Born              

• Newcastle, Australia. 1960

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Education

2007 -12

• Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art and Visual Culture) Curtin University

2013 -16

• PhD (Natural History Illustration) University of Newcastle, NSW

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Solo exhibitions

2020

• Another natural perspective, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney

2019

• Natural perspective, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

• Fish and other things, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney

2018

• Australia’s mangroves: Living on the edge, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW

2017

• Australia’s mangroves: Living on the edge, Red Box Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

2016

• Australia’s mangroves: Living on the edge, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW

 

Group exhibitions (selected)

2021

• Fungi x Botanica, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

• Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre

• Gallipoli Art Prize, Merrylands RSL, Sydney

2020

• Tradition and Transformation 2: Taiwan-Australia International Watercolour Exhibition, Taichung City, Taiwan

• Primaveral, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

• Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney

• Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre

2019

• Love Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW

• Salient: Contemporary artists at the Western Front Bank Art Museum Moree,                                                 Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, and Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW

2018

• Salient: Contemporary artists at the Western Front New England Regional Art Gallery, Armidale NSW; Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst; Anzac Memorial, Hyde, Sydney

• The Amber Rooms Manning Regional Gallery, Taree

• Group Show Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney

• Florilegium: Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London

2017

• Europe is always a good idea Stella Downer Fine Art

• A Feast for the eyes Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

2016

• Florilegium: Sydney’s painted garden Museum of Sydney

• Reveal Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

2015

• Your Friend the Enemy Pataka Art + Museum, Wellington, NZ

• Your Friend the Enemy Bathurst Regional Gallery. S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney. Drill Hall Gallery ANU Canberra

• A Salute: Aussie Soldier from 1915 meets Young Turk in 2015 Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW

• Royal Horticultural Society’s Botanical art exhibition, London.

2012

• Waterhouse Art Prize for Natural History, South Australian Museum, Adelaide

• Royal Horticultural Society botanical art exhibition, London

2011

• Botanica Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

• Waterhouse Prize for Natural History, South Australian Museum, Adelaide

• Waterhouse Prize for Natural History, National Archives, Canberra

• From eye to hand, The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, RBG, Kew, London

2009 -2011    

• ‘Losing Paradise? Endangered plants here and around the world’ The American Society of Botanical Artists’ Exhibition toured to Missouri; Chicago; New York; The Smithsonian Institute of Natural History, Washington; Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London

2009

• The American Society of Botanical Artists and The Horticultural Society of New York’s International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York

2008

• The American Society of Botanical Artists’ and The Horticultural Society of New York’s International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York

 

Bibliography

2019

• J. McDonald. Review, Sydney Morning Herald 23 March https://www.johnmcdonald.net.au/2019/good-weekend-galleries-stella-downer-fine-art-sydney/

• Bell, Stephen, C. Rockley & A. Llewellyn, Flora of the Hunter Region: Endemic trees and larger shrubs CSIRO Clayton South

2018

• Yip, Andrew. ‘Why we paint’, Salient: contemporary artists at the Western Front p104 ISBN13-9780-6480-863-4-5

2017

• Radio National interview with Jonathan Green Blueprint for living bfl_20170520_1018.mp3

2016

• Morris, C. & L. Murray The Florilegium: The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney celebrating 200 years: plants of the three gardens of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust The Florilegium Society at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Inc

2016

• Mangrove Click! Australia: Expert iD for Australia’s mangroves Duke, N and MangroveWatch Ltd

2015

• Artist Profile special edition Your Friend the Enemy. Editor John McDonald p.56

2013

• World Mangroves ID: expert information at your fingertips Dr N Duke

2008

• Treasures of Botanical Art. Sherwood, S. & M. Rix. London

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Artist in residence
2021

• Hill End Artist Residency, NSW

2012

• State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

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Awards

2020

• Highly commended Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney

2015

• Inaugural Executive Director’s Prize at Botanica (acquisitive), The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

2015

• Silver-gilt medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London

2012

• Silver-gilt medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London

2011

• Highly commended Waterhouse Prize for Natural History, Museum of South Australia, Adelaide

2009

• Highly commended ASBA & NYHS International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York

2008

• Highly Commended ASBA & NYHS International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition New York

2006

• Gold Medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London

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Memberships

2019

• Australian Watercolour Institute

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Public collections   

• Parliament House, Canberra ACT

• The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London

• Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, USA

• Florilegium collection at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

• The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

• Australia Post

• Shirley Sherwood collection of botanical art, Oxford, England