b. 1942, Melbourne, Australia
 
Solo Exhibitions
1977
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
1979
Art Projects, Melbourne
1980
Watters Gallery, Sydney
Art Projects, Melbourne
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1982
Art Projects, Melbourne
1986
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1989
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1991
Watters Gallery, Sydney
Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney
1992
La Trobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell
1993
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1995
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1997
AGOG, Canberra
1998
Watters Gallery, Sydney
2001
Watters Gallery, Sydney
2002
Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
2003
Watters Gallery, Sydney
2004
The Light of Open Spaces: A Survey of Virginia Coventry’s Work, The Drill Hall Gallery, ANU, Canberra, Curated by Terence Maloon
2005
Watters Gallery, Sydney
2006
Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
2007
In Place, Tin Sheds Gallery, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney
2008
Silvershot Gallery, Melbourne
2010
Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
 
Group Exhibitions
1969
Slade Postgraduate Show; University College, London
Click, (inflatable structure/walk-through projection space); National Universities 
Arts Festival, University of Melbourne
1974
International Women's Day Festival; Exhibition Gardens, Melbourne
1975
Three Women Photographers; Ewing and George Paton Galleries, The University of Melbourne
1976
A survey of Post-object Art in Australia and New Zealand; Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
Drawing: Some Definitions; Ewing and George Paton Galleries, The University of Melbourne
Photographic documentation of Standing, Lying, Walking and Talking (Stuart Brisley) for the Biennale of Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Ten Viewpoints; Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
1977
The Women's Show; Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
Whyalla—Not a Document (as work in progress); Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
1978
Six Series; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Map Show; Ewing and George Paton Galleries, Melbourne University
1979
Photographs; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Alexander Mackie C.A.E., Sydney
Biennale of Sydney: European Dialogue; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1980
Self Portrait/Self Image; Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne and the Gallery 
Directors’ Council of Australia traveling exhibition 1980-81
1980
Frame of Reference; Ewing and George Paton Galleries, The University of Melbourne
1981
Landscape—Art; two way reaction, Australian National Gallery at Melville Hall, Canberra
Landscape (Some Interpretations); Tasmanian School of Art Gallery, University Tasmania
1982
Eureka!: Artists from Australia; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1983
Continuum ‘83; Gallery Lunami, Tokyo
Attitudes to Drawing; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, City Art Institute, Sydney
1984
The Centre—Works on Paper by Contemporary Australian Artists; Art Gallery of South Australia
Symbols, Emblems and Signatures; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, in association with the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1986
Big Pictures: Australian Photography 1975-1985; Australian National Gallery at The Drill Hall, ANU, Canberra
1987
In Print: Vol 1. Artists Books; Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, The University 
1988
Structures of Necessity; First Draft, Sydney
Towers of Torture; The Tin Sheds Gallery, The University of Sydney
1989
Australian Artists Books: The Eighties; Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
A Touch of Black; Watters Gallery, Sydney
Portrait of a Gallery—Watters Gallery 25 years; Watters Gallery, Sydney
1990
40 Artists - 40 Works; Watters Gallery, Sydney
Acquisitions 1984-90: A Collection of Australian Contemporary Art; University Art Museum, The University of Queensland
1991
At Least its Gone to a Good Home (in association with Dissonance—Aspects of Feminism and the Arts ); The Tin Sheds, the University of Sydney
1992
Manu et Mente; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
1993
Virtu; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
Nuclear (R)age; Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
1994
Drawing on Inspiration; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
The 19th Annual Fremantle Print Award; Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
A Hundred Years; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
1996
Women at Watters: 1964-1994; Watters Gallery, Sydney
Interlude; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
Up, Down and Across; Campbelltown City Art Gallery
1997
Sextet; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
1998
Co-existence (in association with Artists Against Racism); Hogarth Galleries, Sydney and University of Wollongong
Graphic; Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
1999
25th Anniversary Exhibition; Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Shifting Currents; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
Triptych; Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
2001
Abstraction; Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
The 31st Alice Prize; The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
2003
Redlands Westpac Art Prize; Mosman City Gallery, Sydney
2004
Good Looking: Narrative Photographs Past and Present; The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Sulman Prize; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2007
Into Abstract; Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor
2009
Summer Exhibition, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
The Sulman Prize; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2010
Black is The Colour...; Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, Nowra