Represented by Utopia Art Sydney, 2 Danks Street, Waterloo, NSW, 2017
Tel: 61 2 9699 2900 Fax: 61 2 9699 2988
Born 1953
Lives and works in Walcha, NSW
| 1972 - 74 | Studied National Art School, Sydney, NSW |
| 1975 | Studied Alexander Mackie College, Sydney, NSW |
| 2009 | 'Impossible Landscapes', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW |
| 2008 | 'Above and Below', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW |
| 2006 | 'Learning a Language: all about the weather', Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW |
| 'Uncertain Light/Pools', New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW | |
| 'ear to the ground', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 2005 | 'The Language of Mountains is Rain', Coffs Harbour City Gallery, NSW |
| 'Paintings from Yalgoolygum', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 2003 | Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW |
| 2002 | BBA Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2001 | BBA Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1999 | Coventry, Sydney, NSW |
| 1997 | Coventry, Sydney, NSW |
| 1995 | Coventry, Sydney, NSW |
| 1993 | Coventry, Sydney, NSW |
| 1991 | New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW |
| Coventry, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1989 | Standfield Gallery, Melbourne, VIC |
| 1987 | Bloomfield Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1985 | Bloomfield Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1984 | Parmenter Gallery, Walcha, NSW |
| 1982 | Gallery A, Sydney, NSW |
| 2010 | 'Water’, King Street Gallery, NSW |
| Inaugural exhibition, Defiance Gallery, Paddington, NSW | |
| ‘Museum III’ Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| ‘Salon des Refuses’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, NSW | |
| ‘Black is the Colour’ Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, NSW | |
| ‘Melbourne Art Fair 2010’, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 2009 | 'pinned & framed', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW |
| 'abstraction', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 'A Combined Exhibition of Local Artists', Walcha Gallery of Art, NSW |
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| 'Countryscapes 2009', Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW | |
| ‘Countryscapes 2009’, The Glasshouse Arts, Conference and Entertainment Centre, Port Macquarie, NSW | |
| 2008 | 'Australian Abstraction', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW |
| 'Melbourne Art Fair', Royal Exhibition Building, VIC | |
| 2007 | 'The 22nd Annual Packsaddle Selling Exhibition', New England Regional Art Museum, NSW |
| 'Country Energy Art Prize For Landscape Painting', Dubbo Regional Gallery, NSW |
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| Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW | |
| 'Archibald Prize', Art Gallery New South Wales, NSW | |
| 'Archibald Prize Regional Tour' Manning Regional Gallery, NSW | |
| 'Archibald Prize Regional Tour', Bega Valley Regional Gallery, NSW | |
| 'Turning 20', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 2006 | '2006 - The Year In Art' S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 'Melbourne Art Fair 2006', Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 'Regional Encounters', Tamworth City Art Gallery, NSW | |
| 'Walcha City of Art/ Contemporary Australian Art', Karlovy Vary Art Gallery, Czech Republic | |
| 'Same Place, Many Views', Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Bits and Pieces abstract art' Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 2005 | 'from big things little things grow', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW |
| 'Redlands Westpac Art Prize', Mosman Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Sydney v Melbourne', Silvershot, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 'Sydney Art on Paper Fair' , Byron Kennedy Hall, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Museum II', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 'New Ideas 2005', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| The Wynne Prize', Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW | |
| Winner 'Art on The Rocks', Sydney Visitor Centre, The Rocks, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Hazelhurst Art Award 2005 - Art on Paper', Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Agri/Culture: Re-creating The Living Landscape', Hawkesbury regional Gallery, NSW | |
| 'Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting', Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW | |
| 2004 | 'Melbourne Art Fair 2004', Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC |
| Tattersals Club Prize, Brisbane, QLD | |
| Jacaranda Drawing Prize, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW | |
| Walcha City of Art, New Contemporaries Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| Surface Memories, Tamworth Regional Art Gallery, Tamworth, NSW | |
| 2003 | Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW |
| 2002 | Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW |
| 2001 | Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW |
| BBA Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, Sydney, NSW | |
| Federation, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT (touring) | |
| Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1999 | Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW |
| 1998 | Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW |
| Kedumba Drawing Award, Blue Mountains, NSW | |
| 1996 | Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW |
| 'Salon des Refusés', S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1995 | 'Salon des Refusés', S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 'Dobell Drawing Prize', AGNSW, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1994 | 'Salon des Refusés', S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 'Chandler Coventry:Obsession', Campbelltown City Art Gallery (touring), NSW | |
| 1993 | 'Chandler Coventry: A Private Collection', Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW |
| 1991 | 'New Art Five', Coventry, Sydney, NSW |
| Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook, NSW | |
| 1988 | Contemporary Views of New England, NERAM, Armidale, NSW |
| 1986 | Artists from the North West, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1984 | Bloomfield Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1982 | Regional Artists of New England, NERAM, Armidale & Tamworth City Art Gallery, NSW |
| 1978 | Gallery A, Sydney, NSW |
| NSW Travelling Art Scholarship, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize, David Jones Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1974 | National Art School, Sydney, NSW |
| 2005 | Art on The Rocks, Sydney Visitor Centre, The Rocks, Sydney, NSW |
| 2002 | Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW |
| Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook, NSW | |
| 1998 | Kedumba Drawing Award, Blue Mountains, NSW |
| 1991 | Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook, NSW |
| 1989 | Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD |
| 1979 | The Sydney Morning Herald Heritage Art Prize |
| Artist in Residence, Owen Tooth Memorial Cottage, Vence, FRANCE | |
| 1977 | Narrabri Art Prize, Narrabri, NSW |
| 1976 | Mercedes Benz Award, Royal Art Society |
| Maitland Art Prize, Maitland, NSW |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| Artbank |
| Australian Consolidated Press |
| Gold Coast City Art Gallery |
| Hawkesbury Regional Gallery |
| Kedumba Collection |
| Macquarie Group Colelction |
| Maitland City Art Gallery |
| MEPC Australia |
| Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery |
| New England Regional Art Museum |
| New Parliament House |
| Newcastle Region Art Gallery |
| Tamworth City Art Gallery |
| The Australian Club |
| University of NSW |
| University of New England |
March 2008 Tracey Clements, Metro, Sydney Morning Herald
March 2008 John McDonald, "There's magic in these spectacular works', Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum
Countryscapes 2008, Country Energy Catalogue, The Gunnery,
2007 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Catalogue
March 2007 John McDonald, ''A Brush with Mediocrity', Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum
'Natural Talent', Hoof & Horns, 2006, Words, Richard Zachariah, Photos, Lizzi O'Connor
John McDonald, 'A reality Czech from Walcha', Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum - Arts & Entertainment, June 3-4 2006, pp.16-17.
'Insight', Issue 1, 2005, Westpac Magazine
June 2005 Hawkesbury Regional Gallery 'Re-Creating the Living Landscape' Catalogue
July 2005, Sydney Morning Herald, John McDonald, 'Westerly Directions'
'New England Picture - In what they paint I see', new England Regional Art Museum, 9 th July - 29 th August 2004, Curated by Amanda Cachia
2004 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Catalogue, Grafton Regional Gallery
After Hours, The Weekend Australian Financial Review, John McDonald, 'Archibald's close brush with fame', June 2002
June 2002, The Sydney Morning Herald, Bruce James, 'Death's great frame of reference'
June 2002, The Daily Telegraph, Elizabeth Fortescue, 'Hard-earned Wynne'
October, 2002, Daily Telegraph, 'Farmers turn to art for solace'
Muse, August 2001, Rocks and Flesh, Ann McMahon
Sun Herald, December 2000, Hannah Edwards, 'Art and Soul of Australia'
'Canberra Times', 'A Remarkably High Standard', Sasha Grishin, 'Rocks and Flesh' at Artists Ties Gallery
October 2, 1999, Sydney Morning Herald, Bryce Hallett, 'Sent to Coventry, now he'll hang for his mentor'
Sydney Morning Herald, 1999, 'The Galleries' section, 'The Big Picture', Sebastian Smee
John McDonald, Sydney Morning Herald, 'The Misfits: Hermits, but Brothers in Arts'
November, 1995, The Armidale Express, Wend Fitzgibbon, 'Donation caps great week for NERAM'
1995 Sydney Morning Herald, John McDonald, 'Along The Path to Understanding'
'Landscape without Figure', 1991, Joe Eisenberg, Director, NERAM
June, 1991, Coventry Gallery, 'Angus Nivison - Landscape Without Figure' Catalogue
'Studio 2' at the State Library of NSW with Wendy Sharp, 18 th September, 2008