Carolyn VWatson
Artist - Images and objects
REPRESENTED BY
PENNY CONTEMPORARY Hobart, Tas - www.pennycontemporary.com.au
GRAINGER GALLERY Canberra, ACT - WWW.Grainger Gallery | Fine Art
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Cuttings from a homecoming - Side Gallery Brisbane Qld
2021 Let's play pretend - APA, Qld
2019 tall tales and true - APA, Qld
alter - Uplift, Window Gallery - Pine Rivers Regional Gallery, Qld
2018 modifiedwonder Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania.
2017 cloak - APA, Qld
2016 inbloom - The Ambience Store Project #9 - Curated by Carrie McCarthy , Brisbane
2015 allgloryisfleeting(memoryandhand) - Gallery Two Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
2014 survivormaths - APA, Qld
thelivinglifeless - BMG Art Adelaide
2012 owning the bones - APA, Qld
2009 love you longtime - Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane
2008 You never bloody listen - Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
2007 Pecking Order - Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
2006 peck - Project Gallery ,Griffith University Brisbane
AWARDS
2021 Highly Commended Inaugural Lethbridge Landscape Prize
2020 Finalist,( two pieces selected) Tom Bass prize for figurative sculpture
2019 AWARDED Concept Stainless Design Prize Brisbane Sculpture Festival,
Mt Coo-tha Botanical gardens auditorium
Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 3D section
2018 AWARDED Barnes Award, Brisbane Sculpture Festival
2017 AWARDED Shillam Award Frank Lambert Memorial Prize, Brisbane Sculpture Festival Finalist, 38th Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular
Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 2D section
Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 3D section
2016 AWARDED Best 3D Work -37th Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular
AWARDED Perides Art Projects Award , Brisbane Sculpture Festival
Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 2D section
Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 3D section
2015 Finalist, Marie Ellis OAM Drawing Prize
Finalist, Lethbridge 10 000 Small Scale Award
2013 AWARDED $15,000 First Prize Life Art Worldwide International Award
AWARDED People’s Choice Award The Colour Red Christmas Exhibition, APA
Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards 3D
Finalist, SCAP 3D national contemporary art prize
Finalist, Marie Ellis OAM Drawing Prize
2012 Finalist, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Prize
Finalist, JFMP- John Fries Memorial Prize
Finalist, Marie Ellis OAM Drawing Prize
Finalist, The Wilson Visual Art Award
2011 Honorable Mention, Marie Ellis OAM Drawing Prize
Finalist, Prometheus Visual Art Award
Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 2D section
Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 3D section
2010 Finalist (two pieces selected) Marie Ellis OAM Drawing Prize
2009 AWARDED Acquisition Prize in the Agendo exhibition and Visual Art Award
Finalist Prometheus Visual Art Award
2008 Finalist Churchie National Emerging Art Prize
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 2019 The Shape Of Things, APA, Qld
2019 Flying Arts Alliance Brisbane Seasonal Sittings of Tiny Art-Winter -
Judith Wright Centre, IMA Brisbane
Line found Form – Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane institute of Art
2018 Small and Wall (Group Exhibition) - Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Brisbane Sculpture Festival - Mt Coo-tha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane
Curios? The ART LAB - curated be Carrie McCarthy -World Science Festival
Queensland Museum, Brisbane
Process and the temporary studio with Jude Robert, Sam Eyles and Carolyn V Watson
Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2016 Brisbane Sculpture Festival - Mt Coo-tha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane
2014 Flights of Fancy - birdwatching through the artist eye Pine Rivers Regional Gallery, Qld
The Apron - Beneath the skin - Touring exhibition -Metcalfe Gallery Brisbane Institute of Art and Gympie Regional Art Gallery
2012 The World Conterminous - Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane, Qld
The Studio - Selected Artist - 2High Festival, Powerhouse Brisbane
2011 Nine wives, curators Mariam Ella Arcilla & Megan Cope
Nine Lives Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Animals, People - A Shared Environment
(4th Biennial, Aus. Animal Studies Group conference)
POP Gallery & Project Gallery Brisbane
WASH: Traces of Otherness - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2010 Other Misconceptions - curator Jo Diball, Level Gallery, Brisbane
Young Guns Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast
2009 3000AD Drawing Show Circle Gallery, Brisbane
Tiny Worlds Artisan - Brisbane
2nd Biennial Agendo Exhibition - Phoenix Gallery, Deakin University, Melbourne
Prometheus Visual Arts Award - Prometheus Foundation Gold Coast
X- show - curator Jo Diball Queensland College of Art Gallery Griffith University
Brisbane
Carnivale Collaborata Dr. Pat Hoffie & Jo Diball curators - Woodford Folk Festival
2008 We make good Pets - curator Jo Diball Metro Arts, Brisbane
Patch featuring X-UmbiliQCAs ARTISTS - QCA Gallery Griffith University
Impressions 3 - Impress Printmakers Circle Gallery Brisbane
Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition -Finalist Anglican Grammar Campus, Brisbane
2007 Horny Ladies - Queensland College of Art Project Gallery, Griffith University,
Brisbane
COLLECTIONS
The Ziegler Trust
Camberwell College Melbourne
HHTan Architects Pty Ltd
Omnia Australia Pty Ltd
LOA Branding
Private collections in Brisbane, Melbourne,
Sydney, Hong Kong, Holland and Munich
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
GUEST ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2020 Artist in Residence St.Lukes Anglican School, Bundaberg
2020 Artist in Residence Anglican Church Grammar School, Gold Coast
2020 Artist in Residence All Saints Anglican School, Gold Coast
2019 Artist in Residence Iona College, Brisbane
2016 Artist in Residence St.Lukes Anglican School, Bundaberg
2013 Artist in residence- Life Art Worldwide Exhibition and Award,
Sunshine Coast Tafe, Mooloolabah
2002 Artist in Residence Kawana Waters College, Sunshine Coast
2001 Artist in Residence Clairvaux Mackillop College, Brisbane
1998 Artist in Residence Kawana Waters College, Sunshine Coast
PROFESSSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - WORKSHOP FACILLIATOR
2019 Professional Development – Artist workshop for Visual Art teachers,
Oxlades Art Supplies Murarrie Brisbane
2018 Professional Development – Artist workshop for Visual Art teachers,
Oxlades Art Supplies Murarrie Brisbane
2017 Workshop Facilitator – ZART ‘Nurturing Creativity Conference 2017’
St Leonard’s College, Melbourne Vic
GUEST ARTIST WORKSHOPS
2022
2021
2020
2019 Artist workshop for Junior and Senior Students – Marymount College Burleigh Waters
Artist workshop for Junior Students- Iona College
Artist workshop for Senior Students - Ipswich Grammar School, Ipswich
Artist workshop for Junior Students– St. Peters Claver Collage, Brisbane
Artist talk for Senior Students – St Thomas Moore College
Artist Talk and workshop – Lourdes Hill College
Artist workshop for Junior Students – The Springfield Anglican College
Artist workshop for Senior Students - Ferny Grove High School
Guest Artist - ASTA Professionals Fine Arts Program 8 weeks – Sheldon College
Artist workshop for Junior Students – St Joseph’s College, Brisbane
Guest Artist workshop- 6-week program – Brigidine College, Indropilly
Artist workshop for Junior Students – Kenmore State High School, Kenmore
2018 Artist workshop for Junior Students – St Josephs College, Brisbane
Artist workshop for Junior Students – Marymount College Burleigh Waters
Artist workshop for Senior Students - Villa Nova College, Brisbane
Artist workshop for Senior Students – Sheldon College, Brisbane
Artist workshop for Senior Students - Ferny Grove High School
Artist workshop for Senior and Junior Students – Kenmore State High School,
Brisbane
Artist workshop for Junior Students – St. Peters Claver Collage, Brisbane
Artist workshop for Senior Students – Corinda State High School, Brisbane
Artist workshop for Junior Students – Kenmore State High School, Kenmore
2017 Artist workshop for Senior Students – Sheldon College, Brisbane
2016 Artist workshop for Senior Students - Villa Nova College, Brisbane
Artist workshop for Senior Students - Ferny Grove High
2014 Artist workshop for Senior Students - Ferny Grove High
TUTOR
2014 -19 Tutor - Brisbane Institute of Art -
2D to 3D - Drawing to new forms of Sculpture- Studio
2013 -14 Tutor- Brisbane Institute of Art -
Contemporary Watercolour and Mixed Media
EDUCATION
1998 Queensland College of Art Griffith University