Jon Campbell

Biography

Born Northern Ireland1961, arrived Australia 1964

Education

1993 

• Artist-in-Residence, Education Services, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

1986-87 

• Studio Artist, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne

1985 

• Artist-in-Residence, Camberwell Boys Grammar, Melbourne

1984-85 

• Graduate Diploma of Painting, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

1980-82

• Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008

• $23,000,000 Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
• yeah yeah yeah (bill board), ‘Conversations' billboard project, Hobsons Bay City Council, Melbourne

2007

• signs of life, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
• yeah yeah yeah, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand

2006

• Melbourne Art Fair 2006, Darren Knight Gallery stand, Melbourne
• Classic, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

2005

• YEAH FLAG together again, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

2004

• I'm Stranded, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
• Primer, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warnambool

2003

• It's a World..., Rm 103, Auckland, New Zealand
• Big Backyard, Studio Foyer Gallery, Sydney Opera House, Sydney

2002

• Relaxed, in an Off China Town Kind of Way, Uplands Gallery Melbourne
• Relaxed, in a Western Suburbs Kind of Way, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
• Greatest Hits Vol. 1, CSA Gallery, Canberra
• Rock the Boat, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Churchill

2001

• Rock the Boat, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

2000

• Howzat, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
• She'll Be Right, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

1999

• Jon Campbell's Greatest Hits, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne

1998

• Sunshine, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

1997-1998

• Jon Luvs Annie, Bus Stop Art, City Art Public Space, Melbourne

1997

• Proud New Car Owner - Car Pictures 1985-97, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne

1996

• Low Sheen, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne

1995

• Jon Campbell: Explosive Hits 95, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne

1993

• Self portraits & Wallpaper, Continental Cafe, Melbourne
• Recent Paintings, Westspace Gallery, Melbourne

1992

• Car Park Boogie, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
• Planet of Sound, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
• Works on Wallpaper, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

1991

• Paintings from New York City, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

1990

• Spaced Out and Driving Forever..., Switchback Gallery, Gippsland Institute of Advenced Education, Churchill, Victoria
• Works on Paper, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

1989

• Recent Paintings, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

• Revolving Doors: an exhibition in memory of Blair Trethowan, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

2007

• DE OVERKANT/DOWN-UNDER, The Hague Sculpture, Hague, The Netherlands
• Audio Visual, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
• End of Year Show, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

2006

• Big in Japan, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan
• Salon des Refusés, Ervin Gallery, Sydney
• Game on! Sport and Contemporary Art, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne

2005

• Team Show 2005, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
• 2005 The Year in Art, National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
• C'Town Bling Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
• The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
• The Arthur Giy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo

2004-2005

• Imaging the Apple, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat; Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmania; Latrobe Regional Gallery, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne; Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong; Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland; War Memorial Art Gallery, University of Sydney; McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin

2004

• Salon de Refusé, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
• Sticks & Stones, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
• LOOK: Artists and Society, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
• Frieze Art Fair, Uplands Gallery stand, London, UK

2003-2004

• Fair Game. Art + Sport, NGV Response Gallery, Melbourne

2003

• Travelling the Roundabout, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
• See Here Now, Vizard Foundation Art Collection of the 1990s, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
• The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 2003, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo

2002-03

• Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968-2002, Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, Melbourne

2002

• Save Our Pool, Albert Street, East Melbourne
• So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
• Rock the Boat, Gippsland Art Gallery, Gippsland
• CSA Gallery, Canberra

2001

• Rock the Boat, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
• The Team Show, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
• Art>Music, Rock, Pop, Techno, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

2000

• Mirror With a Memory: Photographic Portraiture in Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
• Recent Acquisitions, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

1999-2000

• On the Road: the Car in Australian Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

1999

• People, Places, Pastimes, Global Arts Link, Ipswich
• Word, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
• Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
• Leisure & Pleasure, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
• It's a Guitar Shaped World, Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth
• Out of Place, Federation Square site hoarding, Melbourne
• We Are Australian, George Adams Gallery, Victoria Arts Centre, Melbourne, and national tour
• A4 Art, Westspace, Melbourne
• Staff Show, LaTrobe Street Gallery & Art School, Melbourne
• Works on Paper: Contemporary Australian Artists from the Department of Fine Art, RMIT, Cultural Centre, Seoul University Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1998

• Everyday, Glen Eira Arts Complex, Melbourne
• Up the Road, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
• Garth, Westspace, Melbourne

1997

• The Real Thing, The Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
• Work, Westspace, Melbourne
• Auto Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• Australian Felix, Benalla Easter Arts Festival, Benalla
• Vizard Collection, Geelong Art Gallery and regional tour, Geelong
• A4 Art, Westspace Gallery, Melbourne

1996

• How the West Was Fun, West Space, Melbourne
• Hidden Treasures: A Visual History of Australian Football, Melbourne Park Function Centre, Melbourne
• Rites for an Anxious Spring, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
• A Four Art, West Space, Melbourne

1995

• Save Albert Park, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
• Public Address: On the verandah rooftops of Errol Street North Melbourne, Melbourne
• If you are creative you can get stuffed: an exhibition, Continental Cafe, Melbourne
• Platform, Melbourne (September-October, Villa Spinoza, Genoa, Italy
• Herald Sun Art Prize, Herald Sun Building, Melbourne
• NON, Ether Ohnetitel, Melbourne
• Lovers, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
• A Four Art, West Space, Melbourne

1994

• 2 x Immortal: Elvis + Marilyn, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and USA tour
• Smells like Lead: Drawing, Westspace Gallery, Melbourne
• Dominique Segan Drawing Prize, Castlemaine
• The Baillieu Myer Collection of the 80's, Museum of Modern Art at Heidi, Melbourne
• Tableaux: Works from the Collection, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
• Williamstown Festival Art Prize, Williamstown, Melbourne
• A Four Art, West Space, Melbourne

1993

• Excalibur: Contemporary Artists and Celtic Heritage, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
• Margaret Stewart Endowment, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• Survey 4: Images of Geelong and Regions, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
• The Car/The Road, Wangaratta Art Gallery and Victorian regional tour
• Group Show, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne
• A Four Art, West Space, Melbourne

1992

• Urban Images, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
• Savage Club Invitation Art Prize, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin
• Works on Paper by Contemporary Australian Artists, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
• Domino 1 - Collaboration between Artists, Ian Potter Gallery, The University of Merlbourne, Melbourne

1991

• The Upside Down River, Australian Gallery, New York City, USA
• Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Australian National Gallery, Canberra and national tour
• Artists Make Books, Linden Gallery, Melbourne

1990

• Anonymous, Greater Western Gallery, Melbourne
• Raising the Furies, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria and Victorian tour
• Greenpeace, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
• Platform, Spencer Street Station, Melbourne

1989

• ICI Collection of Contemporary Art, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat and national tour
• They're Still Thinking Aloud, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
• Drawing Show, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

1988

• Opening Show, Victorian Ministry for the Arts Gallery, Melbourne
• Group Show, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
• Suburbanism, George Paton Gallery, The University of Melbourne Student's Union, Melbourne
• St. Kilda 1, Linden Gallery, Melbourne

1987

• New York, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
• Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
• Young Australians, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and national tour

1986

• Slouching towards Bethlehem, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
• Fears and Scruples, Melbourne University Gallery, Melbourne
• On Your Bike, George Paton Gallery, The University of Melbourne Student's Union, Melbourne
• Suburban Stomp, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne

1985

• Post Graduate Show, Victorian Collage of the Arts, Melbourne

Bibliography

• Megan Backhouse, Driving towards Understanding, The Age, Melbourne, 1993
• Lisa Benson, What's happening in ...? Hamilton, New Zealand, Un. Magazine, Issue 1, August 2004
• Maxine Black, Proud New Car Owner, review, LIKE Art Magazine, no.4 1997
• Jon Campbell and Naomi Cass, Suburban Stomp, catalogue, 200 Gertrude Street, 1986
• Gary Catalano, Exhibition proves a pleasure , review, The Age, 1 October 1986
• Gary Catalano, exhibition review, The Age, 12 July 1989
• Jon Campbell, Rebus No.1 (ed. Chris McAuliffe and Stephanie Holt), deFacto Press, Melbourne 1989
• Jon Campbell, Spaced Out and Driving Forever, catalogue, Switchback Gallery, Monash Gallery, Gippsland Campus, 1990
• Jon Campbell, 2X Immortal: Elvis & Marilyn, catalogue, Rizzoli International Publications, New York City, USA, 1994
• Alison Carroll, Jon Campbell, Moet & Chandon Australian Art Fellowship Travelling Exhibition, Melbourne, 1991
• Chris Coventry, The Upside Down River, catalogue, Australia Gallery, New York City, USA, 1991
• Steven Cox, Raising the Furies: Elements of Disquiet in Figurative Painting 1985-1990, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Victoria, 1990
• Ashley Crawford, Jon Campbell: I'm Stranded, The Age, Agenda 20 June 2004, p. 19
• Juliana Engberg, On Your Bike, catalogue, George Patton Gallery, The University of Melbourne, 1986
• Juliana Engberg, Suburbanism, catalogue, George Patton Gallery, The University of Melbourne, 1988
• Juliana Engberg, I like to be in America: Jon Campbell s recent painting, Agenda, No.6, Melbourne, August 1989
• Sarah Engledow & Simon Elliott, Before too long Jon Campbell paints Paul Kelly, Portrait 13, National Portrait Gallery, Spring 2004
• Merryn Gates, Domino 1, Art Museum, The University of Melbourne, 1992
• Ted Gott, The things we do for love, On the Road ; The Car in Australian Art, catalogue essay, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2000
• Grant, L; Colquhoun, B; Taylor, R and Coulson, L, On Jon Campbell, Artfan, (ed. Jacqueline Riva and Geoff Lowe), Melbourne 1994
• Karen Hall, Monash University Collection: 40 years of collecting, catalogue entry, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2002
• Chris Heathcote, exhibition review, The Age, Melbourne, 14 August 1991
• Chris Heathcote, exhibition review, The Age, Melbourne, 22 July 1992
• Rachael Hodder, Painted from the Heart, Herald Sun, 21 August 1999
• Hynes, V., Ctown Bling, The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Magazine, 26 May 2005
• Stuart Koop, I'm Stranded, exhibition brochure, Uplands Gallery, June 2004
• Rebbeca Lancashire, A passionate business, The Qantas Club, Winter 1999
• Frances Lindsay, Gallery Magazine, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, May 1990
• Robert Lindsay, Young Australians, catalogue, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, 1987
• Robert Lindsay, ICI Contemporary Art Collection, catalogue, Melbourne,1989
• Robert Lindsay, The Baillieu Myer Collection of the 80's, catalogue, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, 1994
• Jenny Long, On the road and off the planet, (in Tim Jones catalogue), Art Museum, The University of Melbourne, 1990
• Lenny Ann Low, Saddle Saw, Sydney Morning Herald, weekend edition, 12-13 October, 2002
• Geoff Lowe, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, catalogue, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, 1986
• Chris McAuliffe, Keep on rockin' in the art world, LIKE, Art Magazine, #15, winter 2001
• Chris McAuliffe, The Art of Rock n Roll, HQ No.70, May 2000
• Chris McAuliffe, This Sporting Life, World Art #4, 1996
• Chris McAuliffe, Art and Suburbia, Craftsman House, 1996
• Robyn McKenzie, Exploding into our near past, The Age, May 1995
• Marani, J and Morrow, M, How the West was Fun, catalogue, Westspace, 1996
• Ron Miller, Jon Campbell's recent paintings, The Herald, Melbourne, 11 July 1989
• Anna Murdoch, Campbell draws on many inspirations, The Age, Melbourne, 30 June 1989
• Kevin Murray, Foreign Knowledge/Rock n Roll, Tension 21, June 1991
• Nowotny,J, Jon Campbell: an artist in the wild west of Rock n Roll, In Press, Melbourne, 1989
• David O'Halloran, DIY. The Art of Jon Campbell, Jon Campbell's Greatest Hits Vol.1, catalogue essay, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne, 1999
• Mark Pennings, Images of an Emotional Game, Hidden Treasures: A Visual History of Australian Football, AFL Publication, Melbourne, 1996
• Mark Pennings, Campbell and Australian Pop, low sheen, catalogue, Robert Lindsay Gallery, 1996
• Peters, P., She'll be right/yeah, in De Overkant/Downunder - Den Haag Sculptuur 07, Den Haag Sculptuur, The Hague, 2007, pp. 42-44
• Jennifer Phipps, Contemporary Drawing, catalogue, Geelong Art Gallery, 1989
• Simon Plant, Artist flags a quiet little word play, Herald Sun, 1 February 2006
• Jarrod Rawlins, A Story for Standard People: the anti-defense of Jon Campbell (part 1), in Jon Campbell yeah yeah yeah exhibition catalogue, The Physics Room, 2007
• Robert Rooney, A runaway impression wins coveted Fellowship, The Australian, 26 February 1987
• Robert Rooney, United states of mind, The Australian, 15-16 July 1989
• Robert Rooney, Stamp Fictions, Jon Campbell, The Australian, 8 November 1996
• Robert Rooney, Wide-Eyed: Melbourne, The USA, and back again. Jon Campbell's Greatest Hits Vol.1, catalogue interview, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne, 1999
• Sebastian Smee, Campbell's Soup, Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, May 29 - June 4, 2000
• Tim Sowden, Stomping Ground, World Art #4, 1996
• Michele Stockley, Art Detective, Heineman Educational Australia, 1991
• Zara Stanhope, Nostalgic, catalogue essay, Monash University Gallery, 1996
• Alan Tate, The Great Unknowns, The Age Good Weekend Magazine, 13 November 1987
• Roger Taylor, Jon Campbell - recent paintings, catalogue, Westspace, Melbourne, 1993
• Peter Timms, Deride down memory lane, review, The Age, 25 August 1999
• Virginia Trioli, How to listen to Rock n Roll: The paintings of Jon Campbell, Jon Campbell: explosive Hits 95, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, 1995

Collections

• Lyon Collection at the Lyon Housemuseum, Melbourne
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
• National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
• Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
• Joyce Nissan Collection, Melbourne
• National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• ICI Contemporary Collection
• Victorian College of the Arts
• Artbank
• Allen, Allen and Hemsley
• The Baillieu Myer Collection of the 80's, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
• Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne
• Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
• Graduate School of Management, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
• Shell
• Camberwell Boys Grammar, Melbourne
• Western Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Melbourne
• Victoria University, Melbourne
• Smorgon Collection
• Australian Football League, Melbourne
• Vizard Collection, Melbourne University

Awards and Prizes

2007 

• Finalist, George Mora Fellowship, Victoria

1999 

• Development Grant, Arts 21, Arts Victoria

1995 

• Herald Sun Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne

1990 

• Greene Street Studio, New York City, USA

1990 

• Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council, Sydney

1988 

• Project Grant, Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Sydney

1987 

• Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship 1987, Melbourn