CV
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
- lecturer in studio practice, art history and theory, postgraduate supervision and examination
- art practice using a range of art materials including painting, drawing and printmaking
- public art practice using metal, MDF, glass and concrete with various technical effects
- writing and curatorial practice
- administration, management and advocacy responsibilities
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Postgraduate: 1997/9 MFA (U.W.A.) 1992/3 Postgrad Dip VA, (Curtin) Undergraduate: 1979-82 Dip of FA / London Dip A& D (Byam Shaw School of Art, London) 1973-76 Dip Teach (WACAE now Edith Cowan University)
REPRESENTATION
National Gallery of Australia, Parliament House Canberra, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, Fremantle City Council, City of Joondalup, City of Bunbury, Subiaco City Council, Royal Perth Hospital, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Wesfarmers, Central Institute of Technology, Department of Sports and Recreation, Artbank, Bankwest, Western Mining Corporation, Presbyterian Ladies College, Private Collections: Australia – England
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS 1998-2021
PRIVATE COMMISSIONS: JADD Projects Bassendean, FJM, Barker Road Subiaco, ECorp Shopping Centre Mt Hawthorn, Fini Mirvac: Bunkers Bay Resort, Crown Casino, Burswood
Current Projects: Osborne Park Hospital Upgrade, MRWA High Street Upgrade, Fremantle
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS: City of Fremantle, Leighton Beach Surf Club Memorial, Saint John of God Hospital, Midland, Western Australian Museum Collections and Research Centre, Kelmscott Senior High School, Foundation Housing, Walter Darius Resource and Knowledge Centre (Kwinana), City of Joondalup Mural Project, City of Perth Laneway Project, Rockingham General Hospital, Stirling City Council, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Emergency Department, Rockingham Justice Centre, Subiaco Redevelopment Authority, Peel Health Campus, Champion Lakes College Geraldton, Saint Vincent Aged Care Facility Midland, MRWA Graeme Farmer Freeway Tunnel Portals
SOLO OR MAJOR EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2016 | Ice/Land | Art Collective WA, Subiaco |
| 2014 | Cosmology, Art Collective WA, Subiaco |
| 2012 | Out There, Mossenson Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Sky/Sign Cullity Gallery, UWA, Nedlands |
| 1997 | Air 2, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth |
| 1996 | Air 2, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth |
| 1995 | Air 2, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth |
| 1998 | Postcards & Visions, Verge Gallery, Perth |
| 1987 | Pieceworks, Praxis gallery, Fremantle |
| 1986 | Mixed Media Drawings, Fremantle Art Centre, Fremantle |
| 1983 | Recent Drawings, Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2020 | Panacea, Fremantle Art Centre |
| (Un)Ladylike Acts, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA | |
| Six:2020: Mossenson Art Foundation Inaugural Exhibition: Subiaco | |
| 2018 | No Second Thoughts - reflections on the Artemis women’s art forum | Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA, Nedlands WA |
| 2017 | Stardust Memories | Holmes à Court Gallery, Vasse Felix, Cowaramup, WA |
| 2015 | Art Collective WA | Holmes à Court Gallery, Vasse Felix, Cowaramup, WA |
| 2014 | Victoria Park Art Prize, selected exhibition, Victoria Park, WA |
| Works on Paper, Art Collective WA, Subiaco WA | |
| 2013 | Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury, WA |
| Pure Contemplation without Knowledge, Nyisztor Galleries, Melville, WA | |
| Expedition of Discovery Nyisztor Studio Annex Fillaudeau’s Cafe, Caversham, WA, curator Amanda Alderson | |
| The Sportsman's Suite: Mark Howlett Foundation Print Collection 1991-2011 (Touring Exhibition) | |
| 2012 | Minawarra Art Awards, Joondalup Art Awards, Cossack Art Awards, From the studio: an artist's choice by Penny Coss, Perth Galleries |
| 2011 | MHF20, Fremantle Art Centre |
| 2010 | Home Open, Fremantle Art Centre, Off the Wall Central Gallery TAFE |
| 2004 | Clouded Over, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery |
| 2002 | MHF: First Decade, Art Gallery of Western Australia |
| 2001 | Houseandlandpackage, LWAG. |
| 2000 | Kedumba Drawing Prize, Kedumba, NSW . Out There, Contemporary Landscape, Cullity Gallery, UWA |
| 1999 | Imagining: Art of the Twentieth Century, AGWA. Double Take: Recent Acquisitions, AGWA |
| 1996 | Joondalup Art Award: Invitation Exhibition, Joondalup |
| Abject Lands: Personal Horizons, University of Arizona, USA. | |
| Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Art Gallery. | |
| Contemporary Australian Women Artists AGWA. | |
| West of West, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth. | |
| Drawing Out: Contemporary Drawing Practice in Western Australia, LWAG & Touring Exhibition | |
CURATORIAL / RESEARCH PROJECTS |
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| 2020-2021 | Fremantle Festival 10 Nights in the Ports - Underneath/Overlooked |
| 2014 | City of Subiaco Work for Walls Public Project |
| 2013-2015 | The Sportsman's Suite: Mark Howlett Foundation Print Collection 1991-2011 (Touring Exhibition) |
| 2011 | Research MHF20 anniversary publication ISBN 978-0-646-56916-1 |
| 2010 | Paint the Roof research project for Artsource and the Committee for Perth |
| 2009 | SITUATE online gallery for the Forest Place International Sculpture Award, Department of Arts Culture, Western Australia |
| 2008 | Unity Through Diversity Cosmology Gallery at the Gravity Discovery Centre, Gingin |
| 2005 | Grin, Breadbox |
| 1994 | MHF Drawing Prize, Moore’s Building, Fremantle |
| 2000-2006 | UWA BFA and Honours Graduating Students Exhibitions |
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS |
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| 2021 | Fremantle Festival 10 Nights in the Ports + Heritage Council of Western Australia - Underneath/Overlooked, Moores Building, Fremantle, WA |
| 2020 | Mossenson Art Foundation Award Six:2020 |
| 2017 | Wanneroo Art Prize | Highly Commended |
| 2015 | DCA Project Funding to attend NES Residency | Iceland |
| 2000 | Honorary Research Fellow : ALVA, UWA |
| 1997 | Artswa Travel Grant: Drawing Marathon with Graeme Nixon (Adelaide) |
| State Arts Sponsorship Award to the Mark Howlett Foundation | |
| 1995 | Dante Aligheri Society Travel Award (Venice Biennale) |
| 1987 | Fremantle Drawing Prize (Judge’s Commendation). |
| Creative Development Grant W.A. Dept Arts | |
| 1984 | Printmaker’s Association Print Award (Judge’s Commendation) |
| Guy Grey Smith Travel Grant (Sydney Biennale) | |
| 1983 | Special Project Grant W.A. Arts Council & Theatre Board Australia Council |
| 1982 | Graeme Hamilton Drawing Prize (Byam Shaw School of Art) |
| 1981 | Chairman’s Prize, (Byam Shaw School of Art) |
| 1981/2 | Bernard Bechener Bursary (2 years study scholarship UK) |
TIME-BASED WORKS & RESIDENCIES |
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| 2017 | The Farm Margaret River | Residency |
| 2015 | NES Iceland | Residency |
| 2015 | Carpe Diem, Kumarakom, Kerala | Residency |
| 1999 | Abrolhos Islands (ECU),Artist in Residence (ECU Joondalup) | Residency |
| 1983-1987 | Pieceworks, Praxis Gallery | Installation |
| ARX 87, Fremantle | Installation | |
| Hedged In By Habits, AGWA (Museum) | Performance | |
| Boundaries, Praxis Gallery | Performance with Swy Theatre Company | |
CATALOGUES / ARTICLES / AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS |
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| 2018 | Remembering ARTEMIS: A Western Australian Women’s Art Forum, Gemma Weston, UWA Press |
| 2014 | Penny Coss + Penny Bovell, Louise Morrison, Artist Profile Issue 26, 2014, ISSN 1834 7940 |
| 2013 | The Sportsman's Suite: Mark Howlett Foundation Print Collection 1991-2011 ISBN 978-0-646-90148-0 |
| 2012 | MHF20, Mark Howlett Foundation publication, ISBN 978-0-646-56916-1 |
| 2008 | Unity through Diversity Multicultural Art Project at the Cosmology Gallery, Gingin WA, ISBN 978-0-9751554-2-4 |
| 2006 | The Big and the Small: community and individualism ACUADS Forum http://acuads.com.au/conference/2005-conference/article/the-big-and-the-small-community-and-individualism/ |
| 2005 | Grin: Catalogue essay, Breadbox Gallery |
| 2002 | Sky/Sign : Limited Edition Artist’s Book, MHF Publication, Perth. ISBN 0-9581089-0-0 |
| MHF Commission #7, Catalogue, Helen Hewitt | |
| 2001 | Art Online, Article, Dialogue Magazine, (OLA) Perth Weekly, Objects of Worship, Evi Ferrier, May/June, Vol. 4, Issue 19, p9. |
| Catalogue: House and land package, Robert Cook, UWA. West Australian | |
| 2000 | Out There: Currents in the Landscape, Catalogue, Sandra Murray, UWA, p4. |
| Self-directed Learning Manual co-authors Kerry Williams & Penny Bovell, SoA, Curtin University of Technology Two Images, | |
| Catalogue essay, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth | |
| 1999 | Imaging the Sky: unpublished Master's thesis, UWA Scholars Centre |
| 1998 | Postcards and Visions: Musing on the Effect of Sky Gazing and Painting, Catalogue, Verge Gallery, UWA |
| Postcards and Visions Limina Journal, Vol. 2 1998 (UWA) | |
| 1984 | Worthy Passions, Catalogue, MHF Drawing Prize |
| 1986 | Artlink: Feminist Ideology and Art Practice Praxis Magazine # 18 p36 |
| 1984 | Art & Text: Tertiary Art Education: Philosophies & Strategies |
REVIEWS |
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| 2014 | Penny Bovell and Penny Coss, Artists Profile, feature article by Louise Morrison February Issue 2014 p53-55 |
| 2013 | Snell, T. SCOOP Home and Art Magazine Edition 36, Autumn 2013 |
| 2011 | Forster S. A Strong Finale for the Mark Howlett Foundation, Imprint: Quarterly Journal of Print Council of Australia, Summer 2011, Vol 46 # 4. Legacy, Artifacts: Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Nov 2011, p9. Foundation Farewell, Fremantle Herald, 19 November 2011. Bevis, S. Howlett’s 20-year legacy. The West Australian- Today, 25 November 2011. Eakin, B. Revels with a cause. The West Australian - Agenda, 18 June 2011. Morgan, E. Long term model strikes final pose. WA Business News, 2 June 2011. Nico, J. Exhibition Celebrates Foundation’s 20th year. Fremantle Gazette, 29 November, 2011. Exhibition Reviews, Scoop Homes & Art: Summer 2011-2012, p212. MHFMark Howlett Foundation, Artsource Newsletter Dec 2011, p23 |
| 2008 | Crowns Content Publication: Who’s Who in Western Australia |
| 2004 | 2004 Cement Concrete Aggregates Australia Etching Images Into Concrete, July15, 2004 ISSN 1441-1709 Insite Magazine: Artist Profile: Reach for the Sky, Nyanda Smith, Summer Edition 2004/5, p90-91 ISSN 1449-915002. UWA NEWS: Public Art for Public Patients, Lindy Brophy, 17 May Vol. 26 #6 |
| 2002 | Artlink: Article Patronage Feature Edition |
| AFWA Newsletter: Glamour and the Ghetto: The Artist and Urban Renewal, Spring Vol. 11 Ed # 3, p8 | |
| 2001 | Every Woman liftout, Women Artists Shine at Exhibition, Fri May 18 p5 |
| 2000 | Post Newspaper A Heavenly Fascination, Lesley Zampatti, Aug 19, p39. Artseen Website: |
| Review:http://www.artseen.vbw.com.au/BovellTarry.html, Rachel Berry, 6 Jan. Post newspaper, Landscape theme for PIAF Feb 5, p 48 | |
| 1998 | West Australian, Big Weekend, Look Hard to Learn, David Bromfield, Sat June 20, p6 |
| 1997 | Image: Belle Magazine, Dec-Jan, no. 138, p26. Mine Own Executioner, Catalogue, Michelle Theunissen, Mundaring Arts Centre, p4. West Magazine, West Coast Arts, Paula Silbert, p7. West Australian, Big Weekend, Art Seeks the Silver Lining, Feature Article, David Bromfield, April 12, p7. West Australian, Big Weekend, Visibly difficult show not to be missed, David Bromfield, Mar1, p7. NAVA Newsletter The Mark Howlett Foundation, Merrilee Kessler, Mar 97, p6. Artsline: MHF Article, Innovation in the Arts, p6. |
| 1996 | West Australian, Big Weekend, Familiar Views of Cottesloe’s Coast From Artists Old and New, David Bromfield, Oct 19, p7 |
| 1995 | Image: Belle Corporate & Office Design, Autumn/Winter, p46/48. Drawing Out, Catalogue, Judith Dinham, ECU, p3. West Australian, Big Weekend, Sky’s the Limit but not for Bovell’s Air Show, David Bromfield, April 15, p6. The Western Review, A Critique of Interpretation, Geoff Vivian July 1995. |
ACADEMIC POSITIONS |
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| 2003-2009 | Full time lecturer in Art History and Studio Practice Department of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Visual Art, University of Western Australia |
| 2001-2003 | Curriculum development and lecturer in History, Theory and Practice, Curtin University of Technology and Open Learning Australia |
| 1995-2000 | Lecturer in the History Theory & Practice of Drawing and Studio Practice, Department of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Visual Art, University of Western Australia |
| 1983-1991 | Tutor in Experimental Drawing, Visual Art Department, Edith Cowan University |
| 1976-1979 | Full-time secondary art teacher at Rockingham Senior High School and Swanbourne Senior High School |
ARTS ADMINISTRATION / COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP |
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| 2016-2019 | Board Member | Artsource |
| 2012-2013 | Founding Board Member | Art Collective WA |
| 1991-2011 | Mark Howlett Foundation, founding member (The MHF is a non-profit organisation raising funds for special projects, fellowships and commissions for visual artists.) |
| 2006-2008 | Tertiary sector representative on the Art and Design Panel, Curriculum Council |
| 2005 | Committee member: Bureau of Ideas |
| 2002 | Personal & Particular at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery curated by John Barrett- Lennard. An exhibition focusing on private collections in Perth. represented as a collector |
| 2001 | Judge and invitation speaker: Fremantle Print Awards, Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 1996 | Industry and Training Council (TAFE) Advisory Board Member |
INVITATION LECTURES / CONFERENCES / CLASSES |
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| 2013 | Guest Speaker Karrakatta Club |
| 2011 | Invitation lecture, 6x6 Artsource |
| 2010 | Invitation lecture, Art Gallery of Western Australia |
| 2005 | Bureau of Ideas: paper presentation: Happiness (one of three speakers on melancholia) |
| Postgraduate Research Institute: Air seminar paper with Professor Ellen Dissanayake | |
| 2004 | Guest lecture for Clouded Over exhibition, Walking Air and the Imagination, LWAG |
| 2002 | Studio Visit: MHF Commission: Friends of AGWA |
| 2001 | Judge and Opening Speaker: Fremantle Print Awards, Fremantle Art Centre |
| Guest Speaker: Suburbia, for Houseandlandpackage, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA | |
| 2000 | Guest Lecture: Mastering Painting, Theory & History, Masters of Art Education, ECU |
| Public Floor Talk: Out There – Currents in the Landscape, Cullity Gallery, UWA | |
| 1999 |
AAA Conference, Paper Presentation: Musing of the Effects of Sky Gazing and Painting, AGSA, Adelaide |
| 1998 | Artist Presentation: International Art Space, Kellerberrin, Australia |
| Artist Presentation: Symposium on Urban Dynamism and Asian Art, in conjunction with the exhibition Traditions & Tensions, AGWA | |
| 1997 | Postgraduate Conference: The Iconography of Clouds & Air as Metaphor in Painting, UWA |
| Guest Speaker: Returning to Painting, WA Women’s Discussion Groups, AGWA | |
| Master Classes: Drawn from Life, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA | |
| Studio Visit: ‘Colour me Contemporary,’ Friends of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery | |