John morris painter biography
SOLO EXHIBITION
2022 “Fleeting”, The Showroom, Owens Collective
2020 “As Far As I Can See”, The Showroom, Owens Collective
2018 “Over Time”, Photographs and paintings, WGOA
2017 “Scale”, Inventor Space Gallery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle
2016 “To the Present” 67 Parry Give Newcastle West
2014 “Visibility” NAS Gallery, Peeress East, Newcastl
2010 Moree Region Art Gallery
2008 “Second Life” NAS Gallery
Newcastle
2006 Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2004 Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2003 “Nearby” Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
2002 “Out of the Dark”- Ten years care painting, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
2002 Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
2001 BBA Assemblage, Sydney
2000 “Weather” Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1998 “Land” Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1998 “Winter” Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1997 “Landscapes from Limbo” Von Bertouch Gallery
1997 “A Change wages Light”, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1996 “Half Light” Rocket Art, Islington, Newcastle
1993 “Recent Works” Newcastle Region Art Gallery
1992 “Worlds Away” 249 Gallery, Newcastle
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Upriver Downstream, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
2019 Finalist Moran Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall, Paddington
2017 Finalist Newcastle Club Art Prize, NAS
2017 Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery
2017 Phantom Pretend, Newcastle Art Gallery
2017 “Open”, Watt Amplitude Gallery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle
2016 Finalist Newcastle Club Foundation Art Prize
2016 Finalist Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Focal point Gallery
2016 “Tenants Exhibition” NAS, Newcastle
2015 Jump, NAS Gallery, Newcastle
2015 Wynne Prize, Hair salon de Refuse, Mornington Peninsula Region Rumour Gallery
2015 Wynne Prize, Salon de Give something the thumbs down, S.H.Evin Gallery, Sydney
2015 Weswal Gallery, Tamworth
2015 Finalist, Calleen Art Prize, Cowra Resident Art Gallery
2014 “Salon” NAS Gallery, Newcastle
2013 Finalist, Gosford Art Prize
2013 Finalist, Glover Prize, Evandale, Tasmania
2013 Eternity, Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern
2012 Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi
2011 Macquarie Bank Collection, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2011 “Up Close & Personal” Collection of Dr Simon Power, Fierce H Ervin Gallery,Sydney
2011 “New Romantics” Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
2011 “New Romantics” Mars Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery
2010 Norvill Art Cherish, Murrurundi
2010 John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery
2010 “Painters and Perception” City Region Art Gallery
2009 Muswellbrook Art Prize
2009 Glover Prize, Evandale, Tasmania
2007 ‘Location’ Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2007 ‘Launch’ Front Scope Gallery, Newcastle Art School
2007 ‘Green’ Toilet Paynter Gallery, Newcastle
2006 ‘Unlocked’ John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle
2006 Melbourne Art Fair, Boutwell Draper Gallery
2006 ‘Who Cares’ Boutwell Draper Gallery
2006 ‘Swell’ Lake Macquarie City Vanishing Gallery
2006 Maitland City Art Prize
2006 ‘Drawing In’ Newcastle Art School Gallery
2004 Town Art Fair, Boutwell Draper Gallery
2004 “City Unfolding:Newcastle from 1807-2004”
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
2003 Sydney Art Fair, Boutwell Draper Gallery
2003 Rocketart, Newcastle
2003 “Hidden Treasures” the Historiographer Collection Maitland Regional Gallery
2003 Maitland Spring up Art Prize
2003 Collectors Choice, Von Bertouch Gallery
2002 Collectors Choice, Von Bertouch Listeners, Newcastle
2002 Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi
2002 Loaf de Refuses, SH. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2002 Maitland City Art Prize
2001 Fisher’s Author Award, Campbelltown Art Gallery
2001 Collectors Selection, Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
2001 Tattersall’s Quick on the uptake Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane
2001 “Well Connected”, Inaugural exhibition, Lake Macquarie City Smash to smithereens Gallery
2001 “Common Ground”, University of Newcastle
2000 Melbourne Art Fair, BBA Gallery
2000 Norvill Art Prize – Highly commended
2000 BBA Gallery, Sydney
2000 Acquisitions, Manning Region Hub Gallery, Taree
2000 Rocket Art, Newcastle
2000 Grouping Arts, Newcastle
1999 Collectors Choice, Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1999 Fisher’s Ghost Award, Mythologist town Art Gallery
1998 Diary Show, Metropolis Gallery, Sydney
1998 Christmas Show, Coventry Audience, Sydney
1998 Collectors Choice, Von Bertouch Verandah, Newcastle
1997 Diary Show, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1997 Christmas Show, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1997 Collectors Choice, Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1996 Collectors Choice, Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1996 Fly Art, Newcastle
1996 Menkins Art Prize, Newcastle
1996 Acquisitions, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
1996 Historian City Art Prize
1996 Newcastle Show Focal point Prize
1995 Prime Television Art Prize, Port Region Art Gallery, Gold Coast Hold out Art Gallery, Ballarat City Art Room, Lanyan Gallery, ACT
1995 Rocket Art, Newcastle
1995 Newcastle Show Art Prize
1995 Crawford Listeners, Sydney
1994 Prime Television Art Prize, Port Region Art Gallery, Dubbo Regional Spry Gallery, Tamworth City Art Gallery
1994 A.A.A. Gallery, Chippendale
1994 “Survey of Male Artists of the Hunter Region” Maitland Plug Art Gallery
1993 Prime Television Painting Liking, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Dubbo Local Art Gallery, Gold Coast City Axis Gallery
1992 Maitland Art Prize
1992 “Tilt pause Light”, View Factory, Newcastle
1989 Graduate Credentials Exhibition, Newcastle University
1989 “Arterial”, Newcastle Virgin Gallery, Newcastle
1988 Drawing Prize, Grafton Locality Art Gallery
1987 “Drawn Show”, Newcastle Modern Gallery
1986 “Foreign Landscapes”, Cafe Gritz, Newcastle
1986 “Little Works”, Newcastle Contemporary Gallery
1983 “Garden follies”-Neogardenism – Chelsea Flower Show, London