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| solo exhibitions | ||||
| Aug 2007 | It's the End of the World as We Know it (And I Feel Fine) | Flinders Street Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney | ||
| May 2007 | Enjoy Civilization at the Seymour Centre | Presented by Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Aug 2005 | Boo! | Ray Hughes Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney | ||
| Oct 2003 | Spaghetti Western | The Clock Restaurant, Surry Hills, Sydney in association with Ray Hughes Gallery | ||
| Jul 2003 | The Powditch & Powditch Show (with Peter Powditch) | Ray Hughes Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney | ||
| Sep 2001 | Cinemascope | Dickerson Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne | ||
| Apr 2001 | Technicolor | Dickerson Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney | ||
| Jun 2000 | Widescreen | Dickerson Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney | ||
| Dec 1999 | Slab! | Level 2 Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Jun 1999 | Sculpture | Dickerson Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney | ||
| Jul 1998 | Sculpture | Level Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Nov 1997 | Sculpture | TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney | ||
| Mar 1997 | Sculpture | TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney | ||
| selected group exhibitions & prizes | ||||
| Oct 2008 | The Woollahra Sculpture Prize Exhibition | Woollahra Municipal Council, Double Bay, Sydney | ||
| Oct 2008 | 13th Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Sep 2008 | Food for Thought | NG Art Gallery, Chippendale, Sydney | ||
| Sep 2008 | Wish You Were Here | Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW | ||
| May 2008 | Art of Music | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Apr 2008 | The Coloured Digger | Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern, Sydney | ||
| Mar 2008 | 2008 Archibald Portrait Prize Exhibition | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Mar 2008 | 2008 Wynne Prize Exhibition | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Mar 2008 | 2008 Sulman Prize Exhibition | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2007 | Paddington Art Prize Exhibition | Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2007 | 2007: The Year in Art | SH Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2007 | 12th Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Aug 2007 | 2007 Dobell Prize for Drawing | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Aug 2007 | 2007 Mosman Art Prize Exhibition (winner) | Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, Sydney | ||
| Apr 2007 | The Coloured Digger | Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern, Sydney | ||
| Apr 2007 | Renault New Generation Art (winner People's Choice Award) | Art Melbourne 2007, Carlton | ||
| Mar 2007 | 2007 Salon des Refuses (Archibald) | SH Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney | ||
| Mar 2007 | 2007 Salon des Refuses (Wynne) | SH Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney | ||
| Mar 2007 | 2007 Sulman Prize Exhibition | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Feb 2007 | The Last Decade of Collecting at NERAM | New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW | ||
| Jan 2007 | Sculpture 2007 | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2006 | 11th Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Mar 2006 | 2006 Salon des Refuses (Archibald) | SH Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney | ||
| Mar 2006 | 2006 Wynne Prize Exhibition | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Dec 2005 | 54th Blake Prize for Religious Art (co-winner) | Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney | ||
| Dec 2005 | 2005: The Year in Art | SH Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2005 | 10th Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Sep 2005 | ABN AMRO 2005 Emerging Artist Award | ABN AMRO Tower, Sydney | ||
| Apr 2005 | 2005 Salon des Refuses (Archibald) | SH Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney | ||
| Apr 2005 | 2005 Wynne Prize Exhibition | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2004 | Blake Prize for Religious Art | Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney | ||
| Oct 2004 | 9th Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Apr 2004 | 2004 Salon des Refuses (Wynne) | SH Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney | ||
| Apr 2004 | 2004 Sulman Prize Exhibition | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2003 | 2003: The Year in Art | SH Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2003 | 8th Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Aug 2003 | 2003 Mosman Art Prize Exhibition | Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, Sydney | ||
| Apr 2003 | 2003 Sulman Prize Exhibition | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Jan 2003 | Sculpture 2003 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2002 | Sculpture by the Sea | Bondi to Tamarama Coastal Walk, Bondi | ||
| Nov 2002 | Sculpture Inside | Bondi Pavilion, Campbell Parade, Bondi | ||
| Nov 2002 | 7th Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Jun 2002 | 2002 Sulman Prize Exhibition | Art Gallery of NSW, The Domain, Sydney | ||
| Oct 2001 | The Woollahra Sculpture Prize Exhibition | Woollahra Municipal Council, Double Bay, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2000 | 5th Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | King Street Gallery & Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Nov 2000 | Walking the Streets | Town Book Shop, King Street, Newtown, Sydney (Newtown Festival) | ||
| Jun 2000 | Things of Wood | King Street Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Nov 1999 | 4th Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Jul 1999 | Item | Level Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Jun 1999 | Still Life | King Street Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| May 1999 | Little Gems (10th birthday show) | Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney | ||
| Apr 1999 | Implant | Level Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Dec 1998 | Crickart | Bat & Ball Hotel, Surry Hills, Sydney | ||
| Nov 1998 | 3rd Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Oct 1998 | Walking the Streets | Oxford Tavern, King Street, Newtown, Sydney (Newtown Festival) | ||
| Jun 1998 | Figure in the Landscape | King Street Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Mar 1998 | Why Not? | TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney | ||
| Feb 1998 | Guitar Shaped World | Tamworth City Art Gallery (Tamworth Country Music Festival) | ||
| Oct 1997 | 2nd Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture Show | Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney | ||
| Jan 1997 | Art for East Timor | Bondi Pavilion (Sydney Fringe Festival), Sydney | ||
| 1993 & 94 | Walking the Streets | Oxford Tavern, King Street, Newtown, Sydney (Newtown Festival) | ||
| 1992 | Artists Behind the Scenes | Sydney Theatre Company, The Rocks, Sydney | ||
| 1992 | Art in Shopfronts | Oxford Street, Paddington, Sydney | ||
| 1989 | Artists Behind the Scenes | Sydney Theatre Company, The Rocks, Sydney | ||
| collections & commissions | ||||
| 2008 | The World According to Mike Archer | Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah | ||
| 2007 | Butterfly Effects | Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, Sydney | ||
| 2007 | Greensleeves of Home | New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW | ||
| 2001 | Zabriskie Point | Ballarat Regional Art Gallery, Victoria | ||
| 1999 | Guggenheim II | AON Worldwide Insurance, Sydney | ||
| 1999 | Sculpture | Societé Generale, Sydney | ||
| 1998 | Sculpture | Suncorp-Metway, Sydney | ||
| 1998 | Sculpture | Audi, Sydney | ||
| reviews, articles & publications | ||||
| 2007 | John McDonald "A world in flux" | Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald 7 Sep | ||
| 2007 | Elizabeth Fortescue "Winning Climate" | The Daily Telegraph, Sydney 20 Aug | ||
| 2007 | Louise Schwartzkoff "Inspiration out of the box" | The Sydney Morning Herald 28-29 Jul | ||
| 2006 | The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art | |||
| 2005 | Shaun Ellis "Intelligent Design" Blake Prize for Religious Art | Collector, Wentworth Courier 23 Nov | ||
| 2005 | Sunanda Creagh "A Work of Devotion – Though Not Necessarily to Religion" Blake Prize for Religious Art | The Sydney Morning Herald 18 Nov | ||
| 2005 | Rosalie Higson "A Creative 'Rant' on Creationism" Blake Prize for Religious Art | The Australian 18 Nov | ||
| 2005 | Elizabeth Fortescue "Reaping Rewards of Arty Recycling" Blake Prize for Religious Art | The Daily Telegraph 18 Nov | ||
| 2005 | "Political comment and meditative celebration – winners and finalists of the 2005 Blake Prize" | News, University of Sydney website 18 Nov | ||
| 2005 | Sacha Molitorisz "The Beat Goes On" | Insight, The Sydney Morning Herald 7 Sep | ||
| 2005 | Tracey Clement "Exhibitions" | Metro, The Sydney Morning Herald 26 Aug | ||
| 2005 | John McDonald "Warm the Spirit, Tickle the Eye" | Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald 20 Aug | ||
| 2005 | Susan Wyndham "Artists in Residence" | Domain, The Sydney Morning Herald 28 Apr | ||
| 2004 | Two Up: Peter and James Powditch | Australian Art Review Nov04-Jan05 | ||
| 2003 | Lenny Ann Low "Exhibitions" | The Sydney Morning Herald 12 Jul | ||
| 2003 | John McDonald "Arts" "Father and son, Chip off the old block" | The Australian Financial Review 10 Jul | ||
| 2001 | Victoria Hynes "Exhibitions" "Form guide" (Woollahra Sculpture Prize) | Metro, The Sydney Morning Herald 26 Oct | ||
| 2001 | Victoria Hynes "Exhibitions" | Metro, The Sydney Morning Herald 12 Apr | ||
| 2000 | Sebastian Smee "Exhibitions" | Metro, The Sydney Morning Herald 14 Jul | ||
| 1999 | Elly Bloom "Architectural Fragments" | Monument Oct/Nov | ||
| 1999 | Sebastian Smee "The Galleries" | The Sydney Morning Herald 6 Jul | ||
| 1999 | Sebastian Smee “Space Shuttle” | The Sydney Morning Herald 6 May | ||
| 1998 | Saxon Cheng “Designs on Debris” | The Daily Telegraph, Sydney 31 Jul | ||
| 1997 | Bruce James "The Galleries" | The Sydney Morning Herald 14 Nov | ||