EUAN MACLEOD
Born 1956 Christchurch, New Zealand
Moved to Sydney 1981
Studied
1974-75 Certificate Graphic Design, Christchurch Technical Institute
1977-79 Diploma Fine Arts (Painting) Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand
Individual Exhibitions
1982 Watters Gallery, Sydney
Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
1983 Watters Gallery, Sydney
1984 Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
1985 Watters Gallery, Sydney
Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
1987 Watters Gallery, Sydney
Self Portraits, Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
1989 Watters Gallery, Sydney
1990 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
1991 Watters Gallery, Sydney
1992 Drawings New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
1993 Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1994 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Works in Progress, School of Fine Arts Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
1995 Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1996 Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1997 Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1998 Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Euan Macleod – Painting 1981-1998, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Euan Macleod – Painting 1981-1998, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1999 Euan Macleod – Painting 1981-1998, Newcastle Region Art Gallery,
Recent Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
2000 Euan Macleod – Painting 1981-1999, University of the Sunshine Coast Library Gallery, Queensland
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Euan Macleod - Painting 1984 - 2000, Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland
2001 Euan Macleod Drawings 1987-2000, Ben Grady Gallery, Fyshwick, ACT
Recent Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Works on Paper, Nick Mitzevich Gallery, Newcastle
Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Figure Works From the 1980’s, Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
2002 Wet and Wild, September 3 – 28, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
2003 Twenty Works on Paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Inside Going Outside, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2003 Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ
2004 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
2005 new paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
1980 Tar Paint Plastic, Settlement Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1982 Duel, Dual, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Five Contemporary Australian Painters, (with Davida Allen, Iris Birt, Vicki Varvaressos, Ken Whisson) University of Tasmania, Hobart; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
1983 Some Figurative Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Four Painters, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1984 Euan Macleod, Suzie Marston: Drawings and Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1985 Chartwell Collection, Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton, New Zealand
1986 Oz Drawing Now, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
Two Painters, Euan Macleod/Steven Hemmings, City Art Gallery, Wellington
1987 Dealers Choice, Noosa Regional Gallery
University of New South Wales Art Purchase Exhibition, Unisearch House, UNSW
1988 Invitation Art Purchase Exhibition, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Max Watters' Collection, Muswellbrook Art Gallery, New South Wales
First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Summer Exhibition No.4, Watters Gallery, Sydney
50 Fine Artists, Art Craft, '88, Melbourne
A Strange Selection of Sea Pictures, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1989 Landscape, with Vivienne Binns; Watters Gallery, Sydney
A Show of Heads, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Watters 25th Anniversary Touring Exhibition, touring 8 regional centres until 1991
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
City of Lake Macquarie - Charlestown Square Invitation Art Prize
Paintings from Stock, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1990 Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Works On Paper, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Stock Show, Watters Gallery, Sydney
City of Lake Macquarie - Charlestown Square Invitation Art Prize
40 artists - 40 works, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1991 SHE: Portrayals of Woman, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Critics' Choice, Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Green Art - Contemporary Australian Images of the Bush, curated by Robin Williams, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Figurative Focus, Tamworth City Art Gallery, New South Wales
The Figure, Graham Gallery, Kembla Heights, New South Wales
Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Queensland
Packsaddle fundraiser for New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Roger Crawford, Euan Macleod, Suzie Marston, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Jacaranda Art Society 1991 Exhibition, Grafton Regional Gallery
Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1992 Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Breath of Fresh Art, The Bath-house, Rotorua, New Zealand
The Max Watters Collection, Muswellbrook Town Hall and at the Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
Tattersalls Club Art Prize, Brisbane
Margaret Stewart Endowment Collection, National Gallery of Victoria
Group Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1993 On the Other Hand, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Prime Television Painting Prize, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Figures (with Richard Larter), Watters Gallery, Sydney
Seoul International Drawing Exhibition '93, Seoul Fine Art Centre, Korea
Lineage, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch, New Zealand
Looking at Art, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1994 Art for New Zealand children, Wellington Park Royal Hotel, New Zealand
Fresh from the Studio, Bowen Gallery, Wellington
The Baillieu Myer Collection of the 80's, Museum of Modern Art, Heide
Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Packsaddle Exhibition, Art Museum, Armidale
Taking Stock of the Nineties, Sargent Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1995 Red, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Small Works, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
Packsaddle Exhibition, Art Museum, Armidale
Works from the Stock Room, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1996 Art At UNSW: selected acquisitions 1991-1995, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
About Face, Maitland City Art Gallery
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman - Regional tour of selected works, New South Wales
The Contemporary Collection, Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney
Faces, Watters Gallery, Sydney
New Paint, New Work, Utopia Art Sydney
Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
The Kings School Art Prize, Sydney
Packsaddle Exhibition, Art Museum, Armidale
A Special Exhibition of Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1997 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Landscape, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
Dugongs of Hinchinbrook, The Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Sixth International Works on Paper Fair, State Library of New South Wales
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1998 Symbiosis, Utopia Art Sydney; New England Regional Art Museum, NSW
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman – Regional tour of selected works, New South Wales
The Bryan Niland Collection, Lewers Bequest & Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Miniature, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1999 Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Exhibitions, Archibald winner, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
We Are Australian, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
On The Tiles, The Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney
Salon Grande te Jeunes d’Ajourd Hui, (Arts d’Australie- Stephanie Jacob) , Espace Eiffel-Branley, Paris
Salon des Refuses, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
An Affair to Remember, organised by Artsauce, Singapore
Air Earth Water, Euan Macleod and Robert Parr, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Uncommon Worlds, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Artfair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Paintings, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, - Winner, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane
Kedumba Drawing Award 2000, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls
25th Anniversary Exhibition, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
The Australian Biennale 2000, Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
2001 Sulman Prize, Winner, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Salon des Refuses, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Ill Met by Moonlight - An Exhibition of Nocturnes, Sir Hermann Black Gallery & Sculpture Terrace, University of Sydney
Contemporary Australian Works, ROAR studios final exhibition, Fitzroy, Victoria
Works on Paper - Euan Macleod, Nick Mitzevich Gallery, Newcastle
Gone Bush, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Gymea, Sydney
Over The Back Fence - Eight Sydney Artists, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ
Leaping Boundaries - A Century of NZ Artists in Australia, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
A Century of Collecting 1901 - 2001, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2002 Soundings, National Art School, Sydney
A Silver Lining and a New Beginning, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
Australia, City Land and Sea, Universties and Schools Club, by invitation
Briefcase 50, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2003 The Year In Art, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Salon Des Refuses, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Bloomsday Door Exhibition, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
High Court Centenary Art Prize, Great Hall, High Court, Canberra
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 2003, Bendigo Art Gallery
Big Hart, Hazlehurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
2004 4.6%- 25 works from the Union Art Collection, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney
Imaging the Apple, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery (touring to various galleries in Victoria, NSW and Queensland)
Euan Macleod and Leo Robba – Around Newcastle, Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle
Same Place, Many Views, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Fire Dreaming, University of Sydney Gallery
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Lineage – June Macleod and Euan Macleod, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ
2005 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton, New Zealand
Burnie Art Gallery, Tasmania
University of Queensland Art Museum
The University of Sydney Union
Allen Allen & Hemsley
Baker & McKenzie
New England Regional Art Museum
New Parliament House, Canberra
Wollongong City Art Gallery, New South Wales
Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria
Derwent Collection, Hobart
Sargent Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand
Western Mining, Western Australia
Saatchi & Saatchi, Wellington, New Zealand
Australian Museum
Tamworth City Art Gallery
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Wellington University, New Zealand
Canterbury University, New Zealand
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Artbank
Australian Film Commission
Fine Arts Department, University of New South Wales
World Congress Centre, Melbourne
Baillieu Myer Collection
Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand
Orange Regional Art Gallery
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
University of New South Wales
N.R.M.A.
Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Macquarie Bank
A.M.P.
New South Wales Bar Association
University Technology Art Collection, UTS Sydney
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Kedumba Drawing Collection
Residences
1993 Artist in Residence, Canberra School of Art
Bibliography
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