John Olsen
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| BIOGRAPHY | |
| Born in Newcastle, 1928. In 2001 Dr John Olsen was made an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO). In 1977 he was awarded the O.B.E. for services to the Arts and in 1993 he was awarded an Australian Creative Fellowship. He was also awarded the Wynne Prize in 1969 and 1985 amongst many other awards throughout his career. |
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| Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2010 |
'Culinaria – The Cuisine of the Sun', Tim Olsen Gallery |
| 2009 |
Paintings and Drawings, Metro Gallery, Sydney |
| 2007 |
'Available Etchings', Tim Olsen Gallery Annex |
| 2007 | 'A Salute to Sydney', Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney 'John Olsen Ceiling Commissions', Newcastle Region Gallery, NSW |
| 2005 | John Olsen, Tim Olsen Gallery Annex, Sydney |
| 2004 | John Olsen, Recent Works, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| 2003 | Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Seaport of Desire, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| 2001 | Recent works on paper, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| 2000 | John Olsen: Past & Present, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| 1998 | John Olsen: Recent Paintings 1995 – 1998, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney 'New York Nowhere', recent paintings and works on paper, Olsen Carr Art |
| 1995 | John Olsen: Recent Works, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1994 | John Olsen: Recent Work 1992-1994, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne |
| 1993 | John Olsen: Recent Works, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney John Olsen: Recent Etchings, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney |
| 1992 | John Olsen Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 8 May – 28 June, |
| 1991-2 | John Olsen Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 1 Nov 1991 – 3 |
| 1991 | John Olsen, Australian Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1990 | John Olsen, Australian Galleries, Sydney |
| 1989 | John Olsen, Greenhill Gallery, Perth |
| 1988 | John Olsen – Encounters with Drawing, Australian Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1987-8 | John Olsen – Encounters with Drawing, Wollongong City Gallery |
| 1986 | Paintings and Drawings by John Olsen from the permanent collection, John Olsen – In Search of the Open Country 1961-1986, Heide, Melbourne John Olsen: Gold, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney John Olsen, Australian Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1985 | John Olsen, Tynte Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1984 | John Olsen, Tynte Gallery, Adelaide Festival 1984, Adelaide |
| 1983 | John Olsen: Selected Graphics, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth John Olsen – The Land Beyond Time, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| 1982 | John Olsen 81-82 and Noela Hjorth, Bortignon's Kalamunda Gallery of Man, John Olsen, Australian Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1981 | John Olsen: A Sliver of Time, Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney |
| 1980 | John Olsen: Exhibition of Recent Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne John Olsen: Paintings and Drawings 77-80 Lister Gallery, Festival of Perth, Perth John Olsen: My Complete Graphics, David Reid Gallery, Sydney |
| 1979 | John Olsen: Earth Hold etchings, Cintra House, Brisbane |
| 1978 | John Olsen: Paintings and Drawings 77-78, Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney |
| 1977 | John Olsen: Recent Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1976 | John Olsen: Recent oil paintings, gouches, drawings and etchings, Ray The Child in us All, St John's Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane |
| 1975 | John Olsen: Edge of the Void, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney John Olsen 74-75: Edge of the Void and Opera House Mural Studies, Australian Edge of the Void: Paintings, Drawings, Etchings and Lithographs by John Olsen, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide John Olsen: Etchings, Gallery Huntly, Canberra |
| 1974 | John Olsen, Atelier 72 Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1973 | John Olsen, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney |
| 1972 | John Olsen, Australian Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1971 | John Olsen, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney |
| 1970 | John Olsen, Reid Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1969 | The Dunmoochin Summer: John Olsen '69, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney John Olsen '69- Exhibition of Gouches and Oil Paintings, White Studio, Adelaide |
| 1967 | Entrance to the Castle of Life: John Olsen 66-67, Clune Galleries, Sydney Entrance to the Castle of Life: John Olsen 66-67, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1965 | John Olsen, Clune Galleries, Sydney John Olsen, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1963 | An Exhibition of Recent Paintings, Gouaches & Drawings by John Olsen, John Olsen: Recent Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1960 | Olsen, Galerie Lambert, Paris John Olsen, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney |
| 1958 | John Olsen, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1955 | John Olsen, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney |
| Selected Group exhibitions | |
| Southern Reflections: Ten Contemporary Artists, an exhibition that toured Northern Europe, 1998-1999 Private Collections, Orange Regional Gallery, 1998 Escape Artists: Modernists in the Tropics, touring regional galleries in Queensland and New South Wales 1998-1999 |
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| Collections | |
| John Olsen's work is represented in all Australian state gallery collections, the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and regional galleries Australia wide. He is also represented in institutional, corporate and private collections in Australasia, United Kingdom, Europe and the United States of America. | |
| Selected Bibliography | |
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Virginia Spate, John Olsen, Georgian House, Melbourne, 1973 |
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Select Solo Exhibitions
- JOHN OLSEN: Lake Eyre – Ruminations on an Empty Landscape
Tim Olsen Gallery - Fine Art Edition Prints – In Association with AUSTRALIAN FINE ART EDITIONS
Tim Olsen Gallery Annex - John Olsen – Culinaria – The Cuisine of the Sun
Tim Olsen Gallery - John Olsen – A Salute to Sydney 2007
Tim Olsen Gallery - John Olsen – Available Etchings 2007
Tim Olsen Gallery Annex - John Olsen – Selected works by John Olsen
Tim Olsen Gallery - John Olsen – The Flight to Broome
Tim Olsen Gallery - John Olsen – At the Tim Olsen Annex Gallery
Tim Olsen Gallery Annex - John Olsen – Recent Works 2004
Tim Olsen Gallery - John Olsen – Sydney Harbour: Seaport of desire 2003
Tim Olsen Gallery
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