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
2024 Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2022 Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
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
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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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