Biography

Qualifications

1986 Postgraduate Diploma in Sculpture, Victorian College of the Arts.
1984 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Corcoran College of Art, Washington DC, USA
1980 Bachelor of Applied Science, Latrobe University, VIC
1972-5 Printmaking - Camden Institute and Islington Studio, London

Solo exhibitions

2004-6 Sculpture on extended loan to Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
2002 Colonial Dreaming, Judith Pugh Gallery, VIC
2002 Designs on the Land, Helen Maxwell Gallery, ACT
2000 Domesticating Landscape, ANCA, ACT
1997 Curiosities, aGOG , Canberra ACT
1992 The Golden Echo Port Fairy Spring Music Festival VIC
1991 Underlay Port Fairy Spring Festival, Port Fairy VIC
Point of View and Regarding Landscape, Judith Pugh Gallery, Fitzroy
1990 Passage, Judith Pugh Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
1989 Travelling Light, 70 Arden St. Gallery, VIC
1985 House and Garden, Gallery 10, Washington DC, USA

Group exhibitions

2006 Art’s a great gift, Chrysalis Gallery, Victoria
John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery – Sale, Victoria
New Social Commentaries Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
2005 Lake Gnotuk, a layered history, Geelong Art Gallery and NETS Touring 2006
to Ballarat, Warrnambool, Riddoch and Bundoora Regional Galleries
2004 The Fleurieu Prize, McLaren Vale, SA
2003 From the ‘scape J Pugh Gallery at 45 Downstairs, Flinders Lane, Melbourne
B. Cole-Adams; C. Dyson; I. Parry and I.Briant
2002 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast, Q
The Fleurieu Prize, McLaren Vale, South Australia and Touring Exhibition
The 32nd Alice Prize, Alice Springs, N.T.
Toowoomba Biennial Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Q
Invented Views, B.Cole-Adams & C.Dyson, Judith Pugh Gallery, Mt Macedon VIC
This is now ANCA Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2001 The Secret life of Plants, Academy of Science ACT
2000 Vast, Max Lawson Gallery, Sydney NSW
1999 Sekali Lagi, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia
Weereewa Exhibition, Goulburn Regional Gallery NSW
The Pack Age, touring Sydney,Campbelltown, Orange, Albury, Flinders University
1998 Toowoomba Biennial, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Q
Warped Tree, Shift textile symposium, Canberra School of Art, ACT
1997 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize , Gold Coast, Q.
1996 International Sculpture Event, Toolangi State Forest, VIC
Toowoomba Biennial, Toowoomba Reg. Art Gallery, Q.
1995 The Blake Prize Exhibition, State Library of NSW & Touring
Pack Stack Roll Unfold, Stop 22 St Kilda, VIC & Touring
Bias Binding, National Gallery of Victoria & tour toGippsland
A Changing Landscape Nolan Gallery, Lanyon,A.C.T
New Forms and Expressions, Australian.High Commission, Malaysia
1991 No Vacancy Inaugural Exhibition, Collins St, Melbourne
1990 Castlemaine State Festival Drawing Prize VIC
1988 The Alice Prize, Alice Springs, N.T.
1987 Peter Saville & Brigid Cole-Adams, 70 Arden . Melbourne VIC
Personal Views, Westpac Gallery, Victorian Arts CentreVIC
A Chance Meeting, Caulfield Arts Centre, VIC
1986 Eighteen Artists, V.C.A.Post Graduate.Exhib., Melbourne.University.Gallery.
1984 Inside Reality, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore USA.
1975 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, UK

Awards

2006 John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery - Sale
2001 artsACT project grant
1993 & 1999 Asialink Residencies – University Teknology MARA & Rimbun Dahan Malaysia
1984 Bernstein Award [Painting] and Thom Award [Sculpture]Corcoran College of Art
Washington DC, USA

Collections

Australian National Gallery; State Library of Victoria; ACT Legislative Assembly, Canberra;
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland; University Teknologi MARA,Malaysia

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