Represented by Utopia Art Sydney, 2 Danks Street, Waterloo, NSW, 2017
Tel: 61 2 9699 2900 Fax: 61 2 9699 2988
Website: www.lizcoats.orcon.net.nz
| 1993-7 | College of Fine Arts, University of NSW. Master of Fine Arts (Research) (Hons Class 1) |
| 1977 | Melbourne State College, Diploma of Education |
| 1966-68 | Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland, Diploma of Fine Art |
| 2008 | 'Liz Coats - New Paintings', Tivoli, Waiheke Island, Aukland, NZ |
| 'Liz Coats - see, here, know', Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney NSW | |
| 2006 | 'Strata', Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
| 2004 | 'Liquid Light' Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
| 2003 | 'New Paintings' Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
| 'New Works by Liz Coats' Te Tuhi-The Mark, NZ | |
| 'New Works' Studio Gallery Manukau City, NZ | |
| Lilian Ida Smith Acquisitive Award exhibition, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ | |
| 2002 | X Space, Auckland, NZ |
| University of Technology, NZ | |
| Quay Gallery, Whanganui Community Polytechnic, NZ | |
| Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin, NZ | |
| The Physics Room, Christchurch, NZ | |
| 2000 | Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ |
| 1998 | Art Gallery of NSW, Level 2, Sydney, NSW |
| Creation Gallery, Beijing | |
| Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1997 | Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| 1996 | Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| 1995 | Brooker Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1994 | Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| 1993 | Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC |
| Brooker Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1992 | Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| 1991 | Syme/Dodson Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| Brooker Gallery, Wellington, NZ | |
| 1990 | Syme/ Dodson Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1989 | Syme/ Dodson Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1987 | Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1986 | Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1985 | Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1984 | Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1983 | Avago, Sydney, NSW |
| 1981 | David Reids' Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1978 | Gallery Data, Auckland, NZ |
| Riverina CAE, Wagga Wagga, NSW | |
| 1977 | George Paton & Ewing Galleries, Melbourne University Union, VIC |
| 2009 | 'abstraction', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW |
| 'pinned & framed', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 'pairs of paintings', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Phoenix Prize for Spiritual Art', Australian National University, Canberra, ACT | |
| 'The 23rd Annual Packsaddle Selling Exhibition', New England Regional Art Museum, NSW | |
| '2009 Korean International Art Fair', CO-EX, Korea | |
| 2008 | 'Australian Abstraction', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW |
| 'Fragile Absolute', Delmar Art Gallery, NSW | |
| 'Melbourne Art Fair 2008', Royal Exhibition Building, VIC | |
| 2007 | 'Liz Coats - time and motion, Helen Eager - plains to mountains, Peter Maloney - electric planchette,' Utopia Art Sydney, NSW |
| 'Turning 20', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Norsewood Contemporary Art Award Exhibition', Hastings, NZ | |
| 'Space Between Words', Brown's Cows Art Projects, Gosford, NSW | |
| 2006 | 'Melbourne Art Fair 2006', Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC |
| 'Mosman Art Prize', Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Bits and Pieces abstract art', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 2005 | 'Paddington Art Prize' Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney, NSW |
| 'from big things little things grow', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| '2005 - The Year In art', S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Dawn Light' Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW | |
| 'Sydney v Melbourne' Silvershot, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 'Museum II' Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Abstraction 4' Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 'New Ideas 2005' Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 'So you wanna be a rock'n'roll star: Australian painting from the NGV Shell Collection', Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park, Hamilton Art Gallery, VIC | |
| 'A Matter of Substance', 26 leading New Zealand Glass Artists, Kensington, Gallery, Adelaide, SA | |
| 'Hazelhurst Art Award 2005 - Art on Paper', Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW |
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| 'Wanganui Arts Review' Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ Merit Award, Gallery Dalgleish, Wanganui, NZ | |
| 'NZSAG@GAS' New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass members' exhibition, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide, SA | |
| 'Norsewear Art Award 2005', Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings | |
| 'Blue' Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark | |
| 2004 | 'Dowse Foundation Auction' Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, NZ |
| 'Recent Acquisitions' Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ | |
| 'Melbourne Art Fair 2004' Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 'Southern Exposure: A Survey of New Zealand Glass', Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui NZ, & Glasmuseet, Elbeltoft, Denmark, curators: Grace Cochrane & Angela Lassig | |
| 'Wanganui Arts Review', Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ | |
| Merit Award, Gallery Dalgleish, Wanganui, NZ | |
| 'Abstracting the Collection' Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC, curators: Zara Stanthorpe & Kendrah Morgan | |
| 2003 | 'Significant Tilt', Art and the Horizon of Meaning, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW |
| 'Hidden Treasures', Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW | |
| 'The Wonder of Water, Unesco year of water', Community Arts Centre, Wanganui, NZ | |
| 'Mosman Prize Exhibition' Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 2002 | 'The Year In Review' Utopia Art Sydney, NSW |
| 'A Silver Lining and a New Beginning', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'The Redlands Westpac Art Prize' Mosman Art Gallery, NSW, curator; Felicity Fenner | |
| Wallace Art Awards, Auckland War Memorial Museum & Massey University, Wellington Campus, NZ (Special Jury Award) | |
| 'Good Vibrations: The Legacy of Op Art in Australia', Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC, curator: Zara Stanhope | |
| 'Melbourne Art Fair 2002', Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 'Solstice', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| Liz Coats & Eva Heimer, Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney Union, NSW, curator: Nick Vickers | |
| 2001 | 'Travellers', Te Wa, Wanganui, NZ |
| 'The Immaculate Perception', Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, NZ, curator: Paul Hansen | |
| Liz Coats & Eva Heimer, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, curator: Nick Vickers | |
| 'Intersections of Art and Science' in conjunction with ISIS-Symmetry Art & Science Congress, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW | |
| 'Leaping Boundaries: A century of New Zealand artists in Australia', Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, curator: Sue Gardiner | |
| 'New Work', Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, NZ | |
| 'Strictly for the birds', installation/performance at the 'Performances Conditionelles' Arts Festival, Taler, France, August. (Presented by Sonja van Kerkhoff) | |
| 'Dans le jardin des beaux arts', site specific installation in the ARS Aemula Naturae Gallery, Leiden, Netherlands. Curators: Sonja van Kerkhoff, Jacqueline Wassen, Sen McGlinn | |
| 2000 | 'Door-to-Door', selected artists explore the concepts and connotations of the door, Fisher Gallery, Manukau City, NZ, curator: Rhoda Fowler |
| Seoul International Communication Design Exhibition, Korea | |
| 'The Numbers Game: Art and Mathematics', Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ, curator: Zara Stanhope | |
| 'Meeting Lines', Margaret Roberts and Liz Coats, Otago Polytechnic Art School, Dunedin, NZ | |
| 'Who Am I', curator: Paul Rayner, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ | |
| 'Idea and Influence' Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Expatriates II' Te Wa Gallery, Wanganui, NZ | |
| 1999 | 'Silver', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW, curator: Nick Waterlow |
| 'Primary Colours: Red', Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1998 | 'Australian Watercolour Institute, Contemporary Invitational '98', S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, curator: Jo Holder |
| 'After the Masters 1993-7', selected work, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW, curators: Jennifer Hardy & Nick Waterlow | |
| 'Optics', Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney Union, curator: Nick Vickers | |
| 'Co-Existence - Australian Artists Against Racism', Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Primary Colours: Blue', Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Synapse Event', Dog Trap Rd, Mangrove Mountain, NSW | |
| 1997/8 | 'Art-Inter-Change', Exhibition in conjunction with 2nd IAAH Pacific Rim |
| 'Conference on Adolescent Health', Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'AAAR! WIK Jigsaw, Conference for Reconciliation', Melbourne,18-26 May | |
| 'AAAR! Message Sticks, Field of Dreams', S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Drawing on the Diaphanous (glass artists in association with Ausglass Conference)' Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1996 | 'Skirting Abstraction: Twelve Women Abstract Painters', Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New, Plymouth, NZ, curator: John Hurrell |
| 'Unavailable Space', Curator: Suzanne Bartos, Performance Space, Sydney, NSW | |
| Mosman Art Prize exhibition, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'ARTSEA' Internet Exhibition & Auction for the Coral Reef Research Institute | |
| 1995 | 'Paper', Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| 'Australian Contemporary Painting', Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Ironsides', exhibition & auction for New England Art Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Minima:Maxima', Liz Coats, Jim Croke, Jon Plapp, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University Union, NSW, curator:Nick Vickers | |
| 'Bathurst Art Purchase exhibition', Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW | |
| Horst Kiechle, Margaret Roberts & Liz Coats', Parliament House Gallery, Sydney, NSW. (Exhibition linked to Chimera Symposium) |
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| 'Girls! Girls! Girls! Annandale Galleries', Sydney & Orange Regional Gallery, NSW |
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| 1994 | 'Town & Gown', Victoria University Collection, Wellington, NZ |
| 'Three artists: Liz Coats, Esther Morgan Leigh, Geoff Thornley', Brooker Gallery, Wellington, NZ |
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| 'Circle, Line, Square: Aspects of Geometry', Campbelltown City Art Gallery. (Touring: Newcastle, Albury, New England Regional Art Galleries), NSW. Curator: Sioux Garside | |
| 'Contemporary Australian Paintings: Works from the Allen, Allen & Hemsley Collection', Melbourne International Festival, Victorian Arts Centre, VIC. curator: Ewen McDonald |
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| 'Going Public: Ideas for Transforming Public Space', Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1993 | 'Works on paper', Sherman Galleries, Sydney, and Solander Galleries, Canberra, ACT |
| 'Thought Painting', Curator: Scott Redford, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane, QLD | |
| 1992 | 'The New Metaphysic', curator: Felicity Fenner, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| '29 Ways', Visual Arts staff from the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW | |
| 1991 | 'Frames of Reference: Aspects of Feminist Art', Artspace, Pier 4/5, Sydney, NSW, curator: Sally Couacaud |
| 'Drawing Show', Syme/Dodson Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Abstract Paintings', Brooker Gallery, Wellington, NZ | |
| 'Fine & Decorative', David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1990 | 'Abstraction', Art Gallery of NSW, curator: Victoria Lynn |
| 'Tokyo Connection: Twelve Australian Artists', Heineken, Village Exhibition Centre, Tokyo | |
| 'The Radiant Core', David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, curator: Terence Maloon | |
| 'Works on Paper', Brooker Gallery, Wellington, NZ | |
| 1989 | 'Modern Australian Paintings', Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC |
| 'Australian Watercolours, Drawings, Prints', 1935-1989,Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 'Inside the Greenhouse', Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1988 | 'Maiden Voyage', First Draft Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 'Structures of Necessity', First Draft Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1986 | 'Surface for Reflexion', Curator: Tony Bond, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW |
| 1985 | 'The Subject of Painting', Curator: Paul McGillick, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW |
| 'In Visible Pursuit', Curator: Merilyn Fairskye, Artspace, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Acquisitions', NewCastle Regional Art Gallery, NSW | |
| 1984 | Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC |
| 1983 | 'Perspecta', Curator:Bernice Murphy, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW |
| 'Artspace Special Event', Curator: Judy Annear, Artspace, Sydney, NSW | |
| Golden Age Gallery, Ballarat, VIC. | |
| 1982 | 'From the Inside Out', Women & Arts Festival, Sydney, NSW |
| 1981 | 'Ten Years After', Ewing & George Paton Galleries, Melbourne University Union, VIC |
| Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Women's Art at Work: A mobile exhibition of women's art on tour, VIC | |
| 'Apmira, Artists for Aboriginal Land Rights', Sydney, NSW | |
| 'David Reids' Watercolour Show', David Reids' Gallery,Sydney, NSW | |
| 1980 | 'Capital Permanent Invitation Exhibition', Geelong Art Gallery, VIC |
| 1979 | 'Women's Electoral Lobby Exhibition', Niagara Gallery, Melbourne, VI |
| 1978 | 'The Map Show', Ewing & George Paton Galleries, Melbourne Univ. Union, VIC |
| 'Wagga Wagga Annual Invitation Exhibition', Wagga Wagga, NSW | |
| 1977 | 'The Women's Show', Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA |
| 'Self Images', La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 2001 | 'Fertile Ground: An artist looks at McCahon', Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin, NZ |
| Allens Arthur Robinson | University of Western Sydney |
| Artbank | Federal Court of Australia, Canberra |
| Art Gallery of NSW | Victoria University, Wellington, NZ |
| Auckland City Art Gallery | Heide Museum of Modern Art |
| Australian Embassy, Beijing | Law Commission, Wellington, NZ |
| Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ | Macquarie Group Collection |
| National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | Max Watters Collection |
| Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ | Melbourne University |
| Bathurst Regional Gallery | New England Regional Art Museum |
| BP Collection | New Parliament House |
| Shell Collection of Contemporary Australian Art | Queensland Art Gallery |
| Campbelltown City Art Gallery | Redlands Art Collection |
| University of Sydney Union | National Bank of NZ, Wellington |
| University of Technology Union | Newcastle Art Gallery |
| Dowse Art Museum, New Zealand | Bundanon Trust |
| Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark | National Gallery of Victoria |
| Christchurch City Art Gallery, NZ | University of Technology Sydney |
| 2007 | Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence, Bundanon, NSW |
| 2005 | The Gunnery at Artspace, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW |
| 2000 | Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawkes Bay, NZ |
| 1999 | Rita Angus Studio, Wellington, NZ |
| 1998 | Asialink Residency, Beijing Art Academy, Beijing, China |
| 1996 | Artist Residency, School of Art, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin |
| Artist Residency, School of Art, Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ. | |
| 1987 | Tokyo Studio, Visual Arts Board |
| 2004 | Merit Award, Wanganui Arts Review, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui |
| 2003 | Lilian Ida Smith Acquisitive Award, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ |
| 2002 | The Redlands Westpac Art Prize |
| Special Jury Prize, 2002 Wallace Art Awards | |
| 1999 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant |
| 1994 | Australian Post-Graduate Award, MFA Research, COFA, University of NSW |
| 1992 | Development Grant, Visual Arts/Crafts Board |
| 1989 | Artist's Fellowship, Visual Arts/Crafts Board |
| 1986 | Studio & Material Costs, Visual Arts Board |
| 1983 | Studio & Material Costs, Visual Arts Board |
| 1981 | Assistance Towards an Exhibition, Visual Arts Board |
| 2002 | Anne Loxley (Redlands Westpac Art Prize), Sydney Morning Herald, October |
| 2001 | Liz Coats & Eva Heimer at Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Courtney Kidd (Intersections of Art & Science, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, Univ.NSW), Sydney Morning Herald, 13 June |
| Paul Field, (solo exhibition: Shifting Geometries and Curated Exhibition: Fertile Ground: An artist looks at McCahon, Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin) Otago Daily Times, 5 April | |
| Sue Gardiner, Art Notes: NZ, Art Monthly No. 138, April | |
| 1998 | Bruce James, (solo exhibition: Annandale Galleries) Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March |
| 1997 | Nicky Combs, (solo exhibition: Creation Gallery, Beijing) Illus. with Chinese text, Art Life Magazine, July, China |
| Zhongguo Yishu Bao (Art Paper), (solo exhibition: Creation Gallery, Beijing) 3 July | |
| Brief reviews in: China Daily: Exhibitions, 29 June & 4 July; Youth Daily (illus.) 23 June; Beijing Weekend: Art, 27 June, 3 July | |
| Allan Smith, 'Skirting Abstraction: Scepticism and Sensibility', Art New Zealand, No. 82, Autumn 1997, pp.35-39 (illus.) | |
| Bruce James, (solo exhibition, glass: Annandale Galleries) review: Sydney Morning Herald, 7 February | |
| Joanna Mendelssohn, (solo exhibition, Annandale Galleries) Review: Liz Coats, Painting with Glass, The Australian, Arts on Friday 31 January | |
| 1996 | Bruce James, (solo exhibition: Annandale Galleries), Review: Sydney Morning Herald, 21 June |
| Paul McGillick, Australian Financial Review (solo exhibition: Annandale Galleries), 28 June |
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| Interview, Charmain Smith, Otago Daily Times, Dunedin, NZ, 3 September | |
| 1995 | Stephen Cain, Evening Post, Wellington (solo exhibition:Brooker Gallery) 25 November |
| 1994 | Felicity Fenner, Sydney Morning Herald (Minima:Maxima) 21 April |
| Stephen Cain, Evening Post, Wellington (Liz Coats, Esther Morgan Leigh, Geoff Thornley at Brooker Gallery) 3 December | |
| Elwyn Lynn, Australian Weekend (solo exhibition, Annandale Galleries) 11-12 June | |
| 1993 | Natalie King, Art and Text, September 1992 |
| Lynette Fern, Sydney Morning Herald (solo exhibition: Annandale Galleries) 3 July | |
| Julie Ewington, Art & Text No. 41 (Frames of Reference) | |
| 1991 | Meredith Morse, The Politics of Metaphor, Eyeline No.17 Summer, (Frames of Reference) |
| Rob Taylor, The Dominion, Wellington (Abstract Paintings, Brooker Gallery) 30 January | |
| 1990 | Joel Perron, Japan Times, (Tokyo Connection: Twelve Australian Artists) Tokyo, 10 June |
| Rodney O'Brien, Japan Times Colour Supplement (illus.) (Tokyo Connection: Twelve. Australian Artists) Tokyo, 9 July | |
| Elwyn Lynn, Weekend Australian (Abstraction AGNSW), 9/10 June | |
| Elwyn Lynn, Weekend Australian (solo exhibition: Syme/Dodson Gallery) 7/8 July | |
| Bronwyn Watson, Sydney Morning Herald (solo exhibition:Syme/Dodson Gallery) 29 June | |
| John Hawke, Art Monthly No.33, August (solo exhibition: Syme/Dodson Gallery) | |
| Christopher Allen, Sydney Morning Herald (The Radiant Core,David Jones Gallery) 21 July | |
| 1989 | John McDonald, Sydney Morning Herald (solo exhibition: Syme/Dodson Gallery) 1 April |
| Jacques Delaruelle, Sydney Review No. 11, April (solo exhibition: Syme/Dodson Gallery) | |
| Bronwyn Watson, Sydney Morning Herald (group exhibition: First Draft Gallery) 22 January | |
| 1986 | Terence Maloon, Sydney Morning Herald (solo exhibition, Garry Anderson Gallery) 29 March |
| Elwyn Lynn, Australian (solo exhibition, Garry Anderson Gallery) 5 April | |
| Susanna Short, Daily Telegraph (solo exhibition, Garry Anderson Gallery) 27 March | |
| Joanna Mendelssohn, Art Network, Winter/Spring (solo exhibition, Garry Anderson Gallery) | |
| John McDonald, Sydney Morning Herald, Critic's Choice, 27 December | |
| John McDonald, Sydney Morning Herald (group exhibition, AGNSW) 6 December | |
| 1985 | Terence Maloon, Sydney Morning Herald (solo exhibition,Garry Anderson Gallery) 19 April |
| Susanna Short, Sydney Morning Herald (solo exhibition, Garry Anderson Gallery) 3 May |
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| Terence Maloon, Sydney Morning Herald, Critic's Choice, December | |
| 1984 | Terence Maloon, Sydney Morning Herald (solo exhibition,Garry Anderson Gallery) 21 April |
| 1981 | Nancy Borlase, Sydney Morning Herald (solo exhibition, David Reids' Gallery) 16 May |
| Elwyn Lynn, Australian (solo exhibition, David Reids' Gallery) 9 May. | |
| Exhibition commentary, Art & Australia, Summer 1981 | |
| 1978 | Gordon H. Brown, Auckland Star (solo exhibition, Gallery Data) Auckland Arts Festival, 5 April |
| Mary Eagle, The Age (group exhibition: The Map Show, Ewing & George Paton Gallery) 17 May | |
| 1977 | Mary Eagle, The Age (solo exhibition, Ewing & George Paton Gallery) 16 November |
| 2005 | Book: "Australian Contemporary Painting - The Classic Works of 42 Excellent Artists", Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, edited by Jingzhe Li. Illustrations : p 20-21 |
| Catalogue: 'Dawn Light: International contemporary Art Symposium', Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW, 27 Sept. - 23 Oct | |
| 2004 | Grace Cochrane, Neues Glas/New Glass Magazine, Fall 2004 Germany & USA, 'Southern Exposure' exhibition, p 20-7 |
| Liz Coats, paper given at Symmetry: Art and Science Tihany Congress, Hungary: 'Colour is structure in Abstract Painting'. In: The Journal of the International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry (ISIS-Symmetry), 2004 /1-4 |
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| 2003 | Liz Coats - 'Dark Waters' catalogue, essay by Derek March, Lopdell House, Auckland, NZ |
| Tarek Bazley radio interview for 'What's Going On', Radio National, NZ | |
| Laurel Stowell, City Artist Honoured (Lilian Ida Smith Award), Wanganui Chronical, NZ | |
| 'Significant Tilt' catalogue, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW | |
| Bridie Lonie essay 'Analogical machines' | |
| 'Liz Coats - New paintings' catalogue, Utopia Art Sydney, NSW | |
| 2002 | Catalogue: Good Vibrations: The legacy of ÎOpâ Art in Australia, curator: Zara Stanhope, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC |
| Andrew Paul Wood, Shifting Geometries: Liz Coats (Physics Room: 17 Jan - 10 Feb 2001) | |
| In: Physics Room Annual 2001, The Physics Room Trust, Christchurch, NZ | |
| Points of View: University of Technology Sydney Art Collection, editor: Ewen McDonald, Sydney, NSW | |
| Catalogue: Liz Coats & Eva Heimer, curator: Nick Vickers, Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW | |
| Laurel Stowell, interview in Wanganui Chronicle, 25 March | |
| Glass Notes May 2002, NZSAG (NZ Society of Artists in Glass) Newsletter, Autumn | |
| 2001 | Paper given at ISIS-Symmetry: Art & Science Sydney Congress |
| 'Shifting Geometries - Dimensional Colour in Abstract Painting', University of NSW, Sydney, 7-14 July | |
| Bridie Lonie, 'Liz Coats: Holding Patterns', Art New Zealand, No. 98 Autumn | |
| Catalogue 'Intersections of Art and Science', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, UNSW, Essay: Anna Munster | |
| Catalogue: 'Leaping Boundaries: A century of New Zealand artists in Australia, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 'Fertile Ground: An artist looks at McCahon'. Liz Coats writes and curates on Colin McCahon, Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin, March - May 2001 | |
| Liz Coats: Notes from China, In: Arts Dialogue, Journal of the Ba'hai Organization, No. 54, February | |
| 2000 | Zara Stanhope, curator's essay in association with exhibition: The Numbers Game: Art and Mathematics, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ |
| Booklet: Inside Painting: Artist's statement for exhibition, "Meeting Lines": Margaret Roberts & Liz Coats, Otago Polytechnic Art School, Dunedin, NZ | |
| D'Arcy Dalzell, 'Shifting Geometries', catalogue essay, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ | |
| D'Arcy Dalzell, 'Liz Coats: Shifting Geometries', Sarjeant Gallery Newsletter, March/April/May 2000 | |
| 1999 | Liz Coats, (Aspiring to) The Great Wide Open: Notes on China, In: Australian Asian Arts Society Journal, Vol.8, No.1, March 1999 |
| 1998 | Artist's statement in catalogue: The Sieve, Nets & Everything, (solo exhibition: Creation Gallery, Beijing), June |
| Illustrated catalogue, English & Chinese text. Privately published on the occasion of Asialink Residency, Beijing, March-July | |
| Artist's statement: Morphic Paintings (solo exhibition, Annandale Galleries, Sydney) February | |
| Photo-documentation & catalogue report in: Japan Foundation: International Forum. Symposium: Artist-in-residence program - Weighing up the options, celebrating 100 years of Australia-Japan Friendship | |
| Co-ordinator: Emiko Namikawa, Tokyo, 4 Feb | |
| 1995 | Bruce James, catalogue essay: 'In the Congregations, the paintings of Liz Coats', solo exhibition, Brooker Gallery,Wellington, NZ |
| Catalogue essay on work of Margaret Roberts, for group exhibition of installation artists, The Viaduct Project, Sydney, NSW | |
| Catalogue: The Shell Collection of Contemporary Australian Painting. Curator: Robert Lindsay, Melbourne (illus.) | |
| George Alexander, catalogue essay for exhibition: Minima:Maxima, University of Sydney Union | |
| 1994 | Sioux Garside & Jenny Zimmer, catalogue essays in: Circle, Line, Square: Aspects of Geometry, Campbelltown City Art Gallery (illus.) |
| 1993 | Catalogue: Allen, Allen & Hemsley Collection (illus.). Anne Kirker, New Zealand Women Artists, 2nd edition, Craftsman House, Sydney (illus.) |
| 1992 | Artist interview with Nigel Hoffman in 'Transforming Art', Sydney. Brigitte Carcenac de Torne, 'Colours that fan out subjectivity', in: Binocular, Vol.2, Moet et Chandon, Sydney |
| Cover illustration: The Fisherwoman and the Gardener: The Heart, in: Study Design booklet for Languages other than English, Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Board, Melbourne | |
| Paul Carter, Art Monthly Dec/Jan No.46, 'Mining the Surface: The Illusion of Depth in Australian Landscape Painting | |
| Sandy Kirby, Sight Lines: Women's Art & Feminist Perspectives in Australia, Craftsman House (illus.) | |
| 1991 | Ewen McDonald, Liz Coats: A Body of Work, in: Art New Zealand, September |
| Artist's statement in: Frames of Reference catalogue. Curator: Sally Couacaud, Pier 4/5, Sydney (in association with Dissonance Program) | |
| Liz Coats, Art Monthly, October No.44, Mootwingee Sacred Site | |
| 1990 | Victoria Lynn, Catalogue essay: Abstraction. Art Gallery of NSW (illus.) |
| Terence Maloon, Catalogue essay: The Radiant Core. David Jones Gallery, Sydney | |
| Max Germaine, Artists & Galleries of Australia & New Zealand, Craftsman House (illus.) | |
| Terence Maloon, chapter: Commitment to abstraction in: Contemporary Australian Painting, Editor: Eileen Chanin.Craftsman House, Sydney | |
| Sabrina Achilles, 'Tokyo Connection', interview in: From Australia: Contemporary Art & Craft, No. 2. Published by the Australia Council | |
| Catalogue statement for exhibition: Tokyo Connection: Twelve Australian artists in Tokyo | |
| 1989 | Joanna Mendelssohn, The Vision Splendid, in: The Bulletin, 24 October. |
| Takaki Hasegawa, 'Stillness and Motion through using Japanese paper as material, Yomiuri Shimbun, November | |
| Catalogue essay for exhibition of drawings by Leah Mackinnon, First Draft Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1988 | Catalogue statement for exhibition: Structures of Necessity, First Draft Gallery, Sydney |
| Interview with Yoko Matsuda, in: Bijutsu Techo, Contemporary Art Magazine, Tokyo, July, p 249 | |
| Artist's Diary, Arts Monthly, December | |
| Interview with staff reporter, in: Tokyo Shimbun, Tokyo,14 March | |
| Interview with Graham Wicks, In: Australian Embassy Bulletin, Tokyo, January. | |
| 1986 | Tony Bond, catalogue essay in: 'Surface for Reflexion', Art Gallery of NSW & touring Regional NSW Galleries |
| 1985 | Catalogue essay, Ingrid Perez & Gary Sangster, 'In Visible Pursuit', Artspace, Sydney |
| Paul McGillick, catalogue essay,'The Subject of Painting', Art Gallery of New South Wales | |
| 1981 | Janine Burke, 'Bringing it all back home: Thoughts on recent abstract painting' in: Art & Australia, Vol.18, p.370-4 |
Teaching in tertiary institutions in Australia and New Zealand since 1987
Specialized in painting, with attention to drawing and studio theory
| 1987 | Part-time lecturer (Painting) Year 3, East Sydney Technical College |
| 1988 | Part-time lecturer (Painting) Year 3, East Sydney Technical College |
| Part-time lecturer (Painting) Year 1, Sydney College of the Arts | |
| Part-time lecturer (Painting: tutorials & studio supervision) Years 2 & 3, Sydney College of the Arts | |
| Part-time lecturer (Painting: studio supervision) Post-graduate, Sydney College of the Arts | |
| 1989 | P/T lecturer (Painting) Years 2 & 3 & post-graduate, Sydney College of the Arts |
| Studio Theory course in abstract painting, Years 2 & 3, Sydney College of the Arts | |
| P/T lecturer (Painting) Year 3, East Sydney Technical College | |
| 1990 | P/T lecturer (Painting) Years 2 & 3 & post-graduate, Sydney College of the Arts |
| 1991 | P/T lecturer (Painting) Year 3 & post-graduate, Sydney College of the Arts |
| 1992 | P/T lecturer (Painting) Year 3, University of Western Sydney (Macarthur) |
| 1993 | P/T lecturer (Painting) Year 3, University of Western Sydney (Macarthur) |
| 1994 | P/T lecturer (Painting & Drawing) Year 2, University of Western Sydney (Macarthur) |
| P/T lecturer (Drawing) Year 1, University of Western Sydney (Macarthur) | |
| 1995 | P/T lecturer (Painting & Drawing) Year 2, University of Western Sydney (Macarthur) |
| P/T lecturer (Primary Education electives in Painting) University of Western Sydney (Nepean) | |
| 1996 | P/T lecturer (Primary Education and Visual Arts electives in Painting) University of Western Sydney (Nepean) |
| P/T lecturer (Painting & Drawing) Year 2, University of Western Sydney (Macarthur) | |
| P/T lecturer (Painting) Year 3, University of Western Sydney (Macarthur) | |
| 1997 | P/T lecturer (Painting) Year 3, University of Western Sydney (Macarthur) |
| P/T lecturer (Painting) Year 2, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Sydney | |
| P/T lecturer (Cross-disciplinary experimenting with materials workshop) Year 2, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Sydney | |
| 1998 | Examiner for Master of Arts candidate (Painting), University of Western Sydney (Nepean) |
| 1999 | Examiner for Master of Arts candidate (Painting) College of Fine Arts (COFA) University of NSW |
| Masters tutorials at Auckland Institute of Technology | |
| 2000 | Mentor & thesis examiner for 4th year print-making student at Whanganui Community Polytechnic |
| 2001 | Examiner for Masters thesis & exhibition, School of Art & Design, Auckland University of Technology |
| Tutorials in 20th century art theory, Whanganui Regional Community Polytechnic, Year 3 | |
| 2002 | Seminar for Art & Design students at Auckland University of Technology, School of Art & Design |
| 2004 | Examiner of Master of Arts candidate (Art & Design), Auckland, University of Technology, NZ |
| 2005 | Dawn Light exhibition symposium, Ourimbah Campus, Newcastle University, NSW |
| 2004 | Symmetry: Art and Science Tihany Congress, Hungary. |
| NZ Society of Artists in Glass Conference, Wanganui | |
| 2001 | ISIS-Symmetry: Art & Science Sydney Congress, University of NSW, Sydney |
| 1997 | 10th Biennial Ausglass Conference,Sydney College of the Arts, Workshop with Leifur Breidfjord (Iceland) in architectural glass |
| 1995 | Chimera Symposium and exhibition, Synapse artists, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Sydney |
| Mt Abu Dialogue and International Retreat, Brahma Kumaris Organisation, Rajasthan, India | |
| 1993 | 2nd International Forum of the Arts, Brahma Kumaris Organisatin, Olbia, Sardinia |
| 8th Biennial Ausglass Conference, Canberra School of Art, Workshop with Cappy Thompson (USA) and Maud Cotter (UK) in glass painting |
National Association of the Visual Arts (Australia) NAVA
Womens Art Register, Victoria, Australia
Asian Australian Artists Association, Sydney
Australian Artists Against Racism (AAAR!)
WAG ö Whanganui Artists Guild
New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass (NZSAG)
| 2005 | Castlecliff Domain Sculpture Competition, Wanganui, NZ |
| 2000 | Wanganui Telecom art scholarship |
| 2005 | Paper given at 'Dawn Light' Conference, Ourimbah Campus of Newcastle University: 'Liz Coats on making paintings', (In association with 'Dawn Light' exhibition, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW, Sept.) |
| 2004 | Paper given at Symmetry: Art and Science Tihany Congress, Hungary: 'Colour is Structure in Abstract Painting' |
| 2003 | Talk with slides, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui |
| 2002 | Seminar (with exhibition at X Space) Auckland University of Technology, School of Art & Design |
| 2001 | Paper given at ISIS-Symmetry: Art & Science Congress, University of NSW, Sydney |
| Talk for painting students at Wanganui Regional Community Polytechnic | |
| Guest lecture at Otago Polytechnic School of Art, Dunedin | |
| 2000 | Forum: "Who Am I" in association with 'Who Am I' exhibition, curator: Paul Rayner, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui NZ |
| Artist's Forum, solo exhibition: 'Shifting Geometries', Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ | |
| 1999 | Guest lecture in the Korero Mo Toi series, a collaboration between the Auckland Institute of Technology Masters programme, and the Auckland City Art Gallery |
| Guest lecture, University of Western Sydney-Macarthur | |
| 1998 | Artists' Forum: Tradition & Innovation, Australian Watercolour Institute, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| Master of Arts Forum, College of Fine Arts, Sydney (on China) | |
| Artists' Forum, UWS-Macarthur (on China) | |
| Guest lecture, Seaforth TAFE, Sydney | |
| 'Finding Simplicity: Engagement with painting as a living exchange' (revised) Paper with slides presented by Prof.Liz Ashburn at ISIS 4th International Conference on Art and Science, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, September | |
| Colloquium organised by Victoria Lynn, "On Painting", Art Gallery of NSW | |
| Guest lecture: Beijing Art Academy, Asialink Residency, Beijing, China | |
| 1997 | 'Finding Simplicity: Engagement with painting as a living exchange', Paper presented at Intersections '97 Conference (in association with Perspecta) |
| Guest lecture, Meadowbank TAFE | |
| Elam School of Art, University of Auckland, NZ | |
| School of Art, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ | |
| School of Art, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, NZ | |
| Artist's forum, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur | |
| Colloquium on contemporary women artists: Liz Coats, Noelene Lucas & Kate Briscoe Conference on Religion, Literature & the Arts, Sancta Sophia College, Sydney University | |
| 1993 | Artist's Forum, Meadowbank TAFE |
| Artist's Forum, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne | |
| Artist's Forum, University of New England, Northern Rivers | |
| 1992 | Floor talk for 'Face of Sydney' summer programme, Art Gallery of NSW |
| 1991 | Slide talk (with Sally Couacaud) on 'Frames of Reference' exhibition, University Western Sydney, Nepean |
| Weekend Forum, Art Gallery of NSW, 'Speaking for Ourselves: Eight women artists, (in association with Dissonance programme) | |
| 1990 | Lunchtime talk, Abstraction exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW Symposium for Australian Artists, Tokyo Connection exhibition, Tokyo 11th Australia/Japan joint seminar, organised by the Australia/Japan Foundation, Hachioji, Japan. |
| 1989 | Slide talk, City Art Institute, Sydney |
| 1988 | Slide talk, Sydney College of the Arts |
| Art Forum, Tasmanian School of Art | |
| Art Forum, Tasmanian Institute of Technology, Launceston | |
| 1987 | Slide talk, East Sydney Technical College |
| Art Forum, Canberra School of Art | |
| Slide talk, School of Art, Newcastle CAE | |
| 1986 | Lunchtime talk, 'Surface for Reflexion', Art Gallery of NSW |
| Slide talk, School of Art, Riverina CAE, Wagga Wagga |