Education
1985 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts), South Australian School of Art
1981 Arts & Craft Certificate, North Adelaide School of Art
1974 Painting & Drawing, East Sydney Tech
Teaching & Lecturing
2000 Part-time Lecturer in Painting, University of South Australia
1998 Guest Lecturer in Painting, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Cuenca, Spain
1991–94 Part-time Lecturer in Painting, University of South Australia
1989–91 Part-time Lecturer in Drawing & Painting, South Australian School of Art
1986 Guest Lecturer in Painting, University of South Australia
1985 Part-time Lecturer in Painting, North Adelaide School of Art
1985 Guest Lecturer in Painting, North Adelaide School of Art
Grants & Awards
2024 Arts SA Project Grant
2022 Arts Fellowship Recipient, Arts SA
2009 New Work Established, Project Grant, Australia Council
2008 Project Grant, Arts SA
2005 Project Grant, Arts SA
2003 Arts SA Mid Career Grant
2000 Project Grant, Arts SA
1989 Artist Development Project Grant, Visual Arts/Craft Board, Australian Council
1988 Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in Drawing, International Art Competition,NY
1987 Project Grant, South Australian Department for the Arts
1987 Grant, South Australian Visual Arts Board
Residencies & Projects
1991 Australian Council Studio Residency, Barcelona, Spain
1988 Mural Project, South Australian Museum
1987 Artist in Residence, Townsville College of TAFE, Queensland
1990 Drawing installation mural, La Trobe Street, Melbourne
Solo exhibitions
2026 Ghostly Pages, The Little Machine, Adelaide, Australia
2024 70 Erzbischofgasse Vienna, ARTESANTANDER with Galeria Siboney, Spain
2024 The Book of Questions, Central Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2022–23 Residence on earth, Little Machine Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2019 RETURN, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier
2018 A conversation with Jeronimus, Samstag Museum of Art
2015 Pulp, Fontanelle, Adelaide, Australia
2015 A. Iacobelli, BMG ART, Adelaide, Australia
2014 In the shadow of forgetting, CCAS, Canberra, Australia
2013 In the shadow of forgetting, SASA Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2010 Aldo Iacobelli, Galeria Magda Bellotti, Madrid, Spain
2009 De vez en cuando uno habla con la luna, Galeria Tomas March, Valencia, Spain
2008 ‘overnight the country had become nameless’, Sala de Arte Robayera, Miengo, Cantabria, Spain
2007 From time to time one talks to the moon, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
2007 Pieces of Hearth, Galeria Syboney, Santander, Spain
2007 Aldo Iacobelli, Galeria Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas De Las Gran Canarias, Spain
2006 A. Iacobelli, BMG-ART, Adelaide, Australia
2005 Potraits, Galeria Carmen De La Calle, Madrid, Spain
2004 Aldo Iacobelli, Downtown Art Space, South Australia
2004 Patterns, Galeria Tomas March, Valencia, Spain
2002–03 Graft, Traveling Exhibition, Country Arts SA
2002 Galeria Siboney, Santander, Spain
2002 Arquitectural Detail, Traveling Exhibition, Country Arts SA
2001 Painting as an Interior Decorator, Galeria Tomas March, Valencia, Spain
2001 Disegni Fragili, Contemporary Art Centre, South Australia
1996 ‘Craft’, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1996 ‘Piel’, Galeria Tomas March, Valencia, Spain
1995 ‘New Thinking is Rare’, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1993 ‘Paintings in Oil’ (Installation), Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1992 ‘Souvenirs’ (installation), Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
1992 Side One, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1991 Deutscher Brunswick Street, Melbourne, Australia
1990 St Peter Cathedral (Installation), Adelaide, Australia
1989 Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide, Australia
1986 Contemporary Art Centre Of South Australia
Group Exhibitions
2026 Melbourne Art Fair, The Little Machine, Adelaide Australia
2025 Training Grounds, SASA Gallery
2025 Soft Return, The Little Machine Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2024 Il me semble que la misère serait moins penible au soleil, The Little Machine Gallery
2023 EAT ME, The Little Machine Gallery
2022 Defining an Era – Artists of Adelaide, Riddoch Art Gallery, SA
2021 South West Gallery, Adelaide
2020 Monster Theatres-Adelaide Biennial, AGSA 2020
2019 Things of nature, Unley Museum, SA
2017 Holding the line, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA
2017 INTERNAL FORCES, PAINTING, PRAXIS Artspace, SA
2016 anything at all, Adelaide Central Gallery, SA
2016 Geografia Abstracta, Colleccion Rafa Llombart, de Wall space, Valencia Spain
2015 Abstraction 14, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2015 Ghostly Nature- part 2, Adelaide Town Hall, South Australia
2014 LOCAL (E) – Drawing, Esther Gallery, South Australia
2014 Lace: The Art of Adornment, Art Gallery of South Australia
2013 Material World, Esther Gallery, South Australia
2012 Tirar Del Hilo- Alma Del Entraña. ARTIUM- Basque Museum Centre of Contemporary Art
2012 Wish you were here, Adelaide Central Gallery, Australia
2010 THE NEW NEW, CACSA Contemporary 2010, Adelaide Aus.
2010 PAINthING, Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
2010 Arco 2010, Galeria Tomas March stand, Madrid, Spain
2009 PERIFERIES 09, cercant la realitat amb la veu d`un no saltres, Valencia, Spain
2009 Approach, Sala La Perrera, Valencia, Spain
2009 Foro Sur, Galeria Tomas March stand, Caceres, Spain
2009 Road Movies, Adelaide Film Festival 2009, CACSA Australia
2009 Arco 2009, Galeria Tomas March stand, Madrid, Spain
2008 The Swiss House, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne, Australia
2008 “el hilo conductor” Galeria Siboney, Santander, Spain
2008 UNEASY: Recent South Australian Art. Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, Australia
2008 Foro Sur, Galeria Tomas March stand, Caceres, Spain
2008 Arco 2008, Galeria Tomas March stand, Madrid, Spain
2007 La Vida Privada-Coleccion Josep M Civit Representaciones De La Tragedia y La Banalidad Contemporaneas. CDAN,Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Huesca
2007 ARTELISBOA 2007, Galeria Siboney stand, Santander, Spain
2007 Arte Santander 2007,Galeria Siboney stand, Santander, Spain
2007 Arco 2007,Galeria Tomas March stand, Madrid, Spain
2006 onetoeightandcounting, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, Aus.
2006 Parallel Lives: Australian Painting Today, TarraWarra Museum, Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Surface, given the face. South Australian School of Art Gallery
2006 “nEUclear reactions” Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, CAB, Spain
2006 Foro Sur, Galeria Tomas March stand, Caceres, Spain
2006 Arco 2006, Galeria Tomas March stand, Madrid, Spain
2005 Mentor-Mentored, Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide, Aus.
2005 El Papel Del Papel, Galeria Carmen De La Calle, Madrid, Spain
2005 Foro Sur, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Caceres, Spain
2005 Arco 2005, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Madrid, Spain
2004 ART 35-2004 BASEL, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Switzerland
2004 BMG ART, Adelaide, South Australia
2004 Arco 2004, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Madrid, Spain
2003–04 El Viaje, Galeria Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, Spain
2003 Dia/gram, University of South Australia
2003 Arco 2003, Galeria Tomas March stand, Madrid, Spain
2002 DELUXE, Sala Plaza De España, Madrid, Spain
2002 ART 33-2002 BASEL, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Switzerland
2002 Arco 2002,Galeria Tomas March Stand, Madrid, Spain
2001 ART 32-2001 BASEL, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Switzerland
2001 Arco 2001, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Madrid, Spain
2001 Art a l’hotel, Galeria Tomas March, stand, Valencia, Spain
2000 CHEMISTRY, South Australian Artists 1990 to 2000 – The Faulding Exhibition AGSA
2000 Landing 3, Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide, Australia
2000 ART 31-2000 BASEL, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Switzerland
2000 Port Pirie Art Gallery, Australia
2000 New Thinking is Rare: Riddoch Art Gallery, Australia
2000 Galeria Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, Spain
2000 Abstracto, Galeria Trajecto, Vitoria, Spain
2000 ‘Arte a L’hotel’, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Valencia, Spain
2000 ARCO 2000, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Madrid, Spain
1999 KEDUMBA Drawing Award 1999’, Kedumba, Australia
1999 ‘ART 30’99 BASEL’, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Switzerland
1999 ‘De Coraz(I)on’, Centro Cultural Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain
1999 ‘Art a L’hotel’, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Valencia, Spain
1999 Visy Board Art Prize’, Australia
1999 ‘ARCO ‘99’, Galleria Tomas March Stand, Madrid, Spain
1998 ‘New Art ‘98’, Galleria Tomas March Stand, Barcelona, Spain
1998 ‘ART 29’98 BASEL’ Galeria Tomas March Stand, Switzerland
1998 ‘Abierto 24 Horas (projecto falla), Valencia, Spain
1998 ‘Arte a L’hotel’, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Valencia, Spain
1998 Vivir sin Fronteras, Sala de Exposiciones de la Delegación de Cultura, Sevilla, Spain
1998 ‘ARCO ‘98’, Gallery Tomas March Stand, Madrid, Spain
1998 ‘ADUANA X Edicion’, Cadiz, Spain
1997 ‘New Art’, Galleria Tomas March Stand, Barcelona, Spain
1997 ‘Still-life, Still-lives’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Australia
1997 Art Gallery of NSW Trustee Prize, Sydney, Australia
1997 ‘Visy Board Art prize’, South Australia , Australia
1997 ART 28’97 BASEL, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Switzerland
1997 ‘ANON’, Sherman Goodhope Galleries, Sydney, Australia
1997 ‘ARCO ‘97’, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Madrid, Spain
1996 ‘New Art’, Galeria Tomas March Stand, Barcelona, Spain
1996 ‘Brisbane Art Fair’, Greenaway Art Gallery Stand, Brisbane, Australia
1996 ‘XII Premio de Pintura L’Oreal’, Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
1998 ‘Fuera de Serie’, Galeria Tomas March, Valencia, Spain
1995 Out of Adelaide’, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
1995 ARCO ‘95’, Greenaway Art Gallery Stand, Madrid, Spain
1994 The Sunset Show’, Exeter Hotel, Adelaide, Australia
1994 ‘Flat’, Union Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1994 ‘ARCO ‘94’, Greenaway Art Gallery Stand, Madrid, Spain
1993 ‘Australian Perspecta 1993’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
1993 ‘ARCO ‘93’, Greenaway Art Gallery Stand, Madrid, Spain
1993 ‘Symbols & Metaphors’, Touring Exhibition, Australia
1993 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1992 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1992 ‘Being Contemporary’, Contemporary Art Center, SA
1992 ‘Eight by Ten’, Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide, Australia
1992 ‘ACA’, Greenaway Art Gallery Stand, Melbourne, Australia
1992 ‘Walls One’, Union Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1992 ‘Recent South Australian Art’, Art Gallery of South Australia
1991 ‘Contemporary Australian Art’, Deutscher Brunswick Street, Melbourne, Australia
1991 ‘Focus’, Tynte Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1990 ‘Nine by Twelve’, Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide SA
1990 ‘Blackbud’, Bullring Gallery, Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia
1990 ‘ACA’, Greenaway Art Gallery Stand, Melbourne, Australia
1990 ‘Group Exhibition’, Tynte Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1990 Ansett Hamilton Art Award, City of Hamilton Art Gallery, Australia
1990 ‘New Dimensions’, Vincent Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1989 ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, ACCA, Melbourne, Australia
1989 ‘Objects of Devotion’, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
1989 ‘Eight by Ten’, Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide SA
1989 Gold Coast Art Prize, Centre Gallery, Queensland, Australia
1989 ‘Mosman Art Prize’, Sydney, Australia
1989 ‘South Australian Artists: Works on Paper’, Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia
1989 ‘Intimate Drawing’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1988 ‘Rolling Towards Bethlehem’, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
1988 ‘Art for Amnesty’, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, Australia
1988 Invitation Drawing Prize (a selection of Recent Australian Drawings), RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1988 ‘Australia Art Post 1960’, Deutscher Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia
1988 ‘Australian Drawings 1983-88’, University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, Australia
1988 Cold Coast Invitation art prize, The Centre Gallery, Queensland, Australia
1988 A New Generation 1983-88’, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
1988 ‘Museum Views’, South Australian Museum, Australia
1988 ‘Related Matters’, Adelaide Festival Centre, Australia
1988 ‘The First Show’, DC Art, Sydney, Australia
1987 ‘Some Provincial Myths’, Touring Exhibition, Australia
1987 ‘Some of the Parts’, Museum Gallery University of South Australia
1987 ‘New New’, Loft Gallery, Living Arts Centre, Adelaide, Australia
1987 ‘Artbank Big Paintings’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1986 ‘Stripping the bed Bare’, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
1986 ‘A First Look’, Phillip Morris Arts Grant Purchases 1983-86, University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, Australia
1986 ‘Ce Mal de L’infin’, Contempory Art Centre, Adelaide, Australia
1986 Canberra Times National Art award, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Australia
1986 ‘OZ Drawing Now’, Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1986 ‘Wildlife’, Tete Gallery, Living Arts Centre, Adelaide, Australia
1986 ‘Monumental Drawings’, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
1985 Contemporary Art Society of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
1985 Contemporary Art Society of Australia, Alexander Gallery, Perth
1985 ‘Painting by Numbers’, College Gallery, South Australian School of Art
1984 ‘December Exhibition’, Kintore Gallery & RSASA, Adelaide, Australia
1984 ‘Spring Exhibition’, Kintore Gallery & RSASA, Adelaide, Australia
1984 ‘1984 & Beyond’, Kintore Gallery & RSASA, Adelaide, Australia
1984 ‘Personal Vision 84’, Kintore Gallery & RSASA, Adelaide, Australia
1978 ‘New Vision’, Kintore Gallery & RSASA, Adelaide, Australia