When I am frottaging the engravings of beetles or the woodblocks cut out of ancient trees, I am not trying to consciously control the process. I’m allowing the maps of the life cycle of unknown beetles to float onto the paper.
—John Wolseley
Exhibition Dates: 21 March – 13 April 2019
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watercolour, carbonized wood, graphite and relief prints chine-colle on paper
114 x 225 cm

watercolour, carbonized wood, graphite and relief prints chine-colle on paper
153 x 346 cm

woodcut from King Billy Pine with watercolour
115 x 260 cm
Edition of 10

watercolour, graphite, woodcut on paper
124 x 445 cm

watercolour, etching and relief prints from found wood
74.5 x 44 cm

watercolour, etching and relief prints from found wood
76.5 x 48.5 cm

watercolour, etching and relief prints from found wood
54 x 67 cm

etching chine-colle over watercolour
35.5 x 47.5 cm
Edition of 10

etching and relief print from found wood chine-colle
30 x 40.5 cm
Edition of 15 + 2 A/Ps

watercolour and unique relief print from found wood chine-colle on paper
113 x 52 cm

three relief prints from found wood, chine-colle over watercolour
32 x 60 cm
Edition of 10

watercolour, etching and relief prints from found wood
70 x 45.5 cm

watercolour relief prints from found wood
114.5 x 174 cm

etching and relief print from found wood
82 x 14 cm
Edition of 20

etching and relief print from found wood
82 x 14 cm
Edition of 20

relief print, acrylic, antique bell jar
20 x 20 x 13 cm

beetle engraved branch and 31 graphite rubbings and relief prints from that branch
log 110 x 25 x 25cm, works on paper 103 x 191cm

French oak champagne riddler with 30 beetle engraved branches (blackwood, redgum, grey box, yellow gum)
two hinged panels at 149.5 x 72 x 5cm each; installation dimensions variable

French oak champagne riddler with 30 beetle engraved branches (blackwood, redgum, grey box, yellow gum)
two hinged panels at 149.5 x 72 x 5cm each; installation dimensions variable

tree trunk with graphite rubbing taken from that trunk
graphite rubbing 324 x 75cm; trunk 236 x 24 x 12cm

unique relief print with Huon pine block
wood block: 35 x 30cm; print: 70 x 56cm

unique relief print with Huon pine block
wood block: 35 x 30cm; print: 70 x 56cm

cabinet with insectarium for housing beetles and their larvae, framed prints and four drawers containing prints and the logs from which they have been made. blackwood, eucalypt, plywood and horizontal scrub and relief prints. cabinet designed and made by Linda Fredheim Furniture Design, Hobart
150.5 x 35 x 44 cm

cabinet with insectarium for housing beetles and their larvae, framed prints and four drawers containing prints and the logs from which they have been made. blackwood, eucalypt, plywood and horizontal scrub and relief prints. cabinet designed and made by Linda Fredheim Furniture Design, Hobart
150.5 x 35 x 44 cm

watercolour and relief prints chine-colle on paper
95 x 76.5 cm
John Wolseley One Hundred and One Insect Life Stories
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2019
John Wolseley Heartlands and Headwaters
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2015
John Wolseley all our relations
18th Biennale of Sydney, 2012
John Wolseley Carboniferous
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2010
John Wolseley Natural Selection: MALLEE/MAQUIS
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2008
Group Show, STOLEN RITUAL
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2006-07
John Wolseley The Wood, The World, and The Parrot
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2006
John Wolseley Bird on a Wire
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2005
Group Show, Dirty Dozen
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
Group Show, The First 20 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
John Wolseley Tracing The Wallace Line
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2001
Group Show, A constructed world (in collaboration with John Wolsely)
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1997