Born
1915, Sydney , Australia |
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Studies
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| 1934-36 |
East Sydney Technical College |
| 1937-38 |
Sydney
Teachers College |
| 1947-49 |
Europe, United States of America |
| 1958-59 |
Europe, United States of America |
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| Appointments |
| 1945-46 |
Art Lecturer, Sydney Teachers College |
| 1949-72 |
Art Critic, Sydney 'Sun' Newspaper |
| 1962-72 |
Art Critic, Sydney 'Sun-Herald' Newspaper; Foundation
Member, Aust. Div. International Association of
Art Critics |
| 1971 |
Director, Dobell Art Foundation |
| 1972 |
Appointed to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board,
Canberra |
| 1973 |
Australian Commission, 12th Sao Paulo International
Bienal, Brazil; Chairman, Acquisitions Committee,
Australian National Gallery, Canberra; Judge, Tokyo
International Bienal of Prints |
| 1975 |
Awarded Member of the Order of Australia |
| 1975-78 |
Visiting Curator of Australian Art, Australian
National Gallery |
| 1976-82 |
Member, First Council of the Australian National
Gallery, Canberra |
| 1989 |
Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Literature from
Macquarie University, New South Wales |
| 1990 |
Awarded Officer of the Order of Australia |
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| Individual Exhibitions |
| 1950, 52 |
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1954-56 |
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1958, 61 |
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1963 |
Skinner Galleries, Perth; South Yarra Gallery,
Melbourne |
| 1964 |
Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1965 |
Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle |
| 1966-67 |
Macquarie Galleries, Canberra |
| 1968 |
South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1969 |
Bonython Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1970 |
Macquarie Galleries, Canberra |
| 1971 |
Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1973 |
Prouds Gallery, Sydney |
| 1981 |
Tolamo Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1982, 84 |
Watters Gallery, Sydney |
| 1986 |
Pinacotheca, Melbourne; David Jones Art Gallery,
Sydney |
| 1987 |
Black Swan Gallery, Fremantle; Pinacotheca, Melbourne;
David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 1988 |
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane; Pinacotheca,
Melbourne; Watters Gallery, Sydney |
| 1989 |
B.M.G. Fine Art, Adelaide; Pinacotheca, Melbourne |
| 1993 |
Watters Gallery, Sydney; Philip Bacon Galleries,
Brisbane |
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| James Gleeson is represented in The
Australian National Gallery, all State Galleries,
and most Regional Galleries |
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