1970-1972: George Patterson Advertising, Sydney - Production Department
1972 -1975: Diploma Fine Art, Painting - Canberra School of Art
1977- 1984: National Gallery of Australia - Curatorial Assistant,Department of Australian Art, Australian Paintings and Sculpture
1985-1987: James R. Lawson, Sydney - Auctioneers and Valuers. Head, Painting Department
1990: Appointed Commonwealth Valuer, Australian Art after 1800
1990 - 2012: Freelance art valuer
2010 - 2012: Continuing accreditation to Commonwealth Government’s Cultural Gifts Program
Specialist areas include:
Australian paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints after 1800
Australian Indigenous art (paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture) and material culture (wooden and stone tools, weapons, ceremonial objects) from Central and Northern Australia and the Kimberley after 1880, specialising in Western Desert art, Hermannsburg watercolours, Arnhem Land art, Urban art.
Digby Hyles is a participating member of the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
