Pennie Steel – journey
Awards and Prizes
| 1980 | Alexander Mackie College of Advanced |
| Education Dip Art Ed. | |
| 1981 | Alexander Mackie College of Advanced |
| Education Bachelor of Education (Art). | |
| 1985 | South Australian College of Advanced Education |
| Graduate Diploma in Fine Art. | |
| 1996 | Master of Letters (Fine Art and Design). |
| 1987 | Sunshine Coast show 1st prize each drawing, painting. |
| 1988 | Sunshine Coast Art Show 1st prize drawing, highly commended for painting. |
| Caloundra Show Grand champion painting. Highly commended for painting. | |
| 1989 | Highly commended for painting. |
| Sunshine Motorway prize 1st prize. | |
| 1990 | Maroochy Art Prize Highly commended for drawing. |
| 1992 | Noosa Art Show highly commended for portraiture. |
| Award for Excellence, Maroochy Shire. | |
| Awarded RADF Maroochy Shire grant towards proposal for Puppet work on The Legend of Maroochy. | |
| Regional Arts Development Fund Maroochy Shire Grant for project “The Legend of Maroochy”. | |
| 1993 | Maroochy Art Prize 1st prize for drawing. |
Exhibitions and Installations
SOLO
| 1959 | Installation in retail windows, Bournemouth, UK. |
| 1985 | South Australian College of Art Gallery Graduate show. |
| 1986 | Studio show Hahndorf SA. |
| 1987 | Gallery 48 Hahndorf SA. |
| 1989 | Noosa Regional Gallery- ‘Mounds Middens and Markers’. |
| 1990 | Gallery Panache Mooloolaba. |
| 1992 | Eaglehawk Gallery Sydney- ‘The Consequence of the Dream’. |
| Childers Regional Gallery- ‘The Consequence of the Dream’. | |
| 1993 | Blue Marble Gallery Buderim Qld- ‘Mandorla’. |
| 1999 | SteelReid Gallery Edward St Brisbane- Artists Muse. |
GROUP
| 1965 | Collaboration on photographic project with Grenville Dowse, Bournemouth College of Art, UK. |
| Student exhibition Bournemouth College of Art UK. | |
| 1968 | Lawleys of London with Peter Steel 3d installation display of glass manufacturing by Whitefriers Glass. |
| 1969 | Installations in windows for Farmers (Myers), Darrel Lea, various retailers around Sydney with fabrics and fashion. Channel Nine sets for the morning show using retailers’ fabric for promotion. |
| 1977 | Parramatta Leagues Club- 2 Woman Show. |
| 1978 | Peter Laws’ Interiors- Á Public Showing of a Private Hanging’ |
| Painters Gallery Sydney. | |
| 1981 | The Cottage Gallery- Three Women Exhibition. |
| Exhibition of NSW Art Teachers at Bridge St. Sydney. | |
| 1982 | Installation of exhibitions at Penelopes of Hahndorf SA. |
| 1985 | Birchgrove Fine Craft- Hahndorf SA. Installation and exhibition design. |
| 1986 | Hahndorf Academy by invitation- Group Exhibition. |
| Contemporary Art Society- Members Exhibition. | |
| The Alice Art Prize. | |
| Whyalla Art Prize. | |
| 1988 | Stanthorpe Art Gallery- Drawing Exhibition. |
| 1989 | Hyatt Regency Gallery by invitation- ‘Mt Coolum’. |
| Blue Marble Gallery Buderim by invitation- ‘Selection of Twelve’ | |
| Noosa Regional Gallery by invitation- ‘Selected Survey Exhibition’ | |
| Noosa Regional Gallery by invitation- ‘Steel, Pugh, Pesu’. | |
| Sunshine Coast Art Group by invitation Painting Show. | |
| Caloundra Arts and Crafts Exhibition. | |
| ACTA Maritime Touring Awards. | |
| 1990 | Maroochy Arts Festival. |
| Blue Marble Gallery- pastel exhibition. | |
| Sunshine Coast Art Group. | |
| 1991 | Qld Arts Council by invitation- ‘Layers’. |
| Logan City Art Prize. | |
| Space Base Glebe- Art for Police Stations’. | |
| Hyatt Regency Coolum by invitation | |
| Bundaberg Art Prize. | |
| Noosa Regional Gallery by invitation- ‘Twenty in Association’. | |
| 1992 | Noosa Regional Gallery by invitation- Considering Landscape |
| Childers Regional Gallery on Norfolk Island by invitation- Cross Currents. | |
| Noosa Art Exhibition by invitation. | |
| Fishers Ghost Exhibition | |
| Blue Iris gallery by invitation- Year of the River. | |
| John Paul Gallery by invitation- Elements of Nature. | |
| Immanuel Lutheran College. | |
| Hyatt Regency Coolum by invitation- Mount Coolum. | |
| Noosa Art Show by invitation. and the launch of his opera Abelard and Heloise. | |
| Atelier de Seguret France residents’ exhibition. | |
| 1994 | Hyatt Regency Coolum by invitation. |
| Andrew Vincent Gallery Brisbane by invitation. | |
| La Plage Noosa by invitation- Woman’s Show. | |
| Noosa Art Show by invitation. | |
| Maroochy Art Show. | |
| Buderim House Gallery launch by invitation. | |
| 1995 | Noosa Regional Gallery by invitation- ‘Femme Terra Noosa’. |
| 1996 | Doggett St Gallery- ‘Drawing the Line’. |
| Atelier de Seguret France residents’ exhibition. | |
| 1996 | Queensland Art Gallery weekly installations of organic material. Ongoing. |
| Trustees dinners, members’ dinners. Ongoing | |
| Opera Queensland installations for opening nights, dinners and special functions. | |
| Dept. of the Premier and Cabinet installations for functions. Ongoing. | |
| 1998 | Interflora Wearable Art Event Twin waters. |
| 2023 | Ideal States and Sacred Places. Gang Gang Gallery. Lithgow. NSW. |
| 2024 | Small Narratives. NWC Gallery. Katoomba. NSW |
Collaboration with Brian Reid as SteelReid.
| Installations for Opera Qld, Opening nights, Trustee dinners and functions, in The Conservatorium of Music, QPAC, Dockside and The River Room, over a period of 8 years. | |
| Installations for the Dept. of The Premier and Cabinet, various locations around Brisbane. | |
| Australian Olympic Council, Brisbane. | |
| Twin Waters Resort Sunshine Coast Qld. | |
| Installations for the Qld. Art Gallery, weekly in foyer, corporate dinners, member’s functions and special exhibition openings at the gallery. | |
| 1999 | Co- Director of SteelReid Gallery Edward St, Brisbane and Musgrave Rd Red Hill |
| Exhibition at Madonnas Lily Brisbane with Brian Reid. | |
| Entry for Dobell Prize for Drawing exhibited at Cool Art. Coolum. | |
| Harold Richardson Drawing Prize Exhibition Royal Art Society, Brisbane. | |
| SteelReid Gallery Edward St, Brisbane curating and designing exhibitions. | |
| 2001 | Evergreen Gallery, Paddington Brisbane with Brian Reid & Kaya Sulc. |
| Charles Ginn Gallery Paddington Brisbane- The Archibelle. | |
| Co curating and installation of exhibitions at SteelReid Gallery, Red Hill, Qld. | |
| Wearable Art performance for The Inglewood Olive Festival | |
| Interflora wearable Art Event- Fashion Fetish and Fantasy. Cotton Pavilion Brisbane Showgrounds. | |
| Installation on stage of the concert hall, QPAC Brisbane for Renee Flemming concert. | |
| Chevron Renaissance Gallery- Art Gallery Collections, Surfers Paradise. Qld. | |
| 2002 | Interflora Wearable Art Event- Sugar Sex and Sorcery, Brisbane Convention Ctr. |
| 2003 | Interflora Wearable Art Event- Turning Heads, Jupiters Casino, Surfers Paradise, Qld. |
| 2004 | Installation for Channel 7 at Restaurant Two, Brisbane Qld. |
| Brisbane City Hall exhibition by invitation- 200 Kilometres and The City. | |
| Installation at The Coffee Club, Paddington, Brisbane. Multimedia performance with Brian Reid. | |
| Installations on various stages and corporate tents for the Woodford Music Festival. | |
| Wearable Art Event for The Abused Child Trust, Riverside Centre Brisbane, with Jay Mansfield- Askew, Bill Goodwin, Tony Bunting and Daniel Lightfoot and Brian Reid. | |
| Video production with Brian Reid- Adam Samad dancer at BEMAC, State Library Qld. | |
| Installation for Private function Hamilton Island, Muslim weddings Logan and Holland Park. | |
| 2005 | Window installation at Flora Galore Red Hill Brisbane, with Ann Kirker, poet and curator of special projects Qld. Art Gallery. |
| Demonstrations and exhibition, Park floristry School, Norman Park, Brisbane. | |
| Wearable Art Exhibition for Brisbane Fibre Forum, Stuartholme School, Brisbane. | |
| 2010 | The Journeys of Esmeralda a journal postal collaboration with International artists, Marty Mc Cutcheon- California USA, Nike Hare -UK, Dan McKeon – Ireland. Bill Richardson- UK, Louise Gains – UK, Mike Hinc – France, Cora de Lang – Germany and Sri Lanka. |
| 2011 | Postal Collage project with International artists Mike Hinc, Bill Richards, Ian Stopforth, Niki Hare, Kevin Jackson, Cora de Lang and Dan Mckeon. |
| 2012 | Exhibition of postal collage project in Berkeley and Los Angeles |
| 2013-2016 | Open Studio SteelReid Studio. North Katoomba studio |
| 2017-2023 | Open Studio. Lurline St Studio Katoomba |
| Installation for launch of Treeline Lurline, at the Carrington Hotel Katoomba. |
Teaching / Tutoring / Mentoring.
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NSW Dept. Education -Art teacher. 1971-1983 |
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NSW Dept. Education – Art Consultant for Met West 1980. |
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Art teacher and designer for plays Pendle Hill High. NSW. |
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Art teacher, Artistic Director and designer for musicals at Evans High School, Blacktown, NSW. |
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Head of Art., Girraween high. NSW. Designer and Artistic director of Musicals. |
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South Australian Studio -Workshop and classes 1983-1986 |
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Queensland – Studio workshops and classes. 1986-2011 |
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Presented three day workshop in painting at Hyatt Regency Coolum Creative Arts Centre. |
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Tutor at Hyatt Regency Art Centre. |
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Sunshine Coast TAFE painting classes. |
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Sunshine Coast art groups weekly painting and drawing classes. |
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Noosa Regional Gallery, design and presentation for drawing and rhythm workshop, Cross References with Visions of a Nomad. |
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Maroochy Shire High Schools Enrichment programmes, Burnside High, Coolum High. |
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Sunshine Coast TAFE, painting and drawing classes. |
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Halse Lodge Noosa, week long workshop in painting, invited Rodney Milgate to take advanced class. |
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Weyba Art Group weekly drawing classes. |
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Dept. Welfare, Maroochy Shire, painting classes. |
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Studio classes at Craig Street Studio, Red Hill, Qld. |
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Wide bay Art Society, weekend painting workshops. |
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Park Floristry School Art Appreciation Group. Artist in Residence. |
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SteelReid Gallery, drawing workshops. |
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Judge Wide Bay Art Society |
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Judge Pomona Art Show |
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Committee member for Regional Arts Development Fund Noosa Region. |
Collections and Publications.
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Work in collections including- |
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Mallisons Stephens and Jacques, Brisbane, four works purchased. |
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Hyatt Regency Ambassadors Collection three works purchased. |
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Hyatt Regency Foyer- work on permanent loan to Sunshine Coast University. |
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Maroochy Shire Council collection- Shire Offices, The Coolum Library and Civic Centre- three works purchased. |
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South Australian College of Fine Art. |
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Atelier de Seguret, France. |
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Private collections in France, Switzerland, UK and Australia. |
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Graduate Diploma thesis- The Garden as Art. South Australian College of Fine Art 1984. |
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Listed in Artists and Galleries of Australia, Max Germaine, Craftsman house 1990. |
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Listed in Women Artists of Australia. Max Germaine, Craftsman House, 1991. |
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Listed in the Who’s Who of Australian Artists National Association of Visual Artists publication 1992. |
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Master’s thesis, The Study of Objects and Artifacts in the Context of Myth. University of New England 1995. |
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Performed as extra in films- |
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Robbery Under Alms, South Australian Film Corp. 1984. |
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Grandmothers Playground Pepper Studios SA. |
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Court artist in Call Me Mr Brown. Pepper Studios SA 1985. |
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Super- nummary in Rigaletto, South Australian Opera Company. 1985. |
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Extra in The Shiralee, Fever and Hindmarsh, Genesis Films and South Australian Film Corp, SA. 1986. |
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Extra in various TV advertising productions. |