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NICOLE KELLY

CV HIGHLIGHTS

EDUCATION

2009              Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), National Art School 

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018              Fragmented imaginings, This Is No Fantasy +                                    Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne

2017              A daydream, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW 

2017              New Paintings, This Is No Fantasy + Dianne Tanzer                         Gallery, Melbourne

2016              Desire & reason, Kensington Contemporary, Sydney 2016              Untitled, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre,                         NSW  

2015              You my friend are Beautiful and Terrifying, NG                                   Gallery, Sydney                           

2014              Sea, bush and some flowers, NG Art Gallery, Sydney  2014              In Company, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

2014              Nicole Kelly New Work: Figure and Landscape,                                 Moran Gallery,Sydney           

2013              Home & Hosed, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts                       Centre, NSW                

2012              Notes from Paris, Toyota Exhibition Space, Sydney

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017              Black Swan Prize for Portraiture,  Art Gallery of                                 Western Australia

2017              Art on paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery &                           Arts Cenrte 

2016              NSW Parliament Plein Air Prize, Sydney

2016              Redlands Art Awards, Brisbane

2016              Guilty Pleasures, The old Store, Chippendale, 

2016              Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2016              New World Art Prize, Sydney

2016              Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane

2016              William Fletcher Foundation fellows and finalists                               exhibition, Sydney 

2016              Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Sydney                   

2015              Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney                   

2015              Manning Naked and Nude Prize, Manning Regional                         Art Gallery,  NSW                

2015              Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Linton & Kay                                   Gallery, Perth              

2015              Mosman Art Prize, Mosman, NSW  

2015              Hutchins Art Prize Long Gallery, Salamanca Place,                           Hobart  

2015              Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery,                           Sydney  

2015              Lethbridge 1000 Art Prize, Brisbane      

2015              A Grand Summer Affair, NG Art Gallery, Sydney       

2014              Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery,                           Sydney  

2014              Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour                                 Regional Gallery            

2014              The Red Ball Live Art Auction, Melbourne                   

2014              William Fletcher Biennial Travelling Fellowship Rome                       Residency  Finalist Exhibition, National Art School

2013              Glebe Art Show, Sydney    

2012              40 x 40 prize show, Brunswick Street Gallery,                                   Melbourne                          

2011              Art on Paper, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery,                                   Sydney                           

2010              City Collection New Acquisitions Shoalhaven City                             Arts Centre,  NSW                

2009              Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship, Brett                                   Whiteley Studio, Sydney 

2008              Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship, Brett                                   Whiteley Studio,  Sydney 

 

RESIDENCIES

2016              AADK Spain Residency Program, Spain                         

2015              Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence Program, NSW, Australia                           

2014              Bruny Island Artist in Residence Program, Tasmania, Australia

2010              Cite Internationale Des Arts Artist in Residence                                 Program, Paris, France 

 

AWARDS

2015              Highly Commended, Glebe Art Show, Sydney  

2015              2D Award for Excellence, Manning Prize: Naked and                       Nude, Manning  Regional Gallery                       

2013              Youth Art Award, Glebe Art Show, Sydney                  

2011              Local Artist Award, Art on Paper, Hazelhurst Regional                       Gallery and Arts  Centre                  

2009              Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Art Gallery                         of NSW                           

2008              Gruner Prize, Art Gallery of NSW                                

2007              Robert Le Gay Brereton Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of                       NSW

COMMISSIONS

Sutherland Hospital, NSW

St George Hospital, NSW

 

COLLECTIONS

Shoalhaven City Arts Centre Collection

Moran Art Foundation Collection

M G Dingle & G B Hughes Art Collection  

Foxtel

Private collections in Australia, Wales, France & Spain

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ritchie, E. ‘Arts professionals adopt healthy lifestyle to fuel creative juices’. The Australian, Jan 11 2017

Sadlier, K. ‘Painters body of work wins award’, The Leader, Aug 14 2011

Australian Art Collector Magazine, Sept 2009

Pia, L.. ‘When “taking risks” pays off’, Look, Art Gallery of NSW, Aug 2009

Boland, M. ‘Prizewinner makes mark in risky business’, The Australian, Sept 11 2009

Collins, A. ‘Sydney student wins Brett Whiteley scholarship’, ABC Local, September 10 2009

Fortescue, E. ‘Off on the trip of a lifetime’, The Daily Telegraph Sydney, Sept 16

2009

Fulton, Adam. ‘Colourful identity emerges from shadowy figures’, The Nation, Sept 11 2009

Miller, P. ‘Brett Whiteley Prize Winner Used to Be Scared of Painting’, The Epoch

Times Sept 9 2009

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