Born
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Newcastle, Australia. 1960
Education
2007 -12
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Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art and Visual Culture) Curtin University
2013 -16
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PhD (Natural History Illustration) University of Newcastle, NSW
Solo exhibitions
2020
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Another natural perspective, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2019
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Natural perspective, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane
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Fish and other things, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2018
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Australia’s mangroves: Living on the edge, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
2017
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Australia’s mangroves: Living on the edge, Red Box Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
2016
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Australia’s mangroves: Living on the edge, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Group exhibitions (selected)
2021
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Fungi x Botanica, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
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Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
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Gallipoli Art Prize, Merrylands RSL, Sydney
2020
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Tradition and Transformation 2: Taiwan-Australia International Watercolour Exhibition, Taichung City, Taiwan
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Primaveral, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane
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Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney
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Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
2019
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Love Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW
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Salient: Contemporary artists at the Western Front Bank Art Museum Moree, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, and Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
2018
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Salient: Contemporary artists at the Western Front New England Regional Art Gallery, Armidale NSW; Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst; Anzac Memorial, Hyde, Sydney
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The Amber Rooms Manning Regional Gallery, Taree
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Group Show Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
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Florilegium: Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London
2017
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Europe is always a good idea Stella Downer Fine Art
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A Feast for the eyes Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane
2016
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Florilegium: Sydney’s painted garden Museum of Sydney
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Reveal Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane
2015
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Your Friend the Enemy Pataka Art + Museum, Wellington, NZ
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Your Friend the Enemy Bathurst Regional Gallery. S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney. Drill Hall Gallery ANU Canberra
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A Salute: Aussie Soldier from 1915 meets Young Turk in 2015 Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW
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Royal Horticultural Society’s Botanical art exhibition, London.
2012
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Waterhouse Art Prize for Natural History, South Australian Museum, Adelaide
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Royal Horticultural Society botanical art exhibition, London
2011
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Botanica Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
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Waterhouse Prize for Natural History, South Australian Museum, Adelaide
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Waterhouse Prize for Natural History, National Archives, Canberra
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From eye to hand, The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, RBG, Kew, London
2009 -2011
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‘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
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The American Society of Botanical Artists and The Horticultural Society of New York’s International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York
2008
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The American Society of Botanical Artists’ and The Horticultural Society of New York’s International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York
Bibliography
2019
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J. McDonald. Review, Sydney Morning Herald 23 March https://www.johnmcdonald.net.au/2019/good-weekend-galleries-stella-downer-fine-art-sydney/
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Bell, Stephen, C. Rockley & A. Llewellyn, Flora of the Hunter Region: Endemic trees and larger shrubs CSIRO Clayton South
2018
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Yip, Andrew. ‘Why we paint’, Salient: contemporary artists at the Western Front p104 ISBN13-9780-6480-863-4-5
2017
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Radio National interview with Jonathan Green Blueprint for living bfl_20170520_1018.mp3
2016
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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
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Mangrove Click! Australia: Expert iD for Australia’s mangroves Duke, N and MangroveWatch Ltd
2015
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Artist Profile special edition Your Friend the Enemy. Editor John McDonald p.56
2013
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World Mangroves ID: expert information at your fingertips Dr N Duke
2008
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Treasures of Botanical Art. Sherwood, S. & M. Rix. London
Artist in residence
2021
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Hill End Artist Residency, NSW
2012
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State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Awards
2020
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Highly commended Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney
2015
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Inaugural Executive Director’s Prize at Botanica (acquisitive), The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
2015
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Silver-gilt medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London
2012
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Silver-gilt medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London
2011
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Highly commended Waterhouse Prize for Natural History, Museum of South Australia, Adelaide
2009
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Highly commended ASBA & NYHS International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York
2008
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Highly Commended ASBA & NYHS International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition New York
2006
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Gold Medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London
Memberships
2019
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Australian Watercolour Institute
Public collections
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Parliament House, Canberra ACT
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
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Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, USA
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Florilegium collection at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
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Australia Post
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Shirley Sherwood collection of botanical art, Oxford, England