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Peter D Cole

SELECTED WORKS

 Peter D Cole
1947Born Gawler, South Australia
1965-68 Diploma in Fine Art (Sculpture), South Australian School of Art
1970 Moved to Melbourne
1970 Presently living in Langley, via Kyneton, central Victoria

Solo Exhibitions

2006'New Works', Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘New works’, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2004Calder Lister Gallery, Perth
2003John Buckley, Melbourne
2002Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Melbourne
Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney
2001Calder Lister Gallery, Perth
Australian Galleries, Sydney
2000Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Melbourne
1998Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1997Steele Gallery, New York, USA
1995Carpenter Centre for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, USA
1994Australian Galleries, Sydney
1990William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
1986Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1983United Artists Gallery, Melbourne
1980Ewing and George Paton Galleries, Melbourne
1970Pinacotheca, Melbourne
1984-91Annual exhibitions at Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

Group Exhibitions

2011'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
2010'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Summer stock show’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne
2009'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2007'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2007' finalist), McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin
2006'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2005'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Sydney
2003‘National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition’, National Gallery of Australia
‘Site Unseen’, Bendigo Art Gallery
‘McClelland Survey and Award 2003‘This was the future: Australian Sculpture of the 1950s, 60s, 70s + Today’, Heide Museum of Modern Art
2002Tokyo Designers Block Idee, Tokyo
2001Nocturne Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
1999Calder Lister Gallery, Perth
‘Volume and Form’, Singapore
1992Powell Street Galleries, Melbourne
Chicago International Art Fair, USA
Editions Gallery, Melbourne
1991William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
1990‘Australian Sculpture Triennial’, Melbourne
1989Tasmania Touring Exhibition
1988‘Mildura Sculpture Triennial’, Mildura
1987The Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery
1985‘Mildura Sculpture Triennial’, Mildura
1984‘Australian Sculpture Triennial’, Melbourne
1981‘Australian Sculpture Triennial’, Melbourne
1970‘Mildura Sculpture Triennial’, Mildura
1995-02_Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1967-68_Contemporary Arts Society, Adelaide

Bibliography

Art and Australia, vol. 8 no 1, June 1970
Australia Sculpture Now, Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne 1984 (catalogue)
Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne 1981 (catalogue)
Belle Magazine 2000-01
Cole, Peter D.; Sculpture and Works on Paper 1992-1994, Australian Galleries 1994 (catalogue)
Craft Art vol. 5, Autumn issue
Crafti, Stephen; Request.Response.Reaction: The designers of Australia and New Zealand, The Images Publishing Group, 2002 (book)
Drury, Neville; New Sculpture, G+B Arts International LTD, distributed by Craftsman House, Sydney 1994
Drury, Neville; New Art 11, Craftsman House, Sydney 1987   
Interior Design, 1986 issue 5
Interior Design, 1987 issue 13
National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2003
On Site Sculpture, Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne 1990 (catalogue)
Sculpture Sept issue 1999 (USA Art publication)
Sturgeon, Graeme; Sculpture,The Story of the Mildura Sculpture Triennial 1961-1982, Mildura City Council, Mildura 1985
Sunday Programme, Channel 9, 3 September 1996
Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 1991 (review)
The Age, Good Weekend magazine, 12 June 1993
The Age, Entertainment Guide, 18 September 1990
The Age, Architecture column, 13 May 1980
World Expo 88 Collection, Brisbane 1987 (catalogue)

Awards

1996Australian National Trust Heritage Award for Foundation Park, The Rocks, Sydney
1995Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture, Award of Merit for Foundation Park, The Rocks, Sydney
1968H.P. Gill Medal, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide
1968Contemporary Art Society Drawing Prize, Adelaide

Collections

Art Bank
Australian National Gallery, ACT
Bankers Trust
Crown Casino, Melbourne
Caulfield City Council, Melbourne
Clayton Utz, Sydney, Melbourne
Ernst and Young, Melbourne
Mildura Regional Gallery, Mildura
Monash University, Melbourne
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Parliament House, Canberra
Phillip Morris Corp. Melbourne
Potter Warburg, Melbourne
Powercorp Melbourne &
Royal Pines, Gold Coast
Wollongong Regional Art Gallery

Commissions

Bank of Melbourne, Melbourne; in consultation with Bates Smart McCutcheon; large free standing sculptural screen
Brisbane International Airport; in consultation with Bligh Voller architects and Jean Battersby Art Consultants; large suspended sculptures and series of wall installations
Caulfield City Council, Melbourne; suspended sculpture
Chadstone Shopping Centre, Melbourne
Channel 7, Docklands; ‘Pixillated Landscape’ 2001, large wall installation mixed media and light
Chifley Tower, Sydney (commissioned by owners MID); permanently located sculpture in Bent Street lobby
Darling Harbour, Sydney; large scale bronze sculpture
Foundation Park, The Rocks, Sydney; in consultation with Sydney Cove Authority; design of park and construction of elements for Foundation Park
Hamilton Regional Gallery, Victoria; permanently located bronze and stone sculpture
John Gorton Building, Department for the Environment; Canberra 2003
McClelland Gallery, Victoria; tapestry
Opera Quays Sydney; in consultation with Andrew Andersons of Peddle Thorpe; two large suspended sculptures adjacent to collonade to Opera House, part of the Sydney Cove Sculpture walk
Queensland Police Headquarters; in consultation with Bligh Voller architects, Brisbane; large suspended sculpture 
Shepparton lake sculpture, 2002
Thredbo Alpine Village; large painted steel outdoor sculpture
World Expo 1998, Brisbane (BHP and Transfield Corporation); relocated to south bank, Brisbane,
200 metre sculptural walk painted steel



Photograph courtesy of Michel Lawrence