Study and Travel

• 1963 – 65 Wood carver (antique reproduction furniture)
• 1967 – 70 National Art School, Sydne
• 1978 – 79 Travelled in the United States of America
• 1992 – Studio in Besozzo, Italy (Australia Council)
• 2010 – Hua Hin, Thailand
• 2011 – Hua Hin, Thailand
• 2012 – Hua Hin, Thailand
• 2014 – Hua Hin, Thailand
• 2015 – Hua Hin, Thailand
• 2016 – Hua Hin, Thailand
• 2017 – Hua Hin, Thailand
• 2018 – Hua Hin, Thailand
• 2019 – Hua Hin, Thailand

Professional Experience

• 1998 – 2020 – National Art School, Sydney
• 1993 – 2020 – TAFE
• 1986 – 1995 Sydney College of Arts
• 1988 – Artist in Residence Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
• 1983 – 02 Art Workshop – Tin Sheds, Sydney University
• 1977 – Artist in Residence Launceston C.E.A
• 1975 – Artist in Residence Southern Cross University

Individual Exhibitions

• 2024 Frank Littler – Paintings, Rogue Gallery
• 2022 Frank Littler – Paintings, Rogue Gallery
• 2017 Recent Works, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2015 Quantitative Easing, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2013 Things are more like they are today than they ever were before, Watters Gallery
• 2011 The Caves of Petchburi; Tunnels of Sydney, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2009 Frank Littler – City of Mirrors, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2008 Frank Littler – paintings, Place Gallery, Melbourne
• 2007 Frank Littler – paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2006 Frank Littler: Stories, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2005 Frank Littler – Paintings, Watson Place Gallery, Melbourne
• 2003 Recent Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2001 Frank Littler: Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1999 Ifs, Buts and Afterparts, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1997 Annals, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1995 Effluvium: Paintings, Prints & Wood Carvings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1993 Eurogeneric Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Frank Littler : Paintings 1971 – 1993, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney
• 1991 Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1989 Frank Littler, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
• Frank Littler – PAINTINGS, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1987 Pinacotheca, Melbourne
• 1986 Wig Too Big, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1985 Paintings and Lithographs, Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
• 1984 Head Travels Up Back Every 7 Years, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1982 Del-Byzantine, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1980 Correct Design, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1978 Scientific Facts, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1975 Loom Smirk Tales, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1974 Illustrative Commerce, Watters Gallery, Sydney

Collections

• Art Gallery of New South Wales
• Art Gallery of South Australia
• National Gallery of Victoria
• National Gallery of Australia
• Macquarie University
• Shepparton City Art Gallery
• TCAE Launceston
• Philip Morris Arts Purchase Grant
• New England Regional Art Museum
• Newcastle Region Art Gallery
• Allens Arthur Robinson
• Gold Coast City Art Gallery
• Griffith University, QLD
• Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Victoria
• Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
• Baker & McKenzie
• Warrnambool City Art Gallery, Victoria
• Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Tasmania
• University Art Museum, Queensland University
• Marrickville Council
• Mallesons Stephen Jacques

Selected Bibliography

• Legge, Sonia: Artist Profile Journal, 2018
• Allen, Christopher: ‘Smorgasbord of styles for today’, Sydney Morning Herald, 11/8/89
• Baker, James: (ed.) From the Landscape: A review of the influence of the landscape in contemporary art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, 1991
• Baker, James: ‘Art and Politics’ catalogue for exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Bulletin, March 1993
• Borlase, Nancy: The Sydney Scene Art and Australia Apr-June 1975
• Borlase, Nancy: The Bulletin, 7/6/75
• Borlase, Nancy: Sydney Morning Herald, 11/10/80
• Burns, Chris: ill. ‘The Brothers’, Otis Rush, 1989
• De Groen, Geoff: Canberra Times, 5/11/76
• Drury, Nevill: (ed.) New Art Two, Craftsman House, 1988
• Fenner, Felicity: ‘Off-beat and on his own’, Sydney Morning Herald, October, 1993
• Gilchrist, Maureen: The Age, 12/5/76
• Gleeson, James: ‘Fantasy and Funk’, Sun, 29/5/74
• Gleeson, James: ‘Into the dream world’, Sunday Sun, 2/6/74
• Holloway, Memory: ‘Ocker Funk – A Review’, Arts Melbourne, vol.1 no.2, 1976
• Legge, Geoffrey: ‘The Spirit of Place’, exhibition catalogue, First Draft, 1986
• Legge, Geoffrey: ‘Frank Littler – Brief thoughts on the development of his work’, essay for exhibition catalogue, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, September 1993
• Legge, Geoffrey: “Frank Littler – An Artist’s artist”, essay for exhibition catalogue, Watters Gallery, 2003
• Maloon, Terence: ‘Frank Littler can only benefit from re-evaluation’, Sydney Morning Herald, 28/8/82
• McGrath, Sandra: The Australian, 14/6/75
• McGrath, Sandra: ‘Larger than life’, The Australian, 6/10/75
• McGrath, Sandra: ‘Comics and social comment’, The Australian, 14/6/78
• Mendelssohn, Joanna: ‘Satire virtuoso points to the truly awful’, Sydney Morning Herald, 1/8/86
• Mendelssohn, Joanna: ‘A larrikin swipe at establishment’, The Australian, 29/10/93
• Mendelssohn, Joanna: ‘Sydney Art’, The Australian, 6/10/95
• Paroissien, Leon (ed.): Australian Art Review Warner, 1982
• Pidgeon, W.E.: Sunday Telegraph, 1/6/75
• Prunster, Ursula: ‘The Sydney Harbour Bridge 1932-1982: A Golden Anniversary Celebration’,
• Angus & Robertson in association with the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1982
• Pursche, Michael: Frank Littler: Imagery on the Loose, essay accompanying retrospective, 1993
• Short, Susanna: ‘Frank Littler turns to medieval whimseys’, Sydney Morning Herald, 19/8/82
• Thomas, Daniel: Sydney Morning Herald, 20/5/74
• Visontay, Michael: ‘Graphic end to art dilemma’, Northern Herald, 14/10/93
• Watters Gallery: Portrait of a Gallery, 1989, Sydney
• Wood, Lilian (ed.): Directory of Australian Printmakers

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2014 Some Ways of Depicting Landscape, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2013 Our House, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, 19/7-25/8
• 2013 Watters Galley 27th Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2012 Melbourne Artfair
• 2012, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• Five Bells, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
• 2011 Let it all hang out: Australian art of the 70s, Art Gallery Ballarat, Victoria
• Cool World, Alaska Projects, Sydney
• Domestic, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
• Word and Image, National Art School Gallery, Darlinghurst
• Abstraction – Figuration, M16 Gallery, Canberra
• 2010 Melbourne Artfair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• Art Month Sydney Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Watters Gallery Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2008 Blake Prize for Religious Art, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
• Melbourne Artfair , Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• The Coloured Digger, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
• 2006 Blake Prize. National Art School Gallery, Sydney
• Melbourne Artfair , Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• 2004 8 Works on Paper, Watson Place Gallery, Melbourne
• Melbourne Artfair , Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• Watters Gallery 19th Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2003 18th Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2002 Melbourne Artfair 2002, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• 2001 Patricia Moylan & Frank Littler – Direct and Indirect Perception, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Peer Pressure – The Artists Selection, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
• Paintings – Littler & Latimer, Gallery 482, Brisbane
• Archival Oils Exhibition (part of Summer Exhibition), Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 2000 Chris O’Doherty, Ken Searle & Frank Littler – prints & works on paper, Watters Gallery
• Melbourne Artfair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• On The Road – the car in Australian art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
• 1998/99 Inside Out, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
• We Are Australian, George Adams Gallery, Melbourne
• 1998 The Great Art Auction, Cell Block Theatre, Sydney
• Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1997 Artists for Tranby, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
• Rhonda & Susannah Hamlyn, Margot Hutcheson, Frank Littler, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1996 Ecstatic and Grotesque, Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
• Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1995 Full of … CONTENT, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Images from Myths and Legends, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1994 Sulman Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
• Drawing on Inspiration, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
• Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• In House, Staff Show, The Tin Sheds, Sydney
• Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1993 Works from the Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
• Art and Politics, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
• Works from Stock, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1992 Max Watters’ Collection, Muswellbrook Town Hall and Art Gallery, New South Wales
• Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• Looking Through, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Inaugural Exhibition, Darren Knight Gallery, Melbourne
• George Barker, Frank Littler, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1991 Sydney: From the City to the Fringes, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
• Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1990 Mambo Show, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
• The Cow Show, Legge Gallery, Sydney
• Stock Show, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Second Contemporary Australian Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
• 40 Artists – 40 Works, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Summer Exhibition No.6, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1989 A Show of Heads, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Houses, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Portrait of a Gallery, Watters 25th Anniversary Touring Exhibition, touring 8 regional centres until 1991
• Summer Exhibition No.5, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Prints and Australia: Pre-settlement to Present, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
• 1988 Australian Art, 1920s – 1980s, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
• How to Read a Painting, Manly Art Gallery, Sydney
• First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, RoyalExhibition Building, Melbourne
• Australian Art Post 1960, inaugural exhibition, Deutscher Gertrude Street, Melbourne
• Six Scrolls by Mike Brown; Six Paintings by Frank Littler, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• A Strange Selection of Sea Pictures, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Summer Exhibition No.4, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1987 Contemporary Art in Australia – a review, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
• 1986 Spirit of Place, First Draft, Sydney
• Works from Stock, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• City-Sydney, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1985 Minds on Masonite: Thirteen Sydney Painters, CAS Gallery, Adelaide
• Paintings from Stock, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1984 Australian Paintings, Colonial/Contemporary, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
• Ken Searle, Frank Littler: Painting, Pinacotheca, Melbourne
• 1983 Drawings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Minds on Masonite, Art Unit, Sydney
• Animal Imagery in Contemporary Art, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery; Bendigo Fine Art Gallery;
• Wollongong City Gallery
• Recent Australian Painting: A Survey 1970-1983, Art Gallery of South Australia
• Some Figurative Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1982 Urban Images, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
• The Sydney Harbour Bridge 1932-1982, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
• Australian Art of the Last Ten Years, The Philip Morris Arts Purchase Grant, Marsden Hall,
• Australian National University, Canberra
• Gold Coast City Art Gallery
• 1981 Another Look at Bruce Latimer and Frank Littler, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Continuum: NAS60 – AM80, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
• Survey of the Seventies, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
• Exhibition of Artist’s Books, Frankfurter Kunstverien, West Germany
• 1980 Contemporary Australian Prints and Drawings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
• Capital Permanent Purchase Award, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
• 1979 Some Recent Acquisitions of Australian Art, touring exhibition from the Australian National
• Gallery,Canberra
• 1977 Contemporary Australian Prints, Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth
• Contemporary Australian Prints, Tokyo, Japan
• Watters at Pinacotheca, Melbourne
• George Crouch Invitation Exhibition, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
• From the Funk Tradition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 45th Exhibition of the Japan Print Association
• Acquisitions 1976 & 1977, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
• The 3rd Independents Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa, Japan
• 1976 Ocker Funk, exhibition touring Australian regional galleries
• East Coast Drawing; Towards Some Definitions, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
• Abraxas Gallery, Canberra
• 1975 Georges Prize, Melbourne
• Wollongong Art Purchase Exhibition, Wollongong
• Ocker Funk, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Bruce Latimer/Frank Littler, Watters Gallery, Sydney
• Inaugural exhibition, Devonport Art Gallery, Tasmania
• Phillip Morris Art Purchase Grant, 2nd Annual exhibition, Melbourne
• 1974 Ten Years, Anniversary Exhibition of Watters Gallery, Sydney
• 1973 Contemporary Art Society Projects Show, Arts Castle, Sydney
• 1972 Scenes from the Human-Wave Attack (with George Barker) Watters Gallery, Sydney