MARK HOWSON
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATIONAL & BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
1961
1969
1978
1979
1980
1981-82
1982
1983-84
1988
1997
1998-2011
Born Whitmore, Staffordshire, England
Arrived in Melbourne, Australia
Completed Higher School Certificate
Medicine, Monash University
TOP Art and Design, Prahran CAE
Painting, Victorian College of the Arts
Founding Member, Roar Studios
Travel in Europe
Travel in Italy and Japan
Teaching Drawing, Victoria University
Living and Working in Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004
2003
2002
2001
2001
1999
1998
1997
1993
1991
1990
1989
1988
Paintings, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Paintings, Eastgate & Holst Gallery, Melbourne
Paintings, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
‘Configurations’, Paintings, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
‘Signs of Life’, Paintings, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Paintings, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
Drawings & Sculpture, 208 Lennox Street, Melbourne
Drawings, Continental Café, Melbourne
Paintings, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
Paintings & Sculpture, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
Paintings, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
Paintings, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
Paintings & Drawings, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
Art Bank; Australian National Gallery; National Gallery of Victoria; Ballarat Art Gallery;
Geelong Art Gallery; Launceston College of Advanced Education; New Parliament
House Canberra; Monash University; Myer Collection; Shire of Kyneton Collection;
Gadens Sydney; Sakuma Collection Tokyo; Private Collections in Australia, Europe and
USA
MARK HOWSON
CURRICULUM VITAE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
2005
2005
2004
2003
2003
2003
2002
2001
2001
2000
1998
1997
1995
1994
1994
1993
1992
1992
1992
1989
1998
1987
1987
1986
1985
1985
1984
1984
1983
1982
1982
1981
‘Collectors Exhibition’, Eastgate & Holst, Melbourne
Group Exhibition, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
‘Collectors Exhibition’, Eastgate & Holst, Melbourne
‘Collectors Exhibition’, Eastgate & Holst, Melbourne
Inaugural Bendigo Painting Prize Exhibition
‘5 x 3’, Paintings, Group Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Collectors Exhibition, Eastgate & Holst, Melbourne
Collectors Exhibition, Eastgate & Holst, Melbourne
Jacaranda Drawing Prize Exhibition, Grafton Regional Gallery and
Touring NSW
“Roar Again’ Metro Five Gallery, Melbourne
Drawing Show, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Jacaranda Drawing Prize Exhibition, Grafton Regional Gallery and
Touring NSW
‘12 Melbourne Artists’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
Biennial Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Regional Gallery
Chandler Coventry Obsession, Drawings and Sculpture, Cambelltown
City Art Gallery
Inaugural Kyneton Collection Exhibition
Blake Prize Exhibition, Blaxland Gallery Sydney and touring Tweed
Heads, Noosa and Adelaide
‘The Nude’ Sara Weiss Award, Heide Park & Art Gallery
‘Roar Studios Touring Exhibition’ Heide Park & Art Gallery,
Shepparton Art Gallery, Benalla Art Gallery, Ballarat Art Gallery
Castlemaine Drawing Prize Exhibition
‘Green Peace Benefit’, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
‘Artists against Animal Experimentation’ Deutscher Gallery, Melbourne
‘A New Generation’ Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Drawings, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
‘Colour 2’ Coventry Gallery, Sydney
‘Colour 1’ Coventry Gallery, Sydney
‘The Melbourne Group’ Coventry Gallery, Sydney
‘Raw Reality’ Realities Gallery, Melbourne
Group Show Roar Studios, Melbourne
‘Melbourne Painters’ Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
‘Two Person Show’ Roar Studios, Melbourne
Opening Exhibition Roar Studios, Melbourne
‘Three Person Show’ Roar Studios, Melbourne
Benefit Exhibition for Roar Studios, Green Street Studios, Melbourne
MARK HOWSON
CURRICULUM VITAE
COMISSIONS
1990
1985
1984
Entrance Foyer Sculpture, Vosti House, Melbourne
Murals, Gallery Restaurant, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
‘Nativity Scene’ Wooden Sculpture, Australian National Gallery,
Canberra
AWARDS
1981
Painting Prize, Victorian College of the Arts
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006
1995
1994
1994
1993
1992
1991
1991
1988
‘The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Susan McCulloch, Allen & Unwin
‘Roar…And Quieter Moments from A Group Of Melbourne Artists’,
Traudi Allen, Craftsman House
‘Images 2’ Contemporary Australian Painting, Neville Drury,
Craftsman House
‘The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Allen McCulloch, Revised and
Updated by Susan McCulloch, Allen & Unwin
‘New Art Eight’, Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art, edited by
Neville Drury, Craftsman House
Roar Studios Touring Catalogue, Joe Pascoe and Katrina Fraser,
Shepparton Art Gallery
‘The Nude’ Sara Weiss Award Catalogue, Anna Claburn, Heide Park and
Art Gallery
Christina Lew, Exhibition Review, Tension Magazine, Volume 24
Christopher Heathcote, Exhibition Review, Australian Art Monthly, Issue
15, October