Biography: David Larwill
1976 Prahran College of Advanced Education
1980 Preston Institute of Technology
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Allsorts, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2010 Director’s Choice, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2006 Director’s Choice, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2005 Director’s Choice, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2003 Freaks, Friends and Folly, Bright Gallery, Melbourne
Artists for the Tarkine, Bright Gallery, Melbourne
William Creek and Beyond, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery touring exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.
Art Horses, Spring Racing Carnival, Crown Casino, Melbourne
Australian Masters, Solander Gallery, Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory
Bushfire, The Ian Potter Centre, federation Square, National Gallery of Victoria,
Fresh Paint, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
2002 William Creek and Beyond, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
Size doesn’t matter, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Celebration, George Adams Gallery, Melbourne
William Creek and Beyond, MCA, Sydney
2001 Secret Country, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Art on Steel, Wollongong City Gallery, New South Wales, toured nationally
Celebration, Victoria’s Tapestry Gift to Singapore, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria, toured regionally then Esplanade-Theatres-on-the-Bay, Singapore
2000 An Affair to Remember, Art Sauce, The Orientalists, Singapore
2x2, Tim Olsen Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
Twentieth Century Australian Art, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Fresh Paint, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
The Art of Saving Lives, Sotheby’s, Melbourne 1998 Twentieth Century Australian Art, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Glass, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Victorian Trades Hall 125th Anniversary Art Exhibition and Auction: Restoration Appeal, Melbourne
Devoured by Paint, Olsen Carr Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
‘Group Show’, Australian Galleries in association with Smith & Stoneley, Newstead, Queensland
The Artful Cello, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Art Centre, Melbourne
Luna Park and the Mass Delirium, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
Stop Jabiluka Mine, with Mark Schaller and Peter Walsh, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Mask, Jewish Museum of Australia
1997 Charity Art Show 1997, The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, with John Perceval, Westpac Private Bank, Melbourne
Gould Galleries, Hong Kong
1996 Gould Galleries, Hong Kong
Hidden Treasures, A Visual History of Australian Football, Australian Football League Centenary Art Exhibition, Melbourne
1995 Gould Galleries, Hong Kong
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1994 Gould Galleries, Hong Kong
Faces of Hope, Amnesty International, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1993 Gould Galleries, Hong Kong
1992 Gould Galleries, Hong Kong
ROAR Studios Touring Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
1991 Gould Galleries, Hong Kong
1990 Greenpeace, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, St Kilda, Melbourne
1989 Moet & Chandon National Gallery of Australia Touring Exhibition; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, RMIT Gallery Storey Hall, Melbourne
Heidelberg and Heritage 9" x 5", Linden Art Centre and Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne
1988 The Naked City, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
A Horse Show, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
Director's Choice, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
A New Generation 1983-88, The Phillip Morris Arts Grant Purchases, NGA, Canberra
1987 Inaugural exhibition, Murdoch Court, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1986 Hugh Williamson Prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
Modern Masters, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Colour One Exhibition, Coventry Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
1985- Victoria, Views by Contemporary Artists, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria 86
1985 Works on Paper, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
Raw Reality, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
Melbourne Group Show, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1984 Vox Pop: Into the Eighties, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1983 United Artists Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne
ROAR Group Show, ROAR Studios, Fitzroy, Melbourne
1982 ROAR Studios Opening Show, ROAR Studios, Fitzroy, Melbourne
1981 ROAR Benefit Show, Green Street, Prahran, Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 David Larwill: Ten Years On, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery,
19 July – 15 September 2014, Mornington Peninsula
2009 David Larwill: Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2008 Recent Work, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2007 David Larwill: Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2006 Melbourne Art Fair 2006, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2005 David Larwill, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
David Larwill, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2004 David Larwill, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
David Larwill, Adelaide Festival of Arts, BMG ART, Adelaide
2003 Striking the pose, Tim Olsen Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
Recent Paintings, England & Co, London, UK
Recent Paintings, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2002 David Larwill: Stuff That Matters, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 4 January – 17 February, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 27 February – 14 April, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW, 28 April – 30 May, Queensland University, Brisbane, 7 June – 28 July, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 9 August – 27 September, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, 11 October – 25 November, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, 7 December – 31 January
2001 New Works, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
David Larwill, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Recent Work on Paper, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
1999 Recent Work, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
New Works, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Recent Work, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
1997 Recent Work, Olsen Carr, Sydney
Recent Work, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
1996 Works on Paper, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
1994 Snakes and Ladders, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
1992 Stuff, by David Larwill, Peter Fox’s home, Melbourne
1991 Road Paintings, Work from Central Australia, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1989 Tablelands Series, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1988 Recent Gouaches, Melbourne (in conjunction with William Mora)
Recent Works, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1987 Recent Works, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
One Man Shout, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1985 Cockatoo Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
Recent Works, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
1984 Recent Paintings, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1983 United Artists Gallery, Melbourne
1982 ROAR Studios, Melbourne,
1981 Green Studios, Melbourne
COMMISSIONS
2003 Painting for Leeuwin Estate wine label, Fremantle, Western Australia
University of Ballarat
Tapestry design for Camp Street Campus, Victorian Tapestry Workshop
1999 Celebration Tapestry for Esplanade-Theatres-on-the-Bay, Singapore
Things that Matter, a painting auctioned and reproduced on The invitation to launch the Republican Countdown
1996 Hidden Treasures, A Visual History of Australian Football, the Australian Football League hall of fame & Museum, Melbourne
Artwork Design for entrance foyer, St Leonard’s Pty Ltd, Melbourne
1995 Cover design for boxed set ‘Six pieces du theatre contemporain Australian’, (Six Australian Plays)
1989 The Australian Opera, Lithograph design for the Rigoletto program
1988 Design for Artists and Industry
1986 Painted Tram, Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Melbourne
Poster and set design for Ubu Roi, by Alfred Jarry, Australian National University
Phillip Morris Art Grant commission, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
1984 Mural for Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, South Yarra, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
Mornington Peninsular Art Gallery, Victoria
Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Gold Coast Art Centre, Queensland
The British Museum, London