Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery

The gallery opened in Macdonald Street, Paddington, in March 1982 with an exhibition of paintings by Gareth Sansom. The gallery's second exhibition was part of the Biennale of Sydney, when gallery artist Juan Davila's multi-panel work 'Stupid as a Painter' quickly gained notoriety.{{cite web| last1=Eichler| first1=Dominic| title=Juan Davila| date=May 2007| url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/juan_davila/.| work=Frieze Magazine| access-date=24 September 2014}}

In 1983, 12 gallery artists were included in ‘D’un autre continent: l’Australie, le rêve et le réel’ at the ARC, Paris Museum of Modern Art.{{Cite book|title=D'um Autre Continent: L'Australia Le Reve et le reel|publisher=Association Francaise d'action Artistique|year=1983|location=Paris}}  Mike Parr and Ken Unsworth were included in ‘An Australian Accent’, the Kaldor Public Art Projects exhibition that travelled to New York's MoMA PS1 and Washington DC's Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1984.{{Cite web|url=http://kaldorartprojects.org.au/projects/project-08-an-australian-accent|title=Project 08 – An Australian Accent|website=kaldorartprojects.org.au|access-date=23 February 2019}} That year gallery artists Dale Frank, John Nixon and Vivienne Shark LeWitt were included in ‘Australian Visions’ at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.{{Cite book|title=Australian visions : 1984 Exxon international exhibition|last=Waldman|first=Diane|publisher=Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|year=1984|location=New York}} 6 gallery artists were included ‘Edge to Edge: Australian Contemporary Art to Japan’ that travelled to Osaka, Tokyo, Nagoya and Hokkaido.{{Cite book|title=Edge to edge : Australian contemporary art to Japan|publisher=Australian Bicentennial Authority|year=1988|location=Australia}} In 1986, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery held the first solo show of Marc Newson, with his Lockheed Lounge Seminal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/designer-marc-newsons-lockheed-lounge-sells-for-record-469-million-20150430-1mwtce.html|title=Designer Marc Newson's Lockheed Lounge sells for record $4.69 million|last=Hornery|first=Andrew|date=30 April 2015|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=23 February 2019}}

In 1990, the gallery moved to its current location in Soudan Lane, Paddington. That year the gallery was invited to participate at Art Cologne, the first of many involvements at international art fairs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/a-fair-to-remember-why-sydney-galleries-head-to-new-york-and-hong-kong-to-sell-their-art-20130521-2jyx7.html|title=A fair to remember: why Sydney galleries head to New York and Hong Kong to sell their art|last=Melouney|first=Carmel|date=21 May 2013|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=23 February 2019}}

At the new premises in Soudan Lane, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery's stable of artists expanded during the decade to include Rosalie Gascoigne, Bill Henson, Fiona Hall, Tracey Moffatt, Patricia Piccinini and David Noonan. In 1993, Jenny Watson became the first Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery artist to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale with her exhibition 'Painting will Veils and False Tails'.{{Cite book|title=Jenny Watson: Paintings with Veils and False Tails|publisher=Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency Ltd|year=1993|location=Melbourne, Victoria}} Bill Henson also represented Australia in the Venice Biennale in 1995, curated by Isobel Crombie.{{Cite web|url=https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/venice-biennale-timeline/|title=Venice Biennale Timeline {{!}} Australia Council|website=www.australiacouncil.gov.au|access-date=23 February 2019}}

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery represents over 40 artists from a range of artistic disciplines, in addition to the estates of Robert Campbell Junior, Rosalie Gascoigne and Bronwyn Oliver. The gallery has nurtured the international careers of Australian artists such as A Constructed World, Fiona Hall, Bill Henson, Tracey Moffatt, David Noonan and Patricia Piccinini, and has actively promoted the work of international artists such as Wim Delvoye, Isaac Julien, Teppei Kaneuji and Yayoi Kusama.{{cite news| last1=McDonald| first1=John| title=International art has long played second fiddle to local works, but it's quickly gaining a foothold in Sydney's galleries| url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/foreign-affairs-20120531-1zjpk.html.| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| date=2 June 2012| access-date=2 June 2012}}

Another hallmark of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery has been the regular exhibition of artists not represented by the gallery.{{cite book|url=http://www.docin.com/p-97971070.html|title=Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery Lets begin with the 9 "Oh… its|last1=Michael|first1=Hutak|publisher=Australian Art Collector|access-date=24 September 2014}} These have included Marc Newson (1986), Harry Seidler (1992, 2004), Pierre et Gilles (1995), Erwin Olaf (1996), Robert Mapplethorpe (1996, 1997, 2000), William Yang (1997), Mariko Mori (1997), Elmgreen and Dragset (2000), Tracey Emin (2004), Hernan Bas (2007), Michael Bell-Smith (2007) and Lorraine Connelly-Northy (2019).

In May 2008, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery was preparing for an exhibition of the works of artist Bill Henson. The subjects of some works included nude teenage children. Following public complaints to the New South Wales police by eight individuals, including a complaint made by Hetty Johnston, a child protection advocate (from the organisation Bravehearts),{{cite news | last = Tovey | first = Josephine |author2=Kennedy, Les |author3=Welch, Dylan | date = 24 May 2008| title = Art obscenity charges | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/henson-finds-support-over-photos/2008/05/23/1211183097197.html | access-date = 28 May 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080713043449/http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/henson-finds-support-over-photos/2008/05/23/1211183097197.html| archive-date= 13 July 2008 | url-status= live}} police raided the gallery and took into custody over 20 of Henson's photographs.{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/05/24/1211183177189.html?page=fullpage| title=Gallery under angry siege| last=Walker| first=Frank| author2=Heath Gilmore |date=25 May 2008| work=Sun-Herald| access-date=21 August 2012}} The police considered whether the gallery or Henson may have committed an offence of "production, dissemination or possession of child pornography".{{cite news| url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/henson-fight-will-rage-on/story-e6frg8n6-1111116564757| title=Bill Henson fight will rage on despite the law| last=Perkin| first=Corrie| author2=Michael Pelly |date=7 June 2008| work=The Australian| access-date=22 August 2012}} In the following days, ACT Policing also seized Henson works, held by the National Gallery of Australia, for consideration under separate legislation.{{cite news|last=Wynhausen|first=Elisabeth|author-link=Elisabeth Wynhausen|date=31 May 2008|title=Moral crusaders play to gallery|work=The Australian|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/moral-crusaders-play-to-gallery/story-e6frg8n6-1111116493923|access-date=22 August 2012}} Around two weeks after the photographs were taken from the gallery by police, prosecutors recommended against the laying of charges. The incident sparked national debate, and some other galleries, including Newcastle Art Gallery and Albury Art Gallery, removed Henson works from their walls.{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/05/27/1211654033189.html|title=Big names speak up for Henson as other galleries remove works| last=Tovey| first=Josephine| author2=David Marr |date=28 May 2008| work=The Sydney Morning Herald| access-date=22 August 2012}}

In May 2010, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery hosted another show of Henson's work. The gallery submitted some of the works to the Australian Classification Board prior to exhibition, to obtain a classification. The Board concluded that the images would be "unlikely to offend a reasonable adult".{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/gallery-submits-bill-hensons-latest-images-to-censors-before-new-show-20100424-tkiu.html| title=Gallery submits Bill Henson's latest images to censors before new show| last=Taylor| first=Andrew| date=25 April 2010| work=The Sydney Morning Herald| access-date=22 August 2012}}

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery appeared for seven consecutive years at Art Cologne (1990–96, 2012).{{Cite book|title=Art Cologne 1967–2016: The First Art Fair|last=Günter, Renswou|first=Herzog, Birgitte|publisher=Walther König|year=2016|location=Köln}} In 1996 it was also invited to Art Basel in Basel, appearing for 13 consecutive years. There have been regular appearances at Art Forum Berlin (1997–98, 2010), ARCO (2000–02), The Armory Show (2000–04, 2006), Art Basel Hong Kong (2010–19) and the VIP Art Fair (2011–12). In 2013, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery was the only Australian gallery to exhibit at Frieze New York.{{cite web| last1=Forrest| first1=Nicholas |title=Foreign Affairs| date=June 2012 | url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/foreign-affairs-20120531-1zjpk.html.| publisher=Blouin ARTINFO| access-date=23 April 2013}} The same year it was selected by the international editors of Time Out as one of the highlights of Art Basel Hong Kong.{{cite web| last1=Jefferson| first1=Dee| title=Art Basel: Time Out international editors' picks |url=http://www.timeout.com.hk/feature-stories/features/58557/art-basel-time-out-international-editors-picks.html.| work=Time Out| date=22 May 2013| access-date=22 May 2013}}

The gallery has participated regularly in the Venice Biennale. Recent exhibitions include Patricia Piccinini's 'We Are Family' in 2003, Callum Morton's 'Valhalla' in 2007, Hany Armanious' 'The Golden Thread' in 2011, Fiona Hall's 'Wrong Way Time' in 2015 and Tracey Moffatt's 'MY HORIZON' in 2017. Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery has also presented New Zealand artists in the Venice Biennale. Jacqueline Fraser represented New Zealand in 2001.{{Cite book|title=Bi-Polar: Jacqueline Fraserand Peter Robinson|publisher=Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa|year=2001|location=Wellington, New Zealand}} Michael Parekowhai represented New Zealand in 2011 and Bill Culbert in 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzatvenice.com/history|title=NZ at Venice|website=NZ at Venice|access-date=23 February 2019}}

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery's photographic archive has contributed to a number of exhibition catalogues, monographs and artist books, including:

• {{cite book|title=Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand|publisher=Art & Australia Pty Ltd and Dott}}
• {{cite book|title=Del Kathryn Barton|publisher=Piper}}
• {{cite book|title=Fiona Hall|publisher=Piper}}
• {{cite book|title=Julie Rrap: Body Double|publisher=Museum of Contemporary Art and Piper}}
• {{cite book|title=Patricia Piccinini: Nearly Beloved|publisher=Piper}}

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