CURRICULUM VITAE - LIZ CUMING

TERTIARY STUDIES

• 2007 -     Grad. Dip. in Australian Indigenous Knowledges, CDU External Studies
• 2003     Cert IV Workplace Training & Assessment, TAFE
• 1989/90     Master of Fine Arts, Painting UNSW College of Fine Arts
• 1984/86     Graduate Diploma in Adult & Further Education, External Studies SACAE
• 1981/83     BA (Visual Arts) City Art Institute
• 1978/80     Art Certificate, Hornsby TAFE

EMPLOYMENT

• 2007 -     Self employed artist and operating out there outback arts tours to Central Australia
• 1986/2006     Part-time Lecturer in Fine Arts at UNSWCOFA, University of Newcastle,TAFE, and AGNSW

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2006     Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
• 2005     John Miller Gallery, Newcastle
• 2004     Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
• 2003     John Miller Gallery, Newcastle
• 2003     “Awespace”, UNSWCOFA
• 2001     Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
• 2000     Church Gallery, Hill End
• 2000     Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
• 1999     Robin Gibson Gallery
• 1999     Nowra Galleries
• 1997     Robin Gibson Gallery
• 1995     Robin Gibson Gallery
• 1993     Robin Gibson Gallery
• 1992     Robin Gibson Gallery
• 1991     Robin Gibson Gallery
• 1991     Ivan Dougherty Galleries,UNSWCOFA
• 1988     Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
• 1986     Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney

SELECTED

• 2007     Whyalla Art Prize
• 2007     Muswellbrook Art Prize
• 2007     Art on Paper, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
• 2006     Norville Prize, Murrurundi
• 2006     The Waterhouse Prize, SA Museum
• 2004     Alice Springs Art Prize
• 2001     Portia Geach Exhibition, SH Ervin Gallery
• 2001     Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW
• 1998     Portia Geach Exhibition, SH Ervin Gallery
• 1998     Sulman Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW
• 1997     Wynne & Sulman Exhibitions, Art Gallery of NSW

INVITED/JOINT SHOWS

• 2008     “between a rock and a hard place”, Depot II
• 2007     Big & Little, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney
• 2007     “First Mark”, A-Space on Cleveland
• 2007     "Bruyeres Gray at Bowral", Milk Factory Gallery
• 2006     "back from out there outback", Depot II Gallery
• 2005     "Sirens", Global Gallery, Sydney
• 2005     ‘out there outback’ with Kristen Radge, Depot Gallery, Sydney
• 2003     “Love your Work”, Sydney Institute of Technology
• 2002      “Landmarks”, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
• 2001     “Finding Connections”, Sydney Institute of Technology
• 2001     “Southern Accents”, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney
• 2001     “Article”, The Wharf, Woolloomooloo
• 2001     “A Studio in Paris”, SH Ervin Galleries, Sydney
• 2000     “Article”, Regent St. Gallery
• 2000     “The Art of Drawing”, Robin Gibson Gallery
• 1998     “New Faces”, Solander Galleries
• 1998/99     Touring Regional Galleries Show, “No Bloody Gumtrees” (Broken Hill, Moree & NEGGS Armidale
• 1993     "Current States", Survey of Contemporary Printmakers, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney University
• 1986      "Ink & Image", Macquarie University

PRIZES

• 2008     RAS Australian Plants/Animals in Natural Environment (3rd), Sydney Easter Show
• 2007     RAS Drawing Prize (2nd), Sydney Easter Show
• 2006     John Copes Prize for Representational Art
• 2006     The Waterhouse Prize (3rd for Work on Paper), SA Museum
• 2006     RAS Drawing Prize (1st), Sydney Easter Show
• 2005     Taree, 1st Prize, Water based media
• 2005     RAS Watercolour Prize (1st), Sydney Easter Show
• 2004     RAS Landscape Prize (1st), Sydney Easter Show
• 2004     Margaret Fesq Memorial Award, Sydney Easter Show
• 2002     RAS Waterccolour (2nd), Sydney Easter Show
• 2001     Pring Memorial Award for Watercolour, AGNSW
• 2000     Mattara Watercolour Prize, Newcastle
• 2000     Singleton Watercolour Prize
• 1999     Maitland Open Art Prize
• 1999     Contemporary Art Award, Taree
• 1998     Willoughby Art Award (Resident)
• 1998     Contemporary Art Award, Taree
• 1998     Royal Agricultural Society Watercolour Prize, Sydney Easter Show
• 1997     Willoughby Art Prize (Resident)
• 1997     Muswellbrook Open Art Prize
• 1997     Singleton Contemporary Open Art Prize
• 1997     Singleton Watercolour Prize
• 1997     Royal Agricultural Society Watercolour Prize, Sydney Easter Show
• 1995     Alumni 1000, UNSWCOFA Alumni
• 1995     Regional Gallery
• 1990     Warringah Art Award
• 1989     Elioth Gruner Memorial Painting Prize, awarded by Art Gallery of NSW
• 1984     Prints, Newcastle CAE

RESIDENCIES

• 1999     Paul Haefliger Cottage, Hill End (Bathurst Regional Art Gallery)
• 1994     Arthur Boyd Studio, "Bundanon", Shoalhaven River, NSW
• 1992     Moya Dyring Studio, Cite, Paris (AGNSW)

COLLECTIONS

•     Australian Federal Government (Dept. of Immigration)
•     Artbank
•     Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
•     Brisbane City Hall and Gallery
•     Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
•     IBM Australia
•     Maitland City Art Gallery
•     Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
•     NRMA
•     TNT Australia
•     Culwalla Chambers
•     Unified Securities
•     University of NSW
•     UNSWCOFA Alumni
•     Ward Howell International Inc.
•     Warringah Shire Council