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Solo exhibitions
2010 Upon this site - Darwin. Series of oil paintings. Darwin’s native and introduced vegetation. Framed Gallery, Darwin
2009 Upon this site - Adelaide. Barr-Smith Library, University of Adelaide. Series of watercolour drawings of Adelaide’s original vegetation.
2007 Playing with Fire. Grass fires. (Acrylic paintings) Framed Gallery, Darwin
2000 The Australian Army in East Timor [pastels], Robertson Barracks, Darwin
1997-8 Extreme Landforms Project [including the Iceland, Antarctica, Hawaiian and Northern Australian series, MAGNT, Darwin
1993 Antarctica [oil paintings], Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, and regional gallery at Burnie, Tasmania
-Australia Post - four Antarctic paintings reproduced for Australian
-Antarctic Territory stamps
1991 Antarctica series, [oil paintings], Parliament House, Canberra, and MAGNT, Darwin and Alice Springs
1989 Hawaiian Volcanoes. (conte drawings) MAGNT, Darwin
1985-6 Iceland [oil paintings and conte drawings) Tynte Gallery, Adelaide, and MAGNT, Darwin

Curated Group exhibitions
2007-8 Inspire/Expire, MAGNT, curated by Daena Murray
2006 Sound of the Sky, MAGNT, curated by Daena Murray
2004 Philately on Ice – National Philatelic Collection, Melbourne
Landscape in Me – Windows on Australian Art, MAGNT, curated by Daena Murray
2003 Keeping the Peace – Australian War Memorial travelling exhibition
2002 Impressions of Antarctica, Parliament House, Canberra [works from the Australian Antarctic Division collection, pastels]
2001-2 Landscape as Metaphor – Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, touring exhibition, curated by Sue Smith
1999-2 We are Australian 2004 curated by Geoff la Gerche, touring show


1977 – 2013 Darwin:
2012-13 Continuing series of small abstract oils. Reworking mining series, starting new Iceland series, life drawing.
2011-12 Extensive travel, Western Australia, Europe and South America, Namibia, Turkey
1997-8 Field and studio work in extreme environments:-
Army (East Timor, Norforce),
Mining (Tanami Desert, MacArthur River, Pine Creek, White Island, NZ);
Savanah grassfires, NT
1977-1997 Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Northern Territory University. Visiting position in USA
1977-1983 Numerous group and solo exhibitions

1975-1977 Melbourne:
Lecturer, Caulfield Institute of Technology [painting and drawing]
Lecturer, Preston Institute of Technology [painting and drawing]
Ballet productions [set and costume design] for Graeme Murphy, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney
Solo exhibitions plus group and invitation exhibitions

1963-1975 Adelaide:
1970 - 75 Assistant Curator, Prints and Drawings, Art Gallery of South Australia
1968 - 75 Solo exhibitions Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra
- Various theatre productions [set design]
1966 Graduated South Australian School of Art

Publications:
Murray, Daena: Hotsprings, pub Macmillan Melbourne Australia, 2012, pp 104-06, 111, 313
Andrews, Lynne: Antarctic Eye, the visual journey, pub Studio One, 2007, pp189-200

Public Collections:
Artbank
Art Gallery of South Australia
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory
National Gallery of Australia
Norforce
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Queensland Art Gallery
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
plus various Regional Gallery and University collections