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Simon Cooper

SELECTED WORKS

 Simon Cooper
1966Born Melbourne, Australia
1986-88 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Victoria College, Prahran
1989-90 Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts (Printmaking),
 Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1990 Sessional Lecturer in Printmaking, Victoria College, Prahran
 Part-time printmaking technician, Victoria College, Prahran
1991 Teaching etching, Prahran T.A.F.E. Community Programs
1992 Sessional Lecturer in Printmaking, Victorian College of the Arts
 Teaching etching, Swinburne T.A.F.E. Community Program
 Participating Artist in 1992 Partners in Print Reciprocal Portfolio
 Producing prints at Australian Print Workshop Access Studio
1993 Teaching Etching, Australian Print Workshop
 Producing prints at Australian Print Workshop Access Studio
 Participating Artist in 1993 Partners in Print, Melbourne-Sydney, Reciprocal Portfolio
1994 Sessional lecturer in printmaking, Melbourne University, S.V.P.A.E., Melbourne etching, Australian Print Workshop
 Travel through Europe, including three-month stay at Rigalto Studios, Umbria, Italy
1995 Teaching printmaking; Peninsula College of TAFE, Frankston
 Temporary Access Studio Manager/ Conducting Classes, Australian Print Workshop
1997 Travel through USA and Canada.  Exhibitor & delegate at Sightlines International Printmaking Symposium, University of Alberta, Canada
1996-98 Custom Printer at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
PresentHead of Printmaking, The National Art School, Sydney

Solo Exhibitions

2008'Anatomy of Transience', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2005'The Silence Suite and Other Stories', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2003‘Recent Works’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper Sydney
‘Recent Works’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper Melbourne
2000‘Vessel’, Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney
1998‘Still Lives’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1995‘Recent Etchings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1993‘Recent Prints’, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
1991‘Looking at the Overlooked’, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1989‘Recent Prints’, Rathdowne Street Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

2010'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2008'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Drawn encounters', Wimbledon College of Art, London
'City of Hobart Art Prize',Tasmanian Mueseum and Art Gallery, Hobary
'Simon Cooper', Gallery Young, Korea
2007‘The Capitals Project’, Han Jun Arts Centre, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Space International Print Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
‘Artist Proof’, Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Victoria
‘Gifted’, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory
2006'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Art Interchange’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hongik University, Korea
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery (finalist)
2005‘33’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
‘Walking the Line’, The National Art School, Sydney
Group exhibition, Adele Boag Gallery, Adelaide SA
‘Please be Seated’, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
‘Recent Acquisitions’, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW
‘All Creatures Great & Small’ Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne
2004‘The Visibility of Practice’, The National Art School, Sydney
‘Please be Seated’, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
‘All Creatures Great and Small”, Australian Galleries Works on Paper Sydney
‘Species” Australian Galleries Works on Paper Melbourne
‘Interchange’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hong-IK University, Seoul, South Korea; Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney
‘Albury Art Award’, Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury, NSW
2002‘Imagining the Body – Figure as Container of Experience’, Camberwell College of Art, London; Kahala Bavahna, Santiniketan, India; National Art School, Sydney
2001‘Vessel – Vehicle of Promise’, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, Booragul, NSW
‘ ‘Collaboration’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
‘ ‘Still Life’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2000’Decalogue’, Storey Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne
‘Vessel, Whitehorse Gallery, Melbourne
‘Proof Positive’, Gold Tresury Museum Melbourne
1999‘Contemporary Australian Works on Paper’, Smith & Stonley Gallery, Brisbane
‘Contemporary Australian Works on Paper’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Impressions’, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
‘Pleasure’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1998‘4 x 2’, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
‘City of Hobart Prize’, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
1997‘Fremantle Print Award’, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
‘KNOCK KNOCK’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Snap International Printmaking Exhibition’, University of Alberta, Canada
‘Peninsula Collectors II’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
‘M.P.R.G. Spring Festival of Drawing’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
1996‘M.P.R.G. Print Acquisitive’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
‘Link’, Swinburne University of Design Gallery, Vic
‘U.W.S. Macarthur Print Acquisitive’, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney
1995‘Australian Artists in Europe’, Australian Galleries Melbourne
‘50th Anniversary Exhibition’, National Australia Bank, Melbourne
‘50th Anniversary Exhibition’, The Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
‘Nillimbuk Art Award Exhibition’, Eltham Community Centre, Eltham
1994‘Eureka’, Engramme, Quebec, Canada
‘M.P.A.C. Print Acquisitive’, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington
‘Print Exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1993‘M.P.A.C. Spring Festival of Drawing’, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington
‘Partners In Print’, Melbourne/Sydney
‘Reciprocal Portfolio’, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
‘S.N.Z. Print Exhibition’, Tokyo Metropolitan Artspace, Tokyo
1992‘Australian Print Workshop’, Access Studio Gallery Melbourne, Christmas Show
‘Partners in Print’, Reciprocal Portfolio, Australian Print Workshop
‘Access Studio Gallery, Melbourne
1991‘Henri Worland Print Award Exhibition’, Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Warrnambool
1990‘Tell Them It was Wonderful’, Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne
‘M.P.A.C. Print Acquisitive Exhibition’, Mornington Peninsula Arts
‘Centre Gallery, Mornington, Victoria
‘M.C.A.E. Art Award Exhibition’, M.C.A.E. Gallery, Bathurst, NSW,
‘Victorian College of the Arts Printmakers’, Westpac Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
1989‘Henri Worland Print Award Exhibition’, Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Warrnambool
1988‘Oculous Acquisitive Art Exhibition’, Oculous Gallery, Melbourne
‘Latrobe Arts Festival Exhibition, Latrobe University Gallery, Melbourne
‘M.P.A.C. Print Acquisitive Exhibition’, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre
‘Gallery, Mornington
‘Graduate Exhibition’, Victoria College, Prahran Campus, Melbourne

Bibliography

Books
Grishin, Sasha; Australian Printmaking in the 1990’s, Craftsman House, 1996

Periodicals
Backhouse, Megan; “Art around the galleries”, The Age, A2, 1 March 2008
Lewis, Felicity; “Melbourne Artists Win Top Prizes”, Melbourne Herald Sun, January 2 1998
Nelson, Robert; “Exhibition Review”, The Age, December 10 2003
Strickland, Katrina; “Prizes Profile & Some Pride”, The Australian, January 2 1998

Awards

1997City of Hobart Art Prize, Hobart
1989 Henri Worland Print Award, Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Warrnambool
1989 Geometrics Printmaking Award, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1988 Project Grant, Queen Elizabeth II Trust for Young Australians
1988 Australian Galleries Printmaking Award, Victoria College, Prahran Campus, Melbourne

Collections

Art Bank, Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory
City of Hobart, Hobart
City of Whitehorse, Victoria
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
University of Southern Queensland
Victoria College Collection, Melbourne
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery
Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Warnambool