EXHIBITION HISTORY
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
| 2023 | Spectrumfigures, Naturescapes, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2022 | Shiva & None Living Knows, Moore Contemporary, Perth |
| Naïve and Sentimental Paintings, Olsen Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2021 | Spectrumfigures, 10 Chancery Lane, Hong Kong |
| The Shiva Paintings, Philip Bacon Galleries | |
| Diaspora, Psyche, Bunjil Place Gallery, Victoria | |
| 2020 | The Shiva Paintings, Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| 2019 | Silent Transformations, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne |
| The Lives of Celestials: John Young Zerunge, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn Arts Centre, Melbourne | |
| 2018 | Vita Contemplativa, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| The Burrangong Affray, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney (with Jason Phu), co-curated by Mikala Tai & Micheal Do | |
| This is a Shelter, Olsen Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2017 | Macau Days, Migration Museum, Adelaide |
| None Living Knows, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2016 | The repetition of the good. The repetition of the bad, Alexander Ochs Gallery, New Synagogue, Berlin - Centrum Judaicum |
| Storm Resurrection, Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai | |
| Modernity's End: Half the Sky, Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby | |
| 2015 | Eternal Transformation, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1866: The Worlds of Lowe Kong Meng and Jong Ah Siug, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2014 | Safety Zone, Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka, Ballarat |
| 2013 | Bonhoeffer in Harlem, Erlöserkirche, Bamberg, Germany, as part of the Circles festival curated by Alexander Ochs-Barwinek |
| The Bridge and the Fruit Tree: John Young - a survey, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra | |
| 2012 | The Macau Days, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong |
| The New Wolf of Rome, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane | |
| Passages: Brian Castro, Khai Liew, John Young, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria | |
| 2011 | The Bonhoeffer Concept, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin |
| Safety Zone, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane | |
| Empathy: Khai Liew and John Young, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney | |
| 2010 | Apparition, The Helper, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney |
| Safety Zone, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2009 | Strachan’s Room, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| Bonhoeffer in Harlem, Installation at St. Matthaus Church, Kulturforum, Berlin (in conjunction with Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin/Beijing) | |
| 2008 | 1967Dispersion, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong |
| The Day After Tomorrow, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney | |
| John Young, Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth (in conjunction with Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne) | |
| 2007 | Walden In China, Nanjing Library Gallery, Nanjing |
| Return, via new paths, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| Naive and Sentimental Paintings, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2006 | Detours and Variations, Sherman Galleries, Sydney |
| Open World, Cowen Gallery, State Library of Victoria; Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW; Queensland Art Gallery | |
| 2005 | Orient/Occident: John Young - a survey of works, 1978-2005, curated by Maudie Palmer, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria |
| The Fundamental Paintings, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne | |
| French Wallpaper and Numeral Paintings, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane | |
| Near Sanctuary, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv | |
| 2004 | The Persian Paintings, Sherman Galleries, Sydney |
| 2003 | Reversals, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| Three Propositions, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin | |
| The Void Path, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| 2002 | Unstable Cultures, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney |
| 2001 | Pine's Edge, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 | Works for a Considered Tourist, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong |
| Awful Backlash, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney | |
| Scholar Rocks, Nymphs and Paint blotches, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney | |
| Arrivals, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney | |
| 1999 | The Hermit Paintings, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1998 | Sequences from Heaven, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| Matteo Ricci in Goa, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney | |
| 1997 | Works on Paper, Za Moca Foundation, Tokyo |
| 1996 | Paradigm Fountain, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney |
| Welcome to the Villa, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane | |
| 1995 | The Bridge, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1994 | Diaspora Asia, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney |
| 1993 | John Young, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane |
| 1992 | Pony My Neighbor, City Gallery, Melbourne |
| Models and Animals in Camera, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane | |
| 1991 | Bad Faith Realism, Yuill/Crowley, Sydney |
| 1990 | Polychrome Paintings, City Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1989 | Ordinary Photography, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney |
| A Sudden Rush of Devotion, Yuill/Crowley, Sydney | |
| Chameleon Contemporary Artspace, Hobart | |
| 1988 | Light of Day, Yuill/Crowley, Sydney |
| 3 States, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney; City Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 1987 | After Virtue, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne |
| Yuill/Crowley, Sydney | |
| Bellas Gallery, Brisbane | |
| 1986 | Winter Palace, Yuill/Crowley, Sydney |
| 1985 | The Grey Light, Yuill/Crowley, Sydney |
| 1984 | John Young, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane |
| 1983 | Yuill/Crowley, Sydney |
| 1982 | The Second Mirage, Rosroe, Connemara, Ireland |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2023 |
Know One Place, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne Rhythm by Design, Moore Contemporary, Perth Hello, Articulate Project Space, Sydney, curated by Pamela Leung and Rachael Kiang Australiana: Designing a Nation, Bendigo Art Gallety, Bendigo |
| 2022 |
Structural Changes, Moore Contemporary, Perth Chroma, Murdoch University Art Collection, Perth Image Reverence, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2021 |
Love in the Dream, 10 Chancery Lane, Hong Kong |
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Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, 10 Chancery Lane, Hong Kong |
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| 2020 |
Signs of Life, Moore Contemporary, Perth |
| 2019 |
Der Funke Gottes! Schat + Wunderkammern at the Bamberger Diözesanmuseum, Diözesanmuseum, Bamberg, Germany, curated by Alexander Ochs and Holger Kempkens Between Two Worlds, Newcastle Art Gallery, Victoria Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto and Imago Mundhi, Gallerie delle Prigioni , Treviso, Italy |
| Never the Same River Part II, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2018 | Lucky? Bundoora Homestead Art Centre |
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Infinite Conversations: Asian-Australian Artistic Exchange, National Gallery of Australia |
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| Lingering Manifestations, Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore. Co-curated by Josef Ng and Pey Chuan Tan | |
| 2 X 2,Olsen Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2017 | Sites of Imagination, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne |
| Acts of Transgression, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong | |
| Art by Subjects, BRIGHTSPACE, Melbourne | |
| The Script Road, The Macau Literary Festival, Macau | |
| Glorious Earthly Pleasures and Heavenly Realms, Art Gallery of New South Wales | |
| 2016 | Moving Tongues, City Library, Melbourne, curated by Dr Nadia Rhook |
| 2015 | Mind Shadows, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, curated by Laura Lantieri |
| 2013 | ORIENTing: With or Without You, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, curated by Aaron Seeto and Toby Chapman, catalogue produced |
| Circles, (recreation of Bonhoeffer in Harlem) Bamberg, Germany, curated by Alexander Ochs-Barwinek | |
| U.F.O., Fang Li Jun Art Space, Hong Kong, curated by Andrew Lam | |
| 2012 | Made in China, Australia, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, curated by Greg Leong |
| Chinese Australia, Australia China Art Foundation, Melbourne, curated by Venita Poblocki | |
| 2011 | Forever Young: 30 Years of the Heide Collection, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne |
| New Psychedelia, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, curated by Sebastian Moody, catalogue produced | |
| Mid Autumn Moon, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| Red, China and Artistic Freedom, 17 perspectives, 1979-2011, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Art Projects, Hong Kong | |
| Sound + Vision (with Robert Jacks, David Band and Jeremy Kibel), Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide | |
| 2009 | Ein Bild ist Ein Bild / The Wunderkammer, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin |
| Langue Froid – Cold Language/Tongue, Conny Dietzchold Gallery, Sydney | |
| Coming Home, The Linda Gallery Beijing, China, curated by Catherine Croll, catalogue produced | |
| 2008 | Die Wahren Orte, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin/Beijing |
| 2007 | Gallery Artists Group Show 8, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2006 | Still Life and Interior, Savill Galleries, Melbourne |
| Year In Art, National Trust, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney | |
| Decade: Acquisitions 1996-2006, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria | |
| 2004 | Festivus - One Of, Sherman Galleries, Sydney |
| BerlinStore Project: Kiki Bassenge, Berlin | |
| A Real China Club Night, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin | |
| Bridges: Contemporary Art from China, Siemans Forum Bayern, Munich | |
| Chinese: Artists between tradition and present, Pinacoteca Provinciale di Potenza, Potenza, Italy, in collaboration with Pruss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin and Gallery Torbandena, Trieste, curated by Laura Gavioli, catalogue produced | |
| 2003 | New Beaut Country: Selected works from the TarraWarra Museum of Art Collection, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Melbourne |
| Die Neue Kunsthalle II / Die Wirklichkeit des Individuums, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim | |
| See, Here, Now - Vizard Foundation Art Collection of the 1990's, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne | |
| MCA Unpacked II, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney | |
| Austral-Asia Zero Three, (with Xu Bing, Cai Guo Qiang, Gu Wenda et.al), Sherman Galleries, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| Collaged World, curated by Robert Lindsay, catalogue, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Melbourne | |
| 2002 | Site + Sight: translating cultures, Asian Civilisations Museum, Earl Lu Galleries, Singapore, curated by Binghui Huangfu, catalogue produced |
| We Are Australian, Immigration Museum, Melbourne | |
| Dressing & Dreaming, Sherman Galleries, Sydney | |
| No Muttering, curated by Rilka Oakley, QCA Gallery, Brisbane; Gosford Regional Art Gallery, NSW, catalogue produced | |
| 2001 | MCA Unpacked, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
| A studio in Paris: Australian artists at the Cite, curated by Jane Watters, National Trust S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| No Muttering, curated by Rilka Oakley, Ivan Doherty Gallery, Sydney, 2000, catalogue produced | |
| 2000 | The Rose Crossing, curated by William Wright, Singapore; Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney; Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, catalogue produced |
| Restricting the Palette: Colour and Land, Canberra School of Art Gallery, curated by John Gage, Canberra, catalogue produced | |
| 1999 | The Rose Crossing, curated by William Wright, Brisbane City Art Gallery, Brisbane, catalogue produced |
| Mike Parr, Bernard Sachs, Imants Tillers, John Young, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange | |
| Identity Art, Australian Museums Touring Exhibition, Olympic Travelling Exhibition, curated by Colin Simpson, Australian Museum and Embassies in Tokyo, Hong Kong & Singapore, catalogue produced | |
| 1998 | Remanence, Old Melbourne Magistrate's Court, Melbourne Festival, curated by Maudie Palmer, Melbourne, catalogue produced |
| Transit, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Festival, curated by Anthony Bond, Sydney | |
| 1997 | Works on Paper, Za Moca Foundation, Tokyo |
| Anon, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, curated by William Wright, Sydney | |
| Geometric Painting in Australia 1941–1997, University of Queensland Art Museum, curated by David Pestorius, Brisbane, catalogue produced | |
| 1996 | Systems End, curated by William Wright and Takeshi Kanazawa, Oxy Gallery, Osaka; Hakone Open Air Museum, Hakone; Dong An Gallery, Seoul; Kaoshung Museum of Art, Kaoshiung, catalogue produced |
| Spirit and Place: A Century of Art in Australia, The Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Nick Waterlow and Ross Mellick, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| Above and Beyond, curated by Clare Williamson and Michael Snelling, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; 24HR Art, Darwin; Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide; Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, catalogue produced | |
| Vicente Butron, Limited Action Paintings, Limited Actions performed by John Young together with Melissa Chiu and Felicia Kan, CBD Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1995 | Antipodean Currents, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, curated by Julia Robinson,New York, catalogue produced |
| Perspecta '95, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, curated by Judy Annear, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| Double Vision, Ivan Doherty Gallery, curated by Ben Curnow, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| Hong Kong-Sydney, Fringe Gallery, curated by James Wong, Hong Kong, catalogue produced | |
| Imaginary Pictures, Kinesis Gallery, curated by John Young, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| Transcultural Painting, Ian Potter Museum of Art, curated by Merryn Gates and Frances Lindsay, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, catalogue produced | |
| Anthology (Already Self-Portrait), Artspace, curated by Melissa Chiu, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| 1994 | Antipodean Currents, curated by Julia Robinson, The Kennedy Centre, Washington D.C., catalogue produced |
| Transcultural Painting, curated by Merryn Gates and Frances Lindsay, toured Taichung Museum of Art, Taiwan; Tamsui Centre for Arts and Culture, Tamsui, Taipei; Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts, Guangzhou; Song He Tan Gallery, Beijing, catalogue produced | |
| The Grid, The Robert Lindsay Gallery, curated by Rachel Kent, Melbourne, catalogue produced | |
| Confess and Conceal, 11 insights from contemporary Australia and South East Asia, curated by Margaret Moore and Michael O'Ferrall, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila; Australia High Commission, Kuala Lumpur; Gedung Pameran Seni Rupa; Gambir Exhibition Hall, Jakarta, catalogue produced | |
| 1993 | Confess and Conceal, 11 insights from contemporary Australia and South East Asia, curated by Margaret Moore and Michael O'Ferrall, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; National Museum of Singapore, Singapore; National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok, catalogue produced |
| John Young, Dale Frank and Imants Tillers, Sherman Galleries, Goodhope, Sydney | |
| Colour, curated by John Nixon, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 1992 | Works from the Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
| Courts and Jesters, Arts Multiplicata, curated by Jeff Gibson, Sydney | |
| The Nude 1992, Heide Museum of Modern Art, curated by Anna Clabburn and Maudie Palmer, Melbourne, catalogue produced | |
| 1991 | Art from Australia: Eight Contemporary Views, curated by Alison Carroll, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila, Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, National Gallery of Singapore, Singapore, catalogue produced |
| Perspecta '91 satellite show, Steam, curated by Vicente Butron and Janet Shanks, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| The Hypothesis of Imitation, Bellas Gallery, curated by Rex Butler, Brisbane, catalogue produced | |
| Contemporary Art Archive, opening exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney | |
| Transformations, Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Sue Cramer, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| 1990 | Abstraction, Art Gallery of New South Wales, curated by Victoria Lynn, Sydney, catalogue produced |
| Art from Australia: Eight Contemporary Views, curated by Alison Carroll, National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok, Gedung Seni Rupa, Jakarta, catalogue produced | |
| 1989 | Surface Paradise, Art Gallery of New South Wales, curated by Terence Maloon, Sydney |
| Cosmos, City Gallery, curated by John Nixon, Melbourne | |
| Victory over the Sun, First Draft Gallery, Sydney | |
| The New Naturalism, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, catalogue produced | |
| 1988 | The XXIV Olympiad of Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Pierre Restany, Thomas Messer, Ante Glibota, Seoul |
| Moët and Chandon, touring exhibition around Australia, catalogue produced | |
| History, Institute of Modern Art, curated by Sue Cramer, Brisbane, catalogue produced | |
| Re-Animator, Artspace, curated by Catharine Lumby, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| Australian Art Post 1960, Deutscher Fine Arts, Melbourne | |
| 1987 | The Repeated Image, Brisbane Civic Art Gallery and Museum, Brisbane |
| The Shadow of Reason, Institute of Modern Art, curated by Judy Annear, Brisbane, catalogue produced | |
| In Print, Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, curated by Kay Campbell and Katherine Moline, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| Young Australians, Murdoch Court, National Gallery of Victoria, curated by Robert Lindsay, Melbourne, catalogue produced | |
| Selected Contemporary Drawings, Heide Museum of Modern Art, curated by Maudie Palmer, Melbourne, catalogue produced | |
| 1986 | Pharmakon, Yuill/Crowley, curated by Nicholas Baume, Sydney |
| The Hand and the Photograph, Australian Centre for Photography, curated by Martyn Jolly, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| Various Artists Ltd, Artspace, Sydney | |
| 1985 | Making Appearances, Charlottenburg Exhibition Hall, curated by Gary Sangster, Copenhagen, catalogue produced |
| Hong Kong Arts Centre, curated by Michael Chan, Hong Kong, catalogue produced | |
| Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, curated by Judy Annear and Anthony Bond, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| Various Artists Ltd., Sydney | |
| Design for Living, Artspace, curated by Edward Colless, Sydney, catalogue produced | |
| 1984 | Show No Cowardness, Institute of Modern Art, curated by Peter Cripps, Brisbane, catalogue produced |
| Drawing Sex, Yuill/Crowley, Sydney | |
| Off Colour, Yuill/Crowley, Sydney | |
| 1983 | The Life of Energies, Artspace, curated by John Young, Sydney, catalogue produced |
| The Cinimera, n-space, Sydney | |
| 1982 | Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, George Paton Gallery, curated by Judy Annear, Melbourne, catalogue produced |
| Temple of the Winds, n-space, Melbourne | |
| A Local Mirage (2), Art/Concept/Research, Cite Internationale des Arts, Salon, Paris | |
| A Local Mirage (3), Zona Gallery, Florence | |
| 1981 | Frame of Reference, Australian travelling version |
| Art/Empire/Industry Gallery, catalogue produced, Sydney | |
| A Local Mirage, n-space, Melbourne | |
| 1980 | Experimental Art Foundation, curated by Noel Sheridan, Adelaide |
| Frame of Reference, George Paton Gallery, curated by Judy Annear, Melbourne, catalogue produced | |
| 1979 | Institute of Contemporary Art, Sydney |