John completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with majors in Painting and Art History at Chisholm Institute of Technology (now Monash University, Caulfield). Since then he has exhibited in solo exhibitions, group and invitation shows, curated and written about art and art practice of all kinds and worked for the National Trust of Australia and the Meat Market Craft Centre in curatorial and administration roles. He lives with his family and works in Melbourne, Australia.
Selected personal exhibitions
Hawthorn Artist Society Spring Salon, 2023
Substrate '23, Tacit Galleries 2023
...And Still, Tacit Galleries, 2023
Tacit Still Life, finalist, 2021
20 [2020], Tacit Galleries, 2020
Red Hill Art Show 2020, 2023
Sorrento invitation prize, 2019-2022
Biblio Art Prize, 2018-2019
Source of the Sun, Tacit Galleries 2019
Camberwell Art Show, 2019, 2023
Linden Postcard Show, 2018-2023
Nobody looks at the moon in the afternoon, Tacit Galleries, 2018
The Exquisite Palette, Tacit Galleries, 2018
Sorrento invitation prize, 2008-2013
‘4’ - recent works by Sue Anderson, John Rabling, Peter Ferguson and Judy Singleton, Wishart Gallery, 2009
Wishart Gallery, 2009-2012
Aspects Gallery, 2004-2012 | 
John Rabling in Whitehorse Art Show