Creator of many of Melbourne’s most loved public sculptures, Halpern’s works exude an innate vitality and alluring simplicity. Spontaneous in form, her creatures are painted in a style that recalls visions of Gaudi, Picasso and the playful surrealism of French sculptor Niki de Sant Phalle, yet all have become distinctly Halpernesque in their ability to delight and surprise.
Previous Deborah Halpern Exhibitions.
Exhibitions
March 2024
A Gathering on Friends
Gullotti Galleries in Cottesloe, Western Australia
2023
QDOS LORNE
35 Allenvale Road, Lorne VIC 3232
2019
Alice
Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Victoria
2018
Deborah Halpern at the Dunolly Courthouse
Dunolly, Victoria
2017
Hug a Tree, Kiss a Dog
Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2016
Deborah Halpern: Playing with Light
Mossgreen Art Gallery
Angel
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV Australia)
Continuum
Deborah Halpern & Artek Halpern-Laurence
Barn Gallery @ Montsalvat
2015
New Works
Anthea Polson Art Gallery, Gold Coast
Deborah Halpern: Through the Forest
Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
View Through the Forest Catalogue
Deborah Halpern: Duck Duck Goose
Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
View Duck Duck Gouse Catalogue
2014
Deborah Halpern: Ghost Worms and Glass Hearts
Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2013
Deborah Halpern: Creatures from the Studio
Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2012
The Melbourne Art Fair
Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2011
New Works
Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
View New Works 2011 Catalogue
2010
Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
New Works
Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
View New Works 2010 Catalogue
2009
Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2008
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2007
Deborah Halpern: Weird Little Things
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Deborah Halpern: Angel, Survey Exhibition, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2003 – 2004
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2001
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1999 – 2001
Buschlen Mowatt Fine Art Gallery, Vancouver Canada
1999
Deborah Halpern: Art’s Toys
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1998
Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1997
Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1996
Small Works
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1995
Deborah Halpern: Sculptures & Works on Paper
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1991 – 1992
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1989
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1987
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1985
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1983
Rosies Gallery, Albert Park, Victoria
1981
Blackwood Street Gallery, Meat Market Craft Centre with assistance from Craft Board of Aust Council
2013
Fine Australian Sculpture – Mossgreen Gallery
2012
JIng’an Int’l Sculpture Project – Shanghai, China
2008
The Dream Festival, Melbourne
2006
The Gathering, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta
2005
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award – Highly Commended Award
2004
VIVID, Art Auction for The Greens, Fortyfivedownstairs Gallery, Melbourne Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2002
Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1998
Heartworks, Sydney Central Mission, auction at Centrepoint Tower, Sydney
Copelen Chairs, Copelen Family Services, Melbourne
1997
Then & Now, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne Pathways, Manningham Artspace, Doncaster Bowled Over, Savode Gallery, Brisbane
Copelen Chairs, Copelen Family Services, auction at Sothebys Melbourne
1996 – 1997
The National Sculpture Trail, Victoria University, Footscray, Victoria
1996
A Sculpture Walk in the Royal Botanic Gardens, 150th Anniversary, Melbourne Sculpture 3, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria
Univ. of Western Sydney Macarthur National Printmedia Acquisitive, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
The Bowled and the Beautiful, Hewitt’s Art Bookshop, Fremantle, WA
12th Biennial Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
1995
12th Biennial Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Works on Paper – A Selection, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Useless Objects & Real Things, Second National Crafts Conference, Melbourne Selected Recent Purchases for the QUT Art Collection, QLD Uni. Of Technology
1994
Colin and Cecily Rigg Craft Award, NGV
Then & Now, Victorian Ceramics Group, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne
1992 – 1994
Decorated Clay, touring exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery
Dame Edna Regrets She Is Unable to Attend, touring, Heide Park & Art Gallery, AETA, Aust Council
1992
10 Square Works for Wilderness, The Wilderness Society, Linden Gallery, Melbourne Southgate Art Exhibition, Westpac Gallery 3, Victorian Arts Centre
Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1991
The Total Look – Locating Furniture, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart 1990 – 1991
Halpern and Murphy Ceramics Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery (touring)
1990
Affiliations, Monash University Gallery, Victoria
Tea for Two, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne
Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne Alice 125, Carrol Foundation, Melbourne
1989
Decade, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne
1988
50 Fine Artists, Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Showgrounds, Melbourne Common Ground
Fifth National Ceramic Conference, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney Jewish Festival of the Arts, Christine Abrahams Gallery
Australian Crafts
1988
Meat Market Craft Centre
The New Generation
1983 – 1988
Australian National Gallery, Canberra The Fringe Furniture Show, Spoleto Fringe Festival, Melbourne
1987
Australian Crafts 1987, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne 1986
A First Look, Philip Morris Arts Grant Purchases 1983-6 ANG, Canberra
1985
Just for Show, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria (touring) Teapot 3, Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney
Australian Crafts 1985, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne
1984
Australian Crafts 1984, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne Sheer Madness, 3 Person Exhibition, Gryphon Gallery Sculptors as Craftsmen, Meat Market Craft Centre
Current Visions in Intimate Sculpture, Profile Gallery, Melbourne Arts & Crafts Society of Victoria Fifth Annual Craft Award Exhibition
The First Great Annual Ceramic Show, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
Christmas Collections, Craft Council’s Centre Gallery, Sydney
The Post Atomic Card Show, Universal Workshop; Sculpture ’85, Melbourne
Second Australian Sculpture Triennial, NGV
Eight Young Australians, Craftlink, Melbourne
Festival of Jewish Artists, Temple Beth Israel, Melbourne
1983
Victorian Ceramic Group, Annual Member’s Exhibition
1982
Australian Crafts 1982, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne Victorian Ceramics Group Exhibition,
Potters Gallery, Sydney Indulgences, Craft Council’s Centre Gallery, Sydney
Mad Hatters’ Tea Party, The Australian Craftworks, Sydney Teapot 1, The Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney
The Christmas Show, Craft Council’s Centre Gallery, Sydney
1981
Victorian Ceramic Group, Annual Member’s Exhibition, Melbourne
1980
Whittles with the Lot, Performance, Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant, Melbourne
1979
Flaming Stars, Performance, Melbourne
Missing Persons, Performance, Flying Trapeze Cabaret Cafe, Melbourne
1978
Two Person exhibition with Sylvia Halpern, Potters’ Cottage, Warrandyte Santettes, Boxettes, Performance, Melbourne

Arthouse Gallery
Sydney, 2015

Ghost Worms and Glass Hearts
Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, 2014

Christine Abrahams Gallery
Melbourne, 2008
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