Wendy Grace
Wendy Grace
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About Wendy Grace
I have just finished a solo exhibition at Walker st Gallery Dandenong. Abstract watercolors on paper completed during my summer residency. https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/journal/2018-06-28/wendys-abstract-take-on-nature/ Over the coming weeks I will post some of these works on my profile for you to view. Thanks for visiting my portfolio. I am Australian artist living in Melbourne. My work explores the abstract pattern, color and texture found in the landscape. I am interested in the rhythms of Nature, seasonal changes, and the patterns that evolve in botanical and geological surfaces. Organic contours inspired by the natural world intermingle with my own inner world exploring life, the visible and the invisible, the familiar and the unknown. The capacity of paint to evoke sensations of mental stimulation by it natural characteristics is a consideration in my work. Marks dispersed across the surface of the painting create a space for the imagination rather than reality; organic evocative forms that contrast with the calmness of open space create a sense of transience where the viewer is able to drift into their own imagination and transect new worlds of possibility. In the Summer I was a resident artist at Heritage Hill Museum and historical gardens where I created a series of abstract watercolors on paper in varying sizes. The exhibition opens on the 28th of June, 2018, if you would like a preview please see my website - exhibitions paperbark tales.
Education:
2007 Bachelor of Fine Art Honours, First Class, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) RMIT University
2004 Diploma of Visual Arts, RMIT University
Events:
AWARDS & PRIZES
2018 FAC art prize, Immersion, Finalist
2017 Spiritual Art Prize, Recipient, The Gallery Collins St Baptist Church, Melbourne
2016 ANL Art Awards, Finalist, The Mission to seafarers, Melbourne
2016 Art in Science, ACMD Art Prize - Finalist, St Vincent's Hospital Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Space, Recipient, Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston
2016 She, Finalist, Walker St Gallery & Arts Centre, Dandenong Vic
2014 Redland Art Awards, Finalist, Redland Art Awards, Redland Art Gallery, QLD
2014 Waverley Art Prize, Finalist, Waverley Woollahra Art School, Bondi, NSW
2014 She, Finalist, Walker St Gallery & Arts Centre, Dandenong, Vic
2014 Ficifolia Art Exhibition, Highly Commended, Drouin Community Chambers, Drouin VIC
2013 Outback Open Art Prize, Finalist Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW
2013 She, Finalist the Walker St Gallery and Arts Centre, Dandenong Vic
2012 Redland Art Awards Finalist, Redland Art Gallery, QLD
2012 St George Art Awards Finalist, Hurstville Museum and Gallery, NSW
2010 Outback Open Art Prize Finalist, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW
2010 City of Albany Art Prize Finalist, Albany WA
2008 The Money Myth Finalist, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Biennial Art Competition Finalist, Box Hill Community Art Centre Melbourne
2007 6o Art Prize, Human Landscape Finalist, Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston
2004 1st Prize My Favorite Place Postcard Exhibition, Tivoli Artspace, Melbourne
Exhibitions:
2018 Quiet Rhythms, Sinclair + May, Melbourne. Dream weaver, Art and St.Franics, Melbourne. Paperbark tales, Walker St Gallery, Dandenong
2017 Sense of Place, FAC, Frankston. Sirenuse, Manyung Gallery, Sorrento
2016 Winter’s Song, Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza Vic
2015 Soft Edges, Manyung Gallery, Sorrento
2014 Fluid Boundaries, Manyung Gallery, Sorrento
2014 Here & Now, Cambridge Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Memory Traces, Manyung Gallery, Sorrento
2012 Phantom Fields, Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza Vic
2011 Hint of Spring, Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza Vic
2010 Cycles, Carbon Black Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Water’s Edge, Louey & Lane, Melbourne
2008 Leaving it open, Red Gallery, Melbourne' Heading South, Bayside Council Corporate Centre, Melbourne
2007 Slipstream, first site RMIT Union Gallery Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 SMALL, 45dowstairs, Melbourne. Artist in residence exhibition, Heritage Hill Dandenong. 9by5 Walker St Gallery, Dandeong.
2017 land Sea and Sky, Manyung Gallery Mt.Eliza Museum of Lost Public Notices Project and Exhibition, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
She, Walker St Gallery + Arts Centre, Dandenong, Vic
2016 Australia Wild Art Awards, Sherbrook Gallery, Belgrave, Vic.
Singleton Art Prize, Singleton, NSW
Small Works, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
In Flux, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
Manyung Gallery, Sorrento Vic
2015 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza Vic
9 by 5, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong Vic
Panoply Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
Camberwell Art Show, Melbourne, Vic
Fusion Fine Arts, Subiaco WA
On Paper, Manyung Gallery Mt.Eliza, Vic
Ficifolia Art Exhibition, Drouin, Vic
2014 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
9 by 5, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong
Summer Sorbet, Fusion Fine Arts, Subiaco WA
Belle Arti, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
Splash Art, fundraiser Kew Primary School, Melbourne
Colours of Spring, Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza
Sustainable Living Festival, West Beach Bathers Pavilion, Melbourne
Ficifolia Art Exhibition, Drouin Community Chambers, Drouin, VIC
2013 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
9 by 5 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong
69fifteen, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
In Bloom, Gallery eight, Sydney, NSW
Creative Sustainability, Gallery St.Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne
Salon des Refusés, Bay of Fires Art Prize, TAS
Vale St Studio Artist’s Exhibition, Vale St Studios Melbourne
2012 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
Open Studio, Vale St Studios, Melbourne
Manyung Gallery, Sorrento, Vic
Art Melbourne, Exhibition buildings, Melbourne
69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
Antipodes, Gallery Ranfurlie, Melbourne
2011 Small Works, Carbon Black Gallery Melbourne
Manyung Gallery, Sorrento
New Paint, Subject Matter Art Space, Melbourne
Belle Arti Chapman & Bailey Art Award, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
Vale Street Studio Artists, the Gallery St Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne
69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
Seek, Level 17 Art space, Victoria University, Melbourne
Medium Vinyl, Hardware Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Autumnal Equinox – Photographic Exhibition, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza
A little bit of summer, Breathing Colours Gallery, Sydney
New Collectables, first site RMIT Union Gallery, Melbourne
Belle Arti, Chapman & Bailey Art Award, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Exquisite Palette, St. Luke, Melbourne
Black & White, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne
40% Wool, 60% Acrylic, Hardware Gallery & World Bar Sydney
Medium Vinyl, Hardware Gallery, Sydney
Launch 3, Carbon Black Gallery, Melbourne
69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Belle Arti, Chapman & Bailey Art Award, Melbourne
New Collectables, first site RMIT Union Art Gallery, Melbourne
Sara Roney Gallery, Sydney, NSW
The Collectors’ Exhibition, Steps Gallery, Melbourne
Kodak Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Lioli Gallery, Melbourne
Pinhole, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
Coffs Harbour Postcard Show, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW