Biography: David Larwill 1956 Born Ballarat, Victoria 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 .