Born 1925, Ingham, Queensland   He studied at the National Art School, East Sydney technical College from 1947 to 1950 and taught there from 1959 to 1966. From 1969 to 1972 he lived in Paris, where he designed many tapestries for the Aubusson workshops, including two tapestry curtains for the Sydney Opera House. He was Head of the National Art School from 1972 to 1974.
	S O L O   E X H I B I T I O N S 1957 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Melbourne 1958, 60, 87, 88 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 1960 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 1962 Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane 1963,65 Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney 1964 Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne 1965 Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney Bonython Gallery, Adelaide 1966 Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane Bonython Gallery, Sydney 1967 Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle Macquarie Galleries, Canberra 1968 Bonython Gallery, Sydney Australian Galleries, Melbourne 1969 Bonython Gallery, Adelaide Australian Sculpture Gallery, Canberra 1970 Macquarie Galleries, Canberra 1971 Bonython Gallery, Sydney Bonython Gallery, Adelaide; Galerie Verriere, Paris Australian Embassy, Washington 1972 Australian Galleries, Melbourne Gimbels East, New York 1973 Lister Gallery, Perth Bonython Gallery, Sydney 1974 Australian Galleries, Melbourne 1975 Anna Simons Gallery, Canberra Bonython Gallery, Sydney Stadia Graphics Gallery, Sydney 1976 Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle Lister Gallery, Perth The Town Gallery, Brisbane Australian Galleries, Melbourne 1977 Genesis Galleries, New York Martin Gallery, Townsville Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney 1978 Australian Galleries, Melbourne Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane St John's Cathedral, Brisbane 1979 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle 1980 Solander Gallery, Canberra 1981 Australian Galleries, Melbourne; David Reid Gallery, Sydney 1982 Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney 1983 Quentin Gallery, Perth Solander Gallery, Canberra 1985 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney Australian Galleries, Melbourne Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 1986 Mark Widdup's Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle Quentin Gallery, Perth Australian Galleries, Melbourne Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide Solander Gallery, Canberra 1988 Galerie Pinton, Paris San Giorgio in Poggiale, Bologna. 1989 Central Artists Hall, Moscow Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. 1990 Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville.
	S E L E C T E D   G R O U P   E X H I B I T I O N S 1961 Sao Paulo Biennale Australian Painting, Whitechapel Gallery, London 1963 Australian Painting, Tate Gallery, London 1964 Australian Painting Today, Europe 1965 Young Australian Painters, Japan 1970 Aubusson Tapestries, Galerie Garnier, Paris 1971 Australian Printmakers, South East Asia 1973 Joint exhibition of tapestries with Alexander Calder, John Wanamaker's Gallery, Philadelphia 1977 Art Sacre, l'Orangerie de Versailles 1979 Joint exhibition of tapestries and screenprints with Alun Leach-Jones, India and New Zealand 1980 Contemporary Australian Printmakers, U.S.A 1986 Tapisseries d'Aubusson Contemporaines, Galerie Pinton, Paris
	S E L E C T E D  P U B L I C   C O L L E C T I O N S Australian National Gallery, Canberra; Vatican Museum, Rome; Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna; Art Gallery of New South Wales; National Gallery of Victoria; Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia; Western Australian Art Gallery; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery; Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery; Newcastle Region Art Gallery; Wollongong City Art Gallery; Tamworth Art Gallery; Bathurst Art Gallery; Gold Coast City Art Gallery; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville; Toowoomba Art Gallery; Bendigo Art Gallery; John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington; Sydney Opera House.
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