Alun Leach-Jones b. 3 January 1937

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Alun Leach-Jones was one of the generation of artists who helped define Australian colourfield art in the 1960s. Hie first came to prominence exhibiting in The Field in 1968 with paintings of smooth intricate patterning, indicating a search for abstract transcendence. His ideas and his art easily transformed into silk screen prints and in his later years he also exhibited sculpture.
Tags: Printmaker, Abstract art, Colour field painting, Painter, Sculpture, screen print
exhibited at
1968
Date
1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

1968 was an exhibition of works from the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia, curated by Michael Desmond and Christine Dixon. As the curators noted, it included work from 1967 to 1969 that encapsulated the spirit of those revolutionary years both in Australia, Europe and the USA.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
revolution, posters, Graphic Art, Photography, Abstraction, Colour, Political art, political posters, Minimal art, Fashion
exhibited at
Alun Leach-Jones: everyman, the invention of signs
Date
1995
Place
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
National Library of Australia catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Carew, Ann; Davenport, Rhana and Fern, Lynette, Alun Leach-Jones: everyman, the invention of signs. Geelong, Vic: Geelong Art Gallery, 1995
ISBN 1875237143

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Survey exhibition: Ball, Baldessin, Senbergs, Leach-Jones
Date
1991
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

A group survey exhibition.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Painting, Printmaking, Drawing
exhibited at
The prints of Alun Leach-Jones 1966-1986
Date
1986
Place
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Description

Retrospective touring exhibition organised by the New England Regional Art Museum.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Artist’s cv

Exhibition Catalogue:
The prints of Alun Leach-Jones 1966-1986, Armidale, NSW: New England Regional Art Museum, 1986
ISBN 0959274928

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Printmaking
exhibited at
Alun Leach-Jones
Date
1986
Place
School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
SOFA exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting, Printmaking
exhibited at
Survey paintings 1964-1976
Date
1976
Place
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Comprehensive survey, first museum retrospective, curated by Patrick McCaughey.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
http://www.monash.edu.au/muma/exhibitions/archive/1998.html and artist’s bibliography; MUMA archive printout

Exhibition Catalogue:
McCaughey, P., Alun Leach-Jones, survey, paintings 1964-1976, Melbourne: Monash University Gallery, 1976

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Painting
exhibited at
Alun Leach-Jones screen prints
Date
1970
Place
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
BFAG annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Printmaking
exhibited at
Stock Show
Date
26 June 1968 - 6 July 1968
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Watters Gallery
exhibited at
'The Field'
Date
1968
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Alun Leach-Jones: Paintings
Date
2 August 1967 - 12 August 1967
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

'Noumenon’ series and prints

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Watters Gallery
exhibited at
The Mirror Waratah Festival Art Competition '66
Date
2 October 1966 - 8 October 1966
Place
Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW
Description

First public appearance of Vag Dens, by Vivienne Binns (Invitation Section, catalogue number 3).

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Feminist