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BIOGRAPHY |
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| 1963 |
Born, Murrurundi, NSW |
| 1983-84 |
Art Certificate, Newcastle, NSW |
| 1985 |
Higher Art Certificate, National Art School, Sydney |
| 1987 |
Artist in residence, Dr Denise Hickey Studio, Cite International des Arts, Paris
Artist in residence, The British School, Rome |
| 1989 |
Sir William Dobell Art Foundation Prize, Art Gallery of NSW |
| 1991 |
Muswellbrook Open Art Prize, NSW |
| 1994 |
Awarded Gold Medal, VIII Triennale, India |
| 1998 |
Barcelona Studio Residency, awarded by the Australia Council |
| 2008 |
Winner, Signature of 'M' Award
Los Angeles Studio Residency, awarded by the Australia Council |
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Currently lives and works in Melbourne |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2009 |
Studies, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Welcome to L.A. / Readymade Abstraction, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2008 |
Pre-formed, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney |
| 2007 |
Readymade Abstraction, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2006 |
Special Project #2: Remnant Threads, Victorian Tapestry Workshop
Precious Things, Sherman Galleries, Sydney |
| 2005 |
the connected world, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Down My Street, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Peter Atkins: Paintings 2000-2005, Bett Gallery, Hobart
2004 The World Around Me, Sherman Galleries, Sydney |
| 2003 |
Big Paintings1990–2003, survey exhibition, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, New South Wales; Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Victoria
Paperform, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2002 |
lo-tech, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Simple Pleasures, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2001 |
Handmade, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Materiality, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney |
| 2000 |
Accumulation, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Paintings and Works on Paper, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
Live From Brunswick, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1999 |
Polyrhythm, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1998 |
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Soft Edge, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney |
| 1997 |
Urban Artefacts, Ipswich Regional Gallery, Queensland |
| 1996 |
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney |
| 1995 |
Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
APA Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1994-95 |
World Journal, VIII Triennale–India 1994, curator Annette Larkin, Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi, awarded Gold Medal; Australian Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia; Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth; Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra; Waverley City Gallery, Melbourne; Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney; New England Regional Art Museum, NSW; Ipswich Regional Gallery, Queensland; Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria; University Gallery, Launceston |
| 1993 |
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1991 |
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney |
| 1990 |
Galerie Cannible Pierce, Paris |
| 1989 |
Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney |
| 1988 |
Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney |
| 1987 |
Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
Galerie Cannible Pierce, Paris
New South Wales House Gallery, London |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2009 |
Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, The Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria
The Museum Effect, Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery |
| 2008 |
Contemporaneous: Australian Contemporary Painting, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, VIC
Bias Bound, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, VIC
Summer Exhibition, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Fletcher Jones Art prize, Geelong Gallery, VIC |
| 2007 |
Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand
Winter Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Poets Paint Words, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC |
| 2006 |
Strange Cargo: Contemporary Art As A State Of Encounter, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Touring to Broken Hill City Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery and Ipswich Art Gallery
Found Out-Art From The Found Object, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Multiplicity - Small Tapestries, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
Salon, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Selected Works From The Corbet and Yueji Lyon Collection Of Australian Art, Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne
Recent Acquisitions At The N.G.V., National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2005 |
Glad-Wrap-Up, Sherman Galleries, Sydney |
| 2004 |
One Of: Festivus 04, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Rubbish: Recycling as Art, Global Arts Link, Ipswich, QLD |
| 2003 |
New Acquisitions, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
The Barcelona Studio: Fragments of a Brief History, Plimsoll Gallery,University of Tasmania, Hobart
ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
MCA Unpacked II, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
A Small Private Eye, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Victoria |
| 2002 |
Group Exhibition, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Dressing and Dreaming, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
The Art of Collecting, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
The Shape of Air (Flat), curator Heather B. Swann, Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| 2000 |
Uncommon World: Aspects of Contemporary Australian Art, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
| 1999 |
fashion & art, Gallery 4A, Sydney
Five Continents and One City, curator Gao Minglu, Mexico City Gallery, Mexico
ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
Global Arts Link, Ipswich Regional Gallery, Queensland
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1998 Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney
The Mecenat Collection, Sherman Galleries Goodhope and Hargrave, Sydney
Sets and Series, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
‘Something…’ , Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney |
| 1996-98 |
Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, and regional galleries tour |
| 1997 |
Anon, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
The Crate Show, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Tokyo International Art Festival, Tokyo
Za Moca Foundation Works on Paper, Tokyo
Sydney Fundraiser Exhibition, Gallery 4A, Sydney
Contemporary Benefactors Auction, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1986-87 |
Systems End: Contemporary Art in Australia, curators William Wright and Takeshi Kanazawa, OXY Gallery, Osaka; Hakone Open-Air Museum, Tokyo; Dong-Ah Gallery, Seoul; Kaohsiung Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan |
| 1996 |
Moët et Chandon Touring Exhibition, touring Australian state galleries
Contemporary Benefactors Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| COLLECTIONS |
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Chartwell Collection, Waikato Museum of Art & History, Hamilton, New Zealand
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
New England Regional Art Museum, NSW
Shell Company of Australia
Allen, Allen and Hemsley, Sydney
Pat Corrigan Collection
Peter Fay Collection
Derwent Collection, Tasmania
Esk Collection, Tasmania
Artbank
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Numerous private collections throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe |
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