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
Light Works

 

 

STOCKROOM
Dusk
Penny Coss Dusk 2010 oil and enamel on canvas 76 x 76 cm
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Eclipse
Penny Coss Eclipse 2010 oil on canvas 38.1 x 35.6 cm
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Floods Ruin
Penny Coss Floods Ruin 2008 oil & enamel on canvas 152 x 152 cm SOLD
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High Beam Phosphorescence
Penny Coss High Beam Phosphorescence 2010 acrylic on linen 35 x 76 cm
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Neon Park
Penny Coss Neon Park 2010 oil on canvas 127 x 102 cm
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Ray
Penny Coss Ray 2010 oil on canvas 38.1 x 36.5 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 SOLD
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Strip Neon
Penny Coss Strip Neon 2010 oil on canvas 35.6 x 38.1 cm
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White Hot Slap
Penny Coss White Hot Slap 2010 oil on canvas 127 x 101 cm
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ARTIST'S CURRICULUM VITAE

1961 born Sydney, NSW, 1994 moved to Perth, WA

Education
1990GradDip (VisArt) College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
1989BA(VisArt) City Art Institute, Sydney NSW
1986St Martin’s School of Art, London, U.K. Art Certificate TAFE NSW
Solo Exhibitions
2010Light Works, Harrison Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
2009Wetlands, Harrison Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
2007Inversion of a Flat Lake, Perth Galleries, Western Australia
2005Illegal Landscapes, Perth Galleries, Western Australia
2004Straight Talk, Indigenart, Mossenson Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria
2003Green Series, Perth Galleries, Western Australia
2002Plates, Ballidu Art Gallery, Western Australia
1995Body Drawing, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Western Australia
1995Displacement and Identity, The Moore's Building, Fremantle, Western Australia
1994Drawing the Batavia, The Tin Sheds, University of Sydney, New South Wales
1993Wet Wood, First Draft (West), Sydney, New South Wales
1992Point et Virgule, CBD Gallery, Sydney New South Wales
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010Caloundra Regional Gallery, SCAP, QLD. Rex-Livingston Gallery, Mt Eyre Vineyards Art Prize, Sydney, NSW, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Exhibition, Perth WA, Melbourne Art Fair, Carlton VIC
2009The Yellow Vest Syndrome, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA, Joondalup Invitation Art Award, WA,
2008Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Hall, Carlton, Victoria
20072007 Contemporary Australian Art, Travelling Exhibition and Gaffer Gallery, Aberdeen, Hong Kong., BankWest Contemporary Art Prize, PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art) Western Australia
2006The Alice Contemporary Art Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Hall, Carlton, Victoria. BankWest Contemporary Art Prize, PICA , Western Australia,
2005te tuhi - the mark, Pakuranga Arts Centre, Manukau City, Aotearoa New Zealand Bankwest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Western Australia, Canberra Invitational Art Prize, Australian Capital Territory., City of Joondalup Invitation Art Award, Western Australia
2004Riders, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Hall, Carlton, Victoria
2003Artfair 03 represented by Perth Galleries, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Western Australia, Winter Exhibition, Perth Galleries, Western Australia
2002Miniature Works, Gallery Gallery, Kyoto, & Museum of Art and Craft, Itami, Japan, The Western Australian Folding Exhibition, The Textile Exchange Project, Gallery East, Western Australia
1998Sculpture By The Sea, a sea change, National Olympic Arts Festival, Albany, Western Australia, Mine Own Executioner, Portrait Award. Mundaring Arts Centre, Western Australia, Folding, An Exhibition of Works in Fibre, The Textile Exchange Project National Textile Conference, Canberra & International Contemporary Arts Centre, Kyoto, Japan
1997Kimberly Drawing Prize, W.A., Old Customs House 10th Anniversary, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Western Australia., Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Galleries, Western Australia
1996Mandorla Art Prize, Perth, Western Australia., The Jacaranda Drawing Prize, Invitation, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Grafton, New South Wales
1995Midland Centennial Art Acquisition, Midland, Western Australia., Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Annual Invitation Exhibition, Perth, WA, No. 7 The Moores Building, Fremantle, WA
1994Works on Paper, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney, NSW., Flux, Airspace, Redfern, NSW Art of our Age, 5x8 installation, Airspace, Redfern, NSW, Australian Fibre Art Now Reptilia Salon, Rozelle, NSW, Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Awards & Prizes
2010Mt Eyre Vineyards Art Prize
1997Kimberly Drawing Prize, W.A.
1997Town of East Fremantle Art Award, W.A.
1996Albany Art Award, W.A.
1995Woolstores Art Award, W.A.
1986TAFE Award for Printmaking, NSW
Grants
2006Artflight Grant ArtsWA, Alice Art Prize
1999Catalyst Grant C.A.N. (Community Arts Network), W.A.
1997Artflight Grant ArtsWA, New York Studio School Drawing Marathon, South Australia 1997
1997New York Studio School Drawing Marathon, South Australia 1997
Bibliography
2009Bromfield, David "Waves: The Edith Cowan University Art Collection", pp154 -157, ISBN 978-0-7298-0673-2
2009Stephens, Jasmin Yellow Manoeuvres, Catalogue essay, The Yellow Vest Syndrome: recent west Australian art, Fremantle Arts Centre
2009Artbank Magazine, Western Australia News
2007Spencer, Ric The value of experience, Sat, 29th April, The West Australian Newspaper
2005http://artwall.blogspot.com/ Penny Coss, Illegal Landscapes- Perth Galleries, WA
2005Butler, Rex An Art of its Times, p118 Australian Art Collector Magazine
2005Ric Spencer, Breaking The Laws Of Abstraction, Sat,18th July, The West Australian Newspaper
2003Nyanda Smith, Painter and Juggler, Thurs 10/07/03The West Australian
2003Sandra Murray Catalogue Essay, Perth Galleries
2003Simon Blond, Signs of Life, Sat 12/07/03The West Australian Newspaper
2003Virginia Rigney Paintings and Drawings, Catalogue Essay
1998Stuart Eliott, Catalogue, Mine Own Executioner
1998Virginia Rigney, Folding Catalogue Essay
1995Rosie Kerr, Midland Centennial Catalogue, WA
1995Nikki Miller, Art Today, The West Australian Newspaper, Aug 16
1994Peter Duggan, Real Experience or mere information, Art Monthly, Aug
Collections
Artbank
Leeuwin Estate Collection
Ian + Sue Bernadt Collection
Royal Perth Hospital
Itami Craft Museum, Kyoto, Japan
University of NSW
BankWest
Macquarie Bank
Edith Cowan University
Swan Shire, Western Australia
King Edward Memorial Hospital, Western Australia
Wesfarmers
The Derwent Collection, Tasmania
N.S.W. College of TAFE
Hobsons Press, NSW
Town of East Fremantle, Western Australia

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