Solo and group exhibitions 1939 to 2001 (not all exhibitions are included).
Solo shows
1950 Paintings by V G O’Connor, Ballarat Art Gallery, Oct 2 – 13
1955 V G O’Connor Paintings, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, May 16 – 27
1957 Exhibition by V G O’Connor: Market Sketches and others, Australian Galleries, Melbourne Aug 20 – 30
1959 8 Paintings by Vic O’Connor, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Oct 6 – 15
1963 Victor O’Connor Exhibition, Douglas Galleries, Brisbane, Sep 19
1964 Vic O’Connor, Fredericks Showroom Gallery, Melbourne, Jun 13 – 14
1968 V G O’Connor, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Oct 8 – 18
1970 V G O’Connor (including from series Exodus), Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Apr 7 – 22
1971 Vic O’Connor, The Cremorne Gallery, Sydney, Nov 9 – 20
1972 Vic O’Connor: Retrospective of drawings and watercolour, Powell St Gallery, Melbourne, March
1974 Vic O’Connor, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Mar 26 – Apr 10
1975 Vic O’Connor, The Masters Galleries, Melbourne, Oct 27
1976 V G O’Connor Exhibition, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, Apr 3 – 15
1977 Vic O’Connor Exhibition, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, Aug 27 – Sep 9
1977 Important Works by Vic O’Connor Spanning 30 years, Jewish Folk Centre, Sydney, Nov 27
1977 Neutral Bay Art Gallery, Sydney
1979 Vic O’Connor, Masters Gallery, Melbourne, Oct
1980 Vic O’Connor, The Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney, Dec 3 – 24
1981 Vic O’Connor’s Early Works on Paper 1935-63, Niagara Lane Galleries, Melbourne, Oct
1983 Selected Paintings by Vic O’Connor 1939-83, Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne College of Advanced Education, Aug 1 – 19
1985 Vic O’Connor, Recent Paintings, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, Jul 27 – Aug 9
1989 Vic O’Connor, Acland St Art Gallery, Melbourne, Nov 12 – Dec 3
198? Vic O’Connor, Paintings and Lino-Cuts, Eltham Gallery, Melbourne, Jul 9 – 20
1990 Vic O’Connor, Watercolours and Drawings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Oct 30 – Nov 18
1993 Vic O’Connor, A Survey, Doncaster Gallery, Melbourne, Apr 29 – May 9
1993 Vic O’Connor, Works on Paper, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Jun 29 – Jul 18
1994 Vic O’Connor, Recent Works on Paper, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Oct 18 – 32
1996 Vic O’Connor, Recent Paintings, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, May 2 – 15
1998 Vic O’Connor, Celebrating his 80th Birthday, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Nov
2001 Vic O’Connor, Watercolours, Drawings and Prints, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Oct 2 – 16
Group shows
1930s
1939 Contemporary Art Society Inaugural Exhibition, National Gallery, Melbourne, Jun 6 – 25
1940s
1941 Contemporary Art Society, Hotel Australia, Melbourne, Oct 14 – 31, also shown in Sydney
1942 Contemporary Art Society, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, Aug 4 – 15
1942 Anti-Fascist Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, Dec 8 – 10
1943 Contemporary Art Society, Velasquez Gallery, Melbourne, Aug 24 – Sep 3
1944 Contemporary Art Society, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Geelong
1945 Autumn Arts Festival, First Annual Exhibition CEMA (Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts), Velasquez Gallery, Melbourne (4 works), Apr 3 – 13
1946 Three Realist Artists, Myer Art Gallery, Melbourne, Jul 16 – 25
late 1940s Eureka Art Group, first Youth Art Exhibition, Melbourne, (3 works)
1950s
1953 Spring Exhibition, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne (1 work), Sep 28 – Oct 11
1953 Exhibition Noel Counihan, Vic O’Connor, James Wigley, Tye’s Gallery, Melbourne, Oct 6 – 16
1954 Artists for Peace, Tye’s Gallery, Melbourne (2 works), Sep 14 – 25
1954 Spring Exhibition, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne (1 work), Sep 20 – Oct 3
1954 Exhibition of Paintings, Tye’s Gallery, Melbourne (6 works), Nov 16 – 26
1955 The Herald Outdoor Art Show, Melbourne (2 works), Mar 11 – 19
1955 Fine Arts Week Exhibition, Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau, Melbourne (1 work), Nov 22 – Dec 1
1956 The Herald Outdoor Art Show, Melbourne (3 works), Mar 8 – 17
1958 The Herald Outdoor Art Show, Melbourne (3 works), Mar 7 – 15
1958 Sixth Annual May Day Art Exhibition, Lower Melbourne Town Hall (3 works), Jun 13 – 18
1959 Festival Art Competition, Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture. In Association with Australian and New Zealand Congress for International Co-operation and Disarmament, Melbourne (1 work), Nov 7 – 18
1960s
1960 Australian painters (including Noel Counihan), Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations, Moscow (7 works), May – June
1963 Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne (6 works), Jun 2 – 15
1964 Group Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (1 work), Apr 19
1964 Centro Italiano d’Arte 4th Exhibition on SS Marconi, Sydney (4 works), May 11 – 20
1964 Friends of National Gallery in Victoria, Loan Collection, Georges Gallery, Melbourne, Jul 17 – Aug 8
1964 The Realist Group, Inaugural Exhibition, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne (2 works), Aug 9 – 22
1968 The NBN Channel 3 Art Prize, Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle NSW (1 work), Oct 10 – Nov 3
1969 Moomba Festival Exhibition, Toorak Art Gallery, Melbourne (3 works), Feb 28
1969 Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Galleries, Melbourne (2 works), Jun 23 – Jul 4
1970s
1970 Autumn Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (1 work), Mar 2 – 23
1970 150 Years of Australian Drawings, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (1 work), May 4 – 18
1970 Australian Irresistibles 1930-1970, Bonython Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Aug 11 – Sep 2
1971 Spring Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (1 work), Oct 13 – Nov 5
1971 Art Exhibition, Campaign For International Co-Operation And Disarmament, Anti-War Centre, Melbourne, May 9 – 21
1972 Spring Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (1 work), Nov 8 – 30
1972 December Exhibition, Toorak Art Gallery, Melbourne (4 works), Dec 10 – 23
1974 Australian Artists in England, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK (1 work), May 4 – Jun 9
1974 Australian Artists in England, Commonwealth Institute, London, UK (1 work), Jul 10 – Aug 4
1975 Sir William Angliss Art Prize Exhibition (1 work), Sep 16 – 27
1975 The Social Realists Exhibition, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell, Victoria (9 works), July 8
1980s
1981 Social Responses, Golden Age Art Gallery, Ballarat, Nov 8 – 29
1981 Acquisitions Exhibition, Newcastle Region Art Gallery (5 works), Dec 3 – Jan 17
1981 The George Bell School, Deutscher Fine Art, Georges Gallery Melbourne (4 works), Oct 26 – Nov 7
1982 Mixed Exhibition, Niagara Lane Galleries (3 works), Jun 20 – Jul 7
1982 Peninsular Painters and Potters, Mornington Peninsular Arts Centre (7 works), Aug 13 – Sep 19
1983 Australian Painters, Golden Age Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat (2 works), Mar 6 – 31
1983 The D R Sheumack Collection of Australian Paintings, National Trust NSW, May 17 – Jun 12
1984 The Local Scene, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Melbourne (3 works), Feb 12 – Apr 17
1984 Art and Social Commitment: an end to the city of dreams 1931-1948, Travelling Exhibition, (6 works) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Sep – 28 Oct 1984; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 15 Nov – 6 Jan 1985; National Gallery of Victoria (Banyule Gallery) 24 Jan – 3 Mar 1985; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane 26 Mar – 28 Apr 1985.
1985 Exhibition of Art: Vic O’Connor and David Armfield, Caulfield Arts Centre, Melbourne, Mar 1 – 12
1985 Exhibition of Prominent Artists, Horizon World of Art, Melbourne, Nov
1986 Out of this World – a Summer Exhibition, Dempster Gallery, Melbourne, Nov 25 – Dec 24
1987 Modern Australian Paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne (1 work), Jul 21 – Aug 9
1987 David Armfield and Vic O’Connor, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, Aug 8 – 13
1988 Angry Penguins and Realist Painting in Melbourne in the 1940s, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, May 19 – Aug 14. Organised by the South Bank Centre and the Australian National Gallery, Canberra with Australian Bicentennial funding. This show subsequently went to other locations including in 1988 Tate Gallery Liverpool, UK, Oct 5 – Nov 27, and in 1989 in Australia including Campberfield NSW, Launceston Tasmania, Townsville, Queensland.
1988 Modern Australian Paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne (3 works), Nov 29 – Dec 22
1989 Drawings, Linocuts and Etchings, Australian Impressions Gallery, Melbourne (9 works), Jun 14 – 30
1989 Modern Australian Paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne (1 work), Jun 16 – Jul
1989 Summer Exhibition Dempster Fine Art, Melbourne, Nov 24 – Dec 23
1990s
1990 Modern Australian Paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, May 25 – Jun 15
1990 Social and Political Drawings and Cartoons, Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne, July
1990 Australian Graphics 1902-1990, Livingston Print Room, (linocuts), Dec 16 – Jan 4
1991 Exhibition with Mary Hammond, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Jul 21 – Aug
1991 Modern Australian Paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Oct 24 – Nov 10
1992 Artists and Rebels on the Waterfront, Tom Nelson Hall, Sydney (2 works), Jul 4 – 19
1992 Modern Australian Paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne (3 works), Oct 26 – Nov15
1992 Christmas Exhibition, Horizon World of Art, Melbourne, Dec
1992 Christmas Exhibition, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Dec
1993 Modern Australian Paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne (2 works), Aug 17 – Sep 5
1994 Modern Australian Paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Feb 2 – 23
1994 Christmas Exhibition, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Dec
1995 Christmas Exhibition, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Dec
1997 A Face in the Crowd, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, May 24 – Oct 12
1997 Modern Australian Painting, Deutscher Fine Art , Melbourne (2 works), Sep 9 – 20
1998 Acquisitions Exhibition, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW (1 work), Dec 18 – Mar 14