BIOGRAPHY |
1956 | Born Brisbane, Australia | 1974-75 | Architecture, University of Queensland, Australia | 1976-78 | Brisbane College of Art, Brisbane, Australia | 1981 | Alexander Mackie College, Sydney, Australia | 1994 | Winner, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW | 1997- | 5 time winner of the Trustees Watercolour Prize, Art Gallery of NSW | 2001 | Winner, Melbourne Savage Club Prize | 2003 | Winner, Mosman Art Prize, NSW | 2011 | Winner, NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize | Currently | lives and works in Sydney, Australia |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
2018 | Tied Up Dogs Rose Bay, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney | 2016 | The Interior, GAGPROJECTS, Adelaide Noel McKenna at Ten Cubed, Ten Cubed, Melbourne Art of Collecting - Noel McKenna, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Sydney Seltzer, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney 1 August (1992 - ), Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney | 2015 | Concealing the Spot, Mother's Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland | 2014 | Absurdia: Noel McKenna - A Focus, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle The Psychiatrist's Dog, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia A Walk from One Tree Hill to Half Moon Bay, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand Art Basel Hong Kong, Mother's Tankstation, Stand | 2013 | Animals and Men, Greenaway Art Gallery, South Australia Twelve old, Twelve new, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne Polluting the Acid: A Selection of Etchings and Lithographs 1977 - 2013, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney | 2012 | The piano of my brother, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Travel Notes 2, Heiser Gallery, Queensland | 2011 | All That Heaven Allows, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Homes 4 Sale NZ, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne Works on Paper, Michael Reid at Murrurundi, New South Wales | 2010 | Drawings from the Bath, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney 29cms Closer, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand Clay Works, Heiser Gallery, Queensland | 2009 | News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne Google Series, Men Smoking Pipes, Autumn, Men Fishing, Cats etc, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide | 2008 | Northland, mother’s tankstation, Dublin, Ireland The Weekly Bus-Rail Ticket: The Return Journey, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney The Weekly Bus-Rail Ticket: Noel McKenna, National Art School Gallery, Sydney | 2007 | Travel Notes, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide The Democratic Potter, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne | 2006 | From Watsons Bay to Waterloo, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney | 2005 | Merrylands, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne Somewhere in the City, Queensland University of Technology, Sydney Sheltered Life, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand Ceramics 1993 - 2005, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia | 2004 | Australia II including The Queensland Room, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia Noel McKenna: Animal Works 1977-2003, touring exhibition, including St. George Regional Museum, Sydney, Australia | 2003 | Australia, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia A small private eye, Horsham Regional Art Gallery and touring Australia Recent work 2003, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia 2003 Hermans Art Award, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney, Australia Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia | 2001 | Found and Lost, Niagra Galleries, Melbourne, Australia Hong Kong, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong SMH Watercolours, 1997-2001, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia | 2000 | Southland, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia | 1999 | Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia | 1998 | Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand | 1997 | Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia | 1996 | Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney, Australia Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia | 1995 | Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia | 1994 | Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney, Australia Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Australia | 1993 | Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia | 1992 | Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Australia Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia ARS Multiplicata, Sydney, Australia | 1991 | 12 Sturt Street, Sydney, Australia Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia | 1985 | Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, Australia | 1983 | Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, Australia | | | |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
2019 | Dobell Drawing Prize, Sydney Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | 2018 | Sydney Contemporary, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Spring 1883, Melbourne | 2017 | Spring 1883, Melbourne | 2016 | SPRING 1883, Room 224, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne Close to Home: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2016, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Country & Western: Landscape Reimagined, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW; Orange Regional Gallery, NSW Identity, Dominic Mersch Gallery, Sydney 2016 Fleurieu Art Prize, Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia, Adelaide Equus, curated by Kate Smith and Edward Hoddle, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney | 2015 | Country & Western: Landscape Reimagined, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, (touring) Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Sydney, S.H. Ervin gallery, Sydney Art Basel Miami, mother’s tankstation, Miami Beach Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Collectors' Space, Surry Hills, Sydney | 2014 | Sublime Point: The landscape in painting,Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Spring 1883, Suite 224, The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne Melbourne Art Fair, Stand E117, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne David Malouf and Friends, Museum of Brisbane,Queesland Conflict: Contemporary responses to war, UQ Art Museum Holiday + Memory, Penrith Regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia Solitaire, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Melbourne Basil Sellers Art Prize 2014, Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia The Phantom Show, Australian Galleries, Sydney | 2013 | Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW South of No North, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney | 2012 | New Work, Greenaway Art Gallery, South Australia Selected Works, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne Korea International Art Fair, Niagara Galleries, Seoul Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buliding Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, QLD underSTATEd 2012 - NSW Parliment Collection, Fountain Court, New South Wales Parliment, Sydney Revealed: Inside the private collections of South Australia, Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum, SA ANIMAL/HUMAN, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane Walking with Alice, SASA Gallery, UniSA, Adelaide Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW Volume One: MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art A View From Where I Was Sleeping, Wellington, NZ Blue Chip XIV: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries | 2011 | NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament, Sydney Going where the weather suits my clothes... a fall of light on fabric, Mother's Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland The Armory Show, New York | 2010 | Christmas Exhibition, Heiser Gallery, Queensland One-off, Greenaway Art Gallery, South Australia The Ipswich House, Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Basil Sellers Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, the Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne The Working Kitchen with Brendan and Greg O'Brien, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand Fully Booked, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne | 2009 | Basil Sellers Art Prize Finalists°ò Exhibition, the Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Twelve Degrees of Latitude: Regional Gallery and University Art Collections in Queensland, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland Fremantle Print Prize Finalists Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia The Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards Finalists Exhibition, Geelong Gallery, Victoria Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand Step Right Up!, Albury City Art Gallery, New South Wales and The Arts Centre, Melbourne Adventures in Collection: Gems from the Reg and Sally Richardson Collection, National Art School Gallery, Sydney Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing: Exhibition of Finalists, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney Sulman Prize: Exhibition of Finalists, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Moran Prize: Exhibition of Finalists, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney Avoiding Myth and Message: Australian Artists and the Literary World, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Ungrand, Wollongong City Art Gallery, New South Wales | 2008 | Thoughts On Paper, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Who let the dogs out – the dog in contemporary Australian art, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, New South Wales Look out Wembley Arena, MOP, Sydney, Australia | 2007 | Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand Den Haag Sculptuur 2007: De Overkaan / Down Under, The Hague, Netherlands | 2006 | Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, VIC Drawcard Exhibition, NAS Gallery, Sydney Getting on Mother's Nerves: Psychological Drama and Contemporary Drawing, Mother's Tankstation, Dublin Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW 25th Gold Coast International Ceramic Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland | 2005 | Moist: Australian Watercolours, National Gallery of Australia and touring, Canberra Artists for Kids Culture: 2005 Annual Art Exhibition and Auction, Melbourne Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Double Bay We Are All Animals, La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Melbourne UnAustralian, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland 2005 Island Art Prize, Stanley Town Hall, Tasmania Absolut Secret, National Art School, Sydney The Sound of Painting, George Adams Gallery, the Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia | 2004 | 2004 The Year in Art, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia National Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Municipal Council, Sydney, Australia The Visibility of Practice, National Art School, Sydney, Australia Mind’s Eye, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia Gambling in Australia: Thrills, Spills and Social Ills, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia | 2003-04 | Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, touring National Gallery of Australia Fair Game. Art + Sport, NGV Response Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Sport: More than heroes and legends, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia A Modelled World, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Victoria, Australia | 2003 | National Sculpture Prize & Exhibition 2003, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia Art & About, College and George Streets, City of Sydney, Australia | 2002 | 2002 The Year in Art, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia Briefcase 50, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, Australia Nocturne, images from night and darkness from colonial to contemporary, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria Australia | 2001 | Black/White & Grey, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia The Gambling Show, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong Wynne Prize for Watercolour, Wynne Prize and Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia The Melbourne Savage Club Art Prize, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia A Century of Collecting 1902 –2001, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia | 2000 | Parihaka – The Art of Passive Resistance, The City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand Small Tapestries and Works on Paper, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia Pets, Prey & Predators – Introduced Animals in Recent Australian Art, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia The Dog Show, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney, Australia Re/Brand?, Wollongong City Gallery and Wollongong University, Australia | 1999-2000 | On The Road – The Car in Australian Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia | 1999 | Pets, Prey & Predators – Introduced Animals in Recent Australian Art, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia Wynne Prize for Watercolour, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia Persuasive Humours, Mosman Region Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia | 1997-99 | Cartoons and Caricature in Contemporary Art, touring exhibition, Geelong Art Gallery, Hamilton Art Gallery, Waverley City Gallery, Gippsland Art Gallery, Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Australia | 1998 | Metamorphosis, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Australia Australian Contemporary Art, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Sulman Prize, Wynne Prize and Watercolour Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia | 1997 | A face in the crowd, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia | 1995 | Muswellbrook Acquisitive Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, Australia | | | | | |
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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COLLECTIONS |
Allen, Allen & Hemsley Collection, Sydney; Artbank, Sydney; Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney; Art Gallery of SA, Adelaide; Brisbane City Council, Qld; Chartwell Collection, NZ; Derwent Collection, Hobart; Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW; Ipswich City Council Art Gallery, Qld; Joseph Brown Collection, Vic; Kelvin Grove CAE, Brisbane; Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Vic; Mackay Regional Art Gallery, Qld; Manly Shire Council, Sydney, Macquarie Bank, Sydney; Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Vic; Mosman Art Gallery, NSW; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; New Parliament House, Canberra; NSW Parliament, Sydney; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW; Qld Art Gallery, Brisbane; Qld University of Technology Art Collection, Brisbane; Rockhampton Art Gallery, Qld; Southern Cross University, NSW; The University of Qld Art Collection, Brisbane; University of WA, Perth; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic; Western Mining Collection, WA |