| |  | 1946 | Born, Sydney, Australia | | | | | 1964-76 | Freelance fashion photographer, Sydney | | 1976-85 | Tutor in photography, Hornsby TAFE, Sydney | | 1984 | Tutor in photography, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney | | 1985-89 | Tutor in Photography, East Sydney Technical College, Sydney | | 1990-00 | Professional photographer, based in Sydney | | 1999 | Resident Artist, Hill End, NSW |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'Formations in Landscape', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Formations', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2010 | 'Western Desert Artists', Gallery East, Sydney
| | 2009 | 'Love Creek Bitter Springs', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2008 | 'Street Portraits', Airport North Gallery, Sydney
| | 2007 | 'Desert Air', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | ‘Western Desert Artists of Australia Portraits’, Airport North Gallery, Sydney
| | 2006 | 'Greg Weight, Artist Portraits', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
| | ‘Iron and Sand – Broken Hill and Lake Mungo’, Gallery East, Sydney
| | 2005 | ‘Portraits of Australian Artists’, Coffs Harbour City Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
| | ‘Corro Scuro’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
| | ‘Australian Artists’, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
| | 2004 | ‘Australian Artists, Portraits by Greg Weight', Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 'Australian Artists', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
| | 2002 | 'Around the Rocks’, Clyde Bank Historical Museum, Sydney
| | 2001 | ‘Boogie Days’, Gallery East, Sydney
| | 2000 | ‘From Hill End’, Residency Exhibition, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathhurst, NSW
| | 1998 | ‘Dylan’, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
| | 1997 | ‘Greg Weight’, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
| | 1995 | ‘Artists Portrait’, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
| | ‘From a Distance’, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
| | 1982 | ‘Faces and Places’, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
| | 1975 | ‘Time and Space’, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
| | 1971 | 'Infinity’, The Yellow House, Sydney |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
| | Doug Moran Contermporary Photographic Prize, Sydney
| | 2009 | 'Ceramics, Contemporary Australian Artists from La Paloma Studio, Hill End, Australian Galleries at Mary Place, Sydney
| | National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
| | 2008 | 'The Magus', Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
| | 'Utopia: Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye', National Museum of Australia, Canberra; toured Japan
| | Represented in 'The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye', NMA Osaka, Japan
| | 2007 | 'Head on', Alternative Photographic Portrait Prize, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
| | 2006 | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | Citigroup Australian Photographic Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Head On’, Alternative Photographic Prize, Austrlain Centre for Photography, Sydney
| | 2005 | ‘Take a Good Look’, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie, NSW
| | 'Australian Artists', Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane
| | 'Art and About', Hyde Park, Sydney
| | 2004 | 'Hula Dreams', Gallery East, Sydney
| | 2003 | Citigroup Australian Photographic Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Figurative’, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
| | ‘Portrait of a Generation’, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
| | 2001 | ‘Rees and Whiteley’, Brett Whiteley Gallery, Sydney
| | 1999 | ‘Yellow House Now’, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
| | 1997 | -98 ‘The Reflecting Eye’, Old Parliament House, Canberra
| | ‘The Reflecting Eye’, New England Regional Gallery, Armidale, NSW
| | 1995 | ‘Lloyd Rees Drawings, Centenary Retrospective’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 'Creative Australians', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
| | 1993 | ‘Arthur Boyd Retrospective’, Art Gallery Of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1990 | ‘Yellow House Retrospective’, Art Gallery Of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1971 | The Yellow House, Sydney |
BibliographySELECTED PUBLICATIONS Armanious, Hany, Catalogue for Venice Biennale, 2011 Art and Social Commitment, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1983
Australian Artists, Portraits by Greg Weight, Chapter & Verse, Sydney, 2004 Australian Ballet / Australian Opera, production photography, 1966-69
“Box Office”, The Sydney Magazine, May, 2004
Brett Whiteley retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1993
Brett Whiteley, Bay Books, 1972
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Craftsman House, 1994
Drawn from Life, John Olsen, Duffy and Snellgrove, 1997
Elioth Gruner, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1983
Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Macmillan, 2000
Emily Kngwarreye Paintings, Craftsman House, 1998
Garry Shead, Craftsman House, 2001 Hair, production catalogue
John Coburn, Beagle Press, 2002 John Olsen, Deborah Hart, 1999
Joshua Smith, Yve Close, 1998
Lloyd Rees Drawings, Centenary Retrospective, Art Gallery New South Wales, 1995
Margaret Coen, State Library of New South Wales, 1997
Margaret Woodward, Beagle Press, 2002
McGregor, Craig “Behind closed doors”, Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend, May 15, 2004
Michael Nelson Jakagmara, Craftsman House, 1997
Photofile 54, Australian Centre for Photography, 1998
Russell Drysdale, Beagle Press, 1983
“The artists at work”, Look Magazine, May, 2004
The Hermannsburg Potters, Craftsman House, 2000
The Painted Panorama, State Library of New South Wales, 1984 Green, Jenny; The Town Grew up Dancing - The Life and Art of Wenten Rubuntja', IAD Press, 2004
Tim Storrier, Craftsman House, 2000
“Weight of the soul”, Australian Art Review, Issue 04, March – June 2004
William Robinson, Beagle Press, 2001
Yellow House Catalogue, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1990 Awards| 2008 | Artist in Residence, Beyond Empathy, Moree, NSW | | 2006 | ‘Head On’, Alternative Photographic Portrait Prize, (winner) Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Photographers Gallery, Sydney | | 2003 | Citigroup Australian Photographic Portrait Prize, (winner) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1975 | Australia Council for the Arts Development Grant, Australia |
CollectionsArt Gallery of NSW, Sydney Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathhurst, NSW
City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, NSW Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland, NSW Moree Regional Gallery, Moree, NSW National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Library of Australia, Canberra
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Parliament of Australia, Canberra
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney Tweed Heads Regional Gallery, Tweed Heads, NSW University of Technology Sydney, Sydney
Special Notes
Greg Weight's website address is www.gregweightphoto.com.au
Photograph courtesy of Carol Ruff
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