Darren Sylvester

♂ *1974 / Australia

Works

Solo exhibitions

Party up on Skull Rock

Neon Parc, Melbourne (AU)
1 Aug 2025 – 30 Aug 2025
DEAR DIARY

Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney (AU)
24 Mar 2022 – 23 Apr 2022
Carve a Future, Devour Everything, Become Something

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
1 Mar 2019 – 30 Jun 2019
OUT OF LIFE

Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney (AU)
29 Jun 2018 – 4 Aug 2018
BROKEN MODEL

Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney (AU)
16 Jul 2016 – 20 Aug 2016
DREAMS END WITH YOU

Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney (AU)
10 Jun 2014 – 5 Jul 2014
For you

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
23 Nov 2013 – 24 Feb 2014
DARREN SYLVESTER 2012

Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney (AU)
13 Sep 2012 – 6 Oct 2012
DARREN SYLVESTER

Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (AU)
16 Mar 2012 – 7 Apr 2012
DARREN SYLVESTER 2011

Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney (AU)
3 Mar 2011 – 27 Mar 2011
DARREN SYLVESTER 2009

Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney (AU)
31 Mar 2009 – 19 Apr 2009
Our Future Was Ours

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
25 Jul 2008 – 30 Aug 2008
DARREN SYLVESTER 2008

Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney (AU)
19 Feb 2008 – 9 Mar 2008
I want to Carve a Future, Devour Everything and Become Something.

Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney (AU)
10 Oct 2006 – 29 Oct 2006
LIFE TOGETHER

Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (AU)
6 Mar 1998 – 28 Mar 1998

Group

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, Bill Henson, Petrina Hicks, Naomi Hobson, Samuel Hodge, Paul Knight, Katrin Koenning, Christopher Koeller, Jesse Marlow, Rod McNicol …
2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art

Free/State

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (AU)
4 Mar 2022 – 5 Jun 2022

with Shaun Gladwell, Tracey Moffatt, Stanislava Pinchuk, JD Reforma, Julie Rrap
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
29 Sep 2018 – 18 Nov 2018

with Hoda Afshar, Tom Blachford, Aaron Bradbrook, Danica Chappell, Rowan Conroy, Michael Cook, Tamara Dean, Marian Drew, John Gollings, Linsey Gosper, Lee Grant, Janina Green …
LEGACY+ … collecting contemporary

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
22 Aug 2018 – 19 Sep 2018

with Petrina Hicks, Christian Thompson
Hold still

the photographic performance

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
12 May 2018 – 29 Jul 2018

with Harold Cazneaux, Max Dupain, Cherine Fahd, Anne Ferran, Taryn Simon
CCP's 30th Anniversary Fundraiser

Work will be available from over 70 leading contemporary artists

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
22 Jul 2016 – 30 Jul 2016

with Polly Borland, Pat Brassington, Christian Thompson, Yvonne Todd
A Space Oddity

Linden Centre, Melbourne (AU)
28 Sep 2013 – 10 Nov 2013

with Adad Hannah, Dominic Redfern
Make Up: painted faces in contemporary photographs

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
3 May 2013 – 30 Jun 2013

with Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Bindi Cole, Ray Cook, Sandy Edwards, Siri Hayes, Owen Leong, Christian Thompson, Justine Williams
What's in a face? aspects of portrait photography

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
24 Sep 2011 – 5 Feb 2012

with Ben Cauchi, Olive Cotton, Destiny Deacon , Max Dupain, Paul Foelsche, Nan Goldin, Carol Jerrems, Loretta Lux, Man Ray , Edward Weston, Iwao Yamawaki
ONE OF US CANNOT BE WRONG

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
31 Oct 2009 – 13 Dec 2009

with Sarah Baker, Philip Brophy, Sue Dodd, Kate Murphy, Pipilotti Rist
Silverstein Photography Annual

Bruce Silverstein, New York (US)
6 Sep 2008 – 18 Oct 2008

with Olivia Arthur, Raphael Dallaporta, Isabelle Hayeur, Guillaume Herbaut, Rob Hornstra, Orrie King, Rick McKee Hock, Oliver Sieber
<a href="http://www.cityspacesurbanstories.co.uk" target="_blank">City Spaces: Urban Stories</a>

Vyner Street Gallery, London (GB)
6 Oct 2008 – 12 Oct 2008

with Jan Deckner, Paul Knight, Lucille Nolan, Paul Philipson
FX in Contemporary Photography

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

with Pat Brassington, Jane Burton, Bill Henson, Rosemary Laing, Lyndell Brown & Charles Green, Polixeni Papapetrou, Patricia Piccinini , Simon Strong, Simon Terrill, Anne Zahalka
The Roving Eye

GAS Gigantic Artspace, New York (US)
31 May 2006 – 27 Jul 2006

with Tina Gonsalves, Max Pam, Aaron Seeto
NEW06

AUS Centre Contemporary Art, Melbourne (AU)
14 Mar 2006 – 14 May 2006

with Natasha Johns-Messenger, Shaun Wilson
Remote Control - Contemporary Photomedia

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
23 Nov 2005 – 7 May 2006

with Gregory Crewdson, Malerie Marder, David Rosetzky
Awkward Silences

Linden Centre, Melbourne (AU)
22 Apr 2005 – 22 May 2005

with Simon Cuthbert, Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Paul Knight, Toni Wilkinson
Loaded

Gallery 101, Melbourne (AU)
15 Apr 2005 – 14 May 2005

with Jane Burton, Christopher Koeller
Supernatural Artificial

contemporary photo-based art from Australia

Museum of Photography, Tôkyô (JP)
17 Jul 2004 – 29 Aug 2004

with Pat Brassington, David Noonan & Simon Trevaks, Cherine Fahd, Eliza Hutchinson, Tracey Moffatt, Darren Siwes, Monika Tichacek, Anne Zahalka

Events

ART COLOGNE 2024

Art Cologne, Köln (DE)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Francis Alys, Yael Bartana, Hubert Becker, Daniel Canogar, Isaac Chong Wai, Louisa Clement, Clement Cogitore, Elger Esser, Valie Export, Daniela Friebel, Andreas Gefeller, Candida Hoefer …
PHOTO 2024

international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
1 Mar 2024 – 24 Mar 2024

with Tony Albert, Fiona Amundsen, Ying Ang, Chloé Azzopardi, Marta Bogdańska, Edward Burtynsky, Anna Carey, Peta Clancy, Michael Cook, Zoe Croggon, Bieke Depoorter, Cesar Dezfuli …
ART BASEL HONG KONG 2017

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
23 Mar 2017 – 25 Mar 2017

with Shumon Ahmed, Brook Andrew, Chim-Pom, Chu Chu, Tracey Emin, SHI Guorui, Joyce Ho, Kimsooja, Stephen King HK, Dinh Q. Le, Tracey Moffatt, Zanele Muholi …