TONY CLARK


Tony Clark, 42 Sections from Clark's Myriorama, 2013, courtesy of Galerie Seippel, Köln
Tony Clark, 42 Sections from Clark's Myriorama, 2013, courtesy of Galerie Seippel, Köln
Tony Clark, Bühnenbild, 2013, Acryl und permanente Tinte auf Leinwand, 30,5 x 45,8 cm, courtesy of Galerie Seippel, Köln
Tony Clark, Bühnenbild, 2013, Acryl und permanente Tinte auf Leinwand, 30,5 x 45,8 cm, courtesy of Galerie Seippel, Köln
Tony Clark, Landscape (Australia), 2005, Acryl- und Permanentmarker auf Leinwand, Dieameter 80 cm, courtesy of Galerie Seippel, Köln
Tony Clark, Landscape (Australia), 2005, Acryl- und Permanentmarker auf Leinwand, Dieameter 80 cm, courtesy of Galerie Seippel, Köln
Tony Clark, self portrait
Tony Clark, self portrait
Tony Clark, Bearded man (St. Filippo Neri), 2005, courtesy of Galerie Seippel, Köln
Tony Clark, Bearded man (St. Filippo Neri), 2005, courtesy of Galerie Seippel, Köln
Ideal Head, 2005, courtesy of Galerie Seippel, Köln
Ideal Head, 2005, courtesy of Galerie Seippel, Köln
Tony Clark, courtesy Galerie Seippel Cologne_Karte



1954

born in Canberra, A.C.T.

1972-75

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) mit Auszeichnung, University of Reading, Reading (AU)



1983

Special Projects Grant, Visual Arts Board

1987-88

Artist-in-Residence: Ormond Collage, Melbourne University, Melbourne (AU)

1990

Studio "Il Paretaio", Visual Arts and Crafts Board

1994

John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize

1999

Artist-in-Residence: Delfina Studios, London (GB)

2006

Artist-in-Residence: Kunst:Raum Sylt-Quelle, Rantum/Sylt (DE)


lives and works in Great Britain



Solo exhibitions (selection)


2020

K1 #9, Haus der Stiftungen, Köln (DE), Tony Clark: Landscape

2018

Murray White Room, Melbourne (AU), Chinoiserie Landscape 1987-2017
11M2, Project Space Festival, Berlin (DE), Tony Clark, Cilla Sino - Turk - Romana
Sullivan + Strumpf, Singapore (SG), Design for a Chinoiserie Landscape

2017

Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney (AU), Clark's Myriorama and Other Projects

2015

Murray White Room, Melbourne, Tony Clark

2012

Murray White Room, Melbourne, Section from Clark's Myriorama
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Buehnenbilder

2011

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Shakespeare

2009

Murray White Room, Melbourne

2008

Murray White Room, Melbourne
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Prix de Rome

2006

Ruhr land Museum, Essen (DE), Pseudotapeten as part of Interventus Australis
Ruhr land Museum, Essen, Pseudo wallpapers
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Sections from Tony Clark’s Myriorama

2005

Galerie Seippel, Köln, Stars, beards and a horse

2004

Galerie Seippel, Köln, Portraits and Still Lifes

2003

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Flowerpieces

2002

Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne

2000

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Lontano

1999

Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Lontano
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London (GB), Meltdown

1998

Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, Tony Clark: Public and Private Paintings 1982-1998
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (GB)

1997

Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong (AU)
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, The Strangeness of Panorama

1995

Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Galerie Seippel, Köln

1994

Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
Roslyn OxIey9 Gallery, Sydney,  Jasperware Paintings
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Important Contemporary Sculpture
David Pestorius Gallery, Brisbane (AU)

1993

City Gallery, Melbourne, Jasperware Paintings
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Galerie J. Friedrich, Dortmund (DE), Paintings and Works on Paper

1992

City Gallery, Melbourne

1991

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Sections from Clark’s Myriorama
City Gallery, Melbourne
BelIas Gallery, Brisbane

1990

Store 5, Melbourne
Bellas Gallery, Brisbane

1989

Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Chinoiserie Landscape

1988

Roslyn OxIey9 Gallery, Sydney, Bronze Reliefs, Chinoiserie Screens

1987

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, ViIIo Sino-Romana
Bellas Gallery, Brisbane

1986

Roslyn OxIey9 Gallery, Sydney, Sacro Idyllic Landscapes

1985

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Tony Clark

1983

Art Projects, Melbourne
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Recent Paintings

1982

Art Projects, Melbourne



Group exhibitions (selection)


2020

K1 #10, Haus der Stiftungen, Köln (DE), Tony Clark, Julie Dowling und Tracey Moffatt

2019

Murray White Room, Melbourne (AU), MODEL 2019
Buxton Contemporary, Melbourn, A New Order, curated by Linda Short  

2018

Murray White Room, Melbourne, GROUP06
The Hotel Windsor, Melbourn,  Spring 1883

2017

The Establishment Hotel, Sydney, Spring 1883
Murray White Room, Melbourne, GROUP05

2016

The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, Spring 1883

2015

The Establishment Hotel, Sydney, Spring 1883
Murray White Room, Art Basel Hong Kong 2015, Hong Kong (HKG)

2014

The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, Spring 1883
Murray White Room, Melbourne, Portraits

2013

Murray White Room, Melbourne, Everyday
Murray White Room, Sydney Contemporary 13
Murray White Room, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013, Hong Kong

2011

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Groups Who
Murray White Room, Melbourne, PREVIEW11

2010

Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Victoria (AU), Hayman Collection Volume 1
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Wilderness Balnaves Contemporary Painting
National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Salon des Refuses
Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Melbourne><Brisbane: punk, art and after
Murray White Room, Melbourne, GROUP 03

2009

The Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Sweet spot

2008

Murray White Room, Melbourne, GROUP 01

2007

The Arts Centre, Melbourne, Nick Cave – The Exhibition
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria, Snap Freeze: Still Life Now, curator Jenna Blyth

2006

La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, A Bird in the Hand: Paintings by Tony Clark and John Wolseley, curator Robyn McKenzie
Australia Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Uncanny Nature, curator Rebecca Coates
La Trobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Victoria, Roses

2005

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, if the walls could talk: Tony Clark, Callum Morton, David Noonan, Kathy Temin and Jenny Watson

2004

Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Ed Keupper’s MFLL
Monash University Museum of Art Touring Exhibition, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria, Hothouse: the flower in contemporary art

2003

Galerie Seippel Köln and touring Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle (DE), Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst (DE), Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg (DE), Art Australia: Zeitigenössishe Kunst
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, MCA Unpacked II
Monash University Museum of Art, Victoria, Hothouse: the flower in contemporary art

2002

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (AU), Sublime: 25 Years of the Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, The First Twenty Years

2001

Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, MCA Unpacked

1998

Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Looking at Decoration
Cameron House, Brisbane, Ladies and Gentlemen
Darlinghurst Community Health Centre, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, Sydney, Edifying Sappho and Socrates

1997

London (GB), $$$$
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU), Ornamentalism

1996

David Pestorius Gallery, Brisbane, GeometrylArchitecture/Art

1995

Videonale, Bonn Kunstverein, Bonn (DE)
First Floor, Melbourne, Film
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (AU), Blundstone Contemporary Art Prize
200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Wall Drawings
Deakin University Art Collection, Geelong (AU), Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, The Loti and Victor Smorgon Collection of Contemporary Australian Art
David Pestorious Gallery, Brisbane, Discovering the Feminine?
1st Floor, Melbourne, Tony Clark, Diena Georgetti, Anne-Marie May
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australian Perspecta 1995
Museum Bad Arolsen, Bad Arolsen (DE), Quintessenz
Deutsche Arbeitsschutzausstellung, Dortmund (DE), Dazwischen
Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Fashion, Decor, Interior
Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne, Transcultural Painting
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

1994

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Winner), John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize
Next Wave Festival, A Critical Cities Project, Longfprd Cinema, Melbourne, Loop. Part One
David Pestorius Gallery, Brisbane, Melbourne Seven
Tamsui Arts Centre, Taiwan (TWN); Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung (TWN); Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong (HKG); Academy of Fine Art, Guangzhou (CH); Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne, Transcultural Painting
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Store 5
City of Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria, Tenth R.M. Ansett Art Award Exhibition
The Basement Project, Basement, Melbourne, Projection: Filming the Body

1993

Grand Palais, Paris (FR), Découvertes
Art Cologne, Köln
America, Juiz de Fora (BR)
Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt (DE)
Soma Gallery, San Diego (US), Group Show
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Monster Field

1992

Documenta IX, Kassel (DE)
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Group Show
Store 5, Melbourne
City Gallery, Melbourne
Art Cologne, Köln
City Gallery, Melbourne, 1991 Early and Recent Work by Eight Contemporary Artists
Store 5, Melbourne, No. 100

1990

Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, Out of Asia
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Inland
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Group Show
City Gallery, Melbourne, Believe, Scenery for solo dance performance by Shelley Lasica
Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide (AU), Questions of Belief

1989

Flaxman Gallery, London, Art and Nature, Art and Nature
Centro Culturale Ausonio, Rome (IT), Facciate di Roma

1988

Commonwealth Institute, London; Usher Gallery, Lincolnshire (GB), Stories of Australian Art
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Selected Works, 1968-88
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, History
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, A New Generation

1987

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, From Field to Figuration
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, The Young Australians: Budget Collection
Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne, Bohemia
Gertrude Street Artists Space, The Golden Shibboleth
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, A New Romance

1986

Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne, Falls the Shadow
A.C.C.A., Melbourne, How Much Beauty Can I Stand?
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Forbidden Objects
Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, Primal Painting
George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, 5 Artists 5 Architects
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Origins, Originality + Beyond: The 6th Biennale of Sydney

1985

Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool (AU), Tower Hill and its Artists
Galleria Bervilacqua La Masa, Venice (IT), IsolaustraliaI
University Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Renaissance References in Australian Art
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australian Perspecta

1984

Art Projects, Melbourne
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Dreams and Nightmares
George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Architectura Picta
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Show No Cowardice

1983

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Pirates & Mutineers
George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Love Among the Ruins
n-space, Sydney, La Ciminiera
Art Projects, Melbourne

1982

n-space, Melbourne, The Temple of The Winds



Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
The Chartwell Collection, Auckland
City of Stonnington, Melbourne
The Department of Education, Melbourne
Griffith University, Queensland
Hayman Collection
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
Michael Buxton Contemporary Australian Art Collection, Melbourne
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Parliament of Australia, Parliament House, Canberra
Phillip Morris Collection, Canberra
Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria
St Kilda Public Library, Melbourne
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Melbourne
University Art Gallery & Art Collections, University of Sydney
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
The Vizard Foundation, University of Melbourne

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