SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2019 | P J Kool: Dissecting Culture, Cancer & Cloth, Xavier Art Space, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia |
| 2017 | P J Kool: Dissecting Culture, Cancer & Cloth, St Vincent’s Public Hospital Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2012 | Skinned, The Light Gallery, Centre for Creative Photography, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 2011 | A Private View – Skinned, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, The Brewery, Buninyong, Vic Australia |
| 2009 | Cooked, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham + Cowwar Art Space, Cowwar, Vic Australia |
| 2007 | Are YOU Being Served? ANCA Gallery, Canberra, Australia |
| 2005 | Hairball Café & Bare Essentials, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, Vic Australia |
| 2004 | Hairball Café, fortyfivedownstairs Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2002 | Cooked & Hairball Café, Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2000 | Who Said Vinyl Is Dead? Centre for Creative Photography, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 1999 | Cooked, Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1998 | No Place Like Babylon, Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 1997 | Who Said Vinyl Is Dead? 17 Creations Gallery, New York, USA |
| 1997 | No Place Like Babylon, Helen Schutt Access Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1996 | Who Said Vinyl Is Dead? Blue Moon, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1988 | Portrayal of Women in Advertising Masonic Centre, Sydney, Australia |
| 1984 | Photographic Works, Darklight Photographic Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| 1981 | Colourscape, Exposure Photographic Gallery, Perth, Western Australia |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2020 | Embedded 2020, Flux Gallery, Perth Western Australia |
| 2019 | Language & Liberty Finalist, Moreland Summer Show/Noel Counihan Commemorative Art Award, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Vic Australia Embedded, Noir Darkroom and Gallery, Coburg, Vic Australia |
| 2018 | Witnessing Cultural Identities – P J Kool, Head On Photo Festival, Articulate Project Space, Sydney, Australia |
| 2018 | Concepta, Magnet Galleries, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2018 | White Dress Narratives (Ventana Latin Fiesta), Frankston Arts Centre, Vic Australia |
| 2017 | Curtain Call, Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2011,16 | Head-On, Portrait Prize Exhibition (shortlisted), Australian Centre for Photography; Museum of Sydney, Australia |
| 2013 | Art in Science/Science in Art Award Exhibition, St Vincent’s Public Hospital Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2011 | Think Tank, Academy Gallery, School of Visual & Performing Arts, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia. |
| 2011 | St Michael’s Exhibition & Archangel Prize (shortlisted), St Michael’s Grammar School, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2009-11 | Window Frames, Sydney Road Brunswick Assoc, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Australia (Winner 2009; Judges commendation 2010) |
| 2006/07 | Soft To The Touch, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, Vic Australia |
| 2006 | Surface Residue Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 2003/05 | Julie Millowick Acquisitive Photographic Award Exhibition, Castlemaine, Vic Australia |
| 2000 | Bayagul: speaking up – Contemporary Indigenous Communication Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia |
| 1999 | Seize Vic Health Access Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Australia |
| 1999 | Skin – Bare Essentials Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 1998 | Body Object Steps Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1994-2000 | Summer Salon Exhibitions, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia (judges commendation 1996) |
| 1993/4 | The Car/The Road – Contemporary Attitudes, The Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta; Waverley City Gallery, Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre & touring regional Victoria, Australia |
| 1990/91 | Double Exposure, Artemis Gallery, Perth & touring regional Western Australia |
| 1990 | All That Flows Theatre Collaboration, The Performance Space, Sydney, Australia |
| 1988/89 | Blinded By The Light Theatre Collaboration, Western Australian Theatre Company, Perth, Western Australia |
| 1988 | Brush With The Lore, Praxis Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| 1987 | Among The Souvenirs, Festival of Perth Exhibition, Art Gallery of WA, Perth, Western Australia |
| 1986 | Praxis in Practice, Praxis Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| 1986 | Western Australian Photographers – 4, Art Gallery of WA, Perth, Western Australia |
| 1984/85 | Five From The West, Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia |
| 1982 | Foto-Fobia, Darklight Photographic Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia |
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS
| 2020 | Graduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching, Torrens University Australia (currently enrolled) |
| 2012 | Diploma of Professional Writing & Editing, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2008 | Certificate IV in Small Business Management, Box Hill Institute, Vic, Australia |
| 2005 | Master of Arts – Photography, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1979 | Certificate in Photography, Mt. Lawley Technical College, Perth, Western Australia |
GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
| 2020 | City of Perth Grant, Embedded 2020 Exhibition, Perth, Western Australia |
| 2012-13 | Artist-In-Residence, Caritas Christi Hospice, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia |
| City of Melbourne – Docklands Grant for Nkumba Rumba multi-artform project, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2009 | Winner Sculpture prize (shared), Window Frames Sydney Road Exhibition, Brunswick, Vic Australia |
| Cultural Intersections Artist-in-Residence Grant, Multicultural Arts Vic, Ausdance & City of Yarra for Dance/Photography performance Congo Cuba Nkumba, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2003 | Research Completion Scholarship, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1998 | Shortlisted for Deacon, Graham & James/Arts 21 Award, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1997 | Pat Corrigan Individual Artist Grant, NAVA |
| 1990 | Creative Development Grant, WA Dept. for the Arts, Perth, Western Australia |
| 1988 | SNAP Grant, WA Dept. for the Arts, Perth, Western Australia |
| 1986 | Creative Development Grant, WA Dept. for the Arts, Perth, Western Australia |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art, Perth, Western Australia
St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, Vic Australia
State Library of Western Australia
Guy Grey-Smith Memorial Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wales, Louisa 2020, “A quiltessential companion”, Time Out, Subiaco Post, 29 February p71
Embedded 2020 Catalogue, Flux Gallery, Perth, Western Australia 2020
Embedded Catalogue Essay, Noir Darkroom& Gallery, Coburg, Vic 2019
Weston, Gemma (Editor) 2018, Remembering Artemis, UWA Publishing, Perth Western Australia, pp61-70; 103-106; 123-125
“Husband’s cool style celebrated”, Moreland Leader, cover/p9, 25 Sept, 2017
Kleemann, Pamela 2017, “P J Kool: Culture, Cancer and Cloth” RealTime 20 Sept
‘Artists collaborate with researchers to create bold and vivid art piece’ The Font St Vincent’s Hospital Newsletter p8, April 2013
St Michael’s Exhibition and Archangel Prize 2011 Catalogue
Marsh, Anne 2010, LOOK Contemporary Australian Photography since 1980, McMillan, Melbourne, Australia
Kleemann, Pam 2010, Splitting Hairs, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany
Hall, Bianca 2009, ‘Winners thrive in the art of Brunswick’ The Melbourne Times # 47, 25 November, p5
What’s On In Canberra, 2007, ‘Are YOU Being Served?’ Capital Magazine, Issue 31 Nov-Dec
Kelly, Philippa, 2007, Art Notes ACT, Art Monthly #205 November, p49
Streak, Diana 2007, ‘Well-served by Kleemann’ The Canberra Times (Panorama), November 3rd, p20
Mitchell, Lisa 2003, ‘Questions for… Pam Kleemann, Hair Enthusiast’ Interview The Age, 13 August
Glastonbury, Keri 2002, ‘Liquid Light Hair’, Review, RealTime #51, Oct/Nov
McFarlane, Robert 2002, ‘Face to Face With the Forces of Change’, Review, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 July
Harden, Michael 1999, ‘Feast Your Eyes’, Review, The Melbourne Times, March Issue
Sowden, Tim 1998, ‘Body Object’ Catalogue Essay
Freiberg, Freda 1997, ‘No Place Like Babylon’, Review, MetroArts, The Age, August
Hennesey, Deborah 1997, ‘No Place Like Babylon’, Review, Like Art Magazine #4
Riley, Vikki 1997, ‘Picturing Vinyl and Babylon’, Interview, RealTime #19, June/July