Wendy Sharpe - Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions

2011 'Walking Dream' Ecosse Gallery, Exeter NSW

2011 'Artist and Model' MARS Gallery, Port Melbourne The invitation may be downloaded 246KB

2011 'Wendy Sharpe: The Imagined Life' (major survey retrospective) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2011 'Travel' Philip Bacon Galleries, Sydney

2010 'Venice' King Sreet Gallery on William, Sydney

2008 'Travel' MARS Gallery, Port Melbourne The catalogue may be downloaded as a PDF 1.49Mb

2008 'Intimacy and Solitude' Adele Boag Gallery, Adelaide

2008 'Paris' King St Gallery on William, Sydney

2007 'Stories from the studio' Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane

2006 'Couples' MARS Gallery, Port Melbourne

2006 'The Opera Series Paintings and Drawings' King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

2006 ‘Million Dollar Mermaid’ Australian National Maritime Museum

2005 'Artist & City & Spanish Series' Chapman Gallery, Canberra

2004 ‘Paintings’ King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

2004 ‘Travel Paintings’ Phillip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane

2003 'Recent Paintings' Chapman Gallery, Canberra

2003 ‘Paintings’ Phillip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane

2002 ‘Wendy Sharpe: a selection of works 1999-2002’ King Street Gallery on Burton at Span Galleries, Melbourne

2002 ‘New Paintings’ King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

2000 ‘New Beginnings-East Timor’ Australian War Memorial, Canberra

2000 'East Timor’ King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

1999 ‘Drawings, Paintings and Mixed Media Works for The Annette Kellermann Mural’ (at Cook & Phillip Aquatic Centre, Sydney) King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

1997 ‘Night Paintings’ King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

1996 'New Work’ King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

1995 ‘New Work’ King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

1993 'Recent Paintings' Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney

1991 ‘Ghosts’ Pod Theatre, Sydney

1990 ‘Magic Paintings’ DC Art Gallery, Sydney

1989 'Recent Paintings' DC Art Gallery, Sydney

1987 'Selected Work' Nidus Gallery, Sydney

1986 ‘Fire Inside’ First Impressions Gallery, Sydney

1987 ‘Lingering Images’ Visual Arts Gallery, Sydney

1985 ‘Sex and Death’ Nicholson Street Gallery, Sydney


Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 'Prints from the Griffith Studio' Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Sydney

2011 'Zoo Residency Exhibition' Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2011 'Arkaba Station' King Street gallery on William, Sydney

2011 'Adelade Perry Drawing Prize' Finalist Exhibition, The Croydon PLC, Sydney

2010 'Slow Burn - A century of Australian woman artists from a private collection' S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2010 'Tales from the City' Two Person Show with Bernard Ollis, Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2009 'The Grand Tour' Two Person Show with Bernard Ollis, United Galleries, Perth

2009 'In the Wings' Touring exhibition from The Arts Centre Melbourne

2009 'Collections' Hawkesbury Regional Gallery Windsor NSW

2009 'Salon des Refuses' S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2009 'The Doug Moran Portrait Prize' Finalist Exhibition, State Library of NSW, Sydney and travelling

2009 'The Sulman Prize' Finalist Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2009 'Adelade Perry Drawing Prize' Finalist Exhibition, Adelade Perry Gallery, Croydon, Sydney

2008 'Jada Drawing Prize' Finalist Exhibition, Grafton Regional Art Gallery and Travelling

2008 'Urban Myth' Two Person Show with Bernard Ollis, United Galleries, Perth

2008 'Drawn Encounters' Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK

2008 'Sordid Tales' NG Art Chippendale Sydney

2008 'Jada Drawing Prize' Grafton Regional Gallery and Travelling

2007 'Cuisine and Country' Curated by Gavin Wilson travelling Regional Galleries

2007 Finalist 'Dobell Drawing prize' Art Gallery of New Soth Wales, Sydney

2007 '9x5 Show' The savage Club, Melbourne

2007 'Dusk til Dawn' Delmar Gallery, Sydney

2007 'Squared' Greenhill Galleries, Perth

2007 'Group Therapy' Chapman Gallery, Canberra

2006 'Grafton Drawing Prize' Grafton Regional Gallery

2006 'Redlands Art prize' Mosman regional Gallery

2006 'Kligour Painting prize finalist exhibition' Newcastle Region Gallery

2006 'Dobell Drawing prize' Art Gallery of New Soth Wales, Sydney

2006 'Defiance Drawing Show' Defiance Gallery, Sydney

2006 'Mining the Archive' Hillend Art Gallery, Curated by Gavin Wilson

2006 ‘The Art of the Operatic’ The Arts Centre Melbourne

2006 ‘The Salon Des Refuses‘ Sh Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2006 ‘The Delmar Codex’,curated by nick Vickers Delmar gallery Sydney

2006 'Exhibition of Drawing Prize Finalists' Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney

2006 'The Sulman Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales

2006 ‘The Big Picture’ Curated by Nick Vickers, Delmar Gallery, Sydney

2006 'Australian Art' Hong Ik University Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2005 - 2007 ‘Fireworks’ tracing the incendiary in Australian Art, Curated by Gavin Wilson, Traveling Exhibition

2005 ‘Witness to War’ Mornington Regional Art Gallery & Travelling Exhibition

2005 'The Defiance Drawing Show' Defiance Gallery, Sydney

2005 'The Salon Des Refuses' SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2005 'Goldcoast City Art Prize' Queensland

2005 ‘Walking the Line’ National Art School, Sydney

2005 'The Dobell Prize for Drawing' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2004 'Wynne Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2004 'Sulman Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2004 'The Dobell Prize for Drawing' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2004 ‘Drawcard’ National Art School, Sydney

2004 ‘2004 The Year in Art’ National Trust, S.H.Irvin Gallery, Sydney

2004 'Mosman Art Prize' Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney

2004 ‘Spectrum 2004’ [FONAS], Parliament House, Sydney

2004 'Westpac Art Prize' Sydney

2004 'Reg Richardson Collection Exhibition' Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney

2003 'The Salon Des Refuses' SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2003 'The Dobell Prize for Drawing' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2003 Winner of 'The Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize' SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2003 'Art Gallery of New South Wales - 50th Anniversary Exhibition and Auction' Sydney

2003 Winner of 'Allen Gamble Memorial Art Prize' (in conjunction with Mosman Art Prize), Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney

2003 'Ned Kelly-Framed' National Trust of Australia, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2002 'The Dobell Prize for Drawing' Art Gallery of New South Wales

2002 'Exhibition' King Street Gallery at Span Galleries, Melbourne

2002 'Kedumba Drawing Prize' Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW

2002 'Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize' SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2002 ‘Erotica’ Metro5, Melbourne

2002 'Salon des Refuses' SH Ervin Gallery

2001 ‘Federation’ (curated by John McDonald) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

2001 ‘A Studio in Paris – Australian Artists at the Cite’ (curated by Jane Watters), SH Ervin Gallery Sydney

2001 ‘Works on Paper’ (2 person show with Nora Heysen), Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle

2001 ‘Studio Tradition’ (curated by Therese Kenyon), Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney

2001 ‘Bat, Ball and Brush, A Summer of Cricket and Art at the Sydney Cricket Ground’ Sydney

2001 ‘Art on Steel’ Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Wollongong City Gallery, NSW

2001 'Exhibition' Museum of Tropical Queensland, & Travelling Exhibition

2000 'The Sulman Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2000 ‘last show of the year’ King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

2000 ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ Cutcliffe Gallery, Sydney

2000 'Ceramics and Works on Paper' (collaborative with Janna Ferris), Chapman Gallery, Canberra

2000 'Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair' King Street Galleries, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2000 'The Dobell Prize for Drawing' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1999 'The Sulman Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1999 'The Dobell Prize for Drawing' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1999 'last show of the year’ King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

1999 'The Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize' SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1998 ‘last show of the year’ King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

1997 'Gallery Artists' King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

1996 Winner of 'The Archibald Portrait Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1996 'The Sulman Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1996 'The Dobell Prize for Drawing' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1996 'Gallery Artists' King Street Gallery

1995 'The Archibald Portrait Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales and Travelling Exhibition: Moree Regional Art Gallery; Dubbo Regional Art Gallery; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW

1995 Winner of 'The Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize' SH Ervin Gallery

1995 'The Sulman Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1995 'The Dobell Prize for Drawing' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1995 'Winner of 'Kedumba Drawing Prize' Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW

1994 'The Archibald Portrait Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales and Travelling Exhibition: Goulburn Regional Art Gallery; Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery; Tamworth Regional Art Gallery, NSW

1994 'Erotic/Exotic’ (2 person with Tim Schultz), Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney

1994 'Exhibition' King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney

1993 'Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize' SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1992 ‘Critic’s Choice’ Macquarie Gallery, Sydney

1992 'Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize' SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1992 'Salon des Refuses' SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1991 ‘Erotic/Exotic’ Inner Circle Gallery, Sydney

1991 'Portia Geach Memorial Portait Prize' SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1991 ‘A Figurative Focus’ Tamworth Regional Art Gallery

1991 ‘The Intimate Experience (Australian Women’s Images of Women)’ Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

1990 'International Women’s Exhibition' Women’s Gallery

1989 ‘Modern Muses: Classical Mythology in Australian Art (1940 – 1989)’ SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1988 ‘Elysian Muses Return’ EMR Gallery, Sydney

1988 ‘Fresh Art’ SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1986 Winner of 'The Sulman Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1985 'The Sulman Prize' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney