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1947
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Born
in
Karoonda
,
South Australia
.
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1957
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Moved
to
Adelaide
.
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1963-68
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Studied
Graphic Arts, Sign writing and Silk Screen Printing,
Marleston
Technical
College
.
Dux
of Class 1965, 1966, l967, l968.
1967
Won the
Sandusky
Cup for Silk Screen Printing and Design.
Began
participating in group exhibitions.
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1969-1974
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Worked
as Graphic Artist for the South Australian Government.
Assisted
Terry Lavender, Dept of Recreation and Sports, with the design and
printing of the Heysen Trail signage.
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1975-1977
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Established
a Graphic Design and Sign Writing business.
Began
participating in group exhibitions throughout
Australia
.
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1978
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First
Solo exhibition, Coach House Gallery, Tea Tree Gully,
South Australia
.
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1979
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Began
overseas travels, visiting the West Coast U.S.A.,
Mexico
and
Hawaii
.
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1980
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Lived
in, owned and managed, Olivet House Restaurant/Gallery,
Stirling
,
South Australia
.
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1981
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Travelled
to
Bali
,
Indonesia
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1982
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Travelled
to
Tahiti
.
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1983
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Travelled
to
South East Asia
and
China
.
Painting
excursions to various South Australian locations including the
River Murray and
Coorong
National Park
.
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1984
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Travelled
to
Egypt
.
First
Duo Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries,
North Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
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1985
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First
Private Solo Exhibition, Highgate Hill,
Toorak
,
Victoria
.
Solo
Exhibition, Le Paris Restaurant/Gallery -
North Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
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1986
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Travelled
to
Greece
,
Turkey
,
Belgium
and
London
.
Private
Solo Exhibition,
South Yarra
, Victoria.
Solo
Exhibition, The
Barn
Art
Gallery
,
McLaren Vale
,
South Australia
.
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1987
|
Invited
to become a member of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts.
Private
Solo Exhibition, Tremayne's,
Toorak
,
Victoria
.
Solo
Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries,
North Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
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1988
|
Travelled
to the
Seychelles
and
East Africa
.
Solo
Exhibitions,
Reade
Art
Gallery
, Eastwood, and
The
Barn
Art
Gallery
,
McLaren Vale
,
South Australia
.
Painting
excursions to Kakadu, Katherine and
Mataranka
,
Northern
Territory
.
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1989
|
Painting
excursions to the Coorong and
Bool Lagoon
,
South Australia
also
Cairns
and surrounding
areas in
Queensland
.
Lectured
at the Southern Districts Art Society,
Victor
Harbour
,
South Australia
.
Solo
Exhibitions, Elgin Gallery,
Carlton
,
Victoria
and Aptos Cruz
Gallery -
Stirling
,
South Australia
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1990
|
Solo
Exhibitions, Casey Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales, Reade Art
Gallery, Eastwood, South Australia, and Studio Star Gallery,
Darwin, Northern Territory.
Travelled
U.S.A.
and
Canada
.
Painting
Excursions to
Bremer
River
and Waterfall
areas,
Lake Eyre
,
Coopers
Creek
and surrounding
areas in
South Australia
.
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1991
|
Solo
Exhibitions, Elgin Gallery, Carlton, Victoria, Bridge Street
Gallery, Woollahra New South Wales, Greenhill Galleries, North
Adelaide, South Australia.
Painting
excursions to
Palmer
Hills
, and surrounding
areas in
South Australia
.
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1992
|
Travelled
to
Bali
and
Lombok
,
Indonesia
.
Solo
Exhibitions, The Gallery Wall,
Edgecliffe
,
New South Wales
,
Reade
Art
Gallery
,
Eastwood
,
South Australia
.
Painting
excursions to The Coorong National Park and
Mannum
Falls
and surrounding
areas,
South Australia
.
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1993
|
Solo
Exhibition, Elgin Gallery,
Carlton
,
Victoria
.
Travelled
to
Bali
,
Indonesia
.
Became
an Associate Member of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts,
Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
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1994
|
Solo
Exhibition, The
Barn
Art
Gallery
,
McLaren Vale
,
South Australia
.
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1995
|
Solo
Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries, North Adelaide, South Australia
and Studio Star Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory.
Travelled
to
Bali
,
Indonesia
.
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1996
|
Became
a full-time artist.
Painting
Excursions to the Coorong,
Murray River
and Yunta areas in
South Australia
and
Broken Hill
,
New South Wales
.
Lectured
at the Burnside Art Society,
South Australia
.
Elected
to the Committee of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts.
Travelled
to
Broome
,
Western Australia
.
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1997
|
Participated
in a Group exhibition of Australian Artists at the Jung Yung
Gallery, Jung Yung Industries Co. and Seoul Living Design Show,
Korea
.
50th
Birthday Solo Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries -
North Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
Painting
excursion with Artists, Ingrid Windram and James Ainslie through
the
Kimberley
area,
North West of Western Australia.
Curator
of the “Nudes” Exhibition, Royal South Australian Society of
Arts,
Adelaide
South Australia
.
Exhibited
and travelled to
Kuala Lumpur
,
Malaysia
for “Journey
and Discovery” Exhibition of selected South Australian Artists,
at Galeri Petronas.
Received
his Diploma of Fellowship from the Royal South Australian Society
of Arts.
Elected
as Vice President of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts.
Painting
excursion to
Litchfield
National Park
,
Darwin
,
Northern
Territory
.
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1998
|
Painting
excursion to
Flinders
Ranges
,
Wilpena Pound
,
South Australia
.
Co-curator
of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts, “The Captured
Image” Photographic Exhibition,
Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
Travelled
to
England
,
Spain
,
Morocco
and
Germany
.
Solo
Exhibition, Michael Commerford Gallery,
Rushcutters Bay
,
New South Wales
.
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1999
|
Solo
Exhibition, Antipodes Gallery,
Sorrento
,
Victoria
.
Curator
of Exhibition of artworks from the Royal South Australian Society
of Arts, held for the
Adelaide Georgetown Official Sister
City
, 25 year
Anniversary,
Komtar
Building
,
Georgetown
,
Penang
,
Malaysia
and guest
speaker at the Official Dinner. One
of Peter’s paintings was presented to the City of
Georgetown
.
Solo
Exhibition, Without Pier Gallery,
Sandringham
Victoria
.
Travelled
to
Japan
to exhibit with
Australian Sculptor Silvio Apponyi and Artist Dieter Engler in
Okayama
and Tsuyama and
lectured to students at two schools.
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2000
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Solo
Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries,
Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
Solo
Exhibition and Artist in Residence, Monsoon Gallery, Cable Beach
Inter-Continental Resort,
Broome
,
Western Australia
and guest
speaker at the Official Dinner for the honoured guests from
Japan
for the Shinju
Festival.
Travelled
to
Lake Eyre
via
Flinders
Ranges
, Muloorina, to
Birdsville,
Coongie
Lakes
,
Coopers
Creek
and Innamincka.
Resigned
after two terms as Vice President of the Royal South Australian
Society of Arts.
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2001
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Spent
one month in
Arkaroola
,
South Australia
to do
preliminary work for paintings to feature in the film "The
Tracker" (by Rolf de Heer) released at the Adelaide
Festival of Arts 2002.
Solo
Exhibition in his home town of
Karoonda
,
South Australia
.
Lectured
and gave workshops to the students of the
Karoonda
Area
School
and
East
Murray
School
and a talk
("Evening with Peter Coad") on his travels and art
styles to the local community, also gave a radio interview and
addresses at the Sheep Fair.
Solo
Exhibition, Gallery at the Wentworth,
Sydney
,
New South Wales
.
Painting
Excursion to The Grampians, Victoria.
Solo
Exhibition, Without Pier Gallery,
Sandringham
,
Victoria
.
Two
paintings were selected for reproduction on Birth Certificates for
the Year of the Outback 2002 for
South Australia
,
Northern
Territory
,
New South Wales
and
Victoria
.
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2002
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Launch
of the book titled "PETER COAD - Paintings and Drawings for
the Film THE TRACKER" at Greenhill Galleries,
North Adelaide
,
South Australia
along with an
exhibition of the "Location Studies" completed in
Arkaroola during the filming.
Solo
Exhibition during the Adelaide Festival of Arts 2002 at the
Adelaide Hilton Hotel of the large canvasses which appear in the
film 'The Tracker',
Adelaide
,
South Australia
(in conjunction
with Greenhill Galleries and Art Images Gallery).
Solo
Exhibition, Adelaide Festival Centre Trust at Her Majesty's
Theatre of the Final Colour Studies for the film 'The
Tracker',
Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
Painting
excursion to the Coorong National Park, South Australia.
Solo
Exhibition, Gadfly Gallery,
Dalkeith
,
Western Australia
.
Travelled
to
Bali
,
Indonesia
.
Solo
Exhibition during the 51st Melbourne International Film
Festival, "Paintings
from the film The Tracker" and other works, Without Pier
Gallery,
Sandringham
,
Victoria
.
Solo
Exhibition, "Paintings
from the film The Tracker" and other works, Gallery at
the Wentworth,
Sydney
,
New South Wales
, during the
National Launch of the film.
A
documentary is featured on the DVD of the Film The Tracker, of Peter painting for the film.
Major
Supporter of the
Adelaide
Festival Centre
Foundation's Curtain Raiser Appeal.
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2003
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Solo
Exhibition, Qdos Gallery,
Lorne
,
Victoria
.
Solo
Exhibition, Mulgara Gallery, and Artist-in-Resident Ayers Rock
Resort,
Yulara
,
Northern
Territory
.
Painted
a portrait of the performers on stage during "The Mary G
Show" (
Australia
's leading
aboriginal comedian) Festival Centre, Adelaide Festival of Arts,
South Australia
.
Invited
by the Anglican Archbishop of
Adelaide
to be a Member
of the Organizing Committee for an inaugural artistic event
incorporated into the Synod Opening Eucharist at St. Peter's
Cathedral. Images of Peter's paintings were projected behind the
Alter and an original painting offered as a gift.
Peter also produced 8 original works on banners which
adorned the pillars of the Cathedral and these are on permanent
display at the Parish of St. Mary Magdalene in
Adelaide
.
Produced
a personal documentary on painting for the series of work “North
by North West”.
Solo
Exhibition, Monsoon Gallery and Artist-in-Residence Cable Beach
Resort, Broome,
Western Australia
.
Published
in the Book Titled "Selected Contemporary Artists of
Australia
” by Michael
Berry.
Solo
Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries,
North Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
Exhibited
at
Bark
Modern
Art
Gallery
,
Hong Kong
in conjunction
with Manyung Gallery of Victoria.
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2004
|
Painting
excursions to the Coorong National Park, South Australia.
Solo
Exhibition, Gallery at the Wentworth,
Sydney
,
New South Wales
.
Travelled
to the
Hawaiian Islands
and
Los Angeles
,
U.S.A.
Feature
Artist,
Mazenod
College
11th
Fine Arts Exhibition,
Perth
,
Western Australia
.
Feature
Artist at the Official Re-opening of the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel,
Sydney
,
New South Wales
.
Solo
Exhibition, Without Pier Gallery,
Sandringham
,
Victoria
.
Solo
Exhibition, Gullotti Galleries,
Perth
,
Western Australia
.
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2005
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Opened
the Royal South Australian Society of Arts "Outback"
Exhibition.
Solo
Exhibition, Monsoon Gallery and Artist-in-Residence Cable Beach
Resort, Broome, Western Australia.
Feature
Artist at Trio Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries,
North Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
Painting
excursion to
Cairns
, Port Douglas
and the
Daintree
Rainforest
,
Queensland
Hollister Incorporated of Illinois
U.S.A. chose one of Peter’s works to reproduce for their
Christmas gift to their worldwide clients.
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2006
|
Solo Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries/Hilton Hotel Adelaide,
Adelaide
South Australia
.
Lectured on his work for the Film
"The Tracker" (2002) to the Southern Districts Art
Society, Victor Harbor, South Australia.
Moved to live in Port Noarlunga South, and purchased a
Studio in Port Noarlunga,
South Australia
.
Painting excursion to Broome, Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek,
Oscar
Ranges
,
Willie
Creek
in
Western Australia
.
Painting excursion to Moolooloo Station,
Flinders Ranges
,
South Australia
The City of
Cairns
,
Queensland
, presented
Peter’s painting “Emu Study – Ancient land” to the City of
Oyama
,
Japan
, to commemorate
the signing of their Sister City Agreement.
The final scene painting from ‘The
Tracker’ was chosen to be used for the Third Annual Indigenous
Film & Arts Festival Poster in
Denver
Colorado
,
USA
.
Participated and exhibited in the Artistic Exchange
“Double Vision”, between
City of Onkaparinga
,
South Australia
& City of
Greater
Bendigo
,
Victoria
, during the
Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale.
Produced and directed the DVD
documentary “Double Vision - The Journey”.
Solo Exhibition, Gullotti Galleries,
Perth
,
Western Australia
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2007
|
Retrospective Exhibition 1975-2005, Greenhill Galleries,
North Adelaide
,
South Australia
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Solo Exhibition, Reef Gallery,
Cairns
,
Queensland
|
|
|
Travelled to
Japan
to Exhibit at
Slogadh Gallery,
Okayama
, with Australian
Sculptor, Silvio Apponyi and Artist, Dieter Engler and tour
Hiroshima
, Mirajima,
Himeji
,
Kyoto
&
Tokyo
.
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Solo Exhibition, Monsoon Gallery,
Broome
,
Western Australia
|
|
|
Featured on the Channel 9 Television
programme “Postcards”,
South Australia
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Painting Excursion to the Coorong,
South Australia
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|
The City of
Cairns
,
Queensland
, presented
Peter’s painting “Waterline –
Oscar
Ranges
” to the City
of
Zhinjiang
,
Guangdong
Province
,
China
(a sister city
of
Cairns
), to commemorate
the official opening of the “
Friendship
Gardens
”.
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Painting excursion to the
Flinders
Ranges
,
South Australia
.
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2008
|
Painting excursion to the Parachilna and Moralana areas of
the
Flinders
Ranges
,
South Australia
.
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|
|
Solo Exhibition, Prairie Hotel,
during the “Tastes of the Outback”,
Parachilna
,
South Australia
.
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|
|
Solo Exhibition, Framed – the
Darwin Gallery,
Darwin
,
Northern
Territory
.
|
|
|
Painting excursion from
Darwin
in the
Northern
Territory
back to
Adelaide
,
South Australia
.
|
|
|
Painting excursion to Brachina Gorge,
Flinders Ranges
,
South Australia
.
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|
|
Opened Studio for the first time
specifically for the SALA Festival.
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|
|
Feature Artist,
Mazenod
College
Fine Arts
Exhibition,
Perth
,
Western Australia
.
|
|
|
Solo
Exhibition, Wentworth Gallery,
Sydney
,
New
South Wales
,
Australia
|
|
|
“Beyond
Parachilna” Exhibition at Greenhill Galleries,
Adelaide
,
South
Australia
on new Flinders Ranges Series
|
|
|
Painting
excursion to
Flinders
Ranges
,
including Arkaroola and
Wilpena Pound
,
South
Australia
|
|
2009
|
Solo
Exhibition, LK Galleries,
Perth
,
Western
Australia
|
|
|
Painting
excursion to the Southern Coastal Areas and
Stirling
Ranges
,
Western Australia
,
and the Nullarbor,
Great Australian Bight
,
Streaky
Bay
,
South Australia
|
|
|
Conducted
two Master Class workshops at the Port Noarlunga Arts Centre,
South
Australia
|
|
|
Participated
in a group exhibition held at the Dubai Hotel Exhibition, International Conference Centre,
Dubai
|
|
|
Invited
to design one of 20 Kangaroo’s which he titled “Roo with a
View” for the G’day UK “Kangaroo Island Hunt”, Competition. His 'roo' is now owned by Tourism
Australia
and stands in
the Lobby Entrance of their Office in
London
,
U.K.
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|
|
Gave
a welcoming speech at the Citizenship Ceremony at the invitation
of the Mayor of the City of
Onkaparinga
,
South
Australia
|
|
|
Painting
excursion to Broome,
Cape
Leveque
,
The Kimberley and was the Feature Artist at Monsoon Gallery,
Broome
,
Western
Australia
|
|
|
Opened
an exhibition of artworks by Jacinda Bayne at Monsoon Gallery,
Broome
,
Western
Australia
|
|
|
Duo
Exhibition, with James Ainslie, Without Pier Gallery,
Cheltenham
,
Victoria
|
|
|
Resigned
from the Royal South Australian Society of Arts
|
|
|
Moved
and established a new studio at Lynton in the
Adelaide
foothills.
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|
|
Painting
excursion to the Parachilna and Moralana areas of the
Flinders
Ranges
,
South Australia
.
|
|
|
Opened
an exhibition on ‘Surf Art’ at Port Noarlunga Arts Centre,
South Australia
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|
2010
|
Travelled to
San Sebastian
,
Spain
for the Opening
of the ‘Intangibles in Terra Australis’ Exhibition in which he
participated with other Australian Artists at the prestigious Sala
Kubo-Kuxta Gallery,
San Sebastian
,
Spain
– organized by
Asun Bassas
,
MA
FRSASA,
International Business Ambassador to
South Australia
.
Travelled to
France
.
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