Biography
EDUCATION:
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2019
2018
2012 |
Painting Masterclass - Antonio Lopez Garcia - Madrid, Spain Painting Masterclass - Golucho - Barcelona, Spain Painting & Drawing Masterclass - Odd Nerdrum - Florence Painting Masterclass - Golucho - Florence Painting Masterclass - Steven Assael - New York Advanced Drawing Masterclass - Steven Assael - New York |
| 2005 | Drawing Masterclass – Godwin Bradbeer |
| 2002 |
Bachelor of Visual Art with Honours Adelaide Central School of Art, Norwood, SA |
| 2001 | Advanced Diploma of Visual Art
Adelaide Central School of Art, Norwood, SA |
| 1970 |
Bachelor of Fine Art – Painting SA School of Art, North Adelaide, SA |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
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2024 2021 2017 2014 2010 |
Lennox St Gallery, Melbourne, Vic Metro Gallery, Melbourne, Vic Hill Smith Gallery, SA Hill Smith Gallery, SA Hill Smith Gallery, SA |
| 2009 | Harrison Galleries, Sydney |
| 2008 | Melbourne Art Fair (Hill-Smith Gallery) |
| 2007 |
Hill Smith Gallery, SA Mossgreen, Melbourne |
| 2006 | Harrison Galleries (formerly Brian Moore Gallery), Sydney |
| 2005 |
Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney Hill-Smith Gallery, SA |
| 2004 | Hill-Smith Gallery, SA |
| 1973 | Sydenham Gallery, Norwood, SA |
| 1971 |
Young Collectables, Melbourne The Skillion, North Adelaide, SA French Cultural Centre, SA |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
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2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
2018-19 2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2013 2012
2011 |
Southern Ocean Art Prize Loreto Spring Art, feature artist Climarte exhibition "Food" Finalist 15th International ARC Salon Exhibition 'Solastalgia - an Antidote' Finalist 14th International ARC Salon exhibition Finalist, Lethbridge Small Works Prize 'A Fine Romance-Realism in Australian Art', Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria Florence, international exhibition, TIAC 'Impressions of Shandong & South Australia', group show of Chinese & Australian artists, SASA Gallery SA Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize at the National Archives, Old Parliament House, Parkes, ACT Tattersalls Landscape Prize, Brisbane, QLD Finalist, Heysen Prize for Landscape Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery Finalist, Fleurieu Biennale 'Imagine', Inaugural Exhibition of the new Gippsland Art Gallery Finalist, Waterhouse Natural Science Art prize Jinan, China, Cultural Exchange exhibition 'Trace', 4 Women Artists, Hill Smith Gallery "Length & Breadth", New Acquisitions from Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra Finalist, Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW Finalist, Heysen Prize for Landscape "Still" 3 person show, Adelaide Central Gallery Semi-finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Finalist, Kennedy Prize Finalist, Manning Art Prize, 'Naked & Nude' Finalist, Eutick Memorial Still Life Award 'Lay of the Land', Hill Smith Gallery 'Provenance', Adelaide Central Gallery SALA, still life, Hill Smith Gallery Finalist RSASA Portrait Prize Finalist, Eutick Memorial Still Life Award Finalist, Kennedy Prize Melbourne Art Fair (Hill Smith Gallery) Gematria, Adelaide Central Gallery Finalist, Fleurieu Water & Environment Prize Finalist, Portia Geach Portrait Award Finalist, Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, and Touring Exhibition 'Roll Call', Hill Smith Represented Artists, SALA Finalist, Whyalla Art Prize Loreto Exhibition Finalist, City of Albany Art Prize Finalist, Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize Finalist, Nora Heysen Centenary Prize |
| 2009 | Finalist, Sulman Prize |
| 2008 | ‘Face to Face’, National Trust SALA exhibition |
| 2007 |
Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Shades of the Real, ACSA Gallery, Adelaide Blake Prize Touring Exhibition |
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2006 |
Finalist, Conrad Jupiter’s Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery, QLD Finalist, Blake Prize for Religious Art Art Sydney 06 |
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2005 |
Finalist, ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award Art Sydney 05 Blake Prize for Religious Art Touring Exhibition |
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2004 |
Finalist, Blake Prize for Religious Art Finalist, 33rd Alice Prize Drawing Today, Surveying recent work by South Australian artists, SALA Week, Adelaide Central Gallery Expressing Spirituality through the Visual Arts, St Peters Cathedral Loreto Exhibition, Adelaide Sydney Affordable Art Fair |
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2003 |
Entwined, 3 Artists, Adelaide Central Gallery, SA Helpmann Academy Maestros and Apprentices Auction Sydney Affordable Art Fair Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide Loreto Exhibition, Adelaide |
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2002 |
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide 8”x8”, ACSA Gallery |
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2001 |
Prescriptions for Pleasure, Promenade Gallery, SA A3, Collaborative Drawing Project, Light Gallery, Adelaide Fragmentation, ACSA Gallery Notations, SALA week exhibition, Adelaide Central |
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1999 |
Barossa Fine Art Exhibition, Barossa Vintage Festival |
| 1993 | Himeji Sister City Exhibition, Himeji, Japan |
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1988 |
Selected for National Women’s Art Award Silk, Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA |
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1986 |
Prominent Women Artists of Western Australia, Bunbury City Regional Art Gallery, WA |
| 1976 | Rose Skinner Gallery, Perth, WA |
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1971 |
Art Gallery of SA., ‘Outlook 71’ 3 Young Contemporaries, Contemporary Art Society, SA |
AWARDS and GRANTS:
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2024 2019 2018
2017 2015 2014 2011 |
People's Choice Award, Southern Ocean Art Prize People's Choice Award, Heysen Prize Highly Commended, Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, SA Museum Highly Commended, Fleurieu Biennale, South Australia Artist Exchange, Shandong, China Arts SA Grant for Research & Development of New Work People's Choice Award, EMSLA, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery Arts SA Grant for Research & Development of New Work |
| 2011 | People’s Choice Award – Nora Heysen Centenary Prize |
| 2007 | Conrad Jupiter’s Art Prize – Peoples’ Choice Award |
| 2004 | Tammy Kingsley Award - 33rd Alice Prize exhibition |
| 2003 | Helpmann Academy Mentorship Grant |
| 1986 | Bussleton Art Gallery Prize |
| 1970 | Liddums Art Gallery Prize |
| 1970 | Royal South Australian Society of Art Prize for Composition |
| 1967-70 | Commonwealth Scholarship, SA School of Art |
| 1968 | Osborne Art Gallery Prize for Drawing |
COLLECTIONS:
Sky City Casino Hotel collection, SA
Australian Parliament Collection, Canberra
Imago Mundi Collection, Italy
Shurniak Art Gallery, Canada
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA
Bussleton Art Gallery, WA
Bridgetown Hospital, WA
Colin D. Rowe, Accountants, SA
Private collections - Australia, Japan, Malaysia, USA
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Elizabeth Fortescue, ‘Louise Feneley – A Mystical Luminosity, Daily Telegraph, 6 April 2005, p57
Southern Centre of Theosophy 1977. Devas and Men, The Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, India, pp frontpiece, 216
PUBLICATIONS:
Art/Edit magazine article, issue #35, 2023
Australian Art Collector, exhibition preview, Samela Harris, issue 28, April – June 2004, p207
The love of colour, edited by Di Teasdale, 1991, Silk Painting, Kangaroo Press, NSW. Also pp 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 70
2002; Student representative, Adelaide Central School of Art Academic Board