| |  | 1942 | Born Sydney, Australia | | 1961-62 | Studied at National Art School, Sydney | | | Editor The Arty Wild Oat (with Martin Sharp, John Firth-Smith, Ian Van Wieringen) | | | Cartoons published in Oz, The Bulletin, The Sydney Morning Herald, Honi Soit | | 1963-67 | Scenic artist with ABC TV | | | Travelled to Japan | | 1968 | Expedition to Sepik Highlands, Papua New Guinea | | 1972 | Artist in residence, Power Studio, Cite des Arts, Paris | | 1981 | Artist in residence, Michael Karolyi Foundation, Vence, France | | | Travelled to Italy, Spain and Holland | | 1982 | Lived in Hungary | | 1989-90 | Travelled to New York, London and Budapest | | 1994 | Series of fifteen etchings The Kangaroo Suite co-published by the artist and Studio One Print Workshop, Canberra | | 1997-98 | Series of nine etchings The Royal Suite co-published by the artist and the Northern Territory University Printmaking Workshop |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'Love on Mount Pleasant: Garry Shead toasts Maurice O'Shea', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2009 | 'Percursive Paintings', Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
| | 2006 | 'The Apotheosis of Ern Malley', Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | 2005 | ‘Apotheosis of Ern Malley’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2004 | ‘Apotheosis of Ern Malley’, Hazlehurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney
| | 2003 | ‘Ern Malley Series’, Bathurst Regional Gallery – ceramic urns in collaboration with Lino Alvarez, Bathurst, NSW
| | ‘The Apothesois of Ern Malley’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘The Apotheosis of Ern Malley’, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
| | 2001 | ‘Recent Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 'The Painters Progress', Savill Galleries, Sydney
| | 2000 | ‘Artist and the Muse’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 'Artist and the Muse', Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
| | 1999 | ‘Artist and the Muse’, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | 1997 | Seywald Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
| | ‘Dance’, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
| | The Royal Suite’, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
| | 1996 | ‘The Royal Suite’, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | ‘Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1995 | ‘The Royal Suite’, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
| | ‘Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | ‘Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
| | 1994 | Dover Street Gallery, London
| | ‘The Kangaroo Suite’, Studio One Print Workshop Gallery, Canberra
| | 1993 | Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
| | Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
| | Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | ‘D.H. Lawrence Series’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1992 | ‘Kangaroo: D. H. Lawrence at Thirroul’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
| | 'D. H. Lawrence Series', Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
| | 1991 | 'Bundeena Series', Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | 'Outback Paintings', Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
| | 1990 | BMG Galleries, Adelaide
| | 1989 | ‘Garry Shead: Metamorphosis’, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
| | 1988 | ‘Outback Ballad and Recent Paintings’, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Survey 1966-76 and Recent Paintings’, Artmet, Sydney
| | 1987 | 'Garry Shead: Recent Paintings', 'Outback Series', Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | 1985 | Gary Anderson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1984 | ‘Prints’, survey exhibition of Shead’s printmaking, The Print Source, Sydney
| | 1983 | ‘Recent Paintings’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1981 | ‘Waters of Transfiguration and Other Paintings’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Garry Shead: Paintings and Drawings from France’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1980 | ‘Paintings and Watercolours’, Stairs Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
| | 1978 | Abraxas Gallery, Canberra
| | 1976 | ‘Paintings and Drawings’, Abraxas Gallery, Canberra
| | ‘The Graal Paintings’, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Drawings’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
| | 'Baptism Series', Jura Art Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
| | 1975 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | Abraxas Gallery, Canberra
| | 1974 | ‘What are the Wild Waves Saying?’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | 1973 | ‘Paintings 1962-73’ Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | 1969 | ‘Birallee Landscape’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | 1968 | ‘Oh what a beaut view and Other Paintings’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | 1967 | ‘Wanda and Lane Cove Series', Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | 1966 | ‘Wahroonga Lady in Her Naked Lunch’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Paintings of Maurice O’Shea’, Watters Gallery, Sydney |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 'Summer Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 2010 | 'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | ‘Australian Masters 2010’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | ‘Salon des Refusés’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 2009 | 'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
| | 'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 'Ceramics, Contemporary Australian artists in Ceramic', Australian Galleries at Mary Place, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 2008 | 'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 'Group exhibition', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 'Garry Shead, Adam Rish, Stephen Roach & Greg Weight', Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
| | ‘Wish you were here’, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah South, NSW
| | 2007 | 'Sumer Stock Show', Australian Galleries works on Paper, Sydney
| | 'Judit Shead Sculpture, Garry Shead Recent Paintings, A Creative Collaboration', Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 'Dusk to Dawn', The Delmar Gallery, Sydney
| | 'Cuisine & Country', Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
| | 'The Story of Australian Printmaking; 1801-2005', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | 2006 | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Fine Australian Prints and Drawings', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2005 | 'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Fireworks, Tracing the incendiary in Australian art’, Artspace travelling exhibition, Mackay, QLD; Rockhampton, QLD; Townsville, QLD; Gladstone, QLD; Hazlehurst, NSW; Wagga Wagga, NSW; Bathurst, NSW; Ballarat, VIC; Mornington Peninsula VIC and University Art Museum,University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD
| | 2004 | Dobell Prize for Drawing (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ILLOS the art of contemporary illustration, New Contemporaries, Sydney
| | ‘In the presence of all creatures great and small’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 2003 | ‘Kelly culture’, Reconstructing Ned Kelly, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
| | 2002 | ‘The Easter Show’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 2001 | ‘Contemporary Australian Works on Paper’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | ‘Australian Works on Paper’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 2000 | ‘Fine Paintings, Sculpture and Tapestry’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | 1998 | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Blake Prize, Darling Park Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Swingtime: East Coast – West Coast’, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1997 | ‘Redland’s Westpac Art Prize’, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1996 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, touring exhibition
| | 1995 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘The Lovers’, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
| | 1994 | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Blake Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘The Lovers’, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
| | 1993 | Blake Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Awarded)
| | 1992 | ‘Tony Coleing and Friends’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | Blake Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1991 | ‘The Phantom Show’, DC Art, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1990 | ‘Environment’, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
| | ‘Sulman Prize Exhibition’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | ‘Yellow House’, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney
| | 1989 | ‘A Horse Show’, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
| | ‘Prints and Australia’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | 1988 | ‘Portraits of Australia’, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Collection,
| | ‘National Touring Exhibition
| | ‘First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
| | ‘The Caddy Collection’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | 1987 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | ‘Modern Australian Painting’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
| | Doug Moran national Portrait Prize, Australia
| | 1986 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Blake Prize for Religious Art, touring exhibition Hobart, Melbourne, Tamworth, Brisbane and Townsville
| | Mahlab Art Prize (Winner), New South Wales Law Society, Sydney
| | 1985 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Recent Acquisitions of Australian Prints’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | ‘Sydney Art of the 1960s’, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1984 | ‘Portrait Today’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | ‘Herald Art Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1983 | Blake Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | 1982 | ‘The Sydney Harbour Bridge 1932-1982’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1981 | ‘Contemporary Australian Prints since 1975’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | 1980 | ‘First Sydney Annual Exhibition’, Reids’ Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘The Playboy Art Collection’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1978 | John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | 1977 | ‘Ghost Who Walks Can Never Die: An exhibition of comic strip and other superheroes in Australian art’, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
| | ‘Images of Creation’ and ‘Cross the Border’, etchings, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Port Jackson Press’, Barry Stern’s Exhibiting Gallery, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Landscape and Image’, South East Asia Touring Exhibition
| | 'Ballarat Golden Jubilee Exhibition', Ballarat, VIC
| | 1976 | 'Apocalypse Exhibition', Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1975 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | ‘Ocker Funk’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Georges Invitation Art Prize’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | 1974 | ‘United States and Australian Funk Art’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | ‘The Witworks’, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
| | ‘Phillip Morris Exhibition’, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
| | Georges Invitation Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | ‘Ten Years’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | 1973 | ‘Ghost Who Walks’, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
| | 1972 | ‘The Phantom Show’, Chapman Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1968 | ‘Arts Vietnam’, Gallery A, Melbourne and Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Young Contemporaries Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | 1967 | ‘Four Sydney Painters’, Tolarno Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘The Australian Nude’, Gallery A, Melbourne and Sydney
| | 1966 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales,Sydney
| | 1965 | Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | 1964 | ‘Young Minds’, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
| | 1961 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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CollectionsArtbank, Sydney Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Australian National University Art Collection, Canberra Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC Brisbane City Art Collection, Brisbane Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie, NSW Mildura Art Centre, Mildura, VIC National Film Library, Canberra National Gallery of Australia, Canberra National Museum, Budapest, Hungary National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW Northern Territory University Art Collection, Darwin Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra Phillip Morris Collection, Canberra Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Queensland University of Technology Art Collection, Brisbane Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepperton, VIC State Bank Collection, Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Collection, Sydney University of New South Wales Art Collection, Sydney University of Western Australia Art Collection, Perth Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Sydney Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Selected ReviewsShead, and the life of Malley | The Age | 20 Jun 2005
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