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SOLO OR JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2023 Pacific Navigators, Strathnairn Arts, Strathnairn, ACT (https://www.strathnairn.com.au/2023-exhibitions/pacific-navigators).2017 Random Selection, Chutespace, M16 Artspace, ACT (https//www.m16artspace.com.au/chutespace/mvibduzgfoubirwv28pdgot6j0j2wu).
2012 Australia Week Exhibition (with PNG artist, Ratoos Gary Haopa, curated by Katherine McMahon), Australian High Commission, Port Moresby.2003 Retrospective Exhibition, Australian Embassy, Beijing, China.1998 Sojourners II, Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT.1996 Sojourners (with Canadian artist, Sylvia Bews-Wright), Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe.1994 Under African Influence (with Max Lovell), Aries Art Gallery, Armidale, NSW.1992 The Metagenesis Collection: Historical Notations, Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT.1991 Icons, Gods, Kings & Idols (with John Davies), University of New England, Armidale, NSW.1989 The African Collection: Works on Paper 1986-89, Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT.1983 Sculpture, Collages & Drawings, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, NSW.1980 Exhibition, Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT.1979 Exhibition, Stirling College, Canberra, ACT.1979 Exhibition of Sculpture, Paintings & Drawings, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.1978 ACT Arts Council Exhibition of Sculptures & Drawings (with Jahna Knyvett), Canberra, ACT.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Exhibition of works donated by Richard & Anna Green under Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program including John Gould’s “Islensk Abstrakt" & "Viking King”, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart.2017 Animal Heart, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT.2016 Sojourns (with Suzie Bleach, Bernard Hardy, Robyn Kinsela & Andrew Townsend), M16 Artspace, Griffith, ACT.
2016 Packsaddle Exhibition, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW.2015 Packsaddle Exhibition, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW.
2009 Capital Chemist Art Award, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT.2008 Capital Chemist Art Award, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT.2008 From the Heart, exhibition in celebration of NAIDOC Week with the Mawamball Elders Art Group, ‘The Q’ Exhibition Space, Queanbeyan, NSW. 2007 Exhibition at Queanbeyan Council, NSW.2006 Three artists, three stories, new works (with Robyn Kinsela & Andrew Townsend), Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT. 2006 Out of Africa, Mindirr Gallery, Mittagong, NSW.2004 Convergence (photographic exhibition with Andrew Currey & John Svoronos), Australian Embassy, Beijing, China.2001 Triple Exposure, Qin Gallery (with Lorraine & Anthony Taylor), Beijing, China.2001 Milliontex Gallery, Kerry Centre, Beijing, China.2001 UNESCO exhibition, Australian Embassy, Beijing, China.1999 Curator, Aboriginal Art Shop Front Exhibition, Queanbeyan NSW.1999 On the Face of It, Photographic exhibition, ACT Down Syndrome Association, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT.
1999 Picture Disc Exhibition, Goulburn College of TAFE, Goulburn, NSW.
1998 Picture Disc Exhibition, Goulburn College of TAFE, Goulburn, NSW.1998 Exhibition of Goulburn TAFE Fine Art teachers, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW.1997 Chameleon, Old Brewery, Goulburn, NSW.1996 Prominent Artists in Zimbabwe, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe.1993 Exhibition of the ANU art collection, Drill Hall, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.1991 2D x 3D, University of New England, Armidale, NSW.1990 Hugo Galleries, Canberra, ACT.1990 International Master Print Fair, Sydney, NSW.1985 Ninth Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, Victoria.1984 The Shark Gallery, Thirroul, NSW.1984 2D x 3D Exhibition, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, NSW.1984 “Inside Out” Exhibition in association with Fifth Biennale of Sydney, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, NSW.1982 Abstract Australian Sculpture Exhibition, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, NSW.1981 Arthur Phillip Cumberland Art Awards, Sydney, NSW.1977 Selected as student to show sculpture “Solar II” at Australian National University, Canberra with British sculptors, Anthony Caro & Phillip King.
REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Interview & podcast with Barbie Robinson on Pacific Navigators exhibition, Living Arts Canberra, 6 December 2023 (https://www.livingartscanberra.com.au/john-gould-pacific-navigators/ and https://www.livingartscanberra.com.au/podcasts/visual-arts-interviews/).
Mari Ellingson, Director-General, PNG Office of Tourism, Arts and Culture, ”The Haoapa–Gould Art Exhibition—Port Moresby, March 2012”, posted 4 May 2012 by Island Meri (http://islandmeri.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/the-haoapa-gould-art-exhibition-port-moresby-march-2012/).
Keith Jackson & Friends: "PNG Attitude—Words, ideas & issues from the Papua New Guinea–Australia relationship", 2012.
Interviewed on Kundu 2 & Australia Network TV co-production, Australia Week 2012, 6 March 2012.
“Community nominates imaginary river”, Southside Chronicle, Canberra, 16 June 2009.
Les Charlton, “An Artist Who Knows His Place”, Beijing This Month, December 2002.
Sasha Grishin, review of Sojourners II exhibition, ''Sense of magic in Zimbabwe images”, The Canberra Times, 2 June 1998.
Pikirayi Deketeke, review of Sojourners exhibition, “Mystical subjects depicted in breathtaking colours at Gallery Delta exhibition”, The Sunday Mail, Zimbabwe, 16 June 1996.
Maria Prerauer, “African Nights”, The Bulletin, 28 June 1994.
Sasha Grishin, review of The Metagensis collection: Historical Notations exhibition, “Pattern of eternal beauty”, The Canberra Times, 7 October 1992.
“TAFE College sculpture instructor John Gould with student James Brown” (photograph) in David Moore, Image of New England, Armidale Development Corporation, NSW, 1992. Sonia Barron, review of The African Collection: Works on Paper 1986-89 exhibition, The Canberra Times, 25 August 1989).
Celia Winter-Irving, “John Gould’s Sculptures”, Aspect, ed. Rudi Krausmann, No. 31, Winter 1984 (pp 53-55).
Gloria Mundy, “Sculpture fantasy in the playground”, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney Morning Herald, 1984.
Celia Winter-Irving, “Introduction to Inside Out: an exhibition in association with the Fifth Biennale of Sydney”, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, 1984. Sonja Kaleski, review of Solander Gallery exhibition, The Canberra Times, April 1980.
Sonja Kaleski, “Two views of sculpture: The Art Council’s Young Artists Exhibition–Jahna Knyvett, John Gould, Sculptures & Drawings”, The Canberra Times, December 1978.
Reviews, interviews & photographs of work in The Bulletin; The Sydney Morning Herald; The Canberra Times; The Southside Chronicle (ACT); The Australian; Art in Australia; Vogue; The Armidale Express (NSW); The New England Times (NSW); The New Englander (NSW); The Northern Daily Leader (NSW); The Herald (Zimbabwe); The Sunday Mail (Zimbabwe), Focus (Beijing); Beijing This Month; Metro (Beijing); The National (PNG); The Post Courier (PNG); Art Almanac; M16 Artspace website; Tuggeranong Arts Centre website; Strathnairn Arts website & exhibition catalogues as listed above.
Mari Ellingson, Director-General, PNG Office of Tourism, Arts and Culture, ”The Haoapa–Gould Art Exhibition—Port Moresby, March 2012”, posted 4 May 2012 by Island Meri (http://islandmeri.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/the-haoapa-gould-art-exhibition-port-moresby-march-2012/).
Keith Jackson & Friends: "PNG Attitude—Words, ideas & issues from the Papua New Guinea–Australia relationship", 2012.
Interviewed on Kundu 2 & Australia Network TV co-production, Australia Week 2012, 6 March 2012.
“Community nominates imaginary river”, Southside Chronicle, Canberra, 16 June 2009.
Les Charlton, “An Artist Who Knows His Place”, Beijing This Month, December 2002.
Sasha Grishin, review of Sojourners II exhibition, ''Sense of magic in Zimbabwe images”, The Canberra Times, 2 June 1998.
Pikirayi Deketeke, review of Sojourners exhibition, “Mystical subjects depicted in breathtaking colours at Gallery Delta exhibition”, The Sunday Mail, Zimbabwe, 16 June 1996.
Maria Prerauer, “African Nights”, The Bulletin, 28 June 1994.
Sasha Grishin, review of The Metagensis collection: Historical Notations exhibition, “Pattern of eternal beauty”, The Canberra Times, 7 October 1992.
“TAFE College sculpture instructor John Gould with student James Brown” (photograph) in David Moore, Image of New England, Armidale Development Corporation, NSW, 1992. Sonia Barron, review of The African Collection: Works on Paper 1986-89 exhibition, The Canberra Times, 25 August 1989).
Celia Winter-Irving, “John Gould’s Sculptures”, Aspect, ed. Rudi Krausmann, No. 31, Winter 1984 (pp 53-55).
Gloria Mundy, “Sculpture fantasy in the playground”, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney Morning Herald, 1984.
Celia Winter-Irving, “Introduction to Inside Out: an exhibition in association with the Fifth Biennale of Sydney”, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, 1984. Sonja Kaleski, review of Solander Gallery exhibition, The Canberra Times, April 1980.
Sonja Kaleski, “Two views of sculpture: The Art Council’s Young Artists Exhibition–Jahna Knyvett, John Gould, Sculptures & Drawings”, The Canberra Times, December 1978.
Reviews, interviews & photographs of work in The Bulletin; The Sydney Morning Herald; The Canberra Times; The Southside Chronicle (ACT); The Australian; Art in Australia; Vogue; The Armidale Express (NSW); The New England Times (NSW); The New Englander (NSW); The Northern Daily Leader (NSW); The Herald (Zimbabwe); The Sunday Mail (Zimbabwe), Focus (Beijing); Beijing This Month; Metro (Beijing); The National (PNG); The Post Courier (PNG); Art Almanac; M16 Artspace website; Tuggeranong Arts Centre website; Strathnairn Arts website & exhibition catalogues as listed above.
PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTWORKS
Cover photograph for AusAID Office of Development Effectiveness, Responding to Crisis: Evaluation of the Australian aid program’s contribution to the national HIV response in Papua New Guinea 2006–2010. Commonwealth of Australia, 2012.
“Downtown”, “Waiting to Berth”, “Safe Harbour”, “Navigating the Channel” and “Rain Spirits”, published in Artists, Cooks & Storytellers: Moments in Papua New Guinea. All Nations Women’s Group, Papua New Guinea, 2012.
“Depicting HIV/AIDS”, Weekend Courier Magazine, Papua New Guinea, 26 November 2011.
“Portrait of Dean Wettenhall”, Meeting the Challenge, ACT Government Community Care Disability Program, October 1999.
Photograph of Sekai Nzenza-Shand (author), Songs to An African Sunset: A Zimbabwean Story, Lonely Planet Journeys, Hawthorn, Victoria, 1997. "African Nights" published in Max Lovell (ed), Aries Art 94, Limited edition, Armidale, NSW, Vol 1, No 1 (1994). In collections of National Gallery of Australia, State Library of New South Wales and other public institutions.
“Downtown”, “Waiting to Berth”, “Safe Harbour”, “Navigating the Channel” and “Rain Spirits”, published in Artists, Cooks & Storytellers: Moments in Papua New Guinea. All Nations Women’s Group, Papua New Guinea, 2012.
“Depicting HIV/AIDS”, Weekend Courier Magazine, Papua New Guinea, 26 November 2011.
“Portrait of Dean Wettenhall”, Meeting the Challenge, ACT Government Community Care Disability Program, October 1999.
Photograph of Sekai Nzenza-Shand (author), Songs to An African Sunset: A Zimbabwean Story, Lonely Planet Journeys, Hawthorn, Victoria, 1997. "African Nights" published in Max Lovell (ed), Aries Art 94, Limited edition, Armidale, NSW, Vol 1, No 1 (1994). In collections of National Gallery of Australia, State Library of New South Wales and other public institutions.
COLLECTIONS
Australian Embassy, Beijing, China (two original framed photographs of Embassy in summer and winter).
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
Chin Investments (PNG) Limited, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
National Gallery of Australia (limited edition print in Aries Art 94, ed. Max Lovell, Vol 1, No 1, 1994).
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.
University of New England, Armidale, NSW.
The late Lord Alastair McAlpine, UK and the late Elwyn Lynn; and over 370 other private collections in Australia, USA, UK, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, China and Papua New Guinea.
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
Chin Investments (PNG) Limited, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
National Gallery of Australia (limited edition print in Aries Art 94, ed. Max Lovell, Vol 1, No 1, 1994).
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.
University of New England, Armidale, NSW.
The late Lord Alastair McAlpine, UK and the late Elwyn Lynn; and over 370 other private collections in Australia, USA, UK, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, China and Papua New Guinea.