COWLISHAW Edith

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Biography
  Born Adelaide, South Australia
  Printmaker and etcher of wildlife
  Graduated B. Science, University of Sydney
  10 year correspondence at Sydney Tech
  Worked as an Industrial Chemist
  Studied painting and graphic art at Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby, NSW
2000-present National Art School Summer and Winter schools
   
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Workshop Arts Centre, Sydney
  ‘Botanicals’ Impressions on Paper Gallery, Canberra
1990/93 Breewood Galleries, Katoomba
1989 Burns Kaldy, Newcastle
1988 Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1984/86/89 The Print Room (now Richard King Gallery), Woolloomooloo
1983 Villeui Gallery, Southport
  Maitland City Gallery
  Hall, Canberra
1982/84/2000 Gallery 460, Gosford
1981 Ontario Gallery, Newcastle
1980 Cook’s Hill Gallery Newcastle
1978 Printmakers City Gallery, Brisbane
1978/79/82 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1976 Kabuki Gallery, Sydney
1971 Impressions on Paper Gallery, Canberra
   
Group exhibitions
Sydney Printmakers
1997 Guiyang, China
1998 Chile
2002 Norway
2000 Joint exhibition with Christina Cordero & Mieke Cohen,Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby
Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1996 Works on Paper
1999 Women in Art
1998 Botanic Gardens
Gallery 460, Gosford
1993/95 Joint exhibition with June young
1998 Joint exhibition with Patrick Shervington
 
Societies and Memberships        
Since 1971 Member of Sydney Printmakers and past president
Since 1972 Member of Print Circle
  Member of Print Council of Australia
 
Awards
1989 Ryde, Gosford, Narrabri, Quirindi, Boggabri,Wellington and Royal Agricultural Show, Sydney
1994 Drummoyne
2004 Scone
2006 Merriwa
  Various Print Prizes
 
Represented
Regional Art Galleries and private collections both in Australia and overseas including U.K., Germany, France, Norway, Canada, USA and the Tokyo Royal Palace, Japan
 
Bibliography
Germain, Max. ‘Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volume 1’
Print Council of Australia Directory, Craftsman House, 1990
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