Bio

1956       Born Murwillumbah, Australia
1974-76 Diploma of Fine Art, Brisbane College of Art
1976-79 Diploma of Art, City Art Institute, Sydney

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne (May-June)
2020 "From Samarkand via Leura", Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2019 Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2018 "Environment, Colour, Tone", Martin Browne Contemporary, Syydney
2017 "Melbourne to Leura - 2003 to 2017", Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2015 Marsupial II, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2014 Marsupial I, Martin Browne Contemporary at Melbourne Art Fair
2013 Through the Archipelago II, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2012 Through the Archipelago I, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2011  Through the Archipelago, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2010  Gould Galleries Melbourne Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2009  Where we know with Toni Warburton, Wollongong City Gallery
2009  Focused, Bathurst Regional Gallery
2008  Peter Cooley: Mixture, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2007  Peter Cooley, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2005  Peter Cooley, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2005  Peter Cooley: Jamison Valley Panorama, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2005  Peter Cooley, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2003  More Tea Towels, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2002  Central and Northern Australia revisited (after the tea towels), Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1999  Paintings from Central and Northern Australia, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1998  From Leura to Blackheath, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1996  Peter Cooley, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1994  Homemade and Slutty: Paintings and Ceramics, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1993  Paintings and Ceramics, Gallery Rhumbarallas, Melbourne
1992  Screen or Scream, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1992  Peter Cooley, Sammlung Gallerie North, Germany
1991  Peter Cooley: Paintings on Metal, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1990  Peter Cooley: Paintings, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1989  Ceramic Show, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1989  Peter Cooley, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1988  Peter Cooley, Girgis and Klym Gallery, Melbourne
1986  Show Time, Studio 666, Paris
1985  Peter Cooley, Mori Gallery, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 "Rococo Colonial", Hazelhurst & Bathurst Regional Gallery
2018 Sydney Contemporary 2018, Scott Livesey Galleries
2018 "Wild", Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, New South Wales
2017 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
2017 Martin Browne Contemporary at Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
2017 From Nature, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2016 Winter Group Show, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2016 Gold Coast International Ceramic Award, Gold Coast Art Centre
2015 21, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
2015 Martin Browne Contemporary at Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
2015 Previewfor Art Month, Martin Browne Contemporary, NSW
2014 Sculpture Show, Wangaratta Regional Gallery, VIC
2014 Woollaha Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra, NSW
2013 Woollaha Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra, NSW
2012 Picturing the Great Divide, Blue Mountains Regional Gallery, NSW.
2012 Animal Human, Univeristy of Queensland Art Museum, QLD
2009  Sylvania Waters, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2007  Pots of Paint, The Delmar Gallery, NSW
2006  Living Treasures, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
2006  Director’s Choice, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, no. 18, illustrated
2003  Home Sweet Home: works from the Peter Fay collection, National Gallery of Australia,         Canberra, illustrated
2003  Hung, Drawn & Quartered - 25 Years, 25 Artists, Tin Sheds Gallery, Faculty of Architecture,         Sydney University, illustrated
2001  GOULD contemporary, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2000  Australian Landscape, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2000  Thinking Aloud, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1999  Exchange, Ray Hughes Gallery at the George Gallery, Melbourne
1998  Swish, Casula Powerhouse, Casula
1997  Ceramic Show, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1997  Queers Crossing, Ivan Dougherty, Sydney
1996  Group Exhibition, Craftspace, Sydney
1996  Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1996  Contemporary Australian Abstraction, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1996  Road to Love, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
1996  Ray Hughes at Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
1995  Asia and Oceania Influence, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1995  It’s about time, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1993  Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1993  Contemporary Australian Paintings, Allen, Allen & Hemsley Collection
1993  Rotary Collection of Australian Art from NGA, Touring Sydney &Melbourne
1993  After the Field, Manly Art Gallery, NSW
1993  We are Here, ACCA, Melbourne
1993  Sshh…, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1993  Rotary Travelling Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1992  You are Here, ACCA Melbourne, IMA Brisbane, CAS Melbourne
1992  Wish Hard, Biennale Satellite, Wollongong City Gallery
1992  Ceramic Design Group, Mori Annexe, Sydney
1992  We are Here, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1991  Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1991  Rules for Drawing, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1991  Girgis & Klym Gallery, Melbourne
1990  Art within Text, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
1990  Art Frankfurt 1990, Mori Gallery and Frankfurt
1990  Girgis & Klym Gallery, Melbourne
1988  Invitational Prize, Centre Regional Gallery, Queensland
1988  Dissonances, Espace, Vendome, Paris
1988  The New Generation, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
1987  Modern Objects, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1987  Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Grand Palais, Paris
1987  A First Look, Drill Hall, ANG
1987  Girgis & Klym Gallery, Melbourne
1985  Queensland Works, University of Queensland Art Museum, Queensland
1985  Colour-Form-Pattern, University of Tasmania Art Gallery, Tasmania
1984  Five from Sydney, Loaded Brush Gallery, Seattle, USA
1983  Landscape, Mori Gallery, Sydney

AWARDS

2014 Highly Commended, Woollahra Small Aculpture Prize
2010  Gold Coast International Ceramic award

COLLECTIONS

Powerhouse Museum Sydney
Bathurst Regional Gallery
Goulburn Regional Gallery
The Australian National Gallery, Canberra
The British Museum, London
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of South Australia
Phillip Morris Collection
Art Gallery of Western Australia 
Macquarie Group
Wollongong City Gallery
University of Queensland Art Museum           
NRMA
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
John McBride Collection
Artbank
Peter Fay Collection
Allen, Allen and Hemsley Collection
University of Queensland Art Museum
Mollison/Langford Collection


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Mori Gallery at United Artists, Melbourne, Mori Gallery, 1986 (cat)
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