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

education

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

solo exhibitions

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

group exhibitions

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
  '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)
  'Girls! Girls! Girls! Annandale Galleries', Sydney & Orange Regional
Gallery, NSW
1994 'Town & Gown', Victoria University Collection, Wellington, NZ
  'Three artists: Liz Coats, Esther Morgan Leigh, Geoff Thornley', Brooker
Gallery, Wellington, NZ
  '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
  '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

curatorial project

2001 'Fertile Ground: An artist looks at McCahon', Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin, NZ

public collections

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

artist residencies

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

awards

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

reviews

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
  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
  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

books, articles, catalogue essays

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
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

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

workshops attended

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

membership

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)

judging

2005 Castlecliff Domain Sculpture Competition, Wanganui, NZ
2000 Wanganui Telecom art scholarship

public talks

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

 

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