• ACAE Gallery
• Time: May 14,2025

James Smeaton

JAMES SMEATON

Born 1964, Naarm / Melbourne, VIC

Lives and works in Naarm / Melbourne and Bali

Education
1983-5             Bachelor of Fine Art, Chisholm Institute of Technology (now Monash University), Melbourne

1982                Foundation Year, Prahran College of Advanced Education, Melbourne

Solo Exhibitions

2022                Love Letter, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2018                The Wallace Line, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2015                Holy Water, Tim Klingender Fine Art, Sydney Contemporary, Sydney
2015                Sweeping Water, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2013                Ceremony, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2011                Voyage, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2009                The Red Sea / Birds of Devilbend, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2006                Construct, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2005                Sighted, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
2004                Dock, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2003                Gem Pier, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2003                Mapping, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
2002                Chart, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2000                Vessel, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1998                International Code, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1996                Untitled (Semaphore), Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
1995                Sound in Fog, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1993                William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1991                William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1990                William Mora Galleries, Melbourne

Retrospective

2009                James Smeaton: Work from the studio 1993-2009, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington

Selected Group Exhibitions

2001- 2025     Artists for Kids Culture, Various Galleries, Melbourne

2024                Winter Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2023                Summer Exhibition, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2022                Summer Exhibition, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2021                Twenty One, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2021                Autumn Selection, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2020                Sydney Contemporary, Carriage Works, Online

2020                Winter Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2020                Autumn Selection, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2019                Art is Our Nature, Silverleaf Art Box Gallery, Melbourne

2018                Christmas Exhibition, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2018                Winter Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2017                Winter Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2017                Photo by Martin Kantor, BRIGHTSPACE, St Kilda
2017                Tim Klingender Fine Art, Sydney Contemporary, Sydney
2017                Summer Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2016                Birds: Flight Paths in Australian Art, Mornington Regional Gallery, Mornington
2016                From the Stockroom, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2016                Summer Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2015                Australian Artists in Bali - 1930s to Now, McClellend Sculpture Park and Gallery, Langwarrin

2015                The Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2014                Twenty Fourteen, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2013                Sea of Dreams 2, 1915-2013, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington

2013                Summer 2013, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2007                Devilbend, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington
2007                Melbourne Savage Club Art Prize (Centenary Exhibition, 9x5), Melbourne Savage Club, Melbourne

2006                National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington

2005                Tattersalls Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Newport

2002                Contemporary Highlights from the Deakin University Art Collection, Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne

2000                National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington

2000                Celebrating the Exquisite Corpse, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo (then touring)
2000                Opening 2000, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1999                Landmark, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington
1998                Moët et Chandon Australian Art Fellowship, NGV, Melbourne (then touring all state galleries across Australia)

1998                The Speed Show, George Gallery, Melbourne
1996                Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
1995                Recent Acquisitions: Deakin University Art Collection, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong

Systems of Communication, Allez les Filles, Columbus, Ohio, USA[1] 

1995                NON: Artists Against Nuclear Testing, Greenpeace Fundraising Exhibition, Ether Ohnetitel Gallery, Melbourne

1995                Past its Shelf Life, Meridian Gallery, Melbourne
1995                Herald Sun Art Prize, Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne
1994-95           Four Point Bearing, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
1994                The Curator’s Egg, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
1993                Postal Box Show, 5th Australian Sculpture Triennial, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1992                Works on paper, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1992                Sight Regained, Westpac Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
1991                Artworkz Three: The BP Australia Acquisitive Prize, Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne

1991                Moët et Chandon Australian Art Fellowship, NGA, Canberra (then touring all state galleries across Australia)

Selected Bibliography

2021                Damian Smith, ‘On Ocean Temple’, Twenty One, Scott Livesey Galleries (exhib cat.)

2018                Damian Smith, ‘Traversing the Wallace Line’, The Wallace Line, Scott Livesey Galleries (exhib cat.)

2015                Rod James, ‘Ceremony and the everyday’, Australian Artists in Bali - 1930s to Now, McClellend Sculpture Park and Gallery, (exhib cat.)

2015                Damian Smith, ‘Holy Water’, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, (exhib cat.)

2015                Damian Smith, ‘Submerging Artist’, Sweeping Water, Scott Livesey Galleries (exhib cat.)

2013                Rod James, ‘Ceremony’, Ceremony, Scott Livesey Galleries (exhib cat.)

1995                Max Delany, ‘Log Book’, Sound in Fog, William Mora Galleries (exhib cat.)

1995                Peter Timms, ‘Variety Spices Mora Shows’, The Herald Sun, 18 Jul

1995                David Hansen, ‘Four Point Bearing’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Dec  (exhib cat.)

1994                Nevill Drury, ‘Images 2: Contemporary Australian Painting’, Craftsman House, Sydney

1993                Robert Rooney, ‘Driven to abstraction and some ace figurations’, The Australian, Saturday 18 Dec

1993                Christopher Heathcote ‘Quantity is no substitute for artist’s rough quality’, The Age, Melbourne

1993                Ashley Crawford, ‘The Navigator’, World Art, Inaugural issue, November

1993                Nevill Drury (editor), ‘New Art Eight’, Craftsman House, Sydney 

1992                Peter Timms, ‘Painting by numbers’, Art and Australia, Winter

1991                Alison Caroll, ‘Moët et Chandon Touring Exhibition and Fellowship’ (exhib cat.)

1991                Ray Edgar, ‘Imants Tillers, James Smeaton’, The Melbourne Times, Dec 16

1990                Ronald Millar, The Herald, Mar 1990

Selected Awards and Prizes
2007                Melbourne Savage Club Art Prize (Centenary Exhibition, 9x5), Melbourne Savage Club

2006                National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, acquired

2005                Winner, Tattersalls Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation
2000                National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

1998                Finalist, Moet et Chandon Australian Art Fellowship
1996                Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong

1995                Williamstown Art Prize, Melbourne
1995                Finalist, Herald Sun Art Prize, Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne

1991                Finalist, Moet et Chandon Australian Art Fellowship
1991                Finalist, The BP Australia Acquisitive Prize, Melbourne

1985                Work on Paper Prize, Chisholm Institute of Technology

Collections
National Gallery of Victoria
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Gippsland Art Gallery
Holmesglen Collection
Applied Chemicals International, Melbourne
Artbank, Sydney
Council of Adult Education, Melbourne
Deakin University Collection, Geelong
Gadens Ridgeway, Melbourne
Monash University Collection, Melbourne
National Australia Bank Collection, Melbourne
Tamar Collection, Launceston
University of Southern Queensland
Western Mining Corporation