Graham Cox

Graham Cox is a painter of landscapes in the grand manner, giving full rein to his love of mountainous height, steep descent, wide expanse and dreaming distance. He has held 50 Solo Exhibitions since his first in Launceston in 1963 and completed countless commissions for both private and corporate patrons.

His work has been selected to hang in the Wynne Prize on a number of occasions as well as being included in State and Regional Gallery shows and travelling exhibitions. The publications of his book, “Graham Cox, the Journey Begins’ by Craftsman House in 1987 has had a major impact on his career, together with media appearances, notably on the ABC Programme. “The 7.30 Report”.

Having spent time in Europe, studying the Masters in 1993, he has now extended his subject matter to include figure composition influenced by classic motifs.
His main body of works continues to concentrate on the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and the Hunter Valley subjects for which he is best known.

Graham was born in Sydney in 1941 and has been a full-time artist since 1977. Apart from some early training with Peter Panow in Sydney (1961-62) he is mainly self taught. A second publication, “The art of Graham Cox”, released in 1998 has been warmly received, enhancing his growing reputation.

EXHIBITIONS

1964 Mary Jolliffe Gallery, Launceston
1964 Won The Namatijira Art Prize
1967 Mary Jolliffe Gallery, Launceston
1972 Robert Wardrop Gallery, Sydney
1974 Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
1975 Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
1975-76 Hung in the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1976 Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
1977 Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
1977 Verlie Just Town Gallery, Brisbane
1978-79 Hung in the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1979 Verlie Just Town Gallery, Brisbane
1979 Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle
1980 Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle
1980 Jan Taylor Galleries, Sydney
1980 Colonial Gallery, Evandale, Tasmania
1981 Jan Taylor Galleries, Sydney
1981 Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle
1981 Colonial Gallery, Evandale, Tasmania
1982 Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle
1982 Colonial Gallery, Evandale, Tasmania
1983 Colonial Gallery, Evandale, Tasmania
1984 Colonial Gallery, Evandale, Tasmania
1984 Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle
1984 Trevor Bussell Fine Art, Sydney
1985 Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle
1985 Colonial Gallery, Evandale, Tasmania
1986 Colonial Gallery, Evandale, Tasmania
1986 Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle
1987 Colonial Gallery, Evandale, Tasmania
1988 Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle
1988 Cooks Hill Galleries, Woollahra
1989 Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
1990 Carter’s Antique / Fine Art Fair, Sydney
1990 Carter’s Antique / Fine Art Fair, Melbourne
1991 University of Newcastle, NSW
1991 Johnson’s Antique / Fine Art Fair, Sydney
1991 Blaxland Galleries, Sydney
1992 Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
1993 Lasting Impressions Gallery, Queensland
1993 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1994 Johnson’s Antique / Fine Art Fair, Sydney
1994 Dennis Baker Galleries, Sydney
1995 Lasting Impressions Gallery, Queensland
1995 North Shore Fine Art, Sydney
1996 Johnson’s Antique / Fine Art Fair, Sydney
1996 “Gowan Brae” Maitland, NSW
1997 North Shore Fine Art, Sydney
1997 Von Bertouch Galleries, Sydney
1997 Johnson’s Antique / Fine Art Fair, Sydney
1998 Lasting Impressions Gallery, Queensland
1998 “Gowan Brae” Maitland, NSW
1999 Lasting Impression Gallery, Queensland
2000 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2001 Maitland City Art Gallery, Sydney
2001 Lasting Impressions Gallery, Queensland
2001 McGrath Art Gallery. Sydney
2002 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney

LECTURERS

1993 Orange Regional Gallery , NSW
1995 Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery, NSW
1997 Maitland City Art Gallery, Sydney

COMMISSIONS

Royal Australian Navy
Kobe Steel (Japan)
Elders IXL
Earl of Monteith
Sir John and Lady Cameron
Serge De Kantzow
Carrington Coal
Coal Bridge
Newcastle Permanent Building Society
Ballaarat Corporation (Canada)
General Assurance