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| Part 1 – CERAMICS | |
| 1956 - | Diploma of Ceramics, Mosman Evening College |
| 1961 - 69 | Teacher of Ceramics, Mosman Evening College |
| 1969 - 72 | Teacher of Arts and Ceramics, Church of England Boys Grammar School (SHORE), North Sydney |
| 1970 – 1980 | Opened “Studio 52A” in Mosman, NSW. Ceramics Teaching School. |
| 1974 | Commissioned to reproduce 700 pieces of 18th and 19th century pottery for Old Sydney Town at Gosford, NSW. Commissioned to reproduce period jug and basin sets for Old Government House, Parramatta. |
| 1975 – 1978 | President of the Ceramic (Antique) Collectors Society in Sydney. |
| 1975 | Invited by Jesse McNab, Curator of Western Arts, to study antique pottery and porcelain at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and also studied “Chinese Porcelain” with the curator at the time.Received an AUSTRALIA COUNCIL GRANT to conduct Adult Workshops in the Mosman Studio. |
| 1976 | Study tour of the Sevres factory in Paris, and at the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 1981 | Moved to Tyalgum, Northern New South Wales and establishedthe “Bakehouse Pottery.” |
| 1984 | Winner Murwillumbah Art Prize (Ceramics Section) |
| 1986 | Studied Antique Chinese Porcelain while making a film in China,Hong Kong and Macau |
| 1989 | Represented in the Gold Coast Ceramic Award in Surfers Paradise with a work titled “Earth, Sea & Sky”, a ceramic sound sculpture. |
| 1990 | Represented in the Gold Coast National Ceramic Award with awork titled “ Cage Follie”, a bird cage. |
| 1990 | Ceramic sound sculpture titled “Song of Wollumbin” acquired by the Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW. |
| 1991 | Represented in the Gold Coast National Ceramic Award with a work titled “Kaled-es-kopae”, a ceramic kaleidescope. |
| 1992 | Exhibition “Ding Dong Merrily on High” at the “Bakehouse Pottery”in Tyalgum. |
| 1992 | Represented in an joint exhibition at the Tweed Regional Gallery.- 5 local craft persons. |
| 1993 | Opened the new gallery “Bakehouse Pottery and Galleria Artisans” at Tyalgum. |
| 1993 | Exhibition “Sign of the Fish” at “Bakehouse Pottery and Galleria Artisans” at Tyalgum. |
| 1994 | Exhibition “Strictly for Birds” at “Bakehouse Pottery and Galleria Artisans”at Tyalgum. |
| 1995 | Represented in exhibition “ Artists of the Tweed” at the Tweed Regional Gallery. |
| 1996 | Exhibition “Guys and Dolls” at the “Bakehouse Pottery and Galleria Artisans” at Tyalgum. |
| 1997 | Exhibition “Lets Face It” at the “Bakehouse Pottery and Galleria Artisans” at Tyalgum. |
| 1998 | Represented Tweed Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery. |
| 1998 | Exhibition at Kyogle, the Cowgill Gallery, HorseShoe Creek,NSW. |
| 1998 | Exhibition “Blue and White Pottery & Porcelain” at the“Bakehouse Pottery and Galleria Artisans” at Tyalgum |
| 1998 | Represented in the “Encyclopaedia of Australian Potters’ Marks”, and the National Museum of Australian Pottery, Wodonga, Victoria. |
| 1998 | Invited to present a one-man exhibition at the Grafton Regional Galleryin June 1999. |
| 1999 | Exhibited in the Presiding Officers’ Acquisitive Craft Prize for Parliament House (Canberra) Art Collection |
| 1999 | Represented in an exhibition titled “Northern Resonances”,6 North Coast potters in conjunction with Hyperclay ’98 at Gulgong, NSW. |
| 1990-2002 | Conducted school holiday workshops for children at the Tweed Regional Gallery. |
| Work periodically exhibited at the Contemporary Art & Design Gallery in Brisbane, North Manly Garden Centre, The C-Shop, Avalon, Evergreen Gallery & Nursery Surfers Paradise, Paralax Gallery, The Rocks Sydney. Sue-Ellens Fine Arts Gallery, Surfer’s Paradise Tumbulgum Gallery Work purchased for galleries in New York and Seattle, Washington, USA. |
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| 2001 | Closed the “Bakehouse Pottery and Galleria Artisans” at Tyalgum and moved to Tweed Heads. |
| 2002 | Artist in Residence – Lindisarne Grammar School |
| Part 2 – TEACHING CAREER | |
| 1953 | Graduated from Sydney Teachers’ College with a Diploma of Physical Education and Teachers’ Certificate. |
| 1954-1958 | Appointed to Mosman Intermediate High School as Pysical Education Teacher, Sports Master and Officer of Cadets. |
| 1959 | Travelled extensively overseas,teaching in schools in London, the Outward Bound Movement and attended a Danish Folk High School. |
| 1961-1964 | Appointed Lecturer in Physical Education at Balmain Teachers’ College and the Australian School of Pacific Administration. During this time I worked in Papua/New Guinea schools, suypervising student practice teaching. and wrote the Physical Education syllabus for PNG Schools. I was also appointed as Lecturer in Physical Education in Rabaul Teachers’ College for 6 months. |
| 1965 | Appointed to Chatswood Primary School |
| 1968 | Appointed to North Balgowlah Primary School. *At this point I left the NSW Department of Education to pursue a private career as a potter. |
| 1969 - 72 | Teacher of Arts and Ceramics, Church of England Boys Grammar School (SHORE), North Sydney. |
| 1983 -1994 | On moving to Tyalgum , I was appointed Release Teacher at Tyalgum Primary School, teaching Art, Craft and Music. On retiring from Tyalgum School I was honoured by having an annual portrait prize named after me. The “Peterkin Portrait Prize “ is open to all primary schools in the Tweed Shire. |