1950
Born Sydney, Australia 

1958
Winner, Rockdale Art Prize, Children’s Section

1967
Awarded position at the Professor Harry Messel International Science School, Summer 

1969
Wrapped Coast, one million square feet, Little Bay, Australia, with Christo, Sydney 

1969-72
Bachelor of Science (Architecture) with First Class Hons and University Medal, University of Sydney 

1970
Winner, Rockdale Art Prize, Sydney, judged by Donald Brook

1972
Joint winner, Hunter Douglas Prize, The Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, judged by Donald Brook

1973
Tutor, Architecture Department, University of Sydney
Author Patrick White is the first person to purchase a work by Imants Tillers from his first solo exhibition Moements of Interia, Watters Gallery, Sydney. White donates this work to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1975-76
Extensive travel throughout South America, UK and Europe, including 10 days in Soviet Latvia

1976
Cité Internationale des Arts Residency, Paris 

1976
Owen Tooth Cottage Residency, Vence

1977-83
Founding academic staff member, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney

1979
First trip to New York, invited to stay with Christo and Jean-Claude

1981
First Prize, John McCaughey Memorial Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, judged by Daniel Thomas

1983
First international solo exhibition held at Matt’s Gallery, London

1984-89
Four solo exhibitions at Bess Cutler Gallery, New York

1987
Commission: The Dome of the Federation Pavilion, Centennial Park, Sydney (collaboration with Alec Tzannes)
First solo exhibition in Europe held at Galerie Susan Wyss, Zurich
Only Australian artist to be included in the survey exhibition — Avant Garde in the Eighties — at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

1993
Grand Prize, Osaka Painting Triennial, Osaka Triennial

2001-09
Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 

2002
Commission: The Attractor and Eight Women, Overflow Park, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW (collaboration with Alec Tzannes) 

2003
Prize for Excellence, First Beijing International Art Biennale, China

2005
Awarded a Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa), University of New South Wales, Sydney

2012
The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2013
The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2014
Commission: Avenue of Remembrance, Tapestry, First World War Galleries, The Australian War Memorial, Canberra