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School House Gallery
Rosny, Tasmania 22 Rosny Hill Road Rosny Park, TAS 30 May 2025 - 22 June 2025 As printmakers the proof is the image we make prior to editioning a series of prints taken from a matrix of wood, lino, metal or mesh. It's the image which best represents the final concept of what we need to communicate visually to the viewer. Proof is also evidence presented that convinces the mind that something is true. Sometimes we only need one proof to deliver our vision, sometimes we need many variations of proofs to get us to that point. Artists: Ange Cooper, Kaye Green, Raymond Arnold, Alex White, Annalise Rees, Helen Mueller, Anthony Curran, Antonia Aitken, Jennifer Marshall, Emma Magnussion-Reid, Grace Gladdish, Hope Smith, Jan Hogan, Lex Palmer Bull, Melissa Smith, Michael Schlitz, Natasha Rowell, Nicole O'Loughlin, Olivia Moroney, Rebecca Coote, Tim Coad, Belinda Hall, Damon Bird Image: Antonia Aitken, caressing another's Country, 2024, intaglio hand print |
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Poimena Gallery
Launceston Church Grammar School Launceston, Tasmania 7 June 2025 - 27 June 2025 An exhibition of printmakers demonstrating the many varied techniques and processes that the nowhereprint collective and friends utilise to present their views and the worlds they live in. Artists: Ange Cooper, Kaye Green, Raymond Arnold, Alex White, Annalise Rees, Helen Mueller, Anthony Curran, Antonia Aitken, Jennifer Marshall, Emma Magnussion-Reid, Grace Gladdish, Hope Smith, Jan Hogan, Lex Palmer Bull, Melissa Smith, Michael Schlitz, Natasha Rowell, Nicole O'Loughlin, Olivia Moroney, Rebecca Coote, Tim Coad, Belinda Hall, Damon Bird Images: top - Artist, Annalise Rees ; bottom - Artist, Grace Gladdish |
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Tiadlectics PortfolioThe International Printmaking Conference in Puerto Rico, for which this portfolio was created, was cancelled due to the pandemic. Now, five years later, this conference will take place from 2-25 April.
The portfolio will be exhibited in San Juan during this period. Tidalectics Portfolio - curated by Eveline Kolijn Eleven international printmakers (Melissa Smith, AUST) were connected with eleven ocean and marine biology researchers. the artists created a visual response on scientific research. Science and Art share the principles of observation and creativity. hand crafted prints move the technical talk of science into the emotional domain of public discourse. Puertograbando SGCI 2025 San Juan, Puerto Rico 2 - 5 April 2025 |
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Art at Wharepuke
190 Kerikeri Rd., Kerkeri, NEW ZEALAND 13 March - 13 April 2025 The artist collective ‘nowhereprint’ represents a group of contemporary artists working in lutruwita/Tasmania. The name for ‘nowhereprint’ is borrowed from the Tasmanian printmaker Bea Maddock who played with these words in her 1974 prints now-here and no-where. The artists involved in this collective range from emerging to established in their practice, working in a range of printmaking techniques and approaches. The ‘nowhere’ artists acknowledge the significance of living and making on Iutruwita/Tasmania, where Palawa people tended the land through millennia of inhabitation. This island place generates the context from which each artist questions personal and political, mythological and narrative connections. Drawing upon their own individual and collective relations to this island, these artists are inspired by Iutruwita/Tasmania’s unique ecosystems and cultural histories. The prints in this exhibition represent each artists interpretation of these themes. Represented artists from the Tasmanian print collective ‘nowhereprint’ in this exhibition: Damon Bird, Tony Curran, Mindy Doré, Grace Gladdish, Jan Hogan, Emma Magnusson-Reid, Olivia Moroney, Helen Mueller, Natasha Rowell, Michael Schlitz, Hope Smith, Melissa Smith |
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TIDALECTICS PORTFOLIOThis Print Portfolio was curated by Eveline Kolijn and was completed in 2020.
It continues to be exhibited and promoted by Eveline in various venues around the world in order to share the important messages it contains about the impact on our ocean environments and the work being done to care for them. Eleven international printmakers (Melissa Smith, AUST) were connected with eleven ocean and marine biology researchers. the artists created a visual response on scientific research. Science and Art share the principles of observation and creativity. hand crafted prints move the technical talk of science into the emotional domain of public discourse. University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for the Arts Sea Islands Center Gallery 805 & 1106 Carteret Street Beaufort SC March 2025 |
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ASSEMBLAGEAustralian Galleries - Melbourne
28 Derby Street, Collingwood, VIC 4 - 22 February 2025 Artwork details: Graeme Drendel The traveller ( detail) 2024 31x31cm Melissa Smith Between time and place (detail) intaglio print on Magnani paper 100x 66cm edition 3 I Mary Tonkin Log Song, Kalorama ( detail) 2020 pencil on paper 28.5x 237cm I Ayako Saito Unravelled in time (detail) 2023 steel, painted 39x39x11cm I Margie Sheppard Pathways (detail) 2023 oil on canvas 180 x 120cm I Sophie Perez Secret lives of memorable things (detail) 2024 oil on canvas 187x224cm I Hilary Finch XIX (detail) 2023-24 archival print on Hahnemule photo rag Bartya 315gsm 100x150cm edition 7 |
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the ecologies projectThe Ecologies Project looks at the effects climate change has had on deep time of human culture. With First Nations voices and continuing calls for the importance of sustainability, this show asks: how does a changing ecology change our culture?
Ten thousand years ago the Mornington Peninsula did not exist. The Bunurong / BoonWurrung people were People of the River not People of the Sea and their traditional lands extended to what is now the top of the north-west/central Tasmania. Climate changes culture. The current climate calamity differs from previous mega-changes in that it has come from us; our colonial, extractionist and capitalist culture has changed the climate. The exhibition looks at generational conversations about climate, what the changes might look and feel like and what we are creating now that will make it into a wider cultural milieu. With over 60 works, including photographs, painting, prints, installation, video and sound work. 8 December 2024 - 16 March 2025 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington, Vic 3931 Image: Melissa Smith, 2016, Tidal Sweep study, linocut |
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terrainThis exhibition brings together a collection of original prints produced by artists in collaboration with APW's highly skilled printers that explore the intersection of home, place, and the hidden stories of the natural world. Through a variety of printmaking techniques including lithography and intaglio, the works reflect the intimate connections between us and the environments we inhabit. Featuring striking works by artists Andrew Browne, Megan Cope, Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison, Janice Murray, Melissa Smith and Pedro Wonaeamirri, each print acts as a window into the artists world where places become living, breathing stories. 3 December 2024 - 1 February 2025 Australian Print Workshop 210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065 Image: Melissa Smith, 2016 In Whisper I, lithograph |
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In essencePaula Jenkins Melissa Smith Clayton Tremlett 8 November - 1 December 2024 Queenscliff Gallery 81 Hesse Street, Queenscliff, Victoria 3225 |
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LATITUDEnowhereprint Collective artists -
Olivia Moroney Mindy Dore Helen Mueller Melissa Smith Tim Coad Tony Curran Antonia Aitken Hope Smith Jan Hogan Emma Magnusson-Reid Grace Gladdish 8 -25 October 2024 Print Council of Australia Gallery Studio 2 Guild 152 Stuart Street Southbank VIC 3006 |
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IMPRESSIONS-LAND, SEA and skyA new suite of original prints by five leading contemporary women artist/printmakers from around Australia:
Lee Darroch (Raymond Island, VIC) Chris de Rosa (Port Elliot, SA) Kate Gorringe-Smith (Melbourne, VIC) Jo Lankester (Townsville, QLD) Melissa Smith (Launceston, TAS) Connected through their interest in the environment and their engagement with the natural world, each of the artists worked in collaboration with APW printers to produce new work in the print medium. Employing a range of printmaking techniques and mediums, this suite of original prints includes multi-plate intaglios, lithographs and relief prints. 24 August - 12 October 2024 Australian Print Workshop Gallery 210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065 Image: Melissa Smith, 2024, Narrative lines of the Lake I & II, lithograph and etching |
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WINTER ESCAPEAustralian Galleries - Melbourne
28 Derby Street, Collingwood, VIC 30 July 2024 - 17 August 2024 Top Image details, left to right Inge King: Black Sun, second version maquette, 1974-23 Hilary Finch: X, 2021-22 Melissa Smith: In a current of clouds 2024 intaglio print and stencil on Magnani paper, 76.5 x 56cm |
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the 12th ulsan International woodcut & linocut print festival 2024Represented artists from Australia -
Bridget Hillebrand (Australian Commissioner) Melissa Smith Clare Humphries Michael Schlitz Jazimina Cininas Exhibiting countries include South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China, Thailand, Germany, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, France and Australia 20 July – 28 July 2024 Opening Ceremony Friday 19 July 2024, 5.00pm Ulsan Culture and Arts Center, South Korea. Image: Worlds within Worlds II, 2018, linocut |
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winner - 2024 WOMEN'S ART PRIZE TASMANIAQueen Victoria Museum, Launceston - 4 May - 7 July 2024
Devonport Regional Gallery - 3 August - 22 September 2024 Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart - 18 October - 9 November 2024 |
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THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWSHandmark Gallery
77 Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania 16 February 2024 - 4 March 2024 Image: Enveloping the dusk 2023, intaglio, and stencil on Magnani paper, 55.5 x 66cm |
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finalist- waterhouse natural science art prizeSouth Australian Museum
North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 3 June 2022 - 7 August 2022 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize was launched in 2002 and commemorates the birth of the South Australian Museum’s first curator, Frederick George Waterhouse. The prize is an opportunity for artists to investigate the world around them, and present their perspectives on natural science. It encourages artists to make a statement about the scientific issues facing our planet, and offers a valuable platform for them to contribute to the environmental debate. |
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The natural worldAustralian Print Workshop
Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 9 November 2021 - 29 January 2022 The first in a series of four exhibitions to celebrate APW'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY. FEATURING ORIGINAL FINE ART PRINTS BY: ROSALIND ATKINS, DAVID BOSUN, ANDREW BROWNE, SHANE COTTON, MERCE CUNNINGHAM, PETER ELLIS, ADRIENNE GAHA, ANDY GOLDSWORTHY, PEGGY GRIFFITHS, GRACIA HABY AND LOUISE JENNISON, FIONA HALL, KATE HUDSON, KYOKO IMAZU, TIM JONES, LOUIS KARADADA, JENNY KITCHENER, BARBIE KJAR, HERTHA KLUGE-POTT, TIM MAGUIRE, MARION MANIFOLD, EX DE MEDICI, JANICE MURRAY, PATRICIA PICCININI, LISA ROET, CHRIS DE ROSA, CAROLINE ROTHWELL, MELISSA SMITH, LOUISE WEAVER AND JOHN WOLSELEY. Leave no trace I 2016 photolithograph 93.5cm x 67.5cm |
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Melissa Smith /Anita covella
Exhibition dates: Oct 14 – Nov 8, 2021
Official opening: Sun Oct 17 from 2pm – 4pm
Queenscliff gallery, Queenscliff, Victoria
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FINALIST - PEEBLES PRINT PRIZE (PPP21)Queenscliff Gallery
81 Hesse Street, Queenscliff, Victoria 30 August - 11 October 2021 |
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FROM THERE TO HERE
The Gallows Gallery Launceston College Paterson Street, Launceston TAS 22 July - 3 September 2021 A snapshot of 25 years of Melissa Smith's printmaking practice from her first exhibition in 1996 to current work being produced for the Devonport Regional Art Gallery as the Solo Commission for 2021. Self Portrait with Barbary Pigeon II 1997 linocut 33.5 x 36.5cm |
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Exhibition of contemporary Tasmanian printmakers curated by Helen Mueller and Melissa Smith MAY SPACE ONLINE www.mayspaceonlin.com 1 - 31 July 2021 CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS ANTONIA AITKEN • RAYMOND ARNOLD • LEX PALMER BULL • TIM COAD • REBECCA COOTE • MINDY DORÉ • JAN HOGAN • JENNIFER MARSHALL • OLIVIA MORONEY • HELEN MUELLER • JONATHAN PARTRIDGE • NATASHA ROWELL • MICHAEL SCHLITZ • MELISSA SMITH Lake Whispers #2 2021 intaglio and stencil 45 x 38cm |
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Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Wilmot Street, Burnie Tasmania 26 March 2021 - 2 May 2021 |
Herself: Inspiring artists from the CollectionQueen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Royal Park, Launceston, Tasmania Opening 5 December 2020 HERSELF is a sweeping exhibition showcasing works by female identifying artists in the QVMAG collections. Representing artist from 1820 to 2020, works in this exhibition include textiles, photography, painting, prints, video, jewellery and furniture. |
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FINALIST - 2020 WOMEN'S ART PRIZE TASMANIAMakers Space, Burnie - 1 Oct - 1 Nov 2020
Plimsol Gallery, Hobart - 5 Dec - 24 Jan 2021 |
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Megalo Gallery, Canberra, ACT
15 February - 28 March 2020
15 February - 28 March 2020
MANLY DAM PROJECT
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW
6 December 2019 - 23 February 2020
6 December 2019 - 23 February 2020
COLLECTION FOCUS: PRINT COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA- JOHN CURTIN GALLERY
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Curtin University, Building 200A, Kent Street, Bentley WA
4 October - 8 December 2019 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! |
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FINALIST - HADLEY'S ART PRIZEHadley's Orient Hotel, 34 Murray Street, Hobart, Tasmania
20 July - 18 August 2019 |
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FINALIST - ST. KEVIN'S ART PRIZE 2019
KC Smith Hall, St. Kevin's College, Moonga Road, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria
25 - 27 May 2019
25 - 27 May 2019
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FINALIST - BURNIE PRINT PRIZE
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Wilmot Street, Burnie, Tasmania
22 March 2019 - 5 May 2019
22 March 2019 - 5 May 2019
FINALIST - COLLINS PLACE SUMMER SALONSuite 19, 45 Collins Place, Melbourne, Victoria
1 December 2018 - 31 January 2019 |
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FINALIST - AUSTRALIAN PRINT TRIENNIAL AWARD
The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria
17 October 2018 - 12 November 2018
17 October 2018 - 12 November 2018
FINALIST (HIGHLY COMMENDED) - TASART 2018 EXHIBITION
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
28 September 2018 - 27 October 2018
28 September 2018 - 27 October 2018
FINALIST - INK MASTERS - 4Th BIENNIAL PRINT EXHIBITION
Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, Queensland
27 July 2018 - 19 August 2018
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
15 June 2018 - 19 July 2018
FINALIST - BAY OF FIRES ART PRIZE
Tidal Waters Resort, St Helens, Tasmania
9 June 2018 - 30 June 2018
9 June 2018 - 30 June 2018
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HABITAT - WEST THEBARTON GALLERY24 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 https://www.westgallerythebarton.com.au |
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FINALIST - 2018 SWAN HILL PRINT AND DRAWING ACQUISITIVE AWARDS
Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill, Victoria
12 May 2018 - 8 July 2018
12 May 2018 - 8 July 2018
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
21 April 2018 - 27 May 2018
FINALIST - WYNDHAM ART PRIZE
Wyndham Art Gallery, 177 Watton Street Werribee, Victoria
28 March 2018 - 11 June 2018
28 March 2018 - 11 June 2018
eventideI 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 |
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The Blue of DistanceHandmark Gallery - 77 Salamanca Place, Hobart, TASMANIA
handmark.com.au Exhibition dates 2 - 19 February 2018 |
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AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP GALLERY- Current ExhibtionSPRING 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: [email protected] www.australianprintworkshop.com |
Leave no trace I & II 2016
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2017 BANYULE AWARD FOR WORKS ON PAPER
Hatch Contemporary Arts Space, 14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe, Victoria
5 October 2017 - 2 December 2017
5 October 2017 - 2 December 2017
PAPER CONTEMPORARY - SYDNEY CONTEMPORARy7 - 10 September 2017
Carriageworks, Sydney |
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FINALIST - WHYALLA ART PRIZe
Middleback Arts Centre, 141a Nicolson Avenue, Whyalla, South Australia
30 September 2017 - 2 December 2017
30 September 2017 - 2 December 2017
FINALIST - 2017 GIPPSLAND PRINT AWARD
Gippsland Regional Gallery, Sale, Victoria
2 September 2017 - 19 November 2017
2 September 2017 - 19 November 2017
FINALIST - BAY OF FIRES ART PRIZE
Tidal Waters Resort, St Helens, Tasmania
11 June 2017 - 1 July 2017
11 June 2017 - 1 July 2017
natureExcited to be part of this exhibition at the AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP, Gertrude Street, Melbourne
22 April - 3 June, 2017 Artist Reception 2 - 4pm 13 May, 2017 |
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FINALIST - WYNDHAM ART PRIZE
Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, Victoria
5 April 2017 - 11 June 2017
5 April 2017 - 11 June 2017
FINALIST - BURNIE PRINT PRIZE
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
18 March 2017 - 7 May 2017
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 |
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AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP23 - 29 October, 2016
A wonderful week at the Australian Print Workshop in Melbourne working with Master printer, Martin King on a Collaborative print project. |
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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
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
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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
24 September 2016 - 22 October 2016
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FINALIST - 2016 SCOPE GALLERIES ART AWARD - Art Concerning Environment
Scope Galleries, Warrnambool, Victoria
11 June 2016 - 31 July 2016
11 June 2016 - 31 July 2016
LOLA GREENO AND FRIENDSHandmark Gallery, Hobart
27 May - 13 June 2016 |
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FINALIST - 2016 SWAN HILL PRINT & DRAWING ACQUISITIVE AWARDS
Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill, Victoria
14 May 2016 - 10 July 2016
14 May 2016 - 10 July 2016
FINALIST - RICK AMOR PRINT PRIZE 2015Barn Gallery - Montsalvat, Victoria
3 December 2015 - 24 January 2016 |
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parallel printsParallel 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. |
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FINALIST - 2015 MILDURA BMW AUSTRALIAN PRINT TRIENNIAL PRIZE
The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria
28 October 2015 - 16 November 2015
28 October 2015 - 16 November 2015
FINALIST - 2015 GIPPSLAND PRINT AWARD
Gippsland Regional Gallery, Victoria
26 September 2015 - 22 November 2015
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
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
Highly Commended
6 June 2015 - 27 June 2015
FINALIST - BURNIE PRINT PRIZE
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania
14 March 2015 - 10 May 2015
14 March 2015 - 10 May 2015
FINALIST - GLOVER PRIZE
Falls Park Pavilion, Evandale, Tasmania
6 March 2015 - 10 March 2015
6 March 2015 - 10 March 2015
FINALIST - TIDAL: CITY OF DEVONPORT ART AWARD
Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
12 December 2014 - 1 February 2015
12 December 2014 - 1 February 2015
