Spencer Harvey and Lloyd Harvey are sister/brother filmmakers and photographic artists born in Sydney, Australia.

They came to renown for their screenwriting work when they won an Academy Nicholl Fellowship in 2016 from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They have since been commissioned by Chernin Entertainment to write a half-hour television series based on their experience in the Australian art world.

Their mastery of storytelling is intrinsic to their photographic and video work, which has surreal, subversive, strange and often magical narratives featuring strong female subjects. They have been exhibited in the National Portrait Prize and also shortlisted as semi-finalists in The Moran Photographic Prize.

They are currently represented by United Talent Agency and 3 Arts Entertainment in the U.S.A. and by Harvey Galleries in Sydney.

EXHIBITIONS
2019 Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2017 National Portrait Prize Finalist, Canberra

PUBLICATIONS
Vogue Italia
Australian Harper’s Bazaar
Cream Magazine
The Unlimited New York
LOTL Magazine

PRIZES
The Moran Photographic Prize (Semi-Finalist)
The National Portrait Prize (Finalist)

BORN
1951 England

STUDIES
Newcastle upon Tyne and at Brighton College in the United Kingdom
Tyneside Foundation Course
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sculpture B.A. Hons
Brighton College of Art B. A. Hons. Fine Art

ARTIST STATEMENT
Bronze figurative sculpture has a long tradition. For me, the Art Deco period was the foundation for inspiration.
Running parallel to that are ideas that spring from photographic imagery, fashion and robotics.

Somewhere, ideas develop and grow, but always around the figure. I have always drawn, but mainly for the purpose of planning my sculptures. But now, my drawings are developing into a more expressive form of my creativity .

BACKGROUND
Born in Hammersmith England, Stephen served his apprenticeship as a Sculpture student at Newcastle upon Tyne and at Brighton College in the United Kingdom before moving to Australia as a young professional sculptor in the early 1980s. He has since attracted considerable interest and many commissions throughout Australia, and in Asia.

In his work, Glassborow relies heavily on traditional classical precedents and careful anatomical observation. Nevertheless, he manages to temper his respect for figurative precision with a refined elegance and beauty. His is sometimes an Art Deco renaissance.

Retaining fluidity in the body while still achieving sharp muscular perfection through clay thrills Glassborow. The skill of merging the two successfully drives him into further exploration of the human form.

EXHIBITIONS
1978     Commonwealth Travelling Exhibition, UK
Commonwealth Buildings, London
1979    Profile Gallery, Joint Exhibition
1980     Profile Gallery, Joint Exhibition
Artist in Residence, A1bert Park School
1981     Profile Gallery Joint Exhibition
1983     Profile Gallery Joint Exhibition
1985     Graphic Illusions Joint Exhibition
1986  Graphic Illusions Joint Exhibition
Permanently exhibited in State Theatre Shop,
Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
1993  The Australian Ballet Gallery, Melbourne
Eagle Hawke Gallery, Sydney
Bronze figures and drawings of the, Artists Of The Australian Ballet
1995      Robin Gibson Gallery,
Joint Sculpture Exhibition
1996   Jajuta Gallery, Singapore. Solo Exhibition
1999     North Shore Fine Art, Sydney Solo Exhibition
Cooks Hill Gallery Newcastle Solo Exhibition
2000   Cooks Hill Gallery Newcastle Solo Exhibition
Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach , California , U.S.A.
2001     Vanessa Wood fine Art, Sydney
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2002     Lattitude Gallery, Boston, USA
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2003   Wagner Gallery, Sydney
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2004      1000 Deg C Gallery Sydney
Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
Ronald Coles Gallery, Kenthurst
Manly Regional Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2005     Gallery Perutz, London England
Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Wagner Gallery, Sydney
Gallery Perutz, Edinburgh, Scotland
2006     Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
Manyung Gallery, Melbourne
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Gallery Perutze. London
Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne
Ronald Coles Gallery, NSW
Wagner Gallery, Sydney
2007   Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
Manyung Gallery, Melbourne
Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne
Makers Mark Gallery, Sydney
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Forest Gallery, Canberra
2008      Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
Cooks Hill Gallery   Newcastle
Emporium Gallery , Brisbane .
2010      Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
BMGART, Adelaide
2011   Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
Redhill Gallery, Brisbane
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Richard Martin Gallery, Sydney
2012  BMGART, Adelaide
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
Redhill Gallery, Brisbane
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2013  Gallery One, Brisbane
Richard Martin Art, Sydney
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2014  Gallery One, God Coast
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2015  Gallery One, Gold Coast
Artnuvo Gallery, Queensland
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2016  Gallery One, Gold Coast
BMG Gallery, Adelaide
Catto Gallery London
2017  Harvey Galleries Mosman, Sydney
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
Catto Gallery, London UK
2018 Gallery One, Queensland
Eumundi Gallery, Hong Kong
BMG Gallery, Adelaide
Manyung gallery, Victoria
Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2019 Harvey Galleries Seaforth, Sydney

PUBLICATIONS
1987         Melburnian Magazine
1987         Melbourne Arts Magazine
1987         Home Beautiful Magazine
1988         Craft Arts Magazine
1989         House and Garden Magazine
1989         The Age Magazine, Melbourne
1991         Corporate Office and Design
1993         The Age, Melbourne
1994         Dance Australia
1994         The Age, Melbourne Herald Sun, Melbourne
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, The Australian
1995         Craft Arts International Magazine Issue 34
1999         North Beach Journal Issue 4
2002         Belle Magazine
2005         The Age, The Independent and Sydney Morning Heralds
2008         West Australian
Sunday Times
2010         Herald Sun, The Age, The Australian
2011          Australian Art Review, The Age, The Australian,
Sydney Morning Herald, Herald Sun
2014          Sunday Mail, Brisbane
2018          Wentworth Courier, Channel 10 Morning show

COLLECTIONS
AMP Perth, WA
SEDGWICK INSURANCE, Melbourne
McDONALD’S GROUP, Sydney
McDONALD’S GROUP, Melbourne
KPMG PEAT MARWICK, Sydney
REMY MARTIN, Melbourne
PARK LANE Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
QANTAS, Melbourne
WALKER CORPORATION, Sydney
STATE CHAMBERS, Sydney
CITY OF WHITE HORSE REGIONAL ART GALLERY, Melbourne
RANDWICK COUNCIL, Sydney
HILTON HOTEL, Soeul, Korea
SHERATON ON THE PARK, Sydney
ADELAIDE  HILTON, Adelaide
ANA GROUP, Sydney
FRANKSTON CITY COUNCIL, Victoria
BANK OF NEW ZEALAND, Perth
STAR CITY CASINO, Sydney
ROCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Victoria
MANLY ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Sydney
McFARLANE BURNETT INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, Melbourne
SHANGRI-LA HOTELS, Shanghai & Bangkok
ST.GEORGE BANK, George Street, Sydney
MARIST BOYS COLLEGE, Randwick    , Sydney
APOLLO GROUP, Singapore
PASIR RIS Centre, Singapore
IMPERIAL HOTEL, Kuala Lumpur
CROWN CASINO, Melbourne
HILTON, Shanghai, China
HASTINGS CITY COUNCIL,Victoria
PORT JACKSON FINE ART Laguna Beach, USA
CITYCORP, Sydney
MONARCH BAY DEVELOPMENT, Laguna Beach, USA
WALT DISNEY CORPORATION, Hong Kong
MGM Macao, China 2014
WARRAGUL CITY COUNCIL, Victoria (Lionel Rose Sculpture)
FRANKSTON CITY COUNCIL, Victoria (Johnny Famachon Sculpture)2018
RICHARD COHEN ART COLLECTION, Adelaide 2015
INTERCONTINENTAL ART COLLECTION PERTH 2018
ANTHONY PODESTA ART COLLECTION  QLD 2018
STUDIO CITY ART COLLECTION    MACAO  CHINA 2016

Bernard Ollis (born 1951 in Bath, England) is an Australian artist and painter who lives and works in Sydney and Paris. Ollis is the former Director of the National Art School, Sydney.

Ollis is a graduate of Cardiff School of Art & Design, Wales and received his Master of Art (Painting) from the Royal College of Art. Ollis arrived in Australia in 1976 and lectured at the University of the Northern Territory where he became head of his department, and La Trobe University, Victoria where he became Head of Fine Art. In 1996, Ollis was appointed Head of Painting at the National Art School, Sydney. He became Director there in late 1997, a position he held for 10 years.

Ollis has held over 80 solo exhibitions since 1972 in Australia, New Zealand, Bath, London, Paris and China  and has participated in group exhibitions throughout Australia, Europe, and Asia. Ollis  has had many international residencies, these include  a residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris in 1975, a residency in Cairo Egypt 2008, Antarctica in 2014, Zhouzhuang, China in 2015 , Svarbard Arctic in 2019.

Ollis received the 1976 John Minton International Painting Prize, the 1977 Sir Frederick Richards’ Travelling Scholarship (UK), an Australia Council Visual Arts Board Grant (1984), and the Conrad Jupiters Award in 2005 (Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD).

Ollis’s work is held in public collections in Australia and the United Kingdom, including the Royal College of Art London, National Gallery of Australia, Parliament House, Canberra, and the State Galleries of Queensland, Victoria and Northern Territory.

Ollis was made a Fellow of the National Art School in 2022, for his contributions to the arts community, service to arts education and his own respected art practice.

Studies
1973 – 1976 Master of Art (Painting), the Royal College of Art, London UK (MA RCA London)
1970 – 1973 Diploma of Art and Design, Cardiff College of Art and Design, Wales UK (Dip AD)
1969 – 1970 Foundation Studies Cardiff College of Art and Design, Wales UK (BA Hons)

Lecturing and Administrative Experience
1998 – 2009 Director
National Art School (Sydney)
1997 – 1998 Head of Studies
National Art School (Sydney)
1996 – 1997 Head of Painting Department
National Art School (Sydney)
1994 – 1996 Senior Lecturer/Head of Fine Art
La Trobe University (Victoria)
1982 – 1994 Head of Painting
La Trobe University (Victoria)
1982 Acting Head of Visual Art Department
Darwin Community College (University Northern Territory)
1978 – 1982 Head of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture Section
Darwin Community College (University Northern Territory)
1977 – 1978 Lecturer Fine Art
Darwin Community College (University Northern Territory)
1974 – 1976 Visiting Lecturer
Various British Art Schools

Solo Exhibitions
2021 The Artist Gardens Part 2, Harvey Galleries, Mosman, Sydney
2020 The Artist Gardens Part 1, Harvey Galleries, Mosman, Sydney
2019 The World Traveller, Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth
2019 Departures, Aarwun Galleries, Canberra
2019 The Traveller, Mitchell Galleries, Brisbane
2018 Bernard Ollis, Anala Art Advisory, Glenbrook, Blue Mountains
2018 Being There, Harvey Galleries, Mosman and Seaforth
2018 Traveler’s Tales: Paris and Morocco, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth
2017 Paris & Other Stories, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
2017 Observations, Mitchell Galleries Brisbane
2017 Favourite Places, Harvey Galleries Seaforth and Mosman, Sydney
2016 Run Ya Artspace, Linyi China
2016 Cultural Exchange of Australia and China, Linyi Arts Centre Shandong
2016 Storytelling about China – Shanghai Cultural Centre & Art Gallery China
2016 Open Studio – Travel Paintings, Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth WA
2016 Travels to Paris, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Seaforth, Sydney NSW
2015 Brisbane and Beyond, Mike Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland
2015 Bernard Ollis: 54 Works at Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015 Observations of Paris, NG Gallery, Sydney
2015 Theatre of Life, Buratti Fine Art, Perth, WA
2015 Antarctica- Shackleton, The Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
2014 Bernard Ollis, Kenthurst Galleries, NSW
2014 Le Regard de deux Australiens, L’Espace Beaujon, Paris, France
2014 Traveller’s Tales, Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW
2013 A Town Like Paris, Muk Muk Fine Art, travelling show to Alice Springs, Darwin, Brisbane
2013 Paris Work, Buratti Fine Art, Perth
2012 – 2013 Modern Living: Bernard Ollis. A survey of the work of Bernard Ollis, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2012 Paris Considered, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
2012 Parisian Reflections, Letham Galleries, Auckland, NZ
2011 Paris Revisited, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
2011 Major Works, Buratti Fine Art, Perth
2010 Italy 19Karen Contemporary Artspace Gold Coast, Queensland
2009 The Grand Tour, United Galleries Perth WA
2009 Journeys through Italy and Egypt, NG Art Sydney NSW
2008 Urban Myth, United Galleries Perth WA
2008 Incognito NG Art, Chippendale Sydney NSW
2006 The St Peters Suite Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2002 Stella Downer Galleries, Sydney NSW
2001 Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2000 Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
1998 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney NSW
Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney NSW
1997 Hot Bath Gallery, Bath UK
1996 Australian Galleries, Melbourne Victoria
1994 Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
1993 Botanical Gallery, South Yarra Victoria
1992 Retrospective Paintings and Pastels
Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1991 Powell Street Gallery, South Yarra Victoria
1990 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1989 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1988 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
Roz McAllen Gallery, Brisbane Queensland
1987 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
Powell Street Gallery, South Yarra Victoria
1984 – 1986 Visual Arts Board, “Bernard Ollis” The Australian Tour; exhibited at:
Under croft Gallery for the Perth Festival University of Western Australia
Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Victoria
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
Ararat Gallery, Victoria
Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria
Shepparton Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
Muswellbrook Art Gallery, NSW
Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
Orange Art Gallery, NSW
Benalla Art Gallery Victoria
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW
Bendigo Art Gallery Victoria (extended survey exhibition)
1984 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1982 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1981 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
1978 Warehouse Galleries, South Melbourne Victoria
1976 The Africa Centre Covent Garden, London UK
The Royal Commonwealth Society, London UK
1974 – 1975 Commonwealth Institute Gallery, London UK
1972 – 1973 College of Art Gallery, Cardiff Wales

Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 ‘Connections’, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW
2018 ‘Elsewhere – Travels Through Morocco, Egypt, Syria Iran and Central Asia’, exhibition with Bernard
Ollis, HR Gallop Gallery, CSU Wagga Wagga – 13 August to 7 September 2018
Griffith Regional Art Gallery – 29 September to 4 November 2018
Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo: May – June 2019
The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie: 20 July – 29 September 2019
Tamworth Regional Art Gallery: 8 February – 22 March 2020
2018 ‘The Art of Friendship’, Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios
2018 ‘Nature and Life: Images from our Souls’ Bayside Arts Festival 2018, Sydney
2017 ‘Salon des Refuses’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2017 ‘Bernard Ollis & Wendy Sharpe Etchings’, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne
2016 Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW
2015 ‘Three Australians’, Gallery 12, Auckland NZ
2015 ‘New Romantics (with Wendy Sharpe and Johnny Romeo)’, Penny Contemporary Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2015 ‘Private Lives: Collections’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2011 ‘Dobell Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2011 ‘IN[TWO]ART’, Maitland Regional Art Gallery touring exhibition
2010 ‘Salon des Refuses’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2010 ‘Tales from the City’, Two-person exhibition with Wendy Sharpe, Orange Regional Art Gallery
2009 ‘Every Dog has its Day’, Letham Gallery Auckland NZ
2008 United Galleries, Perth WA
2008 Contemporary Drawing London University of the Arts Wimbledon Art Col, England
2008 ‘Vernissage’ Oxford Street Gallery, Melbourne Victoria
‘Drawcard’ National Art School Gallery, Sydney New South Wales
2007 ‘Fragile Planet’ NG Art Gallery, Sydney New South Wales
‘Salon des Refuses’ SH Ervin Gallery, New South Wales
SCEGGS Redlands Art Prize
Mosman Art Prize
‘There is no place like home’ NG Art Gallery, Sydney New South Wales
2006 Hong Ik University Gallery, Seoul South Korea
2005 ‘Drawcard’ Cell Block Theatre National Art School, Sydney New South Wales
‘Dog Trumpet’ Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney New South Wales
‘Drawing the Line’ Cell Block Theatre National Art School (academic staff exhibition)
Art Space, Bendigo Victoria
Lake Macquarie Invitation Prize, University Gallery Sydney NSW

Awards and Prizes
2023 Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the visual arts, and to education.
2015 Artist Residency in Zhouzhang, China
2014 Mawson’s Hut Foundation artist-in-residence, Antarctica voyage
2008 Australian Embassy, Artist-in-Residence Studio, Cairo Egypt
2005 Conrad Jupiter Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery Queensland
2000 Olympic Arts Festival
1992 Selected by Melbourne Theatre Company for season’s brochure
1989 Selected for Sydney Children’s Choir catalogue
1988 Heritage Arts Festival Award, Queensland
1984 Visual Arts Board Australia, Council Grant
1983 Commissioned series of paintings for Napoleon Brandy Advertising Campaign
1982 Gold Coast City Art Awards, Queensland
1977 Sir Fredrick Richards’s Travelling Scholarship (drawing), UK
1976 John Minton International Painting Prize, London UK
1975 Artist-in-residence Maltese Studio International Youth Arts Festival British representative
Artist-in-residence Paris Studio Cité Internationale des Arts France

Collections
Art Bank, Sydney NSW
Australian National Gallery, Canberra ACT
Bathurst Arts Centre, Bathurst NSW
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Victoria
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Collection, Victoria
Cultural Centre, Valetta Malta
Darwin University, Northern Territory
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise Queensland
Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton NSW
Herald Sun Art Collection, Melbourne Victoria
McGregor Collection University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Queensland
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
National Art School, Sydney NSW
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Victoria
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW
Orange Art Gallery, Orange NSW
Parliament House, Canberra ACT
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Queensland
Royal College of Art, London UK
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria
The Commonwealth Institute, London UK
Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff Wales

Catalogues and Books
2018 Ollis, Bernard, ‘An Illustrated Guide to Montmartre’s Bars and Café’s’, Life Drawing Montmartre
2017 Major Art Review, Sasha Grishin, The Canberra Times, Canberra
2017 Bernard Ollis’s Colourful Interludes, Lena Owen, The Creative Issue, QLD
2017 Exhibition Review, Philip Brown, The Courier Mail. QLD
2014 Le regard de deux Australiens, L’Espace Beaujon, Paris, NSW
2014 Traveller’s Tales, Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW
2013 A Town Like Paris, Muk Muk Fine Art, publication to coincide with travelling exhibition
2012 Modern Living: Bernard Ollis, A Survey of the Work of Bernard Ollis, Manly Art Museum, Sydney, NSW
2005 Li, Jingzhe, Australian Contemporary Painting Shanghai People’s Fine Art Publishing House
1997 Paterson, Susan, From Bendigo to Bath, Hot Bath Gallery, Bath, UK
1996 Paterson, S. and Gervasoni, C. Catbuster Studio Art, Macmillan, Victoria
1995 Who’s Who of Australian Visual Arts (2nd edition) Reed International Publishing
1995 Gervasoni, Clare, and Paterson, Susan, Catbuster Art, Macmillan, Melbourne
1994 McCulloch, Susan, the Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, Allen and Unwin, Melbourne
1993 Hayes, Susan, and Gervasoni, Clare, Artistic Insights,
Harcourt Brace Jovanonvich, Sydney
1992 Drury, Neville, Images in Contemporary Art, Craftsman House, Sydney
1991 Chanin, Eileen, ed Contemporary Australian Art, Craftsman House, Sydney
1990 Germaine, Max, Artists and Galleries of Australia, Craftsman House, Sydney
1988 Drury, Neville, New Directions in Contemporary Art, Craftsman House, Sydney
1984 Bendigo Art Gallery Bernard Ollis Australian Works, National Touring catalogue
1983 Paroissien, Leon, Australian Art Review, Warner Assoc. Press

Contributions to Books, Journals and Magazines by Bernard Ollis
2021 Darwin Daze, Bernard Ollis, Martin Lane Publications
2018 Ollis, Bernard, ‘An Illustrated Guide to Montmartre’s Bars and Café’s’, Life Drawing Montmartre
2008 Ollis, Bernard, quoted in The Struggle to Keep Faith in the Blake Prize, Quadrant (March 2008)
2007 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword 56th Blake Prize for Religious Art catalogue
2005 Ollis, Bernard the Band Returning 2005 full page colour image appearing on front cover of Antiques & Art in Queensland November 2005 – March 2006 edition
2005 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword Walking the Line National Art School Academic Staff Drawing Exhibition Catalogue
2002 – 2006 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword National Art School Prospectus
2002 – 2007 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword National Art School Honours Yearbook
2001 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword the Studio Tradition
1999 Ollis, Bernard, Craft Arts International – Art Schools in Australia
1998 – 2007 Ollis, Bernard, Foreword National Art School Degree Show Yearbook
1998 Ollis, Bernard, History of the National Art School, NAS website (revised 2005)
1992 Ollis, Bernard, in Hayes, Susan, Flora and Fauna, La Trobe University
1983 Ollis, Bernard, An Artists view from Darwin, Australian Art Review Chapter on Northern Territory. Ed Paroissien, Leon, Macmillan Press
1980 Ollis, Bernard, catalogue preface introduction to David Middlebrook American Artist in Residence, Chandler Coventry Gallery
1980 Ollis, Bernard, Peter Corlette, in Scarlett Ken Australian Sculptors, Nelson, Melbourne
1976 Ollis, Bernard, chapter in Picard Phyllis If You Think Your Child is Gifted, Allen and Unwin, London
1975 Ollis, Bernard, Malta seminars become Carnivals, Commonwealth News 4 June 75, Volume

Recent Participation in Seminars, Symposia and Conferences
2019 Tour Leader and Lecturer, Renaissance Tours, France
2018 Talking with Painters, Television Interview & Podcast with Maria Stolja
2018 Guest Speaker & Interview, Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2017 Guest Speaker & Interview with John Hockney, Aarwun Galleries, Canberra
2017 Judge, Townsville Art Society, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
2017 Royal Art Society Annual Exhibition, Judge, Sydney
2017 Lecture, Q&A, Harvey Galleries, Seaforth (March)
2017 Guest Speaker, Harvey Galleries, Mosman, Sydney
2017 Guest Speaker, Mitchel Galleries, Brisbane, Queensland
2016 Guest Speaker, Blue Mountains Regional Gallery, NSW
2016 Judge, Southern Highlands Art Awards, NSW
2016 Guest Speaker, Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2016 Radio Interview, Art Beat, Sydney
2016 Guest Speaker, Shanghai Art Center, China
2016 Guest Speaker, Australian Chinese Cultural Festival, Linyin Art Center, China
2016 Guest Speaker, Renaissance Tours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2016 Lecturer and Workshop Leader (weekend workshop), Willoughby Art Centre, Sydney
2016 Tour Leader, Renaissance Tours, (2 Week Workshop, Paris) run by Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paris
2016 Workshop Leader, Alison Chiam Art Workshops, The Rocks, Sydney
2016 Lecture, Q&A, Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008 State Library of NSW, Examined Life Series III – The Search for Meaning – Guest Speaker
2007 Invited speaker for NAS, International Independent Art Schools Association. Evora, Portugal
2007 Forty-Eight Hours of Visual Art (FEHVA) Conference, Bangalow NSW – Guest Speaker
2006 ‘Drawing Breath’ International Drawing Symposium National Art School Campus – Convenor

Isaac Petersen is a contemporary oil painter from New Zealand. He grew up on the rugged shores of the North Island’s west coast and now splits his time between the coastal towns of New Plymouth and Australia’s Byron Bay.

Isaac started surfing when he was just ten years old and his love of New Zealand’s coastal landscapes inspired him to put his interpretation onto canvas. He excelled at art at school and went on to study Graphic Design at Taranaki Polytech. While studying, Isaac sold his first painting and demand for his watery landscapes steadily increased.

He now paints full time, depicting pool scenes and still life as well as rugged coastal waters. Isaac often travels overseas, taking inspiration from new landscapes and re-invigorating his love for the unique New Zealand landscape. In recent years, his wife Erika often appears as a familiar figure in his paintings, adding depth and connections to the places in his paintings.

Isaac predominantly uses oils on canvas to recreate his lively, summery scenes in a photorealist style with shimmering aquamarines, deep navy blues and vibrant teal. His works have strong appeal with New Zealanders and those who love the New Zealand scenery. He regularly holds solo and joint exhibitions and his works appear in private collections around the world.

BORN 1982, New Zealand

STUDIES
Bachelor of Visual Art Degree, New Plymouth, New Zealand
(Majored in Graphic Design)

“My work is a culmination of stories from my life, my home, and places I have been. Since I can remember the ocean and rugged landscape of where I grew up in New Zealand has inspired me to paint landscapes and the sea. These paintings kick started my career as an artist in my early twenties.

Since travel being a part of my adult life, my paintings expanded to capture the ‘story” of places abroad in the last few years. I becan painting my wife, Erika, as a figure to add depth and connection to a beautiful surrounding, often water.

I hope to leave the viewer with a good feeling. Whether they can relate to my painting with a past experience, or by a fantasy of somewhere they would like to go, my painting should take them there.”

SOLO EXHIBITION

2021 ‘Under age Australian Sky’, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2020 ‘Here and Now’, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2020 ‘New Depths’, Artbay Gallery, Queenstown, New Zealand.
2017 ‘Bettie’s Pool’, Smyth Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand. (upcoming)
2016 ‘Colours of Summer’, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
2014 ‘Untitled’, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
2012 ‘Home and Away’, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
2010 ‘A Painted Region’, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
2009 ‘At the Beach’, Flagstaff Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2007 ‘Town and Around’, New Plymouth, New Zealand.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 ‘Out from Down Under and Beyond’, Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York

AWARDS
2017 Finalist Clifton Art Awards Brisbane
2009 Peoples Choice Award, Taranaki National Art Awards

BORN
Newcastle 1980.

Artist’s statement
As a sculptor, my inspiration is drawn from the human form. More specifically, my interest lies in what the human form conveys through gesture and expression. I am interested in human experience expressed through the body and how the viewer interprets from an empathetic perspective, yet at the same time, how each interpretation can vary based on the individual’s experiences. I am also interested in aesthetics as a mode of expression. From my early influences of Renaissance sculpture in particular, having visited Rome and Florence as a teenager, my frames of reference have expanded over the years to include contemporary practitioners such as Ricky Swallow, Alex Seton, Ron Muek, Antony Gormley, and Marc Quinn. While my traditional process-driven practice continues to draw from classical roots, in the pluralistic art context of today I am interested in exploring the way traditional process and classical aesthetic can represent a moment in contemporary human experience.

EDUCATION
He attended the Newcastle Waldorf School from kindergarten till year 12. He matriculated from high school in 1999 and in 2001 commenced a bachelor of Fine Art at the University of Newcastle, completing an honours degree in Fine art in 2007, winning a traveling scholarship and spending two weeks sculpting marble in the home of Renaissance marble carving, Carrara, Italy. He then commenced a Masters of Teaching at the University of Newcastle in 2009 and graduated in 2010. Gareth is an art teacher at the Newcastle Waldorf School.

SOLO EXHIBITION
2005 New Works at Tighes Hill Gallery
2006 An Exhibition of Ceramic Sculpture at Tighes Hill Gallery
2008 Felons at The John Paynter Gallery Newcastle
2009 New Work at John Miller Gallery Newcastle
2011 In Stone at the John Paynter Gallery Newcastle
2013 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney NSW
2019 Harvey Galleries, Sydney NSW

GROUP EXHIBITION
1999 ArtExpress Regional Tour
2004 Graduation Students Award Exhibition at Inner City Clayworkers Sydney
2004 Joint at Back to Back Galleries
2004 The Artisan Art Prize at John Miller Gallery
2004 9+2 at Tighes Hill Gallery
2005 Figurative at The Art Lounge Wooloomooloo
2006 Art2Muse exhibition at Simmer on the Bay
2006 Honours, Masters, PhD Ceramics Invitational at Watt Space Gallery Newcastle
2006 Stock Room Show the Best of the Best at Tighes Hill Gallery
2008 Collectors Care invitational Front Room Gallery Newcastle

PRIZES
Awarded Top student 1998 for 3 unit visual art at OTEN
Highly commended in Mattara Miniature Sculpture competition 2003
Second prize for Mattara Sculpture Competition 2003
Awarded the 2006 Jennie Thomas Travelling Scholarship
Won Newcastle Regional Show Art (sculpture section) competition 2004, 2005, 2008

PUBLICATIONS
The journal of Australian Ceramics National Pictorial Survey 2006
Hunter Lifestyle Magazine August/September 2006
Postgraduate Paths, Six Artists, Three Spaces –University of Newcastle 2008

COLLECTIONS
St Marks Anglican Church Islington
William Wilkins Memorial Collection
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Private collections in Australia and Internationally have produced commissions for the John Hunter Hospital, The Belmont Birthing Centre, the GPT group redevelopment of Charlestown Square

JOHNNY ROMEO

Born Sydney, Australia.
Lives Sydney, Australia / Los Angeles, California, USA.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 LANDED!, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2022 Ned Kelly Revisited, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in association with Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach, Australia.
2022 In Between Days, 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2022 CHOOSE LIFE, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2021 Colossal Youth, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
2021 RISE, Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, Napier, New Zealand.
2021 New Clear Days, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2021 Kings Of The Wild Frontier, Graphite Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
2021 Nothing Is Real, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2021 Selected Works, Hell’s Kitchen Gallery, Tiny Tree Cafe, Brisbane in association with 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2020 The Sunny Side Of The Moon, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2020 The Beautiful People, Galleri Lohme, Malmo, Sweden.
2020 Sign Of The Times, Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, Napier in association with 12 Gallery,
Auckland, New Zealand.
2020 Burn Down The Disco, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2020 Johnny Romeo Pop-Up, Harvey Galleries, Melbourne, Australia.
2019 To The Extreme, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2019 ROCKA ROLLA, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
2019 Marquee Moon, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2019 In A Moonage Daydream, 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2019 DREAM-LAND, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2018 The Last Days Of Disco, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2018 New Americana, The Australian Consulate-General, New York in association with Anala Art Advisory, New York, USA.
2018 Guns’N’Poses, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
2018 Rock Is Dead, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2017 Electric Boogaloo, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2017 The Arthouse Series, 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2017 Boogie Street, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2017 Pure Heroine, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2016 Ghetto Superstar$, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2016 Lincoln : The Freedom Series, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2016 American Woman, Anala Art Advisory in conjunction with The Ausin Group, Melbourne, Australia.
2016 Wasteland, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia.
2016 27, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2016 When We Ruled The World, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2016 Lincolns On Lincoln, Venice Heights / China Inn Gallery, Venice, California, USA.
2015 Selected Works, Penny Contemporary, Hobart in conjunction with Bespoke Melbourne, Australia.
2015 Pop Life, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2015 TV Land, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2015 Angry Birds, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2015 Print Pop Up Show: POPtometry, Hoff Optometry & Eyewear, Venice, California, USA.
2015 Top Of The Pops, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2015 Open Studio, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2015 Sonic Youth, Prize of Venice, Venice, California, USA.
2014 Wasted Years, 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2014 ICONS, CG Projects, Pennsylvania, USA.
2014 Editions on Paper: Too West Coast, Petra Gallerie, Beverly Hills, California, USA.
2014 Dirty Boulevard, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2014 Pussy Riot, Muk Muk Fine Art, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2014 Pussy Riot, Muk Muk Fine Art, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2013 POPism: The Andy Warhol Show, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2013 Editions on Paper: Forever Young, Jeanie Madsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA.
2013 Deadwood, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2013 Grindhouse, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2012 Bloodsport, Buratti Fine Art, Perth, Australia.
2012 When Doves Cry, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2012 Cop Killer, Muk Muk Fine Art & Sprout Creative, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2012 Cop Killer, Muk Muk Fine Art, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2011 Romeo Must Die: The Super Villain Series, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2011 Sin City, Buratti Fine Art, Perth, Australia.
2011 Special Release: Ned Kelly Hero Series, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2010 Spiderbait, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2010 Electric Bird, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2010 Johnny Romeo Vs David Spencer, United Galleries, Perth, Australia.
2010 You’ll Never Take Me Alive! The Ned Kelly Hero Series, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2009 Candyland, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2009 Crisis On Infinite Earths, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2009 Flight Club, Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2008 Dove Kidney Zoo, NG Art Gallery in association with Maurice Byer Chambers,
MLC Centre, Sydney, Australia.
2008 Galaxy Cattle, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2007 Brain on a Machine, China Heights, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia.
2007 Converse, Regard Gallery, Darlington, NSW, Australia.
2007 Live at the Apollo, Newview Gallery, Newtown, NSW, Australia.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Concrete Candy, Peek Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia.
2020 Unplugged, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
2019 Undead, Arthaus Projects, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
2018 Notes From The Underground, Arthaus Projects, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
2018 Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand, 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2017 POP Austin International Art Show, Fair Market, Austin Texas.
2017 The LA Residency (Local Access), Converge Gallery, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
2017 Neo Nouveau, Sidewinder Gallery, Chicago, USA.
2017 Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Galleri Lohme, Malmo, Sweden.
2017 Directors Choice – Stockroom Show, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2017 Signs Of The Time, Gold Coast City Gallery / The Arts Centre Gold Coast, Australia.
2015 Pain/Ting, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in conjunction with Open Walls Gallery,
Berlin, Germany.
2015 New (Town) Romantics, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2015 Urban Art – Parked!, Wilson Parking Car Park, North Sydney, Australia.
2015 RED – Expressionism, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2015 The Australians, Pearce Gallery, Whitecliffe College of the Arts & Design, Auckland, New Zealand.
2014 Language Art, The Cornell Museum Of Art, Delray Beach, Florida, USA.
2014 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, Panter & Hall, London, United Kingdom.
2014 A Tribute To Michael Jackson’s 10 Best Film Clips, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2014 A Portrait Apart Deux, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2013 Fountain Art Fair, Chicago, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2013 Below The Surface, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2013 The Figure, Buratti Fine Art, Perth, Australia.
2013 The Art Of Cirque Du Soleil, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2013 Uprising, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2013 Urban Pop II, Jeanie Madsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA.
2012 Gold Coast Art Prize, The Arts Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2012 Homage To Hollywood, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2012 The Art Of Spain, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2012 A Rolling Stone, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2011 There and Back Again, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2011 Aqua Art Fair, Art Basel, Miami 2011, Porter Contemporary, New York, USA.
2011 Blow In, Museum & Crane, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2011 Super Iam8bit, Iam8bit Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2011 Urban Pop, Jeanie Madsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA.
2011 Homage To Frida, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2011 Stockumentary, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2010 The Sydney Fringe Festival, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
2010 Mood Swings, 19Karen, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2009 Plates, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2009 Petits Travaux, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay.
2009 Troop, Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2009 Art Sydney 09, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
2009 Each To Their Own, The Freshly Baked Gallery, Melbourne.
2009 Revolution Of Art, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay.
2009 Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize.
2009 Every Dog Has Its Day, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2008 Art Sydney 08, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
2008 Food For Thought, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2008 Royalty Tooth Coins, 2042: Art on the Street, Sydney, Australia.
2008 Come See The Animals, Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2008 Sordid Tales: A History of Chippendale, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2007 Fragile Planet, NG Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2007 The Weekend Australian Art Sydney 07, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney.
2007 Let Them Roam, Harrison Galleries, Sydney, Australia.

REVIEWS

2021 Luxury Meets The Streets, by Charlotte Middleton, Art Edit + Interior Design, #30, 2021, p.136 –143.
2021 There’s A Star Man, Cover Feature by Lisa Goodhand, Neighborhood Media 2204, Issue 1 – June, 2021, p. 1, 6, 7.
2019 ‘Undead’ Exhibit Coming To Arrthaus Project, Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday October 24th, 2019, p. 14
2019 Five Things To Do This Weekend, 1. Pop Of Colour, Private Capital, by Amy Martin, Canberra
Times, Wednesday September 18th 2019, p.1
2019 Pop Goes The Easel, by Fiona Purdon, Sunday Mail, U On Sunday Magazine, June 9th 2019, p.27.
2018 Arthaus Projects Set To Debut ‘Notes From The Underground’ Exhibition, Showcase Section,
Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday October 4th, 2018, p. 6 & 15.
2017 Johnny Romeo Electric Boogalo, Exhibition Brief, Art Almanac (Australia), December 2017 –
January 2018, p.58.
2017 Art That Pops With Colour Johnny Romeo’s New Exhibition, by Andrea McCullagh, Mosman Daily,
Thursday December 7th, 2017, p. 12.
2017 A Lasting Legacy: International Pop Artist, WAHS Art Students Produce Public Mural, Education
Section, North Central PA, Monday November 13th, 2017, p. 4.
2017 Johnny Romeo, Artists // Featured Work, POP AUSTIN International Art Show (Catalogue),
November 9th – 12th, 2017, p. 18, 19.
2017 Converge Gallery and Johnny Romeo team up to present ‘L.A. (Local Access) Residency’,
Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday November 2nd, 2017, p. 12.
2017 Converge Gallery Launches Book Featuring Artist Johnny Romeo And His Work, by Jason Klose,
Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday June 22nd, 2017, p. 3 & 4.
2017 Artist Johnny Romeo Inspired By 20 Iconic Women To Create Pure Heroine Exhibition, Lifestyle Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Eastern Reporter, Tuesday 13th June, 2017, p. 26.
2017 Feminist Icons Inspire Artwork, Art Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Western Suburbs Weekly,
Tuesday 13th June, 2017, p. 28.
2017 Feminist Icons Inspire Art, Lifestyle / Art Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Southern Gazette – Belmont,
Tuesday 13th June, 2017, p. 21.
2017 Feminist Icons Inspire Art, Lifestyle / Art Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Southern Gazette – South
Perth, Tuesday 13th June, 2017, p. 21.
2017 Feminist Icons Inspire Art, Lifestyle / Art Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Southern Gazette – Victoria
Park, Tuesday 13th June, 2017, p. 21.
2017 Female Icons Inspire Exhibition, Exhibition Section, by Sara Fitzpatrick, Eastern Reporter, Tuesday
13th June, 2017, p. 26.
2017 Pure Heroine Exhibition, Socials, The Sunday Times Magazine, Sunday 11h June, 2017, p. 23.
2017 Romeo Fetes New-Wave Feminists With Punch, Today / Arts, Artefacts, The Weekend Australian,
Saturday June 7th, 2017, p. 6.
2017 Top Of The Pops, by Belle Taylor, The Sunday Times Magazine, Sunday 4h June, 2017, p. 14 &
15.
2017 Pure Heroine, Review, Out & About, The Weekend Australian, Saturday June 3rd, 2017, p. 29.
2017 Pure Heroine, Review, Out & About, The Weekend Australian, May 20-21, 2017, p. 29.
2017 Pure Heroin, The Sunday Times Hot List, The Sunday Times Guide, Sunday 21st May, 2017, p. 7.
2017 Openness In The Right Measure, by Susanne Kennedy, Habitus Living In Design Magazine, Issue # 35, p. 165 &171.
2017 Johnny Romeo Interview, words by Anthony Thomas, NO CURE Magazine, Issue 13 / 2017, p. 58
– 63.
2016 Imagination And Incarceration Converge Gallery Mainstay Johnny Romeo To Curate Dual Shows,
by Jason Klose, Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday October
27th, 2016, p. 1, 8 & 9.
2016 Rebels A Draw, by Fiona Purdon, Arts & Culture Section, Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Sunday 2nd
October, 2016. p. 93.
2016 Loving…,Brisbane News Magazine, September 28th, Issue 1098. p. 6.
2016 Pop Goes The Wasteland, Village News, Brisbane, September 2016 edition. p. 19.
2016 Fourteen Hills, The San Francisco State University Review, Issue 22.2 -2016. p. 125 & 126.
2016 Aussie Artist’s Star Attraction by Sarah Pope, The West Australian, Today, Monday 21st March,
2016 p. 3.
2016 When We Ruled The World, The Sunday Times Hot List, The Sunday Times Guide, Sunday 20th
March, 2016. p. 4.
2016 Johnny Romeo, Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 34, 2016, p.102 – 105.
2015 Johnny Romeo, The Sublime Zine (UK), December Issue, 2015 p.1, 22-31.
2015 Art From Down Under Leaves Its Mark On Williamsport, Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-
Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday October 22nd, 2015, p. 14.
2015 Pop Artist Shares His Vision With WASD Students, by Tony Irwin, Williamsport Sun-Gazette,
Pennsylvania, Wednesday September 16th, 2015, p. 1 & 5.
2015 Setting Up For Success, by Samantha Wallace, Entertainment, Williamsport Sun-Gazette,
Pennsylvania, Friday September 11th, 2015, p. Section B, p. 4.
2015 Johnny Romeo To Present New Exhibit, Book Of Prints in ‘TV LAND’, Showcase Section, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Pennsylvania, Thursday September 10th, 2015, p. 3.
2015 A Book Of Many Colors, by Samantha Wallace, West Branch Life Magazine, Fall Edition – August
2015, Volume 3, Issue 3, p. 10 – 11.
2015 Sharpe Cuts Through, by Clyde Selby, Public Hangings, Tasweekend Magazine, The Mercury, Hobart, Saturday June 20th, 2015, p. 20.
2015 Art And Wine Blend Gives Chippo A New Buzz Around The Old Block, by Michael Koziol, The
Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday June 20th, 2015, p. 12 – 13.
2015 Urban Art Parked!, The Planner, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 6th – 7th 2015, p. 22. 2015 Carpark Takes Arty Turn, by Kate Crawford, Mosman Daily, June 4th 2015, p. 16.
2015 Unique Art Put In Gear, by Kate Crawford, North Shore Times, June 3rd 2015, p.1.
2015 Art Shines In Top Of The Pops Show, Lifestyle, Inner West Courier, June 2nd 2015, p. 38.
2015 Artists See Red Over Show by Phil Brown, Arts And Entertainment, Brisbane Courier Mail,
Thursday 30th April 2015, p. 45.
2015 Phil James by William Sturrock, Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 30, 2015, p.116 – 118.
2014 Tragic Heroes, Art News New Zealand, Sketches, Summer 2014 Issue, p. 48.
2014 Q&A With Johnny Romeo by Lyndsey Hewitt, Showcase Section, Sun-Gazette, Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, October 2nd 2014, p. 11-12.
2014 John Felix, Johnny Romeo & Petra Gallerie by Anthony Ewart, Hollywood Weekly, August 2014
Issue, p.1, 24 – 25.
2014 The Soft Approach by A.J.Edwards, Technical, Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 28, 2014, p.116 –
118.
2014 Johnny Romeo Inside The Mind Of Australia’s Leading Pop Artist by Taher Nojavan, The Source
Magazine, University of Western Sydney, Issue 1 / 2014, p. 50 – 55.
2014 Man In The Mirror Ride by Fiona Purdon, Sunday Mail, U On Sunday Magazine, May 18th 2014, p.
30.
2014 Coast Confidential, Gold Coast Bulletin, May 6th 2014, p.14.
2014 Pop Artist Johnny Romeo, Editorial Quote, Centralian Advocate, Alice Springs, March 7th 2014,
p.32.
2014 Romeo Lets Art Run Riot, News, Centralian Advocate, Alice Springs, March 7th 2014, p.17.
2014 Such Sweet Sorrow, Johnny Romeo In Conversation With Territory Q, TQ ART, Territory Q Magazine, Issue 2. January – March 2014, p. 72 – 73.
2014 Hang Tough by Antonino Tati, Gallery, Rock Candy Magazine, Issue 08 / Summer 2014, p. 25 – 29.
2013 First Williamsport, Then The World by Lyndsey Hewitt, Showcase Section, Sun-Gazette,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, November 27th 2013, p. 20 & 30.
2013 Pop Artist On A Celebrity Ride by Fiona Purdon, Sunday Mail, U On Sunday Magazine, November
10th 2013, p. 30.
2013 Jeanie Madsen Gallery Presents Three Solo Show “Say What? By Kathy Leonardo, Santa Monica Mirror, October 4th, 2013, p. 7.
2013 Deadwood, Open Gallery, by Michael Fitzgerald, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald,
September 7th – 8th, 2013, p. 13.
2013 Arts, Galleries, Deadwood, by John Saxby, Arts Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 20th 2013, p. 14.
2013 Party Parade, by Effie Mann, S, The Sun Herald, August 18th 2013, p. 22 & 23.
2013 Eight Days, compiled by Sarah Thomas, Unwind, The Sun Herald, August 18th 2013, p. 4 & 5.
2013 The Shortlist, Planner, compiled by Sarah Thomas, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 16th 2013,
p. 6.
2013 Add A Dash Of Dead Celebs And A Mix Of Pop Culture, MX Newspaper, August 14th 2013, p. 2.
2013 Eternal Fame Game, by James Gorman, Central Sydney Magazine, August 14th 2013, p. 17.
2013 It’s A Dead-Set Tribute to See Artist’s Celebrity Show, by Lauren Murada, Lifestyle, Galleries, Inner
West Courier, August 13th 2013, p. 38.
2013 3 Gringos Buys $15,000 Of Art From Converge Gallery by Lyndsey Hewitt, Showcase Section,
Sun-Gazette, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, August 8th 2013, p. 8 & 9.
2013 Coast Confidential, Gold Coast Bulletin, June 5th 2013, p.19.
2013 Caldarelli At Licensing Expo For The First Time, Total Licensing Italy Magazine, Edition Issue #
Summer 2013, p.152.
2013 Must Visit, Coast Culture, Gold Coast Panache Magazine, Issue January / February 2013, p.34.
2012 Hooray For Hollywood by Tim Hannaford, Artworld, Paradise Magazine, The Gold Coast Bulletin, December 1st – 2nd 2012, p.23.
2012 Knockout Show Hits The Canvas by Stephen Bevis, The Weekend West, October 27th – 28th 2012, p.23.
2012 Exhibitions ARTS & EVENTS, compiled by Jenna Shenton, Scoop Magazine, Spring Issue # 061, p.85.
2012 NT Wrap, 03 A Foot In Two Camps, compiled by Kieran Finnane, Australian Art Collector, Issue #
62, October – December 2012, p.257.
2012 Collector, Contemporary Conversions by Helen McKenzie, Australian Art Collector, Issue 61, July – September 2012, p.158.
2012 Hold-Out Gallery Lauds WA Scene by Katrina Strickland, The Australian Financial Review, June 20th 2012, p.20.
2012 Viva Espana by Marina Saint Martin, Artworld, Paradise Magazine, The Weekend Bulletin, June
23rd – 24th June 2012, p.23.
2012 Coast Confidential, Gold Coast Bulletin, June 13th 2012, p.23.
2012 Essence Of A Nation, Zarraffa’s The Grind Magazine, Issue 7, 2012, p.29.
2012 Spanish Acquisition by Sally Browne, Sunday Mail, Galleries, U On Sunday Magazine, June 3rd
2012, p.38.
2012 Arts & Culture, Showing At Letham Gallery, Ponsonby News Magazine, New Zealand. Issue May
2012, p.148.
2012 Cop Killer, Visual Arts, Off The Leash Magazine, Darwin, Issue March 2012, p.25.
2012 Great Art Galleries, Johnny Romeo Cop Killer, Sunday Territorian, Darwin, March 25th 2012, p.41.
2012 Ned Kelly, Cop Killer, NT News, Northern Territory, March 16th 2012, p.38.
2012 Johnny Romeo Exhibition Cop Killer, Darwin Life Magazine, Issue March 2012, p.38.
2012 Ned Kelly Like You’ve Never Seen, Centralian Advocate, Alice Springs, March 13th 2012, p.1.
2012 Johnny Romeo Cop Killer, Exhibition Brief, Art Almanac (Australia), March 2012, p.44.
2011 Johnny Romeo, The Planner complied by Melissa Davey, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, October 29th – 30th, 2011, p.22.
2011 Exhibition, The Buzz, Grazia Review, Grazia Magazine, Issue 159, October 24th 2011, p.91.
2011 Exhibition, 24Hours The Art Diary, The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday October 19th 2011,
p.12.
2011 Heroes And Villains, by Lauren Murada, Inner West Courier, Tuesday October 18th 2011, p.48.
2011 Critic’s Choice, The Best Art Shows This Month, Time Out Sydney, Issue October 2011, p.49.
2011 Sinners Are Winners, by Jacqui Bahr, Arts End, The Wire Magazine, Issue 114, July 28th 2011, p.17.
2011 Go Johnny, Go, by Stephen Bevis, Arts Editor, Artefacts, The West Australian, July 20th July 2011,
p.6.
2011 Exhibitions, Review Magazine, The Australian. Saturday 25th June 2011, p.20.
2011 Art & Antiques, Australian Insite Magazine, Issue 28, Autumn 2011, p.199 & 228.
2011 Art Gallery’s Choice, Australian Insite Magazine, Issue 28, Autumn 2011, p. 228.
2011 Fit To Be Hung, GQ Style Australia. Issue 2, Autumn / Winter 2011, p.76.
2011 Johnny Romeo Special Release: Ned Kelly, WA Wrap, 05, Australian Art Collector. Issue # 55,
Jan – Mar 2011, p. 318.
2010 Queensland, Contemporary Matters, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 236, Dec 2010 – Feb 2011, p.86.
2010 Meet Johnny Romeo, Zarraffa’s The Grind Magazine, Issue 1, 2010, p. 50.
2010 Australian Galleries Launch IPhone Apps, Australian Art Collector. Issue 54, Oct – Dec 2010, p.87.
2010 Art + Culture, Ponsonby News Magazine, New Zealand, Issue September 2010, p.152.
2010 New Zealand Homes, Your Home and Garden Magazine, Issue August 2010, p.55.
2010 Star Wars by Maria Noakes, STE Magazine, Sunday Times, Perth, June 13th 2010, p. 21.
2010 Johnny Romeo, Pedro TV Review, The Newtonian, Vol 1 Edition 5, 2010, p.13.
2010 Art Month Follow Your Art, Australia Vogue Living, Issue March/April, 2010, p.11.
2010 Johnny Romeo_You’ll Never Take Me Alive, Exhibitions_View Australia, Artist Profile Magazine,
Issue 10, 2010, p.127.
2010 Framing Ned Kelly by Liz Giuffre, Interval Arts & Film Guide, The Drum Media Magazine, Issue
1000, March 16th 2010, p.60.
2010 Street Level With Sydney Artist Johnny Romeo, The Brag Magazine, Issue 352, March 8th 2010, p.43.
2010 Hot Tickets, Art, by Kristie Lau, Entertainment, S, The Sun Herald, March 7th 2010, p.19.
2010 Moody Blues, Arts + Entertainment, Style, Prestige Lifestyle Magazine, Gold Coast, Issue March
2010, p.15.
2009 Johnny Romeo, Ponsonby News Magazine, New Zealand, Issue August, 2009, p.140.
2009 Artistic Licence, NZ Life & Leisure Magazine, New Zealand, Issue 24, March/April 2009, p.154.
2009 Johnny Romeo by Rohan Trollope, The Weekend Starts Here, Art, The Age (Entertainment Guide),
Melbourne. February 13th 2009, p.3.
2009 Dinamismo Del 21Mo Secolo Nei Lavori Dell’ Artista Pop Johnny Romeo, Review / Rivista, Il Globe
Newspaper, Melbourne, February 12th 2009, p.30.
2009 Fight Club by Jeff Makin, Herald Sun Extra 9, Gallery Snapshot, Herald Sun, Melbourne, February
9th 2009, p.49.
2009 Inner-City Edge: Johnny Romeo, by Food For The Future Writer, Sprout Magazine, Issue 1,
Summer 2009, p.19.
2008 Art for Arts Sake…Brain Food, Australian Art Review, Issue 16, August – October 2008, p.12.
2008 Where for Art Thou, Romeo? by Jennifer Bennett, Central Magazine, Sydney, July 23rd 2008, p.20.
2008 Galaxy Cattle by Jo Litson, Insider Arts, Hot Tickets, The Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, July 20th
2008, p.95.
2008 Johnny Romeo by Leesha McKenny, Arts & Entertainment, Open Gallery, The Sydney Morning
Herald, July 19th – 20th, 2008, p.16.
2008 Demolition Man by Rhiannon Elston, Preview, Time Out Magazine, Sydney, July 16th – 22nd 2008, p.35.
2008 Romeo Parte Da Los Angeles, by Giuseppe Russo, Rivista, La Fiamma Magazine, Sydney, July
14th 2008, p.19.
2008 Johnny Romeo: Galaxy Cattle, Your Sydney…Visual Arts, The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, July 9th
2008, p.28.
2008 Brushstrokes, Arts Frontline, Brag Magazine, Sydney, July 7th 2008, p.29.
2008 Adrenalin Rush by Elizabeth Fortescue, Sydney Live, The Daily Telegraph, July 7th 2008, p.63.
2008 Romeo, Romeo, What’s Your Art About, Romeo? By Britta Campion, MX News Magazine, Sydney,
July 3rd 2008, p.2.
2008 Johnny Romeo, Art, The (Sydney) Magazine, Issue July 2008, p.90.
2007 Converse View, Mingle, Inner West Courier, August 14th 2007, p.30.
2007 The Planner complied by Jennie Jones, The Daily Telegraph, August 4th 2007, p.12.
2007 Profiles – Johnny Romeo Converse, Art Almanac, Issue August 2007, p.219.
2007 Topics Of Conversation by Jennie Jones, Sydney Live, The Daily Telegraph, July 31st 2007, p.45.
2007 Arts Frontline, Reviews, Brag Magazine, Sydney, July 30th 2007, p.34.
2007 Romeo Shows Us His World by Marie Sansom, The Inner West Weekly, May 3rd 2007, p.32.
2007 Where For Art Thou Romeo by Ani Lamont, Central Magazine, Sydney, May 25th 2007, p.23.
2007 This Week Top Shelf, Metro Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 4th – 10th 2007, p.3.
2007 The Planner complied by Alice Wasley, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 5th – 6th 2007, p.6.
2007 A Pop At Modern Life And Culture by Marie Sansom, The Glebe, May 3rd 2007, p.27.

TELEVISION & RADIO

2017 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Dave Kuharchik on PA LIVE – WBRE / NBC, Thursday
November 2nd, 2017, Pennsylvania, USA.
2017 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Fiona Powell for Radio Station WVIA FM’s Art Scene, Wednesday
November 1st, 2017, Pennsylvania, USA.
2017 Johnny Romeo, interviewed by Peter Barr on RTRFM, Thursday 1st June 2017, Perth, Australia.
2016 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Dave Kuharchik on PA LIVE – WBRE / NBC, Wednesday
November 2nd, 2016, Pennsylvania, USA.
2016 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Fiona Powell for Radio Station WVIA FM’s Art Scene, Monday
November 31st, 2016, Pennsylvania, USA.
2016 Johnny Romeo featured on POSTCARDS with Scherri-Lee Biggs, Channel 9, Episode 10, 2016,
Australia.
2015 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Dave Kuharchik on PA LIVE – WBRE / NBC, Thursday September
17th, 2015, Pennsylvania, USA.
2015 Johnny Romeo interviewed by Fiona Powell for Radio Station WVIA FM’s Art Scene, Wednesday
September 16th, 2015, Pennsylvania, USA.
2014 Conquest Of Space: Science Fiction & Contemporary Art, documentary written and presented by
Andrew Frost, ABC Arts (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
2013 Pop Artist Johnny Romeo – Documentary Directed by Danny Guo, Produced by Antony
Cirocco – Academy of Information Technology, Sydney, Australia.
2013 Johnny Romeo, Tim Bailey Weather Report, Channel 10 News, Sydney, Wednesday 27th
November 2013.
2013 Johnny Romeo Deadwood, Le Clubz On Air TVS 44, Sydney.
2012 Johnny Romeo Bloodsport, Gallery Watch, West TV, Perth.
2012 Ned Kelly Revisited, 7:30 NT, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
2012 Ned Kelly Revisited, 7:30 National, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
2010 Johnny Romeo, Art Break, STUDIO TV, SBS & Foxtel Australia.

PUBLICATIONS

2019 Johnny Romeo Pump Up The Jams: Culture Jamming In The Works of Johnny Romeo, Hive
Publishing Co, Pennsylvania, USA.
2017 Johnny Romeo Plastic Fantastic: A Survey of Paintings, 2007-2017, Hive Publishing Co,
Pennsylvania, USA.
2015 Johnny Romeo TV Land, Converge Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA.
2012 Johnny Romeo Cop Killer, Muk Muk Fine Art.
2009 Johnny Romeo Balloons and Airships, Black Falcon.
2009 InRetrospect 10, Retrospect Galleries.

COLLECTIONS

Numerous public and private national and international collections.

* List on request.

Felicia Aroney is Western Australian born, now living and working in Sydney as a leading contemporary artist.

Felicia draws inspiration from her European heritage and Australian environment. Working with oils and acrylics, her distinctive abstracted floral works, and contemporary abstracts she utilise a highly sculptural mark-making process.

Using a palette knife to layer and shape the paint until it stands relief from the canvas. Felicia’s mixed media works are a delicate combination of collage, acrylic, oil and brush mark making.

Her paintings evoke a sense of history and antiquity mixed with all things Australian. A wonderful synergy of her European heritage and Australian background.

Felicia was a finalist in the high profile Mosman Art Fair Prize.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Solo “Winmark Gallery” Broke NSW
2021 Solo “Hydrangea” Exhibition Aroney Art Gallery NSW
2021 Solo “Linton & Kay Gallery” WA
2020 “Abstraction” Aroney Art Gallery Oct
2019 -2020 “Hydrangea season” Aroney Art gallery
2019 Linton & Kay Gallery WA August
2019 Art2Muse Gallery NSW October – November
2018 Milk Factory Gallery Bowral NSW September
2017 Mandoon Estate Linton and Kay Gallery WA Sept- Oct
2017 “Cape Lodge Hotel” WA Sept – Nov
2017 Art2Muse Gallery NSW November
2016 Art2Muse Gallery NSW 24th May – 7th June
2015 Art2Muse Gallery NSW April
2014 Napoleon Perdis Lifestyle Store NSW January
2014 Napoleon Perdis Lifestyle store VIC Feb/ March
2014 Gadfly Gallery WA May
2014 Milk Factory Gallery NSW Nov
2014 Sydney Childrens Hospital NSW Dec / Jan
2013 Girls with Gems store NSW
2013 Balmain Art Fair (feature artist)
2013 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2013 Tusk Gallery VIC
2012 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2011 Art2Muse Gallery NSW

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Live in Art Gallery NSW (Intercontinental Hotel Double Bay)
2021 Winmark Gallery Broke NSW
2020 Gallery One QLD “End of year group show” Dec
2020 Linton and Kay “Light and shade” Ex Dec
2020 Rochfort Gallery NSW “group show” Dec
2020 Grainger Gallery ACT “group show” Oct – Nov
2020 Rochfort Gallery “group show” NSW June
2020 Threesome 19 Karen Gallery QLD
2019 Jahroc Gallery WA April
2018 Linton & Kay Group Xmas show
2018 Milk Factory Gallery “Summer Exhibition” Dec-Jan
2018 Studio Gallery Melbourne group show (Nov-Dec)
2018 Rochfort Gallery “Petals and Pods” Exhibition 2018
2018 Studio Gallery Melbourne March 2018
2017 19 Karen Gallery Xmas show Dec-Jan 2018
2017 Art2Muse Gallery NSW Xmas show Dec-Jan 2018
2017 Milk Factory Bowral NSW Xmas show Dec-Jan 2018
2017 “Directors choice Exhibition” 19 Karen Gallery QLD July-Sept
2017 Purple Noon Gallery NSW July
2017 Milk Factory gallery NSW April
2016 Art2Muse Gallery NSW (Xmas show 2016 – 2017)
2016 Milk Factory Gallery Summer Exhibition (2016-2017)
2016 Paperpear Gallery Wagga Wagga NSW
2016 Tusk Gallery VIC (End of year show))
2016 Galleria 360, Florence, Italy (December 2016 – 2017)
2015 Linton & Kay Gallery WA end of year show
2015 Art2Muse Gallery NSW ‘End of year show” Dec/ Jan 2016
2015 Balmain Art Fair NSW
2015 St Thomas Art Fair NSW
2015 Tusk Gallery VIC Group October 2015
2015 Brisbane Modern Art Gallery QLD
2014 Jahroc Gallery WA
2014 Retrospect Gallery Byron Bay NSW
2014 Gadfly Gallery WA
2014 Tusk Gallery VIC
2014 Milk Factory Gallery NSW “Magpie exhibit”
2014 Art2Muse Gallery NSW Dec / Jan
2014 St Thomas art Fair NSW
2014 Lindfield Art fair NSW
2014 Canterbury Art fair VIC
2014 Balmain Art fair NSW
2013 Chapman and Bailey Gallery VIC
2013 Walker St Gallery
2013 Parliament House NSW
2013 Milk Factory Gallery NSW
2013 Lindfield Art Fair NSW
2013 Waverley Art Prize NSW
2013 Cam Art VIC
2013 Australian Art Show Melbourne VIC
2013 Kings Art Fair NSW
2013 Australian Art Show Sydney
2013 Balmain Art Fair NSW
2013 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2012 Chapman and Bailey Gallery VIC
2012 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2012 Milk Factory Gallery NSW
2012 Balmain Art Fair NSW
2012 Sydney Art Expo NSW
2012 Tusk Gallery VIC
2012 Graphic Impressions Gallery VIC
2012 Art Melbourne VIC
2012 Greek Art Exhibition Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2012 Sydney art Month NSW
2012 Brunswick Gallery VIC
2011 Art2Muse Gallery NSW
2011 Tanjent Gallery SA
2011 Tusk Gallery VIC
2011 Art Melbourne VIC
2011 Art Sydney NSW
2010 Art Melbourne VIC
2010 Art Sydney NSW
2009 Art Sydney NSW
2009 Portsea Gallery VIC
2009 Manyung Gallery VIC

AWARDS
2021 Lethbridge Landscape Art Prize Finalist
2020 Blacktown Art Prize Finalist
2020 Lethbridge Art Prize Finalist
2016 Seoul AFF International
2016 Gallery 360 group show Florence Italy Dec/ Jan 2017
2015 Asia Contempotay Hong Kong
2015 Hong Kong AAF International
2015 Seoul AFF International
2014 Mosman Art Prize Finalist
2014 Hornsby Art Prize Finalist
2013 Waverley Art Prize Finalist
2013 Balmain Art Fair – Feature Artist
2013 Walker St Gallery VIC Finalist

BORN  1965  Brisbane, Australia

STUDIES
Qualified secondary school Art and English teacher:
1986 (1 year) Graduate Diploma in Education at Gippsland College of Advanced Education, Victoria
1982-1985  (3 year) Diploma in Fine Art at TAFE, Townsville

Artist Statement
My work is a dichotomy of fragmented images drawn from my experiences of the beach and bush. I grew up in Townsville ,and on Christmas holidays my family would drive down the notorious Bruce Highway and stay for weeks on the Gold Coast  beaches. As kids we would  laze about under the strong shadows of beach umbrellas in the glaring midday sun and play cricket late into the afternoon. I remember the colourful patterns of  togs, towels, hats and strong blue skies. These images ,and  the many holidays at the beach with my own family are the inspiration I use to help me create a lyrical narrative of Australian beach life that so many of us have experienced.

Studying a Diploma of Art in Townsville in the mid 80s, I  was under the tuition of Anneke Silver and Bob Preston who were both mentors in my early painting career. I was an avid horserider and during vacations, I worked as a Jillaroo on sheep and cattle stations where I continued my love affair with the outback and left me with  a deep sense of belonging and connection.

A career in teaching art at high schools followed, but the urge to create my own art was a constant preoccupation until finally when living in the USA for two years, I gave up the security of teaching to pursue my passion. Exhibitions in artist-run studios and small commercial galleries were encouraging.  Early in my career I  explored a variety of different styles – naïve art, figurative art, abstraction, miniature art particularly manuscripts with their borders and fine detail, and mixed media. I visited different cultures, walked the Kokoda Trail (nearly died from Malaria) and travelled throughout Australia.
From 1997 to 2005 I was represented exclusively by Robertsons Design, a Queensland based, international interior design and architectural company. I had three major exhibitions with them, showing large scale paintings on canvas as well as generating stock supplied during the year. I am now represented by Harvey Galleries in Sydney.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Abundance, Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2016 Back to the High Country, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2015 Bush Poetic, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2014 Bush, Land, Beach, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2013 Wild Places of Home, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2012 In the Summertime, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2011    Sand, Salt and Spinifex, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney; 18 landscapes
2010    Life, Love, Landscape, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney;   27 paintings (Sold out)
2009    Places of My Heart,Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney: 28 paintings (Sold out)
2008    New Works:  Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2006    Down to Earth;   Doggett St Studio  Brisbane
2006    The Stone Garden:  Logan Regional Art Gallery
2006    Testing the Waters :  Redlands Regional Art Gallery
2003    Illumina:    Robertsons Interior Design Gallery, Gold Coast  (Sold out)
2002    Recent Paintings:   Robertsons Design,  Gold Coast  (Sold out)
2001    New Paintings ;  Robertsons Interior Design,  Gold Coast (Sold out)
1994    A Landscape Response ;    Art and Design Gallery, Woollongabba
1994    Figures:   Eagle St.Pier Exhibition Space, Brisbane
1993    Echoes of a Landscape McWhirters Art Space Fortitude Valley
1990    Impressions : The Palms Gallery Townsville
1989    New Guinea Beginnings: Umbrella Studio Townsville
1988    Neo-Primitive ;  Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010    Earth and Life;  Toscani’s restaurant; Victoria Point QLD
2010    Painters of the Coast Gallery One Gold Coast
2010    Art for Art’s Sake Brisbane
2009    Rotary Art Spectacular  Brisbane
2008    ArtSydney08;  Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2008    Art Melbourne08;  Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2008    ArtBrisbane08;  Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2007    Selected for Abused Child Trust Annual Art Show, Brisbane
2007    Selected for Brisbane Grammer School Art Show, Brisbane
2007    St Martin’s Art Show; Brisbane
2007    Selected for Art for Art Sake Charity Art Show, Brisbane
2006    Doggett St Christmas Exhibition, Brisbane
2006    Floriate;   Marks and Gardner Gallery Mt Tamborine
2006    Brisbane Grammar School Art Show
2006    Abused Child Trust Annual Art Show, Brisbane
2005    Courier Mail Home Show;  Brisbane
2004    Courier Mail Home Show ; Brisbane
1995    Connect 2 ;  Joint exhibition at Stephens Gallery, Brisbane
1992    Group show at Multiple Choice Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
1985    Final Year TAFE show at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

‘Soul’ Apartment Towers, Gold coast
ABN Amro Morgans
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Westpac Bank HongKong
Juniper Group
Sheraton Hotel Group Gold Coast
Johnson & Johnson Sydney
Storm Financial Melbourne
Storm Financial Sydney
Storm Financial Brisbane
Jumeirah Suite Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi
Brian Tucker Accounting

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

2016 Finalist Pro Hart Outback Art Prize – FIRST PRIZE WINNER (acquisitive)
2016 Finalist Border Art Prize
2016 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular WINNER OF BEST ACRYLIC IN SHOW
2016 Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize RUNNER UP PEOPLE’S CHOICE
2016 Finalist Finalist Waterhouse Art Prize HIGHLY COMMENDED
2016 Finalist John Leslie Art Prize
2016 Finalist Redland Art Prize WINNER OF MEREDITH FOX PEOPLE’S CHOICE
2015 Calleen Art Award – PEOPLE CHOICE WINNER and HIGHLY COMMENDED
2014 Mosman Art Prize – PEOPLES CHOICE WINNER
2014 Finalist Redland Art Award – PEOPLES CHOICE WINNER
2014 Finalist Calleen Art Award – PEOPLES CHOICE WINNER
2014 Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize
2014 Finalist Moreton Bay Art Prize
2014 Finalist Norvill Art Prize
2014 Finalist Clayton Utz Art Award
2010    Finalist Art for Art’s Sake Brisbane
2009    Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular  Brisbane
2009    Finalist Pine Rivers Art Award
2008    ArtSydney08;  Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2008    Art Melbourne08;  Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2008    ArtBrisbane08;  Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery
2007    Abused Child Trust Annual Art Show, Brisbane
2007    Brisbane Grammer School Art Show, Brisbane
2007    St Martin’s Art Show; Brisbane
2007    Art for Art Sake Charity Art Show, Brisbane
2006    Doggett St Christmas Exhibition, Brisbane
2006    Floriate;   Marks and Gardner Gallery Mt Tamborine
2006    Brisbane Grammar School Art Show
2006    Abused Child Trust Annual Art Show, Brisbane
2006    Finalist Redland Arts Award
2006    Finalist Regional Arts Award
2006    Joint First Prize – Gloria Beletz Drawing Prize
2006    Highly Commended Nudgee Art Show
2005    Finalist Regional Arts Award
2005    Courier Mail Home Show
2004    Courier Mail Home Show ; Brisbane
1995     Connect 2 ;  Joint exhibition Stephens Gallery, Brisbane City Hall
1992     Group show at Multiple Choice Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
1991     First Prize;  King of Prussia Drawing Award; USA
1985     Final Year TAFE show at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville
1985     Joint First Prize Drawing Award  Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville
1992     First Prize Delaware County Painting Award USA

EMPLOYMENT

1995- current;   Practicing artist
1994    Administrator Qld School of Printing & Graphic Arts; Morningside
1992    Teacher of Adult and Further Education classes in watercolour, drawing and painting
1991    Employed by Philadelphia college of Fine Art for 12 months USA
1990    1 year as Art Teacher at Catholic High School Philadelphia, USA
1989    2 years as Art Teacher at Townsville State High School Townsville
1987    2 years as Art Teacher at Pimlico State High School Townsville

RESIDENCIES

2009    Attended workshop with Elizabeth Cummings (3 days)
2007    Attended the Girraween Retreat with June Tupicoff
2006    Attended the Eungella Retreat in Mackay with Wendy Teakel  (6 days)
2005    Attended the Magnetic Island Retreat in Townsville with Anneke Silver (6 days)
2004    Attended the “Living the Landscape” workshop at Cunnamulla with Mandy Martin ( 6 days)
2003    Attended the Cooee Bay Workshop, Yeppoon with Bill Ferguson (14 days)
2002    Attended the Moreton Island Art Camp with Stephen Newton ( 3 days )
2001    Attended the “Drawing from the Landscape” Toowoomba with David Hawkes ( 6 days)
2000    Attended the Mortimers Art Workshop with Judith White NSW ( 7 days)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2011    Opening Guest speaker; Mammas in the Hood; group show at Pine Rivers Regional Gallery
2011    Artist talk; open studio
2011    Guest speaker; South East Creative Generator Forum
2011    Guest Judge;   Yurara Art Society Easter Art Competition
2010    Presentation;  Brisbane Artist Development Group
2010    Artist Talk; open studio
2010    Artist Talk; TVH Gallery opening night
2010    Artist Talk; Gallery One opening night Painters of the Coast

COMMISSIONS

2011      2 corporate commissions; Soul Apartment Towers; Gold Coast
2011      2 corporate commissions;  Abu Dhabi ; Etihad Towers; Presidential Suite
2010     8 Private commissions ; Sydney
2009     Private commission; canvas size 140 x 180cm
2008     2 Corporate Commissions for Storm Financial  Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
2007     Art Nomad collection;  4 landscape paintings  100cm x 200cm
2005     Private commission;  ABN-AMRO Morgans, Brisbane canvas size 90 x 90cm
2005     Corporate commission-Storm Financial, Sydney; canvas size 1700 x 1080mm
2004     Private collection; canvas size 1500 x 1000mm
2004     Corporate collection- Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast; 66sets of 5 original artworks @ 300x 300mm
2004     Private collection – Gold Coast; canvas size 2000 x 1750mm
2003     Private collection; canvas size 350 x 1150mm
2003     Corporate collection-Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast; 6 paintings, canvas size 800 x 800mm
2003     Private collection; canvas size 200 x 550mm
2003     Private collection; canvas size 1200 x 1800mm
2002     Private collection; canvas size 1720 x 1080mm
2002     Corporate collection-Gold Coast Marketing office; 3 paintings on paper size 1400 x 1000mm
2002     Corporate collection – Bluewater Apartments Sunshine Coast
2002     Corporate commission – Blue Water Apartments Sunshine coast; 76 original artworks
2002     Corporate commission-Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast; 52 original artworks @ 300 x 400mm
2001     Corporate commission; 72 original artworks for Sheraton Mirage – Gold Coast
2001     Private collection; canvas size 2000 x 1700mm
2001     Private collection; canvas size 2200 x 1600mm
2001     Private collection; canvas size 2200 x 1750mm
2001     Private collection; canvas size 2000 x 1350mm
2001     Private collection; canvas size 1650 x 1650mm
2001     Private collection; canvas size 1240 x 1740mm
2000    Private collection; canvas size 2000 x 800mm
2000    Private collection; canvas size 1750 x 1150mm
2000    Private collection; canvas size 1900 x 1600mm
2000    Private collection; canvas size 1800 x 1800mm
2000    Private collection; canvas size 1900 x 1750mm
2000    Private collection; canvas size 2000 x 2000mm
1999     Corporate Collection; Deloitte Touche Tomatsu:
1999     Private collection; canvas size 1500 x 1150mm
1999     Private collection; canvas size 1500 x 1800mm
1999     Private collection; canvas size 1400 x 700mm

CATALOGUES AND OTHER PUBLISHED WORKS

2010    Redland City Council Postcards
2003    Queensland Homes Autumn  page 21
2003    Queensland Homes Winter page 39
2002    Queensland Homes Annual Gold Collector’s Edition
2002    Queensland Homes Winter  page 107
2002    Luxury Home Design Vol 4 No 4 page 56
2002    Luxury Home Design Vol 4. No. 2 page 83
2002    Luxury Home Design Vol 3 No. 4 page 67

CRITICAL REVIEWS AND MEDIA COVERAGE

2010    Wynnum Herald, Wed August 4 ‘Inspired by the Land’ Bianca
2006    Bayside Bulletin Tues Mar 21  “Landscape Inspiration” by Jessica Marszalek
2006    Logan News Bulletin May 10  Gallery Express “Artwork of National Standard”  Doug Cartwright
2003    Gold Coast Weekender July 19-20  “Praise the West Wall” Douglas Kennedy
2003    Gold Coast Bulletin July 22  “Hanging in Style”
1993    The Wynnum Herald Wednesday July 14  “Philadelphian images still echo for Anita” Nance Haxton
1990    Townsville Bulletin July 1990 “Palms features talented painter”
1990    Townsville Bulletin July 20 “Works reflect life and moods”
1990    Townsville Bulletin Sep  “The public: a source of inspiration for artist” Robin Rattray-Wood
1990    VERANDA magazine August  “Anita’s impressions go on display”
1989    Advertiser, February 9, “Whimsical images of New Guinea on show” Stephen Hall
1989    Townsville Bulletin Feb 18, 1989 “Kokoda Trail Inspires Anita Glen”
1989    The Advertiser Thursday June 16 1988 “Perc Tucker Gallery Report: Picture Stories” Anna Bock
1988    Townsville Bulletin Sat June 18 1988 “The simple approach works well for artist”
1988    Townsville Bulletin “Perc Tucker Art Gallery Report”
1985    Townsville Bulletin November 1985

Complex and contradictory, Rolella’s paintings seek to expose a delicate equilibrium between a sense of balance and visual calm and the tumult of painterly texture and surface tension. The play of light at the waters edge…

BORN in 1972 in Sydney, Australia
STUDIES:
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), 1994
Masters, Visual Arts, University of Western Sydney, 1998

Solo Exhibitions
2022 The Kedumba Drawing award, Blue Mountains Grammar School
2022 Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2020 Harvey Galleries, Mosman
2017 Redsea Galleries (Brisbane)
2016 Double Take-Depot Gallery -Sydney
2015 Redsea Galleries (Brisbane
2013 Red Sea Galleries (Brisbane)
2011 Terrian, Aeon Arts – Depot Gallery, Danks Street -Sydney
2009 East to West, United Galleries Perth WA
2008 A sense of Place, United Galleries Sydney
2006 Nautilis, United Galleries Perth WA
2005 Michelle Sougnes/Gallery 482 – Brisbane
Charles Hewitt Gallery (Sydney)
2004 Scott Livesey Gallery
Charles Hewitt Gallery (Sydney)
2003 Pollock Gallery (Melbourne)
Charles Hewitt Gallery (Sydney)
2002 Gallery 482 (Brisbane)
2001 Studio Exhibition (Sydney)
2000 Studio Exhibition (Sydney)
1999 Deutscher Menzies Gallery (Sydney)
1998 The Atrium Gallery (the ABC Centre, Sydney)
Visual Aspects (Sydney International Airport)

Group Exhibitions
2017 The Packsaddle Art Exhibition –Armidale Regional Gallery
Young Contemporaries-The Project Gallery -Sydney
2015 The Kedumba Drawing Award- Bathurst Regional Gallery(N.S.W)
2014 Studies Redsea Galleries-Brisbane
2012 Matter & Space Ne Na Contemporary Art Space – Chiang Mai –
Thailand
2011 The Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Regional Gallery
2009 Publishers Cup Cricket Art Prize, Sydney
2008 Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliament House NSW
2007 ANL – National Maritime Prize (Melbourne)
2006 Unwrapped – United Galleries Sydney
Scott Livesey Melbourne
2005 Metro 5 Art Prize finalist Metro 5 Gallery (Melbourne)
Axia Modern Art (Melbourne)
‘Flavour Singapore’, Australian High Commission, Singapore
Saatchi & Saatchi ‘Liquid Light’ Sydney
2004 The Mosman Art Award Finalist
2003 AGNSW Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship – Finalist
2002 Waverly, Woollahra Art Prize – finalist
1999 Ten Faces Australian Contemporary Art
1998 (AKCENT Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic)
1997 Kings School Art Exhibition
1995 St. Luke’s Hospital Charity Auction
1994 NSW Travelling Art Scholarship (CDFA, Sydney)
Honours (ASN building, the Rocks)
2016 Finalist The Gosford art Prize
Winner The Oakhill Grammer art prize
2015 Finalist The Moran Portrait Prize
Finalist-The Muswellbrook Art Prize,Painting /Drawing
2014 Finalist- The Paul Guest Drawing Prize-Vic
Finalist- The Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize-N.S.W
2013 Semi Finalist The Moran Portrait Prize
2011 Winner, The Cricket Art Prize
2010 Finalist, The Stanthrope Art Prize
Finalist, The Mosman Art Prize
2008 Finalist, Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliament House, NSW
2007 Finalist, ANL Maritime Art Award, Melbourne
2005 Finalist, Metro 5 Art Prize
2004 Winner, Hills Grammar Art Prize
2003 Finalist, The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
2002 Hills Grammar Art Prize
1995 Bundanon Trust Artist in residence (Sponsored)
1994 William Fletcher Trust Scholarship
1992 Basil and Muriel Hopper Scholarship, Art Gallery of NSW

Collections

ANZDL container shipping North Sydney Council
Australian Art Investment Trust North Sydney Hospital
Bundanon Trust Collection Patt Corigan Collection
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Park Royal
Australand Qantas Australia
Evatt Foundation, Sydney Sydney Airport Corp. Ltd
Hills Grammar School Sydney Children’s Hospital
Lance Rigby, Sydney University of Western Sydney
Lang Walker Corporation Ltd Westmead Children’s Hospital
Regional Air Express Westpac Collection Sydney
Maritime Container Services
Merck Sharp & Dohme, Sydney