VIVIENNE FERGUSON
Born 5 July 1962, Sydney
Studies
| 1984-88 | Higher Art Certificate, National Art School East Sydney Technical College |
Solo Exhibitions
| 1989 | Works on Paper King Street Gallery, Newtown |
| 1991 | Recent Work King Street on Burton, East Sydney |
| 1993 | Paintings King Street on Burton, East Sydney |
| 1994 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 1995 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 1996 | Paintings and Collages Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 1997 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 1998 | New Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 1999 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 2000 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 2001 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| White, Light, Bright Gallery 2021, Auckland NZ | |
| 2002 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 2003 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 2004 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 2005 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 2006 | Paintings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 2008 | New Work Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 2009 | New Work Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 2010 | Works on Paper Watters Gallery, Sydney |
Group Exhibitions
| 1987 | Nithsdale Gallery, Sydney |
| Abstracts King Street Gallery, Newtown | |
| 1988 | National Art School, Cell Block Theatre, East Sydney |
| On Paper King Street Gallery, Newtown | |
| 1989 | Capita Fine Arts Grant Cell Block Theatre, East Sydney Technical College (Finalist) |
| 1990 | Common Sense King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney and University of South Australia Art Museum |
| 1991 | Over East Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands WA |
| 1992 | Walking The Street King Street Gallery, Newtown |
| Thisness Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| Fishers Ghost Art Prize Campbelltown City Art Gallery | |
| 1993 | Wynne Prize AGNSW |
| Tempest Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 1994 | Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne |
| Fishers Ghost Art Prize Campbelltown City Art Gallery | |
| Artists Don't Believe In Sanity Clause Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 1995 | Drawings Part B Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| The Dobell Prize AGNSW | |
| Fishers Ghost Art Prize Campbelltown City Art Gallery | |
| Legge Gallery Summer Show Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 1996 | Salon des Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| 4 Sydney Artists Ether Ohnetitel Gallery, Melbourne | |
| View Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| Arty Appetites Mary Street Studios, St Peters | |
| Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne | |
| Mellow Down Easy Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 1997 | SCEGGS Redlands Art Prize SCEGGS, Sydney |
| Sanguine Valediction Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 1998 | Evans, Ferguson, Harris, Salmon Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne | |
| Christmas Show Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 1999 | Evolution Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| Salon des Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | |
| Group Show Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 10th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 2000 | Drawings Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| National Works on Paper Mornington Peninsular Regional Art Gallery, Victoria | |
| Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne | |
| Mosman Art Prize Mosman Regional Art Gallery, Sydney | |
| 10th Birthday Exhibition Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| Redlands Westpac Art Prize Sydney | |
| 11th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 2001 | Wynne Prize AGNSW |
| Mosman Art Prize Mosman Regional Art Gallery, Sydney | |
| Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale | |
| Legge Gallery Painters Use Atelier Artists' Acrylic Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| Stockroom Selection Gallery 2021, Auckland NZ | |
| 2002 | Mosman Art Prize Mosman Regional Art Gallery, Sydney |
| Eighth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne | |
| Group Show Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| Summer Show Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 2003 | Collage - Ferguson, Kirby, O'Connor, Randall, Salmon Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| 2003 - The Year in Art S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | |
| Summer Show Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 2004 | Ninth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne |
| 2005 | Works on Paper Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| Muswellbrook Open Art Prize Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre | |
| Summer Show Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 2006 | Who cares? Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney |
| Salon des Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | |
| Legge Gallery at Silvershot Silvershot Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2006 The Year in Art S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | |
| Tenth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne | |
| 2007 | Works on Paper Legge Gallery, Redfern |
| Drawings from 1998 Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| 2009 | Personal Journeys - 40 years of Australian Women's Abstract Art Shoalhaven City Arts Centre |
| Works on Paper Legge Gallery, Redfern | |
| The Drawing Show Defiance Gallery, Sydney | |
| John Bartley, Vivienne Ferguson, Derek O'Connor Legge Gallery Redfern | |
| 2010 | Melbourne Artfair 2010 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
| Art Month Sydney Watters Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2011 | Frank's Flat, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
| 2012 | Ground Up, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney |
| Less is More - More or Less, Shoalhaven City Gallery, Nowra |
Awards
Selected bibliography
| 1990 | Jacques Delaruelle, Common Sense Catalogue, SMH 20 October |
| 1991 | Max Germaine, Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia ISBN 976 8097 13 2 |
| 1993 | Elwyn Lynn, The Australian 10 July |
| 1996 | John McDonald, Body Of Work, SMH 21 September |
| 1997 | John McDonald, From Palette to Roulette Wheel, SMH 6 September |
| 1999 | Sebastian Smee, The Galleries, SMH 17 February |
| 2000 | Courtenay Kidd, Critic's Picks, SMH 15 September |
| 2002 | Melinda Houston, In On the Ground Floor, Domain, The Age 31 July |
| 2005 | Going, Going, Gone... Vogue Living May/June 2005 |
| 2007 | Clara Iaccarino, Open Gallery, SMH 17-18 February |
| 2009 | Max Dingle, Personal Journeys - 40 years of Australian
Women's Abstract Art ISBN 978 0 646 50832 0 |
| 2012 | Max Dingle, Less is More - More or Less catalogue ISBN 978 0 646 57149 2 |