Peter Pinson
Paris and Parramatta
1-26 March, 2008
Opening Night Tuesday 4 March, 6-8pm


 


      


      
 


      
 


      
 


      

        

          
            
PETER PINSON -
            A COMMENTARY


            
Pinson's recent paintings
            deal with the strangeness of the relationships between objects.
            Curious flowering plants and other still life items seem to be
            engaged in enigmatic rituals, mutual interrogations, or courtships.


            
There are no human presences.
            Pinson's light-flooded universe is a domain of things. There
            is stillness in these pictures, but it is a brittle stillness.
            As Col Jordan once observed, "a vestige of menace threatens
            the apparent calm".


            
A river usually flows in
            the background, oblivious to the poise or the querulousness of
            the objects in the foreground. This river-image derived from
            the view of the Seine that Pinson enjoyed from his studio in
            the Cité International des Arts in 2005.


            
The exhibition also includes
            some paintings which Pinson completed in Paris in 2003. These
            explore the theme of the utensils and décor patterning
            of famous Paris cafés.


            
Pinson is also interested
            in art deco posters, and something of this genre's flatness,
            sonorous colour and exaggerated perspectives is reflected in
            the recent paintings.


            
In 1982, Col Jordan wrote
            of the paintings Peter Pinson suggest that "nothing is really
            what it seems and that paradox is the only reality". Emeritus
            Professor Jordan's comment continues to hold true for much of
            the work in this exhibition.
          

        

      


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      

        

           
          
          
            
 
        

      


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      

        

          
            

          
          
            

        

      


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      

        

           
          
          
            
 
        

      


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
'The artist would like
      to thank Michel Brouet for the photography'


      
 

 

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PETER PINSON


      
STUDIES

         
        

          
            
1961-64
1969-71
1985-88

          		
          
            
Four year full-time programme at The National Art School, Sydney and Sydney Teachers' College. 
Masters Degree by Research, Royal College of Art, London
Doctor of Philosophy, University of  Wollongong.

          		
        

      


      
CAREER

         
        

          
            
1964
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1972-74
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1974-77
1997-2004
2003-2006
2003-present  
2004
2007

          		
          
            
Sculpture Assistant to Margel Hinder AM and Frank Hinder AM
Awarded the New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship for three years overseas study.
Awarded six months tenure of the Sydney University Studio in the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris. 
Subsequent Residencies at the Cité would be awarded in 1997 and 2003.
Lecturer in Art and Art Education, Wollongong Teachers' College and 
Wollongong Institute of Education.
Chief Education Officer, National Gallery of Victoria. 
Professor, College of Fine Arts, UNSW.
President, Australia Watercolour Institute.
(Honorary) Director, Painters and Sculptors Association of 	Australia (NSW).
Appointed Emeritus Professor, UNSW. 
Awarded Order of Australia Medal.

          		
        

      


      
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

         
        

          
            
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Three-person exhibition, Victoria Gallery, Sydney.
Warehouse Gallery, Melbourne.
The Painters Gallery, Sydney ('Paintings and Drawings 1979-1982').
The Painters Gallery, Sydney ('Artists' Houses Series').
Avago Gallery, Paddington, Sydney.
The Painters Gallery, Sydney ('Peace and War Series').
Avago Gallery, Tin Sheds, The University of Sydney, Sydney.
The Long Gallery, University of Wollongong, Wollongong.
The Painters Gallery, Sydney (Paintings and Drawings of Military and Marine subjects).
Photomechanical Printmaking, The Painters Gallery, Sydney.
The Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery ('Drawings as Official Military Artist'). 
(Exhibited concurrently with 'Send Me More Paint', a travelling exhibition from the Australian War Memorial.
National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.) property 'Vienna', Sydney ('Drawings 1968-1992'). 
(Concurrent exhibitions by Brian O'Dwyer [Sculpture] and Wendy Merrington [Printmaking].)
Woolloomooloo Gallery, Sydney ('Paintings from Riversdale'[Paintings from period as Artist in Residence, 
Bundanon Foundation]).
235 Nelson (Gallery), Sydney (Paintings regarding the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand).
The Hughenden (in conjunction with The Woolloomooloo Gallery), Sydney
The Sydney Gallery, Sydney.
The Nowra Gallery, Nowra.
The Sydney Gallery, Sydney.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery  (Paintings from period as Artist in.                                                                       
Residence, Haefliger/Bellette House, Hill End).            
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale ('From Hill End and Bombala').
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Solander Gallery, Canberra.
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

          		
        

      


      
GROUP EXHIBITIONS

         
        

          
            
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Mirror-Waratah Prize Exhibition, Sydney. 
Highly commended, (under 22) Oils Section. 
Awarded the (under 22) Watercolour Prize. 
Awarded the Special Prize.
Henry Lawson Festival Exhibition, Grenfell. 
Awarded the Grenfell Prize for Oils.
The Manly Art Prize, Manly Municipal Art Gallery. 
Contemporary Art Society Exhibition, Blaxland Galleries, Sydney.
Gallery artists, The Victoria Gallery, Sydney.
Contemporary Art Society Annual, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney.
Suite of works, NSW Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW. Placed second.
The 13th Carillion City Festival Art Exhibition, Bathurst City Art Gallery.
Awarded the Wilson Stinson Prize.
Suite of works, New South Wales. Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW. 
Awarded the Scholarship.
Drummoyne Municipal Annual.
Awarded the Drummoyne Graphic Prize.
'Exposition des Oeuvres de 40 Peintres, Graveurs et Sculpteurs Francais et Etrangers', 
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
'Palme d'Or des Beaux Arts' (International Graphic Art Exhibition), International Arts Guild, Monte Carlo, Monaco. 
Awarded Diplome d'Honneur.
'Work in Progress', York University, England.
'Three Schools', Royal Academy Galleries, London.
Annual Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London.
'Contemporary Mail Art', a selected international exhibition surveying contemporary trends in Mail Art, 
touring City Art Museums and Art Centres, Italy.
'The Artists' Choice', Gallery A, Sydney.
Twelve leading Australian artists nominated one or two Australian artists whose work they considered 
highly promising. Pinson was selected by Frank Hinder A.M.
Invited to participate, both as an exhibitor and as a speaker, at 'Paths to Power', an exhibition 
and seminar sponsored by the University of Sydney, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Campbelltown City Festival Art Exhibition. Highly commended.
Bathurst Annual, Mitchell Regional Art Gallery.
'The Visual Arts Board Collection', Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.
Bathurst Regional Gallery Annual.
Campbelltown City Festival Art Exhibition.
Awarded the Watercolour Prize. Work acquired for the Campbelltown City Collection.
Campbelltown City Festival Art exhibition.
Awarded Watercolour Open Prize.
Drummoyne Municipal Annual Exhibition.
Awarded Modern - Any Medium Prize.
Awarded Grand Prize.
Macquarie Towns Acquisitive Art Exhibition.
Watercolour painting awarded Purchase Prize.
'Drawings and Photography', The Painters Gallery.
Campbelltown City Festival Art Exhibition. Highly commended.
'Continuum NAS 60 - AMC 80', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
The Lady James Fairfax Memorial Prize Exhibition, Sydney Showground.
Awarded The Lady Jane Fairfax Prize. 
'Selection from the City Collection', Campbelltown Council.
'Continuum: National Art School-Alexander Mackie College', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
Selected Exhibition of Image Painters, Gallery 460, Gosford.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Gallery and Museum, Sydney.
'Attitudes to Drawing', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
This exhibition subsequently travelled to:
The Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Emu Plains.
'City of Campbelltown Art Collection', Campbelltown Council. (A Survey of Prizewinning works, 1962-1984.)
Manly Art Gallery Invitation Survey. (A Survey of Sydney Painting of 1982.)
The Capron Carter Art Prize exhibition, Royal Agricultural Society, Sydney Showground. 
Awarded the Capron Carter Prize for Drawing.
Drummoyne Municipal Annual. Awarded the Drummoyne Modern Prize. Awarded the Drummoyne Grand Prize.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney.
'Contemporary Realist Painting', The Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Emu Plains.
'Diamond Jubilee Selection Exhibition', Manly Art Gallery and Museum Invitation Survey.
'Contemporary Australian Drawing', The Painters Gallery, Sydney.
'Streetscape Biennale', Artspace Visual Arts Centre/Mark Foys,Sydney.
'Contemporary Realist Painting' (a Survey of Contemporary Australian Realist Painting), 
The Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Emu Plains.
'Australian Drawing of the 20th Century', The Painters Gallery, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Art Gallery, Sydney.
Annual Watercolour Survey Exhibition, Delmar Gallery, Sydney.
Henry Lawson Festival Exhibition, Grenfell.
Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Art Gallery, Sydney.
Annual Watercolour Survey Exhibition, Delmar Gallery, Sydney.
Berrima Annual. Highly commended.
Royal Agricultural Society Invitation Exhibition for Prizewinners, Sydney Showground.
Works of the University Collection, The University of Wollongong. 
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Art Gallery, Sydney.
'Artaid' (famine relief exhibition), Sydney.
Drummoyne Silver Anniversary Invitation Exhibition, Drummoyne Town Hall, Sydney.
'China Crisis Exhibition', Pailou Plaza, Sydney.
'Mondo Fax', International Fax-Art Exhibition, Artspace, Sydney.
'Mixed Media-Mass Media' (a Survey Exhibition of Contemporary Collage), The Painters Gallery, Sydney.
A.C.A.F.2. (The Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.
'Julian Ashton Art School Centenary Exhibition', The Sydney Grammar School, Sydney.    
'50 Works of Australian Watercolour', Museo de la Acuarela Mexicana, Mexico.
Contemporary Australian Watercolour Painting, curated by the Australian Watercolour Institute, 
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery.
'Fifty Works of Australian Watercolour', El Museo Nacional de la Acuarela,  Mexicana, Mexico. 
The above exhibition subsequently toured within Mexico.
'Signatures Above and Below the Line', An International Watercolour Exhibition, curated by the 
Federation of Canadian Artists, The Federation Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
'Manu et Mente' (Exhibition I), Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Art Gallery, Sydney.
Exhibition of artists included in 'New Art Seven', Painters Gallery, Sydney.
'Mertu', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Art Gallery, Sydney.
'Federation of Canadian Artists and The Australian Watercolour Institute', Trinity Delmar Gallery, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Art Gallery, Sydney.
'Salon des Refusés: The Rivals Show', S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
'Intersections', The University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
(Represented Australia in the) Primera Bienal Internacional de Acuarela, El Museo Nacional de la Acuarela,  
Mexicana, Mexico.
'Interlude', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
(Represented Australia in the) 'Segunda Bienal Internacional de Acuarela, El Museo Nacional de la Acuarela, Mexico.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
'Dodicesima Biennale Internazionale Dantesca', Centro Dantesco, Ravenna.
'Australian Watercolour Painting', Wagner Gallery, Hong Kong. 
'Sarajevo', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
This exhibition then travelled to: The Long Gallery, University of Wollongong.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
'Salon des Refusés', S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
'Sarajevo'. This exhibition travelled to: Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst.
'what we do', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney. 
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
'The Redlands Westpac (invitational) Art Prize", Redlands Gallery, Sydney.
'1999 Annual Watercolour Exhibition', Trinity Delmar Gallery, Sydney.
'Shifting Currents', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
'The Art of Drawing', Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
'Australian Watercolour Institute', Wagner Gallery, Sydney.
'The Redlands Westpac (invitational) Art Prize", Mosman (Regional) Art Gallery.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, Gosford Regional Art Gallery.
'Histories in the Making', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
'The Studio Tradition - National Art School 1883-2001', Manly Art Gallery and Museum. 
This exhibition then travelled to: Hazlehurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre;
'Annual Watercolour Exhibition', Trinity Delmar Gallery, Sydney.
'The Australian Watercolour Institute (Selected works from the 2001 Annual Exhibition)', Wollongong City Gallery.
'Annual Watercolour Exhibition', Trinity Delmar Gallery, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, Mosman (Regional) Art Gallery. 
'Paris Days. The UNSW studio in Paris', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
'The Studio Tradition - National Art School 1883-2001'. This exhibition travelled  to:                
Tamworth City Gallery; Manning Regional Art Gallery; Grafton Regional Gallery; Orange Regional Gallery.                   
'Showcase', Taylor Galleries, Sydney.
'The Studio Tradition - National Art School 1883-2001'. This exhibition travelled to:  
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery; Bathurst Regional Gallery; New England Regional Art Museum;
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery.
'The 17th Annual Jo Sonjas/Pack Saddle Selling Exhibition', New England Regional Art Museum.
'A Silver Lining & a New Beginning', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
'Drawing the Line', Delmar Gallery, Sydney.
'Destination Drawing', COFA Gallery and Performance Space, Sydney, and subsequently 'PC2RPC', Beijing.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, Gosford Regional Gallery.
Annual Watercolour Exhibition, Taylor Galleries, Sydney.
'The Studio Tradition - National Art School 1883-2001'. This exhibition travelled to: Albury City Gallery.
'Drawcard', Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, Mosman (Regional) Art Gallery.
'Still Life', Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
'Large Statements, Small Dimensions' (Australian Watercolour Institute exhibition), Artarmon Galleries, Sydney.
'COFA Fundraising Exhibition', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, Gosford Regional Gallery.
'Pearl' (exhibition in support of tsunami relief), Sheffer Gallery, Sydney.
'Hornsby Bestowed Art Collection", Hornsby Arts Council/Hornsby   TAFE Gallery, Sydney. 
National Art School fundraising exhibition, Cell Block Gallery, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery.
'Australian Watercolour Institute exhibiting at Artarmon Galleries', Artarmon Galleries, Sydney.
'Gift of the Artist', ACU National Gallery, Australian Catholic University, Strathfield, Sydney.
Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, Gosford Regional Gallery.
'Christmas Show', Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

          		
        

      


      
PRIZES, AWARDS and RESIDENCIES AWARDED

         
        

          
            
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Grenfell Prize for Oils.
Mirror-Waratah Special Prize (Open).	
Mirror-Waratah Prize for Watercolour (under 22).
Awarded Second Place, New South Wales Government Travelling Art Scholarship.
Bathurst Regional Prize.
New South Wales Government Travelling Art Scholarship.
Drummoyne Print Prize.
Dyason Bequest Grant, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Awarded Residency, Sydney University's Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
Dyason Bequest Grant, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Dyason Bequest Grant, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Campbelltown Watercolour Prize.
Drummoyne Watercolour Prize.
Drummoyne Modern Prize.
Drummoyne Grand Prize.
Campbelltown Watercolour Prize
Windsor Prize.
Drummoyne Watercolour Prize.
Lady Jane Fairfax Memorial Prize.
Manly Art Gallery Purchase Prize.
Capron Carter Drawing Prize.
Offered Residency, Visual Arts Board Studio, Vence, France. (Not taken up due to planned 
extended stays in New York and London.)
Pat Corrigan Grant.
Awarded an inaugural Artist-in-Residency of the Arthur Boyd property 'Riversdale', by the Bundanon Foundation.
Awarded an inaugural Artist-in-Residency of 'The Gunnery', Sydney, by the Ministry of the Arts, New South Wales Government.
Awarded Residency of the Denise Hickey Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, 
by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Awarded an inaugural Artist-in-Residency of the Haefliger/Bellette house/studio, Hill End, 
by the Bathurst Regional Gallery and the Department of Parks and Wildlife.
Awarded Residency of the University of New South Wales Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts. Paris.
Granted residency of French Government studio, Cité Internationale des Arts. Paris.
Awarded an Artist-in-Residency at the Arthur Boyd property 'Bundanon', by the Bundanon Foundation.

          		
        

      


      
COLLECTIONS PUBLIC and CORPORATE

         
        

          Art Gallery of
            New South Wales

            Artbank (5 paintings)

            Newcastle Region Art Gallery

            Manly Art Gallery

            Visual Arts Board Collection

            Windsor City Collection

            Campbelltown Municipal Collection

            Wollongong University Collection

            The University of New South Wales Collection

            Bundanon Foundation Collection

            University of Technology, Sydney

            New England Regional Art Museum (painting + artist's book incl
            4 silkscreen prints)

            Centro Dantesco, Ravenna (both painting and sculpture)

            Trinity College Collection

            Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra (com'n'd work for
            Officers' Mess)

            Hornsby Arts Council Collection

            HIH Insurance

            Sencorp		 
        

      





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