Education
1980 -1983 BA (Fine Art), South Australian School of Art
1978 -1979 Art and Craft Certificate, North Adelaide School of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2024 John Foubister: New Works, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
2023 John Foubister: New Works, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
John Foubister, Bessie Davidson Gallery, Royal Adelaide Hospital
John Foubister: Parts of a place, Adelaide Central School of Art Gallery
2019 Belief in Doubt, West Gallery Thebarton, Adelaide
1995 Rimbun Dahan Residency Exhibition, Australian High Commission, Kuala
Lumpur
1993 Anima Gallery, Adelaide
1992 Versatile Analogues, Adelaide Central School Gallery, Adelaide
1989 Anima Gallery, Adelaide
1987 Anima Gallery, Adelaide
1985 Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide
Group Exhibitions
2024 Riposte, South Coast Regional Art Centre, Goolwa, SA
2024 Il me semble que la misere serait moins penible au soleil, The Little Machine,
Adelaide
2024 half a thing, South Seas Trading, Port Elliot, SA
2023 Of Water, Rock, Coral and Pearl, South Coast Regional Art Centre, Goolwa, SA
2023 Cthonic : Inhabiting the Underworld, SASA Gallery, University of SA
2023 Good Things, Small Packages, South Coast Regional Art Centre, Goolwa, SA
2022 Online Exhibition, Gagprojects, Adelaide
2022 Nature and Consciousness, The Main Gallery, Adelaide
2021 Christmas in the backroom, West Gallery Thebarton, Adelaide
2021 Project 11 Section CC, South West Contemporary, Adelaide
2021 signs & wonders & other omens, West Gallery Thebarton, Adelaide
2020 Sydney Contemporary (online)
2020 Lost in Spaces, with Gerry Wedd, South Seas Trading, Port Elliot, SA
2019 Sydney Art Fair, The Carriageworks, NSW
2019 All’s a Mirror, West Gallery Thebarton, Adelaide
2018 Drawing Upon ...(Live) Gallery 1855, Adelaide
2018 Approaches: 13 Sth Aust Contemporary Painters, West Gallery Thebarton, Adelaide
2017 Bloom, Gallery 1855, Adelaide
2014 Inner Workings, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
2013 Rimbun Dahan: Cultivating the Garden, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2013 Out sides & In sides, South West Community Centre, SALA Festival, Adelaide
2011 Val Festy, Slate Garden Gallery, Adelaide Festival Fringe
2006 French Connection, Bella Cosa, McLaren Vale, SA
2005 Rimbun Dahan Residency Artists Gallerie Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
2005 Rimbun Dahan Residency Artists Gallerie Taksu, Singapore
2004 Full View, Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide
1997 Popular Windows, Anima Gallery, Adelaide
1994 Positively a Life, World AIDS Day Exhibition Galleri Wan, Kuala Lumpur
1990 South Australian Contemporary Drawing, Anima Gallery, Adelaide
1988 A New Generation, NGA, Canberra
1988 Related Matters, Adelaide Festival Centre Foyer, Adelaide
1987 New New, Loft Gallery Living Arts Centre, Adelaide
1986 New New, Tete Gallery Living Arts Centre, Adelaide
1985 Contemporary Art Society of Australia Alexander Galleries, Perth
1984 Twenty Six Characters, Artists’ Week Gallery, Adelaide Festival of Arts
Publications
Michael Newall, catalogue essay, Il me semble que la misere serait moins penible au soleil. 2024
Angela Hijjas, Artists and Branding. An Alien Combination. Beyond Contemporary Art Catalogue. Malaysia. 2023
Anna Gore, catalogue essay, John Foubister: Parts of a place, May 2023
John Neylon, Lost in Spaces, The Adelaide Review, August 2020
Ken Bolton, Are we keeping you waiting?, South West Contemporary Form Guide, September 2019
John Neylon, John Foubister: Belief in Doubt, The Adelaide Review, May 2019
Ken Bolton, Louise, Jenny, John – The Beautiful Visit, AEAF Form Guide 14.4. 2014
Gina Fairley, Rimbun Dahan: Cultivating the Garden, catalogue essay, 2013
Ken Bolton, Art Writing: art in Adelaide in the 1990s and 2000s, CACSA, 2009
Adelaide Advertiser, March 2004
Adelaide Advertiser, September 1997
Julian Bowron, Director CACSA. Rimbun Dahan Residency, catalogue essay, 1995
Straits Times, Malaysia, November 1994
Ken Bolton, CACSA Broadsheet, February 1994
Julian Bowron, Anima Gallery, catalogue essay, 1993
Adelaide Review, December 1993
Adelaide Review, May 1992
Adelaide Advertiser, September 1989
Ken Bolton, Otis Rush, vol 1, 1987
Broadsheet, March 1987
Adelaide Review March 1987
Artlink vol 6 no 5; vol 4 no 6; vol 4 no 3; vol 4 no 2
Awards
2024 Country Arts SA, Quick Response Grant
2023 Country Arts SA, Quick Response Grant
2022 Arts SA Project Grant
2011 Penaga Residency, Penang, Malaysia
2011 Adelaide City Council Public Art Program Project Grant
1994 Rimbun Dahan Residency, Malaysia
1987 South Australian Department for the Arts Project Grant
Curatorial Experience
2013 Rimbun Dahan: Cultivating the Garden
Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2012 SALA Festival Exhibition
The work of artists who are homeless or otherwise disadvantaged
Box Factory Community Centre, Adelaide
2011 SALA Festival Exhibition
The work of artists who are homeless or otherwise disadvantaged
Byron Place Community Centre, Adelaide
2010 SALA Festival Exhibition
The work of artists who are homeless or otherwise disadvantaged
Byron Place Community Centre, Adelaide
2007 Alan Lukey: A Commemorative Retrospective
New Land Gallery, Country Arts SA, Adelaide
Murraylands Regional Gallery, Murray Bridge
2005 Peace Plant
The work of artists with disabilities
Pepper Street Gallery, Adelaide
2004 Open Doors
The work of artists with disabilities
Dunstan Playhouse Foyer, Adelaide Festival Centre
2004 Full View
The work of artists with disabilities
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
2002 Different Watch
The work of artists with disabilities
Dunstan Playhouse Foyer, Adelaide Festival Centre
2000 Present
The work of artists with disabilities
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
1997 Popular Windows (with artist Bronwyn Platten)
The work of artists with disabilities
Anima Gallery, Adelaide
Art Prizes
2024 Finalist: Heysen Landscape Prize, Hahndorf, SA
2024 Finalist: Fleurieu Art Prize, SA
2023 Winner: Parklands Art Prize, Adelaide
2020 Finalist: Parklands Art Prize, Adelaide
2019 Finalist: Tatiara Art Prize, Bordertown SA
2018 Finalist: Fleurieu Art Prize, SA
2017 Finalist: Tatiara Art Prize, Bordertown SA
2016 Finalist: Fleurieu Art Prize, SA
2016 Finalist: Parklands Art Prize, Adelaide
2015 Finalist: Tatiara Art Prize, Bordertown SA
2015 Finalist: Whyalla Art Prize, SA
2013 Finalist: Fleurieu Art Prize, SA
2013 Finalist: Tatiara Art Prize, Bordertown SA
Collections
Artbank, Sydney
Philip Morris Collection, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Penaga Collection, George Town, Malaysia
Rimbun Dahan Collection, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SACAE Student Union Collection, Adelaide
SA School of Art Collection, Adelaide
Private Collections in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, USA and England