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1938 Born Sydney, Australia
1960–67 Lived and worked in London
1969–75 Lived and worked in USA
Currently lives and works in Sydney

Solo Exhibitions
1993–2001 Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
1986–2000 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Philip Bacon Galley, Brisbane
1992 Studio exhibition, Jarocin Ave, Forest Lodge, NSW
1990 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1989 Michael Johnson, Survey 1968–1988, AGNSW;
travelled to Moree, Wollongong, NSW
Forum, Invitational Art Fair, Hamburg,
West Germany
1988 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1986 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
University Gallery, University of Melbourne
1985 Studio exhibition, Pitt Street, Sydney
Gallery 52, Perth
1983–84 Studio exhibition, Oxford Street, Darlinghurst
1982 Studio exhibition, Greene St New York,
237 Lafayette, NY
Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne
1981 Gallery A, Sydney
1980 Gallery A, Sydney
1979 Gallery A, Sydney
1977 Gallery A, Sydney
Max Hutchinson Gallery, NY
1976 Gallery A, Sydney
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Abraxor Gallery, Canberra
1975 Studio exhibition, James Cook University, Qld
1974 Gallery A, Sydney
Studio exhibition, Bowery, NY
1973 Max Hutchinson Gallery, NY
1972 Gallery A, Sydney
1970 Max Hutchinson Gallery, NY
1969 Gallery A, Melbourne
1968 Central Street Gallery, Sydney
Gallery A, Sydney
1967 Central Street Gallery, Sydney
Gallery A, Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions
2001 A Century of Collecting 1901–2001,
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1999 The Rose Crossing, Contemporary Art in
Australia,
Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane;
Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
1996–98 Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries
Goodhope, regional gallery tour
1997 Anon, Sherman Galleries, Goodhope, Sydney
Geometric Painting in Australia 1941–1997,
University Art Museum
1996 La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
Greg Weight, Artists’ Portraits,
Manly Art Gallery and Museum
1995 NICAF, Nagoya, Japan
Smorgon Collection of Contemporary Art,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Asia & Oceania Influence, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1994 On Paper, Solander Gallery, Canberra
1993 On Paper, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Australian Tapestries, Victoria and Albert
Museum, London
1990 Central Street, Charles Nodrum Gallery,
Melbourne; Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1989 Painters’ Visions, Macquarie Galleries
Joye Art Foundation, Baudoin Lebon
Gallery, Paris, France
1988 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Australian Biennale, AGNSW, Sydney;
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1987 Field to Figuration 1960–86, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art/LA 87, Los Angeles Art Fair, USA
1986 A Resistant Spirit, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery,
Sydney; Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1985 Subject of Painting, AGNSW, Sydney
Lecturers of East Sydney Technical College
Art School, Cell Block, Darlinghurst, Sydney
1984 The Field Now, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Victoria
Recent Australian Painting, AGSA, Adelaide
1983 Survey Australian Painting, Commonwealth Bank, Sydney
Recent Australian Painting: A Survey 1973–83, AGSA, Adelaide
Aspects of the Landscape, Gallery 52, Perth
Twelve Australian Painters, AGWA, Perth
The Wrong Place: Five Sydney Painters,
Tasmanian School of Art Gallery,
University of Tasmania
1982 ANZAAS 82 (Eleven Sydney Artists),
Macquarie University Library, Sydney
Colour Painting, Jacques Spiess Gallery, Paris
The Seventies: Australian Paintings and
Tapestries From The National Australia Bank Collection, NGV, Melbourne
1981 Survey of the Seventies, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
1980 Opening Show, Axiom Gallery, Melbourne
1979 Cambodia, Central Street Gallery, Sydney
1978 Contemporary Australian Art to Indonesia,
Landscape and Image, ADGC
1977 Australian Colourists, WA Institute of Technology, Perth
1975 Ten Australians, Gallery A, Sydney
1974 Young New York Artists, Travelling Exhibition, USA
1972 Australian Paintings and Tapestries of the
Past 20 Years,
NSW House, London
1970 Max Hutchinson Gallery, NY
Colour and Structure, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1969 São Paulo Bienal, Brazil
Gallery A, Sydney
Gallery A, Melbourne
1968 Renting Collection Exhibition, Pinacotheca
Gallery, Melbourne
Painters and Sculptors of the Gallery,
Central Street Gallery, Sydney
21st Show, Central Street Gallery, Sydney
Georges’ Invitation Art Prize Exhibition,
Georges Gallery, Melbourne
Pinacotheca, Melbourne
UNESCO Biennale, Museum Grimaldi,
Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
The Field, NGV, Melbourne; AGNSW, Sydney
1967 Central Street Gallery, Sydney
New Generation Sydney, Gallery A, Sydney
1963–64 Young Commonwealth Artists,
RBA Galleries, London
New Vision Centre, London
Qantas Gallery, Sydney
Australian Painting and Sculpture in Europe
Today,
Arts Centre Folkstone, London;
Stadtliches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
John Moore’s Gallery, Liverpool, UK
1962–63 Moulton Gallery, London
1962 Young Contemporaries,
RBA Galleries, London
Commonwealth Festival/Biennale,
Commonwealth Institute, London

Awards and Commissions
2001 Commission for AMP, Sydney Recital Hall,
Angel Place, Sydney
1995 The National Trust, Sydney
1994 Clayton Utz, Sydney
1993 The Treasury, Inter-Continental Hotel, Sydney
1989 Sydney Conference Centre, NSW
1986 Visual Arts Board (Artist-in-Residence),
University of Melbourne
1984 Mural, State Bank of New South Wales
1983 Tapestry, Waverley Council Civic Centre, Victoria
1981 Visual Arts Board, New York Studio
1980 Camden Art Society
1976 Gold Coast Art Prize
1975 Visual Arts Board,
(Artist-in-Residence grant)
James Cook University, Townsville, Qld
1974 Visual Arts Board (Grant)
1967 R.H. Taft’s Prize,
Contemporary Art Society
Annual Exhibition, Sydney

Collections
National Gallery of Australia, CanberraArt Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Burnie Art Gallery, Tasmania
Wollongong Art Gallery, New South Wales
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
The University of Melbourne Art Collection
James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland
Artbank
Parliament House, Canberra
National Bank of Australasia, Melbourne
State Library of Western Australia, Perth
CBA Bank, New South Wales
Chase Manhattan, New York, USA
Croydon Education Committee, London
Australian National University, Canberra
Gold Coast City Art Collection, Queensland
Waverley Council Art Collection, Victoria
Camden Council Art Collection, New South Wales
Townsville Council Art Collection, Queensland
State Bank Australia
AMP, Australia
Sly and Weigall, New South Wales
Joye Foundation, New South Wales
Yulara Tourist Resort, Northern Territory
Westfield, New South Wales
Commercial Union Insurance, Victoria
Ballarat Art Gallery, Victoria
Daryle Jackson, Victoria
Philip Cox and Partners, New South Wales
Park Grand Hotel, New South Wales
Robert Holmes à Court Collection
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales
Telstra, Sydney
Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne
Hyatt Adelaide, South Australia
Medibank, Sydney
Chartwell Collection, Waikato Museum of Art
and History, Hamilton, New Zealand
Westpac Collection, Sydney
A full CV and bibliography are available upon
request from Sherman Galleries

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