Bio
Mary Pinnock (Australian 1951-)
The Archibald finalist lives in and has a studio in Paddington, Sydney but has retained her connection with the land, and her infectious love of nature shines through in her works on canvas There is something heartwarming about Mary Pinnock’s depiction of nature ‘You just want to reach out and stroke her plump chickens depictured or give her smiling cows a pat ‘I love all things to do with ‘mother nature’ – animals, flowers, fruit and all insects, especially cloudscapes and tropical flora and fauna’, My work is an ‘escape’ from the city’s humdrum and as I sit on the floor of my studio, I always imagine that I am living inside the painting I am working on at that moment Out of Town
Solo Exhibitions
1982 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1983 Wagga Art Gallery, NSW
1983 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1984 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1985 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1985 Design Warehouse, Melbourne
1986 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1987 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1988 Robertsons Interiors, Melbourne
1989 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1991/2 Harry M Miller, Sydney
1993 Pappoucci Fine Art Galleries, Sydney in conjunction with Madame Rochas Parfum, Paris
1993 The Sydney Law Courts, Sydney
1994 Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney Fund Raising Exhibition
1998 Grosvenor Place, Sydney
2006 Richard Martin Art, Sydney ‘Tropical Visions’
2012 Yuill Interiors – “Favourite Things” Bowral, NSW
Group Exhibitions
1974 The Arkwright Gallery, London UK
1983 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1985 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1987 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney Revlon Corporation for ‘Cats’, Sydney
1987 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney ‘Festival of Sydney’
1987 Aptos Cruiz Galleries, Adelaide ‘Festival of Adelaide’
1988 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney ‘Festival of Sydney’
1990 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney ‘Sun Worship’
1990 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney ‘Study of the Nude’
1992 D.C.M. Galleries, Melbourne
2000 Michael Commerford Gallery, Sydney ‘Mary Pinnock Magic Picture Show’ (sponsored by Philips Electronics)
2002 Art Gallery of New South Wales The Archibald Prize Exhibition
2002 Goulburn Regional Art Gallery The Archibald Prize Exhibition
2002 Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery The Archibald Prize Exhibition
2002/3 Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne The Archibald Prize Exhibition
2004 Art Gallery of New South Wales The Wynne Prize Exhibition
2004 The Victorian Art Centre The Wynne Prize Exhibition
2012 The Milk Factory Bowral, NSW
Collections and Commissions
Mary Pinnock’s work is held in numerous collections around Australia including:
The American Embassy, Canberra ACT American Express, Sydney Commissioned by Catalogue ’84 cover The Revlon Collection, Sydney The Caringbush Collection, Sydney Chadwick’s Modelling Agency, Sydney Santay Suisse Pty Ltd, Sydney The Sydney Film Company, Sydney The Burroughs/Dobell Collection, Sydney The Sheraton Mirage Collection, Gold Coast, QLD Good Morning Australia, TV Set, TEN Network, Sydney The World Expo 1988 Commissioned poster for Cato Designs, Sydney Qantas Airways , Melbourne Commissioned for Captain’s Club Lounge Yellow House Collection, Martin Sharp, Sydney TNT Corporation, Head Office, Sydney Trimex Corp of Australia (for Madame Rochas Perfume, Paris) Singleton Ogilvy Mather Collection, Sydney Australian Consolidated Express Corporate Art Collection, Sydney Mirvac Group, Sydney Sebel Hotel, Sydney ANZ Bank Collection, Sydney Simeoni Architecture, Melbourne Esanda Fleetmasters, Sydney
International Collections
The Bank of America, Paris France The Brodribb Collection, Milano Italy Olivetti Australia, for Olivetti Corp, Milano Italy Ogilvy Mather Collection, USA Various private collections in Australia and Overseas
Academic and Business History
1963/5 Studied with Alfred Morris, Wagga Technical College, NSW Australia
1971 Vogue Australia, Vogue, London UK
1971/2 Studied at Camden Institute, London UK
1973 Studied at The Royal Academy, London UK
1971/6 Member of the Institute of Contemporary Art, London UK
1976 Studies at Alexander Mackie Art Institute, University of NSW, Sydney
1986 Extensive Interview for Archives of the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
1990 Madame Rochas Parfum “Byzance Woman of the Year” Award (3 months in Paris, France)
1995 Set up as an Independent Artist, Paddington, Sydney Australia
1997 Designed “Hall of Fame” for Singelton Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, Sydney
2003 Finalist Archibald Prize (Portrait of Martin Sharp) – AGNSW
2004 Finalist Wynne Prize (Southern Highlands Landscape) – AGNSW
