Alan Daniel Jones’ work explores ideas that surround notions of identity. Jones works across a broad spectrum of mediums and takes a personal approach to the subject matter. Through this process, Jones aims to communicate the intricacies of human connections and how his roots subsequently influence his work. King Street Gallery on William welcomes Alan to the stable. His first solo exhibition is scheduled for late 2026-27
Jones gained his Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts in 1997 from the National Art School in Sydney before furthering his education abroad as the recipient of the Inaugural Pat Corrigan Travelling Scholarship for Painting. In 1998, Jones returned to Australia, where he completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School in 2000. In 2004, Jones’s portfolio of ten paintings and drawings inspired by his time working in France and Germany won him the prestigious Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales). The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship saw Jones return to Europe. Here, he undertook a four-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris before working in Berlin and New York.
Jones has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize (2016, 2014, 2013), Wynne Prize (2017), and Sulman Prize (2020, 2019, 2005) at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. His work has won many art awards, including the 2022 Vincent Prize, 2015 Mosman Art Prize, 2014 Kilgour Prize, 2011 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, 2010 Kedumba Drawing Award and 2008 Paddington Art Prize for landscape painting. Significant public and corporate collections to have acquired Jones’s work include the National Portrait Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia, Artbank, and Macquarie Group.
Jones has presented over thirty solo exhibitions and has included his work in curated group exhibitions throughout state, regional, and commercial galleries in Australia, the UK, and Asia. Alan Daniel Jones currently lives and works in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
Photograph courtesy Gary Heery.
2023 – ‘Paintings from Coopers Shoot’, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2023 – ‘Treasured: The Ideas and Process of Alan Jones’, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney (in association with 3:33 Art Projects and Olsen Gallery)
2022 – ‘Breathe In’, Olsen Annexe, Sydney
2021 – ‘Still Life’, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2021 – ‘The Eygalières Paintings’, Olsen Annexe, Sydney
2019 – ‘Etchings and Lithographs’, Olsen Annexe, Sydney
2018 – ‘Figure and Landscape’, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Sydney (in association with 3:33 Art Projects and Olsen Gallery)
2018 – ‘Cherrybrook’, Melbourne Art Fair with Olsen Gallery, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2017 – ‘Butt Naked Salon II’ with the Sydney Art Quartet, Yellow House, Sydney (in association with Olsen Gallery)
2016 – ‘Time and Place: Recent Collage’, Olsen Irwin, Sydney
2015 – ‘Paintings from Coogee’, Olsen Irwin, Sydney
2013 – ‘Paper and Wood: Collecting Ideas’, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales (curated by Cheryl Farrell)
2013 – ‘Album Paintings’, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2012 – ‘New South Wales’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2012 – ‘The Mother Land’, The Fine Art Society Contemporary, London
2012 – ‘The Mother Land’, The Ropewalk – Artspace, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
2012 – ‘Recent Paintings and Drawings’, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, New South Wales
2011 – ‘Wyalkatchem’, Venn Gallery, Perth
2011 – ‘That’s the Way It Is’, Blockprojects, Melbourne
2010 – ‘The Sharing Family’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2009 – ‘Self and Destruction’, Blockprojects, Melbourne
2009 – ‘Crime and Punishment’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
2008 – ‘On the Rock ‘n’ Roll’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
2007 – ‘The Joneses’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
2007 – ‘Alan Jones’, Renault New Generation Art with James Makin Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2007 – ‘Paintings from Windsor’, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2006 – ‘The Human Show’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
2004 – ‘Paintings and Drawings’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
2004 – ‘Collecting the Motif’, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
2003 – ‘Alan Jones – Artist-in-residence’, Aikenhead Gallery, Melbourne
1999 – ‘Drawings from Dural to Alice’, Global Gallery, Sydney
2026
Lustre: Australian Artists in Greece and Crete, touring exhibition, ANZAC Memorial Hyde Park Sydney; Gosford Regional Gallery; Mudgee Arts Precinct, NSW; The Hellenic Museum Melbourne, VIC; Rocky Hill War Memorial and Museum, Goulburn, NSW
Sense & Secrets: Lucy Culliton, Alan Daniel Jones & Ross Laurie, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
2025
Every Picture Tells a Story, King Street Gallery on William
2025-26 – Tower Dog Red Rattler, Artbank Window, Sydney (curated by Thom Roberts with support from Studio A)
In Suburbia: Recent Detours, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney (curated by Gavin Wilson)
A River, A Mountain, A Field, A Road… Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, New South Wales
2023-24
Olsen Gallery: 3o Year Celebration, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2023
The Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Introductions: Portraits from the MRAG Collection, Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales
Go Figure: The Germanos Collection, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney (curated by Euan Macleod)
2022
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Vincent Prize, Duckrabbit Gallery, Sydney – Winner
Literally Split, Olsen Annexe, Sydney (curated by Benjamin Clay)
Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
2021
The Spring Salon, Olsen Annexe, Sydney
Crepuscule, Olsen Annexe, Sydney (curated by Benjamin Clay)
2020
Summer Group Exhibition, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
The Sulman Art Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The King’s School Art Prize, The King’s School, Sydney
2020-21
Hello again – it’s nice to see your face | portraits from the MRAG collection, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales
2020
Collectivus, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2019
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize’, Riverside Centre, Brisbane
The Sulman Art Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Dobell Drawing Prize, NAS Gallery, Sydney
The Whiteley at 20: Twenty Years of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2018-19
Antumbra: A Summer Group Exhibition, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2018
Empire, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney (in collaboration with the Museum of Ancient Cultures, curated by Martin Bommas and Rhonda Davis)
Mirror Mirror – Portraits from the Collection’, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize’, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
John Leslie Art Prize’, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize’, Riverside Centre, Brisbane
2018-22 – ‘National Art Part One’, (National Art School touring exhibition) NAS Gallery, Sydney, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah South, New South Wales, Glasshouse, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales (curated by Deborah Beck)
2017-18 – ‘Summer Show’, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2017
The Art of Giving, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
Paddington Art Prize, 111-113 Queen Street, Woollahra, Sydney
Birmingham Street Studios take over The Old Clare Hotel, The Old Clare Hotel, Sydney (in association with Sydney Contemporary)
9 Hours Underground, Wilson Parking, Sydney Opera House, Sydney (curated by Kate Smith)
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Riverside Centre, Brisbane
The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Artist Profile: Australasian Painters 2007-2017, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales (curated by Kon Gouriotis and Lucy Stranger)
Inaugural National Equine Art Prize, Mansfield District Racing Club, Mansfield, Victoria
The Collectors’ Choice P2 – Important Australian Art, NKN Gallery, Melbourne
2016
Donor Artwork Exhibition Launch, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
Paddington Art Prize, 111-113 Queen Street, Woollahra, Sydney
Paint My Place, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales (curated by Abigail Moncrieff)
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Riverside Centre, Brisbane
John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Equus, Olsen Irwin, Sydney (curated by Edward Hoddle and Kate Smith)
Private Lives, the artist as collector, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Self-portraits on paper, The Yellow House, Sydney (curated by Gavin Wilson)
The Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
2016-17 – Awesome Achievers: Stories from Australians of the Year, (National Portrait Gallery touring exhibition) Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, New South Wales, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, New South Wales, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, Queensland
2015
Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
Paddington Art Prize, 111-113 Queen Street, Woollahra, Sydney
The Art of Shakespeare (touring exhibition), Sofitel, Melbourne, Parliament House, Canberra and Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Sydney Contemporary with Olsen Irwin, Carriageworks, Sydney
The King’s School Art Prize, The King’s School, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Mugshot, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, New South Wales
Art15 with Olsen Irwin, Olympia National, London
Miscellanea, Olsen Irwin, Sydney
Stations of the Cross, McGlade Gallery, Australian Catholic University, Sydney
2014
Summer Theme and Variations, Olsen Irwin, Sydney
Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle
Redland Art Prize, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland
Landscapes: Ways of Looking, Olsen Irwin, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair with Olsen Irwin, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Group Show, Olsen Irwin, Sydney
Monuments to the Frontier Wars, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
Gallipoli Art Prize, Gallipoli Memorial Club, Sydney
Alan Jones and David Griggs: From the Archive, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, New South Wales
Affordable Art Fair with The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Collector’s Space 2014’, 101 William Street, East Sydney, in conjunction with Art Month, Sydney
2013
Australia: Contemporary Voices, The Fine Art Society Contemporary, London (curated by Geoffrey Cassidy)
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Autoportrait, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, New South Wales
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art 13 London, with The Fine Art Society Contemporary, Olympia Grand Hall, London
Eternity, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
Quintessential Australia, Olsen Irwin, Sydney (curated by Leo Robba)
2012
John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
Insight, Studio 15, The Ropewalk, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Signal 8: STORM, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Melbourne Art Fair, with Watters Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art School, Sydney
The Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawing, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales
Fowlers Gap – 13 artists paint the desert, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
Not the Way Home, (touring exhibition) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne and Buratti Fine Art, Perth (curated by Owen Craven)
Melbourne Sculpture Prize, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
The Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Gallipoli Art Prize, Gallipoli Memorial Club, Sydney
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Reload, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, New South Wales
Realistic Landscape, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Realistic Landscape, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Summer Show, Venn Gallery, Perth
2011
Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
Hawkesbury Art Prize’, Purple Noon Gallery, Sydney
Fishers Ghost Art Award’, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
City of Perth Black Swan Prize for Portraiture’, Perth Town Hall, Perth
Pat Corrigan Collector’, Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales (curated by Cheryl Farrell)
Mosman Art Prize’, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Self Portraits’, China Heights Gallery, Sydney (curated by Paul Davies)
Frank’s Flat’, Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales (curated by Geoffrey Legge and Sonia Legge)
Salon des Refusés’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Stations of the Cross’, St Ives Uniting Church, Sydney
Head’, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney
Wattle, The Cat Street Gallery at The Space, Hong Kong (curated by Kate Bryan)
2010
Works on Paper – Recent acquisitions from the MRAG collection’, Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales (curated by Cheryl Farrell)
Interpreting Portraits: Macquarie 1810-2010’, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, New South Wales
Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
Hands On – Craft in Contemporary Art’, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, New South Wales (curated by Cash Brown)
Summer Exhibition’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Fishers Ghost Art Award’, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
Kedumba Drawing Award’, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales
Cultural Imperialism’, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, New South Wales
John Leslie Art Prize’, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
Melbourne Art Fair’ with Watters Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Art of Music’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Month Sydney’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2009
Summer Exhibition’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Look At Me!’, Albury Art Gallery, Albury, New South Wales (curated by Caryn Giblin)
The King’s School Art Prize’, The King’s School, Sydney
Family Guy’, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales (curated by Brett Adlington)
Waiting – A Still Life’, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
On Rage’, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane (curated by Ben Quilty)
Soft Animators’, Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, Canberra (curated by Jason Hugonnet)
Collections’, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, New South Wales
Works on Paper’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
No Identifiable Culture’, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2008
A History of Violence’, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
Paddington Art Prize’, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize’, Tattersall’s Club and Waterfront Place, Brisbane
Melbourne Art Fair’ with Legge Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Sordid Tales – A History of Chippendale’, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
Winter Collection’, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
Metro 5 Art Award’, (touring exhibition) Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne and Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Victoria
The Coloured Digger 2’, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
Autumn Collection’, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
The Led Zeppelin World Tour’, (touring exhibition) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Victoria (curated by Steven Alderton)
Summer Show’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
Memento Mori – Art Exchange Project’, The Blkmrkt Project, Southport, Queensland
Art Sydney 07’ with James Makin Gallery, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney
Art Sydney 07’ with Legge Gallery, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney
1999-2006 Winners Exhibition’, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
Whyalla Art Prize’, Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, South Australia
Mount Buller Art Prize’, Mount Buller Village, Victoria
There Is No Place Like Home’, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
Western Front: Synthetic Spaces’, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, New South Wales (curated by Kathleen von Witt)
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing’, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
Works on Paper – Ferguson, Frost, Jones, Liiri and Randall’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
Natura Morte’, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Paddington Art Prize’, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
The Year in Art’, National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Summer Show’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
Urban Theme’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair’ with Legge Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair’ with Port Jackson Press Australia, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Winter Collection’, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
Art Sydney 06’ with James Makin Gallery, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Works on Paper’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
Group Exhibition’, Port Jackson Press Australia, Melbourne
2005
Summer Show’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
Banyule Works on Paper Art Award’ Banyule Art Space, Melbourne
Packsaddle’, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Sulman Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Winter Collection’, Port Jackson Press Australia, Melbourne
Exposition Collective’, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
Flavour’, Australian High Commission and United Galleries at Art Loft, Singapore
2004
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship’, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair’ with Legge Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Open Day’, the private collection of Pat Corrigan A.M., Art Gallery of New South Wales Society, Sydney
In-House’, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
Untitled’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
2003
Summer Show’, Legge Gallery, Sydney
2002
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship’, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2001
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship’, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
Open Day’, the private collection of Pat Corrigan A.M., Art Gallery of New South Wales Society, Sydney
Bus-iness’, Shoe Box Gallery, Sydney
2000 – ‘Maitland Art Prize’, Thomas Morgan Pavilion, Maitland, New South Wales
Mandorla Art Award’, New Norcia Museum and Art Gallery, New Norcia, Western Australia
Objects of Desire’, First Gallery, Sydney
Willoughby Art Prize’, Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney
1999
Waverly Art Prize’, Waverley Woollahra Art School, Sydney
1999 – ‘Mosman Youth Art Prize’, Mosman Art Gallery and Cultural Centre, Sydney
1998
Alumni Exhibition, Cell Block Theatre, Sydney
la Pommerie, St. Setiers Galerie, France
Bull Dust, First Gallery, Sydney
1997
National Art School Graduate Show’, Cell Block Theatre, Sydney
2019 – NG Art Creative Residency, Provence, France
2016 – Moonee Beach, Coffs Harbour, Australia (in association with Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery)
2012 – The Ropewalk, Barton Upon Humber, United Kingdom
2011 – UNSW Arid Zone Research Station, Fowlers Gap, Australia
2005 – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2003 – St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
1998 – la Pommerie, St. Setiers, France
2022 – Vincent Prize
2017 – Paddington Art Prize – UNSW Art & Design Award
2015 – Mosman Art Prize
2014 – Kilgour Prize
2013 – Mosman Art Prize – Allan Gamble Memorial Art Prize
2012 – Waverley Art Prize
2011 – Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
2011 – Janet Holmes à Court Artist Grant
2010 – Kedumba Drawing Award
2008 – Paddington Art Prize
2004 – Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
2001 – Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship – Highly Commended
1997 – Inaugural Pat Corrigan Travelling Scholarship for Painting
Artbank
Art Gallery of South Australia
Campbelltown Arts Centre
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawing
Macquarie Group
Macquarie University Art Collection
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Mosman Art Gallery
National Art School
National Portrait Gallery
Pat Corrigan Collection
St. Vincent’s Hospital
