Exhibitions of Arkley’s work at the beginning of the year included a substantial show staged in Sydney by the 1301SW gallery in collaboration with Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art.

For additions and major amendments made to this catalogue during 2025, see New and significantly amended entries (2024-25).

‘Howard Arkley (in collaboration with Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art),’ 1301SW, Alexandria, Sydney, 1 Feb. – 8 March 2025

This exhibition included another large group of Arkleys, mostly from the artist’s Estate, several of them previously shown in 2023-24, but others more rarely seen, notably Icon Head (1990).

Works shown:

Operations, Notch, Trim 1975

A Piece Called Nerve (1975)

Untitled [Three sprayed rectangles] (c.1975-6?)

Ornamentik 1981 = Untitled [Ornamentik variant] (1981?)

Icon Head (1990)

Polaroid Portrait 1990

Head Transformer (1992)

Tudor Village B/W 1994

Console (1999) [3/M]

Homezone (1999) [3/M]

Untitled [House] (1999)

Untitled [A4] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.46)

Untitled [A26] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.73)

Untitled [A40] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.24)

Untitled [A62] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.133)

Untitled [A65] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.122)

Untitled [A67] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.124)

Untitled [A70] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.111)

Untitled [A92] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.94)

Untitled [A92A] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.95)

Untitled [A114] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.110)

Untitled [A191] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.249)

Untitled [W17] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.281)

Untitled [W18] 1975 [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.274)

Untitled [W24] (c.1974-76) [W/P] (‘White’ W/P cat.no.282)