b. 1938, United Kingdom

John Wolseley Biography

John Wolseley (b.1938) is one of Australia’s most well respected contemporary artists. In 2005 he was made an Honorary Doctor of Science by Macquarie University and was also awarded the Visual Art Emeritus Award by the Australia Council.

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Wolseley’s work has been selected for numerous important group exhibitions such as Reframing Darwin: Evolution and art in Australia, at the Ian Potter Museum of Art in Melbourne (2009); The Ecologies Project, at the Monash University Museum of Art in Melbourne (2008); A Bird in the Hand, at the LaTrobe University Visual Arts Centre Gallery and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2006), and 2004 – Australian Art Now at Federation Square, National Gallery of Victoria (2004).

A major monograph, John Wolseley: Land Marks by Sasha Grishin was published in 1998 by Craftsman House and a second, expanded edition was published in 2006. John Wolseley’s work is represented in all the major State galleries and in numerous private collections in Australia and internationally.

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Chains of ponds, contour banks and the return of the reed warbler, Bibbaringa 1 by John Wolseley contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
John Wolseley Chains of ponds, contour banks and the return of the reed warbler, Bibbaringa 1, 2019-2020 Oil on masonite
75 x 123.5 cm
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Termitaria: Indwelling II by John Wolseley contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, print, drawing
John Wolseley Termitaria: Indwelling II, 2020-2021 Woodcut, linocut, etching, graphite frottage, and watercolour on cotton, Mini washi and Gampi paper
204.5 x 120 cm
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Key to Jillamatong regenesis by John Wolseley contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
John Wolseley Key to Jillamatong regenesis, 2023 Watercolour, graphite and coloured pencil on cotton paper
57 x 76 cm
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Healing the Fowlers Creek gultch, Bibbaringa 8 by John Wolseley contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
John Wolseley Healing the Fowlers Creek gultch, Bibbaringa 8, 2019-2020 Watercolour on cotton paper
47 x 61 cm
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Call of the Reed Warbler by John Wolseley contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
John Wolseley Call of the Reed Warbler, 2022 Watercolour on paper
79.5 x 98 cm
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Ephemeral rivers of the Wimmera plains - Red Gum, Banyena by John Wolseley contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
John Wolseley Ephemeral rivers of the Wimmera plains - Red Gum, Banyena, 2022 Watercolour on paper
56 x 76 cm
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Kurakibiyal to Banyena via Grays Bridge by John Wolseley contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
John Wolseley Kurakibiyal to Banyena via Grays Bridge, 2022 Watercolour on paper
79.5 x 98 cm
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