SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2003 Lilian Ida Smith Acquisitive Award, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ.
Utopia Art Sydney.
New Work, Studio Gallery, Te Tuhi-The Mark, Manukau City, NZ.
2002 X Space, Auckland University of Technology, NZ.
2001 'Shifting Geometries', Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin, NZ.
'Shifting Geometries', The Physics Room, Christchurch, NZ.
2000 'Shifting Geometries', Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ.
1998 Painting Installation, Art Gallery of NSW, Level 2
'The Sieve, Nets & Everything', Creation Gallery, Beijing
1998 Morphic Paintings, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1997 Glassworks, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1996 Lattices, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1994 Knots, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1992 Cicadas, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1995 Lattices, Brooker Gallery, Wellington
1993 Works on Paper, Brooker Gallery, Wellington
1991 Magnetism, Brooker Gallery, Wellington
1993 Selected Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
1991 Magnetism, Syme/Dodson Gallery, Sydney
1990 The Fisherwoman & the Gardener series, Syme/Dodson Gallery, Sydney
1989 Selected Paintings, Syme/Dodson Gallery, Sydney
1987 Growing Paintings, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1986 Soundings, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1985 Bridges, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1984 Selected Paintings, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1983 Installation, Avago, Sydney
1981 Kores, David Reids' Gallery, Sydney
1978 Chameleons & Tapestries, Gallery Data, Auckland
Tapestries, Riverina CAE, Wagga Wagga
1977 Chameleons, George Paton & Ewing Galleries,Melb.University Union

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2004 Southern Exposure: A Survey of New Zealand Glass, curators: Grace Cochrane & Angela Lassig. Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ and Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark.

2002 - Good Vibrations: The Legacy of Op Art in Australia, curator: Zara Stanhope, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
- Wallace Art Awards, Auckland War Memorial Museum & Massey University, Wellington, NZ. (Special Jury Award)
- Westpac Redlands Art Prize Exhibition, curator Felicity Fenner, Sydney. (Westpac/Redlands Art Prize)

2001 - Liz Coats & Eva Heimer, curator: Nick Vickers, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- 'Intersections of Art and Science', in conjunction with ISIS-Symmetry Art & Science Congress, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Sydney.
- 'Leaping Boundaries: A century of New Zealand artists in Australia', curator: Sue Gardiner, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney.
- 'Dans le jardin des beaux arts', site specific installation in the Arts Aemula Naturae courtyard, Leiden, Netherlands. Curators: Sonja van Kerkhoff, Jacqueline Wassen, Sen McGlinn.

2000 - The Numbers Game: Art and Mathematics. Curator: Zara Stanhope, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington.
- Meeting Lines: Margaret Roberts and Liz Coats, Otago Polytechnic Art School, Dunedin.
- The Wanganui Show, Te Wa Gallery, Wanganui, NZ.
- 'Door-to-door': selected artists explore the concepts and connotations of the door. Curator: Rhoda Fowler, Fisher Gallery, Manukau City, New Zealand

1999 - Silver, Curator: Nick Waterlow, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.

1998 - Optics, Curator: Nick Vickers, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Univ. of Sydney Union.
- Co-Existence - Australian Artists Against Racism, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.

1997 - AAAR! (Australian Artists Against Racism) Message Sticks, Field of Dreams, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
- Drawing on the Diaphanous (glass artists in association with Ausglass Conference) Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney.

1996 - Skirting Abstraction: Twelve Women Abstract Painters, Curator: John Hurrell, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ.

1995 - Minima:Maxima, Liz Coats, Jim Croke, Jon Plapp. Curator:Nick Vickers, Sir Herman Black
1996 Gallery, Sydney University Union.

1994 - Town & Gown, Victoria University Collection, Wellington, NZ.
- Three artists: Liz Coats, Esther Morgan Leigh, Geoff Thornley, Brooker Gallery, Wellington,
- Circle, Line, Square: Aspects of Geometry. Curator: Sioux Garside, Campbelltown City Art Gallery. (Touring: Newcastle,Albury, New England Regional Art Galleries).
- Contemporary Australian Paintings: Works from the Allen,Allen & Hemsley Collection. Curator: Ewen McDonald. Melbourne International Festival, Victorian Arts Centre.

1993 - Works on paper, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, and Solander Galleries, Canberra.
- Thought Painting, Curator: Scott Redford, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane.

1992 - The New Metaphysic, curator: Felicity Fenner, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.

1991 - Frames of Reference: Aspects of Feminist Art, curator: Sally Couacaud, Artspace, Sydney.
- Abstract Paintings, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, NZ.

1990 - Abstraction, Curator: Victoria Lynn, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
- Tokyo Connection: Twelve Australian Artists, Heineken Exhibition Centre, Tokyo.

1989 - Modern Australian Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne.

1988 - Maiden Voyage, First Draft Gallery, Sydney.

1987 - Structures of Necessity, First Draft Gallery, Sydney.

1986/7 - Surface for Reflexion, Curator: Tony Bond, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.

1985 - The Subject of Painting, Curator: Paul McGillick, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
- In Visible Pursuit, Curator: Merilyn Fairskye, Artspace, Sydney.

1983 - Perspecta, Curator: Bernice Murphy, Art Gallery of NSW.
- Artspace Special Event, Curator: Judy Annear, Artspace, Sydney.

1982 - From the Inside Out, Women & Arts Festival, Sydney.

1981 - Ten Years After, Ewing & George Paton Galleries, Melb.Univ. Union.

1980 - Capital Permanent Invitation Exhibition, Geelong Art Gallery.

1978 - The Map Show, Ewing & George Paton Galleries, Melbourne Univ. Union.

1977 - The Women's Show, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide.

CURATED EXHIBITION:
2001 'Fertile Ground: An artist looks at McCahon', Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin, NZ.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Melbourne University; Newcastle Art Gallery; Myer Collection of Art of the 'Eighties, at Heide; New Parliament House; Artbank; Allen, Allen & Hemsley; Art Gallery of NSW; New England Regional Gallery; Max Watters Collection; Law Commission, Wellington; National Bank of NZ, Wellington; Auckland City Art Gallery; National Gallery of Victoria; BP Collection; Campbelltown City Art Gallery; Victoria University, Wellington; Bathurst Regional Gallery; University of Western Sydney, Macarthur; University of Sydney Union, University of Technology, Sydney; Australian Embassy, Beijing; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, NZ; Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ; Federal Court of Australia, Canberra; Redlands Westpac Art Collection, Sydney; Macquarie Bank, Sydney; Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ.

ARTIST RESIDENCIES:
2000 Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
1999 Rita Angus Studio, Wellington, New Zealand.
1998 Asialink Residency, Beijing Art Academy, Beijing, China.
1996 Artist Residency, School of Art, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin.
Artist Residency, Ilam School of Art, Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
1987 Tokyo Studio, Japan, Australian Visual Arts Board.

AWARDS:
2003 Lilian Ida Smith Acquisitive Award, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui.
2002 Westpac Redlands Art Prize
2002 Wallace Art Awards, Special Jury Prize
1999 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant
1994 Australian post-graduate award, MFA Research, COFA, University of NSW.
1992 Development Grant, Visual Arts/Crafts Board
1989 Artist's Fellowship, Visual Arts/Crafts Board
1986 Development Grant, Visual Arts Board
1983 Development Grant, Visual Arts Board
1981 Exhibition assistance, Visual Arts Board

SELECTED ARTICLES:
2003 Bridie Lonie, essay: ‘Analogical Machines’ in solo exhibition catalogue at Utopia Art Sydney, May/June.

2002- Points of View, University of Technology, Sydney Art Collection, UTS Sydney.
- Andrew Paul Wood, Shifting Geometries: Liz Coats. In: Physics Room Annual 2001, The Physics Room Trust, Christchurch.

2001 - Liz Coats, Paper given at ISIS-Symmetry: Art & Science Sydney Congress. "Shifting Geometries - Dimensional Colour in Abstract Painting", University of NSW, Sydney, 7-14 July.
- Bridie Lonie, 'Liz Coats: Holding Patterns', Art New Zealand, No. 98 Autumn.
- Liz Coats, 'Fertile Ground: An artist looks at McCahon'. Liz Coats writes and curates on McCahon, Hocken Gallery, Dunedin, March-May 2001.
- Liz Coats: Notes from China, In: Arts Dialogue, Journal of the Ba'hai organisation, No. 54, February.

2000 - Liz Coats, Booklet: Inside Painting: Artist's statement for exhibition, "Meeting Lines": Margaret Roberts & Liz Coats, Otago Polytechnic Art School, Dunedin.

1999 - Liz Coats, (Aspiring to) The Great Wide Open: Notes on China, In: Australian Asian Arts Society Journal, Vol.8 No.1 March 1999.

1998 - Liz Coats, catalogue statement: The Sieve, Nets & Everything, (solo exhibition: Creation Gallery, Beijing) June.
- Liz Coats - exhibition statement: Morphic Paintings (solo exhibition, Annandale Galleries, Sydney) February.

1995 - Bruce James, catalogue essay: 'In the Congregations, the paintings of Liz Coats', solo exhibition,
Brooker Gallery,Wellington, NZ.

1993 - Anne Kirker, New Zealand Women Artists, 2nd edition, Craftsman House, Sydney (illus.).

1992 - Nigel Hoffman - Interview with Liz Coats in 'Transforming Art', Sydney.
- Brigitte Carcenac de Torne, 'Colours that fan out subjectivity', in: Binocular, Vol.2, Moet et Chandon, Sydney
- Sandy Kirby, Sight Lines: Women's Art & Feminist Perspectives in Australia, Craftsman House (illus.).

1991 - Ewen McDonald, Liz Coats: A Body of Work, in: Art New Zealand, Sept.
- Liz Coats - statement in: Frames of Reference catalogue. Curator: Sally Couacaud, Pier 4/5, Sydney (in association with Dissonance programme).

1990 - Max Germaine, Artists & Galleries of Australia & New Zealand, Craftsman House (illus.).
- Terence Maloon, chapter: Commitment to abstraction, in:Contemporary Australian Painting, Editor: Eileen Chanin.Craftsman House, Sydney.
- Sabrina Achilles, 'Tokyo Connection', interview in: From Australia: Contemporary Art & Craft, No. 2. Published by the Australia Council.

1987 - Yoko Matsuda - Interview with Liz Coats, in: Bijutsu Techo, Contemporary Art Magazine, Tokyo, July,
- Liz Coats - Artist's Diary (Tokyo Visual Arts Board studio), Arts Monthly, December.

1986 - Tony Bond, catalogue essay in: 'Surface for Reflexion', Art Gallery of NSW & touring Regional NSW Galleries.

1985 - Paul McGillick, catalogue essay,'The Subject of Painting', Art Gallery of New South Wales.

1981 - Janine Burke, 'Bringing it all back home: Thoughts on recent abstract painting' in: Art & Australia, Vol.18, p.370-4.


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