Exhibitions

Upcoming

Roy Jackson Palimpsest Exhibition Poster, Roy Jackson

Palimpsest

Defiance Gallery at Mary Place

27th May – 17th June 2023
Mary Place
12 Mary Place, Paddington, NSW 2021.

Recent

Roy Jackson The Edge Exhibition Poster, Roy Jackson, Late work on paper from the Estate of Roy Jackson with corrugated ceramics by Charlotte Mellis, artwork shown: Babbiloora (detail), 2001, gouache on paper, 26x19 cm

The Edge

Tin Shed Gallery

1 April – 5 June 2022
Tin Shed Gallery
South of Calgary, Isle of Mull.

Artwork shown - Babbiloora (detail)
2001, gouache on paper, 26x19 cm

Roy Jackson European Odyssey Exhibition Poster, Roy Jackson, Untitled (Banks head), 2009, 64x120 cm, acrylic on canvas

European Odyssey

Defiance Gallery at Mary Place

11 March – 2 April 2020
Mary Place
12 Mary Place, Paddington, NSW 2021.

Defiance Gallery and The Estate of Roy Jackson will donate all proceeds from the sale of the catalogue and the Giclée prints to Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) during this exhibition. For more details click here.

Artwork shown - Untitled (Banks head)
2009, 64x120 cm, acrylic on canvas

Roy Jackson Backwards Forwards Exhibition Poster, Roy Jackson, Native Garden (detail), 126x120 cm, acrylic on board

Backwards Forwards

Defiance Gallery at Mary Place

1st August – 23rd August 2018
Mary Place
12 Mary Place, Paddington, NSW 2021.

Defiance Gallery, Newtown

1st August – 30th August 2018
Defiance Gallery, Newtown
47 Enmore Road, Newtown, NSW, 2042.

Artwork shown - Native Garden (detail)
2004, acrylic on board, 126x120 cm

RAW Wedderburn Exhibition Poster, Roy Jackson, Morning Thurra River Campsite, 1990, acrylic on canvas

RAW Wedderburn Exhibition

24th June – 5th August 2018
Delmar Gallery
144 Victoria Road Ashfield, NSW 2131.
Sunday, July 23rd 2018, Gallery Talk - 3pm
Sioux Garside in conversation with Suzanne Archer.

Artwork shown - Morning Thurra River Campsite
1990, acrylic on canvas, 146.5x173 cm (private collection)

Roy Jackson Heads and Figures Exhibition Poster, Roy Jackson, Face to Face (detail), 1992, 100x75 cm, polymer tempura on card

Roy Jackson + Michael Buzacott: Heads and Figures

Defiance Gallery at Yellow House, Potts Point

2nd November – 26th November 2016
Yellow House
57-59 Macleay Street Potts Point, NSW 2011.

Defiance Gallery, Newtown

16th November – 10th December 2016
Defiance Gallery, Newtown
47 Enmore Road Newtown NSW, 2042.

Artwork shown - Face to Face (detail),
1992, 100x75 cm, polymer tempura on card

The Roy Jackson Retrospective 1963-2013 Exhibition toured galleries around New South Wales from December 2015:

Tamworth Regional Gallery – 5/12/15 to 30/1/16

Wollongong Art Gallery – 5/2/16 to 3/4/16

Maitland Regional Art Gallery – 30/4/16 to 19/6/16

Orange Regional Gallery – 3/9/16 to 6/11/16

Roy Jackson & Paul Selwood at RAFT - August 8-29

Roy Jackson & Paul Selwood at RAFT

8th – 29th August 2015
RAFT Artspace
8 Hele Crescent Alice Springs, PO Box 376, NT 0871, Alice Springs.

Roy Jackson Retrospective Exhibition poster for S.H. Ervin Gallery

Roy Jackson Retrospective 1963-2013

27th February – 12th April 2015
S.H. Ervin Gallery
Watson Road, Observatory Hill, The Rocks, Sydney.
Sun, 29th March, 3pm
Roy Jackson at Wedderburn - Join curator Sioux Garside and artist Elisabeth Cummings as they discuss the exceptional body of work and life of Roy Jackson, while he lived within the artistic community at Wedderburn.
Sun, 12th April, 3pm
Maggie Bassendine in conversation with Richard Morecroft - Join Maggie Bassendine, Roy's partner, as she reflects on their travels, life and art in the final chapter of Roy's colourful life.

Roy Jackson Inch Time Foot Gems Exhibition poster for Defiance Gallery

‘Inch Time Foot Gems’, Selected paintings 1999–2004

11th March – 4th April 2015
Defiance Gallery
47 Enmore Road, Newtown, Sydney.

Roy Jackson Book Launch and Exhibition Poster for Yellow House

Roy Jackson at The Yellow House

25th March – 12th April 2015
Yellow House
57–59 Macleay Street, Potts Point, Sydney.
Wed, 1st April, 6-8pm
Opening night and book launch - The new monograph Roy Jackson: Hands On will be launched by John McDonald. An exhibition of large scale paintings featured in the book will accompany the launch.

Solo

2013 Retrospective 1963-2013, Drill Hall Gallery, ANU, Canberra
2013 Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2010 To a dry land, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney.
2009 Line of Sight, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane.
2007 Hinterland, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2005 This and that way, Martin Browne Fine Art at the Yellow House, Sydney
2005 There Then There, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane.
2004 Ekseenda, Martin Browne Fine Art at the Yellow House, Sydney
2002 Stone Country, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney.
2001 Two Lands, One Country, The Customs House Gallery, Tyne and Wear, UK
2001 The Gallery, Queens Hall Arts Centre, Northumberland, UK
2001 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney.
1999 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney.
1998 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney.
1996 Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1994 Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1992 Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1990 Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1989 Milburn + Arte Gallery, Brisbane.
1988 Powell Street Graphics Gallery, Melbourne.
1988 Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1987 Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane.
1986 Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1984 Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1982 Mori Gallery, Sydney.
1981 Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne.
1981 David Reids’ Gallery, Sydney.
1980 Powell Street Graphics Gallery, Melbourne.
1977 Abraxas Gallery, Canberra.
1975 Abraxas Gallery, Canberra.

Selected Group

2012 Stand up Close: Remembering Ron Lambert, Wollongong City Art Gallery
2012 The Gate Gallery, Hunter Valley, NSW
2012 Abstraction in Landscape, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2011 Abstraction, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra.
2011 Artist Artists, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Victoria
2010 Unframed, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2010 Blue Chip, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney.
2008 Australian and New Zealand Works of Art, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2007 3X2, Roy Jackson + John Peart, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane.
2006 Crossing Paths II, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2004 Depth of Field, Anamorphosis, Utopia Gallery, Sydney.
2003 The Way of the Brush: Ian Fairweather, Roy Jackson, Tony Tuckson: War Memorial Art Gallery University of Sydney .
2003 Crossing Paths, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney.
2000 Dog, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney.
2000 Impact, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery.
1999 Recent Works – 6 Artists, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney.
1999 Prize Pictures, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney.
1998 6 from Wedderburn, Casula Powerhouse Centre
1997 Roy Jackson, John Peart: Works on Paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1996 Faces, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1995 Up Down and Across, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
1995 Recent Small Works, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1993 Two Painters One Sculptor, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1993 Within a Stone’s Throw, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery and King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney.
1992 Terracollaboratis, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney.
1991 The Figure, Graham Gallery, Kembla Heights
1991 Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney.
1990 She – Portrayals of a Woman, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1990 40 Artists, 40 Works, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1989 A Show of Heads, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1989 Roy Jackson, Ron Lambert – paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1989 Portrait of a Gallery, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
1988 Max Watters Collection, Muswellbrook Art Gallery
1988 Wedderburn Connection, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
1988 Abstraction by Degrees, Milburn + Arte Gallery, Brisbane.
1986 Big Abstract Drawings, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.
1985 South Coast Painters, Wollongong City Gallery
1984 Works on Paper, Campbelltown City Gallery.
1983 Figures and Faces Drawn from Life, Heide Park and Gallery, Melbourne.
1981 Twelve N.S.W. Young Contempories, Wollongong City Gallery
1981 Selected Works from the Michell Endowment, National Gallery Victoria.
1980 1st Sydney Annual, Reids’ Gallery, Sydney.
1979 European Beginnings, Ivan Dougherty Gallery.
1979 Sixties Returned, Wollongong City Gallery.
1967 New Directions Survey, Blaxland Gallery. Sydney.