Born 31 October 1945 at Katoomba, Blue Mountains, New South Wales
Died 26 October 2003 at Croydon, Sydney, New South Wales

Educated

1956-62 Katoomba High School, Blue Mountains, New South Wales
1963-66 National Art School / Alexander Mackie Teachers’ College of Advanced
Education, Sydney
1971-73 Contemporary Art History, University of Sydney

Teaching

1967-74 Art Teacher at: Cessnock High School, ACT; Macquarie High, Canberra;
Ashfield Boys High School, Sydney; J.J. Cahill Memorial High, Sydney;
Sydney Boys High School; Maroubra Bay High School, Sydney
1968 Design Lecturer (part-time), Maitland Technical College, New South Wales
Painting Lecturer (part-time), Canberra Technical College, Canberra
1970 Painting Teacher, Studio 201, Randwick, Sydney
1975 Guest Lecturer, l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
1979 Guest Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne
1979-95 Design & Drawing Lecturer, National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney
1980-92 Art History Guest Lecturer, University of Sydney
1981 Guest Professor of Australian Art, Rollins College, Orlando, Florida, USA
1991 Guest Lecturer, University of New South Wales

Awards, Residencies & Travel

1962 Commonwealth Art Award, Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
awarded by Jeffrey Smart
1970 Prize Winner, Lane Cove Annual Municipal Art Competition, Sydney
1971 First prize, Contemporary Painting, Royal Agricultural Society, Sydney,
judged by Jean Bellette (as pseudonym Adam Milton)
1972 Second Prize, Open Contemporary Section, Mirror Art Competition, Sydney
1975 Visual Arts Board Travel Grant & Residency, Power Institute of the
University of Sydney Studio at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1975 From Paris, he travelled throughout Europe and lived briefly in Sweden and London
1976 Owen Booth Memorial Studio Residency, France
1980 Visual Arts Board Special Projects Grant
1981 Artist in residence, American College, Paris
1986 Visual Arts Board Writers’ Grant for his book Resurgence and Redefinition
1987 Joint Winner, Gold Coast City Art Prize, judged by Jan Senbergs
1991-92 Travelled to New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, USA
1992 Joint Winner, Kedumba Art Award for Drawing, judged by James Gleeson

Solo Exhibitions

1970 Exhibition of paintings, Robin Hood Gallery, Sydney
1971 Exhibition of paintings, Nth Degree Gallery, Paddington (as pseudonym Adam Milton)
1971 Exhibition of paintings, Gill Gallery, Armidale, New South Wales
(as pseudonym Adam Milton)
1973 Directions 1972-73, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1973 Exhibition of paintings, Churchill Galleries, Perth
1975 Slide Series ‘75, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1975 Survival Series, Salles Sandoz, Paris, Festival du Marais, Paris
1976 Survival and Decay Series 1976, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1976 Variations on Survival and Decay, Bondi Pavillion, Sydney
1976 Survival and Decay: Variations and Developments, Abraxas Gallery, Canberra
1977 Survival Series 1977, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1978 Survival Series 1978: Womb Struck, Stuart Gerstman Galleries, Melbourne
1978 Survival Series 1978, Art of Man Gallery, Sydney
1979 Survival and Decay: New Works, Students’ Gallery (now Mori Gallery), Sydney
1979 Erotica Variations, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1980 Recent Paintings, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1981 Survey Exhibition, assisted by VAB, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1983 Phallusies, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1984 State of the HeArt, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1985 Drawing into Painting, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1986 Portraits of the Age of Mechanical Parody, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
1986 Survival and Decay: 10 Years On, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
1987 Riddle of the Tombs, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
1988 Art for Art’s Sake, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
1991 Maverick, Alternative Artspace, Annandale, Sydney
1993 Exhibition of paintings and collages, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1995 Life, Sex, Death, Décor, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1997 Vicissitudes, DQ on Oxford, Sydney
2008 A Very Uneasy Balance, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank TAFE, Sydney
2010 Bad Blood: Arthur McIntyre 1960-2000, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney & Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney

2010

2011

Arthur McIntyre (1945-2003), Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney

In Your Face, Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney

Group Exhibitions

1972 Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
(as pseudonym Adam Milton)
1973 Blake Prize Exhibition, Commonwealth Bank, Sydney (as pseudonym Adam Milton)
1973 Corio Prize Exhibition, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
1973 Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1974 Darnell de Gruchy Prize Exhibition, University of Queensland, Brisbane
1974 Recent Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1975 International Artists, Salles Sandoz, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1976 Sulman Prize (selected by Peter Laverty), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1976 In the Path of Power, Power Institute Exhibition, Central Street Gallery, Sydney
1977 Recent Acquisitions, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
1977 Contemporary Art Society Annual Exhibition, Paddington, Sydney
1977 Artists for Labour, Paddington Town Hall, Sydney
1978 Haymarket Foundation Art Exhibition, Waverley Municipal Library, Sydney
1979 Three Man Exhibition, Students’ Gallery (now Mori Gallery), Sydney
1980 Ten Artists, Students’ Gallery (now Mori Gallery), Sydney
1980 Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery One, Paddington, Sydney
1980 Aspect Magazine Exhibition, Port Jackson Press, North Sydney
1980 Tribute to Howard Hinton, New England Regional Art Museum Association,
Coventry Gallery
1980 Three Man Exhibition, Trinity College, Sydney
1981 Survey Exhibition: 15 Year Retrospective of Paintings, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1981 Works on Paper, Students Gallery (now Mori Gallery), Sydney
1982 The Seventies: Australian Paintings & Tapestries,
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1986 Aspects of Australian Art, DM Gallery, London
1986 Big Abstract Drawings, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
1986 Oz Drawing Now, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
1987 The Age of Collage, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
1988 Drawing in Australia: Drawings, Watercolours & Pastels from 1970s-80s,
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1988 Listening Pictures, King Street Gallery, Sydney
1988 9 X 5 X Mail, The Centre Gallery, Gold Coast
1988 The Art Collector’s Starter Kit, DC Gallery, Sydney
1989 Assembled Art, The Centre Gallery, Gold Coast
1989 Inside the Greenhouse, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney
1989 Lloyd Rees Memorial 9x5 Exhibition, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1990 Mass Media - Mixed Media, Painters Gallery, Sydney
1990 Visual Instincts, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1990 Landmarks/Watermarks, The Centre Gallery, Gold Coast
1991 Artists in Hospitals, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
1991 Sydney - From the City to the Fringes, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1992 Private Eye, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1992 Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne
1993 Inaugural Dobell Prize for Drawing (selected by Arthur Boyd),
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1993 Kedumba Drawing Award (selected by Hendrik Kolenberg), Fairmont Resort, Leura,
New South Wales
1994-96 Baillieu Myer Australian Art of the 80s Exhibition, Heide Museum of Modern Art,
Victoria and toured by NETS Victoria to Geelong Art Gallery; Shepparton Art Gallery; Bendigo Art Gallery; Mildura Arts Centre; Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria
1994-95 Don’t Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1995 Accra International Art Exhibition – art ‘CRA, Ghana, Africa
1995 Save Albert Park Nine x Five Invitation Exhibition, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Art at UNSW: Selected Acquisitions, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
1999 Dobell Prize for Drawing, (selected by Pam Hallandal), Art Gallery of New South Wales
2005 Somatechnics, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
2007 Drawn Marks, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
2008 Bent Western, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown, New South Wales
2008 Look! New Perspectives on the Contemporary Collection, National Gallery of Victoria
2009 Now & Then: Permanent Collection Highlights, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, New South Wales
2010 Radial: Recent Acquisitions from the National Art School, National Art School Gallery, Sydney

Exhibitions as Curator

1986 Oz Drawing Now, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
1987 The Age of Collage, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
1989 Intimate Drawing, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1990 Mass Media - Mixed Media, Painters Gallery, Sydney
1990 Visual Instincts, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1991 Sydney - From the City to the Fringes, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney

Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Victoria,Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Baillieu Myer Australian Art of the 80s Collection at Heide Museum of Modern Art, J.W. Power Collection, Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawing, Artbank, National Art School, Macquarie University, University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, University of Technology Sydney, University of Western Sydney, University of Queensland Art Museum, Meadowbank TAFE, Kuring-gai TAFE, Trinity College, Frensham School, Katoomba High School, Sydney Grammar School, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, New England Regional Art Museum, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Wollongong City Gallery, Allens Arthur Robinson, Phillips Fox Collection, Prudential Assurance Collection, Frank Clune & Sons Collection, Faber-Castell Collection, IBM Collection, National Bank of Australia Collection, NSTC Collection, NSW Pharmaceutical Guild Collection, Cité International des Arts, Paris, Australian Embassy, Paris and Private Collections in Australia, Europe and United States of America