Personal Exhibitions
- 21st February 1970
Mazaron Art Gallery — Paceville, Malta - 1970
Galleria Spazio D’Art — Milan, Italy - 20th July 1970
Porto Corvo, Costa Esmeralda — Sardegna - 15th April 1972
National Museum — Kingsway, Valletta, Malta - June 1980
Hotel Ta’ Ċenċ — Sannat Gozo - June 1985
Hotel Ta’ Ċenċ — Sannat, Gozo - 26th March 1997
Hotel De Ville, Le Marie de Lanester — Lanester, Brittany, France
Pensees Peintures – Awarded The Medal of the ‘’Town of Lanester’’
( awarded only to distinguished personalities who make special contribution to cultural life in town) - 21st August 1999
Stables Theatre and Art Gallery — The Bourne, Hastings, England - 30th September 2002
Sala Isouard — Manoel Theatre, Valletta, Malta - 4th July2003
St George’s Basilica Cloister — Victoria, Gozo, in connection with the Victoria International Arts Festival 2003 - 23rd November 2006
Retrospective Exhibition — A Bank of Valletta Exhibition at the BOV Centre, Santa Venera, Malta - 1st August 2007
Serra Arte — Comune di Serra Pedace (nel antico Borgo) Italia — Cinque mostre personali di artisti contemporanei - September 2007
Hotel Baia D’Oro, — Mollarella Sicilia Presented by Galleria Zodiaco - 2009
Personal Exhibition at the Museo della Grafica in Naro Provincia di Agrigento, Sicily - 2009
Personal Exhibition at Palazzo Spinola, St Julians on the occasion of the 1st Mediterranean Day Celebrations - 2010
St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta - 2010
Exhibition of paintings and Book Launch — Grand Hotel Excelsior, Floriana, Malta - 19th October 2019
Fgura Local Council – Fgura, Malta. The first commemorative exhibition after Chircop’s demise in his town of residence of more than 50 years. - 26th May 2022
Eloquent Silence – Personal Exhibition at Malta Society of Arts, Valletta an exhibition of 48 works including commemorative and retrospective elements.
Collective Exhibitions
- 22nd October 1958
Triennial Art Exhibition — Malta Society of Arts Manufactures and Commerce, Valletta - 2nd May 1959
Child Art Exhibition — Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Valletta - 9th May 1961
Child Art Exhibition — Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Valletta
(Awarded Certificate) - 20th April 1963
Triennial Art Exhibition — Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Valletta - 1966
Triennial Art Exhibition — Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Valletta - 10th December 1968
Human Rights Exhibition — The National Museum, Valletta - 12th June 1969
Artists’ Guild Exhibition — Palazzo Vilhena, Mdina - July 1969
Sacred Art Exhibition — Cathedral Museum, Mdina - July 1969
Contemporary Maltese Artists — Trade Fair Grounds, Naxxar, organised by the Artists’ Guild - 5th July 1969
Artists’ Guild Exhibition — National Museum, Valletta, inaugurated by HRH Prince of Wales - 22nd October 1969
International Labour Organization 50th Anniversary Celebrations Exhibition — The New Law Courts, Valletta - January 1970
Sacred Art Exhibition — Cathedral Museum, Mdina - 1970
Malta Trade Fair Exhibition — Naxxar, presented by Malta Society of Arts and The Atelier 56 - 24th February 1970
Permanent Art Gallery Exhibition — Palazzo De La Salle, Valletta - 26th June 1970
IV Bienal Internacional De Arte De Ibiza – Sala De Armas y en el Baluarte De Santa Lucia, sobre las Historicas Murallas de Ibiza.
(One painting reproduced on catalogue) - September 1970
Maltese Contemporary Art — Organised by Malta Society of arts Manufactures and Commerce, Valletta to Western
Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland - 1970
Atelier 56 Exhibition —Civil Service Sports Club. Valletta - 1970
Art from Malta — Richard DeMarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland - 10th August 1970
Contemporary Maltese Artists Exhibition — Pacem in Terris Art Gallery, East 47th Street, New York - 24th November 1970
Atelier 56, Hostel De Verdelin, Civil Service Sports Club, Valletta - 15th December 1970
Contemporary Maltese Artists Exhibition — National Museum Valletta, associated with the Art Exhibitions held in 1970 at The Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London, and Pacem in Terris Art Gallery NY - 20th January 1971
Maltese Contemporary Art Exhibition — Permanent Art Gallery, Palazzo De La Salle, Valletta - 12th March 1971
La Bienal Internacional De Arte De Ibiza — Museo De Navarra - 1971
Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Maltese Artists — Dar L-Emigranti, Valletta organised by the Migrants Commission - 2nd November 1971
Second Art Exhibition — St John’s Valletta, organised by the Catholic Institute - 15th December 1971
Art Exhibition by Maltese Artists — associated with the Art Exhibitions held at Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London
and Pacem In Terris Art Gallery, New York - 6th May 1972
IV Bienal Internacional De Arte De Ibiza En Barcelona — Sala de Exposiciones dela Scuela de Artes Aplicadas y Officios Artisticos Patio del Antiguo Hospetal de la Santa Cruz - 14th June 1972
Exhibition and Sale of Arts and Craft — Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Valletta - July 72
Third Sacred Art Exhibition — St. John’s Valletta, organised by the Catholic Institute - 19th October1972
Annual Art Exhibition — Atelier 56, National Museum, Valletta - 3rd November 1972
Contemporary Art Exhibition — Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Valletta - February 1973
Acquisitions of The National Museum of Fine Arts — Museum of Fine Arts, Kingsway, Valletta - 23rd May 1973
Barclays Bank Exhibition of Acquired Paintings — Barclays Bank Head Office, Valletta - 15th June 1973
Exhibition and Sale of Arts and Craft — Embassy of the Sovereign Military Order of St. John, Valletta - 1st July 1973
Trade Fair Art Exhibition — Marchese John Scicluna Hall , Naxxar - August 1973
1st Malta International Festival Art Exhibition — San Anton Gardens, Attard - 29th November 1973
Maltese Contemporary Art Exhibition — Palazzo De La Salle, Valletta - 10th December 1973
25th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Art Exhibition — St John Annex, Valletta - December 1973
Maltese Contemporary Art Exhibition — Palazzo De La Salle, Valletta - 16th April 1974
Malta OXFAM Group Art Exhibition — Phoenicia Hotel, Valletta - 18th April 1974
12 Artists — Malta Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, De La Salle Palace, Valletta - 7th June 1974
Exhibition and Sale of Arts and Crafts — Palazzo De La Salle, Valletta - 1st July 1974
Trade Fair Exhibition, Naxxar — Organised by Malta Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce - October 1974
Atelier ’56 — National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta - 22nd May 1975
Exhibition of Contemporary Art — Malta Society of Art Manufacture and Commerce, Valletta - 6th June 1975
Exhibition and Sale of Arts and Craft — Palazzo De La Salle, Valletta - 1st July 1975
Trade Fair Exhibition , Naxxar — Organised by Malta Society of Arts Manufacture and Commerce - December 1975
Sacred Art Exhibition (by invitation) — Cathedral Museum, Mdina - 22nd December 1975
Second Collective Art Exhibition by Invitation —
Permanent Art Gallery, Malta Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, Valletta - 3rd June 1976
Exhibition and sale of Art and Craft — Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Valletta - 1st July 1976
Trade Fair Exhibition, Naxxar — Organised by Malta Society of Arts Manufacture and Commerce - 1976
Art Exhibition — Embassy of the Military Order of St. John - 15th January 1977
Maltese Contemporary art Exhibition — Libyan Arab Cultural Institute, Valletta - 1st November 1977
Exhibition of Maltese Art — Woodstock Gallery, London - November 1977
Exhibition of Maltese Art — Malta House, Air Malta Showroom, Haymarket, London - December 1977
Maltese Art in London — Abbot House, 1-2, Hanover Street off Regent Street, London - 2nd March 1978
15 Contemporary Local Artists — Dar L-Emigranti, Castille Place, Valletta - May 1978
“15 Artists” Art Exhibition — Royal British Legion, Malta - 10th June 1978
Maltese American Festival of the Arts — Villa Gourgion, Lia - 3rd July 1978
Trade Fair Exhibition — Organised by Malta Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce - 1978
Exhibition of New Acquisitions — Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta - 17th November 1978
Exhibition of Maltese Contemporary Art — The Movement of United Teachers - January 1979
Contemporary Maltese Art — Migrants Centre, Castile Place, Valletta - April 1979
20 Maltese Contemporary Artists — Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, Valletta - 1979
Centro Cultura Mediterranea, Palermo, Sicilia - 1979
Unesco Headquarters, Paris - 1979
Galerie in der Abendakademie, Mannheim, Germany - 1st February 1980
Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Malta — National Museum of Fine Arts, organised by Round Table (Malta) - 18th October 1980
Maltese Art Exhibition — Cathedral Museum, Imdina - 12th November 1980
Contemporary Maltese Art — Gallerija Feniċi, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta - 1980
Maltese Art Exhibition in Libya - July 1981
Group Retrospective Exhibition — Gallerija Feniċi, Valletta - 10th March 1982
Art in Malta since 1940 — Museum of Archeology, Valletta - 1985
Contemporary Maltese Artists Exhibition — Corinthia Palace Hotel, Attard, organised by the North Star Publications - August 1987
Malta International Arts Festival “Art in Malta’’ — Museum of Archeology, Valletta - 3rd December 1987
Paintings by Maltese Contemporary Artists — Lions Club (Malta), Chamber of Commerce, Valletta - 10th January 1989
Malta 25 Years Independent — Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta - 28th July 1994
Dan…Din…Jien, Iljieli Mediterranji 94 — Sala Robert Sammut, Floriana - March 1995
Art Exhibition — Cathedral Museum, Mdina, organised by the Cathedral Museum Resources Council - 26 February 1996
Public Service Week 1996 Art Exhibition — Sala Isouard, Manoel Theatre, Valletta - 13th July 1996
Malta Fest 96 Art Exhibition — Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta - 1997
Arts Festival Exhibition — Victoria, Gozo - 14th June 2003
Malta International Art Biennale — Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta - 30th June 2003
Malta Biennale in France — Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris - July 2003
Malta International Art Biennale — Galerie Eichenwand, Dusseldorf, Germany - 22nd July 2003
Malta Biennale in United Kingdom — United Kingdom Foreign Press Association, London - 30th July 2003
Malta Biennale in USA — National Press Club, Washington DC, USA - 18th August 2003
Malta Biennale in Russia — Municipal Gallery A3 Moscow, Russia - 5th September 2003
Palazzo Ducale di Gattopardo di Palme di Montechiaro— Sicily,
in connection with ‘Tempra Academy 2003’ - 6th September 2003
Malta Biennale in Italy — Galleria Zodiaco in Linares Square, Licata, Sicily - 21st September 2003
Malta Biennale in Libya — Maltese Embassy in Tripoli, Libya - 23rd September 2003
Malta Biennale in Libya — Corinthia Towers Hotel, Tripoli, Libya - 27th September 2003
Malta Biennale in Libya — Academy of Graduates Studies of the Al Fateh University of Libya - January 2004
Tempra Museum of Contemporary Art — Mġarr, Malta - 5th June 2006
Villa Diva — Greenwich, Connecticut, USA in connection with ‘Tempra Academy 2006’ - 31st July 2006
Madeira International Art “BIENAL” —- Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, in connection with Tempra Academy - April 2007
‘30 Years of Maltese Art in The World’ Exhibition — Intercontinental Hotel, St Julians - May 2007
Contemporary Collection Exhibition —Wignacourt Museum, Rabat, Malta - May 2007
Paintings at Galleria Zodiaco, Licata, (Ag). Sicilia, Italia. Permanent Exhibition - 19th May 2007
Malta International Art Biennale — Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta.
(Awarded Overall 1st Prize) - 2nd June 2007
‘Collettiva di pittura’ — Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, Malta, a cura della Galleria Zodiaco, Licata (Ag) Sicilia
Artisti: M. Calabro’, Ph. Chircop, G. Lentini, A. Sorbello - June 2007
Glorious Gozo, Artists Of Our Times — Hilton Malta – Portomaso - 17th July 2007
Selective Presentation des Premiers Prix et Invites D’Honore (2007 Malta International Art Biennale) — Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris - 2nd September 2007
International Art Biennale, Sezione Italia — Galleria Zodiaco, Licata, (Ag) Sicilia, Italia. (Presented with A Special Non-competing Award for his most dynamically inspiring abstract personal exhibition at Baia D’Oro in Mollarella) - October 2007
Maltese Abstract Paintings from the National Museum of Fine Arts — Ministry for Tourism and Culture, Valletta - 4th October 2007
Agrigento Arte —III Mostra mercato d’arte contemporanea 2007 at Agrigento Palacongressi, Sicilia — Presented by Galleria Zodiaco - December 2007
Art Exhibition — Organised by “Għal Ambjent Aħjar” — Manoel Theatre Courtyard, Valletta - 31st January 2008
International Art Exhibition — Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta - 26th September 2008
The BPC Collection Exhibition ‘BPC 50 1958-2008’ - 13th September 2008
Mostra Internazionale – Accademia Tempra at Chiostro S. Angelo, Licata, Sicilia, organized by Galleria Zodiaco.
Inaugurata dal Sindaco, presente anche la presidentessa francese del Malta International Art Biennale, Catherine Aureau - 28th November 2008
10a Mostra Mercato di Immagina Arte – Fiera Arte Comtemporanea e Moderna – Reggio Emilia.
With amongst others: Renato Guttuso, Norberto, Giuseppe Migneco, Mino Maccari, Franz Borghese, Ugo Nespolo, Marc Kostabi and Remo Brindisi - 29th November 2008
Exhibition and Sales – Flimkien Għal Ambient Aħjar – Casino Maltese, Republic Street, Valletta - 17th December 2008
Tempra Academy Exhibition – Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta - 2008
Mostra Collettiva Internazionale D’Arte, Palazzo Scolopi in Palma di Montechiaro, Sicilia - 2008
Internaional Art Biennale at Galleria Zodiaco, Licata, Sicilia - 2008
International Art Biennale at Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot and The Louvre Museum, Paris - 2008
Wignacourt Museum, Rabat, Malta, Exhibition ‘Homage to Italy’ - 31st January 2009
2009 Malta International Art Biennale – Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta
Awarded 1st Prize - 2010
Fine Art Auction Sale in aid of Malta Community Chest Fund - 2011
Fine Art Auction Sale in aid of Malta Community Chest Fund - 2011
Seven by Seven Exhibition – San Anton Palace, in aid of Community Chest Fund - 2012
‘Patrimonio’ Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar Exhibition - 2014
‘Identita’ – Palazzo Pereira, Valletta
Featured in the following Publications
- “Palazz Tal-Inkwiżitur, Il-Girgenti”, Ufficcju Tal-Prim Ministru (Heritage Malta)
- 1988/2002
“The International Dictionary Of Artists Who Painted Malta”, 1st and 2nd edition by Nicholas de Piro - 2006
“Bank Of Valletta Retrospective Exhibition – Philip Chircop”, Bank Of Valletta Publication - 2007
Twice featured in the Italian publication bimestrale Art&tra - 2007
“Glorious Gozo”, Artists Of Our Times, Salesian Publications - 2009
“Skylife”, Air Malta Publication - 2009
“Dictionary Of Maltese Biographies”, Pin Publications - 2010
“Philip Chircop – Abstract Expressions”, text by Prof. Joseph Paul Cassar with Italian Translation by Dr. Marco Rivoltini - 2010
“Flair”, published by Daphnie Caruana Galizia - 2011
“Art and Architecture” published by The Central Bank Of Malta - 2015
“The National Portrait Gallery Of Malta” published by Nicholas de Piro