1958

Born at Donald, Australia

1977-79
Diploma of Art and Design, Prahran College of Advanced Education

1993-95
Master of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts

1996-99
Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University

Solo exhibitions

2011

Phantom Surge, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

2008
Lines in the dirt, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

2005
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Phillip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane

2004

The Long Paddock, Melbourne Art Fair
Flatlands, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Plains, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

2003

Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane

2002

Wimmera: The work of Philip Hunter, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

2001
The Plains, The Ian Potter of Art, The University of Melbourne, in conjunction

2000
Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra

1999
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne

1998
The Nolan Gallery, Lanyon, Canberra
Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne

1995
Changing Landscapes New Prospects, Meridian Gallery, Melbourne

1992
The Territory 1st Hemisphere, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
The Garden Cycle, Macquarie Gallery, Sydney

1990
The Visit Cycle, City Gallery, Melbourne

1989
The Continent Cycle, City Gallery, Melbourne

1987
United Artists Gallery, Melbourne
Warrnambool Art Gallery,Victoria

1986-7
Arden Street, Melbourne

1984
Christine Abrahams Gallery (Axiom Gallery), Melbourne

1982
Axiom Gallery, Melbourne  

Selected group exhibitions

2008
Contemporaneous: Australian Contemporary Painting 1, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Victoria

1998
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Gallery.
The Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melb.
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery

1996
The Sulman Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes: Regional Tour of Selected Works -
Regional Gallery, Grafton Regional Gallery, Lismore Regional Gallery.
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery

1994
Between the Paddock and the House, Philip Hunter and Greg Wain,
The Baillieu Myer Collection, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne

1993
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhib.

1992
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhib.

1991
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhib.
Tokyo Art Expo, Tokyo, Japan
Transitional Times: the Approaching Fin de Siecle, Victorian Print Workshop,

1990
Recent Acquisitions 1986 - 1990, National Gallery of Victoria, Melb.
Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Exhibition Building, Melb.

1989
6 x 3 and Paul Grabowsky Performance, (Spiral Scratch Records), City

1988
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhib.
A New Generation, Philip Morris Collection, Australian National Gallery
Directors' Choice Exhibition, Storey Hall, RMIT Gallery, Melb.

1987
Artists in the Field, Darwin Natural History and Fine Arts Museum, Darwin
Koongarra: Philip Hunter and Ian Friend, National Australia Bank, Collins

1986
Slouching Towards Bethlehem, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
Fears and Scruples, The University of Melbourne Gallery

1984
The Australians, C.D.S. Gallery, New York

1983
Australian Perspecta, The Art Gallery of New South Wales

1982
Young Melbourne Painters, Monash University Gallery, Melb.
Ansett Art Award, Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria  

Awards and Commissions

1998
Deutsche Bank

1996 - 99
Australian Postgraduate Research Award

1994-95
Melbourne University Postgraduate Scholarship

1992
Print Council, Visual Arts Board Grant

1984
Australia Council, Visual Arts Board Grant

1982
Ansett Art Award

Selected Collections

Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Monash University, Victoria
Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria
Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
The Baillieu Myer Collection, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Victoria
Shell Australia Collection
Deutsche Bank
City of Banyule Art Collection
Tamworth City Art Gallery, N.S.W
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Customs House Gallery, Victoria
Canson Australia Pty. Ltd., Victoria
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania
Deakin University, Victoria
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria
Victorian College of the Arts, Victoria
Artbank
Macquarie Bank

Selected Bibliography

Peter Craven, 'Return to the landscape', The Australian, 20 May 2008, pp14-15.
Jo Litson, 'Hunter's gathering value', Sunday Telegraph, 18 May 2008, p36.
Ashley Crawford, Wimmera: The Work of Philip Hunter, edited by Peter Craven with an introduction by Gerald Murnane, Thames and Hudson, 2002
Sasha Grishin, Play with Perspective, The Canberra Times, 28th September, 1998
Peter Haynes, exhib. cat., Philip Hunter, The Nolan Gallery, Lanyon, A.C.T., August, 1998
Susan Dewar, China: Dream On, Art and Asia Pacific, Vol.2/No.2, 1995
Alex Selenitsch, Atmosphere and Virus, exhib. cat., Meridian Gallery, July, 1995
Alex Selenitsch, The Middle Distance, Asian Art News, Vol.5/No.5, Sept/October, 1995
Robert Lindsay, The Baillieu Myer Collection of the 80s, 1994
Meridian Gallery at Song He Tang, exhib. cat., Beijing, November, 1994
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, exhib. cat., 1993
Jenepher Duncan, Tedd Gott, John Gregory, Peter King, Philip Hunter: The Territory: 1st Hemisphere, exhib. cat., Monash University Gallery, July, 1992
Marylou Jelbart, ABC Radio National (interview), 2 April, 1992
ABC Television, Philip Hunter: Oils on the Landscape, Review, July, 1992
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, exhib. cat., 1992
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, exhib. cat., 1991
Tokyo Art Expo, exhib. cat., 1991
Di Waites, Imprint Magazine, Bullarto Press, Vol.26/No.3, Spring, 1991
Averil Vestris, New Age Colours, Victoria College Magazine, No. 7, May 1990
Charles Green, Philip Hunter City Gallery, Artforum International, Vol.29/ No., 1990
Gary Catalano, A Shared Ambivalence, The Age, 20 December, 1989
Charles Green, Backlash, Tension 19, December, 1989
Ronald Millar, A Romantic Spirit in Search of Home, The Herald, 19 Dec, 1989
Louise Bellamy, Private World of Colour and Grace, The Age, 12 December, 1989
Jenny Zimmer, A Magical Hunter, The Herald, 10 December, 1989
Gary Catalano, The Age, 5 January, 1988
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, exhib. cat., 1988
David Hansen, Philip Hunter: Here and There, Now and Then, exhib. cat., Warrnambool Art Gallery, 1987
Ronald Millar, Brown View of Kakadu, The Herald, 30 June, 1987
Gary Catalano, Hunter's Kakadu Scenes Belong to Inward World, TheAge, 24 June 1987
Naomi Cass, Fears and Scruples, exhib. cat., The University of Melbourne, 1986
Gary Catalano, Images of Tower Hill, The Age, 24 June, 1987
Geoff Lowe, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, exhib.cat., 200 Gertrude St, 1986
ABC Television, State of the Arts, (interview), September ,1986