Contemporary art is David’s passion.
David has comprehensive exhibition management experience across nearly 40 years. Whether for the Biennale of Sydney, Adelaide Festival or regional galleries, local government galleries or contemporary art spaces, David has done it.
David’s curatorial work is relevant for broad based audiences. His exhibitions use themes that are relevant to all.
Exhibition Project Highlights
2022
Field of Visions, Michael Prior & Mira Gojak, Latrobe Regional Gallery
Hazelwood, an exhibition featuring a historic mural of the Hazelwood Power Station accompanied by historical photos and documents. A significant local exhibition for the people of the Latrobe Valley.
2021
50 Years, 50 Artists, a major exhibition to celebrate 50 years of Latrobe Regional Gallery. The exhibition featured artworkd from the collection of Latrobe Regional Gallery by artists who have made a significant contribution to the development of art in Gippsland. The exhibition also included artworks borrowed from artists who are living or working in Gippsland. Three artists were commissioned to make new works, Kate Zizys, Lesley Duxbury, Louisa Waters
Speculative Realms, an exhibition featuring the work of Tasmanian artist Tricky Walsh
2020
Moving Pictures: Contemporary video art featuring artists, Holly Block, Rosie Gibbens (UK), Laresa Kosloff, Pilar Mata Dupont, Irene Proebsting & Barry Brown, Mia Salsjo, Silo String Quartet, Brie Trenerry, Vanessa White
2019
Which Way the Wind Blows: Artworks by Mandy Martin drawn from the Cbus Collection of Australian Art and from the collection of the Latrobe Regional Gallery
2018
Odile, group exhibition, Drum Theatre, Heritage Hill Museum, Garnar Lane Light Boxes, Walker Street Gallery. Artists: Polixeni Papapetrou, Juan Ford, Jenny Holzer, Zoe Croggon, Anne Ferran, Vanessa White, Tarryn Gill, Hung Lin, Kyoko Imazu, Kate Rohde, Gosia Wlodarczak
2016
Venation, group exhibition Walker Street Gallery. Artists: Elizabeth Banfield, Danica Chappell, Ying Chew, Sophie Koh, Lyndal Walker, David Wadelton
There are tears at the heart of things, group exhibition Walker Street Gallery, Artists: Cyrus Tang, Irene Hanenbergh, Janet Beckhouse, Fourteen Nights at Sea
2015
Fugue, group exhibition Walker Street Gallery. Artists: Karen Casey, Emma van Leest, Michael Prior
Home Here Now, group exhibition Walker Street Gallery. Artists: Khaled Sabsabi, Hossein Valamanesh, Kosar Majani, Guan Wei, Rubaba Haider
2014
Vespertine, group exhibition Walker Street Gallery. Artists: David Stephenson, Kate Winterton, Glasfrosch, Bill Viola, Angelica Mesiti
2013
Burqas, veils and hoodies, group exhibition Walker Street Gallery. Artists: Guler Ates, Jane Burton & Fabrice Bigot, Ben Cauchi, Michele Elliot, Rubaba Haider, Kosar Majani, Georgia Metaxas, Nasim Nasr, Darren Sylvester, Christian Thompson, Makiko Yamamoto
2012
Things that go bump in the night, group exhibition Walker Street Gallery. Artists: Jane Burton, Jon Cattapan, Edward Colless, Matt Coyle, Kotoe Ishii, Georgia Metaxas, Stephanie Monteith, Mia Saljso, Heidi Yardley
2010
Within, Indepently published book. John Barbour, Jane Burton, Alin Huma, David McDowell, Jacky Redgate, Monique Redmond, Darren Sylvester
2008
Decor, group exhibition Glen Eira City Council Gallery. Artists: Jane Burton, Shiau Peng Chen, Lara Merrett, David Noonan, Wolfgang Sievers, Darren Sylvester, David Stephenson, Sarah Ryan, Paul Zika
Apartment, Curated program of exhibitions by Shiau Peng Chen, Anastasia Klose, Jane Burton and Fabrice Bigot. Invited guest curators, Laresa Kosloff, and Stuart Bailey
2007
Apartment, Curated program of exhibitions by Edward Colless, Rose Farrell and George Parkin, Jane Burton, Cheiko Kawaguchi and Alin Huma, Laresa Kosloff, George Popperwell, Aaron Martin
2006
Apartment, Curated program of exhibitions by David McDowell, Aaron Martin, Jane Burton, Craige Andrae, Leslie Eastman
2005
Apartment, Curated program of exhibitions by Ian North, Alin Huma & Chieko Kawaguchi, John Barbour, David McDowell, Miriam Johnson, Irene Hanenbergh
2004
Wounded: Land Memory Destiny, exhibition by Victor Majzner. Glen Eira City Council Gallery, toured to Fremantle Arts Centre
Apartment, Curated program of exhibitions by Ian North, John Vella, John Barbour, Richard Grayson, Alin Huma and Cheiko Kawaguchi
2003
Southern Light – the art of Jan Murray, A survey exhibition looking at the work of Jan Murray. Touring to the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, the Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery and the Hamilton Art Gallery.
2002
Beyond the everyday, The Art of Elizabeth Gower, 1975 – 2002 An exhibition and book that surveys the art of Elizabeth Gower. Touring to Mildura Arts Centre, the Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery and Hamilton Art Gallery.
2001
Backmasking – The art of Stieg Persson An exhibition which surveys’ twenty years of art by Stieg Persson. Touring to Bendigo Art Gallery, Hamilton Art Gallery, and The Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta. Funding received from Arts Victoria.
2000
Some Star to Steer By - John Dunkley-Smith, 1977-2000 A survey of the work of John Dunkley-Smith. Funding received from Arts Victoria
1999
Jon Campbell's Greatest Hits A survey of the work of Jon Campbell. An exhibition at the Glen Eira City Council Gallery and toured to the Canberra School of Art Gallery.
1998
Ponch Hawkes, A Survey. Exhibition of the work of Ponch Hawkes. Catalogue essays by Janine Burke, Isobel Crombie and David O'Halloran. Glen Eira City Gallery. Sponsored by NETS Victoria, Gordon Darling Foundation and Murdoch & Barclay. Toured to regional Victoria and NSW.
1996
Art Across the Oceans, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide and Copenhagen 96, Copenhagen, Denmark. Artists: Mutlu Cerkez, Fiona Foley, Leigh Hobba, Denise Kum, Jacqueline Fraser, and Merylyn Tweedie. Sponsored by Visual Arts Crafts Fund, the Arts Council of New Zealand. Illustrated catalogue with curator's essay.
Artists' Week 96 - Compost, Adelaide Festival, An exhibition exploring public and private space, idiosyncratic identity and the suburb. Art located in private homes and small community facilities in the City of Norwood & Kensington. In collaboration with John Barbour and Paul Hewson. Artists: Howard Arkley, Guan Wei, Hany Armanious, Maria Kozic, Helen Lillecrap-Fuller, Stephen Bram, Stephen Bush, Regina Walters, Christopher Snee, Steve Wigg, Constanze Zikos, Anna Platten, Suzanne Treister, Leah King Smith and Tony Schwensen. Sponsored by the Visual Arts Crafts Fund and the City of Norwood. Illustrations, curator's essay in the Adelaide Festival Visual Arts Guide 1996.
1992
Co–founding partner of post – west gallery, Adelaide. A one-year gallery project funded and managed by Linda Marie Walker, Paul Hewson, Alan Cruickshank and David O'Halloran.
Blink, An exhibition of photography, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia. Artists: Jacky Redgate, Virginia Barratt, Bronia Iwanczak, Alan Cruickshank, Pat Brassington, Stephen Bram. Catalogue with curator's essay.
1991
Neighbours, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia. Artists: Mental As Anything, Jon Campbell, Robert Rooney, Howard Arkley, Elizabeth Gower, Susan Wyers, David Keeling, Andrew Petrusevics, Reg Mombassa, Janet Moore, Mick Ward. Illustrated catalogue with curator's essay
1989
Proposals, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, toured to Artspace, Sydney and Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide. Artists: Angela Brennan, Elizabeth Newman, Rosemary Nolan, Hiram To, Stephen Bram, Kent Morris. Illustrated catalogue produced curator's essay.