Peter Wilson Pottery

peter wilson – potter

Curriculum Vitae

NAME: Peter G. WILSON

RESIDENCIES

  • 2007 Rufford Ceramic Centre, Notts, UK
  • 2006 Visiting Professor, Beaconhouse University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 2003 Artist-in-Residence, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham, UK
  • 2001 Visiting Professor of Ceramics, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 1998 Visiting Research Fellow, International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy

EDUCATION:

  • 2003 Doctor of Creative Arts University of Western Sydney
  • 1995 Master of Creative Arts Wollongong University (Distinction)
  • 1993 Graduate Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts) Monash University Gippsland
  • 1976 Bachelor of Arts Macquarie University

Solo exhibitions

  • 2009 Earth Mosses, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown
  • 2008 Peter Wilson: 30 years on, Watson Arts Centre, Canberra
  • 2007 Peter Wilson: 30 years on, Bathurst Reg. Gallery
  • 2007 Peter Wilson: 30 years on, Wollongong University Gallery, Wollongong
  • 2007 PW: 30 years + Mosses and Lichens, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, Wollongong
  • 2007 PW: 30 years + Mosses and Lichens, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, Wollongong
  • 2006 Mosses and Lichens, Orange Regional Gallery
  • 2006 New Mosses, Alhamra Art Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 2005 Mosses and Lichens , Mura Clay, Newtown
  • 2004 CSU Wagga Wagga-Merrylees Library
  • 2002 Mura Clay Gallery Sydney
  • 2001 Perth Galleries West Australia
  • 2000 Dubbo Regional Gallery
  • 1999 L&S Gallery, Bathurst
  • 1997 Perth Galleries, West Australia
  • 1995/6 Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
  • 1995 Ceramic Art Gallery, Paddington
  • 1995 Orange Regional Gallery
  • 1994 Long Gallery Wollongong
  • 1992 Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
  • 1992 Old Bakery Gallery, Lane Cove
  • 1985 Balmain Gallery
  • 1984 Balmain Gallery
  • 1981 Marsden Galleries, Bathurst
  • 1980 Marsden Galleries, Bathurst

Group Exhibitions

  • 2005 Earthly Encounters Orange Regional Gallery
  • 2004 Traces and Beyond, with Pippin Drysdale, Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery
  • 2003 The Rye Crop, Mura Clay Gallery, Newtown
  • 2002 Table Talk, Mura Clay Gallery, Newtown
  • 2002 Caves: Hidden Visions, Bathurst Regional Gallery with Tim Miller and Peter Marshall
  • 2000 Life Forms: Earth Forms, Orange Regional Gallery with Tim Miller, Peter Marshall and Jeannie Holmes
  • 1999 Artists of Our Region, Bathurst Regional Gallery
  • 1998 National College of Arts Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 1994 Union Gallery, CSU, Bathurst with Karen Casey and David Wilson
  • 1994 Packsaddle Exhibition, New England Regional Gallery, Armidale
  • 1993 Ceramic Landscape Imagery A collaborative exhibition with John Olsen, Olsen Carr Gallery and Sherman Galleries, Paddington, Sydney
  • 1993 Packsaddle Exhibition, New England Regional Gallery, Armidale
  • 1992 Marsden Galleries, Bathurst with Graham Lupp
  • 1992 Union Gallery, C.S.U. Bathurst with Paul Harvey and David Wilson
  • 1991 The Bathurst Four Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, with D. Wilson, S. Hart, M. Coyte
  • 1990 Union Gallery, CSU Bathurst with D. Wilson
  • 1982 Bathurst Regional Gallery
  • 1980 Potters Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions:

  • 2007 The Last Exhibition, Rufford Ceramic Gallery, Notts, UK
  • 2007 Beyond Hill End, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong
  • 2006 Verge, Australian Ceramics Conference, Brisbane
  • 2006 Collect, Hamilton Potters’ GUild, Ontario, Canada
  • 2006 New Crystalline, St Joseph’s Galerie, Leeuwarden, Neth
  • 2005 Porcelain and Bone China, Freeman Gallery, Hobart
  • 2005 Porcelain and Bone China, Raglan Gallery Manly
  • 2005 Gold Coast International Ceramic Award
  • 2004 Gold Coast International Ceramic Award
  • 2004 Bowled and Beautiful, Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney
  • 2004 Made at Rufford, Rufford Craft Centre, Notts, UK
  • 2003 Earth and Fire, Rufford Craft Centre, Notts, UK
  • 2003 Ceramics: the Australian and New Zealand context, Campbelltown Regional Gallery
  • 2001 Gold Coast International Ceramic Award
  • 2001 Bowled Over, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth
  • 2000 Decade, Bathurst Regional Gallery
  • 2000 The Generous Vessel, Object Gallery Customs House, Sydney
  • 2000 Ceramics: The Australian Context, Campbelltown Regional Gallery
  • 1999 International Artists, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad
  • 1999 Friends of the Edge, Perth Galleries, Perth
  • 1999 The Teapot Show, Old Bakery Gallery, Perth
  • 1998 Bathurst Art Purchase, Bathurst Regional Gallery
  • 1998 Hyperclay, Stables Gallery, Mudgee
  • 1997 Gold Coast International Ceramic Award
  • 1997 Alice Springs Craft Acquisition
  • 1997 Pieces of Importance, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls
  • 1996 The Porcelain Show, Perth Galleries
  • 1996 Pieces of Importance, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls
  • 1996 The Bowled and Beautiful, Fremantle
  • 1995 Gold Coast International Ceramic Award
  • 1995 From Strength and Hope, Amnesty International Exhibition: Wooloomooloo
  • 1995 Bathurst Art Purchase, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
  • 1994 The Bowled and Beautiful, Fremantle.
  • 1994 Myths, Magic and Madness, Manly Art Museum
  • 1993 Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland.
  • 1991 Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne-Monash Uni. Postgraduate Students

Awards

  • 2002 NSW Ceramic Study Open Award-Great Glaze
  • 1999 Pioneer Potters Mackay
  • 1998 Bathurst Art Purchase, Ceramics
  • 1998 Lithgow Pottery Prize
  • 1997 NSW Ceramic Study Group Open Award
  • 1997 NSW Ceramic Study Group Raku Award
  • 1996 Lithgow Pottery Prize
  • 1994 Australian Ceramic Study Group Open Award
  • 1993 Bathurst Art Purchase, Ceramics
  • 1991 Bathurst Art Purchase, Ceramics
  • 1974 Hunters Hill Art Exhibition, Ceramics

Professional Memberships

  • 2001 Craftmark Accreditation, Craft Council of Aust.
  • 1986 Exhibiting Member, Potters Society of Australia

Collections

  • Burlington Art Centre, Ontario Canada
  • CSU, Burlington, Ontario
  • Gwungju City Prefecture, Seoul, South Korea
  • AMP Society, Sydney
  • National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Australian National Gallery
  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery. (4 works)
  • The personal collections of former Prime Ministers, The Hon. Paul Keating and the Hon. Bob Hawke
  • Wollongong University
  • Australia Council
  • Kasumi Corporation, Japan
  • Ohkuma City Prefecture, Japan
  • Artbank

Commissions

  • 2006 Bathurst Teachers College Memorial Sculpture, CSU, Bathurst
  • 2000 Millenium Tile Project, South Bathurst Public School
  • 1996 Holy Trinity Church, Kelso – ceramic tiles for memorial wall.
  • 1996 Kelso Public School, Bathurst – ceramic tiles for one hundred and twenty five year celebration memorial wall.
  • 1988 Bicentennial tile wall project, Raglan School, Bathurst.