FINALIST - WOMEN'S ART PRIZE TASMANIA

Academy Gallery, Launceston - 3 April - 1 May 2020
Makers Space, Burnie - 1 October - 1 November 2020
Plimsol Gallery, Hobart - 5 December - 24 January 2021

FINALIST - GLOVER PRIZE 2020

Falls Park Hall, Evandale, Tasmania
​6 March - 14 March 2020

FINALIST - MEGALO INTERNATIONAL PRINT PRIZE

Megalo Gallery, Canberra, ACT
​15 February - 28 March 2020

MANLY DAM PROJECT
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Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW
​6 December 2019 - 23 February 2020 ​

COLLECTION FOCUS: PRINT COUNCIL ​OF AUSTRALIA​- JOHN CURTIN GALLERY 

​Curtin University, Building 200A, Kent Street, Bentley WA
4 October - 8 December 2019
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This exhibition brings together a selection of contemporary print media artworks that have been acquired through the Print Council of Australia's annual Print commission...including one of mine!

WINNER - PEOPLE'S CHOICE - PEEBLES PRINT PRIZE (PPP19)

FINALIST - PEEBLES PRINT PRIZE (PPP19),  Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, 81 Hesse Street, Queenscliff, Victoria
22 September - 24 November 2019

FINALIST - HADLEY'S ART PRIZE

Hadley's Orient Hotel, 34 Murray Street, Hobart, Tasmania 
20 July - 18 August 2019

FINALIST - ST. KEVIN'S ART PRIZE 2019 

KC Smith Hall, St. Kevin's College, Moonga Road, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria
25 - 27 May 2019

FINALIST - GLOVER PRIZE 2019

Falls Park Hall, Evandale, Tasmania 
​9 March - 17 March 2019

FINALIST - BURNIE PRINT PRIZE

Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Wilmot Street, Burnie, Tasmania 
22 March 2019 - 5 May 2019

FINALIST - COLLINS PLACE SUMMER SALON

Suite 19, 45 Collins Place, Melbourne, Victoria
​1 December 2018 - 31 January 2019

FINALIST - AUSTRALIAN PRINT TRIENNIAL AWARD

The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria
17 October 2018 - 12 November 2018

FINALIST (HIGHLY COMMENDED) - TASART 2018 EXHIBITION

Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
​28 September 2018 - 27 October 2018

FINALIST - INK MASTERS - 4Th BIENNIAL PRINT EXHIBITION

Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, Queensland
​27 July 2018 - 19 August 2018

FINALIST - STANTHORPE ART PRIZE 2018

Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Weeroona Park, Lock Street, Stanthorpe, Queensland
15 June 2018 - 19 July 2018

FINALIST -  BAY OF FIRES ART PRIZE

Tidal Waters Resort, St Helens, Tasmania
​9 June 2018 - 30 June 2018

The Blue of Distance

Port Jackson Press, 84 Smith Street, Collingwood, Victoria 
​1 - 21 June 2018
portjacksonpress.com.au

HABITAT - WEST THEBARTON GALLERY

24 May 2018 - 24 June 2018
Habitat is an audio-visual exhibition combining the work of nine Australian printmakers with corresponding interpretive soundscapes. It is a space where two senses meet in order to investigate the way in which the idea of place and identity is formed through sight and sound. GW Bot, Jan Davis, Rona Green, Alexi Keywan, Martin King, Bruce Latimer, Melissa Smith, Graham Fransella, Travis Paterson and Jay-Dea Lopez. Opening night: 6pm Friday 25 May 2018.
https://www.westgallerythebarton.com.au/habitat#/melissa-smith/ 

West Thebarton Gallery, 32 West Thebarton Road, South Australia 
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https://www.westgallerythebarton.com.au

FINALIST -  2018 SWAN HILL PRINT AND DRAWING ACQUISITIVE AWARDS

Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill, Victoria
​12 May 2018 - 8 July 2018

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BURNIE REGIONAL ART GALLERY: 40 Years,  An exhibition of selected artworks from the City’s permanent collection.

77-99 Wilmot St, Burnie TAS 7320
21 April 2018 - 27 May 2018

FINALIST -  WYNDHAM ART PRIZE

Wyndham Art Gallery, 177 Watton Street Werribee, Victoria
​28 March 2018 - 11 June 2018


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eventide

I was privileged to be one of the thirty-one artists invited to contribute to this unique folio of relief prints titled - Eventide, coordinated by Rona Green. 

On exhibition at the New England Regional Art Museum
17 Feb - 29 April 2018

The Blue of Distance

Handmark Gallery - 77 Salamanca Place, Hobart, TASMANIA
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handmark.com.au
Exhibition dates 2 - 19 February 2018

summer
​impressions

Several new prints of mine to be shown in this exhibtion in Melbourne over the Summer!
Port Jackson Press, 84 Smith Street, Collingwood, Victoria
portjacksonpress.com.au

AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP GALLERY- Current Exhibtion

SPRING FEAST
A selection of original limited edition fine art prints celebrating the essence of spring.
Works by Butcher Cherel, Kyoko Imazu, Deborah Klein, Tim Maguire, Tommy May, Melissa Smith and Louise Weaver.

16 September - 11 November 2017210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065
T: (03) 9419 5466  
E: auspw@bigpond.com
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www.australianprintworkshop.com 
Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm

Leave no trace I & II   2016 

FINALIST -  2017 BANYULE AWARD FOR WORKS ON PAPER

Hatch Contemporary Arts Space, 14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe, Victoria
​5 October 2017 - 2 December 2017

PAPER CONTEMPORARY - SYDNEY CONTEMPORARy

7 - 10 September 2017
Carriageworks, Sydney 

FINALIST -  WHYALLA ART PRIZe

Middleback Arts Centre, 141a Nicolson Avenue, Whyalla, South Australia
​30 September 2017 - 2 December 2017

FINALIST - 2017 GIPPSLAND PRINT AWARD

Gippsland Regional Gallery, Sale, Victoria
​2 September 2017 - 19 November 2017

FINALIST -  BAY OF FIRES ART PRIZE

Tidal Waters Resort, St Helens, Tasmania
11 June 2017 - 1 July 2017

nature

Excited to be part of this exhibition at the AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP, Gertrude Street, Melbourne
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​22 April - 3 June, 2017
Artist Reception 2 - 4pm  13 May, 2017

FINALIST -  WYNDHAM ART PRIZE

Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, Victoria
5 April 2017 - 11 June 2017

FINALIST -  BURNIE PRINT PRIZE

Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania  
​18 March 2017 - 7 May 2017

PROOF: THE BEST OF CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING: 

November 25, 2016 — December 23, 2016
Port Jackson Press, 84 Smith Street, Collingwood, Victoria
portjacksonpress.com.au

AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP

23 - 29 October, 2016
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A wonderful week at the Australian Print Workshop in Melbourne working with Master printer, Martin King on a Collaborative print project.

SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

October 14, 2016 — November 7, 2016
Martin King (VIC), Milan Milojevic (TAS), Melissa Smith (TAS) & Dianne Fogwell (ACT)

AFTERNOON WITH MELISSA SMITH (TAS) IN THE GALLERY: 22ND OCTOBER
Port Jackson Press, 84 Smith Street, Collingwood, Victoria
portjacksonpress.com.au

WINNER -  MANCELL FINANCIAL GROUP TasArt Exhibition 2016 - City of Burnie Award for Any Medium/Subject on Paper

Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania 
24 September 2016 - 22 October 2016

FINALIST -  2016 SCOPE GALLERIES ART AWARD - Art Concerning Environment

Scope Galleries, Warrnambool, Victoria
​11 June 2016 - 31 July 2016

LOLA GREENO AND FRIENDS

Handmark Gallery, Hobart
27 May - 13 June 2016

FINALIST -  2016 SWAN HILL PRINT & DRAWING ACQUISITIVE AWARDS

Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill, Victoria
​14 May 2016 - 10 July 2016

FINALIST -  RICK AMOR PRINT PRIZE 2015

Barn Gallery - Montsalvat, Victoria
3 December 2015 - 24 January 2016

parallel prints

Parallel Prints 2015 NZ/Australia features Mark Graver from Wharepuke, NZ and eleven invited artists from Australia.​

The project takes the same form as the original Parallel Prints 2013 NZ/UK with simultaneous exhibitions and a set of 24 archival portfolios.  The exhibitions will take place at Art at Wharepuke in Kerikeri, New Zealand from  the 3rd – 31st October and at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia from 3rd October to 22nd November 2015.

FINALIST -  2015 MILDURA BMW AUSTRALIAN PRINT TRIENNIAL PRIZE

The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria
28 October 2015 - 16 November 2015

FINALIST -  2015 GIPPSLAND PRINT AWARD

Gippsland Regional Gallery, Victoria
​26 September 2015 - 22 November 2015

FINALIST -  HUTCHINS ART PRIZE - Works on Paper

Long Gallery, Salamanaca Place, Hobart, Tasmania
​8 September 2015 - 20 September 2015

FINALIST -  BAY OF FIRES ART PRIZE

 Tidal Waters Resort, St Helens, Tasmania
Highly Commended
​6 June 2015 - 27 June 2015 

FINALIST -  BURNIE PRINT PRIZE

Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania
​14 March 2015 - 10 May 2015

FINALIST -  GLOVER PRIZE

Falls Park Pavilion, Evandale, Tasmania
​6 March 2015 - 10 March 2015

FINALIST - TIDAL: CITY OF DEVONPORT ART AWARD

Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
12 December 2014 - 1 February 2015