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exhibited at
Australian Surrealism: The Agapitos/Wilson Collection
Date
16 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

In 2007 the NGA acquired James Agapitos OAM, and Ray Wilson OAM, collection of Australian Surrealist art. Drawn from this collection this exhibition showed the breadth of Surrealist practice in this country from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://nga.gov.au/AustralianSurrealism/
exhibited at
Hung, Drawn and Quartered
Date
1 February 2003 - 22 February 2003
Place
Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
exhibited at
James Gleeson: drawings for paintings 1938-2000
Date
2003
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

This exhibition honours Australia’s premier surrealist in his 88th year. Gleeson has produced a formidable body of drawings and paintings that explore the reaches of his unique imagination.
The exhibition presents a major reassessment the inter-relationship between drawing and painting in his oeuvre. The selected works are primarily from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, as well as key loans from private and public collections. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated colour catalogue.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW Library catalogue; http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/archived/2003/james_gleeson (28/05/04)

Exhibition Catalogue:
Kolenberg, Hendrik and Ryna, Anne, James Gleeson: drawing for paintings. [Sydney]: Art Gallery of New South Wales, [2003].
128p : ill (some col), ports ; 28 × 24cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Drawing, Painting
exhibited at
James Gleeson
Date
2000
Place
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
ORG annual report;

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Painting
exhibited at
James Gleeson: signals from the perimeter
Date
1994
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Description

Exhibition of drawings from the James Agapitos and Ray Wilson collections for the launch of the book 'Signals from the perimeter: James Gleeson drawings and texts.’

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery annual report 1994-95

Exhibition Catalogue:
Klepac, Lou, Signals from the perimeter: James Gleeson drawings and texts. Sydney: Beagle Press, 1993
ISBN 0947349065

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Drawing
exhibited at
James Gleeson: paintings from the past decade
Date
1994
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGV annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Signals from the perimeter: James Gleeson drawings
Date
1993
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibition of drawings from the James Agapitos and Ray Wilson collections for the launch of the book 'Signals from the perimeter: James Gleeson drawings and texts.’

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW archive index cards & UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Klepac, Lou, Signals from the perimeter: James Gleeson drawings and texts. Sydney: Beagle Press, 1993
ISBN 0947349065

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Drawing
exhibited at
Opening exhibition
Date
May 1973
Place
Divola Galleries, Balmain, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Recent Australian Painting
Date
June 1961 - July 1961
Place
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Art Society: Exhibition 1942
Date
4 August 1942 - 15 August 1942
Place
Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition