John Wolseley b. 1938

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, was born in Great Britain. He came to Australia in 1976 and lives in central Victoria although he has worked mainly recording the natural history of remote north Australia in minutely detailed, large paintings.
exhibited at
Biennale of Sydney: All our relations
Date
2012
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description

18th Biennale of Sydney

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://bos18.com/
exhibited at
Tracing the Wallace Line
Date
2001
Place
Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Tracing the Wallace line
Date
2001
Place
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Tracing the Wallace line / John Wolseley. Bedigo, Vic: Bendigo Art Gallery, 2001
ISBN 0949215309

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Drawing, Painting, Mixed media
exhibited at
John Wolseley: journeys in the Antipodes
Date
1997
Place
Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Griffin, Sasha, John Wolseley: journeys in the Antipodes. Canberra: Humanities Research Centre, ANU, 1997
ISBN 0731528778

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Mixed media
exhibited at
Patagonia to Tasmania. origin, movement, species: tracing the southern continents
Date
1996
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Description

An exhibition based on the recognition that the continents move, and in so doing dramatically change the geography of the earth and the evolutionary paths of plants and animals.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery annual report 1995-96; AGNSW Library catalogue; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Wolseley, John, Patagonia to Tasmania: origin, movement, species: tracing the Southern continents: an exhibition. Paul Carter The anxiety of clearings. Launceston, Tasmania: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery; Melbourne: University of Melbourne, Museum of Art, 1996
ISBN 0732513510

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting, Drawing, Installation
exhibited at
1993 million drawings: installation by John Wolseley
Date
1993
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Description

Lithographs and works-in-progress from time spent in the Simpson Desert by John Wolseley, the first Artist-in-Residence at the Gorge Cottage.

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

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Printmaking, Installation
exhibited at
John Wolseley: from Wittenoon to Broome
Date
1988
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

Sponsored by the Australian Art Foundation. A series of paintings of Wittenoon and the Hamersley Ranges Western Australia resulting from a field trip. The work was produced between 1984 and 1987.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGWA annual report; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
John Wolseley: from Wittenoon to Broome: paintings of north west Australia 1984-1987. [Sydney: Australian Art Foundation; Rex Irwin Art Dealer, 1987]
[40] p : ill (some col) ; 20 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Nomadism: John Wolseley: twelve years in Australia, paintings and drawings
Date
1988
Place
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Ian Potter University of Melbourne exhibition archive; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Nomadism: John Wolseley: twelve years in Australia, paintings and drawings. Parkville: Vic: University Gallery, University of Melbourne, 1988
ISBN 086839954X

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Painting, Drawing
exhibited at
John Wolseley: from Bendigo to Kyoto
Date
1984
Place
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
Description

Held at Bendigo Art Gallery and Rex Irwin Gallery.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
John Wolseley: from Bendigo to Kyoto. Bendigo, Vic: Bendigo Art Gallery, 1984
ISBN 0959416285

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Drawing, Painting