Education
2002 - 'Certificate IV', Northern Melbourne Institute of Tafe, Melbourne
2002 - 'Etching', Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
2000 - 'Bachelor of Fine Arts', National Art School, Sydney
1995-97 - 'Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts', National Art School, Sydney
1994 - 'Drawing', Collage of Fine Arts, Sydney
1994 - 'Art Photography Certificate', Hornsby Institute of Tafe, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2010 - 'The Sharing Family', Watters Gallery, Sydney
2009 - 'Self and Destruction', BLOCKPROJECTS, Melbourne
2009 - 'Crime and Punishment', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2008 - 'On the Rock 'n' Roll', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2007 - 'The Joneses', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2007 - 'Alan Jones', Renault New Generation Art with James Makin Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2007 - 'Paintings from Windsor', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2006 - 'The Human Show', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2004 - 'Paintings and Drawings', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2004 - 'Collecting the Motif', Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
2003 - 'Alan Jones - Artist-in-residence', Aikenhead Gallery, Melbourne
1999 - 'Drawings from Dural to Alice', Global Gallery, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 - 'Melbourne Art Fair' with Watters Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2010 - 'Art of Music', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2010 - 'Art Month Sydney', Watters Gallery, Sydney
2009 - 'Watters Gallery Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2009 - 'Gosford Art Prize', Gosford Regional Gallery, New South Wales
2009 - 'Look At Me!', Albury Art Gallery, New South Wales (curated by Caryn Giblin)
2009 - 'The King's School Art Prize', The King's School, Sydney
2009 - 'Family Guy', Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, New South Wales (curated by Brett Adlington)
2009 - 'Waiting - A Still Life', NG Art Gallery, Sydney
2009 - 'On Rage', Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane (curated by Ben Quilty)
2009 - 'Soft Animators', Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, Canberra (curated by Jason Hugonnet)
2009 - 'Collections', Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Sydney
2009 - 'Works on Paper', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2009 - 'No Identifiable Culture', Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2008 - 'A History of Violence', Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
2008 - 'Paddington Art Prize', Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2008 - 'Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize', (touring exhibition) Tattersall's Club and Waterfront Place, Brisbane
2008 - 'Melbourne Art Fair' with Legge Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2008 - 'Sordid Tales - A History of Chippendale', NG Art Gallery, Sydney
2008 - 'Winter Collection', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2008 - 'Metro 5 Art Award', (touring exhibition) Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne and Benalla Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
2008 - 'The Coloured Digger 2', Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2008 - 'Autumn Collection', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2008 - 'The Led Zeppelin World Tour', (touring exhibition) National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria (curated by Steven Alderton)
2007 - 'Summer Show', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2007 - 'Memento Mori – Art Exchange Project', The Blkmrkt Project, Surfers Paradise
2007 - 'Art Sydney 07' with James Makin Gallery, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney
2007 - 'Art Sydney 07' with Legge Gallery, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney
2007 - '1999-2006 Winners Exhibition', Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2007 - 'Whyalla Art Prize', Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, South Australia
2007 - 'Mount Buller Art Prize', Mount Buller Village, Victoria
2007 - 'There Is No Place Like Home', NG Art Gallery, Sydney
2007 - 'Western Front: Synthetic Spaces', Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Sydney (curated by Kathleen von Witt)
2007 - 'Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing', Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2007 - 'Works on Paper - Ferguson, Frost, Jones, Liiri and Randall', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2007 - 'Natura Morte', James Makin Gallery, Melbournea
2006 - 'Paddington Art Prize', Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
2006 - 'The Year in Art', National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2006 - 'Summer Show', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2006 - 'Urban Theme', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2006 - 'Melbourne Art Fair' with Legge Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2006 - 'Melbourne Art Fair' with Port Jackson Press Australia, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2006 - 'Winter Collection', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2006 - 'Art Sydney 06' with James Makin Gallery, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
2006 - 'Works on Paper', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2006 - 'Group Exhibition', Port Jackson Press Australia, Melbourne
2005 - 'Summer Show', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2005 - 'Banyule Works on Paper Art Award' Banyule Art Space, Melbourne
2005 - 'Packsaddle', New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
2005 - 'Sulman Prize', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2005 - 'Winter Collection', Port Jackson Press Australia, Melbourne
2005 - 'Exposition Collective', Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
2005 - 'Flavour', Australian High Commission and United Galleries at Art Loft, Singapore
2004 - 'Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship', Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2004 - 'Melbourne Art Fair' with Legge Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2004 - 'Open Day', the private collection of Pat Corrigan A.M., Art Gallery of New South Wales Society, Sydney
2004 - 'In-House', Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
2004 - 'Untitled', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2003 - 'Summer Show', Legge Gallery, Sydney
2002 - 'Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship', Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2001 - 'Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship', Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2001 - 'Open Day', the private collection of Pat Corrigan A.M., Art Gallery of New South Wales Society, Sydney
2001 - 'Bus-iness', Shoe Box Gallery, Sydney
2000 - 'Maitland Art Prize', Thomas Morgan Pavilion, Maitland, New South Wales
2000 - 'Mandorla Art Award', New Norcia Museum and Art Gallery, New Norcia, Western Australia
2000 - 'Objects of Desire', First Gallery, Sydney
2000 - 'Willoughby Art Prize', Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney
1999 - 'Waverly Art Prize' Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre, Sydney
1999 - 'Mosman Youth Art Prize', Mosman Art Gallery and Cultural Centre, Sydney
1998 - 'Alumni Exhibition', Cell Block Theatre, Sydney
1998 - 'la Pommerie', St. Setiers Galerie, France
1998 - 'Bull Dust', First Gallery, Sydney
1997 - 'National Art School Graduate Show', Cell Block Theatre, Sydney
Selected Newspaper Reviews and Articles
Ann Low, Lenny, 'Alan Jones: Paintings and Drawings', Sydney Morning Herald, 27-28 November 2004, page 21.Arnold, Lee, 'Footballer scores an artistic Paris goal', Northcote Leader, 20 October 2004, page 3.
Auty, Giles, 'Journey of Discovery', The Weekend Australian, 18-19 December 1999, page 19.
Clarke, Suzanna, 'Our violent history', Courier Mail, 27-28 December 2008, page 51.
Clement, Tracey, 'Metro Picks', Sydney Morning Herald, 31 August - 6 September 2007, page Metro 25.
'Des Austaliens planchent sure le theme de l'arbre a <<La Pommerie>>', Ussel Paper, August 1998.
Donovan, Patrick, 'Zeppelin images plant artistic seeds and revisit page from rock history', The Age, 24 May 2008, page 11.
Evans, Holly, 'Diary', The Age, 2 June 2004, page Domain 2.
'Exploring Western Fringe', Penrith Press, 5 June 2007, page 42.
Fortescue, Elizabeth, 'Best art shows of the week', The Daily Telegraph, 18 November 2004, page 18.
Fortescue, Elizabeth, 'Landscape judges take to Jones', The Daily Telegraph, 12 November 2008, page 73.
Fortescue, Elizabeth, 'Opening doors to a dark past', The Daily Telegraph, 29 July 2008, page 37.
Hansen, David, 'Faces in the frame', The Age, 4 April 2007, page 15.
Hart, Ruth, 'Artists stream thoughts to go with the show', Hawkesbury Independent, 5 June 2007, pages 1, 6-7.
Hart, Ruth, 'Family gets big-headed in the name of art', Hills News, 12 June 2007, page 65.
Iaccarino, Clara, 'Open Gallery - Works on Paper', Sydney Morning Herald, 17-18 February 2007, page 16.
'If we were there', The Australian Financial Review, 1-15 October 2004, page L2.
'Jones jags Paris prize', Herald Sun, 8 October 2004, page 86.
Knox, Gail, 'My art is like a sprint', The Hawkesbury Courier, 6 July 2006, page 9.
Makin, Jeff, 'Alan Jones: Collecting the Motif', Herald Sun, 7 June 2004, page 90.
Martin-Chew, Louise, ''Absurd' divide in focus', Courier Mail, 23 May 2009.
Marx, Jack, 'Off the dial', Sydney Morning Herald, 20 October 2004, page Radar 2.
McDonald, John, 'Hanging offences', Sydney Morning Herald, 7-8 May 2005, pages 28-29.
McDonald, John, 'Return of the natural order', Sydney Morning Herald, 6-7 December 2008, pages 18-19.
Moses, Alexa, 'Painter takes the top mark, in Whiteley’s footsteps', Sydney Morning Herald, 8 October 2004, page 5.
Nicholas, Emma, 'French influence for artists', Wentworth and Central Courier, 13 October 2004.
Noone, Yasmin, '$25,000 to Hills Man', Hills News, 12 October 2004, page 23.
'Paris bound, courtesy Mrs Whiteley', The Age, 8 October 2004, page 3.
Rogers, Michael, 'Heads up - Paddo art prize a winner', Wentworth Courier, 19 November 2008, page 19.
Simons, Polly, 'Putting family in the frame pays off', Village Voice, June 2008, page 33.
Soboslay, Zsuzsi, 'Childhood delights abound', The Canberra Times, 28 May 2009, page 9.
Sorensen, Rosemary, 'Mirror images of male rage', The Australian, 21 May 2009.
Stowell, Jill, ‘Poised for posterity, The Newcastle Herald, 5 September 2009, page 11.
'Top Shelf', Sydney Morning Herald, 27 October - 2 November 2006, page Metro 3.
Webb, Penny, 'Paintings from Windsor', The Age, 22 April 2007, page 39.
Selected Journals
Broker, David & Norris, Yolande, ‘Artnotes - ACT’, Art Monthly Australia, #220 June 2009, page 74.
Colahan, Brenda, 'A star is born: Australia’s new artistic movement', Lexus Living Magazine, Summer Edition, 2001, pages 38-39.
Flynn, Paul, 'Emerge - Alan Jones', ArtistProfile, Spring, The First Issue, 2007, pages 24-26.
Hutchinson, Jane, 'Arts About', Sunday Telegraph Magazine, 21 October 2007, page 34.
Kidd, Courtney, 'Artnotes - NSW', Art Monthly Australia, #175 November 2004, page 44.
Kidd, Courtney, 'Optiver profile', Artbank National Contemporary Art Rental Newsletter, November 2008, pages front cover, 15.
Robson, Ana, ‘Alan Jones’, FONAS, Spring 2009, page 4.
Residencies
2005 - Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2003 - St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
1998 - la Pommerie, St. Setiers, France
Awards
2008 - Paddington Art Prize
2004 - Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
2001 - Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Highly Commended)
1997 - Inaugural Pat Corrigan Travelling Art Scholarship
1997 - Chroma Australia Art Prize
Collections
Artbank, Australia
Connell Wagner, Melbourne
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Sydney
Macquarie Group, Australia
Maitland Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
National Art School, Sydney
Paddington Art Prize Collection, Sydney
Pat Corrigan Collection, Australia
St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
