Kirsten Sivyer

Kirsten is an award-winning visual artist, painter and professional freelance photographer based in Denmark, Western Australia. She specialises in realist figurative painting with a passion for lighting, allegory and mood. Her recent artistic achievements include winning the 2016 (National) Australian Bluethumb Art Prize, 2015 City of Stirling Print Award, the 2013 Albany Art Prize People’s Choice Award, and placing as a national finalist in 2013 Black Swan Prize for Heritage and the 2012 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture. Kirsten’s artwork is represented in various private and public collections.

2003 BA (Visual Arts) major in Painting, Edith Cowan University, Perth WA. Studies included six months student exchange at Amsterdam School of the Arts, Netherlands

Selected Exhibitions

2017 Finalists, Bluethumb Art prize Exhibition, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2016 South West Arts Now, Bunbury Regional Gallery, Bunbury WA
2016 Minnawarra Art Awards, Armadale WA
2016 Perth International Arts Festival : ‘Square’, Albany WA
2015 Kirsten Sivyer(solo), Southern Art Trail at artist’s studio/gallery, Denmark WA
2015 Persistence of Vision (solo), Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery WA
2015 City of Stirling Art Awards, Perth WA
2013 Albany Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Albany WA
2013 Finalists, Black Swan Prize for Heritage Linton & Kay, Perth WA
2012 Finalists, Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Linton & Kay, Perth WA
2009 Katanning Art Prize, Katanning Regional Gallery, WA
2007 Beyond the Brick, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2006 Invitational, Darlington Arts Festival, WA
2005 Visions Of C.Y. O’Connor, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2005 Visions Of C.Y. O’Connor, Mining Hall of Fame Gallery Kalgoorlie, WA