Tim Johnson
1947
Born in Sydney. Lives and works in Sydney.
1966-1970
University of New South Wales
University of Sydney
1997-8
Australia Council Fellowship
1999
Mosman Art Prize
Sceggs Redlands Art Prize
Selected Recent Solo Exhibitions
2017
Metamodernism, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2016
Conspiracies, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2015
Open Source, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
2014
Otherkin, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
Conceptual Work/New Painting, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Eye to Eye, Nancy Sever Gallery
2013
The Luminescent Ground, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2011
Supernatural, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2010
Worlds Apart, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Emulation, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
Tim Johnson: Painting Ideas, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
2009
Embedded, Milani Gallery, brisbane
Tim Johnson: Painting Ideas, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Emporium, Lister Gallery, Perth
2008
Graphomania, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
2007
Tim Johnson, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Anomalous, Lister Gallery, Perth
Nurture, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2006
Punk Paintings and Prints, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2005
Imitating Art, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Full Moon, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2004
Serindia, Mori Gallery, Sydney
2003
Tim Johnson, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
Tim Johnson, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
2000
Collaborations, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane
Pure Land, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
Selected Recent Group Exhibitions
2018
in site: process, performance, documentation, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
2017
Australian Collection (permanent exhibition), Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2016
sugar spin: you, me, art, and everything, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Beyond the tower: 40 years and counting, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2015
Art as Verb, Art Space, Sydney/Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
2013
Australian Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Four Corners of the World, Hine Collection, Seoul, Korea
Domenik Mersch Gallery at Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin
Group Exhibition — Haute école d’art et design, Genève, Geneva
2012
The Unseen, Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Guangdong
Recent Acquisitions, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Melbourne
Negotiating this world: Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery of Victoria
Less is More, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
all our relations: 18th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
Volume One: MCA Collection: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2011
Ten Years of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Tell Me Tell Me, National Art School, Sydney
New Psychedelia, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2010
Roundabout, City Gallery, Wellington
We Call them Pirates Out Here, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
100 Years: Highlights from the University of Queensland Art Collection, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Hong Kong Art Fair, Hong Kong
2009
Avoiding Myth & Message: Australian artists and the literary world, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
+/- - MUMA -, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
2008
The Visitors, Penrith Regional Gallery, Penrith NSW
Drawn In, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
An Ever Expanding Universe, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
Open Air, Portraits in the landscape, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2007
Bloodlines, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
The Luminescent Ground, Wollongong Regional Gallery, Wollongong
Multiplicity: Prints and Multiples, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Smile of the Buddha, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
2006
Lives and Times, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2004
Queensland White/Light, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2003
MCA Unpacked II, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968-2002, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Parallel Worlds, Tim Johnson and My Le Thi, UTS Gallery, Sydney
2001
So you wanna be a rock star, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
The Mandala Project, Gallery 4A, Asian Australian Arts Centre, Sydney
Three Views of Emptiness: Buddhism and the Art of Tim Johnson, Lindy Lee & Peter Tyndall, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Art/Music: rock, pop, techno, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2000
Flight Patterns, MOCA, Los Angeles
From Appreciation to Appropriation, Adelaide Arts Festival, Adelaide
Project 2/2000, The University of Sydney, Sydney
Selected Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane
University of New South Wales, Sydney