PETER J COSGRAVE
Contemporary Australian Irish Artist
Welcome to my portfolio. Here you’ll find a selection of my work. Explore my projects to learn more about what I do.
Peter Cosgrave ANCAD
Fulbright Scholarship awarded lnternational artist and graduate of the National College of Art & Design Dublin Ireland 1980-1986. Visiting arts scholar at Academy of Art College San Francisco US 1986.
I was born in Dublin Ireland and moved to Australia 1986 immersing myself in indigenous culture together with my passion for Irish mythology.
EDUCATION
National College of Art & Design Dublin Ireland
1980-1983 Art Education
1983-1985 Fine Art Sculpture
1996 Art College of Art College San Francisco USA
EXHIBITIONS
1982 THE HOUSE OF PAINT (paintings) Vale View Hotel Avoca, Co Wicklow IRE
1983 DUCK (installation) NCAD, Dublin IRE
1984 WASP NCAD (installation) Dublin IRE
1985 SPIDER NCAD (performance) Dublin lRE
1986 RED GATE (performance) Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco USA
1987 BLACK AND WHITE (performance) Everly St, Redfern Sydney AUS
BLACK& WHITE (performance) The Performance Space, Sydney AUS
1988 WORM (sculpture) Tigroney Avoca, Co Wicklow lRE
1990 RED TAPE (performance) Malaney Festival, QLD AUS
NOOSA ART SHOW (paintings) Noosa Art Gallery, QLD AUS
1991 OLD CUSTOMS HOUSE (sculpture) Fremantle WA AUS
1990-94 THE BOAT EXHIBITION (furniture/ paintings) Broome Cabinets Broome, WA AUS
1992 MANGO MADNESS (paintings) Durack gallery Broome, WA AUS
1993 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (sculpture) Cable Beach Resort Broome, WA AUS
1996. NEVER (performance) Beggers Lane Avoca, Co Wicklow IRE
1997 COOL ART (paintings) Coolum QLD AUS
2000 PERFORMANCE 2000 (performance) Vientiane LAO
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (sculpture) Thursday Plantation, Ballina NSW AUS
2001 FESTIVAL ARTIST WOODFORD FESTIVAL (paintings, sculptures)
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, Woodford Festival, QLD AUS
2002 ART OF TRASH ART MAUI (sculpture) Kahului Maui, Hawaii, USA
2009 BACK ON THE GREEN SOD (performance) Dublin IRE
2012 EXMOUTH ART SHOW (paintings) Exmouth WA AUS
2014-16 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE (painting/ sculpture) Gallery 126 Avoca VIC AUS
2016 1770 ART SHOW (sculpture) Seventeen Seventy QLD AUS
2017 ALICE SPRINGS ART SHOW (sculpture) NT AUS
2018-19 TEXTILE ARTS EXHIBITION (paintings) Darwin NT AUS
NCCA ART SHOW (painting/ sculpture) Darwin NT AUS
2021-24 SHINJU Awards SHOW (painting/ sculpture) Broome WA AUS
AWARDS
1985 Fulbright
1988 Irish Art Council award
2001 Thursday Plantation NSW sculpture award
2008 Art Quest Exmouth WA painting award
2016 Seventeen Seventy NSW sculpture award
2021 Art Maui US sculpture award
