Born in Germany. Migrated to Australia 1982

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), National Art School, Sydney

Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (First Class), National Art School, Sydney

No Picnic at Ngannelong, Art Gallery of Ballarat

MAGICAL MYSTERY, Galerie pompom, Sydney

DARK LIGHT, Galerie pompom, Sydney
RESPECT, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

The Griffith Aboriginal Portraiture Project, Griffith Regional Gallery, Griffith, NSW
BLACK BEAUTY, Galerie pompom, Sydney

ROOTED, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

CHANGING COLOURS, Galerie pompom, Sydney

Shit Fight, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
I see dead people, Peloton, Sydney

Global Roaming, MOP Projects, Sydney
Bambi Killer, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

Les Mystères de Paris, James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney

Über Tales, MOP Projects, Sydney

Re-establish Something of a Bond (with Mitch Cairns), MOP Projects, Sydney

Stills and Statements, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney

The Discreet Charm of Fantasy, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney

Word, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

Romancing the Skull, Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC

NAIDOC Exhibition, Raglan Gallery, Cooma, NSW
Interiors/Exteriors, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks
NAIDOC Exhibition, Raglan Gallery, Cooma, NSW
Young Collectors Show, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

Sydney Painting Now, Galerie pompom, Sydney
Young Collectors Show, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

Stockland, Galerie pompom, Sydney
Young Collectors Show, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
Rue de Belleville, Galerie pompom, Sydney

Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Finalist, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
Good Mourning, FELT Space, Adelaide
Revealed 1, Curated by Erica Green, Samstag Museum, Adelaide
Group Show, Galerie pompom, Sydney

Group Show, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
100, curated by BLACKARTPROJECTS, Langford120, Melbourne
Zooplasty, Helen Gory Gallery, Melbourne
Together in Harmony, Korea Foundation Cultural Centre, Seoul, Korea

Monumental Effect, DEATH BE KIND, Melbourne
Group Show, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
Melbourne Art Fair (Hugo Michell Gallery), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Sydney Painting, curated by Christine Morrow, Verge Gallery, Sydney University Union
TWENTY/20, coordinated by Ron & George Adams, UTS Gallery, Sydney, and Dubbo Regional Arts Centre

Residency in Griffith, NSW, supported by Griffith Regional Gallery, Griffith Council, Griffith Local Aboriginal Land Council
and Griffith Connections

Packer’s Prize, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton

Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Winner of FONAS Cover Award, National Art School, Sydney

Winner Drawing Prize, Waverley Art Prize, Waverley – Woollahra Arts Centre
Artist-in-Residence, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, National Art School, Sydney
Paris Studio Residency awarded by National Art School
Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

First Prize Winner, MCQ International Art Prize, Art House, Sydney
Highly Recommended, Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Regional Gallery, Sydney
Invited Finalist, Kedumba Drawing Prize, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains

Awarded the Paris Studio Residency for Outstanding Work, National Art School, Sydney
Recipient of the Reg Richardson Travel Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement, NAS, Sydney
Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Dr Loris Button, ‘Recent Acquisitions – Nana Ohnesorge’, Association – magazine of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Autumn, pp.
6-9

Christine Dean, Magical Mystery: A Fragile Myth, exhibition essay

Julie McLaren, ‘ROGUES’, Romancing the Skull, Art Gallery of Ballarat Exhibition Catalogue, pp. 216-218

Katie Milton, The Planner, Sydney Morning Herald SPECTRUM, October 22 – 23

Out and About, NAIDOC Exhibition at the Raglan, Cooma-Monaro Express, 4 August, p10

Cassandra McKay, Artist refuses to give up on city’s Aboriginal people, The Area News (Griffith), Oct 7, p3

Owen Craven (editor), Nana Ohnesorge, National Exhibition Brief, Art Almanac, June, p 46

Nana Ohnesorge and her paintings of historical Australian figures, interview with Michael Cathcart, Books and Arts Daily, ABC
Radio National, 22 October,
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandartsdaily/nana-ohnesorge27s-colonial-australia/4326132
Ohnesorge at Pompom and others at MOP, Big Lamington, 13 October
Michael Fitzgerald, THE BEST OF ART, SMH the (Sydney) magazine, Issue no.114/October 2012, p 73
Owen Craven (Editor), Nana Ohnesorge, National Exhibition Brief, Art Almanac, Oct 2012, p 58
Ella Mudie, Galerie pompom group show, Reviews, Runway Magazine, Issue 21 Ripe, pp63-65

Tracey Clement, Taking on the Big Boys, Feature, Art Guide Australia, Nov-Dec, cover & pp51-54
Daniel Mudie-Cunningham, Zooplasty, Exhibition Catalogue, pp3 & 9
Helen McCulloch (editor), Profiles, Art Almanac, June p175
Sarah Gibson(writer/director) & Sue Maslin (producer), Re-Enchantment, Gallery-Artists, ABC-TV

Daniel Mudie-Cunningham, The Ghost Show, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, p8
David Corbet, Artnotes – National, Art Monthly Australia, #229 May p52
Bronwyn Clark Coolee, One or Two Things I Know About Painting, UTS Gallery Sydney TWENTY/20 Exhibition Catalogue,
pp9, 38 & 39

Art Gallery of Ballarat

Griffith Local Aboriginal Land Council

Sydney Town Hall Collection

Artbank

MCQ International Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales Library Archives