PETER COLLIS RHA

Born London, 1929

Studied at Epsom College of Art, London from 1947 to 1952.

Moved to IrelAND from Surrey in 1969

Elected Associate Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1990 and a Full Member in 1993. Held the position of Treasurer from 1994 to 1998 and has been on the Annual Selection Committee for the past 10 years. Conferred with Senior Membership of the Academy in 2002.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1975-77                  Emmet Gallery, Dublin

1979-81                  Image Gallery, Dublin

1983-84                  Lincoln Gallery, Dublin

1986, 89, 90            Carroll Gallery, Longford

1986, 88                  Grant Fine Art, Newcastle, Co Down

1987, 88                  Hendricks Gallery, Dublin

1991                        Trinity Gallery, London

1992, 94                   Fosse Gallery, Cheltenham

1993                        Yeats Gallery, Sligo

1995                        James Gallery, Dalkey, Co Dublin

1996, 98, 2000, 04    John Martin of London Gallery

1997, 99, 2002, 06    Solomon Gallery, Dublin

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

Royal Academy, London

Irish Art, Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA

Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London

United Society of Artists, London

Represented IrelAND, Expo ‘92, Seville

Hendricks Gallery, New York, USA

An tOireachteas

Independent Artists, Dublin

Ulster Arts Club

Cork Arts Society

Tulfarris Gallery, Wicklow

Munster Fine Art Exhibition

Figurative Image

Kenny Gallery, Galway

Celebration of the Bog, Touring Exhibition; Carroll Gallery,

IMMA, Glebe AND Butler Galleries

Claremorris Open Exhibition

United Arts Club Group

Taylor Galleries, Dublin

Dolan Moore Gallery

Trinity Gallery, London

Austin Desmond Fine Art, London

Fosse Gallery, London

Narrow Water Gallery, N. Ireland

Swift Gallery, N. IrelAND

James Gallery, Dalkey

Aer Rianta Arts Festival

Claremorris Gallery

Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin

Boyle Arts Festival

George Moore Festival

Solomon Gallery, Dublin

COLLECTIONS

Limerick University

University College Dublin, Engineering Faculty

National Self-Portrait Collection

AIB Bank

AIB UK

Aer Rianta

Bank of IrelAND, Brussels

Bord na Mona

B.P. IrelAND Ltd

Central Bank of IrelAND

Commissioner of Public Works

GANDon Productions Ltd

Gimpel Fils Gallery, London

Hambro’s Bank, London

Irish Management Institute

Jury Hotel Group

McConnells Advertising

Park Printing Co Ltd

Shannon International Leasing

Stephen McKenzie AND Co

V.H.I.

Dr Derek Hill CBE

The Marquis of Hartington

Lord Puttnam

Mr AND Mrs Patrick Murphy

Mr AND Mrs Vincent Ferguson

Mr Christy Moore

Prof. Seoirse Bodley

Ms Mary O’Hara

Bono of U2

Works in private collections in France, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Germany, Jersey, UK, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Canada, Japan

AWARDS

1975 Royal Trust Co Ltd Award

1981 Oireachteas, Maurice MacGonigal LANDscape Prize

1982, 90, 92 Claremorris Open Exhibition Awards

1983 Oireachteas Irish Pensions LANDscape Prize

1999 James Adam Salesroom Award, RHA