PENNY COSS
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Penny Coss was born in 1961 in Sydney. She graduated from the University of NSW and the City Art Institute (Sydney). She studied drawing at St. Martins School of Art in London and was an ArtsWA grant recipient to participate in the 1997 New York School of Art Drawing Marathon (Adelaide). In 1994 she moved to Perth to practice her art and lecture for the West Australian School of Art & Design. She has won several awards including the Albany Art Prize, the Kimberley Drawing Prize and the East Fremantle Art Prize. Coss has exhibited widely throughout Australia and in Japan and New Zealand.
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Penny Coss
Retinal Assault of the Western Sun
2009
oil & enamel on canvas
152 x 152 cm
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ARTIST'S CURRICULUM VITAE
Born Sydney. Lives and works in Perth, Western Australia.
Solo Exhibitions| 2009 | Wetlands, Harrison Galleries, NSW |
| 2007 | Inversion of a Flat Lake, Perth Galleries, Western Australia |
| 2005 | Illegal Landscapes, Perth Galleries, WA |
| 2004 | Straight Talk, Mossenson Galleries, Carlton, Victoria |
| 2003 | Green Series, Perth Galleries, WA |
| 2002 | Ballidu Art Gallery, WA |
| 1995 | Body of Work, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), WA |
| 1995 | Displacement and Identity, The Moore's Building, Fremantle, WA |
| 1994 | Drawing, The Tin Sheds, University of Sydney, New South Wales |
| 1993 | Wet Wood, First Draft, Sydney, NSW |
| 1992 | Point et Virgule, CBD Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2008 | Flood Series Melbourne Art Fair08, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Victoria |
| 2007 | BankWest Art Prize, PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art), Western Australia |
| 2006 | Alice Art Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia |
| 2006 | Melbourne Art Fair06, VIC |
| 2006 | BankWest Art Prize, PICA, WA |
| 2005 | City of Joondalup Invitation Art Award, WA |
| 2005 | BankWest Art Prize, PICA |
| 2005 | te tuhi - the mark, Pakuranga Arts Centre, Manukau City, Aotearoa New Zealand |
| 2005 | Canberra Invitational Art Prize, Australian Capital Territory |
| 2004 | Green Series Melbourne Art Fair04, VIC |
| 2004 | Riders, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales |
| 2003 | Art 03 represented by Perth Galleries, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, WA |
| 2002 | Miniature Works, Gallery Gallery, Kyoto |
| 2002 | Museum of Art and Craft, Itami, Japan |
| 2002 | The Western Australian Folding Exhibition, The Textile Exchange Project,(TEP) Gallery East, WA |
| 1998 | Sculpture By The Sea, Albany, WA |
| 1998 | International Contemporary Arts Centre, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1998 | Mine Own Executioner, Portrait Award. Mundaring Arts Centre, WA |
| 1998 | Folding, Works in Fibre, ANU Australian National University, Canberra ACT |
| 1997 | Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Galleries, WA |
| 1997 | Kimberly Drawing Prize, WA |
| 1996 | The Jacaranda Drawing Prize, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
| 1996 | Albany Art Prize, WA |
| 1996 | Mandorla Art Prize, Perth, WA |
| 1995 | No. 7 The Moores Building, Fremantle, WA |
| 1995 | Midland Centennial Art Acquisition, Midland, WA |
| 1995 | Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital Annual Invitation Exhibition, Perth, WA |
| 1994 | Flux, Airspace, Red fern, NSW |
| 1994 | Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
| 1994 | Art of our Age, 5x8 installation, Airspace, Redfern, NSW |
| 1994 | Works on Paper, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1994 | Australian Fibre Art Now Reptilia Salon, Rozelle, NSW |
| 2009 | Winner - Mt Eyre Vineyards Art Prize |
| 2005 | Finalist - Alice Art Prize |
| 2000 | Finalist - Mandorla Art Prize |
| 1997 | Winner - East Fremantle Art prize |
| 1997 | Winner - Kimberley Prize for Drawing |
| 1996 | Winner - Albany Art Prize |
Bibliography
Collections
| 2008 | Insite Magazine Winter edition |
| 2008 | Artbank Magazine |
| 2007 | Ric Spencer, The value of Experience, Sat, 29th April, The West Australian Newspaper |
| 2005 | http://artwall.blogspot.com/ Penny Coss, Illegal Landscapes- Perth Galleries, WA, 2005 |
| 2005 | Ric Spencer, BankWest Art prize Sept, The West Australian Newspaper, 2005. |
| 2005 | Ric Spencer, Breaking The Laws Of Abstraction, Sat,18th July, The West Australian Newspaper |
| 2005 | Rex Butler, Art of the Times, p118 Australian Art Collector Magazine |
| 2003 | Sandra Murray Catalogue Essay, Perth Galleries |
| 2003 | Simon Blond, Signs of Life, Sat 12/07/03 - The West Australian Newspaper |
| 2003 | Virginia Rigney Paintings and Drawings, Catalogue Essay |
| 2003 | Nyanda Smith, Painter and Juggler, Thurs 10/07/03 - The West Australian |
| 1998 | Stuart Eliott, Catalogue, Mine Own Executioner |
| 1995 | Rosie Kerr, Midland Centennial Catalogue, WA |
| 1995 | Nikki Miller, Art Today, The West Australian Newspaper, Aug 16 |
| 1994 | Fran Thompson, SBS TV, News, May |
| 1994 | Peter Duggan, Real Experience or mere information, Art Monthly, August |
| King Edward Memorial Hospital, Western Australia | |
| BankWest | |
| Royal Perth Hospital | |
| Hobson’s Press, NSW | |
| University of NSW | |
| Leeuwin Estate Collection | |
| Derwent Collection, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Swan Shire, Western Australia | |
| Itami Craft Museum, Kyoto, Japan | |
| Wesfarmers | |
| Artbank | |
| N.S.W. College of TAFE | |
| Edith Cowan University, WA | |
| Town of East Fremantle, Western Australia |