solo exhibitions
2019
Empyrean: scattering of stars, King Street Gallery on William, NSW download the catalogue here
2017
Real Presence, King Street Gallery on William download the catalogue here
New Work, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
2016
Drawing Breath, Works on Paper, King Street Gallery, Sydney
2015
Tide-Lands, King Street Gallery on William download the catalogue here
2014
Winner: Gallipoli Art Prize 2014
Landscapes inscapes Idris Murphy and Paul Martin 15th April - 10th May
2013
Everywhen: King Street Gallery on William, Sydney download the catalogue here
2011
Interrogating Appearances: King Street Gallery on William, Sydney download the catalogue here
2010
I & Thou; Survey Exhibition 1986 -2008: Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Idris Murphy: Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2009
I & Thou: King Street Gallery on William, Sydney download the catalogue here
I & Thou; Survey Exhibition 1986 -2008: Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2007
Re-Cognising the land: King Street Gallery on William, Sydney download the catalogue here
2005
equilibrium of contradictions: king street gallery on burton, Sydney, Axia Gallery, Melbourne
2004
desert paintings: king street gallery on burton, Sydney
contemporary australian prints: from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales John Gordon Gallery (in assoc. with king street gallery on burton), Coffs Harbour, NSW
2003
flags of convenience, king street gallery on burton, Sydney download the catalogue here
2002
Desert Country, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2001
petrichor, king street gallery on burton, Sydney
Recent Work, Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide
1999
works on paper, king street gallery, Sydney
landskips, king street gallery on burton, Sydney
Recent Work, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
1997
real presence, king street gallery on burton, Sydney
1995
constant revision, king street gallery on burton, Sydney
1993
other roads, king street gallery on burton, Sydney
1990
New Work, Editions Southbank Galleries, Melbourne
1989
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
New Work, Editions Southbank Galleries
1987
Selected Prints- Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf Theatre, Sydney
1986
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1984
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1983
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Orange Festival, Orange, NSW
1982
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1978
Upstream Galleries, London
1974
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1972
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
group exhibitions
2019
Inside/Outside King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
Conversations with Alice Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios, Sydney
2018-2020
Salient – Contemporary Artists on the Western Front, New England Regional Art Museum, NSW; ANZAC Memorial, Sydney; Bank Art Museum, Moree, NSW; Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW; Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW
2018
Salient Melbourne Australia Club, Melbourne VICNational Art, Part One, NAS Catalogue Page 82-83
100 years on, King Street Gallery on William
Gallipoli Drawings, Newcastle University Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Hadley’s Art Prize Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart, TAS
A Painted Landscape, Ray Hughes Gallery Sydney
The Art of Friendship, Gallery Lane Cove and Creative Studios, Sydney
2017
Artist Profile Australasian Painters, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
Hadley’s Art Prize Orient Hotel, Hobart, TAS
2016
Paint My Place, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
2015-17
Country & Western Landscape re-imagined [curated by Gavin Wilson], Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, SH Ervin Gallery and travelling QLD VIC, NT
Your Friend the Enemy, 100 Years On, Gallipoli The ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, ACTYour Friend the Enemy,
100 Years On, Gallipoli, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2015
Packsaddle, New England Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Gallipoli 5, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Painting Prize NSW ParliamentA Salute: Drawing Show Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW
2013
The AWC Mornington Sanctuary Kimberley Exhibition, Mary Place, Paddington 7th August - 31st August
2012
Not the Way Home: SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney / NERAM / Orange Regional Gallery / Broken Hill Regional Gallery / Stella Downer Fine Art Sydney / Walcha Art Gallery
KIAF/12 Korean Art Fair, Seoul Korea
THE BIG PICTURE: King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
MAF 12 Melbourne Art Fair, Artist Profile Magazine, Melbourne VIC
Buratti Fine Art, Perth WA
Virtual Reality Newcastle University, Newcastle NSW
2010
On This Island, Meeting and Parting: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, NSW
Everything and Nothing: King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
Recent Acquisitions: Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Three Artists [Euan Macleod, Idris Murphy & Ann Thompson]: Bega Valley Regional Gallery, NSW
Recent Acquisitions: Charles Sturt University Art Collection, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Prints From Cicada Press [curated by Michael Kempson] Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ
2009
Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2008
Stations of the Cross 2008 St Ives Uniting Church, Sydney
Plein Air Painting Prize NSW Parliament House, Sydney
2007
Five x Five Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA University of NSW, Sydney
2006
Going Out There Alliance Francaise, Paris, France
king street gallery at doggett street studios (cummings, elliott, murphy, penrose hart, sages), Brisbane
Painting 2006 John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Kedumba Drawing Prize Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2005
Kedumba Drawing Award Kedumba Gallery, Blue Mountains Grammar, Wentworth Falls
Kings School Art Prize Parramatta, NSW
Going) Out There - Responses to the Remote lands around Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station North of Broken Hill, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2004
Spectrum 2004, [FONAS], Parliament House, Sydney
Fleurieu Prize for Landscape, South Australia
2003
64 years, king street gallery on burton
An Approachable Landscape, Axia Modern Art
2002
Two Thirds Sky- artists in desert country, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney
A Silver Lining & A New Beginning, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, UNSW
common ground, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
2001
floating, king street gallery on burton
Our Place: Images of Coffs Harbour & Region, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
Views, king street gallery, sydney
Landscapes, Artists Ties Gallery, Canberra
last show of the year, king street gallery on burton
2000
Southern Sydney Artists, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
last show of the year, king street gallery on burton
MelbourneArtFair2000, king street gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1999
Schools & Universities Invitational Millennium Art Prize, Schools & Universities Club, Sydney
last show of the year, king street gallery on burton
1998
Staff Exhibition, Ivan Dougherty Gallery
last show of the year, king street gallery on burton
1996
In Process, Ivan Dougherty Gallery
first night, king street gallery
The Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW
gallery artists, king street gallery
1995
Ironsides, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
The French Embrace, Alliance Francaise, Sydney
1994
Common Ground, University of New South Wales; Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW
gallery artists, king street gallery on burton
Australian Contemporary Art Fair4, Royal Exhibition Building
1993
Editions Southbank Galleries
Virtu, Ivan Dougherty Gallery
1992
The Book and Print Show, University of Wollongong
Manu et Mente, Ivan Dougherty Gallery
Australian Exhibition- Contemporary Binding, National Library of Australia, Canberra
Critic’s Choice, Macquarie Galleries
Blake Prize for Religious Art, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney & touring Australia
1991
The Artist- The Printmaker, Editions Southbank Galleries
The Book and Print Show, University of Wollongong; Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, NSW
1990
Editions Southbank Galleries
1988
Art Collegium, University of Technology, Sydney
Heretic, National Library of Australia, Canberra
1987
Bushweek, Queensland Arts Council, Brisbane and Queensland Regional Art Centre
Tribute to Lloyd Rees, Macquarie Galleries
Rainforest Show, Macquarie Galleries
1986
Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1984
Orange Festival, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1983
Bushweek, Macquarie Galleries
1982
Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1981
Sulman Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1980
Sulman Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1978
Red Show, Thumb Gallery, London