The chronology of the career of David Mackay Harrison from his humble beginning to the present day.
| 1968 | Left Swan Hill. Victoria. Began painting full time and travelled extensively throughout Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. |
| 1971 | Returned to Lismore and held first one man exhibition at the Lismore Regional Gallery. Settled in Ballina. |
| 1975 | One man exhibition Strawberry Hill Gallery, Sydney. |
| 1976 | Mixed exhibitions Kay Lyn Galleries, Gold Coast. |
| 1978 | Open Mackay Harrison Galleries with mixed exhibition of works. Ballina, Northern New South Wales. |
| 1982 | Mixed exhibition, Mackay Harrison Galleries. |
| 1983 | Mixed exhibition, Mackay Harrison Galleries. |
| 1986 | Mixed exhibition, Mackay Harrison Galleries. |
| 1987 | One man exhibition, Mackay Harrison Galleries. |
| 1989 | One man exhibition, Mackay Harrison Galleries. |
| 1990 | Selected as finalist in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize. |
| 1990 | One man exhibition, Mackay Harrison Galleries. |
| 1991 | One man exhibition, Galloway Galleries, Brisbane. |
| 1992 | One man exhibition, Mackay Harrison Galleries. |
| 1992 | One man exhibition, Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle. |
| 1993 | Joint exhibition (John Guy), Galloway Galleries, Brisbane. |
| 1994 | Selected as a finalist in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize. |
| 1996 | Joint exhibition, Stafford Studios, Perth |
| 1996 | Joint exhibition, Beach Side Galleries, Noosa |
| 1996 | Joint exhibition, Cintria Galleries Brisbane |
| 1996 | Joint exhibition, Framed Galleries, Darwin |
| 1996 | Joint exhibition, Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle |
| 1996 | Joint exhibition, Dridan Fine Arts, Adelaide |
| 1996 | Joint exhibition, Solander Galleries, Canberra |
| 1997 | Joint exhibition, Greythorn Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1997 | Joint exhibition, Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast |
| 1998 | One man exhibition, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 1999 | Joint exhibition, Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Tasmania |
| 2001 | Exhibition, Gallery America – Carmel, U.S. |
| 2001 | Exhibition, Wally Findlay Galleries – Florida, U.S. |
| 2003 | Exhibition, Galerie Tourgeville – France |
| 2005 | Exhibition, Wagner Gallery – Sydney |
| 2010 | Exhibition, Mackay Harrison Galleries |
| 2011 | Exhibition, Moulton Galleries – Sydney |
| 2011 | Exhibition, Cooks HIll Gallery – Newcastle |
| 2012 | Exhibition, Red Hill Gallery – Brisbane |
| 2012 | Exhibition, Manyung Gallery – Melbourne |
| 2013 | David Sumner Gallery – Adelaide |
| 2013 | Red Hill Gallery – Brisbane |
| 2013 | Yallingup Gallery – Yallingup |
| 2014 | Gallery One – Gold Coast |
| 2014 | Moulton Gallery – Sydney |
| 2014 | Manyung Gallery – Melbourne |
| 2014 | Mackay Harrison Gallery – Ballina |
| 2015 | Articles Gallery – Stanwell Park |
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