'Nocturnal
Landscape' by Philip Wolfhagen
1963 - Born in Tasmania
1987 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Centre for the Arts, the University of
Tasmania, Hobart
1990 - Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts,
University of Sydney
1990-95 - Lived and worked in Sydney
2009
Out of the Garden, Philip Bacon
Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2007
Vapour Trails, Embassy of Australia,
Washington DC, USA
2006
Luminary Traces, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS
Night Visions, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2005
Night Beacons, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2004
The Inner Edge, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
The Inner Edge, Academy Gallery, School of Visual and Performing Arts,
University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS
Noctiluca, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS
Archipelago, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Inveresk,
Launceston, TAS
2003
Archipelago, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Inveresk,
Launceston, TAS
Shifting light, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2002
High ground, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney, NSW
2001
Winter Journeys, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2000
Converging planes, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Liawenee Exploration, Bett Gallery
Hobart, Hobart, TAS
1999
Cross Sections, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1998
Surface Tension, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
1997
Six Level Seas and Four Recollections, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Plateaux, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1996
Illuminations, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney, NSW
1995
Vanishing Points, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1994
Passages, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
1993
Elevations, Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Devonport, TAS; Dick Bett
Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1992
Illusory Fields, Series 2, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1991
Illusory Fields, Syme Dodson Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1990
The Stages of a Delirium, Syme Dodson Gallery, Sydney, NSW
The Path of Least Resistance, Salamanca Place Gallery (Bett Gallery),
Hobart, TAS
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2009
Four Tasmanian Painters – Burns, Keeling, Wastell & Wolfhagen, Holmes à
Court Gallery Perth, WA
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
2008
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Time and Place: Selected works from the TarraWarra Museum of Art
collection, TarraWarra Museum of Art, VIC
The Green Zone, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, TAS
Contemporaneous; Australian Contemporary Painting 1, Wangaratta
Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC
2007
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
2006/07
From an Island South, Asia Link Touring Exhibition; Lahore, Pakistan;
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Bangkok, Thailand
2006
Australia and Constable, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Senses of Place: Art in Tasmania, 1970-2005, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart,
TAS
Salon, curated by Catherine Wolfhagen, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS
2005
Rhapsody 21C: Tasmanian Contemporary Art, Academy Gallery, University of
Tasmania, Launceston, TAS
2004-05
Great Escapes, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
2004
Frank Saxby Acquisitions, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
Tidal, Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS
2003
Depth of Field, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, VIC
Depth of Field, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC
Painting Tasmanian Landscape, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania,
Hobart, TAS
2002
Extreme Landscapes (with Philip Hughes), Sherman Galleries Hargrave,
Sydney, NSW
2001
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, (first prize), Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney,
NSW
Five Painters, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney, NSWAspects of
Tasmanian Art, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Inveresk,
Launceston, TAS
Between Phenomena - The Panorama in Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart,
TAS
Poets and Painters, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS
2000
Through the Landscape, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston,
TAS
Uncommon World: Aspects of Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery
of Australia, Canberra, ACT
1999
Distance, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney,NSW
1998
1998 Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
Contemporary Australian Art from the Tamar Collection, Queen Victoria
Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Leading the Way: 1997–98 Acquisitions Exhibition, Newcastle Region Art
Gallery, NSW
1997
Australian Perspecta: Between Art and Nature, Temple of Earth Memories,
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane;
national tour
ANON, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney, NSW
Site and Sensibility: A Selection from the Artbank Collection, S.H.
Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
The Horizon Line, King Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1996–98
Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney; regional
gallery tour
1996
Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria,
Melbourne; national tour
Brushing the Dark: Recent Art from Tasmania, Tasmanian Museum and Art
Gallery, Hobart, TAS; Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, QLD; Ivan
Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW; Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA;
Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth, WA; Brisbane Civic Gallery & Arts
Centre, Brisbane, QLD; Burnie Regional Gallery, TAS; Queen Victoria
Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
1995-96
Blundstone Contemporary Art Award,
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS; Penrith Regional
Art Gallery, NSW; Waverley City Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1995
The Artist's Garden, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Windows on Australia I, Australian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
Figure/Ground, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Storehouse, Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, TAS
Hidden Treasures; Art in Corporate Collections, S.H. Ervin Gallery,
Sydney, NSW
Group Show, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney, NSW
1994
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Rommix, ROM Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1992
Festival of Fisher’s Ghost Award, (first prize), Campbelltown City Art
Gallery, NSW
Seven, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New
South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1991
Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1989
The October Show, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Genius Loci: Spirit of Place, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart; RMIT, Melbourne,
VIC
1988
Thinly Veiled Threats, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart, TAS
12th International Print Biennale, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Cracow,
Poland
Fragments of False Houses, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London, UK
Commissions and Grants
2001 - Winner, Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2001 - Awarded the Centenary Medal, for contribution made to the Arts
1998 - Commonwealth Law Courts, Melbourne, VIC
1997 - Royal Women’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW
1996 - Illuminations, Australia Council, VACB Project Grant
1995 - Sydney Grammar School Fellowship in Art, Sydney, NSW
1993 - Elevations, Australia Council, VACB Project Grant
1990 - Art for Public Buildings Scheme, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board,
Hobart Project for Murray High School, Unknown Landscapes, Queenstown,
TAS
National
Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW
Devonport Gallery & Arts Centre, TAS
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
New England Regional Art Museum
University of Tasmania, Hobart
University of Technology, Sydney
Muzeum Narodowe W Warsawie, Poland
Artbank
Derwent Collection, TAS
Macquarie Bank, Sydney, Melbourne and London
Pat Corrigan Collection, Australia
Sydney Grammar School, Sydney
Tamar Collection, Launceston
Esk Collection, TAS
Private Collections Australia, New Zealand, Japan, UK, Canada and USA