Max Dingle OAM    - exhibitions collections awards

        Exhibitions 
1972    Nowra TAFE  (group – ceramics)
            Nowra Art Award (group – painting)
            SMH Hyde Park Art exhibition (group – painting)
1973    NAS Annual Exhibition
1974    NAS Graduation Exhibition
1974    Woollahra Art Gallery (group - sculpture)
1975    Various Sydney art /craft galleries (group - ceramics)
1976    University of NSW (solo - sculpture)
            University of NSW  (group – sculpture & ceramics)
            University Co-op Bookshop (solo - sculpture)
            Lorel’s Place, Paddington Gallery (group - sculpture)
            Various art / craft galleries (group - ceramics)
            St Albans Studio (solo – ceramics & sculpture)
1977    St Alban’s Studio (various solo and group - ceramics and sculpture)
1981    Balmain Art Gallery (group – sculpture)
1983    Sydney Building Information Centre Gallery (solo - screenprint)
2009    Defiance Gallery “Sculpture 2009” (group)
            Arts in the Valley Garden Sculpture (group)
            Passion Café Gallery “1980’s Revisited” ( solo - screenprint & collage)
            Defiance Gallery “You Little Beauty!” (group - sculpture)
2010    Studio exhibition – “See-Change Festival” (solo screenprint & collage)
            Defiance Gallery “”Defiant Little Devils” (group - sculpture)
2011    Shoalhaven City Arts Centre  “Phaedra” (solo painting and sculpture)
            Arts in the Valley Garden Sculpture (group)
            Shoalhaven City Arts Centre SMHF Art Award (group)
            Shoalhaven City Arts Centre “ Car Park “  (solo photography & installation)
            Shoalhaven City Arts Centre “Making Do” (group – painting)
            Passion Café Gallery  (group – painting)
            Griffith Exposedartz 2011 (group)
            Defiance Gallery “MiniMajors” (group - sculpture)
2012    “Inlet Connection” See-Change Arts Festival (group – screen prints and sculpture)
            “Moonarism” See-Change Arts Festival (group – painting & sculpture)
            Cossack Art Award  (Group – painting)
            Defiance Gallery “Tiny Titans & Miniliths” (group sculpture)
2013    Depot II Gallery, Dank Street, Waterloo "Fountain of Tears" ( solo - painting & sculpture)
            Defiance Gallery "Maximus Minimus" (group sculpture)
2014    Defiance Sculpture Park at the Gate Gallery, Wollombi (group exhibition)
            Shoalhaven City Arts Centre  (group sculpture)
            Defiance Gallery  (group sculpture)
2015    Shoalhaven City Arts Centre  (group  sculpture)
2016    Shoalhaven City Arts Centre "Fetish" ( solo sculpture & collage )
​           Janet Clayton Gallery Paddington "Interiors" (group sculpture)
​           Shoalhaven City Arts Centre "Out of Earth & Flame" ( group sculpture )
2017   Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery " Max Dingle - Works 1970 to 2017 " (solo retrospective)
2018    The Wall : art projects, Ulladulla  "Max Dingle - New Works"  (solo - painting & sculpture)
2018    Kangaroo Valley Arts Festival  - finalist x 2 Giclee prints on canvas   (group)
​2018    Australian Symposium of Gastronomy, Parramatta. (Sculpture and prints)
2018    New Zealand Symposium of Gastronomy, Napier.   (Prints)
2019    SeeChange Art Festival  - MOUTH  ( photography exhibition and performance)
2020    Symposium of Australian Gastronomy -  Mouth ( video )
2020    Aristologist 2020 New Zealand, a Digital Hui - Mouth (video)
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Collections
Public collections
– Shoalhaven Regional Gallery Collection
Private collections
- in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, regional NSW, Brisbane, regional Queensland, Canberra, New Zealand.
- Ron Kaplan Collection,  Dalgety Square Collection
Awards
2009    Life Member - Jervis Bay & Basin Arts
​2010    15th Annual  Miniature Sculpture Catalyst Award 
2019    Shoalhaven City Council Australia Day Awards - Nominee and Highly Commended for outstanding contribution to arts and culture
2020    Order of Australia Medal OAM  - Australia Day Honours