GRAHAM KUO
b. 1948, China
1963 Arrived in Australia
1968-72 Studied at National Art School. Awarded ASTC
1976-81 Lecturer, Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education
1982-89 Lecturer, City Art Institute, SCAE
1990-99 Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
2000-04 Senior Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Michelle Perry Fine Arts @109 Riley Street
2018 ‘New Works’ - Live in Art, Sydney, Presented and curated by Art Atrium
2017 ‘Into the Light’ - SPOT81, Sydney
2015 ‘Wait in Silence’ - SPOT81, Sydney
2013 ‘Into Water, Into Light’ - Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney
2012 ‘Drawings’ - Syndicate at Danks, Sydney
2011 ‘Might Have Danced’ - Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
2010 ‘New Works’, Mossenson Gallery, Perth, WA
‘Graham Kuo, Printmaker: A Retrospective Exhibition’ - Peter Pinson Gallery,
Sydney
2009 ‘Graham Kuo’ - Galerie White8, Vienna, Austria
‘Recent Works’ - Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
‘Black and White’ - Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW
2008 ‘Graham Kuo: Drawings’ - Galerie White8, Villach, Austria
2007 ‘Time and Place’ - Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
2006 ‘Graham Kuo’ - Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2005 ‘Paintings’ - Galerie White8, Villach, Austria
‘1995 - 2005 Survey Exhibition’ - Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW
‘Graham Kuo & Jane Valentine’, 2 person exhibition - BMG, Adelaide, SA
'Graham Kuo’ - Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2004, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1992, 1986, 1984, 1982, 1980, 1978 - Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2000 Solo exhibition – Dickerson Scott, Melbourne, Vic
1998 ‘Graham Kuo – New Works’ – Robert Steele Gallery, Adelaide, SA
1995, 1986, 1983 – Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1992 ‘Works on Paper’ – Gallery Chika, Tokyo, Japan
1989 ‘Paintings- - Stuart Gerstmann Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
1985 ‘Stadia Graphics Gallery, Sydney
1979 C.A.S Gallery, Adelaide, SA
‘Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
1977 Macquarie Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1976, 1974 Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1975 Narek Gallery, Canberra, ACT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 'Garage to Gallery', Michelle Perry Fine Arts, Sydney
Sydney Contemporary, Presented by Michelle Perry Fine Arts
2019 ‘Between Two Worlds’, Newcastle Art Gallery, Curated by Catherine Croll
Gallery Artists, Michelle Perry Fine Arts, Sydney
2018 Sydney Contemporary, Presented by Art Atrium
Art Central, Hong Kong
‘Summer Sojourn’, Live in Art, Presented by Art Atrium
2017 Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Gallery
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
‘Summer Sojourn’, Art Atrium, Sydney
‘Integration Exchange’, China Cultural Centre, Sydney
2016 ‘Sulman Prize’, Finalist – Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘COLD MOUNTAIN: 100 Poems’ – SPOT81, Sydney
‘ABSTRACT’, SPOT81, Sydney
‘ PAPER’, SPOT 81, Sydney
‘Chinese New Year Exhibition’ – Kensington Contemporary, Sydney
2015 ‘CONTEMPORARY’ – SPOT81, Sydney
‘Sydney Contemporary’ (Marnling Press) – Sydney
‘Clouds Intersected’ – Chinese Cultural Centre, Sydney
2014 ‘Out of the Blue’ – SPOT81, Sydney
‘Mosman Art Prize’, Finalist – Mosman Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
‘PAPER’, - SPOT81, Sydney
‘PRINTED MATTER’ – SPOT81, Sydney
2013 ‘From Scrolls to Zines’ – Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney
‘A Thousand Words’ – Syndicate at Danks, Sydney
‘Paddington Art Prize’, Finalist – Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2012 ‘The Abstract Canvas’ – Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney
‘From Paper’ – Beijing Art Space, Beijing, China
‘Showcase’ – Syndicate at Danks, Sydney
‘Marnling Press & Whaling Road Studio Survey’ – Maitland Regional
Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW
2011 ‘Colour’ – Syndicate at Danks, Sydney
‘Intimate’ – Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
2010 ‘East meets West’ – Galerie White8, Vienna, Austria
'Solitary Pursuits in Red’ – Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland,
NSW
‘CarriageARTworks’ – Carriageworks, Sydney
‘Australian Watercolour Institute - Mosman Regional Gallery, Sydney
2009 ‘CarriageARTworks’ - Sydney
‘Printed Image’ – Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
‘TEXT’ – Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
‘Modern Colourists’ – Peter Pinson Gallery, Sydney
2008 Bridge Art Fair (Galerie White8), New York City
‘Silk + Sand – Chinese and Australian Printmakers’ – Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
‘Shades of Grey’ – Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
‘Abstraction’ – Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
‘Art Sydney’ – Australian Hall of Industries, Fox Studios, Sydney
2007 ‘Paint 2007’ – Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
Paper 2007’ – Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
‘KIAF’ (Galerie White8), Seoul, Korea
‘Cologne Art Fair’ (Galerie White8)
2006 Art Salzburg’ (Galerie White8), Salzburg, Austria
’45 Years of Sydney Printmakers’ – S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 – ‘Important Works on Paper’ – Rex Irwin Art Dealer
1999 Opening Exhibition – Dickerson Scott, Melbourne, Vic
‘Kedumba Drawing Award’, Invitational – Blue Mountains, NSW
1998 ‘Australian Master’ – Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1997 ‘Sextet’ – Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
Opening of New Wing at New England Regional Art Museum,
Armidale, NSW
1995-97 ‘King of the Accordion’ (Travelling exhibition) – Dubbo Regional
Gallery, NSW; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Penrith Regional
Gallery & Lewers Bequest, NSW; Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW;
Logan Art Gallery, Queensland; Ipswich Regional Art Gallery,
Queensland; New England Regional Art Gallery, NSW
1994 ‘Mixed Impressions’ – Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990 ‘Works on Paper’ – Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1988 ‘11th International Exhibition of Original Drawings’ – Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia
1983 ‘15th International Print Biennale’, Yugoslavia
1981 ‘Continuum’ – Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
‘14th International Print Biennale’, Yugoslavia
1979 ‘The 6th British International Print Biennial’, Bradford, UK
‘Contemporary Australian Printmakers I’, touring USA and Canada
1978, 1976 ‘7th and 6th International Print Biennales, Cracow, Poland
1978 ‘Intergrafia’, Cracow, Poland
1977 ‘45th Tokyo Print Show’, Tokyo, Japan
1976 ‘Western Pacific Print Biennial’ New Caledonia
1975 ‘World Print Council Exhibition’, San Francisco, USA
1973 ‘New Zealand Print Show’, NZ
1984 National Art Award Exhibition
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales; Art Gallery of South Australia; Bendigo Art Gallery; Caledonia National Art Gallery, New Caledonia; Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Dept of Foreign Affairs, Canberra, ACT; Gold Coast City Art Gallery; Griffith University, Queensland; Hawthorn City Art Gallery; Macquarie University; Maitland Regional Art Gallery; Museum of Modern Art,New York, USA; National Gallery of Australia; Newcastle City Art Gallery; New England Regional Art Museum; Power Institute of Fine Art, Sydney; Print Council of Australia; Queensland Art Gallery; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania; University of New South Wales; University of Sydney; Visual Arts Board, NSW; Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery; Western Australia Art Gallery
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 ‘Printed in Australia’, Foreword by Akky van Ogtrop, Essay and edited by Michelle Perry, 10 Group Australia, ISBN 978-0-9808365-8-5
2015 ‘From Paper’, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
2012 Sydney Morning Herald review, John McDonald
Marnling Press & Whaling Road Studio. Introduction by Joseph Eisenberg OAM, Essay by Akky van Ogtrop. Maitland Regional Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-9871978-2-5
2010 ‘Graham Kuo: Painter and Printmaker’. Essays by Sasha Grishin and Joseph Eisenberg OAM, Lanzarone Design.
2009 Recent Drawings Maitland Regional Art Gallery. .Essay by Joseph Eisenberg
2006 The Australian Watercolour Institute, Sydney. Text by Prof P. Pinson,
J. Campbell, P Laverty ISBN 0-9775532-0-5
2005 Paintings 1995 – 2005. Essay by Joseph Eisenberg OAM, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
2000 ‘Australian Identities of Printmaking. The Australian Print Collection of the Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery’. Essay by Sasha Grishin, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery
1997 ‘Introduction to Sextet’ – Nick Waterlow, UNSW
‘Australian Printmaking in the 1990s – Artist Printmakers 1990-1995’ – Sasha Grishin, Craftsman House, G & B Arts International
1995 ‘The Synthesis of Events’, New England Regional Art Museum. Essay by Christopher Gentle, ISBN 0-64623140-5
‘The King of the Accordion’, catalogue, New England Regional Art Museum. ISBN 0-646-25235-6
1994 The Australian, ‘The Weekend Review’, September 24-25
1992 ‘ARTFILE’, Craft Arts Institute, Sydney
1988 Wu, D & Liu G (editors) ‘Contemporary Australian Paintings’, Liao Ning Fine Arts Publishing House, China
‘Xth International Exhibition of Original Drawings’, Catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, Yugoslavia
1884 Rainbird, Stephen ’21 Australian Prints’, Griffith University, Queensland
‘Art Diary’ (The World’s Art Directory)
1983 ‘15th Graficni Biennale’, Catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana,
Yugoslavia
1981 ‘Art and Australia’, Vol 19 No 2
‘14th Graficni Biennale’, Catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana,
Yugoslavia
‘Continuum National Art School 60 – AMC 80’, Catalogue, Ivan
Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1979 ‘Sixth International Print Biennale Catalogue’, Bradford Art Galleries
and Museums, Bradford, UK
‘Contemporary Australian Printmakers I’, Catalogue, Print Council of
Australia, Melbourne
1978 ‘7 m b g Catalogue’, Museum of Art, Cracow, Poland
1977 ‘Selection of 41 Modern Prints from Australia, Japan Print Association
1976 ‘The 6th International Print Biennale’, Catalogue, Museum of Art,
Cracow, Poland
1975, 1974 ‘Hemisphere’ – June ’75, October-December ’75, January ‘74