Studies
1946-49 East Sydney Technical College, Diploma of Art
1964-70 Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby
1968 Sir John Cass College, London
1978 Palo Alto Art Club, USA
1978 Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby
1980 Camden Art Centre, London
1985 Chautauqua Institute, NY, USA
1989-90 Studio One, Canberra
1991-92 Bookbinding, Primrose Park
2001 Bookbinding, Primrose Park
Awards
1979,83 Lane Cove
1980 Drummoyne (Graphic), Boggabri
1982 Mudgee (Graphics)
1986 Mudgee (Miniatures)
1987 Berrima (Print)
1988 Scone (Print); Mudgee (Graphics); Narrabri(works on Paper)
1989 Hunters Hill (Print)
1990 Camden (Print); Liverpool (Print); Mudgee (Print)
1996 Hand bound Book Prize, Standard of Excellence Award, RAS
1997,98 Bookbinding Royal Easter Show, RAS
2000 Bookbinding Royal Easter Show, RAS
2001 Book - ‘Barbara A. Davidson’ by Tanya Crothers - "Fast Books" Award
Book of the year - Self Publishing, Non-Fiction
Commissions
1985 PCA Member Print
1988 100x100 Portfolio, PCA
1993 PCA Member Print
Individual Exhibitions
1968 Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby
1978 Old Bakery, Lane Cove
1983 Painters Gallery, East Sydney
1985 Q Gallery, Hunters Hill
1987 Marsden Gallery, Bathurst
1993 Australian Craftworks Gallery, Darling Harbour
1996 Australian Craftworks Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney
Exhibitions
1980 Germany and Sweden
1982-83-84 NSW House, London
1982 Miniature Prints, Painters Gallery, East Sydney
1984 PCA Ireland; Mini Prints PCA Australian Tour, Australian Prints 85 PCA Tour, Oregon, USA
1984-85-88-91-95-96 Delmar Weekend Gallery, Ashfield
1986 Lewers Gallery, Emu Plains
1987-88-90 International Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada
1988 Footprints 88, Casey Gallery, Paddington; Print Circle, Woolloomooloo Gallery;
100 × 100 Print Portfolio, Melbourne
1989 100 × 100 Print Portfolio, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
1990 Sydney Printmakers 30 Years, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney; Print Circle, Mary Place Gallery, Paddington
1995 Out Post, Venice Biennale, Italy
1996 John Flynn Foundation Art Show, Tugun, Queensland
1996 Australia and Guiang Printmakers, China
1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile, Sydney Printmakers
2000 Trinity Delmar Gallery
2016-17 Codex Book Fair, San Francisco
2019-21-22 Sydney Contemporary Carriageworks, Sydney
Collections
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Halsinglands Museum, Sweden
NSW House, London
Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Parliament House, Canberra
Regional Galleries; Warrnambool, Cambelltown, Lismore, Manly, Muswellbrook, Mudgee, Bathurst
Museum and Art Gallery of the NorthernTerritory, Darwin
Mitchell Library, Sydney Artbank, Sydney
PCA Archives, Sydney
Le Febvre Collection of Sydney, Print Council of Australia
Canson Australia Ply Lid
Victorian State Library
Star of the Sea College, Victoria
Cairns College of TAFE
Mac.Robertsons Girls’ High School, Victoria
St. Ursula's College, Queensland
La Trobe University, Geelong, Victoria
Alanvale College, Tasmania
Brisbane City Hall, Queensland
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Chautauqua Institute, New York, USA
Fremantle Art Gallery, Western Australia
Tweed Regional Art Gallery, NSW
State Library, NSW
Private collections in Japan, Brazil, Canada, Australia, USA, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Posthumous Exhibitions
Small Works Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW - June 2023
Viking Framer Gallery, Mount Tamborine QLD - December 2023
Print Council of Australia Gallery, Melbourne VIC - November 2024
Studio W, Woolloomooloo NSW - June 2025