Born: Sydney, Australia, 1973
Solo Exhibitions
2010 - Ben Quilty, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2009 - Critical Impact, GRANTPIRRIE, Offsite, Melbourne
2009 - Ben Quilty LIVE!, University of Queensland Art Museum
2008 - Smashed, GRANTPIRRIE at the Melbourne Art Fair, touring to Newcastle University Art Gallery
2008 - Smashed, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
2008 - More work from the Man Cave, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2007 - Death Wish, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
2007 - New Work From the Man Cave, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2007 - Pride and Patriotism, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
2006 - Ben Quilty, Jan Murphy Gallery at the Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2006 - Ache, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
2005 - We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2005 - Life's What You Do While You're Waiting To Die, Maunsell Wickes At Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2004 - Beauty, Rich and Rare, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
2004 - Young and Free?, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2003 - Torana, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
2002 - New Paintings', Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
2001 - Paris, Step Gallery, Sydney
Group exhibitions
2010 - Time Travel : reimaging the past, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
2010 - An Oeuvre Both Abundant and Diverse, SCA Galleries, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
2010 - Australian masterpieces from the TWMA collection, landscape, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria
2010 - Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2009 - The Shilo Project, The Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
2009 - Darwin's Bastards, Verge Gallery University of Sydney, Sydney
2009 - Welcome to the Death Show: The Death Project Stage 2, Parramatta Artists Studios, Sydney
2009 - Salon, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, curated by Daniel Thomas AM
2009 - Victory Over The Sun, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne
2009 - Hong Kong Art Fair, GRANTPIRRIE
2009 - On Rage, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, curated by Ben Quilty
2009 - The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2009 - Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, (Winner)
2009 - Wheels On Fire, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree
2009 - Ben Quilty, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn
2008 - New, Selected Recent Acquisitions, 2007-2008, University of Quennsland Art Museum, Qld
2008 - In Captivity. Animals in the Dubbo Regional Gallery Collection, Dubbo Regional Gallery
2008 - Neo Goth, Back in Black, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2008 - Repeat that Again! The Serial Impulse in Art Since the Sixties, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2008 - GRANTPIRRIE at GAG, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
2008 - Gifted, Dell Gallery, Griffith University, Queensland College of Arts
2008 - CONTEMPORANEOUS: Australian Contemporary Painting 1, Wangaratta Gallery, Wangaratta
2008 - The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2008 - I’m a good boy, Firstdraft, Sydney
2007 - New Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2007 - Snap Freeze, Tarra Warra Museum of Art, Vic
2007 - National Artists’ Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane (winner)
2007 - Considering Portraiture and Figuration, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2007 - Portal, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
2007 - ARC Biennial, Brisbane
2007 - Past Winners Exhibition, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2007 - Current: Sculpture Projects in the River City, Parramatta City Council ‘Riverbeats’, The Sebel Parramatta, Sydney
2007 - Cuisine and Country, Orange Regional Gallery
2007 - The Led Zeppelin World Tour Exhibition, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
2007 - Pants Down, Surprise!, in-Transit Gallery, Portside Wharf, Brisbane
2006 - Truth and Likeness, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2006 - The Year in Art, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2006 - Dobell Drawing Prize exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2006 - Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
2006 - The Kedumba Contemporary Drawing Award, NSW
2006 - Ironic Expressionism, Virginia Wilson Art, Sydney
2006 - Poor Yorick, Virginia Wilson Art, Sydney
2006 - Monsters, Albury Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
2006 - The Archibald Prize exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2006 - Figure 8, Deloitte, Sydney and Melbourne
2006 - Animals as Allegory, QUT, Brisbane
2006 - Driving Passion, Ipswich Art Gallery, Qld
2006 - Post-It - Exquisite Corpse, Peleton, Sydney
2005 - Autofetish: mechanics of desire, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
2005 - Thai-Australian Contemporary prints, Chiangmai University Art Museum, Thailand
2005 - Thai-Australian Contemporary prints, COFA, Sydney
2005 - ABN Amro Art Award, ABN Amro building, Sydney
2005 - Recent Acquisitions, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
2005 - The Archibald Prize, Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2005 - Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2005 - 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2005 - Metro 5 Art Prize, Melbourne
2005 - Artists protest anti sedition laws, Casula Powerhouse Art Centre, Casula
2005 - Friends and Neighbours, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
2004 - Archibald and Wynne Prize Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2004 - Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery and Community Centre
2004 - Show Me Your Sexy Urbanity, Fotos, Hohenstrausenstr, Frankfurt, Germany
2004 - Metro 5 Art Prize, Melbourne (Winner)
2004 - Kings School Art Prize (Winner)
2003 - Salon des Refusee, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2003 - Emerging Artists at Mary Place, Sydney
2003 - Metro 5 Art Prize, Melbourne
2002 - University and Schools Club Art Show, Sydney
2002 - Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Winner), AGNSW, Sydney
2002 - Emerging Artists at Mary Place, Inaugural Group Show, Sydney
2001 - Art Gallery Society Art Auction, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2001 - Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Shortlist), AGNSW
2001 - Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery and Community Centre
2001 - BareBones Art Space, Bangalow, Selected work
2000 - Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1994 - Pukka, Allen Street Gallery, Sydney
1991 - Artexpress, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (Julian Ashton Summer School Scholarship recipient)
1989 - Rocks Painters Picnic, Age and Open Winner, Sydney Festival of the Arts
Education
2001 - Bachelor of Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Western Sydney
1996 - Certificate in Aboriginal Culture and History, Monash University
1994 - Bachelor of Visual Arts - Painting, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Residencies
2007 - Barcelona Studio, Ozco, Spain
2005 - Hill End, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
2004 - The Gunnery, New South Wales Ministry For the Arts, Sydney
2003 - Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2002 - St Vincents Hospital, Melbourne