Exhibitions

Individual Exhibitions
2008
David Stephenson: Sublime Symmetries, Australian and Portuguese Embassies, Washington, D.C.
David Stephenson, O'Sullivan Art Gallery at Regis University, Denver
Star Drawings, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2007
Vaults, Julie Saul, New York
Vaults, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Vaults 2006-07, Boutwell Draper, Sydney
Selected Photographs 1993-2003, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
Marking Time, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
2006
Symétries sublimes, photographies de David Stephenson,
Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris
2005
Drawing Time, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2004
David Stephenson, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Cupolas, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Dome Photographs 2000-2003, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
2003
David Stephenson: The Dome Project, Candace Perich Gallery, Katonah
Skeletons, Bett Gallery, HobartSkeletons, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2001
Starlight: David Stephenson Photographs, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Space + Light: David Stephenson Photographs, 1982-1996, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Dome Photographs, 1993-2000, Bett Gallery, Hobart
2000
Heaven, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Cupolas, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Dome, CAST Gallery, Hobart
Virtual Dome, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1999
Stars, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
Domes, Dolphin, Kansas City
1998
Sublime Space: David Stephenson Photographs 1989-98,
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Anatomies, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1997
Domes, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Domes , Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1996
Transfigurations , Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1995
Transfigurations, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland forFotofeis International Festival of Photography in Scotland
1994
Winter, James Danziger Gallery, New York
Dark Nature, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart (collaboration with Anne MacDonald)
The Ice, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1993
Dissolution, Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne
The Ice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1992
Vast , Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Vast , Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
1991
Vast , Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
Vast , Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery
1990 Untitled 1989-90, Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne
Untitled 1989-90, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
1989
David Stephenson , Selected Photographs 1979-89, Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
David Stephenson , Gallerie Cimitiere, Launceston
1988
David Stephenson , Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
1987
Mountain/Sea, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
David Stephenson , Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1985
David Stephenson , Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
David Stephenson , The Friends of Photography, Carmel
1984
David Stephenson , The Developed Image, Adelaide
1983
The Divided Landscape, Robert Freidus Gallery, New York
David Stephenson , The Developed Image, Adelaide
Extended Landscape, Tasmanian School of Art Gallery, Hobart
1982
David Stephenson, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
1981
David M Stephenson, Camerawork Gallery, San FranciscTrans Alaska Pipeline, ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque


Group Exhibitions
2008
Neo-Goth: Back in Black, University of Queensland Museum of Art, Brisbane
Photography and Architecture, Parc de Sceaux, Paris
2007
Ingenuidades: Fotografia e Engenharia 1846-2006, Galeria de Exposições Temporårias da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZAR)
Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund, National Gallery of Victoria, MelbourneABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
Cross Currents: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2006
From an Island South (Asialink/Devonport Regional Gallery touring exhibition touring venues in Asia.
aniGma-2006 The 3d Novosibirsk International Festival of Digital Imaging, Animation & Video-Art, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia
Different Dimension, 1st Novosibirsk International Festival of contemporary photography, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia
A Precipitation in Time, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport
Artbank: Celebrating 25 Years of Australia Art, Redland Art Gallery, Queensland, and national tour
2005
Studies in Meditation, Candace Perich Gallery, Katonah, New York.
Looking South, Plimsoll Galley, Centre for the Arts, Hobart.
The Place Where Three Dreams Cross, Plimsoll Galley, Centre for the Arts, Hobart (national tour).
Breaking Ice, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.Idiosyncrasy: Painting and Photography, Qld Centre for Photography, Brisbane.
Transformer, Long Gallery, Hobart.Points of View: Australian Photography, 1985-95, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Olhares Estrangeiros, Fotografias de Portugal, Colecçao da Caixa de Depositos, Fidelidade Mundial Chiado 8, Lisbon.
2004
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts Photography Award Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise.
I want to take you higher, McKenzie Fine Art, New York.
Australian Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.
Tidal: City of Devonport Art Prize (Tasmanian Artist Award winner)
Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport.
The Nature Machine, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2003
Sky Lounge – Future Projections, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
First Impressions: Contemporary Australian Photograms, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Future Perfect, Bett Gallery, Hobart and assorted venues.
Second Sight: Australian Photography in the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
American Beauty, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award (winner) Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise.
Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968-2002, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
In Sequence, Dolphin Fine Art, Kansas City.
2001
Striking: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Monash Gallery of Art Collection, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne.
Between Phenomena-The Panorama and Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart.Night Light: Photographs of heavenly bodies, 1885-2000, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston.
1999
Mount Wellington – Peak and Pinnacle, Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart.
An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. and national tour.
Artificial Nature: a survey of vintage and contemporary photograms, Julie Saul Gallery, New York.
Striking: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Monash Gallery of Art Collection, Gold Treasury Museum, Melbourne, Casula Powerhouse Gallery, Sydney.
Earth Sky, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta.
Tempus Fugit/Time Flies, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City.
1998
Waterproof, Festival of 100 days/EXPO '98, Belem Cultural Centre, Lisbon.
Click, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne.
Parliament House Photography Project: David Stephenson and Debra Phillips, Parliament House, Canberra
Constellations, University of Missouri-Kansas City Gallery of Art, Kansas City.
Drawings from Light 2: The Contemporary Imagination, Waverley City Gallery, Melbourne.
Ground Control, Lombard-Freid Contemporary Art, New York.
1997
Oceans and Galaxies, Karen McCready Fine Art, New York.
Vantage, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
Site and Sensibility - selections from the Art Bank Collection, S. H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney.
What's New II, Waverley Gallery, Melbourne.
The Blake Prize, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
1996
Imagine Nature, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania Centre for the Arts, Hobart.
Brushing the Dark: Recent Art and Tasmania, Tasmanian Museum and Art
Gallery, Hobart, and national tour.
The Power to Move: Recent Australian Photography, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Inheritance, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
Contemporary Australian Photography from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Out Takes: Obscure Works by Gallery Artists, Julie Saul Gallery, New York.
Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiters Art Prize (winner), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland.
City of Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart.
1995
Likeness, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
Figure/Ground, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart.
The Derwent Collection: Australian Art of the 1980s and 1990s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.
The Blundstone Contemporary Art Prize (Aquisitive Award) Queen
Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, and national tour.
1994
Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Pictograms: Aspects of Contemporary Photographic Practice, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne and national tour.
The Full Spectrum: Colour and Photography in Australia 1860s to 1990s, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Landed: Landscape Art in Australia, 1960-90, Australian National Gallery, Canberra.
Antarctica: Secrets of the Frozen World, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, and Museum of Victoria, Melbourne.
An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, and international tour.
Tableaux: Works from the Monash University Collection, Monash
University Gallery, Melbourne.
1993
To the Surface-Contemporary Landscape, Centre for the Arts, Hobart.
Artists in Antarctica-Visions of the Frozen World, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.
Reflex, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, and national
tour.
1992
A Show of Strength, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart.
Location, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, and Australasian tour.
Intimations of Mortality, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Contemporary Works, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.
1991
42° South, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart, and Australia/ NZ tour.
David Stephenson/Ray Arnold, Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre, Tasmania.
Agfa National Photography Exhibition, Albury Regional Art Centre, New South Wales.
1990
Fragmentation and Fabrication: Recent Australian Photography, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
1989
Night, Nacht, Noir, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart.
Tableaux Mourant, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania.
1988
Australian Photography: the 1980's, Australian National Gallery, Canberra and national tour.
The CSR Photography Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Landfall, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart.
A Place For Art, Centre for the Arts Gallery, Hobart.
1987
Photogenics: Works from the University Collection, University of Tasmania Fine Arts Gallery, Hobart.
Australian Contemporary Photographers, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
On Collecting Photographs: Master Photographs from St. Louis Private Collections, University of Missouri, St. Louis.
The New Romantics, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, and regional tour.
1986
New Views: Landscape Photographs From Two Continents, University of Missouri, St, Louis.
CSR Photography Project, Queensland Art Gallery and regional tour.
Recent Australian Photography, Australian National Gallery, Canberra.
1985
Festival of Perth Exhibition, Editions Gallery, Fremantle.
Approaching Landscape, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart and Penrith Regional Gallery, New South Wales.
1984
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
1983
Australian Perspecta 1983, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and national tour.
Landscape/Cityscape, Susan Spiritus Galley, Newport Beach.
Not a Picture Show, Long Gallery, Hobart, and national tour.
Recent Acquisitions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
1982
Recent Acquisitions, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Year of the Tree, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Southwest Regional Photography, ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Northlight Southwest, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University.
1981
New Photographs, Robert Freidus Gallery, New York.
Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
Northlight Southwest, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Contemporary Photoworks, Downtown Centre for the Arts, Albuquerque.
Five States Photography, ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico.
Exposure Time V, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Exposure 1981, Cheltenham Art Centre, Pennsylvania.
Sixth Annual Magic Silver Show, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky.
Prints and Photographs, The Print Club, Philadelphia.
1980
Western Landscape Photography, 1850-1980, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California.
Contemporary Photography, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs,
New York.
La Grange National V, CVAA Art Gallery, La Grange, Georgia.
Eccentricities, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.
Conceptions Southwest, ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Northlight Southwest, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Photospiva 80, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri.
University of New Mexico Travelling Exhibition, to galleries in New York, Maine, Virginia, and Texas.
Photo-Media, ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
MA/MFA Exhibition, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque.
1979
Photograph as Document, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.
Photoworks, Bellevue Art Museum, Washington.
Exposure: Ideas and Images in Contemporary Photography, Boulder Arts Centre, Colorado.
Colorado Photographers, Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus, Denver
Pictures, Diablo Valley College Gallery, California.
Four Corners Exhibition, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Boulder Arts 1979, Boulder Arts Centre, Colorado.
Albuquerque Contemporary Arts, Downtown Centre for the Arts and Meridian Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1978
Works on Paper, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas, and seven gallery regional tour.