TIM ALLEN
born 1966,
lives Blue Mountains, NSW
Qualifications
1996-7
Awarded MFA College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney
1988
Graduate Diploma (Visual
Art) City Art Institute, Sydney
1985-7
BA (Visual Art) City Art Institute, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Shimmer, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2024
Tracing Contour, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2023
Riverbend, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2022
Still / Flow, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2020
Interzone, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2019
Overlay, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Immersion, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
2018
Navigate, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
Contour, Weathered, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2017
Fissure, Weswal Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
2016
Cliff Line, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2015
Peaks and Valleys, Nock Art Gallery, Hong Kong Weswal Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
2014
Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Milton House Gallery, Mackay, QLD
2013
Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2012
Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2011
Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2001, 2002, 2003
Bryan Hooper Gallery, Sydney
1998, 1999
Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1997
First Draft Gallery, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Sydney Contemporary 2025, presented by Gallerysmith, Carriageworks, Sydney
Defiance 30, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2023
XV: PAST PRESENT FUTURE, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2022
Moments in Colour, The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie Regional Gallery
2021
Reciprocity, Hazlehurst Regional Gallery, NSW
Five Artists, Seven Days, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
AWC Mt Zero Exhibition, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2020
Defiance Gallery celebrates 25 years, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2019
Paper, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Kickerbell artists, Walcha Gallery, NSW
2018
The Platform 10, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
A Shared View, Weswal Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
Abstract Landscape, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2017
Artist Profile Australasian Painters, Orange Regional Gallery, BNSW
2007-2017
Midwinter, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
The Kelton Plain Artist Residency, Raglan Gallery, Cooma, NSW
Packsaddle Exhibition, NERAM, Armidale, NSW
Makers Mark, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2016
Packsaddle Exhibition, NERAM, Armidale, NSW
Step up to the Plate, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Spring Fever, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Abstracting the Landscape, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2015
Art from Australia, Gail Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong, Sydney
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Coorah Contemporary Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2014
Opening Exhibition, Gallery Klei, Gallery Klei, Sydney
Stations of the Cross 2014, Sydney
Abstracting the Landscape, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Coorah Contemporary Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2013
The PLC Sydney Collection Exhibition, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
The Landscape Exhibition, Gate Gallery, Wollombi, NSW
2012
Larapinta Trail Artists, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, Nowra, NSW
Seeing The Same Landscape Through Different Eyes, Milton House Gallery, Mackay, QLD
Painting the Everglades, Tim Allen and Michael Herron, Everglades Gallery, NSW
Abstraction in Landscape, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Larapinta Trail Artists, Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW
The Great Australian Landscape, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2011
The Larapinta Exhibition, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Ship Shape: The Boat Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
The Landscape Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
The Drawing Show Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2010
2nd Annual Drawing Exhibition, Nolan on Lovel Gallery, NSW
The Drawing Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Awards and Award Exhibitions
2025
Finalist, Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Finalist, Hawkesbury Art Prize, Purple Noon Gallery, NSW
2024
Finalist, Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Gallery, NSW
2021
Finalist, King’s School Art Prize, Sydney
Finalist, KAAF Art Prize, Sydney
2020
Finalist, Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
Finalist, JADA Drawing Prize, Grafton Regional Gallery
Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Defiance Gallery Sydney
2019
Finalist, Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2018
Finalist, King’s School Art Prize, Sydney
Finalist, Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2017
WINNER, Paddington Art Prize
Highly Commended, KAAF Art Prize, Sydney
Semi-finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney
Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2016
WINNER, Kedumba Drawing Award, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
2015
Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Paddington, Sydney
Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2014
Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Paddington, Sydney
Finalist, NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament, Sydney
Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2013
Finalist, Kedumba Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2012
HIGHLY COMMENDED, Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, NSW
Finalist, Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Finalist, NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament, Sydney
Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2010
WINNER People’s Choice Award, Adelaide
Perry Prize for Drawing, Sydney
HIGHLY COMMENDED, Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, NSW
2009
Finalist, Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Finalist, Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls
2007
Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2006
Finalist, Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
Finalist, Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, NSW
1999
Finalist, Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls
Collections
Supreme Court of Victoria
Allens Arthur Robinson
Artbank
Paddington Art Prize Collection
Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawings
Bundanon Trust Collection
PLC Sydney Collection
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
TAFE NSW, Western Sydney Institute
Seoul Fine Arts Centre, Korea
Chandler Coventry collection
FB Rice collection
