts China.
2003 Love Letter to China (Drawings by 35 artists) Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2001/03/05 Hazlehurst Art Award for Art on paper Hazlehurst Regional Gallery, NSW
2000 Common Ground Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2000/02 Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition AGNSW
1999 Hung, Drawn & Quartered Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1998 6 from Wedderburn Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, NSW
1997 LandMarks CCBAG Sydney, NSW (now Campbelltown Arts Centre)
Prizes & Awards (Selected)
2010 Dobell Prize for Drawing
2010 Kedumba Drawing Award
2006 Willoughby Art Prize-Painting Section
2006 James Kiwi Watercolour Prize
1994 Wynne Prize AGNSW
1993 Prime TV Painting Prize
1989 The SMH Heritage Art Award
1985 Faber-Castell Prize for Drawing
Collections (Selected)
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Australian National Gallery
National Gallery of Victoria
Campbelltown Arts Centre (was Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery)
Faber-Castell Collection
Macquarie University Collection
New England Regional Art Museum
Wollongong University

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“Symbiosis” Chroma Australia – Utopia Art Sydney & New England Regional Art Museum. 1998.

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University of Sydney News Review 15th March 1995 by Louise Maral.

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