• 20 December 2014

    Guy Maestri – Black gold

    Black gold is Guy Maestri’s first solo exhibition in Queensland. Having recently joined Jan Murphy Gallery’s stable of represented artists, the NSW based artist is known for his skill in plein air painting and the connection he has with the landscape surrounding Broken Hill, Hill End and Wilcannia. In developing work for this exhibition, Maestri spent time in […]

  • 18 November 2014

    Natasha Bieniek – The National Portrait Gallery

    Another reason to visit our nations capital, Natasha Bieniek is exhibiting at the National Portrait Gallery as part of ‘In the Flesh’ exhibition featuring other prominent artists including Ron Meuck, Patricia Piccinini and Sam Jinks. Current until 9 March, 2015. For more information, please click here.

  • 18 November 2014

    The Australian War Memorial

    We are looking forward to seeing Alex Seton’s work ‘As of Today’, installed in it’s permanent home. From the 12th of December, this piece together with Ben Quilty’s ‘After Afghanistan’ exhibition, will be on display at the Australian War Memorial.

  • 18 November 2014

    12 Days of Christmas

    In the spirit of Christmas and in the tradition of the Advent calendar, we invite you to view twelve works by twelve artists over twelve days. From Tuesday the 25th of November we will be featuring one significant new work from an artist at 12pm every business day of the campaign leading up to Christmas. […]

  • 7 November 2014

    Monica Rohan – Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence

    Monica Rohan is currently the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence at the Tweed River Art Gallery, here is a photo of her working away in the studio.

  • 2 October 2014

    ABC Mental As Art Auction

    Ben Quilty and Robert Malherbe have donated works to the ABC Mental As online art auction, which is raising funds for mental health research. The auction goes live today and finishes on Sunday the 12th of October. There are 10 paintings in all with some fantastic artists on board. For more information, please click here.

  • 26 September 2014

    Hill End

    Habitus Living have covered a great review of our recent exhibition ‘Hill End’ which featured the work by Guy Maestri, Robert Malherbe and Luke Sciberras. To read more, please click here.

  • 25 September 2014

    Announcement

    Jan Murphy Gallery is thrilled to announce that we are now representing the very talented Guy Maestri. His first solo exhibition is scheduled for February 2015. Welcome Guido!

  • 30 August 2014

    Leslie Rice in the Black Swan portrait prize 2014

    Congratulations to Leslie Rice who has been selected as a finalist in the Black Swan portrait prize for his self-portrait pictured below. Image credit: Leslie Rice, self portrait (made by the artist at the halfway point of the term of his natural life), 2015, acrylic on velvet, 183 x 122 cm.

  • 30 August 2014

    Monica Rohan – finalist Redland Art Award 2014

    Congratulations to Monica Rohan on being selected as a finalist for the Redland Art Award 2014.

  • 29 August 2014

    Robert Malherbe – finalist Redland Art Award 2014

    Congratulations to Robert Malherbe who has been named a finalist in the Redland Art Awards for 2014. See Robert’s work in our exhibition: Hill End current until the 6th of September.

  • 20 August 2014

    A.J. Taylor – Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize

    Congratulations to A.J. Taylor on being listed as a finalist in the 2014 John Leslie Art Prize for his work, Hawkesbury 9. For more information, please click here. Image Credit: A.J. Taylor, Hawkesbury 9, 2013, oil on board, 183 x 183 cm

  • 2 August 2014

    Forthcoming exhibition, Hill End

    Art Almanac have covered our forthcoming exhibition ‘Hill End’, featuring Guy Maestri, Robert Malherbe and Luke Sciberras. In the article, A.J. Edwards writes: “Curated by Ben Quilty, Jan Murphy Gallery is presenting these works which were painted en plein air by this tight knit group. Hill End has an artistic link to such great artists […]

  • 1 August 2014

    Michael Muir – Winner, 2014 Mosman Art Prize

    Michael Muir has been announced as the winner of the 2014 Mosman Art Prize with his painting ‘Past the Stacks’. To read more about the Mosman Art Prize, please click here. Image Credit: Michael Muir, Past the Stacks, 2014, oil on linen, 137.0 x 122.0 cm

  • 24 July 2014

    Heidi Yardley – Sydney Morning Herald

    Heidi Yardley’s portrait of fellow JMG artist, Julia deVille, was spoken about by John McDonald in his recent Sydney Morning Herald review on the 2014 Archibald Prize.

  • 22 July 2014

    Victoria Reichelt – 2014 Geelong Art Prize Finalist

    Congratulations to Victoria Reichelt who has been selected as a finalist in the 2014 Geelong Art Prize. Image credit: Victoria Reichelt, Flood, 2014, oil on linen, 95 x 70 cm

  • 18 July 2014

    Alex Seton – Lismore Regional Gallery

    Alex Seton features in the forthcoming group exhibition ‘Protest Songs: Artful Actions’ at Lismore Regional Gallery. Protest Songs includes artists and activists who use art or creative means to give visibility to issues. Read more about the exhibition here.

  • 17 July 2014

    Heidi Yardley – Real Living magazine

    Heidi Yardley features in the August 2014 edition of Real Living. The article highlights Heidi and her partner Ben’s living and creative space in Melbourne. To read the article, please click here.

  • 10 July 2014

    Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize finalists

    Congratulations to all finalists in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. The following are represented by Jan Murphy Gallery: Jason Benjamin with his work ‘I just want to dream’, Natasha Bieniek with her work ‘Isola’, Heidi Yardley with her works ‘Julia deVille’ and ‘Antipodean dream’, Robert Malherbe for his work ‘The Domain after a storm’ and Michael […]

  • 5 July 2014

    Ben Quilty – Sydney Morning Herald

    Ben Quilty features on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald today. To read a full copy of the article please click here.