Thomas Gleghorn
1925 - Present
Biography
Born in Thornley, England in 1925, Tom Gleghorn moved to Australia as a young child with his family. Despite studying engineering and having no formal training in art, Gleghorn has forged a long and successful career as an artist. He was appointed as Director of Blaxland Gallery in 1958, the same year he won the Mosman Art Prize with a painting entitled Fragment of the Crucifixion and the Blake Christus Prize with Head of Christ. Tom was awarded the Helena Rubinstein Travelling Scholarship in 1961, giving him the opportunity to travel and see great European masterpieces first hand. He has exhibited regularly since 1959 and has lectured at several Australian art institutions and colleges and was teacher of art and design at the National Art School in Sydney until 1968. It was not until 1983 when Tom began painting on a full-time basis. His dedication to Australian art, both as an artist and an educator, was recognised with the award of a Member of Order of Australia (OAM) in 2005.
Exhibitions
'''SELECTED SOLO
2005
Stafford Studios, Perth
80th Birthday Exhibition, BMG, Adelaide
2001
BMG, Adelaide
1998
BMG, Adelaide
1996
Holdsworth Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
1995
70th Birthday Exhibition, Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
1993
Galerie la Tour des Caridnaux, L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Provence, France
1992
Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide Festival of Arts
1991
Von Bertouch Art Gallery, Newcastle
1990
Adrian Slinger Gallery, Brisbane
1988
Freeman Gallery, Hobart
Tynte Gallery, Adelaide Festival of Arts
1987
Adrian Slinger Gallery, Brisbane
1986
Greenhill Gallery, Perth Festival of Art
Tynte Gallery, Adelaide
Greythorn Gallery, Melbourne
1984
Gallery of Man, Kalamundra, Perth Festival of Art
Bonython Meadmore gallery, Adelaide
1983
Golden Age Gallery, Ballarat
1982
Town Gallery, Brisbane
1981
Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1976
Town Gallery, Brisbane
Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1975
David Summer Gallery, Adelaide
Collectors Gallery, Brisbane
1974
Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
Desborough Gallery, Perth
The Barn, Adelaide
1973
Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
1972
Die Gallery, Tanunda, South Australia
Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
1971
Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
Lidums Art Gallery, Adelaide
Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1970
Reid Gallery, Brisbane
1969
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
1968
Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
1966
Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
1964
Bonython Galleries, Adelaide and Sydney (Hungry Horse Gallery)
Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
1963
Stone Gallery, England
Skinner Galleries, Perth
1961
Bonython Galleries, Adelaide
Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane
1960
Macquarie Galleries, Perth
Skinner Galleries, Perth
1959
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Newcastle Art Gallery
Gallery 43, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001
Post Card Exhibition, Leading Australian Artists, Adelaide
Abstract Impressionism, Sydney 1956- 64, Alexander Mackie College
1993
Daws, Tucker, Gleghorn, Pugh, Hodgkinson, Queensland House, London, U.K.
1990
Gallerie Samagra, Paris, France
1989
Coburn, Dickerson, Gleghorn, Perth Gallery, Perth
Prints and Australia: Pre-settlement to Present, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
1988
Drawings in Australia from 1970 to 1980s, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Images of Religion in Australian Art, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
1985
Australian Contemporary Paintings and Graphics in Focus, Hong Kong
Dickerson, Coburn, Gleghorn, Adelaide Festival of Arts
1973
New South Wales House, The Strand, London, U.K.
1970
International Graphics, Rijecka, Yugoslavia
1967
Young Australian Painters Exhibition
1966
Contemporary Australian Drawing, Newcastle Gallery
Australian Painting, Auckland, New Zealand
1965
Young Australian Painters, Tokyo, Kyoto, Japan
1964
Australian Painting Travelling Exhibition, Europe
Tendencies, Gallery de Fleuve, Paris, France
1963
Australian Painting, Tate Gallery, London, U.K.
La Grand Toile, Gallery du Fleuve, Paris, France
1962
Collectors Choice, Stone Gallery, U.K.
Australian Art Today, touring Europe and North America
Gleghorn and Juniper, Skinner Galleries, Perth
Petits Format Exhibition, Gallery du Fleuve, Paris, France
1961
Sao Paulo, Biennale, Brazil
Recent Australian Paintings, Whitechapel Gallery, London, U.K.
Burr-Swartz Australian Collection, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
1960
2nd International Biennale, Tokyo, Japan
South Pacific Young Painters, Tokyo, Japan
Contemporary Australian Art, Auckland, New Zealand
C.A.S. Group Vision Gallery, London, U.K.
1959
Australian Paintings, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1958
Matson Lines Travelling Exhibition
1957
Dickerson, Gleghorn, Coburn, David Hones Gallery, Sydney
Achievements, Collections & Commissions
'''SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia
Australian National University
Bathurst Art Collection, N.S.W.
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Brisbane University
Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
Mosman Art Collection, N.S.W.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
Newcastle Art Gallery, N.S.W.
New Parliament House, Canberra
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania
Woollongong City Collection, N.S.W.
University of Adelaide
University of Western Australia
Edith Cowan University, Perth
Flinders University
James Cook University
New England University
Queensland University of Technology
Artbank
Reserve Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Banking Corporation, Adelaide
State Bank, Adelaide
BHP Collection
ICI Collection, Melbourne
Manchester City Art Gallery, U.K.
Middlesborough Art Gallery, U.K.
Newcastle Art Gallery, U.K.
H.R. Duke of Edinburgh Collection
Mertz Collection, U.S.A.
