Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2018 | “Jon Lewis Classics”, The Arthead Gallery “Perfect Strangers”, The Photography Room |
| 2017 | “Beauty in Difference”, State Library of New South Wales |
| 2016 | “Best of Jon Lewis”, Australian Galleries, Paddington |
| 2014-2016 | Galerie “La Vitrine D’ Hervé”, Paris |
| 2012 | ANU Gallery, Canberra Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney Dab Lab Gallery – UTS, Sydney South Hill Gallery, Goulburn Bondi Pavillion Atrium |
| 2011 | South Hill Gallery, Goulburn |
| 2010 | Sydney Theatre Company Monash Gallery of Art |
| 2009 | UTS Gallery, Sydney |
| 2007 | Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney UTS Gallery, Sydney |
| 2006 | Customs House, Sydney Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney Bega Valley Regional Gallery Mori Gallery, Sydney |
| 2005 | National Museum of Australia Goulburn Regional Gallery |
| 2004 | Pine St Gallery, Chippendale |
| 2003 | Campbelltown City Art Gallery |
| 2001 | Stills Gallery, Sydney |
| 2000 | Entertainment Centre, Darwin |
| 1999 | Coventry Gallery, Sydney Sturt Gallery, Mittagong |
| 1993 | Musee National des Arts de l’ Afrique et de L’Oceanie, Paris, France |
| 1992 | Stills Gallery, Sydney Coventry Gallery, Sydney |
| 1989-93 | Fnac Galerie Photo, Paris and throughout France and Belgium |
| 1988 | 13 Verity Street, Melbourne Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakata, Indonesia Solander Gallery, Sydney Coventry Gallery, Sydney |
| 1987 | Coventry Gallery, Sydney 13 Verity Street, Melbourne |
| 1985 | Coventry Gallery, Sydney |
| 1978 | ANZ Gallery, Sydney |
| 1976 | Coventry Gallery, Sydney Pentax Brummels Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1974 | Bonython Gallery, Sydney |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2018 | CLIP Award – Perth Centre of Photography Percival Photographic Portrait Prize – Pinnacles Gallery Celebration: 20 years of collecting visual art – Canberra Museum and Gallery Biennale of Sydney Archive exhibition – Art Gallery of NSW Eclectic – Ten Forty Seven Gallery |
| 2017 | Bowness Award – Monash Gallery of Art Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award – Gold Coast City Gallery Olive Cotton Award – Tweed Regional Gallery IRIS Award – Perth Centre for Photography Curtain Call – Stills Gallery Aviary – Canberra Museum and Gallery |
| 2016 | Australian Life, Art & About – Sydney DUO Percival Photographic Portrait Prize – Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville IRIS Award – Perth Centre for Photography Decisive: New Currents in Street Photography – Sixteen Mile Arts, Canada Add On – Head On Photo Festival, Sydney Bush Capital – Canberra Museum and Gallery After Dark Cowra – Cowra Regional Gallery |
| 2015 | The Photograph and Australia – Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Bowness Award – Monash Gallery, Melbourne Australian and International Contemporary Photography – Olsen Irwin Gallery The Decisive Moment – Contact Sheet Gallery |
| 2014 | National Portrait Prize travelling exhibition Australian Life, Art & About Art For Mart – South Hill Gallery Genesis Project – M Contemporary Gallery Ulsan International Photography Festival, South Korea Contemporary Chinese and Australian Photography – 3 perspectives – China Cultural Centre, Sydney face 2 face – Robin Gibson Gallery DUO Percival Photographic Portrait Prize – Pinnacles Gallery Beautiful Whale – Australian National Maritime Museum Head On South |
| 2013 | National Portrait Gallery (Paul Kelly) Penrith Regional Gallery Goulburn Regional Gallery x 2 South Hill Gallery Picturing Compassion – Perfect Strangers Hall DNA Gallery |
| 2012 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Goulburn Regional Gallery |
| 2009-10 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
| 2007 | Greenpeace Anniversary – Carriageworks, Sydney Tweed River Art Galley Head On, Sydney |
| 2006 | Tweed River Art Galley Alliance Francais, Sydney Head On, Sydney |
| 2005 | Tweed River Art Galley Alliance Francais, Sydney |
| 2004 | Ulrick/Schubert Award – Gold Coast Regional Gallery |
| 2003 | Citigroup Portrait Prize Art Gallery of NSW Ulrick/Schubert Award Gold Coast City Art Gallery |
| 2002 | Ulrick/Schubert Award Gold Coast City Art Gallery |
| 1999 | Yellow House Now, Michael Nagy Gallery |
| 1997 | London Photographers Gallery, England |
| 1996 | Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney |
| 1995 | Sydney Photographed MOCA, Sydney |
| 1994 | National Portrait Gallery, ACT Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1992 | Portrait of a Nation, Mitchell Library, Sydney |
| 1991 | La Galeria, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 1990 | Collection Photo de la Fnac, Paris, France |
| 1989 | Stadtishe Galerie, Erlangen, Germany Yellow House Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Portrait Photography, Australian National Gallery, ACT |
| 1988 | Black & White at Coventry, Coventry Gallery, Sydney A Changing Relationship, S.H. Ervin Gallery |
| 1986 | Five Years On, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1985 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1984 | Lady Fairfax Awards, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney |
| 1975 | Hogarth Galleries, Sydney |
| 1974 | Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney |
Awards/Selection |
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| 2018 | Finalist – The Contemporary Landscapes in Photography (CLIP) Award Finalist – Percival Photographic Portrait Prize |
| 2017 | Finalist – Bowness Photography Award Finalist – Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award Judges Honourable Mention – IRIS Award for Portraiture in Photographic Art Finalist – Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture Finalist – Charles Dodgson Black & White Award |
| 2016 | Finalist – 9th Pollux Award Winner – Australian Life, Art & About Finalist – IRIS Award for Portraiture in Photographic Art Finalist – DUO Percival Photographic Portrait Prize |
| 2015 | Finalist – Bowness Photography Prize |
| 2014 | Runner up – Australian Life, Art & About Finalist – National Photographic Portrait Prize Finalist – DUO Percival Photographic Portrait Prize |
| 2011 | Winner – Momento Portrait Photo Book Prize Finalist – Head On Portrait Prize |
| 2007 | Finalist – Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture |
| 2006 | Finalist – Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture Finalist – Head On Portrait Prize |
| 2003 | Finalist – 50 Crows International Fund for Documentary Photography |
Festivals |
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| 2016 | Head On Photo Festival |
| 2015 | Head On Photo Festival |
| 2014 | Head On Photo Festival Ulsan International Photography Festival, South Korea |
| 2013 | Head On Photo Festival |
| 2012 | Head On Photo Festival |
| 1999 | Darwin Festival |
| 1993 | Photofolie, Paris, France |
| 1989 | International Days of Photography, Montpellier, France |
Collections |
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| Elton John Collection Australian National Gallery Art Gallery of New South Wales National Museum of Australia Parliament House, ACT Health Commission, ACT Philip Morris Art Purchase Bibliotheque Nationale, France Fnac Collection Centre Regional De La Photographie Nort Pas – Des Calais Musee National des Arts de I’ Afrique et de I’ Oceanie Polaroid Collection, Germany Private Collections in Australia, France, England, Netherlands & USA |
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Grants |
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| 1991 | International Program, Australia Council |
| 1989 | International Program, Australia Council |
| 1974 | Visual Arts Boards Grant |
| Experimental Film Fund, Australia Film Corporation | |
Reviews |
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| 2018 | Luke Wong – ABC |
| 2016 | Henry Zwartz – The Sydney Morning Herald |
| 2016 | Sean Davey – The Photography Room |
| 2013 | Joyce Morgan – Brink – SMH |
| 2011 | Sandy Edwards – Arthere |
| 2007 | Michael Fitzgerald – Time Robert McFarlane – The Sydney Morning Herald |
| 2001 | Robert McFarlane, The Sydney Morning Herald |
| 1999 | Robert McFarlane – The Sydney Morning Herald |
| 1992 | Robert McFarlane – The Sydney Morning Herald |
| 1989 | 1989 Beatrice Faust – The Melbourne Age Martin Jolly – Photofile Brigette Ollier – Liberation |
| 1988 | Christine Godden, The Sydney Morning Herald Jacques Delarulle, The Sydney Morning Herald Robert McFarlane, The Australian |
| 1986 | Alex McGregor, Metro: The Sydney Morning Herald John McDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald Robert McFarlane, The Australian |
| 1985 | Max Dupain, The Sydney Morning Herald Robert McFarlane, The Australian Terence Maloon, The Eastern Herald |
| 1974 | Danielle Thomas, The Sydney Morning Herald |
Television |
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| 1996 | Photography interview by Stuart Goodman for ABC Billboard |
| 1993 | Cercle de Minuit, Paris, France |
| 1989 | Visual Instincts, Izon Production |
Published: Written Articles |
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| 2014 Head On Photo Festival Blog The Death of T.G.H. Strehlow, The National Review, Oct 1978 Charles William Bowman, Drover, GEO Magazine, Vol.3, No. 4 1981 |
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Published Photographs: Books |
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| Blood Mystic by George Gittoes – Pan Macmillan Australia 2016 The Mud House by Richard Glover – Revised Edition, HarperCollins 2016 Portraits from the Edge – Kiribati – Putting a Face to Climate Change – MOMENTO 2010 Visual Instincts Australian Contemporary Photography, Australian Government Printer 1989 Reflection of Life, One Kind Photography O Idea Books, Germany At Home In Australia, Peter Conrad An Eye for Photography, Alan Davies Photography Collection Handbook AGNSW Brett Whitely Studio |
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Published Photographs: Online |
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Published Photographs: Magazines |
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| Art & Australia, Art Network, New Poetry, Xpress Magazine, Camera Internationale, Photograhies Magazine, Liberation, Le Monde | |
Video / Film Production and Direction |
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| 1974 | ‘Dolphin Dreamin’ Stills photography for Film and Television production Bush Video productions – Australian National Gallery Collection |
| 1972 | Yellow House Tapes |
Stills Photography for Film & Television |
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| 1986 | The House on the Coast, Deadalus Production The Marsupials – Howling 11 – Bancannia Production From the Mountains to the Sea – Bozado Production |
| 1985 | Eora Corroboree – Corroboree Films |
| 1984 | From the Neck to Knee – Albie Thoms Production |
| 1983 | The Secret Discovery of Australia – Edgecliff Films |
| 1982 | The Dissapperance of Azaria Chamberlain – Edgecliff Films |
Teaching |
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| 2010-2015 | Sydney Community College |
| 2004-2014 | UTS, Sydney |
| 1995-2006 | TAFE – Goulburn |
| 1994-1999 | UTS, Sydney |
| 1991 | COFA, Sydney |
| 1989 | Parsons School of Design – Paris |
| 1989 | European Graphic Design – Paris |
| 1978 | Resident Artist All Saints College-Bathurst |
Languages |
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| French and Tetun (East Timor) | |
Professional Summary |
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| 2014-2018 | Sydney Street Portraits |
| 2013 | Photography in Wilcannia and Bourke |
| 2011 | Muckaty Journey (NT) with Johno Throsby |
| 2009-2010 | Kiribati Photography |
| 2007 | Curated Greenpeace 30th Anniversary Photo Exhibition Wombeyan International Photo Festival Sorry Day with Jodie Wiggins |
| 2006-2007 | Muslim photography Wingecarribee Reconciliation Chairperson |
| 2005-2015 | NPWS Guide, Wombeyan Caves |
| 2005 | Wombeyan International Photo Festival |
| 2002-2003 | Bougainville photography |
| 2000-2015 | Rural Fire Service, Taralga |
| 2000-2001 | East Timor photography |
| 1994-2008 | Bush photography |
| 1992 | Outback photography |
| 1989-1992 | Lived and taught in Paris Polaroid 20’x 24″ Paris |
| 1998 | Photography for Aboriginal Memorial photography with Djon Mundine |
| 1987-1988 | Outback photography Travel and photography London/Paris/New York Polaroid 20″x 24″ NYC |
| 1986 | Indonesian photography Commence Studio Portrait photography |
| 1984-1985 | Bondi photography |
| 1979 | Centralia photography |
| 1977 | Co-founded Greenpeace Australia Activist photography |
| 1975 | Dolphin Dreamin-experimental film on dolphins. |
| 1972 | Bush Video |
| 1971 | Yellow House Artists Community |
