Bill Henson

♂ *1955 / Australia

Works

Solo exhibitions

Bill Henson

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
25 Sep 2026 – 17 Oct 2026
Bill Henson

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
16 May 2025 – 21 Jun 2025
The Liquid Night

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
12 Apr 2024 – 11 May 2024
The Liquid Night

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
23 Nov 2023 – 31 Jan 2024
The Liquid Night

Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (AU)
16 Nov 2023 – 16 Dec 2023
Selected Works

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
30 Apr 2022 – 29 May 2022
Bill Henson

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
1 Apr 2022 – 30 Apr 2022
1985-2021

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
21 May 2021 – 19 Jun 2021
Bill Henson

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
5 Mar 2021 – 1 Apr 2021
The light fades but the gods remain

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
27 Jul 2019 – 29 Sep 2019
Bill Henson

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
17 May 2019 – 8 Jun 2019
Bill Henson

Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (AU)
3 May 2018 – 2 Jun 2018
BILL HENSON

NGV Festival of Photography

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
10 Mar 2017 – 27 Aug 2017
cloud landscapes

Master of the use of light and dark

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
30 May 2013 – 22 Sep 2013
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Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
20 Sep 2012 – 13 Oct 2012
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Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (AU)
31 Mar 2011 – 23 Apr 2011
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Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
6 May 2010 – 5 Jun 2010
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York (US)
16 Oct 2008 – 15 Nov 2008
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Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
22 May 2008 – 21 Jun 2008
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Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago (US)
9 Mar 2007 – 14 Apr 2007
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Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (AU)
3 Nov 2006 – 9 Dec 2006
Bill Henson, 2006

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
6 Jul 2006 – 5 Aug 2006
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York (US)
27 Apr 2006 – 3 Jun 2006
3 Decades of Photography

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
23 Apr 2005 – 10 Jul 2005
Bill Henson

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
8 Jan 2005 – 3 Apr 2005
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York (US)
12 Feb 2004 – 13 Mar 2004
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Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca (ES)
30 Mar 2003 – 25 May 2003

Group

Starkwhite at Faradays

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
26 Sep 2026 – 26 Dec 2026

with Andrew Beck, Fiona Pardington
Young | youth in Australian photography: 1980s to now

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
22 Nov 2025 – 22 Feb 2026

with Atong Atem, Donna Bailey, Anne Ferran, Petrina Hicks, Naomi Hobson, Samuel Hodge, Paul Knight, Katrin Koenning, Christopher Koeller, Jesse Marlow, Rod McNicol, Tracey Moffatt …
Suburban Sublime

Australian Photography

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
10 Aug 2024 – 17 Aug 2025

with Pat Brassington, Virginia Coventry, Ponch Hawkes, Naomi Hobson, Carol Jerrems, Lindy Lee, Ruth Maddison, Lin Martin, Tracey Moffatt, Nicholas Nedelkopoulos, Glen O’Malley, Poul C. Poulsen …
The basement: photography from Prahran College (1968–1981)

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
1 Mar 2025 – 25 May 2025

with Polly Borland, Andrew Chapman, Kim Corbel, Paul Cox, Graham Howe, Carol Jerrems, Christopher Koeller, Steven Lojewski, Rod McNicol, Peter Milne, Martin Munz, Nicholas Nedelkopoulos …
Group Show, The First 40 Years

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
10 Feb 2024 – 2 Mar 2024

with Brook Andrew, Destiny Deacon , Isaac Julien, Tracey Moffatt, David Noonan
The Winter Bride

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
6 Oct 2023 – 21 Oct 2023

with Destiny Deacon , Fiona Hall, Isaac Julien, Tracey Moffatt
100 faces

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
4 Mar 2023 – 28 May 2023

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Tony Albert, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Brook Andrew, Atong Atem, Harold Cazneaux, Michael Cook, Olive Cotton, Paul Cox, Max Dupain, Rennie Ellis, Sue Ford …
WALL POWER: Contemporary Australian Photography

Australia House, London (GB)
17 May 2018 – 21 May 2018

with Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Narelle Autio, Destiny Deacon , Marian Drew, Shaun Gladwell, Rosemary Laing, Tracey Moffatt, Fabian Muir, Catherine Nelson, Deborah Paauwe, Trent Parke …
Multiple: [BERLIN] WALL POWER

Contemporary Australian Photography

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
1 Dec 2017 – 23 Dec 2017

with Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Narelle Autio, Nici Cumpston, Destiny Deacon , Tamara Dean, Marian Drew, Shaun Gladwell, Petrina Hicks, Rosemary Laing, Tracey Moffatt, Fabian Muir …
Defying Darkness: Photography at Night

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
4 Jun 2016 – 2 Oct 2016

with Berenice Abbott, Shimon Attie, Brassai, Jeff Burton, Larry Clark, Andre Kertesz, Michael Lundgren, Chris McCaw, Richard Misrach, Alexander Rodchenko, Sebastiao Salgado, Edward Steichen …
Australian & Int'l Photography

Josef Lebovich Gallery, Sydney (AU)
24 May 2014 – 5 Jul 2014

with Charles Bayliss, Olive Cotton, Rex Dupain, Max Dupain, Paul Foelsche, Fiona Hall, Emil Otto Hoppe, David Moore (AUS), Matthew Sleeth, Jozef Vissel
THE YOUTH CODE!

curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer

Christophe Guye Galerie, Zürich (CH)
8 Jun 2013 – 24 Aug 2013

with Anoush Abrar, Jun Ahn, Mike Brodie, Denis Darzacq, Lucas Foglia, Martine Fougeron, Ina Jang, Margo Ovcharenko, Guillaume Simoneau, Sascha Weidner
DARK SIGHTS

Kunststiftung DZ BANK, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
27 Jan 2012 – 31 Mar 2012

with Oliver Boberg, Angus Boulton, Gerard Byrne, Gregory Crewdson, Lucinda Devlin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Andreas Gefeller, Paul Graham, Naoya Hatakeyama, Robert Longo, Thomas Ruff, Sascha Weidner …
Looking at Looking - The Photographic Gaze

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
30 Sep 2011 – 4 Mar 2012

with Brook Andrew, Anne Ferran, Ashley Gilbertson, CHI Peng, Thomas Struth, David Thomas
In camera and in public

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
16 Sep 2011 – 23 Oct 2011

with Dennis Beaubois, Luc Delahaye, Cherine Fahd, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Kohei Yoshiyuki
Head On Photography Festival

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
6 May 2011 – 11 Jun 2011

with Destiny Deacon , Fiona Hall, Tracey Moffatt, Julie Rrap, TV Moore, Anne Zahalka
Photography & place

Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
16 Mar 2011 – 29 May 2011

with Simone Douglas, Peter Elliston, Anne Ferran, Simryn Gill, Douglas Holleley, Rosemary Laing, Marion Marrison, Ricky Maynard, Ian North, Paul Ogier, Debra Phillips, Jon Rhodes …
21st Century: Art in the First Decade

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
18 Dec 2010 – 28 Apr 2011

with Francis Alys, Pierre Bismuth, Candice Breitz, Olaf Breuning, Justine Cooper, Thomas Demand, Parastou Forouhar, YANG Fudong, Shaun Gladwell, Emily Jacir, Isaac Julien, William Kentridge …
21st Century: Art in the First Decade

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
18 Dec 2010 – 25 Apr 2011

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Pierre Bismuth, Candice Breitz, Olaf Breuning, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Parastou Forouhar, YANG Fudong, Shaun Gladwell, Romuald Hazoumé …
Luminous Cities

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
22 Oct 2010 – 13 Mar 2011

with Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget, Lee Friedlander, Andreas Gursky, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Grant Mudford, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand
In Praise of Shadows

Robert Miller Gallery, New York (US)
8 Apr 2010 – 12 Jun 2010

with Dirk Braeckman
TEEN CITY THE ADVENTURE OF ADOLESCENCE

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
15 Jun 2008 – 26 Oct 2008

with Anoush Abrar, Lillian Birnbaum, Davina Feinberg, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Lena Amuat & Zoë Meyer, Moira Lovell, Bianca Pilet, Annaïk Lou Pitteloud, Dana Popa, Marion Poussier, Jennifer Santschy, Nicolas Savary …
FX in Contemporary Photography

McClelland Art Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
18 May 2008 – 10 Aug 2008

with Pat Brassington, Jane Burton, Rosemary Laing, Lyndell Brown & Charles Green, Polixeni Papapetrou, Patricia Piccinini , Simon Strong, Darren Sylvester, Simon Terrill, Anne Zahalka
HÄNGUNG #1 - FOTOGRAFIE

KUNSTWERK, Eberdingen-Nussdorf
19 Oct 2007 – 20 Feb 2008

with Daniele Buetti, Gregory Crewdson, Miklos Gaal, Xenia Hausner, Ji Yeon Heo, Izima Kaoru, Rosemary Laing, Josephine Meckseper, Shirin Neshat, CHI Peng, Gerhard Richter
Contemporary Australian Photography

Fotomuseum Den Haag, Den Haag (NL)
26 May 2007 – 28 Oct 2007

with Tracey Moffatt, Anne Zahalka
Fondos de fotografía de la colección permanente

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
30 May 2007 – 22 Jul 2007

with Per Barclay, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jan Fabre, Nelson Garrido, Andreas Gursky, Andre Kertesz, Loretta Lux, Dora Maar, Man Ray , Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean Moral …
The Last Seduction - A Welcome Surrender to Beauty

Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago (US)
27 Apr 2007 – 27 Jun 2007

with Ori Gersht, Robert Mapplethorpe, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Eve Sussman (+ Rufus Corporation)
Arrebato

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
11 Jan 2007 – 28 Feb 2007

with Sergio Belinchon, Bianca Brunner, Maria Castelló, Leo Fabrizio, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Nan Goldin, Rodrigo Gonzalo, Ellen Kooi, Sally Mann, Cristina Martín Lara, Johann Ryno de Wet, Hiroshi Sugimoto …
Twilight: Photography in the Magic Hour

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
10 Oct 2006 – 17 Dec 2006

with Robert Adams, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Ori Gersht, Chrystel Lebas, Boris Mikhailov, LIANG Yue
Black and Blue

Robert Miller Gallery, New York (US)
7 Jun 2006 – 30 Jul 2006

with Diane Arbus, Horace Bristol, Herbert List, Patricia Piccinini , Ai Weiwei
Litteraly and Figuratively. Photographic Portraits

Montreal Museum FA, Montréal (CA)
15 Dec 2005 – 21 May 2006

with Diane Arbus, Cecil Beaton, Janieta Eyre, Catherine Opie, Arnulf Rainer, Gabor Szilasi
Who cares?

Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney (AU)
15 Mar 2006 – 13 Apr 2006

with Destiny Deacon , Lindy Lee, Tracey Moffatt, David Noonan
Baroque and Neobaroque // Barrocos y Neobarrocos

El Infierno de lo Bello

Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca (ES)
3 Oct 2005 – 8 Jan 2006

with AES+F, Matthew Barney, Marcos Lopez, Teresa Margolles, Masbedo, Erwin Olaf, Tony Oursler, Wang Qingsong, Julian Rosefeldt, Aura Rosenberg, Daniela Rossell, Rachel Sussman …
Fotografía de los años 80 y 90 en la colección del MNCARS

Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca (ES)
8 Apr 2005 – 26 Jun 2005

with Ana Laura Alaez, Helena Almeida, Juan Pablo Ballester, Tina Barney, Gabriele Basilico, Sergio Belinchon, Daniel Canogar, Hannah Collins, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jan Fabre, Joan Fontcuberta …
the children's hour

Museum of New Art (mona), Pontiac (US)
21 May 2005 – 25 Jun 2005

with Doug Aitken, Pat Brassington, Michal Chelbin, Sue de Beer, Rineke Dijkstra, Margi Geerlinks, Katy Grannan, Lauren Greenfield, Ingar Krauss, Mona Kuhn, Dana Lixenberg, Loretta Lux …
Re-Positioning Photography: Seduction: Shedding light on dark desires

QCP Queensland Centre for, Brisbane (AU)
28 May 2005 – 19 Jun 2005

with Alan François, Sharon Green, Stephen Hobson, Garrett Hughes, Michael Meads, Pierre Molinier, Scott Redford, Thomas Ruff, Jan Saudek, Christine Webster
Almost

Robert Miller Gallery, New York (US)
20 Jan 2005 – 26 Feb 2005

with James Casebere, Christoph Draeger, Vik Muniz, Corinna Schnitt, Cindy Sherman, Mike + Doug Starn, Mayumi Terada, Erwin Wurm
with Hamburg Kennedy Photographs

Scalo Project Space, New York (US)
14 Dec 2004 – 29 Jan 2005

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, David Armstrong, Bruce Davidson, Walker Evans, Wendy Ewald, Robert Frank, Seiichi Furuya, Nan Goldin, Paul Graham, Karen Kilimnik, William Klein …
Fotografía de los años 80 y 90 en la colección del MNCARS

Museu d´Art Espanyol Contemporani (MAEC), Palma (ES)
14 Sep 2004 – 4 Dec 2004

with Ana Laura Alaez, Helena Almeida, Juan Pablo Ballester, Tina Barney, Gabriele Basilico, Sergio Belinchon, Daniel Canogar, Hannah Collins, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jan Fabre, Joan Fontcuberta …
Identity II

Part 1: unease / relief Part 2: self-scrutiny

Nichido Contemporary Art, Tôkyô (JP)
16 Apr 2004 – 1 Jun 2004

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Emmanuelle Antille, Jan Dunning, Anna Gaskell, Tom Hunter, Sophy Rickett, Georgina Starr, Janaina Tschaepe
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art

Contemporary Photo-Media

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (AU)
27 Feb 2004 – 30 May 2004

with Adam Ames & Andrew Bordwin, Destiny Deacon , James Geurts, Derek Kreckler, Rosemary Laing, Tracey Moffatt, Deborah Paauwe, Mike Parr, Patricia Piccinini , David Rosetzky, Darren Siwes, Linda Wallace …
EXPOSURE

Gow Langsford Gallery, Sydney (AU)
30 Apr 2004 – 27 May 2004

with Christopher Braddock, Helmut Newton, Spencer Tunick
Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
13 Sep 2003 – 30 Nov 2003

with Francis Alys, Olivo Barbieri, Olivo Barbieri, Yto Barrada, Chien Chi Chang, Leif Claesson, Nancy Davenport, Luc Delahaye, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Rineke Dijkstra, Harun Farocki, Coco Fusco …
CHILD IN TIME . Views of contemporary artists on youth and adolescence

Museum Helmond, Helmond (NL)
24 May 2003 – 7 Sep 2003

with Lars Arrhenius, Rineke Dijkstra, Michel Francois, Margi Geerlinks, Anthony Goicolea, Risk Hazekamp, Sarah Jones, Elke Krystufek, Justine Kurland, Sally Mann, Maria Marshall, Muntean & Rosenblum …
Fables de l´identité .- Œuvres de la collection NSM Vie / ABN AMRO

CNP - Centre national de la photographie, Paris (FR)
18 Jun 2003 – 25 Aug 2003

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Nobuyoshi Araki, Valerie Belin, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Edouard Boubat, Koos Breukel, Elina Brotherus, Claude Cahun, Sophie Calle, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Claerbout, Claude Closky …

Events

MAPh Photography Fair

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
30 May 2026 – 31 May 2026

with Brook Andrew, Del Kathryn Barton, Peter Dombrovskis, Max Dupain, John Gollings, Alfred Gregory, Katrin Koenning, Rod McNicol, Michael Najjar
Melbourne Art Fair 2026

Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne (AU)
19 Feb 2026 – 22 Feb 2026

with Damiano Bertoli, Fiona Hall, Isaac Julien, Jim Lambie, David Noonan, Christian Thompson, Alex Walker, Anne Zahalka
Art Basel Miami Beach 2025

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
5 Dec 2025 – 7 Dec 2025

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, John Baldessari, Tina Barney, Valerie Belin, Wallace Berman, Karen Paulina Biswell, Sebastiaan Bremer, Maurizio Cattelan, Julien Creuzet, Gregory Crewdson, Awol Erizku, Sissi Farassat …
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Yann Le Mouel, Paris (FR)
12 Nov 2025 – 13 Nov 2025

with Henri Cartier-Bresson, REN Hang, William Klein, Peter Lindbergh, Daido Moriyama, Irving Penn, Daisuke Yokota
Melbourne Art Fair 2025

Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne (AU)
20 Feb 2025 – 23 Feb 2025

with Tony Albert, Destiny Deacon , Ceal Floyer, Erin Hefferon, Oliver Laric, Tracey Moffatt, Fiona Pardington
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Isaac Julien, Tracey Moffatt
Fotonoviembre -XVI Bienal Internacional de Fotografía

International Photography Festival of Tenerife

Centro de Fotografía, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES)
22 Oct 2021 – 9 Jan 2022

with Ruben Acosta, Robert Adams, Ansel Adams, Ana Laura Alaez, Miguel Velasco Almendral, Paula Artés, John Baldessari, Sonja Braas, Edward Burtynsky, Hannah Collins, Tacita Dean, Dornith Doherty …
Sydney Contemporary 2019

Australasia's international contemporary art fair

Sydney Contemporary, Sydney (AU)
12 Sep 2019 – 15 Sep 2019

with Laurence Aberhart, Atong Atem, Boomoon, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Edward Burtynsky, Anna Carey, Tamara Dean, Lalla Essaydi, Elger Esser, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Karen Knorr, Anne Noble …
ART COLOGNE 2019

Art Cologne, Köln (DE)
11 Apr 2019 – 14 Apr 2019

with Oliver Abraham, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Kader Attia, Boris Becker, Jane Benson, Helene Binet, Nadja Bournonville, Chargesheimer, Julian Charriere, Talia Chetrit, Clement Cogitore, Anne Collier …
NGV Festival of Photography

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
10 Mar 2017 – 27 Aug 2017

with Polly Borland, Sophie Calle, Zoe Croggon, Thomas Demand, William Eggleston, Ceal Floyer, Adam Fuss, Pieter Hugo, Lucia Koch, Elad Lassry, Paola Pivi, Patrick Pound …
Paris Photo 2015 - Events

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
12 Nov 2015 – 15 Nov 2015

with Jane Evelyn Atwood, Jacob Aue Sobol, Roger Ballen, Bruno Barbey, Coppi Barbieri, Valerie Belin, Dawoud Bey, Bae Bien-U, Julio Bittencourt, Elina Brotherus, Philippe Chancel, Serge Clement …
AT LE BAL DURING PARIS PHOTO

CONFERENCES/BOOK LAUNCHES/MEETINGS/SIGNATURES

LE BAL, Paris (FR)
12 Nov 2015 – 15 Nov 2015

with Daniel Blaufuks, Olivier Cablat, Lorenzo Castore, Philippe Chancel, Jose Pedro Cortes, Vincent Delbrouck, John Divola, Andre Gelpke, Pieter Hugo, Karen Knorr, Andrea Modica, Maurice van Es
Paris Photo 2014 - Events

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2014 – 16 Nov 2014

with Roger Ballen, LIU Bolin, Antoine d'Agata, Bruce Davidson, Elliott Erwitt, Bruce Gilden, Stephen Gill, Paul Graham, Takashi Homma, Pieter Hugo, Miyako Ishiuchi, JR …
Bill Henson discusses his work and the background to this exhibition.

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
Bill Henson

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
Paris Photo 2012

Christophe Guye Galerie, Zürich (CH)

with Balthasar Burkhard, Anthony Friedkin, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Ina Jang, Syoin Kajii, Esther Mathis, Marilyn Minter, James Nizam, Will Steacy, Risaku Suzuki, Michael Wolf
Bill Henson

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)