Bernard Ollis - Profile
Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 "Every Dog has his Day" Letham Gallery, Aukland, NZ

2009 "Ceramic Platters" Delmar Gallery, Sydney

2008 "Urban Myth" (2 person show with Wendy Sharp) United Galleries, Perth

2008 "Contemporary Drawing" Wimbledon Art College Gallery, London, UK

2006 Hong Ik University Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2005 "Drawcard" Cell Block Theatre, NAS, Sydney

2005 "Dog Trumpet" Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney

2005 "Drawing the line" Cell Block Theatre, NAS (academic staff exhibition), Sydney

2004 "Drawcard" Cell Block Theatre, NAS, Sydney

2004 Hong Ik University gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2004 Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Finalist, Mitchell Library (Touring Australia)

2004 "Spectrum" NSW Parliament House, FONAS Exhibition

2003 Dobell Prize, Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2003 "Beneath the Surface" Cell Block Theatre, NAS, Sydney

2002 Sulman Prize, Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2001 The Studio Tradition, Finalist (Touring), Manly Art Gallery

2001 Sulman Prize, Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2000 Sulman Prize, Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2000 Olympic Arts Festival Sydney (Various Locations)

1998 Pas D'Accrochage En Publique (Not a Public Hanging) National Art School

1997 Dominique Segan Drawing Prize, Castlemaine, Victoria

1996 Prime Television Invitation Prize (Touring) from Ballarat Gallery, Victoria

1996 Jeans for Genes Royal Hospital Appeal via Art Gallery of New South Wales

1995 "Victorian Vistas", Rialto Melbourne Victoria

1995 - 1996 "Sport, The Most Accessible Theatre in the World"
- Adelaide Festival Centre, South Australia (touring)

1995 Australia Felix Benalla Easter Arts Festival, Victoria

1995 "The Mask" Amnesty International, Art Gallery of New South Wales

1995 "The Comedie Humane" Co-curated Australian Galleries, Sydney

1994 La Trobe University, Bundoora Victoria (staff exhibition)

1994 QDOS Gallery, Lorne Victoria

1992 Summer School Tutors Downs Gallery, University of Southern Queensland

1992 "Artists Play" Westpac Gallery, Melbourne Victoria

1991 Solander Gallery, Canberra ACT
- Art Space, Bendigo Victoria
- Lake Macquarie Invitation Prize University Gallery, Sydney

1990 Solander Gallery, Canberra ACT
- Art Space, Bendigo Victoria
- Lake Macquarie Invitation Prize University Gallery, Sydney

1989 Fremantle International Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle Gallery WA
- University of New South Wales Purchase Prize, University Gallery Sydney
- Art Space, Bendigo Victoria
- Lake Macquarie Invitation Prize, University Gallery Sydney NSW

1988 9" x 5" Centenary Exhibition touring NSW and QLD regional Galleries
- Art Space, Bendigo Victoria

1987 University of New South Wales Purchase Prize, University Gallery Sydney
- Art Space, Bendigo Victoria

1986 Solander Gallery, Canberra ACT
- Art Space, Bendigo Victoria

1985 "On the Beach" Arts Council of Australia, Regional Tour of NSW and Victoria regional Galleries

1983 Anima Galleries, Adelaide SA

1982 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney NSW
- "Urban Environment" Travelling Exhibition, Ivan Dougherty Gallery Sydney and Regional Galleries of New South Wales

1981 Contemporary Arts Society, Adelaide SA

1980 College Gallery Darwin Community College, Darwin NT
- Browns Mart Theatre Company, Darwin NT

1978 Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT

1977 "Work on Paper" Macquarie Galleries, Sydney NSW

1976 The Royal College of Art Gulbenkian Hall, London UK

1975 "New Contemporaries of British Art" Camden Arts Centre, London UK
- "Northern Young Contemporaries", Manchester UK

1974 Commonwealth Institute Arts Centre, London UK

1973 Brunel University with David Hockney, Peter Blake and Ron Kitaj, London UK

1970 Welsh Arts Council (acquisitive), Cardiff Wales
- Stowels Trophy Award - Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK

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The Big Retrospective

A selection of artwork, photographs, annotations and comment covering the years 1974 to 2008

Awards & Prizes

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Urban Myth 2008