| OWEN PIGGOTT - ARTIST (F.R.M.I.T) | |
| 1931 | Born Worcestershire, England |
| QUALIFICATIONS | |
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Art Teachers Certificate. Melbourne Teachers College. Certificate of Art. R.M.I.T. Diploma Of Art. R.M.I.T. Fellowship Diploma. R.M.I.T. Fine Arts. (Hons.) Melbourne University. |
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| 1948 - 1950 | Art study, Dudley School Of Art, England |
| 1950 | Arrived Melbourne, Australia |
| 1950 - 1959 | Art study and Teacher Training at Melbourne Teachers' College, Melbourne University and R.M.I.T. |
| 1953 - 1962 | Secondary School Art Teacher |
| 1961 | Art Teacher Scholarship to U.K. and Europe |
| 1963 - 1973 | Senior Art Lecturer, State College, Frankston (now Monash University) |
| 1971 | Journeys & Study trips to London, Europe - Venice, Greece . Athos Central Australia |
| 1976 | Study trips to U.K. and Europe |
| 1984 | Lecturer - Art Education G.l.A.E. Churchill (now Monash University) |
| 1985 | Art study - France |
| 1986 | Painting Tutor - G.l.A.E. Bairnsdale (now T.A.F.E. East Gippsland) |
| 1991 | Art study - London, Venice |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 1964 | Bonython Gallery, Adelalde |
| 1965 | Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney |
| 1966 | Contemporary Art Society, Sydney |
| 1967 | Contemporary Art Society, Perth |
| 1968 | Contemporary Art Society, Melbourne |
| 1971 | First Exhibition of the Permanent Collection, Curator - Alan McCulloch, Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Victoria |
| 1971 | Pinocotheca Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1971 | Seven Contemporary Australian Artists, Malvern Galiery, Victoria |
| 1973 | U.S.A. Travelling Exhibition |
| 1975 | Invitation Prize H.C.Richards, Queensland Art Gallery |
| 1977 | Three Regional Artists, McClelland Regional Gallery, Victoria |
| 1978 | Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney |
| 1978 | Peninsula Potters & Painters, Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Victoria |
| 1979 | Clive Parry Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1983 | Sale Regional Arts Centre - 'With Respect' |
| 1984 | Nyerimiiang, East Gippsland - ' Two Environments ' |
| 1985 | Allegro Gallery, Sydney |
| 1986 | Gallery Huntly, A.C.T. - ' 14 Australian Artists ' |
| 1986 | The Town Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1986 | Hesley Watercolour Exhibition, Canberra |
| 1988 | Editions Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1988 | The Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
| 1988 | Expo, Brisbane - Gallery Aipha |
| 1988 | A.C.A.F. No. 1 Exhibition Building, Melbourne - Gallery Huntly, A.C.T. |
| 1989 | The Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
| 1990 | Hesley Watercolour Exhibition, A.C.T. |
| 1991 | Gallery 101 Collins Street, Melbourne |
| 1992 | Gallery 101 Collins Street, Melbourne |
| 1992 | A.C.A.F. No. 3 Exhibition Building,Melbourne - Gallery 101 |
| 1993 | The Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
| 1995 | Tattersall Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane |
| 1995 | Nicholson Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Victoria - 'Where have I been? Where am l? Where am I going?' |
| 1995 | The Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Victoria - 'Heaven By A String' |
| 1996 | Australian Catholic University, Canberra, A.C.T. - 'Heaven By A String' |
| 1996 | Japanese Garden & Cultural Centre, Cowra, N.S.W. - 'Heaven By A String' |
| 1996 | Tattersall Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane |
| 1997 | 'Two By Two' - Qantas & Wall Street Exchange, Canberra |
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| ONE ARTIST EXHIBITIONS | |
| 1963 | Argus Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1969 | Munster Arms Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1969 | Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, -Victoria |
| 1970 | MacQuarrie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1970 | Art Galleries of Benalla, Castlemaine, Sale, Victoria |
| 1971 | Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, Victoria |
| 1972 | Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, Victoria |
| 1973 | MacQuarrie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1973 | MacQuarrie Galleries, Canberra |
| 1974 | Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, Victoria |
| 1975 | Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1976 | Dudley Town Gallery, England |
| 1977 | Peninsula Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1978 | Solander Gallery, Canberra |
| 1980 | Allegro Gallery, Sydney |
| 1981 | Solander Gallery, Canberra |
| 1981 | The Town Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1981 | Montrichard Galleries, Adelaide |
| 1982 | Mark Widdup Galleries, Newcastle, N.S.W. |
| 1982 | Switchback Gallery, G.l.A.E. Victoria (now Monash University) |
| 1987 | The Town Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1988 | Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney |
| 1989 | The Town Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1990 | Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney |
| 1990 | The Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
| 1990 | Australian Airlines, Melbourne - Wall Street Exchange |
| 1991 | Gallery Arcticus, London, England |
| 1992 | The Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
| 1993 | Australian Alrlines, Melbourne - Wall Street Exchange |
| 1993 | Gallery 101 Collins Street, Melbourne |
| 1994 | The Town Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1994 | Artworks Gallery, Nungurner, Victoria |
| 1995 | The Town Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1996 | The Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
| 1997 | Convent Gallery, Daylesford, Victoria |
| 1998 | Retrospective Survey Exhibition 1958 - 1997 Regional Art Gallery, Sale Regional Art Gallery, Mornington, Vic. |
| 1998 | The Town Gallery, Brisbane |
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| AWARDS | |
| 1967 | Eltham Open Art Prize |
| 1974 | Caltex Award, Flinders Art Prize |
| 1975 | Brighton Art Award, Religious Prize |
| 1978 | Rotary Art Prize, Mornington |
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| MAJOR ART PRIZE PARTICIPATION | |
| George Crouch Prize - Ballarat, Victoria | |
| Mornington Gallery Drawing Prize - Victoria | |
| Andrew Fairley Prize - Shepparton, Victoria | |
| Eltham Open Art Prize - Victoria | |
| Bendigo Art Prize - Victoria | |
| Caltex Art Award - Victoria | |
| Corio 5 Star Prize - Geelong, Victoria | |
| Benalla Art Prize - Victoria | |
| Flotta Laura Prize - Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Blake Prize - Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Robin Hood Prize - Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Maitland Prize - New South Wales | |
| Andrew & Lillian Pederson Memoriai Drawing Prize - Queensland Art Gallery | |
| De Gruchy Prize - Queensland Art Gallery | |
| Trustees Prize - Queensland Art Gallery | |
| L. J. Harvey Prize - Queensland Art Gallery | |
| Gold Coast Prize - Queensland | |
| Tattersall Club Prize - Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| REPRESENTATION IN COLLECTIONS | |
| Public Collections | |
| Queensland Art Gallery | |
| Coventry Cathedral, England | |
| Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Victoria | |
| Benalla Art Gallery | |
| Gippsland Art Gallery- Sale | |
| Castlemaine Art Gallery | |
| Reserve Bank of Australia | |
| College of Advanced Education, Canberra | |
| Monash University | |
| Latrobe University | |
| Victoria College - Burwood Campus | |
| Monash University - Frankston Campus | |
| Latrobe University - Lincoln Campus | |
| Latrobe University - Bendigo Campus | |
| Australian National University - Canberra | |
| Adelaide Teachers' College | |
| Commonwealth Art Bank | |
| City of Bairnsdale, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria | |
| Nagle College - Bairnsdale, Victoria | |
| Corporate Collections | |
| Gibson Chemicals, Melbourne | |
| Rialto Collection, Melbourne | |
| A.N.Z. Bank Collection, Melbourne | |
| Australian Airlines, Melbourne | |
| Rydges Hotel, The Banks, Melbourne | |
| Video Channel, Sydney | |
| Wise Technologies, Brisbane | |
| Qantas | |
| HSV Channel 7, Melbourne | |
| Private Collections in: | |
| England, France, Finland, Greece, U.S.A. New Zealand and Australia | |
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| COMMISSIONS - SCHOLARSHIPS | |
| 1961 | Art Teachers Scholarship - United Kingdom & Europe |
| 1987 | Artists in Schools program - Bairnsdaie High School - Vic. Arts Ministry |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| 1973 | Vision and Realisation Vol. 1 'A Centenary History of State Education in Victoria' Edit. L. J. Blake |
| 1977 | 'Three Regional Painters' - Dennis Colsey. McClelland Gallery, Victoria |
| 1979 | 'Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand' Max Germaine. Published by Landsdown Editions |
| 1980 | 'Owen Piggott - Artist' Thesis study by Rosslynd Piggott Melbourne State College Library |
| 1981 | 'Art and Australia' Vol. 18 No. 2 - Exhibition Commentary |
| 1983 | 'Australian Artists' 3rd Edition. Graeme Norris |
| 1983 | 'Australian Art - Artist Working Names Authority List' Australian National Gallery, Canberra |
| 1983 | 'Australian Watercolour Painters 1780 - 1980' Joan Cambell |
| 1984 | 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art' Vol. 1 - 2 Alan McCulloch |
| 1987 | 'Art and Australia' Vol. 25 No. 1 |
| 1989 | 'Art and Australia' Vol. 26 No. 4 |
| 1990 | 'Art and Australia' Vol. 27 No. 3 - 4 |
| 1990 | 'Flight Deck' Australian Airlines No. 42 |
| 1991 | 'What's On' London Gallery Review. September Edition |
| 1992 | 'Art and Australia' Vol. 29 No. 3 |
| 1992 | 'Arts Gippsland' April/May Edition |
| 1992 | 'Flight Deck' Australian Airlines. November Edition |
| 1992 | 'A Buyer's Guide To Australian Art' Graham Ryles. Mandarin - Melb. |
| 1995 | 'Who's Who - Australian Visual Art' D.W.Thorpe - Publisher |
| 1996 | 'Craft Arts International' No. 36 |
| 1998 | 'Cathedral of Nature' - Owen Piggott Retrospective Exhibition 1958 -1997. |
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| FILMOGRAPHY | |
| 1975 | Documentary Film (colour) 'The Image Maker'. H.S.V. 7 Melbourne |
| 1996 | Documentary Film (colour) 'Our Victoria'. H.S.V. 7 Melbourne |