CV
Gregory Pryor
Education
1980 RMIT University Melbourne Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts
1979 – 1977 RMIT University Melbourne Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art)
Individual Exhibitions
2017 Looking Glass, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
2016 The Yilgarn Lacunae, Turner Galleries, Art Taipei 2016, Taiwan
2014 Lacunae, Lister Gallery, Perth
2011 Perth, 2011 City of Perth Artwork Commission, Council House, Perth
2010 Botanik, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Vapour Trails (curated by Melissa Keys) Australian Embassy, Washington DC, USA
2009 Overland to Underwood, Lister Gallery Perth
King’s Wood Illuminations, Stour Valley Arts, Kent, UK
2007 Naked, Lister Gallery Perth
Flora Nullius, RMIT Project Space Melbourne
2006 Grain of Night, International Art Space, Kellerberrin, Australia
2005 Black Solander, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
2003 In Arenosis ad Fluvium Cygornum, The National Revue of Live Art, Midland, Perth
2002 Birrarung Walking, Birrarung Residence, Parks Victoria, Eltham
Bird and Flower Painting, Spectrum Project Space, Perth
2001 White Star, Building 66, RMIT School of Art and Culture
1999 Noosa Regional Gallery Noosa
RMIT Gallery Melbourne
Renard Wardell Gallery Melbourne
1997 Yellow Earth, Black Hole, Art Gallery of the Beijing International Art Palace, Beijing
Paintings From the Bed of a Long Green River, Part Two, George Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Paintings From the Bed of a Long Green River, West Space Melbourne
1995 Cite Internationale des Arts Paris
205 Russell Street Melbourne
1994 Temple Melbourne
21: Average Pictures, Westspace Melbourne
1991 Powell Street Gallery Melbourne
1990 Caves, Powell Street Graphics Melbourne
1989 Heaven and Earth, Powell Street Gallery Melbourne
1986 200 Gertrude Street Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Weep For Painting, Curated by Domenico De Clario, Span Gallery, Melbourne
Stations of the Cross, Curated by Claire Bushby, Wesley Uniting Church, Perth
2016 Invisible Genres, Curated by John Mateer, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Perth
Unknown Land, Curated by Melissa Harpley, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
2014 Panorama, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth
Of Spears and Pruning Hooks II, Spectrum Project Space, Perth
Egg Tooth, Spectrum Project Space, Perth
Canopy – Into the Forest, Mundaring Arts Centre
Mandorla Art Award – Linton and Kay Gallery Perth and New Norcia Monastery
2012 Est, Curated by Kate Parker, Mundaring Arts Centre, Perth
Contemporary Art with Pith Paper, National Museum of Natural Science and Botanic Garden, Taichung, Taiwan
The Conservatorium, Paper Mountain Gallery, Perth
2010 Constellations: A Large number of Small Drawings, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Wall Paper, Central TAFE Gallery, Perth
Pica Salon, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Subterranea, Mundaring Arts Centre, Perth
Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Arts Centre, Perth
2009 The Museum Effect, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
The Shilo Project, The Potter Museum, Melbourne (and touring)
A partial view: The University of Western Australia art collection Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA
Diagrams, Midland TAFE Gallery, Western Australia
Painthing (as one), Australian Experimental Art Foundation (AEAF), Adelaide
2008 Handle with Care: The 2008 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia
Heat: Art and Climate Change, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Things That Remain, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne
Wheatbelt Cultural Festival, Northam Western Australia
2007 Taipei Artist Village Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
The Systems of Nature, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Western Australia
2006 The Space Inside, The Gallery, Ellenbrook House, Perth
National Works on Paper Mornington Penninsula Regional Art Gallery
2005 This and Other Worlds, National Gallery of Victoria
Vrnitev in Visages de Slovenie, Video Space, Museum of Cahors, France
Vrnitev in Orchestratzione, Galleria Comunale Ai Mulini, Portogruaro Italy
Mix Tape, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
2004 For Nothing, The Bank, Midland, Western Australia.
National Works on Paper Mornington Penninsula Regional Art Gallery
2003 See Here Now, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
Vrnitev in Orchestratzione, Galleria Comunale Ai Mulini, Portogruaro Italy
2001 Nillumbik Art Award, Monsalvaat Great Hall, Eltham
2000 Art and Land, Asialink touring exhibition, throughout South East Asia
Stazione Topolò/Postaja Topolove, Topolò, Italy
Passaggi, Martina Franca, Italy
1999 What John Berger Saw, Canberra School of Art Gallery
Materia Prima, Para/Site Hong Kong
Stazione Topolò/Postaja Topolove Topolò, Italy
TU Rut/Grant, Rut/Grant, Slovenia
Deacons Award, Potter Museum, Melbourne
1998 The Autumn Show, Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
Gallery Artists, George Gallery, Melbourne
The Deacon, Graham and James Award, The University of Melbourne Museum of Art
1997 Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Five Quiet Years, City of Port Phillip Town Hall, Melbourne
Work, West Space, Melbourne
The Geelong Art Gallery Prize
The Art of Gold, Ballarat Art Gallery
1996 The Art of Collecting #2, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
Working in Collaboration, West Space, Melbourne
Chinoiserie, Sutton Gallery Melbourne
The Geelong Art Gallery Prize
The Monash University Acquisitive Art Award, Melbourne
1995 Works on Paper, Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
Steam, The George Ballroom, Melbourne
The Herald/Sun Contemporary Art Award Melbourne
Tricks, Stop 22, Melbourne
Lovers, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
1994 (Un) Peeled Art, Ballarat Art Gallery
Love and Ruin, St,Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne
1992 Works on Paper, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Above the Lake, Below the Sky, Benalla Art Gallery
1991 Artist’s Make Books, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
Art Object Vending Machine, Rhumbarellas, Melbourne
Logos, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
1990 Witness, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
It All Starts Here, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
Art with Text, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
1989 The Intimate Object, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
Drawing Show, Powell Street Graphics, Melbourne
Re: creation/Re-creation, the art of copying, 19th and 20th Centuries, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Four Painters, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
Artworks, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
Artist’s Choice, Standfield Gallery, Melbourne
1987 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
Young Australians, The Budget Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1986 St.Kilda Acquisitive Show, Melbourne
Director’s Choice, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
1985 St. Kilda Acquisitive Show, Melbourne
Figure, Fantasy and Fetish, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
APM 150th Anniversary Art Award, Broadford
1982 Brim Brim Gallery, Queenscliff
1981 Brim Brim Gallery, Queenscliff
Academic experience
2003 - present Edith Cowan University, Perth - Lecturer in visual arts
2002 Victorian College of the Arts - sessional lecturer in painting
RMIT Center for Art and Visual Culture - sessional lecturer in drawing
Ballarat University, Academy of Art - sessional lecturer in drawing
Edith Cowan University, Perth – artist in residence
2001 Monash University - sessional lecturer in painting
Victorian College of the Arts - sessional lecturer in painting
Latrobe Street College of Art and New Media - lecturer in studio methods and techniques
RMIT, Melbourne - artist in residence
1999 Victorian College of the Arts Melbourne - external examiner, painting graduates
1998 - 1999 Monash University Melbourne - sessional lecturer in visual communication
1993 - 1997 Victorian College of the Arts Melbourne - sessional lecturer in drawing department
1994 - 1995 RMIT University Melbourne, sculpture department - sessional drawing lecturer
1990 - 1995 RMIT University Melbourne - sessional lecturer in drawing and painting
1993 - 1994 Council of Adult Education Melbourne - taught classes in painting and drawing
1994 - 1993 Prahran College of T.A.F.E. short courses in painting, drawing, watercolour and mixed media
1991 Monash University School of Art Melbourne - external examiner, painting graduates
1989 - 1991 Dandenong College of Technical and Further Education lecturer in painting, drawing and design
1989 - 1990 Northern Metropolitan College of T.A.F.E Melbourne, drawing, painting and professional practice
1988 RMIT University Melbourne Industrial Design Department - sessional lecturer in figure drawing,
Monash University Melbourne Painting Department - sessional lecturer in figure drawing
Professional Boards
2017 – 19 WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Creative Industries, peer assessment panel
2011 - 19 Spectrum Project Space, Perth, committee member
2010 - 11 Asialink, Advisory committee member
2009 - 12 Board member, Art Monthly Australia
1995 - 96 Member, 200 Gertrude Street Studio selection Committee
1995 - 99 Co-Editor, of Contemporary Art Journal, Dialogue
1995 - 98 Member, West Space Inc. Board of Management
Grants/Awards
2018 Australia Council for the Arts, arts projects for individuals and groups
2015 Creative Arts Development Fellowship, Department of Culture and the Arts
2010 City of Perth Commission
2009 Department of Culture and the Arts Western Australia and Arts Council England, for King’s Wood Illuminations, site - specific project and artist’s book
2008 Residency with Stour Valley Arts, Kent, United Kingdom
Australia Council skills and arts development grant
2007 ARTSWA grant for New Work
City of Perth exchange residency to Taipei Artists Village, Taiwan
2006 Synapse Art and Science Residency, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Perth
2005 Edith Cowan University small research grant for Black Solander
2002 Australia – China Council Residency in Beijing, China
Residency in the School of Visual Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth
Arts Victoria International Program grant for Bird Painting project in Beijing
Austrian Federal Arts Chancellery Residency in Vienna
Australia Council project Grant for New work
2001 Nillumbik Shire and Parks Victoria Artist in Residence at "Birrarung", Eltham, Australia.
2000 Australia Council residency in Topolò, Italy
1999 Noosa Regional Gallery residency
Arts 21 international exchange Grant for participation in Materia Prima, Para/Site, Hong Kong
1998 Arts 21 international programs Grant, Arts Victoria for participation in Stazione Topolò/Postaja Topolove, Topolò, Italy
1996 Asialink residency, Beijing Academy of Art
Australia Council Project Grant for New Work
1987 Australia Council project Grant
1986 St. Kilda Acquisitive Award
Australia council residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
1985 Australian Paper Manufacturer’s Art Award