SUMMARY

Originally from Melbourne, Lucy has been a Fine Artist and Illustrator for 15+ years. As a Fine Artist she is the winner of the MSWPS Annie Davis Oliver Award (2022) as well as a Highly Commended recipient in the George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition (2023), Victorian Artist Society VAS Autumn Select exhibition (2022) and the 111th annual MSWPS exhibition "Changing Perspectives" (2020). Lucy has also been a finalist in the Southern Buoy Studios Portrait Prize  (2022, 2021) as well as the Portia Geach Portrait Prize (2015)

A MSWPS* member since 2016, she was nominated to join the committee in 2022 (Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors). And is an art tutor at the Victorian Artist Society (2022)

Her Illustration industry experience includes Concept/Visualisation Artist for advertising firms and a Children's Book Illustrator for publishing companies.

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BIOGRAPHY​​

Awards/Finalist

• 2023    "Silly Fat Cow and a Two Faced B*tch" (Highly Commended George Hicks Prize)
• 2022    "Mavis Little Artist Of The Year" (Select Finalist)
• 2022    "Movie Night", Painting, (Annie Davis Oliver Award 113th MSWPS Exhibition)
• 2022    "Painting While Waiting", Painting (Highly Commended VAS Autumn Exhibition)
• 2022    "Jo Working In The Garden", Painting (SBS Select Finalist) 
• 2021     "Painting While Waiting", Painting (SBS Select Finalist)
• 2020    "Painting While Waiting", Painting (Highly Commended 111th MSWPS Exhibition)
• 2015     “Don’t Worry. It Doesn’t Matter”, Painting (Portia Geach Select Finalist)
• 2013     Beer Label of the Year Award, Victorian Beer Label Collectors Society (winner)
• 2010    Cancer Council’s Art Award, (People’s choice award winner)
• 2010    BeinArt Surrealist Collective, “Sideshow” (winner)

Invitation/Group & Solo Exhibitions

• 2023     "VAS 2023 Autumn Exhibition", VAS Gallery, Melbourne (group)
• 2023     "George Hicks Foundation Contemporary" VAS Gallery Melbourne (group)
• 2023     "VAS Summer Exhibition", VAS Gallery, Melbourne (group)
• 2022     "VAS Mavis Little Artist Of The Year", VAS Gallery, Melbourne (group)
• 2022     "VAS Spring Select Exhibition", VAS Gallery, Melbourne (group)
  
• 2022     "Sunflowers for the Ukraine", MSWPS, Melbourne (group)
• 2022     "113th Changing Perspective", MSWPS, Melbourne (group)
• 2022     "VAS Portrait Exhibition 2022", VAS Gallery​, Melbourne (group)
• 2022     "Faces of VAS 2022", VAS Gallery​, Melbourne (group)
• 2022     "VAS 2022 Winter Select Exhibition", VAS Gallery​, Melbourne (group)
• 2022     "VAS 2022 Autumn Select Exhibition", VAS Gallery​, Melbourne (group)
• 2022     "Out Of The Box Popup Exhibition", VAS Gallery, Melbourne (group)
• 2022     "George Hicks Foundation Contemporary" VAS Gallery, Melbourne (group)
• 2022     "Tastes of Rutherglen Art Prize", Memorial Hall, Rutherglen (group)
• 2022     "SBS Potrait Prize 2022", Southern Buoy Studios, Victoria (group) 
• 2022     "VAS 2022 Summer Exhibition", VAS Gallery​, Melbourne (group)​
• 2021     "112th Changing Perspectives", MSWPS, Melbourne, (group)
• 2021     "Fr_nge Art Trail", Edinburgh, UK (group)
• 2021     "SBS Portrait Prize 2021", Southern Buoy Studios, Victoria (group)
• 2020    “111th Changing Perspectives”, MSWPS, Melbourne (group)
• 2019     “110th Changing Perspectives”, MSWPS, Melbourne (group)
• 2019     "Collab-rah-doodle", Melbourne Fringe, Motley Bauhaus, North Fitzroy (solo)     
• 2018     “109th Changing Perspectives”, MSWPS, Melbourne (group)
• 2017     “108th Changing Perspectives”, MSWPS, Melbourne (group)
• 2016    “107th Changing Perspectives”, Malvern Artists Society, Malvern (group)
• 2015    “Portia Geach Portrait Prize 2015”, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Circular Quay Sydney (group)
• 2012     “Circus Freak vs. Super Freak”, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy Melbourne (solo)
• 2011      “Goils of the Sideshow”, 4 Walls Gallery, CBD Melbourne (solo)
• 2010     “Cancer Council Art Awards”, 120 Collins Street, CBD Melbourne (group)
• 2009     “Maamalien”, Hogan Gallery, Fitzroy Melbourne  (group)

Commissions

• 2021      Jacaranda wall mural for private client, Melbourne, Victoria
• 2019     Children's Christmas colouring pages, Stylish Australiana
• 2019     Wall mural for the Love, Hope & Gratitude Foundation, Mount Barker SA
• 2018    “Wee Davie Vs Yin Goliath”, Artwork for Cola drink label, Wee Davie Cola
• 2018    "24.Two" Poster artwork for Play Every Day Actors Studio, South Australia 
• 2017    “Chooky and the kids”, Painting Commission
• 2017    “Travelling House”, Album cover artwork, band Conundrum In Deed
• 2017    “Dr Ricktor’s Amazing Automaton”, Artwork on the sides of automaton machine
• 2016     Personalised artwork of client on skateboard deck
• 2015     Avant Card, Postcards nationwide, Artist Project
• 2015     “Movie Night”, Painting commission
• 2015     “Where is Kitty Pom?”, Story and Game App, Yoke Interactive
• 2014     “GB’s Last Supper”, Painting commission
• 2014     “Owl, Cat, Wolf”, Painting commission
• 2013    “Gentleman”, Album artwork, band Conundrum In Deed
• 2013    “Moonlit Sail”, Painting commission
• 2012    “Wet Nurse Tonic”, Artwork for beer label, Moondog Craft Brewery
• 2012    “Robe”, Painting commission

Illustrated

• 2021     "Where is Kitty Pom?" Krystina Gibson, Little Steps Publishing
• 2020   "Amy Can Do Maths" Lisa Pape, (self published)
• 2017    “Fly Sebastian Fly” Aaron Brindle, Crescent Moon Books
• 2017    “Sebastian’s Wonderful Find” Aaron Brindle, Crescent Moon Books
• 2016     “My Name is Sam”, Cover artwork, Author Wes Stuart, Amazon
• 2016     “The Fear Collectors”, Cover artwork, Author Lauren E. Mitchell, Amazon
• 2016    “I Wipe Better Than You”, Kevin Fahey, CreateSpace
• 2015    “10 Little Potoroos”, Jackie Lomax, InHouse Publishing

Teaching Appointments
​2022 - now      Art Tutor at the Victorian Artist Society

Studies
2005 – 2006   PG Dip Arts Management, University of Melbourne
1999 – 2001     Degree Creative Advertising, RMIT