PENNY COSS

Penny Coss
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.

FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
Wetlands

 

 

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Floods Ruin
Penny Coss Floods Ruin 2008 oil & enamel on canvas 152 x 152 cm
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Perch
Penny Coss Perch 2009 acrylic on canvas 76 x 76 cm
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Retinal Assault of the Western Sun
Penny Coss Retinal Assault of the Western Sun 2009 oil & enamel on canvas 152 x 152 cm
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Sink
Penny Coss Sink 2009 oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm
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Soft Silt
Penny Coss Soft Silt 2009 acrylic on canvas 76 x 76 cm
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ARTIST'S CURRICULUM VITAE

Born Sydney. Lives and works in Perth, Western Australia.

Solo Exhibitions
2009Wetlands, Harrison Galleries, NSW
2007Inversion of a Flat Lake, Perth Galleries, Western Australia
2005Illegal Landscapes, Perth Galleries, WA
2004Straight Talk, Mossenson Galleries, Carlton, Victoria
2003Green Series, Perth Galleries, WA
2002Ballidu Art Gallery, WA
1995Body of Work, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), WA
1995Displacement and Identity, The Moore's Building, Fremantle, WA
1994Drawing, The Tin Sheds, University of Sydney, New South Wales
1993Wet Wood, First Draft, Sydney, NSW
1992Point et Virgule, CBD Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008Flood Series Melbourne Art Fair08, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Victoria
2007BankWest Art Prize, PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art), Western Australia
2006Alice Art Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
2006Melbourne Art Fair06, VIC
2006BankWest Art Prize, PICA, WA
2005City of Joondalup Invitation Art Award, WA
2005BankWest Art Prize, PICA
2005te tuhi - the mark, Pakuranga Arts Centre, Manukau City, Aotearoa New Zealand
2005Canberra Invitational Art Prize, Australian Capital Territory
2004Green Series Melbourne Art Fair04, VIC
2004Riders, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
2003Art 03 represented by Perth Galleries, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, WA
2002Miniature Works, Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
2002Museum of Art and Craft, Itami, Japan
2002The Western Australian Folding Exhibition, The Textile Exchange Project,(TEP) Gallery East, WA
1998Sculpture By The Sea, Albany, WA
1998International Contemporary Arts Centre, Kyoto, Japan
1998Mine Own Executioner, Portrait Award. Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
1998Folding, Works in Fibre, ANU Australian National University, Canberra ACT
1997Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Galleries, WA
1997Kimberly Drawing Prize, WA
1996The Jacaranda Drawing Prize, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW
1996Albany Art Prize, WA
1996Mandorla Art Prize, Perth, WA
1995No. 7 The Moores Building, Fremantle, WA
1995Midland Centennial Art Acquisition, Midland, WA
1995Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital Annual Invitation Exhibition, Perth, WA
1994Flux, Airspace, Red fern, NSW
1994Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery, NSW
1994Art of our Age, 5x8 installation, Airspace, Redfern, NSW
1994Works on Paper, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1994Australian Fibre Art Now Reptilia Salon, Rozelle, NSW
Awards & Prizes
2009Winner - Mt Eyre Vineyards Art Prize
2005Finalist - Alice Art Prize
2000Finalist - Mandorla Art Prize
1997Winner - East Fremantle Art prize
1997Winner - Kimberley Prize for Drawing
1996Winner - Albany Art Prize
Bibliography
2008Insite Magazine Winter edition
2008Artbank Magazine
2007Ric Spencer, The value of Experience, Sat, 29th April, The West Australian Newspaper
2005http://artwall.blogspot.com/ Penny Coss, Illegal Landscapes- Perth Galleries, WA, 2005
2005Ric Spencer, BankWest Art prize Sept, The West Australian Newspaper, 2005.
2005Ric Spencer, Breaking The Laws Of Abstraction, Sat,18th July, The West Australian Newspaper
2005Rex Butler, Art of the Times, p118 Australian Art Collector Magazine
2003Sandra Murray Catalogue Essay, Perth Galleries
2003Simon Blond, Signs of Life, Sat 12/07/03 - The West Australian Newspaper
2003Virginia Rigney Paintings and Drawings, Catalogue Essay
2003Nyanda Smith, Painter and Juggler, Thurs 10/07/03 - The West Australian
1998Stuart Eliott, Catalogue, Mine Own Executioner
1995Rosie Kerr, Midland Centennial Catalogue, WA
1995Nikki Miller, Art Today, The West Australian Newspaper, Aug 16
1994Fran Thompson, SBS TV, News, May
1994Peter Duggan, Real Experience or mere information, Art Monthly, August
Collections
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

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