Selected Individual Exhibitions
2024 The Doom Buggies, Neon Parc, Melbourne, March
2024 The Heads of Snowmen, Neon Parc, Melbourne, Feburary
2023 2 Telegenic 2 Die, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. March
2023 The Stars Know My Name, Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Feb-April
2022 Dear Diary, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. March
2021 Shoobie Doobie, Neon Parc, Melbourne. October
2021 Treasure Island, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW. June
2020 Balustrade Stake, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. June
2019 Carve a Future, Devour Everything, Becoming Something, National Gallery of Victoria, March-June
2019 Forever twenty one, Neon Parc, Melbourne, June
2018 Out of Life, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. July
2017 Darren Sylvester, Neon Parc, Melbourne. April
2017 Céline, Bus Projects, Melbourne. October
2016 Broken Model, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. July
2014 Darren Sylvester, NADA Art Fair, Miami. December
2014 Won, Alaska Projects, Sydney. August
2014 Dreams End With You, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. June
2012 Darren Sylvester, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. September-October
2011 Darren Sylvester, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. March
2010 Take Me To You, Nanyang Academy of FIne Arts, Singapore. July–August
2009 Darren Sylvester, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. April
2008 Our Future Was Ours, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. July–August
2008 Darren Sylvester, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. February
2007 Darren Sylvester, William Mora Galleries Melbourne. August/September
2006 I Want To Carve a Future..., Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney. October
2006 Our Future Was Ours, Johnston Gallery, Perth. May
2005 Recent Work, William Mora Galleries Melbourne. September/October
2005 We Can Love Since We Know We Can Lose Love, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney. June
2004 Don’t Lose Yourself In Tomorrow, William Galleries Melbourne. September/October
2003 If All We Have Is Each Other, That’s OK, William Mora Galleries Melbourne. June
2001 A Life Falls Apart Without Order, William Mora Galleries Melbourne. August / September
2001 We Can Do Anything, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney April / June
2000 God Only Knows What I’d Be Without You, William Mora Galleries Melbourne
1999 London Paris Tokyo New York, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne. March
1998 Life Together, 200 Gertrude Street Melbourne. March
1997 arriving.departing., Helen Schutt Access Gallery. CCP. Melbourne. February
1995 Minor Words, Separovich Gallery, Wagga N.S.W.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Namedropping, MONA, Museum of ld and New Art, Tasmania, June-April 2025
2023 A Commodity is a Strange Thing, Cellar Door, Sydney, Curated by Stephanie Berlangieri
2023 Maria Kozic x Darren Sylvester, Neon Parc, Melbourne, Feburary
2022 2022 Adelaide Biennial Free/State, Art Gallery of South Australia, SA
2021 The National, Carriageworks, Sydney. Curator Abigail Moncrieff
2021 The Sculptural Body, MUMA, Melbourne
2020 House Arrest, Neon Parc, Melbourne. June
2018 Hold Still: the photographic performance, Art Gallery of New South Wales, July. Curator Isobel Parker Philip
2018 Looking but not seeing, Benalla Art Gallery, August. Curator Kiron Robinson
2018 Legacy+, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne. August
2018 Coarse Stories, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery. October
2018 Conscious Process, Artbank, Sydney
2017 Double A-Side, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2017 Misshaped Head, Neon Parc, Melbourne. Curator Geoff Newton
2017 Photography 130, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. Curator Shane Hulbert
2017 Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention Centre
2016 Authenticity, Incinerator Gallery Victoria
2016 The Waiting Room, Artbank Gallery, Sydney. Curator Daniel Mudie Cunningham
2015 Outside Thoughts, Contemporary Art Tasmania. Curator Wes Hill
2015 Happiness, Lake Macquarie Gallery. December
2014 Wildcards: Bill Henson, Monash Gallery of Art, VIC, Feb-March
2014 Animal Ark / Animal Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia, June
2013 Melbourne Now, NGV, Melbourne
2013 We used to talk about love: Balnaves Contemporary, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Curator Natasha Bullock
2013 Volta Art Fair, New York, New York, March
2013 Make Up: Painted Faces in Contemporary Photography, Monash Gallery of Art, VIC, May-June
2013 A Space Oddity, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts. September–November
2013 NGV Studio: Wired for Melbourne Sound, NGV, Melbourne
2013 Burqas, veils and hoodies, Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, June
2013 Surface Noise, BusProjects, Melbourne. June-July
2012 Project 12: This is not a Love Song, Anna Pappas Gallery, Prahran. Feb–March
2011 What’s in a Face?, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sep–Feb
2011 Black Box White Cube, The Arts Centre, Melbourne. June – September
2011 Subtext: Artists and Writing, un Projects, Westspace, Melbourne. January – February
2010 Mortality, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Oct–Nov. Curator Juliana Engberg
2010 Autumn Masterpieces, Centre for Contemporary Photography, March–April
2010 The Edge of the Universe, Shepparton Art Gallery. Nov–Feb. Curator Danny Lacy
2010 Power Chicks and Men Who Sew, Deloitte, Sydney. Curator Barbara Flynn
2010 ARTHK2010, Hong Kong, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2009 Total Nowhere Emotion Expansion, Brisbane Festival, www.brisbanefestival.com.au, September–Ocober
2009 Horror - Come Darkness, Macquarie University Art Gallery, 24 September – 11 November
2008 Contemporary Australia: Optimism, Queensland Art Gallery, 15 November–22 Feb 09
2008 Wonderlust, Art Gallery of Western Australia, June–August
2008 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong, Centre for Contemporary Photography, November–December
2008 Silverstein Photography Annual, Silverstein Photography, NY, New York, September
2008 The Dating Show, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD, June–July
2008 FX in Contemporary Photography, McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park, Victoria, May–August
2008 Neo Goth: Back in Black, University of Queensland, September
2008 Music Makes the People Come Together, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery 26 Sept–26 Oct
2008 Under Stars, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre. 23 August–30 Nov
2007 Old Skool (Never Lose That Feeling), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth. December
2007 The Roving Eye, Gallery 1601, Washington DC, Feb–March
2007 Raised by Wolves, Art Gallery of Western Australia
2007 Perfect for Every Occasion: Photography Today, Heide Museum of Art, Melbourne. Feb-June
2007 The One and The Many, Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art. Brisbane Feb–April
2007 Motion Pictures, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth. December
2006 NEW06, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. March. Curator Juliana Engberg
2006 Special Reconnaissance, Gigantic Artspace, New York. November. Curator Dylan Gauthier
2006 Supernatural Artificial, Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore. June
2006 The Roving Eye, Gigantic Artspace, New York. May–July
2006 Light Sensitive. Contemporary Australian Photography, National Gallery of Victoria. October–February 07
2006 Selecta, Westspace, Melbourne. August
2006 On The Money, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT. September
2005 Remote Control: Artists Making Moving Pictures, National Gallery of Victoria. Nov 05–April 06. Curator Kate Rhodes
2005 Supernatural Artificial, Chulalangkorn Art Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. October
2005 Loaded, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Vic. Curated by Helen Frajman. April-May
2005 Awkward Silences, Linden Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne. April-May
2005 Six Orbits Around the Blue Moon, Hamilton University, New Zealand. Curators Nadine Christensen & James Lynch
2005 Make It Modern, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Melbourne. Curator Juliana Engberg.
2004 Supernatural Artificial, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan. July-September
2003 Photographica Australis, National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok, July
2003 Stellar, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Auction. Melbourne. November
2002 Bittersweet, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Curator Wayne Tunnicliffe
2002 Photographica Australis, Sala De Exposiciones Del Canal De Isabel II, Madrid, Spain
2002 Happiness, PICA Perth, WA. Curator Charlotte Day. September
2002 Photograph and a Painting, Project Space. Christchurch, New Zealand. Curator Nicholas Chambers
2001 Fresh From Paris, CCP Melbourne. November. Curators Clare Firth-Smith & Ingrid Braun
2001 Happiness, Adam Art Gallery Wellington, New Zealand. May. Curator Charlotte Day
2001 Our Perfect Dream, Galerie 5020, Salzburg Austria. Curator Sylvia Kranawetvogl
2000 William Mora Gallery Opening, William Mora Galleries Melbourne. May
1999 Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art. Sydney. Curator, Rachel Kent
1999 Circuit, Arts Victoria. Curator, Mardi Foster
1998 Respond Red or Blue, Royal Melbourne Hospital. Curators Lauren Berkowitz & Tara Gilbee
1995 105 Degrees Graduate Show, Charles Sturt University (Riverina) Wagga N.S.W.
Selected Bibliography
2022 Patrice Sharkey, 2022 Adelaide Biennial Free/State; Set my soul free
2022 Zoë De Luca, Artforum, 2022 Adelaide Biennial Free/State review, online+print
2021 Helen Hughes, Artforum, Shoobie Doobie review, online+print
2021 Rex Butler, Robinson Crusoe, Memo Review, online
2021 Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Artist text; The National: New Australian Art
2021 Abigail Moncrieff, Dreams within a dream. Sullivan+Strumpf magazine
2021 Sharne Wolff, Pull Focus, Australian Art Collector, August 2021
2021 Dr Joseph Brennan, Treasure Island, Art Almanac, June 2021
2020 Anthony Carew, Mark of teh Vampire, interview, Sullivan+Strumpf, online
2019 Tiarney Miekus, Is Art Pop?, Meanjin Quarterly, June 24, online
2019 Giles Fielke, Memo Review, Carve A Future, Devour Everything... April 20, online
2019 John Buckley, Darren Sylvester never planned to celebrate consumerism... i-D, Feb 22, online
2019 Sebastian Thorsted, The transparency of pop culture, Metal Magazine, online interview
2019 Varia Karipoff, Art Guide Australia, Q&A Editorial, March 5, online
2019 Andrew Stephens, The beauty in banality, The Age, Spectrum, Feb 17, online
2019 Will Cox, Studio Visit: Darren Sylvester, Broadsheet, March 5, online
2019 Marcus Teague, We ate a fake fast food feast, Broadsheet, Feb 28 5, online
2019 Nicola Dowse, Time Out, Carve a Future, Devour Everything... Feb 27, online
2018 Angela Garrick, Touch a compass, https://difficultfun.com/2018/10/28/darren-sylvester-review/
2018 Mariam Arcilla, Out of Life review. http://rundog.art/out-of-life-darren-sylvester/
2018 Doug Wallen, The Australian, Album Reviews. Online Saturday April 14
2018 ABC iView, Video Becomes Us https://iview.abc.net.au/show/video-becomes-us
2017 Wes Hill, Frieze, Looking Back 2017 Australia. Online
2017 Nella Themelious, Céline catalogue essay, Bus Projects, October
2017 Amelia Winata, Memo Review, Marble Palace, October 14, memoreview.net
2017 Jan Henderson, In Review, Inside, interior design review, Issue 98
2017 Andrew Gaynor, Artist/Musicians: Punk goes the Easel, Vault magazine, July
2017 Rebecca Shanahan, Artist/Muso, Art Guide Australia, May 2017
2017 Amelia Winata, Art Guide Australia, preview for Neon Parc exhibition 2017
2016 Wes Hill, Artforum, Critics’ Picks, http://artforum.com/?pn=archive&id=62330
2016 Gina Fairley, Broken Model, Australian Art Collector
2016 Mitchell Oakley Smith, See: Manuscript, manuscriptdaily.com
2015 Dylan Rainforth, Television’s legacy explored, SMH Entertainment, June 30
2015 Laura Wise, Darren Sylvester, Worlds Only Magazine, Issue 5
2015 Andrew Nette, Transmission: Legacies of the Television Age, Australian Book Review
2014 Kevin McGarry, Bjarne Melgaard’s abuse of chicness, V Man, (photography) September
2014 Gina Fairley, Sylvester’s dream of dance floors and moon rocks, www.visual.artshub.com.au
2014 Kit Wise, Melbourne Now, frieze, online: frieze.com/issue/review/melbourne-now
2014 John McDonald, Southern Stars, The Age Newspaper, January 11
2014 Season program 2014/2015, National Opera in Munich
2014 Notable Grants, Art Collector Magazine, Issue 67, pg. 108
2014 Sydney Festival Live Review, www.theaureview.com, Larry Heath, January 18
2013 Wes Hill, Darren Sylvester, frieze magazine, Issue 152, Jan-Feb 2013
2013 Matthew Westwood, Melbourne Now exhibition showcases..., The Australian, Nov 2
2013 Darren Sylvester & Ben Montero, Vice Magazine: The Photo Issue 2013: Collaborations, July
2013 Megan Backhouse, Rewriting the blockbuster, Art Guide Australia, Nov/Dec 2013
2013 Michael Fitzgerald, Darren Sylvester on Carol Jerrems, Photofile Vol. 92 Autumn/Winter
2013 Daniel Palmer, Is Australian Photography Global?, Photofile Vol. 92 Autumn/Winter
2013 Adam Jasper, We used to talk about love: Balnaves Contemporary, exhibition cat. AGNSW
2013 Natasha Bullock, Too love, desire and feel, look, Art Gallery Society of NSW, 0213
2013 Christopher Allen, We used to talk about love, The Australian, Feb 23
2013 Kenny Pittock, Five Artworks Ten Hours, Sturgeon Magazine, Issue 1, p. 80
2012 Anthony Carew, Darren Sylvester, exhibition catalogue Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2012 Andrew Frost, interview/podcast, The Art Life Podcast S2 Ep. 2
2012 Tim Price, Broken Compass, Vice Magazine, Volume 10 Number 5.
2012 Michael Kucyk, Compass Point Q&A. Testpressing.org June 25
2012 Gina Fairley, Compass Point Book Review. Art Gallery Guide Australia, June
2012 Daniel Palmer, Video Void: Australian Video Art 1970s-2010s, Aust. Scholarly Publishing
2012 Damian Smith, Project 12: This is Not a Love Song, Anna Pappas Gallery exhibition
2012 Elvis Richardson & Claire Lambe (ed.), Death Be Kind, Book
2011 Steve Meacham, Reflections on Portrait Photography, Sydney Morning Herald, 23/9
2011 Bock, A., Ageless voices find byways of the songlines, Sydney Morning Herald, 23/11
2011 Pip Wallis, Gertrude Studios 2011 exhibition catalogue, November
2011 Angus Holland, Melbourne’s Top 100, (melbourne) magazine, December 9
2010 Juliana Engberg, Mortality, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
2010 Marcus Bunyan, Mortality review, Art Blat 13 November. www.artblat.com
2010 Chris Barton & Jessica Brent (ed.), Condiment Issue #1, Chip Sandwich. Darren Sylvester
2010 Mayo Martin, Pop (music) Art, Today, Singapore, July 27
2010 Yip Wai Yee, Time in his hands, The Straits Times, July 29
2010 Jared Davies, ART#1, Wangaratta Exhibitions Galley. Curator ACCA
2010 David O’Halloran, Within, seven contemporary artists, Apartment Books, Australia
2010 Chris McAuliffe, ArtNation, Art of Rock, ABC TV, March 28
2010 Georgia Frances King, Jack of all trades, Master of all trades, April 9. www.lifelounge.com
2010 Michael Dwyer, Sound & Vision. The Age newspaper, January 9
2009 Dylan Rainforth, He’s Only Just Begun. The Age newspaper, October 6
2009 Grace Bones, Darren Sylvester Album Review, VICE Magazine, September
2009 Jen Paterson, Darren Sylvester Album Review, Oyster Mag, Issue 84, pg. 151
2009 Steve Phillips, Darren Sylvester Album Review, Beat paper, Melb, Sept 16
2009 Tom Hawking, Darren Sylvester Album Review, Inpress paper, Melb, Sept 9
2009 Doug Wallen, A Man for all Seasons, Inpress paper, October 7
2009 Michael Dwyer, Darren Sylvester Album Review, The Age A2, Melb, August 22
2009 Adam Curley, Darren Sylvester Album Review, The Sunday Age, Melb, August 30
2009 Anthony Carew, I’m Your Fan, Art World Magazine, April-May
2008 Christopher Allen, Look on the bright side, The Australian, Decmber 13
2008 Wendy Walker, Art and Australia Magazine, November
2008 Grahame Kime, Under Stars Catalogue, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
2008 Rosemary Sorensen, How Death Becomes You, The Australian, August 1
2008 Amelia Groom, Our Future Was Ours, A&E, Sydney, July 29
2008 Jordana Maisie Goot, FBI Radio, Our Future Was Ours, Sydney
2008 Nick Dent, Time Out Magazine. July
2008 Stewart Hawkins, Weekend Financial Review, July 19-20
2008 Daniel Palmer, Reading Room 2 : Transcendental Pop, New Zealand
2008 Current, Art & Australia Press, Book
2008 Llewellyn, J, Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 43
2008 Ian Houston, Mister Sylvester, He Not Dead, The Art Life, blog. March 6
2008 Michael Ascroft, UNMagazine 2.1, p 54-56
2007 Robert Nelson, Review, The Age newspaper, 5 September
2007 Anthony Carew, Exhibition catalogue essay, Darren Sylvester August-September
2007 Robert Cook, Old Skool (Never Lose That Feeling) exhibition catalogue. PICA, WA.
2007 Andrew Frost, The Art Life, ABC TV. June
2007 Picnic Magazine, November, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007 Alasdair Foster, Interview, Photofile Magazine, Issue 80
2007 Karra Rees, Still Touching From a Distance, Real Time
2007 Zara Stanhope, Perfect for every occasion: Photography today, Heide Museum catalogue
2007 Helen Ennis, Photography and Australia, Reaktion Press, London.
2007 Robert Cook, Raised by Wolves, exhibition catalogue. AGWA
2007 Carmel Dwyer, Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 39
2007 Michael Fitzgerald, Dark Reflections, Time Magazine Australia, January.
2006 Charlotte Day, Exhibition catalogue essay, I Want To Carve A Future... October
2006 James Cockington, Light on Life, The Age, Money, October 25
2006 Christian McCrea, interview. www.nownow.com.au/interviews
2006 Jo Higgins, Exhibition previews, Australian Art Collector, Issue 38
2006 John Ewing, The Roving Eye, The Artlies, Houston, Texas
2006 Clara Chow, Sad Photos Say So Much, The Straits Times, Singapore, June 16
2006 Edward Colless, The Right Stuff, Australian Art Collector, Issue 36
2006 Chris Beck, Double Exposure, The Age, 22 April
2006 Ric Spencer, Images With a Message, The West Australian, May 6
2006 Andrew Frost, Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 35
2006 Anthony Gardner, Fuck Me, I’m Famous, NEW06 catalogue essay
2006 Phaidon, Vitamin Ph, Phaidon Press, London. Book
2006 Chris Boyd, In Control of The Remote, Australian Financial Review, March 11
2006 Kerrie-Dee Johns, Remote Control, FLASH, Centre for Contemporary Photography, #1/06
2006 Edward Colless, Beneath Bland Surfaces, The Australian Newspaper, Feb 10
2005 Natasha Bullock, We Can Love Since We Know We Can Lose Love, catalogue essay, May
2005 George Alexander, Art Asia Pacific, Killing Time, No. 45, Summer 2005
2005 Catriona Moore, Decoration, Aspiration & Nostalgia, Art & Australia, Vol 42 No3 Autumn 2005
2005 Ashley Crawford, Loaded, Australian Art Collector, Issue 32, April–June 2005
2004 Steph Marinovich, Ennui Forever, Photofile #73. Summer 2005
2004 Larissa Hjorth, Supernatural Artificial, Art & Australia, Vol 42 No2 Summer 2005
2004 Jeff Kahn, Fakery and Fabrication in Photomedia, Artlink, Vol 24 #4
2004 Michael Newall, Tools of Attraction, Photofile #71. Winter 2004
2004 Blair French, The Anthropological Impulse, Broadsheet, February, vol 33 no 1
2004 Emma Bugden, A Painting and a Photograph. The Physics Room Annual 2002. NZ
2003 Mireille Juchau, If All We Have Is Each Other, That’s ok. Photofile #70. Summer 2004
2003 Natalie King, If All We Have Is Each Other, That’s ok. Review. Artlink October
2003 Michael Nolan, Commercial Art. Black+White Magazine, #68. August
2003 Lenny Ann Low, If All We Have Is Each Other, That’s ok. Review. SMH. July 26
2003 Alasdair Foster, Photographica Australis. Asia Tour Catalogue. Pg. 30
2002 Robert Cook, Happiness review, PICA W.A.,Broadsheet
2002 Simon Rees, Bittersweet review. Art & Text, Fall 2002/No 78 Pg.90
2002 Adam Geczy, Crypto-Realism: Bittersweet. Art Monthly Australia, July
2002 Bruce James, Mind the banana skin, enjoy the aftertaste. The Herald Sun, May 8th
2002 Benjamin Genocchio, Twitchy Escapist Impulses, The Weekend Australian, May 4th
2002 Chris Boyd, Shots of Love, Weekend Australian Financial Review, April 27
2002 Wayne Tunnicliffe, Bittersweet catalogue essay. Art Gallery of New South Wales
2002 Andrew Hornery, Taking The Big Picture, Sydney Morning Herald. April 22
2002 Russell Storer, Look at Me, Photofile Magazine. #65, May
2001 Zoo, Melbourne Feature. Zoo. London, England, Issue 11, December
2001 Robert Nelson, Artists Enshrine the Machine. The Age. September 10th
2001 Rhys Graham, A Breath Held, A Breath Released. Photofile. April
2001 Charlotte Day, Happiness catalogue essay. May
2000 Daniel Palmer, Globe. Web Art Magazine. November
2000 Peter Timms, Excruciating Minutia, The Age. August 9th
2000 Nick O’Malley, They Look Like Advertising, God Only Knows. Exhibition catalogue
2000 Gabriella Coslovich, When Darren Met Tony, The Age, June 28th
2000 Felicity Loughrey, E-Motion, Black and White Magazine. June
1999 Nick Dent, Cold Comfort, Black and White Magazine. December
1999 Daniel Palmer, Frieze–Contemporary Art and Culture, London. July-August edition
1999 Rachel Kent, Primavera catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney
1999 Lara Travis, Moving, London Paris Tokyo New York Exhibition catalogue
Selected Collections
National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of Western Australia , Queensland Art Gallery
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, University of Queensland Gallery, Artbank,
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Latrobe University, Monash Gallery of Art,
University of Melbourne, University of Queensland Art Museum,
Edith Cowan University Western Australia, The City of Port Phillip,
Australia Council, Charles Sturt University, Riverina,
Sir Elton John Collection and private collections throughout Australia,
China, Holland, Switzerland, Singapore and Japan