Peter Kingston: Time as an artist

Peter Kingston (1943–2022) lived and worked at the edge of Sydney Harbour. His output ranged across drawing, printing, painting and filmmaking. A passion for Sydney, for environmental conservation and the preservation of built heritage never left him. Joyful, charming, and with a wry humour, his work celebrates the everyday aspects of our city.

Join curators Elise Edmonds and Mathilde de Hauteclocque for an in-depth look at Kingston’s work, followed by a special tour of the new exhibition.


Elise Edmonds works in the Collection Acquisition and Curation branch of the Library. With a background in Australian history and museum studies, she has worked with the Library’s maps, pictures and manuscript collections, acquiring, researching and promoting these to a variety of audiences. She has curated several exhibitions highlighting the Library’s nationally significant First World War collections, along with the immersive audio exhibition Dead Central, and Kill or Cure? A taste of medicine.

Mathilde de Hauteclocque works with the manuscripts and oral history team in the Library’s Collection Acquisition and Curation branch. With a background in cultural studies and writing, she has worked in galleries, archives and the Library’s Reader Services branch. She has a special interest in the Library’s rich literary collections and items that give insight into creative processes, such as sketchbooks, scrapbooks, notebooks and letters. Peter Kingston is her first exhibition with the Library.