Biography
Born Launceston, Tasmania, 1963
Lives and works in Longford, Tasmania
Philip Wolfhagen is recognised as one of Australia’s leading contemporary painters. His paintings are inspired by the atmospheric landscape of northern Tasmania and the emotive qualities of light and weather. Philip Wolfhagen studied at the Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart from 1983 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1987 before moving to Sydney, where he studied at the Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney in 1990. He returned to live and work in Tasmania in 1996. Since then he has held over 45 solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth WA and Washington DC. In 2003 he exhibited archipelago, a large 6 panel work at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery as part of the 10 Days on the Island festival. In 2013 a survey exhibition covering 25 years of Wolfhagen’s work, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen was staged by Newcastle Art Gallery and Tasmanian Museum Art Gallery, which then went on to tour nationally. A major publication accompanied the exhibition with essays by writers Tim Winton, Jane Clark, Craig Judd and William Wright.
In 2013 Philip Wolfhagen was included in the major survey exhibition Australia held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the first exhibition of Australian art to be staged at the RA since 1963. Selected group exhibitions include Australian Perspecta, at the S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney (1997); Uncommon World: Aspects of Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery of Australia, (2000); Depth of Field, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne (2003); Constable and Australia, National Gallery of Australia (2006); Wonderful World, The Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide (2007); Time and Place, TarraWarra Museum of Art Victoria (2008); Curious Colony, Newcastle Art Gallery (2010) and New Romantics, Gippsland Art Gallery (2011). He was awarded the winner of the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW in 2007. His work is held in several public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, Newcastle Art Gallery, New England Regional Art Museum, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, TarraWarra Museum of Art and Artbank.
Philip Wolfhagen is represented by Bett Gallery Hobart, Dominik Mersch Gallery Sydney and Philip Bacon Galleries Brisbane.
Lives and works in Longford, Tasmania
Philip Wolfhagen is recognised as one of Australia’s leading contemporary painters. His paintings are inspired by the atmospheric landscape of northern Tasmania and the emotive qualities of light and weather. Philip Wolfhagen studied at the Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart from 1983 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1987 before moving to Sydney, where he studied at the Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney in 1990. He returned to live and work in Tasmania in 1996. Since then he has held over 45 solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth WA and Washington DC. In 2003 he exhibited archipelago, a large 6 panel work at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery as part of the 10 Days on the Island festival. In 2013 a survey exhibition covering 25 years of Wolfhagen’s work, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen was staged by Newcastle Art Gallery and Tasmanian Museum Art Gallery, which then went on to tour nationally. A major publication accompanied the exhibition with essays by writers Tim Winton, Jane Clark, Craig Judd and William Wright.
In 2013 Philip Wolfhagen was included in the major survey exhibition Australia held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the first exhibition of Australian art to be staged at the RA since 1963. Selected group exhibitions include Australian Perspecta, at the S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney (1997); Uncommon World: Aspects of Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery of Australia, (2000); Depth of Field, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne (2003); Constable and Australia, National Gallery of Australia (2006); Wonderful World, The Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide (2007); Time and Place, TarraWarra Museum of Art Victoria (2008); Curious Colony, Newcastle Art Gallery (2010) and New Romantics, Gippsland Art Gallery (2011). He was awarded the winner of the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW in 2007. His work is held in several public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, Newcastle Art Gallery, New England Regional Art Museum, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, TarraWarra Museum of Art and Artbank.
Philip Wolfhagen is represented by Bett Gallery Hobart, Dominik Mersch Gallery Sydney and Philip Bacon Galleries Brisbane.
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1963
Born in Tasmania
1987
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Centre for the Arts, the University of Tasmania, Hobart
1990
Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
1990–95
Lived and worked in Sydney
Currently lives and works in Tasmania
Born in Tasmania
1987
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Centre for the Arts, the University of Tasmania, Hobart
1990
Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
1990–95
Lived and worked in Sydney
Currently lives and works in Tasmania
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Weather Forecast, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2020
Out of Darkness, Bett Gallery Hobart
2019
Reveries, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2018
Elegies, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2017
Hinterlands, Bett Gallery Hobart
2016-17
Transformations: the art of Philip Wolfhagen, QVMAG, Launceston
2016
Re-visions, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2015
Tracks and Traverses, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
Other Worlds, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2014
Landscape Reinventions, Melbourne Art Fair, with Bett Gallery Hobart
2013
Illumination; the art of Philip Wolfhagen, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW;
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart; Drill Hall Gallery ANU, Canberra;
Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD; Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW; Hamilton Art Gallery, VIC
Propositions, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2012
The Indelible Blue Line, Bett Gallery, Hobart
A Procession of Shadows, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2011
Four Exaltations, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2010
The Extended Journey, Bett Gallery Hobart
A Painter’s Landscape, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2009
Journey to the Source, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
Out of The Garden, Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
2007
Vapour Trails, The Australian Embassy in Washington DC, USA
New Deliriums, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Luminary Traces, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart
Night Visions, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2005
Night Beacons, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2004
The Inner Edge, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
The Inner Edge, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, School of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Tasmania, Launceston
Noctiluca, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart
Archipelago, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery at Inveresk, Launceston
2003
Archipelago, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery at Inveresk, Launceston
Shifting light, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2002
high ground, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2001
Winter Journeys, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2000
converging planes, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Liawenee Exploration, Bett Gallery Hobart
1999
Cross Sections, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1998
Surface Tension, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1997
Six Level Seas and Four Recollections, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Plateaux, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1996
lluminations, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1995
Vanishing Points, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1994
Passages, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1993
Elevations, Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Devonport; Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1992
Illusory Fields, Series 2, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1991
Illusory Fields, Syme Dodson Gallery, Sydney
1990
The Stages of a Delirium, Syme Dodson Gallery, Sydney
The Path of Least Resistance, Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
Weather Forecast, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2020
Out of Darkness, Bett Gallery Hobart
2019
Reveries, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2018
Elegies, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2017
Hinterlands, Bett Gallery Hobart
2016-17
Transformations: the art of Philip Wolfhagen, QVMAG, Launceston
2016
Re-visions, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2015
Tracks and Traverses, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
Other Worlds, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2014
Landscape Reinventions, Melbourne Art Fair, with Bett Gallery Hobart
2013
Illumination; the art of Philip Wolfhagen, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW;
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart; Drill Hall Gallery ANU, Canberra;
Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD; Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW; Hamilton Art Gallery, VIC
Propositions, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2012
The Indelible Blue Line, Bett Gallery, Hobart
A Procession of Shadows, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2011
Four Exaltations, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2010
The Extended Journey, Bett Gallery Hobart
A Painter’s Landscape, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2009
Journey to the Source, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
Out of The Garden, Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
2007
Vapour Trails, The Australian Embassy in Washington DC, USA
New Deliriums, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Luminary Traces, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart
Night Visions, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2005
Night Beacons, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2004
The Inner Edge, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
The Inner Edge, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, School of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Tasmania, Launceston
Noctiluca, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart
Archipelago, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery at Inveresk, Launceston
2003
Archipelago, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery at Inveresk, Launceston
Shifting light, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2002
high ground, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2001
Winter Journeys, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2000
converging planes, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Liawenee Exploration, Bett Gallery Hobart
1999
Cross Sections, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1998
Surface Tension, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1997
Six Level Seas and Four Recollections, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Plateaux, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1996
lluminations, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1995
Vanishing Points, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1994
Passages, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1993
Elevations, Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Devonport; Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1992
Illusory Fields, Series 2, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1991
Illusory Fields, Syme Dodson Gallery, Sydney
1990
The Stages of a Delirium, Syme Dodson Gallery, Sydney
The Path of Least Resistance, Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Watershed, Bett Gallery Hobart
2021
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
Hadley's Art Prize, Hobart
2020
The Secret Garden, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2019
Sydney Contemporary 19, Carriage Works, Sydney
Hadley's Art Prize, Hobart
2018
Sydney Contemporary 18, Carriage Works, Sydney
2017
Imagine, Gippsland Art Gallery
Strange Trees, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2016
Panorama, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria
Strangers in a Strange Land, Poimena Gallery, Tasmania
2015
Becoming, National Self-Portrait Prize, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane
When the Ocean Turns to Dust, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2014
The Skullbone Experiment: A Paradigm of Art and Nature, QVMAG, Launceston; COFA Galleries, Sydney
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin
Tasmania Landscape, Academy Gallery, SVPA, Launceston
Sublime Point: Landscape in Painting, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
40 Years, 40 Paintings, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2013
Australia, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Poets & Painters 2013, Bett Gallery Hobart
Tasmania Today, Academy Gallery, SVPA, Launceston
Nah Und Fern – Landscape Painting in the 21st Century, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2012
Hits & Memories: 10 years at the Academy Gallery, Academy Gallery, Launceston
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2011
Curious Colony: A twenty first century Wunderkammer, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
New Romantics, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
25 Years – An Unfolding Journey, Bett Gallery Hobart
Basic Instinct, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Indelible, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
C20 – 100 years of Australian art from the TMAG collection, TMAG, Hobart
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2010
Curious Colony: A twenty first century Wunderkammer, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
What Surrounds Me, Dominik Merch Gallery, Sydney
In Partnership, Academy Gallery, School of Visual & Performing Arts, Launceston, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport
2009
Four Tasmanian Painters: Burns, Keeling, Wastell, Wolfhagen, Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth, WA in association with Bett Gallery Hobart
New Gallery Artists, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2008
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Time and Place: Selected works from the TarraWarra Museum of Art collection, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria
The Green Zone, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania
Contemporaneous; Australian Contemporary Painting 1, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Victoria
2007
Wonderful World, The Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2006/07
From an Island South, Asia Link Touring Exhibition; Lahore, Pakistan; Kuala Lumpur; Bangkok
2006
Australia and Constable, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Senses of Place: Art in Tasmania, 1970-2005, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Salon, Bett Gallery Hobart
2005
Rhapsody 21C: Tasmanian Contemporary Art, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania
2004–05
Great Escapes , Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
2004
Frank Saxby Acquisitions, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
Tidal, Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS
2003
Depth of Field, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC
Depth of Field, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Painting Tasmanian Landscape, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2002
Extreme Landscapes, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney (with Philip Hughes)
2001
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney (first prize)
Five Painters, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Aspects of Tasmanian Art, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery at Inveresk, Launceston
Between Phenomena: The Panorama in Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Poets and Painters, Bett Gallery Hobart
2000
Through the Landscape, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston
Uncommon World: Aspects of Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1999
distance, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
1998
1998 Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney
Contemporary Australian Art from the Tamar Collection, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston
Leading the Way: 1997–98 Acquisitions Exhibition, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
1997
Australian Perspecta: Between Art and Nature, Temple of Earth Memories, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; national tour
ANON, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Site and Sensibility: A Selection from the Artbank Collection, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
The Horizon Line, King Street Gallery, Sydney
1996–98
Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney; regional gallery tour
1996
Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; national tour
Brushing the Dark: Recent Art from Tasmania, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart;
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, QLD; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney; Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide;
Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth; Brisbane Civic Gallery & Arts Centre, Brisbane;
Burnie Regional Gallery, TAS; Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston
1995-96
Blundstone Contemporary Art Award, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston;
Penrith Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Waverley City Gallery, Melbourne
1995
The Artist's Garden, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Windows on Australia I, Australian Embassy, Tokyo
Figure/Ground, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Storehouse, Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
Hidden Treasures; Art in Corporate Collections, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Group Show, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
1994
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Rommix, ROM Gallery, Sydney
1992
Festival of Fisher’s Ghost Award, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW (first prize)
Seven, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1991
Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1989
The October Show, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston
Genius Loci: Spirit of Place, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart; RMIT, Melbourne
1988
Thinly Veiled Threats, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart
12th International Print Biennale, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Cracow, Poland
Fragments of False Houses, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
Watershed, Bett Gallery Hobart
2021
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
Hadley's Art Prize, Hobart
2020
The Secret Garden, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2019
Sydney Contemporary 19, Carriage Works, Sydney
Hadley's Art Prize, Hobart
2018
Sydney Contemporary 18, Carriage Works, Sydney
2017
Imagine, Gippsland Art Gallery
Strange Trees, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2016
Panorama, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria
Strangers in a Strange Land, Poimena Gallery, Tasmania
2015
Becoming, National Self-Portrait Prize, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane
When the Ocean Turns to Dust, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2014
The Skullbone Experiment: A Paradigm of Art and Nature, QVMAG, Launceston; COFA Galleries, Sydney
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin
Tasmania Landscape, Academy Gallery, SVPA, Launceston
Sublime Point: Landscape in Painting, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
40 Years, 40 Paintings, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2013
Australia, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Poets & Painters 2013, Bett Gallery Hobart
Tasmania Today, Academy Gallery, SVPA, Launceston
Nah Und Fern – Landscape Painting in the 21st Century, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2012
Hits & Memories: 10 years at the Academy Gallery, Academy Gallery, Launceston
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2011
Curious Colony: A twenty first century Wunderkammer, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
New Romantics, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
25 Years – An Unfolding Journey, Bett Gallery Hobart
Basic Instinct, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Indelible, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
C20 – 100 years of Australian art from the TMAG collection, TMAG, Hobart
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2010
Curious Colony: A twenty first century Wunderkammer, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
What Surrounds Me, Dominik Merch Gallery, Sydney
In Partnership, Academy Gallery, School of Visual & Performing Arts, Launceston, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport
2009
Four Tasmanian Painters: Burns, Keeling, Wastell, Wolfhagen, Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth, WA in association with Bett Gallery Hobart
New Gallery Artists, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2008
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Time and Place: Selected works from the TarraWarra Museum of Art collection, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria
The Green Zone, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania
Contemporaneous; Australian Contemporary Painting 1, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Victoria
2007
Wonderful World, The Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2006/07
From an Island South, Asia Link Touring Exhibition; Lahore, Pakistan; Kuala Lumpur; Bangkok
2006
Australia and Constable, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Senses of Place: Art in Tasmania, 1970-2005, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Salon, Bett Gallery Hobart
2005
Rhapsody 21C: Tasmanian Contemporary Art, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania
2004–05
Great Escapes , Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
2004
Frank Saxby Acquisitions, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
Tidal, Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS
2003
Depth of Field, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC
Depth of Field, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Painting Tasmanian Landscape, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2002
Extreme Landscapes, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney (with Philip Hughes)
2001
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney (first prize)
Five Painters, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Aspects of Tasmanian Art, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery at Inveresk, Launceston
Between Phenomena: The Panorama in Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Poets and Painters, Bett Gallery Hobart
2000
Through the Landscape, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston
Uncommon World: Aspects of Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1999
distance, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
1998
1998 Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney
Contemporary Australian Art from the Tamar Collection, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston
Leading the Way: 1997–98 Acquisitions Exhibition, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
1997
Australian Perspecta: Between Art and Nature, Temple of Earth Memories, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; national tour
ANON, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Site and Sensibility: A Selection from the Artbank Collection, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
The Horizon Line, King Street Gallery, Sydney
1996–98
Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney; regional gallery tour
1996
Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; national tour
Brushing the Dark: Recent Art from Tasmania, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart;
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, QLD; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney; Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide;
Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth; Brisbane Civic Gallery & Arts Centre, Brisbane;
Burnie Regional Gallery, TAS; Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston
1995-96
Blundstone Contemporary Art Award, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston;
Penrith Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Waverley City Gallery, Melbourne
1995
The Artist's Garden, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Windows on Australia I, Australian Embassy, Tokyo
Figure/Ground, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Storehouse, Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
Hidden Treasures; Art in Corporate Collections, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Group Show, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
1994
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Rommix, ROM Gallery, Sydney
1992
Festival of Fisher’s Ghost Award, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW (first prize)
Seven, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1991
Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1989
The October Show, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston
Genius Loci: Spirit of Place, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart; RMIT, Melbourne
1988
Thinly Veiled Threats, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart
12th International Print Biennale, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Cracow, Poland
Fragments of False Houses, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW
Castlemaine Art Gallery, Victoria
Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS
Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria
Macquarie Bank, Sydney, Melbourne, London
Muzeum Narodowe W Warsawie, Poland
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
RACV Art Collection, Melbourne
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Sydney Grammar School, Sydney
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria
The Australian Club, Sydney
The Adelaide Club, Adelaide, SA
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
University of Tasmania, Hobart
University of Technology, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW
Castlemaine Art Gallery, Victoria
Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS
Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria
Macquarie Bank, Sydney, Melbourne, London
Muzeum Narodowe W Warsawie, Poland
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
RACV Art Collection, Melbourne
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Sydney Grammar School, Sydney
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria
The Australian Club, Sydney
The Adelaide Club, Adelaide, SA
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
University of Tasmania, Hobart
University of Technology, Sydney
COMMISSIONS, GRANTS AND PRIZES
2019
Highly Commended Award, Hadley's Art Prize, Hobart
2017
Winner, Lloyd Rees Art Prize
2010
Commissioned work for the Newcastle Chest, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
2007
Winner, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2001
Winner, Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney
2001
Awarded the Centenary Medal, for contribution made to the Arts
1998
Commonwealth Law Courts, Melbourne
1997
Royal Women’s Hospital, Sydney
1996
Illuminations, Australia Council, VACB Project Grant
1995
Sydney Grammar School Fellowship in Art, Sydney
1993
Elevations, Australia Council, VACB Project Grant
1990
Art for Public Buildings Scheme, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart Project for Unknown Landscapes, Murray High School, Queenstown, Tasmania
Highly Commended Award, Hadley's Art Prize, Hobart
2017
Winner, Lloyd Rees Art Prize
2010
Commissioned work for the Newcastle Chest, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
2007
Winner, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2001
Winner, Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney
2001
Awarded the Centenary Medal, for contribution made to the Arts
1998
Commonwealth Law Courts, Melbourne
1997
Royal Women’s Hospital, Sydney
1996
Illuminations, Australia Council, VACB Project Grant
1995
Sydney Grammar School Fellowship in Art, Sydney
1993
Elevations, Australia Council, VACB Project Grant
1990
Art for Public Buildings Scheme, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart Project for Unknown Landscapes, Murray High School, Queenstown, Tasmania
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Briony Downes, 'In Our Nature', Artist Profile, Art Collector, Issue #87 July-September 2018
Tim Winton, ‘The Island seen and felt: some thoughts about landscape’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
Jane Clark, ‘Painting memory’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
Craig Judd, ‘Tasmania enhanced’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
Sarah Johnson, ‘The studio as sanctuary’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
Jane Stewart, ‘Philip Wolfhagen: full circle’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
William Wright, ‘The matter of painting’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
John McDonald, ‘Head in the clouds’, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, July 13-14, 2013
Christopher Allen, ‘Distant Vistas’, Review, Weekend Australian, July 20-21, 2013
Humphrey Clegg, 101 Contemporary Australian Artists, National Gallery of Victoria, 2012
Simon Gregg, New Romantics – Darkness and Light in Australian Art, Gippsland Art gallery, Australian Scholarly Publishing
Miriam Kelly, Philip Wolfhagen Autumn equinox; the loss of the sun, Artonview, Issue 61 Autumn 2010, National Gallery of Australia
Christopher Allen, ‘The Big Picture’, The Weekend Australian, May 1-2, 2010
Christopher Heathcote, Patrick McCaughey, Sarah Thomas, Encounters with Australian Modern Art, Hermann Editeurs, Paris France, 2008
Peter Timms, Gatecrashing the sublime, Artlink Vol 28 No 2, 2008
John McDonald, Studio: Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity, R. Ian Lloyd Productions. 2007
Laura Murray Cree (ed.), Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986-2006, Craftsman House, Melbourne, 2006
Anne Gray. ‘Australia and Constable’, catalogue essay, Constable: Impressions of Land Sea and Sky, NGA, March 2006
Peter Timms, Philip Wolfhagen (a Tasmanian Monograph presented through Arts Tasmania), Craftsman House, Melbourne 2005
Malcolm Bywaters, Rhapsody 21C: Tasmanian Contemporary Art, exhibition catalogue, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, 2 – 27 May 2005
Gillian Serisier, ‘The art of collectives’, Australian Art Market Report, no. 14, December 2004 – February 2005, pp. 30–32
‘Philip Wolfhagen’, Artlink, vol. 24, no. 3, 2004, p. 93
Terry Ingram, 'Feeding feeding at show’, Saleroom, Australian Financial Review, 12 August 2004, p. 20
David Hansen, 'Philip Wolfhagen', Art & Australia , vol. 42, no.1, spring 2004, pp. 90–95
Maria Rae, ‘Gallery director in love with history’, Examiner News, 12 June 2004
Philip Wolfhagen, Noctiluca, artist’s statement, Bett Gallery Hobart, May–June 2004
Laura Murray Cree, ‘Beauty and hidden agendas’, State of the Arts, July–September 2003, pp. 80–82
Susan McCulloch, ‘An earthy masterpiece’, Weekend Australian, 19–20 April 2003
Bridget Arkless, Philip Wolfhagen: Archipelago, exhibition catalogue, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Inveresk, February 2003
Benjamin Genocchio, ‘Residues of space’, Weekend Australian, 29–30 June 2002
Michael Hutak, ‘Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists’, Australian Art Collector, issue 15, 2001
Dinah Dysart & Jackie Dunn, Artbank: Australian Art in Public Places, Artbank, 2001
Robert Nelson, ‘The “death of painting” a little premature’, Age, 22 September 2001
Peter Clarke, ‘Picture perfect’, Country Style, June 2001
Georgia Warner, ‘Critics put Tassie artist in elite club’, Mercury, 16 January 2001
Deborah Hart, ‘Uncommon world’, artonview, issue 23, spring 2000
Bruce Roberts, ‘A fish-like boat in a water-like landscape’, Island magazine, winter 2000
Laura Murray Cree & Nevill Drury (eds), Australian Painting Now, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1999
‘Waxing lyrical in Tasmania’, Australian Art Collector, issue 8, April–June 1999, pp. 24, 26
Susan McCulloch, ‘Guy Abrahams: Dealer in optimism’ Australian Art Collector, issue 7, 1999
Joanna Mendelssohn, ‘Liquid landscapes from the island state’, Australian, 12 June 1998
Nevill Drury, Surface Tension, catalogue essay, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 1998
Deborah Hart, ‘Temple of Earth Memories’, catalogue essay, Australian Perspecta: Between Art and Nature, 1997
Sebastian Smee, ‘180 degrees of separation’, Metro, Sydney Morning Herald, 20–26 June 1997
Victoria Hammond, 'Landscape and memory in Tasmania', Art & Australia, vol. 34, no. 2, summer 1996, pp. 210–219
Victoria Hammond, 'Painting the spirit of place', 40° South, no. 5, December 1996
Giles Auty, 'Southern sojourn', Australian, 26–27 October 1996
John McDonald, 'Becoming what one is', Sydney Morning Herald, 26 October 1996
Amanda Meade, 'It starts with a message', Australian, 18 October 1996
John McDonald, 'Peaks of inspiration', Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May 1996
Colin Simpson, 'Challenging winners – to corner cutters', Bulletin, 27 February 1996
Marie Geissler, ‘Banking on art’, Qantas Club Magazine, February 1996, pp. 40–43
Giles Auty, 'Sparkle of sweet success', Australian, 17–18 February 1996
Victoria Hammond, Brushing the Dark, exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, touring exhibition, January 1996
David Hansen, 'My dog, your car, our art collection', Art Monthly Australia, July 1995
Bronwyn Watson, 'Treasures from the corporate world', Sydney Morning Herald, 3 January 1995
Felicity Fenner, 'Sublime horizons', Sydney Morning Herald, 8 July 1994
Courtney Kidd, 'Landscape as metaphor in the art of Philip Wolfhagen', Contemporary Art Tasmania Magazine, issue no. 5, 1994
Richard Stanford, 'Heightening the senses', Elevations, catalogue essay, Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, September 1993
Christopher Allen, 'Seven at Ivan Dougherty Gallery', Asian Art News, September–October 1992
Nick Waterlow, Seven, exhibition catalogue, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 1992
Jacques Delaruelle, 'Small is beautiful', Sydney Review, January–February 1992
Jacques Delaruelle, 'In search of the modern soul', Sydney Review, November 1991
Elwyn Lynn, 'Into the landscape of space exploration', Weekend Australian, 12–13 October 1991
Elwyn Lynn, 'Idol worship at the altar of abstraction', Weekend Australian, 27–28 October 1990
David McDowell, 'Hobart: Philip Wolfhagen at Salamanca Place Gallery', Art & Text, no. 36, 1990
Nick Waterlow, Genius Loci: Spirit of Place, exhibition catalogue, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 1989
Tim Winton, ‘The Island seen and felt: some thoughts about landscape’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
Jane Clark, ‘Painting memory’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
Craig Judd, ‘Tasmania enhanced’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
Sarah Johnson, ‘The studio as sanctuary’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
Jane Stewart, ‘Philip Wolfhagen: full circle’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
William Wright, ‘The matter of painting’, Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen, publication, Newcastle Art Gallery 2013
John McDonald, ‘Head in the clouds’, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, July 13-14, 2013
Christopher Allen, ‘Distant Vistas’, Review, Weekend Australian, July 20-21, 2013
Humphrey Clegg, 101 Contemporary Australian Artists, National Gallery of Victoria, 2012
Simon Gregg, New Romantics – Darkness and Light in Australian Art, Gippsland Art gallery, Australian Scholarly Publishing
Miriam Kelly, Philip Wolfhagen Autumn equinox; the loss of the sun, Artonview, Issue 61 Autumn 2010, National Gallery of Australia
Christopher Allen, ‘The Big Picture’, The Weekend Australian, May 1-2, 2010
Christopher Heathcote, Patrick McCaughey, Sarah Thomas, Encounters with Australian Modern Art, Hermann Editeurs, Paris France, 2008
Peter Timms, Gatecrashing the sublime, Artlink Vol 28 No 2, 2008
John McDonald, Studio: Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity, R. Ian Lloyd Productions. 2007
Laura Murray Cree (ed.), Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986-2006, Craftsman House, Melbourne, 2006
Anne Gray. ‘Australia and Constable’, catalogue essay, Constable: Impressions of Land Sea and Sky, NGA, March 2006
Peter Timms, Philip Wolfhagen (a Tasmanian Monograph presented through Arts Tasmania), Craftsman House, Melbourne 2005
Malcolm Bywaters, Rhapsody 21C: Tasmanian Contemporary Art, exhibition catalogue, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, 2 – 27 May 2005
Gillian Serisier, ‘The art of collectives’, Australian Art Market Report, no. 14, December 2004 – February 2005, pp. 30–32
‘Philip Wolfhagen’, Artlink, vol. 24, no. 3, 2004, p. 93
Terry Ingram, 'Feeding feeding at show’, Saleroom, Australian Financial Review, 12 August 2004, p. 20
David Hansen, 'Philip Wolfhagen', Art & Australia , vol. 42, no.1, spring 2004, pp. 90–95
Maria Rae, ‘Gallery director in love with history’, Examiner News, 12 June 2004
Philip Wolfhagen, Noctiluca, artist’s statement, Bett Gallery Hobart, May–June 2004
Laura Murray Cree, ‘Beauty and hidden agendas’, State of the Arts, July–September 2003, pp. 80–82
Susan McCulloch, ‘An earthy masterpiece’, Weekend Australian, 19–20 April 2003
Bridget Arkless, Philip Wolfhagen: Archipelago, exhibition catalogue, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Inveresk, February 2003
Benjamin Genocchio, ‘Residues of space’, Weekend Australian, 29–30 June 2002
Michael Hutak, ‘Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists’, Australian Art Collector, issue 15, 2001
Dinah Dysart & Jackie Dunn, Artbank: Australian Art in Public Places, Artbank, 2001
Robert Nelson, ‘The “death of painting” a little premature’, Age, 22 September 2001
Peter Clarke, ‘Picture perfect’, Country Style, June 2001
Georgia Warner, ‘Critics put Tassie artist in elite club’, Mercury, 16 January 2001
Deborah Hart, ‘Uncommon world’, artonview, issue 23, spring 2000
Bruce Roberts, ‘A fish-like boat in a water-like landscape’, Island magazine, winter 2000
Laura Murray Cree & Nevill Drury (eds), Australian Painting Now, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1999
‘Waxing lyrical in Tasmania’, Australian Art Collector, issue 8, April–June 1999, pp. 24, 26
Susan McCulloch, ‘Guy Abrahams: Dealer in optimism’ Australian Art Collector, issue 7, 1999
Joanna Mendelssohn, ‘Liquid landscapes from the island state’, Australian, 12 June 1998
Nevill Drury, Surface Tension, catalogue essay, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 1998
Deborah Hart, ‘Temple of Earth Memories’, catalogue essay, Australian Perspecta: Between Art and Nature, 1997
Sebastian Smee, ‘180 degrees of separation’, Metro, Sydney Morning Herald, 20–26 June 1997
Victoria Hammond, 'Landscape and memory in Tasmania', Art & Australia, vol. 34, no. 2, summer 1996, pp. 210–219
Victoria Hammond, 'Painting the spirit of place', 40° South, no. 5, December 1996
Giles Auty, 'Southern sojourn', Australian, 26–27 October 1996
John McDonald, 'Becoming what one is', Sydney Morning Herald, 26 October 1996
Amanda Meade, 'It starts with a message', Australian, 18 October 1996
John McDonald, 'Peaks of inspiration', Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May 1996
Colin Simpson, 'Challenging winners – to corner cutters', Bulletin, 27 February 1996
Marie Geissler, ‘Banking on art’, Qantas Club Magazine, February 1996, pp. 40–43
Giles Auty, 'Sparkle of sweet success', Australian, 17–18 February 1996
Victoria Hammond, Brushing the Dark, exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, touring exhibition, January 1996
David Hansen, 'My dog, your car, our art collection', Art Monthly Australia, July 1995
Bronwyn Watson, 'Treasures from the corporate world', Sydney Morning Herald, 3 January 1995
Felicity Fenner, 'Sublime horizons', Sydney Morning Herald, 8 July 1994
Courtney Kidd, 'Landscape as metaphor in the art of Philip Wolfhagen', Contemporary Art Tasmania Magazine, issue no. 5, 1994
Richard Stanford, 'Heightening the senses', Elevations, catalogue essay, Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, September 1993
Christopher Allen, 'Seven at Ivan Dougherty Gallery', Asian Art News, September–October 1992
Nick Waterlow, Seven, exhibition catalogue, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 1992
Jacques Delaruelle, 'Small is beautiful', Sydney Review, January–February 1992
Jacques Delaruelle, 'In search of the modern soul', Sydney Review, November 1991
Elwyn Lynn, 'Into the landscape of space exploration', Weekend Australian, 12–13 October 1991
Elwyn Lynn, 'Idol worship at the altar of abstraction', Weekend Australian, 27–28 October 1990
David McDowell, 'Hobart: Philip Wolfhagen at Salamanca Place Gallery', Art & Text, no. 36, 1990
Nick Waterlow, Genius Loci: Spirit of Place, exhibition catalogue, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 1989