Exhibition Chronology
The titles of works exhibited have been amended where necessary so that they correspond with cataloguing and documentation in the body of the catalogue raisonné.
Solo Exhibitions
1962
Brett Whiteley: Paintings and Gouaches Matthiesen Gallery, London, 9–31 March 1962
1963
Brett Whiteley Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 10 April–10 May 1963
1964
Brett Whiteley [Bathroom series] Marlborough New London Gallery, London, 23 April–23 May 1964
1965
Brett Whiteley [Zoo series and Christie series] Marlborough New London Gallery, London, 6–30 October 1965
1966
Recent Works from London by Brett Whiteley Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 31 January–17 February 1966; (Bonython’s) Hungry Horse Art Gallery, Sydney, 7–24 March 1966
23 Items by Brett Whiteley Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 27 September–14 October 1966
1967
Brett Whiteley Marlborough New London Gallery, London, 2–31 October 1967
1968
Brett Whiteley Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 5–25 February 1968
Brett Whiteley: Recent Work Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, 17 May–June 1968
1969
(Brett Whiteley) Suva, Fiji, opened 22 October 1969 Note: This exhibition, held in a warehouse, contained 18 paintings.
1970
Brett Whiteley Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 15 June–8 July 1970 [no catalogue]
Brett Whiteley, Sounds, Paintings, Film, Sculpture, Drawings, Jottings, Innuendos, and Sideglances Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Collingwood, 7–30 August 1970 [price list only] Note: Joel Elenberg, Michael Johnson and Tony Woods exhibited their works upstairs at the same time in the same building.
1972
Brett Whiteley: Portraits and Other Emergencies Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 29 February–21 March 1972; Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 28 March–21 April 1972 Note: The catalogue reads: ‘This exhibition is dedicated to the Peoples Republic of China’.
1973
Brett Whiteley: Paintings, Prints and Drawings Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 6–23 January 1973 Note: This was the first showing of Alchemy 1972–73 and related drawings
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‘Waves’: Brett Whiteley Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1–19 June 1973
1974
Brett Whiteley: Drawings 1960–1973 Bonython Gallery, Sydney, 5–26 January 1974
Brett Whiteley: Lavender Bay Series Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 19 November–3 December 1974 Note: Whiteley wrote in the catalogue that the exhibition’s theme was a celebration of the view of Sydney Harbour from his home at Lavender Bay.
1975
Brett Whiteley: Drawings Marlborough Prints and Drawings Gallery, New York, 10 May–14 June 1975
Brett Whiteley Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 3 August–3 September 1975
brett whiteley: Thirty-six looks at four sights on three themes, recent paintings, drawings and carvings Bonython Art Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, 24 October–15 November 1975
1976
Brett Whiteley Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 9 March–3 April 1976
Brett Whiteley: Recent Interiors, Still lifes, Windowscapes, Sculpture and Ceramics Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 21 September–5 October 1976
1977
Brett Whiteley: prints and drawings Susan Gillespie Galleries, Manuka, Canberra, 25 February–10 March 1977
Brett Whiteley: ‘Rivers’: Paintings, Drawings, Tapestry Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 1–19 March 1977
Brett Whiteley: Recent Paintings and Drawings Fischer Fine Art, London, September 1977
Brett Whiteley: prints Robin Gibson Gallery, November 1977
1978
Brett Whiteley: paintings, drawings and three scrolls plus one bronze from 1960 Italy never before shown in Australia Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 12–25 July 1978
1979
Brett Whiteley: Birds and animals, Taronga Park Zoo Robin Gibson Gallery, Paddington, 10 April–5 May 1979 Note: 8 April. Opening of solo show at Robin Gibson Gallery in Paddington, Birds and Animals.)
1980
Survey of Prints and Drawings 1967–80 Impressions Gallery, Melbourne, 1980
Brett Whiteley: Portraits: Crucifixions: (a paddock at) Oberon (organised by Robin Gibson in collaboration with David Reid) David Reid’s Gallery, 12 Mary Place, Paddington, 26 April–17 May 1980
1981
Brett Whiteley: Drawings and Gouaches Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, April–May 1981 Note: Whiteley wrote a letter as the introduction to the catalogue, dated 24 April 1981.
Brett Whiteley: prints Greenhill Galleries, Perth, 14 July–7 August 1981
The Entire Collection of the Graphics of Brett Whiteley: 1961–1981 Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July–1 August 1981
Graphics 1961–1981 Kalamunda Gallery of Man, Kalamunda Western Australia, 20 September–4 October 1981
Brett Whiteley: Recent Nudes Artist’s studio, Reiby Place, Circular Quay, Sydney, 3–31 October 1981
1983
Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics 1961–1982 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 30 March–24 April 1983
Life and Death: A Visual Experience in Opposites – 1983 – Brett Whiteley Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 28 May–18 June 1983
Another Way of Looking at Vincent van Gogh 1888–1889 by Brett Whiteley 1968–1983 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 July–21 August 1983
Brett Whiteley: Recent Graphics Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 22 July–August 1983
Brett Whiteley: Some Recent Works: ‘Birds’ (11) ‘The Drought of 83’ (7) Robin Gibson Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 30 July–17 August 1983 Note: This was the first solo exhibition to be held in Robin Gibson’s new gallery in Darlinghurst.
Brett Whiteley: review of prints 1976–1983 Chapman Gallery, Canberra, 13 November–7 December 1983
1984
Brett Whiteley: Eden and Eve Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 12 July–28 July 1984 Note: Several of the works illustrated in the printed catalogue for Eden and Eve failed to appear in the exhibition.
1985
162 Drawings: Brett Whiteley: 1960–85 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 19 October–6 November 1985
Brett Whiteley: graphics Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, October 1985
1987
Brett Whiteley: Van Gogh Self-Portraits Greenhill Galleries, Perth, 27 January–22 February 1987
1988
Brett Whiteley: the complete graphics (Christensen Fund) Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, New South Wales, 14 April–2 May 1988; toured to Nolan Gallery, Canberra, 20 May–26 June 1988
Brett Whiteley: ‘Birds’: 1988: recent paintings, drawings, sculpture, and one screen print The artist’s studio, 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, 5–19 July 1988
Brett Whiteley: graphics The Centre Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 9–31 July 1988
1989
An Exhibition of early Works by Brett Whiteley Goodridge Galleries, Perth, 18 April–7 May 1989 Note: The exhibition comprised 84 drawings, watercolours and pen and ink sketches taken from a Sydney sketchbook dated 1957–58, the majority measuring approximately 20.5 x 30.5 cm.
1990
Brett Whiteley: Of Recent Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, Ceramics and Wood Carvings from Byron Bay, Marrakesh, Japan, San Gimignano – Tuscany Australian Galleries, Sydney, 1–26 March 1990
Paris: Regard de Côté The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 March–6 May 1990
Brett Whiteley, 1958–1989, The Central West Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, 14 April–13 May 1990
1991
Brett Whiteley Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 12–30 October 1991 [no catalogue] Note: According to Robin Gibson this exhibition comprised 10 works.
1992
Brett Whiteley: Paris – The Complete Regard de Côté Series shown at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1990 Plus Works from other Visits 1982–1992 Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July–8 August 1992
1994
Brett Whiteley: Drawings Australian Galleries, Sydney, 16 September–15 October 1994
1995
Brett Whiteley: Art and Life [retrospective exhibition] Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September–19 November 1995; national tour to state galleries: Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13 December 1995–28 January 1996; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 February –8 April 1996; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 May–16 June 1996; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 July–26 August 1996; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 September–17 November 1996
Brett Whiteley: The Graphics: 1961–1992 Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 25 November–16 December 1995; Greenhill Galleries, Perth, 10 April–1 May 1996
1996
1997
1998
1999
Brett Whiteley – the Genius Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, New South Wales, 27 November 1999–28 January 2000
2000
Brett Whiteley Gould Galleries, Sydney, 3 August–3 September 2000
2005
Works by Brett Whiteley from the Holmes à Court Collection & Lenders Holmes à Court Gallery, East Perth, 18 February–17April 2005
2008
Whiteley’s Gardens Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, 16 February–4 May 2008
2010
Whiteley’s Zoo Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, 16 January–28 February, 2010
2011
Just Whiteley Richard Martin Art, Sydney, 9–27 April 2011
2012
Whiteley Whiteley: The Portrait of Patrick White by Brett Whiteley National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 10 May–29 July 2012
2013
2014
2017
2018
Brett Whiteley: Drawing is everything Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 December 2018–31 March 2019 (touring exhibition) toured to Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, 31 July–31 October 2021; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South Wales, 10 December 2021–26 January 2022
2020
Brett Whiteley: The Line of Beauty Smith & Singer, Sydney, 24 February–7 March 2020
Brett Whiteley Studio Exhibitions
All exhibitions were held at the Brett Whiteley Studio, 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills, Sydney and organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Brett Whiteley Studio
1995
Self Portraits and other Intimacies Brett Whiteley Studio, 16 September–19 November 1995 Note: This exhibition ran parallel to the retrospective exhibition Brett Whiteley: Art and Life at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
1996
East of the Sun Brett Whiteley Studio, 1 June–17 November 1996 Note: This exhibition featured works by Brett Whiteley, Peter Upward, Royston Harpur, John Olsen, Martin Sharp, Max Miller, Ian Fairweather, Akio Makigawa, Fred Williams, Joel Elenberg and Tony Tuckson.
Aspects & Insights: The Art Gallery of New South Wales Regional Tour (touring exhibition organized by Art Gallery of New South Wales) Toured to Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland, 7 July–13 August 1996; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, 23 August–29 September 1996; Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, Queensland, 5 October–10 November 1996; Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 23 November–19 January 1997; Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 31 January–16 March 1997
Aspects & Insights Brett Whiteley Studio, 23 November 1996–19 January 1997
1997
Brushstrokes from Asia: Calligraphy and Ink Paintings Brett Whiteley Studio, 25 January–20 April 1997
The Big Blue: Sydney Harbour through the eyes of the Artist Brett Whiteley Studio, 21 June 1997–29 March 1998 Note: This exhibition ran parallel to Big Blue–the painted harbour at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 June 1997–29 March 1998.
1998
A Different Vision: Brett Whiteley Sculptures Brett Whiteley Studio, 4 April–23 August 1998
Genesis of a Painter: The Early Abstractions of Brett Whiteley Brett Whiteley Studio, 29 August 1998–31 January 1999
1999
Tangier to Byron Bay, Brett Whiteley’s Travels 1960–1992 Brett Whiteley Studio, 6 February–29 August 1999
Brett Whiteley’s Paris Brett Whiteley Studio, 11 September–5 December 1999
Brett Whiteley Nudes Brett Whiteley Studio, 11 December 1999–2 April 2000
2000
Instantly: Whiteley with Words Brett Whiteley Studio, 8 April–16 July 2000
Brett Whiteley Graphics: 1961–1992 9 September 2000–21 January 2001
2001
Affinities: Brett Whiteley & Lloyd Rees Brett Whiteley Studio, 10 February– 8 July 2001
Brett Whiteley Interiors Brett Whiteley Studio, 14 July–20 October 2001
Rivers + Rocks: Select works of Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley (Bundanon Trust Travelling Exhibition) Brett Whiteley Studio, 20 October 2001–27 January 2002; toured to Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, 8 February–10 March 2002; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 15 March–21 April 2002; Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, 10 May–12 June 2002; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville 21 June–21 July 2002; Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Emu Plains, New South Wales, 3 August–8 September 2002; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Victoria, 25 September–27 October 2002; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria, 1 November–1 December 2002
2002
Alchemy, and Other Transcendental Works Brett Whiteley Studio, 2 February–19 May 2002
Animals and Birds Brett Whiteley Studio, 15 June–6 October 2002
Aspects from the Estate Brett Whiteley Studio, 14 July 2002–23 February 2003
2003
On the Beach with Whiteley and fellow Australian Artists Brett Whiteley Studio, 1 March–29 June 2003 [group exhibition]
Fourth Veil: Whiteley’s works on paper Brett Whiteley Studio, 5 July–14 September 2003
Whiteley Himself and Friends (an exhibition of Whiteley’s Portraiture) Brett Whiteley Studio, 6 December 2003–11 April 2004
2004
Brett Whiteley: Key Works from the Studio Brett Whiteley Studio, 24 July–3 October 2004
Brett Whiteley: Selected works from Paris: ‘Regard de cote’ Brett Whiteley Studio, 4 December 2004–14 June 2005
2005
Sydney Genesis and Beyond 1955–1965 Brett Whiteley Studio, 28 May–27 November 2005
Whiteley & Rees: more Affinities Brett Whiteley Studio, 3 December 2005–10 April 2006 (touring exhibition) toured to New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 29 April–2 July 2006
2006
Ink: Whiteley and Others Brett Whiteley Studio, 29 April–20 August 2006 [group exhibition]
Seasons Brett Whiteley Studio, 26 August–26 November 2006
9 shades of Whiteley Brett Whiteley Studio 2 December 2006 – 9 September 2007 Note: This exhibition, described as a ‘mini retrospective’, became a regional galleries touring exhibition in 2008.
2007
The Poetic Eye Brett Whiteley Studio, 13 December 2007–19 July 2008
2008
9 Shades of Whiteley, (regional galleries touring exhibition) toured to Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland, 12 July–7 September 2008; Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Lismore, New South Wales, 13 September–16 November 2008; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 22 November 2008–8 February 2009; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 21 February–19 April 2009; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2 May–14 June 2009; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Victoria, 1 July–23 August 2009
Whiteley and the Third Dimension Brett Whiteley Studio, 19 July 2008–15 March 2009
2009
Floating World: Landscape, the Figure & Calligraphy in the Art of Brett Whiteley Brett Whiteley Studio, 21 March–6 September 2009
Iconic Whiteley Brett Whiteley Studio, 12 September 2009–22 August 2010
2010
Endlessnessism Brett Whiteley Studio, 28 August 2010–3 July 2011
Brett Whiteley: Connections (touring exhibition) TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria, 6 November 2010–19 March 2011
2011
Blue Brett Whiteley Studio, 9 July 2011–8 July 2012 Note: This exhibition later toured as Whiteley on Water.
2012
The London Years, 1960–67 Brett Whiteley Studio, 14 July 2012–13 February 2013
Whiteley on Water (touring exhibition) toured to Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea, New South Wales, 15 November 2012–27 January 2013; (as Brett Whiteley: On the Water); Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, 2 November 2013–23 February 2014
2013
The Nude: Erotic, Sensual and Sacred Brett Whiteley Studio, 12 April–1 September 2013
Brett Whiteley: Nature Brett Whiteley Studio, 4 October 2013–18 May 2014
2014
Portraits Brett Whiteley Studio, 23 May–28 October 2014
Alchemy – Pop Brett Whiteley Studio, 31 October–21 December 2014; 2 January–31 May 2015 Note: This exhibition ran parallel to Pop to Popism at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1 November 2014–1 March 2015.
Brett Whiteley: West of the Divide Touring exhibition: Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, New South Wales, 26 September–30 November 2014
2015
Brett Whiteley: Sculpture and Ceramics Brett Whiteley Studio, 5 June–6 December 2015
OTHER PLACES: Somewhere else Brett Whiteley Studio, 11 December 2015–20 March 2016
2016
Brett Whiteley at the State Library of New South Wales 26 March–1 August 2016
Tributes Brett Whiteley Studio, 13 May–13 November 2016
Naked Brett Whiteley Studio, 17 November–19 December 2016; 6 January–14 May 2017
Brett Whiteley: West of the Divide (touring exhibition) toured to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South Wales, 25 November 2016–29 January 2017; Benalla Regional Gallery, Benalla, Victoria, 11th Feb 2017–7 May 2017
2017
OTHER PLACES: Somewhere else (touring exhibition) toured to Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, Queensland, 28 April–2 July 2017; Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture, Queensland, 14 July–17 September 2017; Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, 29 September–3 December 2017; Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, New South Wales, 8 December 2017–4 February 2018
Beach Brett Whiteley Studio, 24 November 2017–25 March 2018
2018
Pathways to figuration [early abstractions and bathroom series] Brett Whiteley Studio, 31 March–7 October 2018
Brett Whiteley: Wildlife and other emergencies Brett Whiteley Studio, 12 October 2018–12 May 2019
2019
Brett Whiteley: Lavender Bay Brett Whiteley Studio, 25 October 2019–15 March 2020
2020
Brett Whiteley: Feathers and Flight Brett Whiteley Studio, 4 June 2020–28 March 2021
2021
Brett Whiteley: Printmaker Brett Whiteley Studio, 3 April – 28 November 2021
Brett Whiteley: Australia, Brett Whiteley Studio, 3 December 2021–17 April 2022
2022
Brett Whiteley: Blue and White Brett Whiteley Studio, 30 April–27 November 2022 [ceramics]
Brett Whiteley Eternity is Now Brett Whiteley Studio, 3 December 2022–13 August 2023 [portraits]
2023
Brett Whiteley: Chapters 1959–1969, Brett Whiteley Studio, 24 August 2023–23 June 2024
2024
Brett Whiteley: Inside the Studio (touring exhibition) toured to Logan Art Gallery, Logan, Queensland, 20 July–8 September 2024; John Curtin Gallery, Bentley, Western Australia, 24 October–15 December 2024; Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, 22 March–9 June 2025; Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, Victoria, 28 June–5 October 2025