CV
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Sydney, Australia, 1973
EDUCATION
| 2022 | Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Wollongong |
| 2015 | Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Western Sydney |
| 2001 | Bachelor of Visual Communications, School of Design, University of Western Sydney |
| 1996 | Certificate in Aboriginal Culture & History, Monash University, Melbourne |
| 1994 | Bachelor of Visual Arts – Painting, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | 20 Years, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Sonny, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2023 | Shadowed, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2022 | The Glow, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane The Emu Man, Sprovieri Gallery, London Ben Quilty, Nino Mier Gallery, LA |
| 2021 | Free Fall,(A3)Arndt Art Agency, Pavilion Gallery, Cromwell Place, London The Beach, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2020 | The Entangled Landscape, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns Still life after the virus, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane 150 Years, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2019 | The Difficulty,(A3)Arndt Art Agency, Berlin QUILTY, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, touring to QAGOMA, Brisbane and The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney The Accident, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2018 | The Bottom Feeders, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair with Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne Notes on Chaos, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2017 | The Last Supper, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2016 | BEN QUILTY, Walkway Gallery, Bordertown, SA The Stain, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2015 | Ben Quilty, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair with Jan Murphy Gallery Straight White Male, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong |
| 2014 | Alien, Galerie Allen, Paris Ben Quilty, Saatchi Gallery, London Ben Quilty Kuta Beach, Hong Kong Art Fair with Tolarno Galleries Ben Quilty Drawing, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2013 | Trigger-Happy: Ben Quilty's Brave New World, Drill Hall Gallery, ANU, Canberra Olivia’s Dream, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane The Fiji Wedding, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne After Afghanistan, National Art School, Sydney, followed by national touring exhibition |
| 2012 | My brothers and other paintings, Jan Murphy Gallery, offsite in Adelaide Ben Quilty, Korean International Art Fair with Jan Murphy Gallery, Korea Ben Quilty, Melbourne Art Fair with Jan Murphy Gallery |
| 2011 | Ben Quilty, Korean International Art Fair with Jan Murphy Gallery, Korea A Convergence of Birds, curated by Andrew Frost, Goulburn Regional Art, NSW The Evo Project, Hong Kong International Art Fair with GRANTPIRRIE, Hong Kong |
| 2010 | Trashed, LOST Projects, Manila, Philippines Inhabit, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney Ben Quilty, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2009 | Critical Impact, GRANTPIRRIE, offsite in Melbourne Ben Quilty LIVE!, University of Queensland Art Museum, touring to Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Melbourne |
| 2008 | Smashed, Melbourne Art Fair with GRANTPIRRIE, touring to Newcastle University Art Gallery Smashed, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney More Work From The Man Cave, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2007 | Death Wish, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW New Work From The Man Cave, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Pride and Patriotism, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney |
| 2006 | Ben Quilty, Melbourne Art Fair with Jan Murphy Gallery Ache, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney |
| 2005 | We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Life's What You Do While You're Waiting To Die, Mansuell Wickes At Mary Place Gallery, Sydney |
| 2004 | Beauty, Rich and Rare, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne Young and Free?, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2003 | Torana, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney |
| 2002 | New Paintings, Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney |
| 2001 | Paris, Step Gallery, Sydney |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | Recirculate, McGlade Gallery, NSW Twitcher, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW Korea International Art Fair, Jan Murphy Gallery New South, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, NSW The Science of Freedom, Albertz Benda, New York |
| 2023 | Critical Witness: Official war artist after 1999, Australian War Memorial, Canberra The ARNDT Collection: From One World to Another, Shepparton Art Museum, VIC Crownland, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland Taipei Dangdai, Nino Mier, Taipei Vision Splendid: Highlights from the University of Wollongong Art Collection, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, NSW |
| 2022 | To Bodily Go, Superzoom Gallery, Miami NADA, Nino Mier, Miami WrestleMANIA, Rockhampton Museum of Art, QLD Welcome Home, Rockhampton Museum of Art, QLD Art in Conflict, Shepparton Art Museum, Vic Transcending Likeness: Contemporary portraits from the collection, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW Chaos : Calm, BAB22, Bangkok Art Biennale, Bangkok |
| 2021 | We Change The World, NGV, Melbourne Archie 100, Art Gallery of New South Wales At Home : Margaret Olley & Ben Quilty, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW Shape of an Image, WOAW, Hong Kong Jan Murphy Gallery at Hugo Michell Gallery, Hugo Michell, Adelaide |
| 2019 | Love, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW River on the Brink, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney The Whiteley at 20, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney I HEART PAINT, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Bega |
| 2018 | Weapons for the Soldier, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, NSW All We Can’t See: Illustrating the Nauru Files, The Yellow House, Sydney |
| 2017 | NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Go Figure: Works from the collection, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW Something Living, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Romancing the Skull, Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Jan Murphy Gallery Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Charity Auction, France Artist Profile: Australasian Painters 2007-2017, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW Mad Love, curated by Del Kathryn Barton, A3, Berlin Art Basel Hong Kong, Tolarno Galleries @50 Part 2, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2016 | Birds: Flight paths in Australian Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, VIC The longest war, Australian War Memorial, Canberra Sappers and Shrapnel: Contemporary Art and the Art of the Trenches, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Wildthing: Animals in Contemporary Australian Art, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Length & Breadth: new acquisitions from the Parliament House Art Collection, Parliament House, Canberra Hot Rods, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW Painting. More Painting, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne Charles, Insitu, Berlin Panorama: Part One, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, VIC Art Basel Hong Kong, Tolarno Galleries Art Basel Hong Kong, Pearl Lam Galleries |
| 2015 | This is the End... Guy Maestri, Ben Quilty and Luke Sciberras, Bathurst Regional Art, NSW Australian Artists in Bali, McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery, VIC Art from Australia, Gail Art Museum, South Korea Art Cologne Germany, Pearl Lam Galleries Art Basel Hong Kong, Tolarno Galleries + Pearl Lam Galleries |
| 2014 | Cars = My Automolove, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, QLD Embodied, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong Istanbul Art International, Pearl Lam Galleries Melbourne Art Fair, Tolarno Galleries + Pearl Lam Galleries Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Dark Heart, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Private Assembly A Contemporary Collection, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW Prudential Eye Award for Contemporary Art Exhibition, Singapore |
| 2013 | Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Jan Murphy Gallery Air Born, McClelland Gallery, VIC Middle Head Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Divide and Context, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
| 2012 | Rapture of Death, curated by Prue Gibson, Gippsland Art Gallery, NSW Midwinter Master: Artist & mentor, The Gallery at Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Melbourne The Gold Award, Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD The Redlands Art Prize (Winner), National Art School, Sydney Animal/Human, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane Melbourne Art Fair, Jan Murphy Gallery The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2011 | In Great Trouble: the traumatic Australian landscape, curated by Fiona Lowry, Bondi Beach Hong Kong International Art Fair, GRANTPIRRIE The Archibald Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Out of The Comfort Zone, curated by Virginia Wilson, Customs House, Sydney Together in Harmony for 50 Years: Linking Australian and Korean Arts, Korean Cultural Exchange Centre, Seoul Awake, Bom Gallery, Seoul Australian Masterpieces from the TWMA Collection, Landscape, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, VIC |
| 2010 | Hayman Collection: Volume One, curated by Adam Harding, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, VIC Time Travel : reimagining the past, Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW An Oeuvre Both Abundant and Diverse, Sydney College of the Arts Galleries, NSW Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| 2009 | The Shilo Project, The Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne, VIC Darwin's Bastards, Verge Gallery, University of Sydney, NSW Welcome to the Death Show: The Death Project Stage 2, Parramatta Artists’ Studios, Sydney Salon, curated by Ben Quilty, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, NSW Victory Over The Sun, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne Hong Kong International Art Fair, GRANTPIRRIE Wheels On Fire, Manning Regional Art Gallery, NSW On Rage, curated by Ben Quilty, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Doug Moran National Art Prize (Winner), Sydney Ben Quilty, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
| 2008 | New, Selected Recent Acquisitions, 2007-2008, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane In Captivity, Animals in the Dubbo Regional Gallery Collection, Dubbo Regional Gallery, NSW Neo Goth, Back in Black, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane Repeat that Again! The Serial Impulse in Art Since the Sixties, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane GRANTPIRRIE at GAG, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Gifted, Dell Gallery, Queensland College of the Arts, Brisbane CONTEMPORANEOUS : Australian Contemporary Painting, Wangaratta Gallery, VIC The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney I'm a good boy, First Draft, Sydney |
| 2007 | New Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Snap Freeze, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, VIC National Artists' Self Portrait Prize, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane Considering Portraiture and Figuration, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane Portal, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney Portal, GRANTPIRRIE, ARC Biennial, Brisbane Past Winner’s Exhibition, Brett Whitley Studio, Sydney Current: Sculpture Projects in the River City, Parramatta City Council, Sydney Riverbeats, The Sebel Parramatta, Sydney Cuisine and Country, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW The Led Zeppelin World Tour Exhibition, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW Pants Down, Surprise!, in-Transit Gallery, Portside Warf, Brisbane |
| 2006 | Autofetish: Mechanics of Desire, Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW Thai-Australian Contemporary Prints, Chiang-Mai University Art Museum, Thailand Thai-Australian Contemporary Prints, College of Fine Art, Sydney ABN Amro Art Award, Sydney Recent Acquisitions, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Metro 5 Art Prize, Melbourne Artist Protests Anti Sedition Laws, Casula Powerhouse Art Centre, Sydney Friends and Neighbours, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Sydney |
| 2005 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery and Community Centre, Sydney Show Me Your Sexy Urbanity, Fotos, Frankfurt Metro 5 Art Prize, Melbourne Kings School Art Prize (Winner), Sydney |
| 2004 | Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Emerging Artists at Mary Place, Sydney Metro 5 Art Prize, Melbourne |
| 2003 | University and Schools Club Art Show, Sydney Brett Whitley Travelling Art Scholarship (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Emerging Artists at Mary Place, Sydney |
| 2002 | Art Gallery Society Art Auction, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Brett Whitley Travelling Art Scholarship (Shortlist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2001 | Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery and Community Centre, Sydney Barebones Art Space, Bangalow, NSW |
| 2000 | Brett Whitley Travelling Art Scholarship (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1994 | Pukka, Allen Street Gallery, Sydney |
| 1991 | Artexpress (Julian Ashton Summer School Scholarship recipient), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1989 | Rocks Painters Picnic (Age and Open Winner), Sydney Festival of the Arts |
AWARDS
| 2014 | Prudential Eye Award (Overall), Singapore Prudential Eye Award (Painting), Singapore |
| 2012 | Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Gold Award (Finalist), Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD The Redlands Art Prize (Winner), National Art School, Sydney |
| 2011 | Archibald Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2009 | Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (Winner), Sydney |
| 2007 | National Self Portrait Prize, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Sydney Barcelona Studio Residency, Australia Council, Spain |
| 2004 | Kings School Art Prize, Sydney Metro 5 Art Prize, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Brett Whitley Travelling Art Scholarship (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1991 | Julian Ashton Summer School Scholarship, Sydney |
| 1989 | Rocks Painters Picnic (Age and Open Winner), Sydney Festival of the Arts |
RESIDENCIES
| 2014 | Hill End, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW |
| 2007 | Barcelona Studio, The Australia Council for the Arts, Spain |
| 2005 | Hill End, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW |
| 2004 | The Gunnery, New South Wales Ministry for the Arts, Sydney |
| 2003 | Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
| 2002 | St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne |
COLLECTIONS
| Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Australian War Memorial, Canberra Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania Dubbo Regional Gallery, NSW Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW Ipswich Regional Gallery, QLD Kedumba Contemporary Drawing Collection, NSW Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, NSW Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Macquarie Bank, Australia National Gallery of Australia, Canberra National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, NSW New England Regional Gallery, Armidale, NSW Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery or Modern Art, Brisbane Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane Shepparton Art Museum, VIC Tarrawarra Museum of Art, VIC The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane Private Collections nationally and internationally |
ESSAYS
| 2023 | Milena Stojanovska, Catalogue essay for Shadowed, 2020, Tolarno Galleries |
| 2022 | Nathan Hawkes, CHAOS : CALM Bangkok Art Biennale, 2022 |
| 2020 | Milena Stojanovska, Catalogue essay for Still life after the virus, Jan Murphy Gallery Milena Stojanovska, Catalogue essay for 150 Years, 2020, Tolarno Galleries |
| 2019 | Milena Stojanovska, Catalogue essay for The Accident, 2019, Jan Murphy Gallery |
| 2018 | Michael Desmond, Catalogue essay for The Bottom Feeders, Sydney Contemporary, Tolarno Galleries, Sydney Michael Desmond, Catalogue essay for Notes on Chaos, Tolarno Galleries |
| 2017 | Beth Jackson, Catalogue essay for The Last Supper, Jan Murphy Galleries Sarah Hanson, New commissions by nine artists for DiCaprio Foundation sale, The Art Newspaper, 20 July Louise Martin-Chew, Ben Quilty: The Last Supper, Art Guide Australia, May/June Marcus James, Q&A With Ben Quilty, Art Collector, May Phil Brown, Art from the Front Line, Q Weekend, 20 May |
| 2016 | Michael Desmond, Catalogue essay for The Stain, Tolarno Galleries Tracy Clement, Ben Quilty: The Accidental Activist, Art Guide Australia, 29 June Patrick McDonald, Anzac exhibition Sapper and Shrapnel to celebrate trench art of war at Art Gallery of SA, The Advertiser, 26 April Ben Davis, Artist Ben Quilty on Bearing Witness to the Children of the Refugee Crisis, Artnet News, 29 March Heather McNab, Artist Ben Quilty faces his reflection for Self Portrait on Paper exhibition, Daily Telegraph, 11 March |
| 2015 | John Donegan, Arts and human rights campaigner Ben Quilty one of four New South Wales Australian of the Year finalists, ABC News Sydney, 26 October Thomax Oriti, Artist Ben Quilty awarded honorary doctorate, ABC News, 15 April Sasha Grishin, Art review: Ben Quilty and Alex Seton exhibitions at Australian War Memorial, The Canberra Times, 27 February 2015 |
| 2014 | Michael Desmond, Catalogue essay for Drawing, Tolarno Galleries |
| 2013 | Jo Higgins, 21st CENTURY PORTRAITS by the National Portrait Gallery London, National Portrait Gallery London Michael Desmond, Catalogue essay for Trigger Happy, Australian National University Drill Hall Andrew Denton, Catalogue essay for The Fiji Wedding, Tolarno Galleries Laura Webster, After Afghanistan, Australian War Memorial Meanjin Magazine, Germaine Greer: A Portrait by Ben Quilty, University of Melbourne |
| 2011 | Michelle Helmrich & Ian Were, Australianness, NEWv2: Selected recent acquisitions 2009-2011, University of Queensland Art Museum |
| 2009 | Lisa Slade, Ben Quilty, University of Queensland Art Museum Ben Quilty, Current, Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand, Art and Australia Jacqueline Millner, Ben Quilty and the emotional eloquence of painting, Conceptual Beauty: Perspectives on Australian Contemporary Art Germaine Greer, School Boy Doodles?, The Guardian UK, 26 October |
| 2007 | Michael Desmond, Ben Quilty: God’s Middle Children, Pride and Patriotism |
| 2006 | Rex Butler, Painting After the End of Art, Melbourne Art Fair Michael Desmond, Is the Truth of Portraiture Vested Exclusively in Likeness?, National Portrait Gallery Magazine, issue 21, 1 September John McDonald, Year of the Very Big Head, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 March Clare Lewis, Catalogue essay for Ache, GRANTPIRRIE |
| 2005 | Peter Hill, The Return of Painting, The Age, 27 August |
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