Exhibitions, Collections, Publications, Grants & Prizes
Selected solo exhibitions/site specific projects
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STREETS FOR ELEPHANT MAN, with Jas Singh @ LCB Depot,
Leicester UK (2012)
DP:LP7/APROPOS ANTIPODE @ Factory 49, with Gary
Deirmendjian, Sydney Australia (2012)
FIRMAMENT 5772–[Squeezing Firmament] Galeria EL, Elblag Poland
(2011)
DP:LP6/DEADPAINTINGSTUPIDPAINTINGSTOP PAINTING-[w
CBFYH], Artspace Sydney (2011)
REDEPODE – ParisCONCRET, Paris – (2010)
FIRMAMENT – KONSORTIUM, Dusseldorf – (2010)
DP:LP3- The Cosmic Battle for Your Heart, Rozelle (2009)
FIRMAMENT 5770- SXS,Marks Park Bondi, Sydney (2009)
PAINTINGS – Bld 25, National Art School, Sydney (2007)
FIRMAMENT 5762 - Incarnations project, Paddington Uniting Church
Sydney - courtesy of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery (2001)
Last Bondi – Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery (1999)
Ephod (Bondi) - Open House Gallery, Sydney - courtesy of Roslyn
Oxley9 Gallery (1998)
Paintings (Night of Interior) - Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery (1996)
‘Deep Calls to Deep’, Jackie’s Café, Bondi Beach (1994)
Two Photographers-[w Paul White] Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
(1979)
Selected Group Exhibition
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SNO@OZCO/Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney Australia
(2012/2013)
BLAKE PRIZE DIRECTORS CUT ONLINE, Blake Prize, Sydney
Australia (2012)
SNO@BHO - L’oiseau presente, Balhaus Ost Berlin (2012)
SNO81- Auction, Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney Australia
(2012)
IS-projects+SNO+ParisCONCRETE, SUPERMARKET Stockholm,
Sweden (2012)
SNO77-Tri-angle tribute, Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney
Australia (2011)
‘Poland International Exhibition of Spatial Forms', Centrum Sztuki
Galeria, EL/Art Center Gallery EL ' Elblag, Poland, curated by Jacek
Przybyszewski (2011)
‘Light Space Project’ Gallery Seescape, Chiang Mai Thailand,
curated by Giles Ryder (2011)
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POSTCARD- ParisCONCRET, Paris – (2011)
Eastern Seabord, with Cosmic Battle for Your Heart, ARTSPACE,
Sydney, curated by Rueban Keehan (2011)
SNO66 – Directors Show, Contemporary Art Projects, Marrickville
(2010)
A ROUND GLOBE@NICE/Cosmic Battle for Your Heart, Rozelle
(2010)
UND 6 INTERCONTINENTAL – Schwartz Gallery, London, Curated by
Billy Gruner of SNO, Sydney, Jan van der Ploeg of PS, Amsterdam
and Tilman of CCNOA, Brussels (2010)
Project 12 – IS Projects, Leiden, The Netherlands (2010)
SNO61 - From New Abstraction to Post-Formalism (Macquarie
University Archive Show), Contemporary Art Projects, Marrickville
(2010)
SNO57 – 5 years, 50 shows, 500 artists Catalogue, Contemporary
Art Projects, Marrickville (2010)
DP:LP4/TWO DOT PAINTING, National Art School MFA Graduates
2005 – 2009, NAS Gallery, Darlinghurst (2010)
FIRMAMENT 5770, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi (2009)
‘+air & more’, The Cosmic Battle for Your Heart, Rozelle (2009)
SNO50 – Fundraiser, Contemporary Art Projects, Marrickville
(2009)
RASHOMON, Le Petit Port, Leiden, The Netherlands (2009)
SNO43 – Contemporary Art Projects, Marrickville, (2008)
SNO29 – Contemporary Art projects, Marrickville, (2007)
Blake Prize for Religious Art finalist – NAS Gallery, National Art
School, Darlinghurst (2006)
‘2nd’ – James Dorahy Project Space, Potts Point (2006)
Maitland Art Prize finalist – Thomas Morgan Pavilion, Maitland
(2006)
Wynne Prize finalist – AGNSW, Sydney (2005)
Sulman Prize finalist – AGNSW, Sydney (2004)
Blake Prize for Religious Art finalist 2 entries – Sir Hermann Black
Gallery, University of Sydney, Darlington (2003)
Wynne Prize finalist – AGNSW, Sydney (2003)
Sulman prize finalist - AGNSW, Sydney (2002)
Westpac/Redlands Art Prize, invitation - Mosman Art Gallery
(curator Felicity Fenner) (2002)
Briefcase 50 – Boutwell Draper Gallery, Redfern (2002)
Nocturne - Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria (2002)
Wynne Prize finalist – AGNSW, Sydney (2001)
University and Schools Club, invitation – Sydney (2001)
Soul O Spirit O Fire (fifty years of the Blake Prize) - QUT Art
Museum, Brisbane, Queensland & Ivan Dougherty Sydney (2001 2002)
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Spirit/Level - Tin sheds, University of Sydney (2001)
Incarnations- East Side Arts, Sydney (2001)
Wynne Prize finalist – AGNSW (2000)
Blake Prize for Religious Art finalist - SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney &
touring exhibition (1999)
Sulman Prize finalist – AGNSW, Sydney (1998)
Blake Prize for Religious Art winner - The Gallery, Darling Park,
Sydney & touring exhibition (1998)
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize finalist - Geelong Art Gallery,
Victoria (1997)
Horizon line - King Street Gallery, Sydney (1995)
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize finalist - Geelong Art Gallery,
Victoria (1995)
Salon des Refusés - SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney (1994)
KumSept - Headspace Gallery, Sydney (1994)
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award - Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW
(1994)
Moet & Chandon Fellowship Prize finalist, AGNSW - National
Travelling Exhibition (1994)
Sulman Prize finalist – AGNSW, Sydney (1986)
5 Artists - Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney (1985)
No Name Show - Plan Z Gallery, Sydney (1985)
Pass/Over - Plan Z Gallery, Sydney (1985)
Blake Prize for Religious Art finalist- AGNSW, Sydney (1985)
Some real views of Bondi - Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney (1983)
25 Young Artists -James Harvey Gallery, Sydney (1982)
Zeitgeist - Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney (1982)
John Fairfax Photography Portrait Prize - AGNSW (1982)
NSW Travelling Art Scholarship finalist - Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
(1981)
John Fairfax Photography Portrait Prize finalist (1981)
Collections
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Galeria El, Elblag Poland (on loan)
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of NSW
Federal Law Courts, Melbourne (on loan)
Philip Morris Collection
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
Various private collections
Publications
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Adair, J. (2011) miedzy przestrzen(between spaces)
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ISBN 978-83-92719-6-4
Adair, J and Gruner, B.(2009) FOLK 1: e-publication for SNO46
http://www.sno.org.au/text/
Adair, J. (2007) dada/paint: A call to redress the deictic use of the
quixotic noun ‘painting’, unpublished Masters thesis, National Art
School, Sydney
Non – refereed Conference Paper
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Adair, J. (2006) ‘Dadapaint (Divulging the Status of the Second
Dimension): Photography is What Painting Wanted to Be’,
Reinventing the Medium, Art Association of Australian and New
Zealand Annual Conference, Monash University, Dec, 2006.
Citations/Critical Reviews of Work
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miedzy przestrzen(between spaces),10 artist collective catalogue
with 8 page with photos and text per artist.
Crumlin, Rosemary, The Blake Prize:monograph on the History of
the Blake Prize, 2 page, text and 3 photos (2011)
KONSORTIUM 2004-2010, Catalogue, text and B+W rep (2011)
SNO: CATALOGUE, Sydney Non Objective 2005 – 2010 – text and
colour reproduction (2010) & ERRATUM
Rashômon PP44 Le Petit Port catalogue, colour reproduction (2009)
McDonald John, (Nov 14-15) ‘Good intentions lost at sea’ Spectrum
section, Sydney Morning Herald, 2009
Pattenden, Rod, unpublished PhD study of Incarnations project.
One chapter devoted to each artist. (2009)
Higson, Rosalie, (Sept 1) ‘Blake shows spirit of new age’ The
Australian, review of Blake Prize for Religious Art (2006)
Loxley, Ann, (Oct 23) ‘Redlands prize judges spoiled for choice’,
Sydney Morning Herald, review Westpac/Redlands Art Prize (2002)
McCulloch-Uehlin Susan, (April 20-21) ‘Lunar Dreaming’, The
Australian - Review section, including colour reproduction (2002)
Crumlin, Rosemary, O Soul O Spirit O Fire: celebrating fifty years of
the Blake Prize for Religious Art, QUT, Brisbane 2002
INCARNATIONS colour catalogue, including artists notes and
dissertation by Rev Rod Pattenden (2001)
Kidd, Courtney, (Nov) Art Monthly ‘what art should be’- review and
colour reproduction (2001)
Look AGNSW (July) – letter and drawing (colour reproduction) of
FIRMAMENT by Thomas from Taverners Hill Infant School (1998)
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McGillick Paul, (Sept 26) Monument - review and colour repr (1998)
Bennie, Angela, (Dec 18) ‘Dark Night wins on a dark day’, The
Sydney Morning Herald - review and colour reproduction (1998)
Jameson J, (Dec 18) ‘Abstract art, but is it religion?’ The Daily Telegraph
– review and black and white reproduction (1998)
Lim, A, (Dec 18) ‘Dark images shed light on the inner self’, The Australian
– review and black and white reproduction (1998)
Johnson, Anna,(Apr26) Art’s new wave,20 Young Artists to
watch,Good Weekend Magazine,Sydney Morning Herald
profile+colour rep (1997)
Art and Australia, 34 (3) - colour reproduction (1996)
Fallon, L, (Nov 15) Macarthur Chronicle - front page with colour reproduction
with mayor ‘Call this art’ (1994)
Fenner, Felicity,(Nov26)SMH-review Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
(1994)
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition 1994 - colour catalogue (1994)
Lynn, Elwyn, (Mar) The Australian - review Sulman Prize (1986)
Jean-Marc le Pechoux (ed.), Light Vision (published photography),
no.6, Melbourne, September(1978)
Grants, Commissions + Prizes
2009-Australia Council for the Arts, New work grant
2001-Australia Council for the Arts, Incarnations stipend
1997-99 YPV design, artist in residence
1998-Blake Prize for religious art winner
1995-Australia Council for the Arts, New work grant
1994-Fishers Ghost Award Open prize, joint winner
Fishers Ghost Award for Drawing, highly commended