EXHIBITION HISTORY
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | Walking the Seasons, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 2023 | Spectrumfigures, Naturescapes, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne |
| Time’s slow passing – the 19th century asylum diary of Jong Ah Siug, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne |
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| 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, Brisbane | |
| 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
| 2024 | Legacy, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne |
| Assembly, China in the World, The Australian National University, Canberra, curated by Olivier Krischer | |
| The trace is not a presence..., Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, curated by Shuxia Chan | |
| Portals and Viewpoints, Moore Contemporary, Perth | |
| A Moment in Extended Crisis, University of Technology Sydney, curated by Andy Butler | |
| The Land of Us: Artworks from the NGV Collection, Shepparton Art Museum | |
| 2023 | Rhythm by Design, Moore Contemporary, Perth |
| Know One Place, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Our Place: 20 Years of Town Hall Gallery, Town Hall Gallery, Boroondara, Melbourne | |
| Set of Keys, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 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: purity, saturation and intensity of colour, Murdoch University Art Collection, Perth, curate by Mark Stewart | |
| Image Reverence, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2021 | Love in the Dream, 10 Chancery Lane, Hong Kong |
| Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, 10 Chancery Lane, Hong Kong | |
| 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 | |
| Spring 1883, Moore Contemporary, The Establishment, Sydney | |
| Sydney Contemporary, ARC ONE Gallery and Olsen Galleries Carriageworks, Sydney | |
| Oceans from here, Gosford Regional Gallery, East Gosford, NSW | |
| Never the Same River Part II, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2018 | Lucky? Bundoora Homestead Art Centre |
| Infinite Conversations: Asian-Australian Artistic Exchange, National Gallery of Australia | |
| KIAF 2018 Art Seoul, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| Antumbra, A Summer Group Exhibition, Olsen Gallery, Sydney | |
| Sydney Contemporary, Olsen Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney |
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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 |