RACHEL COAD
born 1971, Western Australia
QUALIFICATIONS
1989–91 Diploma in Art and Design, WA Met. School of Art and Design
1994–03 Designer, The West Australian Newspaper
2007-12 Residency at Customs House, Fremantle
2009 Propel Youth Arts Mentor
2010 Studio Escalier, Paris, Winter at the Louvre drawing program
2018 Studio Escalier, Paris, Winter at the Louvre drawing program
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Season, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2019 Flock, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2017 Restoration, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2016 RETRO-spective, Holmes à Court Gallery, Margaret River, WA
2015 District, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2014 Juncture, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2012 Rachel Coad, Perth Galleries, Perth
Frontier, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2011 New Work, ROA Gallery, London
2010 New Paintings, Gunyulgup Galleries, WA
Legacy, Perth Galleries, Perth
2009 Pack, Gallery 27, London
2008 Gunyulgup Galleries, WA
2007 Clusters, Perth Galleries, Perth
2006 Narrative, Gunyulgup Galleries, WA
2005 48 King St, Perth, WA
2004 Murray St, Perth, WA
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, NSW
2022 Doug Moran Portrait Prize, online exhibition
Swan 2022, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, WA
2019 Light and Dark, WA Art Collective
2017 Scratching the Surface: a selection of works from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA
2013 The Art of Sound, with the National Film and Sound Archive, Holmes à Court Gallery, WA
2010 Wagner Art Gallery, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair, Perth Galleries
Ten, Holmes à Court Gallery, WA
2007 Customs House open studio, WA
Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2006 Perth Galleries, WA
AWARD EXHIBITIONS and COMMENDATIONS
2022 Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize
Finalist, Mandorla Art Prize
Highly Commended, Swan Art Prize
2021 Semi-Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize
2020 Finalist, Lester Prize
2019 Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize
2018 Finalist, Kilgour Art Prize
2017 Finalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize
2016 WINNER, Black Swan Portrait Prize
Finalist, Kilgour Art Prize
Finalist, Albany Art Prize
Finalist, Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize
2015 Semi-finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize
Finalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize
Finalist, Bankwest Art Prize
2014 Semi-finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize
Finalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize
Finalist, Lethbridge Small Scale Art
2013 Finalist and People's Choice prize WINNER, Bankwest Art Prize
Finalist, Albany Art Prize
2011 WINNER, Artitude open category
2007 Finalist, Metro 5 Gallery
2006 Finalist, Metro 5 Gallery
2004 Finalist, Cromwell's art prize
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2023
McDonald, John, The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘The portraits that didn’t make the Archibald Prize cut’, 11 May
Final Draft, Interview with Andrew Pople, 2SER radio, Sydney
SmartArts by Bernard Caleo, 3RRR radio
Wakeham, Alison, 'Comic Relief,' The Sunday Times magazine
Jansen, Ara, ‘Glowing with Heart’, Medical Forum Weekly
Artbeat, RTRFM 92.1, interview 28 July
Coad, Rachel, New York City Glow, Upswell Publishing, 2023, debut graphic novel
2018
England, Nicole, Resident Dog, Thames and Hudson, 2018
2017
Holmes à Court, Janet, eds White, Terri-Ann, Muse: a journey through an art collection, UWA Publishing: WA
2016
RETRO-spective, ex. cat. with essay by Marita Smith. Heytesbury Publishing, WA
2015
Rule, Dan, ‘In the Galleries’, The Age, review of District, 15 August
2012
Diceiero, Lyn, ‘Fight and Flight’ The West Australian
Rule, Dan, ‘In the Galleries’, The Age
2010
Spencer, Ric, ‘Legacy burnt into artist’s approach’, The West Australian, Review, 21 May
Liveris, Flora, ‘My Space’, The West Weekend Magazine, March, pg 34
‘Face to Face’, Insite Magazine, Spring edition, p. 204
Expat Eye, Australian Art Market Report, issue one, 2010
2009
'Meet the artist,’ The London Paper
‘Coad breaking,’ The Australian Times, London, 12 May, 26 May, pg 3.
‘Artists puts expats in big picture,’ The West Australian
2007
Bettison, Louise, ‘Portraits from face-to-face,’ The West Australian
Artists Chronicle, Cover image, November
RTR Fm radio interview
‘Rachel shines again,’ The Fremantle Gazette
2006
‘Ms Coad cracks it,’ The Fremantle Herald
‘Young artist in hunt for coveted national prize,’ The Fremantle Gazette
2005
‘WA pair up for prize,’ The West Australian
The Great Outdoors, channel 7 – Painting featured in The Outram Hotel
2004
PostcardsWA – Gallery interview and review – channel 9
2003
‘Moving pictures,’ Perth Woman Magazine, Artscape
2002
‘Artist frames brothers; Portrait of the Mickelberg Brothers,’ The West Australian
COLLECTIONS
Janet Holmes à Court Collection
St John of God Hospital Collection
Cromwell Collection
Santa Maria College collection
