Biography

Born
2 June 1945, East Melbourne, Victoria

Solo Exhibitions

2016
The night we lost our marbles, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2015
Moment of Truth, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2005
Personal and Peculiar, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
2002
Leunig Animated, Museum of Sydney, NSW; National Museum of Australia, Canberra; Queensland Museum, Brisbane; South Australian Museum, Adelaide
1998–2002
Michael Leunig: The Happy Prints, New England Regional Art Museum, NSW; Wollongong City Gallery, NSW; National Archives of Australia, Canberra (also toured regional galleries in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania)
1997
Michael Leunig, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
1991–94
Introspective: Michael Leunig, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1986
Pictures for Papers, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart
1986–93
Tram No. 816, Melbourne Metropolitan Tramway Board, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014
Australia Day Celebratory Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2008 
Optimism, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
2002
Canterbury Art Exhibition, Canterbury Primary School, Melbourne
1999
Artists and cartoonists in black and white, S. H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust of Australia (NSW), Sydney

Solo Performances

2015
Michael Leunig: Live Cartooning, Brisbane Powerhouse, Queensland

Group Performances

2012
Billy the Rabbit (with Gyan Evans), Byron Bay Community Centre, Byron Bay; Recital Centre, Melbourne
2007
Billy the Rabbit (with Gyan Evans), Sydney Opera House, New South Wales; Adelaide Cabaret Festival, South Australia; Byron Bay Writers Festival, New South Wales; Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane
Carnival of the Humans, Australian Chamber Orchestra, National Tour
2003
The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ, Australian String Quartet, Arts Centre, Melbourne
2001
Parables, Lullabies and Secrets, Australian Chamber Orchestra and Neil Finn, National Tour
2000
Carnival of the Animals, Australian Chamber Orchestra, National Tour
1996
State of Bewilderment, Trestle Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
1992–03
State of Bewilderment, Trestle Theatre Company, Tour of England and Australia
1991
Ivor Cutler and Michael Leunig, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

Awards

2007
Honorary Doctorate, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
1999 
National Living Treasure, National Trust of Australia, Sydney
1999 
Honorary Degree, La Trobe University, Melbourne
1999 
Honorary Degree, Griffith University, Brisbane

Publications

Books

Leunig, Michael, A Bag of Roosters, Angus & Robertson, Melbourne, 1983
Leunig, Michael, A Bunch of Poesy, Angus & Robertson, Melbourne, 1992
Leunig, Michael, A Celebration: Michael Leunig, Friends of the National Library, Parkes, 1997
Leunig, Michael, A Common Prayer, Harper Collins, Melbourne, 1990
Leunig, Michael, A New Penguin Leunig, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2005
Leunig, Michael, Curly Verse: Selected Poems, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2010
Leunig, Michael, Everyday Devils and Angels, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1992
Leunig, Michael, Goatperson: and other tales, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1999
Leunig, Michael, Holy Fool, Allen and Unwin, Melbourne, 2013
Leunig, Michael, Hot… and bothered, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2007
Leunig, Michael, Introspective: Michael Leunig [ex. cat.], The Text Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1991
Leunig, Michael, Musings From the Inner Duck, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2015
Leunig, Michael, Poems: 1972–2002, Viking (Penguin Books), Melbourne, 2002
Leunig, Michael, Ramming the Shears: a collection of drawings, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1990
Leunig, Michael, Short Notes from the Long History of Happiness, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1996
Leunig, Michael, Strange Creature, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2003
Leunig, Michael, The Bedtime Leunig, Angus & Robertson, Melbourne, 1981
Leunig, Michael, The Curly Pyjama Letters, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2006
Leunig, Michael, The Essential Leunig: Cartoons from a Winding Path, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2012
Leunig, Michael, The Happy Prints [ex. cat.], Chrysalis Publishing, 1998
Leunig, Michael, The Lot: In Words, Viking (Penguin Books), Melbourne, 2008
Leunig, Michael. The night we lost our marbles [ex. cat.], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2016
Leunig, Michael, The Penguin Leuing, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1974
Leunig, Michael, The Prayer Tree, Harper Collins, Melbourne, 1991
Leunig, Michael, The Second Leunig… a dusty little swag, Angus & Robertson, Melbourne, 1979
Leunig, Michael, The Stick: and other tales of our times, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2002
Leunig, Michael. The Teapot of Truth: The Michael Leunig Prestige Collection, Australia Post, Melbourne, 1998
Leunig, Michael, The Travelling Leunig, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1990
Leunig, Michael, The Wayward Leunig: Cartoons that Wandered Off, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2015
Leunig, Michael, When I Talk To You, Haper Collins, Melbourne, 2014
Leunig, Michael, Why Dogs Sniff Each Other's Tails, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2007
Leunig, Michael, Wild Figments, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2004
Leunig, Michael, You and Me, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1995
Leunig, Michael and Rahner, Karl. A Common Philosophy, Aurora Books/David Lovell Publishing, Melbourne, 1992

Books/Music

Leunig, Michael (Words and images); Australian Chamber Orchestra—Tognetti, Richard (Director and lead violin); Garrett, Peter (Narrator); Saint-Saëns, Camille (Music), Carnival of the Animals (CD/Book), Pan Macmillan, 2000
Leunig, Michael (Poems) and Evans, Gyan (Music), Billy the Rabbit (CD/Book), Vitamin Records, Mullumbimby, 2006

Films

Leunig, Michael (Cartoonist); Brown, Bryan and Szapiro, Deborah (Producers); Donalson, Roger (Executive producer); Grusovin, David and Grusovin, Katey (Directors); Horne, Andrew (Animation director), Leunig Animated (DVD), New Town Films/Fruitcup Films/SBS Independent, Sydney, 2001
Leunig, Michael (Cartoonist); Brown, Bryan and Szapiro, Deborah (Producers); Donalson, Roger (Executive producer); Grusovin, David and Grusovin, Katey (Directors); Horne, Andrew (Animation director), Leunig Documentary (DVD), New Town Films/Fruitcup Films/SBS Independent, Sydney, 2001

Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Library of Australia, Canberra
National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria