| 1961 |
Born in Sydney, NSW |
| 1994 |
lives and works in Perth, WA |
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| 1990 |
Grad Dip (Visual Art), College of Fine Arts, University of NSW ( Syd Ball, Guy Warren,
Virginia Coventry, Yvonne Boag, Helen Eager)
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| 1987-1989 |
BA (Visual Art), City Art Institute,
Sydney NSW
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| 1986 |
St Martins School of Art, London,
UK
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| 1980 - 1982 |
Diploma of Education, Macquarie University, NSW |
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| 2007 |
Inversion of a Flat Lake, Perth Galleries, Western Australia |
| 2005 |
Illegal Landscapes, Perth Galleries, Western Australia |
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Straight Talk, Indigenart,
Mossenson Galleries, Carlton, Victoria
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| 2003 |
Green Series, Perth
Galleries, Perth, Western Australia
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| 2000 |
Salt lakes , Ballidu Art
Gallery, Western Australia
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| 1995 |
Body of Work , Perth Institute
of Contemporary Art (PICA) Perth, W. A
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| 1994 |
Drawing, The Tin Sheds
Gallery, University of Sydney, New South Wales
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| 1993 |
Point et Virgule, CBD Gallery, Sydney New South Wales.
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| 1992 |
Wet Wood, First Draft (West), Sydney, New South Wales. |
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| 2007 |
Contemporary Australian Art, Travelling Exhibition, Gaffer Gallery, Hong Kong. |
| 2006 |
Art’06 Melbourne Contemporary
Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Victoria |
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Bankwest Contemporary Art Prize,
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA |
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The Alice Contemporary Art Award,
Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, N.T. |
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| 2005 |
Bankwest Contemporary
Art Prize, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), W. A. |
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Canberra Invitational
Art Prize, Canberra, Capital Territory |
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City of Joondalup
Invitation Art Award, Joondalup, Western Australia |
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te tuhi - the mark, Pakuranga, Manakau, Aotearoa,
Auckland, New Zealand |
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| 2004 |
Riders, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney |
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Melbourne
Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Victoria |
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| 2000 |
Miniature Works, Gallery, Kyoto, & Museum of Art and Craft, Itami, Japan |
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The Western Australian Folding Exhibition, The Textile Exchange Project, Gallery East,
Western Australia |
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| 1999 |
Sculpture By The Sea, a sea change, National Olympic Arts Festival, Albany, W A. |
| 1998 |
Mine Own Executioner, Portrait Award. Mundaring Arts Centre, Western Australia |
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Folding, An Exhibition of Works in Fibre, The Textile Exchange Project National Textile |
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Conference, Canberra & International Contemporary Arts Centre, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1997 |
Old Customs House 10th Anniversary, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Western
Australia.
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Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Galleries, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| 1996 |
Mandorla Art Prize,
(Finalist) New Norcia Art Gallery, New Norcia, Western Australia |
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The Jacaranda Drawing
Prize, (Invitation), Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Grafton,
NSW |
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Midland Centennial Art Acquisition, Midland, Western Australia. |
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Albany Art Prize, Albany,
Western Australia (Open Winner) |
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| 1995 |
Sir Charles Gairdner
Hospital Annual Invitation Exhibition, Perth, Western Australia |
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No. 7 The Moores Building, Fremantle, WA. |
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Works on Paper, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney, NSW. |
| 1994 |
Flux, Airspace, Redfern, NSW |
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Art of our Age, 5x8 installation, Airspace, Redfern, NSW |
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Australian Fibre Art Now Reptilia Salon, Rozelle, NSW |
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Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
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Art Bank |
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BankWest |
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Edith Cowan University |
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Hobsons Press, NSW |
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Itami Craft Museum, Kyoto, Japan |
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King Edward Memorial Hospital, Western Australia |
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Musswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
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N.S.W. College of TAFE |
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Royal Perth Hospital |
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Swan Shire, Western Australia |
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Town of East Fremantle, Western Australia |
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University of NSW |
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Wesfarmers |
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Australian Contemporary Art Fair Catalogue, 2006 |
| Rex Butler, Art of Our Times Art Collector Magazine, Melbourne Artfair, 2005 p118. |
Ric Spencer, BankWest Art prize Sept, 2005 The West Australian Newspaper. |
Ric Spencer, Breaking The Laws Of Abstraction, Review, The West Australian Newspaper, July 18 2005 |
Simon Blond, Signs of Life, in the picture, July12, 2003 West Australian Newspaper |
Nyanda Smith, Penny Coss goes East ed 2, p84 Insite Magazine 2004 |
| Nyanda Smith, Painter
and Juggler, Today Arts, The West Australian July 10 2003 |
Sandra Murray Penny Coss, Perth Galleries 2003 |
Virginia Rigney Paintings and Drawings, Catalogue Essay, Penny Coss, 2003 |
| Peter Duggan, Real Experience or mere information, Art Monthly, Aug, 1994 |
| Fran Thompson, SBS TV,
News, May 1994 |
| Nikki Miller, Art Today,
The West Australian Newspaper, 16 August 1995 |
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