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John Olsen
| 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
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'Culinaria – The Cuisine of the Sun', Tim Olsen Gallery
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2009
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Paintings and Drawings, Metro Gallery, Sydney
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2007
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'Available Etchings', Tim Olsen Gallery Annex
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| Selected Bibliography |
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Virginia Spate, John Olsen, Georgian House, Melbourne, 1973
John Olsen, Salute to Five Bells: John Olsen's Opera House Journal, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1973
John Olsen, My Complete Graphics, 1957-79, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1980
Sandra McGrath and John Olsen, The Artist and the Desert, Bay Books, Sydney and London, 1981
John Olsen: Gold, exhibition catalogue, introduction by Edmund Capon, essay by John Olsen, AGNSW, Sydney, 1986
Deborah Hart, John Olsen, Craftsman House, 1991
John Olsen, Drawn from Life, D&S, Sydney, 1997
John Olsen, 'A Journey into You Beaut Country, by Jenny Zimmer & Ken McGregor, MacMillan Press, 2007
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