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CURRICULUM VITAE

Born Christchurch, New Zealand, 1956

Solo exhibitions [selected from 2010-2021]

2024

  • Flux, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW

  • June & Henry, PGgallery 192, Christchurch, NZ

  • The Zoo Part 1 King Street Gallery on William, Sydney

2023           

  • FacingTime: Portraits of Geoff by Euan Macleod, The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pukenga Whakaata, Wellington NZ

  • Summit Road, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney NSW

2022           

  • 2 Degrees – Western Plains Cultural Centre, NSW

  • Memories of Forgetting - Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

  • Euan Macleod Plein Air, 3:33 Art Projects Young Curators Program with Abbotsleigh School and Hornsby Girls’ High School, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Wahroonga NSW

 

2021           

  • Hold Fast, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ

  • Trans-Tasman Bubble King Street Gallery on William, Sydney [online exhibition]

  • Lessons in isolation, PGgallery 192, Christchurch, NZ

2020            

  • Figure in a Dissolving Landscape, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney

  • Euan Macleod – Drawings and etchings from High Wire – a picture book by Lloyd Jones and Euan Macleod, Bowen Galleries, Wellington NZ

2019

  • Euan Macleod: Cloud and River, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

  • Guardian: Euan Macleod, Delamar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney

  • Clouds and Caves, Bowen Galleries, Wellington NZ

  • Clouds and Caves, Bowen Galleries (in Auckland NZ)

2018

  • The Clayton Utz Art Partnership: Euan Macleod, Clayton Utz, Sydney

  • Euan Macleod Prints, Octa, Cromwell, NZ

  • Painting in window, Bowen Galleries, Wellington NZ

2017

  • Swing/Bridge, Watters Gallery, Sydney NSW

  • A Backward Glance, Bowen Galleries, Wellington NZ

  • High and Low, Nock Art Gallery, Hong Kong

  • Euan Macleod – Painter, travelling survey exhibition - Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill; Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui; Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science and History, Palmerston North; Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei – all New Zealand

2016​

  • Euan Macleod – Prints 1991 - 2016, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW

  • I do love paint: Euan Macleod, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW

  • A fragment of a memory of travel – a travelogue of works on paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney

  • Euan Macleod – paintings, PG gallery 192, Christchurch, NZ

  • Euan Macleod – Painter, Suter Gallery, Nelson; Central Stories Art Gallery and Museum, Alexandra; Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton; Millennium Public Art Gallery, Blenheim; Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, - all NZ 

  • Boneyard, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Vic

2015

  • Gallipoli, Watters Gallery, Sydney NSW

  • Euan Macleod – Painter, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru

  • Rope, Bowen Galleries, Wellington NZ

  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Art of Connecting: Euan Macleod, BAML, Sydney

2014

  • Euan Macleod: the Painter in the Painting, Tauranga Art Gallery, NZ; Hamilton Art Gallery, NZ

  • Euan Macleod: Moreton Island, Museum of Brisbane, Qld

  • Moreton Island – En Plein Air, Victor Mace Fine Art gallery, Brisbane Qld

  • Exploration, Watters Gallery, Sydney NSW

  • Euan Macleod - Works on Paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney NSW

2013

  • Colossus, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne Vic

  • High Water, Bowen Galleries, Wellington NZ

2012

  • South Island, Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW

  • Euan Macleod – Works on Paper, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland NZ

  • Holiday Snaps, Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane Qld

  • In Island, Window Gallery, Bowen Galleries, Wellington NZ

2011

  • Surface Tension: the art of Euan Macleod 1991 – 2009, Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW

  • Surface Tension: the art of Euan Macleod 1991 – 2009, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW

  • Euan Macleod: Works on Paper, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW

  • Onward and Upward, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

  • Surface Tension: the art of Euan Macleod 1991 – 2009, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic

  • Surface Tension: the art of Euan Macleod 1991 – 2009, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW

  • Euan Macleod Portraits, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW

  • Surface Tension: the Art of Euan Macleod 1991 – 2009, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane

  • Dry Ice – Paintings  by Euan Macleod, Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane

  • Euan Macleod – a Selection of Etchings, Grahame Galleries +Editions, Brisbane

2010

  • Glacial, Watters Gallery, Sydney

  • Walking on Ice, Bowen Galleries, Wellington NZ

  • Surface Tension: The art of Euan Macleod 1991-2009, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

  • Brisbane River Paintings, Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane

Group exhibitions [selected from 2015-2021]

2024

  • Landscape Tells the Way: Illawarra, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW

  • FacingTime, 50 Years, North Site Contemporary, Cairns

2023  

  • Internal landscapes, Messums Wiltshire, Wiltshire UK

  • Land holds memory, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, QLD

  • Fire and Ice, The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoio Whakatu, Nelson NZ

  • Making Place: 100 Views of Brisbane, Museum of Brisbane QLD

  • Painted River Project: Rare Upland Swamps, Western Sydney University Gallery, NSW

  • Cicada Press – 20 Years, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW

  • Like a Bulwark – Euan Macleod & Gregory O’Brien: Meretoto and Beyond – solo and collaborative paintings by Euan Macleod and Gregory O’Brien, The Diversion Gallery, Picton NZ

  • Blue Chip XXV, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, VIC

  • Peter Kingston / Euan Macleod – Travelling North, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns QLD

2022  

  • WrestleMANIA, Rockhampton Museum of Art, QLD

  • 2 degrees – Euan Macleod and Rodney Pople, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo NSW   

  • Local Knowledge – collaborative paintings by Euan Macleod and Gregory O’Brien, (with new works included), Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton NZ     

  • SEA Harmony in Divergence, Chinese Cultural Centre, Chatswood NSW

  • Resilience and Human Spirit: Stations of the Cross 2022, Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School, Northmead NSW

  • Making Place: 100 Views of Brisbane, MoB Museum of Brisbane, QLD

  • Dobell Drawing Prize #22, BAMM Bank Art Museum Moree, Moree NSW

  • The Gold Award 2022, Rockhampton Museum of Art, Rockhampton, QLD

  • Blue Mountains Portraits 2022, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba NSW

  • Local Knowledge: Collaborative Paintings by Euan Macleod and Gregory O’Brien, He Waka Tuia Art and Museum / Invercargill Public art Gallery, Invercargill, NZ

 

2021 

  • Local Knowledge, Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore, NZ

  • Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney   

  • Stirring the Ash: Euan Macleod & Andrew Merry, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW     

  • The Dobell Drawing Prize #22, National Art School, Sydney

  • From the river to the sea, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW

  • Stations of the Cross, Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School, Northmead NSW

  • Tree of Life – a testament to endurance, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney NSW

  • Re-gathering, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Vic

2020            

  • Revolving Summer Show, PG gallery 192, Christchurch NZ

  • Local Knowledge – Euan Macleod and Gregory O’Brien, Millennium Art Gallery, Marlborough NZ

  • Euan Macleod – High Wire: book & works on paper, PG gallery 192, Christchurch NZ 

  • Xmas ’20, PG gallery 192, Christchurch NZ

  • Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney NSW 

  • Local Knowledge – Euan Macleod and Gregory O’Brien, Millennium Art Gallery, Blenheim NZ

  • Portraits Project: 15 Self Portraits, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney NSW 

  • Elliott/Eyes Collection, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW

  • Double Vision – Euan Macleod and Ron McBurnie, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW

  • The Bite - Prints by Cicada Press, Project Gallery 90, Paddington NSW

2019

  • Archibald Prize 2019 (travelling exhibition), Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook, NSW

  • Wai –The Water Project, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua NZ

  • Double Vision – Euan Macleod & Ron McBurnie, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW

  • River on the Brink: Inside the Murray-Darling Basin, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney

  • Rock Paper Scissors, Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar

  • SALIENT: Contemporary Artists at the Western Front, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW

  • Sydney Contemporary 2019, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore, stand 

  • Love, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW

  • Journeyman, ceramic collaborations by Euan Macleod and Ros Auld, Lolli Redini, Orange NSW

  • Belle Ile, Euan Macleod & Luke Sciberras, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney

  • Water Project, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch NZ

  • Archibald Prize, finalists’ exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW

  • He Manawa Whenua: He Puna Wai Water\Way - Thirteen contemporary artists explore the rivers and lakes of Aotearoa, Aratoi Wairarapa, Museum of Art and History, Masterton NZ

  • Stations of the Cross 2019, Northmead CAPAHS, NSW

  • SALIENT: Contemporary Artists at the Western Front, NERAM, Armidale, NSW; Bank Art Museum, Moree; Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre

  • Inside/Outside, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney

  • Work and Play: Fine Art Prints From Cicada press, Project Gallery 90, Paddington NSW

2018

  • 100 Years On, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney

  • SALIENT: Contemporary Artists at the Western Front, Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney; 

  • Kedumba Connections, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW

  • Euan Macleod – Paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney

  • Euan Macleod and Gregory O’Brien: Collaborations, Watters Gallery, Sydney

  • 2018 Archibald Prize, (travelling exhibition), Geelong Gallery, Vic

  • Sydney Contemporary 2018, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, stand; 

  • Yavuz Gallery, Singapore, stand 

  • Euan Macleod: Painter, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua, NZ

  • The Horse, curated by Noel McKenna, Darren Knight Gallery

  • Belle Ile: Luke Sciberras and Euan Macleod, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney, NSW

  • The Art of Friendship, Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios, Lane Cove, NSW

  • Jamberoo Mountain Road, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, NSW

  • Archibald Prize, (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW

  • Sedimente, Werkschauhalle, Spinnerei, Germany

  • The Water Project, Ashburton Gallery, Ashburton, NZ

  • Interiors, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW

  • Euan Macleod – Painter, Pah Homestead, Auckland, NZ

  • Four Views – Euan Macleod, Steve Lopes, Angela Malone and Brad Hammond, Lolli Redini, Orange, NSW

2017

  • Coast: the Artists’ Retreat. Cape Schanck to Point Nepean, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC

  • An Idiosyncratic Selection Curated by Geoffrey Legge, Watters Gallery, Sydney

  • Xmas ’17, PG gallery 192, Christchurch, NZ

  • Tamatea: Art and Conservation in Dusky Sound, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, NZ

  • Sydney Contemporary 2017, Watters Gallery exhibit, Carriageworks

  • Kakaudu – an artist’s perspective, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

  • Artist Profile – Australasian Painters 2007-2017, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW

  • Water, water everywhere…, Collaborations with Gregory O’Brien, The Diversion, Picton, NZ

  • Lock the Gate, Watters Gallery, Sydney

  • Fragrant Impressions, Nock Art Foundation, Hong Kong

  • Yavuz Gallery, Singapore, at Art Basel Hong Kong 2017, Hong Kong

  • Stations of the Cross 2017, Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School, NSW 

  • The Phantom Art Show, Bunker Cartoon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW and touring nationally 2017-18

Collections

 

  • Allen Allen & Hemsley

  • AMP; Artbank

  • Art Gallery of New South Wales

  • Art Gallery of South Australia

  • Art Gallery of Western Australia

  • Artspace Mackay, Regional Art Gallery, Qld

  •  Museum of Brisbane, Qld

  • Art Vault, The Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Vic

  • Australian Catholic University, Melbourne

  • Australian Museum, Sydney

  • Baker & McKenzie

  • Baillieu Myer Collection

  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW

  • Bond University, Qld

  • Burnie Art Gallery,TAS

  • Canterbury University, NZ

  • Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton, NZ

  • Charles Sturt University Art Collection, Wagga Wagga, NSW

  • Derwent Collection, Hobart

  • Germanos Collection, Sydney

  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld

  • Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne

  • Historic Houses Trust, NSW

  • Kedumba Drawing Collection, NSW

  • Lincoln University, Christchurch, NZ

  • Macquarie Bank

  • Macquarie University, NSW

  • Mallesons Stephen Jaques

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

  • Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW

  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

  • National Gallery of Victoria

  • Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, NSW

  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW

  • New South Wales Bar Association; NRMA

  • NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW

  • Parliament House, Canberra

  • Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ

  • Rockhampton Art Gallery

  • Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria

  • Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ

  • Tamworth City Art Gallery, NSW

  • Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand

  • Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW

  • University of Queensland Art Museum

  • University of Sydney Union

  • University Technology Art Collection, Sydney

  • Victoria University, Wellington, NZ

  • Western Mining, WA

  • Wollongong City Art Gallery, NSW

  • Australian Film Commission

  • Fine Arts Department, University of New South Wales

  • Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW

  • World Congress Centre, Melbourne

  • Australian War Memorial, ACT

Awards

2021

  • Dobell Drawing Prize, NAS

2011                      

  • The King’s School Art Prize, Parramatta

2009                      

  • Gallipoli Art Prize, Gallipoli Club Sydney

  • Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane

2008                      

  • NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW

2006                      

  • Blake Prize for Religious Art 2003             

2001                      

  • The Sir John Sulman Prize, AGNSW

2000                      

  • Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane

1999                      

  • The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW            

1987                      

  • University of New South Wales Art Purchase Exhibition

Residencies

2022

  • Artist on The Painted River Project, BAMM Bank Art Museum Moree,

Moree NSW

2021

  • Artist in Residence, Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo NSW


2020


  • Artist in Residence, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW

  • Artist in Residence, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW


2016

  • Artist in Residence, Police Point, with Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, Portsea, VIC

  • Artist in Residence, Moonee Beach, with Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery

  • Artist in Residence, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC

2015

  • Artist in Residence, NZ Department of Conservation (Dusky Sound), NZ


2014

  • Artist in Residence, Pungalina, courtesy Australian Wildlife Conservancy

  • Artist in Residence, Waiheke Island, NZ

2012

  • Artist in Residence, Prestwick, Scotland

2011

  • Artist in Residence, Alayrac, France 2005

  • Artist in Residence, BIGhART, Trial Harbour, Tas

  • Artist in Residence, Watch This Space, Alice Springs, NT

1997-08

  • Lecturer in Painting, National Art School, Sydney

1995

  • Artist in Residence, Bundanon, NSW

  • Artist in Residence, Canberra School of Art

1994

  • QEII Arts Council of New Zealand Artist in Residence at School of Fine

  • Arts, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

1993

  • Artist in Residence, Canberra School of Art

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