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Peter Kingston

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 Peter Kingston
1943 Born Sydney, Australia
  Lives in Lavender Bay, Sydney
1945 Bellenger Grange Kindergarten, Vaucluse
1946 Vaucluse Public School
1951 Cranbrook Preparatory School. Art Master Andy Mason
  Winner of the Block Race
1952 Cranbrook Junior School
1957 Cranbrook Senior School. Art Master Justin O’Brien
1957 Worked on stage sets ‘Wind in the willows’ and ‘HMAS Pinafore’
1961 Commerce UNSW
  Joined staff of “Tharunka’
1962 Arts, UNSW
1963 ‘Opunka’ Film Group
1964 ‘Oz’ Magazine, April Fools Day
1965 Architecture, UNSW
  Film ‘Who + Lives = Home’
  meets Buckminister Fuller
  Graduates in Arts, UNSW
1967 Jøen Utzon removed from Opera House, Sydney
  Tutor in History and Philosophy of Science, UNSW
1970 Film ‘Brett and Butter’
1971 Yellow House, 59 Macleay Street Kings Cross, Sydney

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Solo Exhibitions

2009'Sea Messenger', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2008'Beaches', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2006'Choppy Crossings', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2005‘Harbourlights’, Maitland Regional Gallery
2004‘Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Survey Show - Harbourlights’ and launch of monograph Harbourlights: The Art of Peter Kingston by Gavin Wilson, Manly Regional Gallery,
2003‘The Denton Show, Linoprints’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
2002Australian Galleries, Sydney
’Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture’, Don Bank Museum, North Sydney
2001‘Girt by Sea’, Museum of Sydney
‘Ferryspotting’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Mackerel Beach Jetty Show, Pittwater NSW
2000Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney
1999Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
1998Wylies Sea Baths, Coogee, Sydney
Australian Galleries, Sydney
1995Australian Galleries, Sydney
1993Australian Galleries, Sydney
1992Australian Galleries, Sydney
70th Art Gallery, New York
1990Mosman Gallery, Sydney
1983Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
198270th Art Gallery, New York
1981Australia-v-England Chess Show, Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
1980Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
1979Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
1978Hogarth Gallery, Sydney

Group Exhibitions

2010'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2009'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2008'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2007Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry
2006'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Gallery, Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC), Sydney
‘Notes from the River Caves’, 20th September, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
'The Inaugural Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing’, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2005'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Sydney
‘Dog Trumpet, RSPCA Fundraiser’, Michael Nagy Gallery, NSW
National Trust ‘Australian Icons’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘Salon des Refusés 2005’, (Wynne section) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘Dugongs of Hinchinbrook II’ Kick Arts, Cairns
‘Fireworks, Tracing the incendiary in Australian art’, Artspace travelling exhibition, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville, Gladstone, Hazelhurst, Wagga Wagga, Bathurst, Ballarat, Mornington Peninsula and University Art Museum QLD
2004‘Illos – The Art of Contemporary Illustrators’, New Contemporaries, Sydney
Lolli Redini exhibition, Orange NSW
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
‘Contemporary Australian Prints From the Collection’, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
‘In the Presence of all Creatures Great and Small’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2003‘Beneath the Monsoon’ – Visions North of Capricorn, Inaugural
Exhibition, Artspace, Mackay, Cairns, Townsville, Far North Qld
Ned Kelly Framed, National Trust Auction, Sotheby’s
‘Hung, Drawn and Quartered’, 25 Years 25 Artists, Tin Shed Gallery
Sydney University
‘To the Ferry’, Don Bank Museum
‘Blinky Bill at Nutcote’
‘Art on the Rocks’, Sydney
‘Postcard 2003’, Cairns Regional Gallery QLD
2002Ulysses Boat Race Trophy – Boofhead the sailor, 15 June
‘And So to Bed’, Elizabeth Bay House
‘Jo Sonjas / Packaddle Show’, New England Region Gallery
2001‘Article’, Wooloomooloo Wharf
‘Art on Steel’, Wollongong, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Townsville,
Darwin, Albany, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne.
‘Barren Grounds Bird Art’, Sydney
‘Artists of Luna Park’, Sydney
‘Kedumba Drawing Award’, Blue Mountains
Mambo Flag Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
‘Birds and Animals’, Penrith Regional Gallery
Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2000Wynne, Dobell Prize Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Salon des Refuses, S.H Ervin Gallery
From Mountains to Sea’, Mt. Wilson
1999Charity Chair Auction, Australian Galleries
‘Flesh and Blood’, Museum of Sydney
Launch of book ‘Bed of Oysters’, D.S. Murray
Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘It’s a Guitar Shaped World’, Tamworth City Art Gallery, NSW
‘Worlds Collide’, Museum of Sydney
1998Kedumba Drawing Award Show, Blue Mountains, NSW
‘Symbiosis’, simultaneous exhibition, New England Regional Gallery, NSW and Utopia Art, Sydney
Sceggs Redlands, Westpac Art Prize
Salon des Refuses, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Wynne, Sulman and Dobell Prize Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New
South Wales, Victorian Arts Centre
‘Flesh and Blood’, Museum of Sydney
‘Oz Magazine Exhibition’, Mitchell Library, Sydney
‘Australian Black and White’, Mitchell Library, Sydney
‘Litteral Art’, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1997‘Fine Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
Curator ‘Dugongs of Hinchinbrook’, Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
‘Opera Australia Label Show’, Hunter Valley, NSW
‘Site and Sensibility’, Artbank, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘Big Blue’, Whiteley Studio Gallery, Sydney
‘Australian Drawings from the Collection’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1996‘Fine Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Alice Doyle Art Award’, Watson’s Bay
‘Dobell Drawing Award, Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘Salon des Refuses’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘Redlands Art Prize’, Mosman, Sydney
1995Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘Wynne Salon des Refuses’, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘The Artists at Hill End, Art Life and Landscape’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Bathurst Regional Gallery, New England Regional Gallery, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
‘Everyday Life’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Goulburn
‘Regional Gallery, Wagga Wagga City Gallery
‘Jeans for Genes’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘Circus Capers’, Glen Eira, Melbourne
‘Wynne Art Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘Salon des Refuses’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘Rosella 100 Years Art Show’, Sydney
1994Kedumba Drawing Award, Blue Mountains, NSW
1993‘P and O Art Show’, Maritime Museum, Sydney
‘On the Other Hand’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘Archibald Salon des Refuses’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘Kedumba Drawing Award, Blue Mountains, NSW
‘Mosman Council Art Competition
‘Twenty Years of the Sydney Opera House’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1992‘Thanks for the Ink’, POD Theatre Gallery, Sydney
Mosman Council Art Competition
1991Avenue Gallery, Orange
Mosman Council Art Competition
1990‘Yellow House Exhibition’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize’, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
‘50th Anniversary Phantom Show, D.C. Art Gallery, Sydney
‘Ginger Meggs School of Arts’, Joseph Lebovic Gallery, Sydney
Mosman Council Art Competition
1987‘Startram’, Hong Kong
‘Felix the Cat, Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney
1983‘Collectors Choice’, Newcastle Regional Gallery
1982‘Harbour Bridge 50th Anniversary Show’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘Foundation 4 1’, Sydney Hilton Hotel
1978‘Luna Park, Fairground Arts and Novelties’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1977‘Ocker Funk’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1976‘The Phantom Show’, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1975‘The Phantom Show’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
1974Two joint shows at Ace’s Art Shop, miniatures, cut-outs and ‘The Check-Out Chicks’
1962‘OZ Super Art Market’, Clune Galleries, Sydney
1970-71_‘Magritte’s Stone Room and the Elephant House’, The Yellow House, Sydney
Winner, Kedumba Drawing Prize, Blackheath Gallery, NSW2005_Winner, Kedumba Drawing Prize, Blackheath Gallery, NSW

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Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Australia Bank
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Barney Brown Collection, New York
Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
Bibliotheque de la Ville, Belgium
Costen Library, Los Angeles
Maitland Regional Gallery, NSW
Mitchell Library, Sydney
Museum of Sydney
National Film Library, Tokyo
News Ltd Sydney
Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital
Stanton Library, North Sydney
Sydney Technical College Collection
Sydney Theatre Company, Walsh Bay



Photograph courtesy of Greg Weight