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Helen McCullagh

Nicole Kelly

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
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
2019 Salon des refusés, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2019 Connexions Silencieuses, Eygalières, France
2019 The Whiteley at 20, SH Ervin Gallery
2018 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of Western Australia
2018 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery
2018 Riversdale Dreaming, Adelaide Perry Gallery
2017 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of Western Australia
2017 Our Artists in the Studio, NG Art Creative Residency, Eygalières, France
2017 Art on paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Cenrte
2017 Artists in Residence, AADK Spain
2016 NSW Parliament Plein Air Prize, Sydney
2016 Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, 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 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2014 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2014 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
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
2019 NG Art Creative Residency, Eygalières, France
2018 NG Art Creative Residency, Eygalières, France
2018 Penrith Regional Gallery, Summer Residency Program
2017 NG Art Creative Residency, Eygalières, France
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
2018 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize
2018 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship at UNSW
2018 Royal Art Society of NSW Young Artist Award
2016 Hazelhurst Art on Paper, young artist award
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


PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2017 Sutherland Hospital, NSW
2017 St George Hospital, NSW


COLLECTIONS
Lismore Regional Gallery
Shoalhaven City Arts Centre Collection
Moran Art Foundation Collection
M G Dingle & G B Hughes Art Collection
Foxtel
Private collections in Australia, France, Wales & 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
Fortescue, E. ‘Off on the trip of a lifetime’, The Daily Telegraph Sydney, Sept 16

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