SHARON MCILWAIN
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ABOUT
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Working from my home based studio in Lennox Head, northern NSW, allows me to connect with the coastal heath land where I create works en plain air as well as in my studio.

The process of developing each painting holds the same importance as the influence the subject has on the final work. I draw my inspirations largely from observations of the landscape, working from brief drawings, photography, observation and memory.


My conceptual concerns focus on the interplay between abstraction and reality. The burying and uncovering of layers reveal textures and spontaneous marks that become an accumulation of how the painting is constructed. This process of intuitive exploration allows me to find a unity or fullness that translates onto the canvas. It is a reflection of how nature’s landscapes are created, over time with many layers of life.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Visual Arts  - (Painting major)
Southern Cross University (SCU) Lismore
AWARDS
Kaske Award Painting Studio SCU
RESIDENCIES
2018  2 Week Residency - The Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio (AIR) Tweed Regional Gallery Murwillumbah

SHORTLISTED
2020  Finalist - Border Arts Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah
2020  Finalist - Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize - Emerging Artist Sydney
2019  Finalist - Waverley Woollahra 9x5 Landscape Art Prize Waverley
2019  Finalist - Wyndham Art Prize Wyndham
2018  Finalist - Gallery 7 Art Prize Byron Bay
2018  Finalist - Border Arts Prize Tweed Regional Gallery Murwillumbah
2017  Finalist - 30x30 Art Prize Art Piece Gallery Mullumbimby
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019  First Light, Last Light Northern Rivers Community Gallery Ballina
2019  Ballina Byron & Beyond Open Studios Lennox Head
2018  Ballina Byron & Beyond Open Studios Lennox Head
2017  Contemporary Landscapes from our Backyard Northern Rivers Community Gallery Ballina 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Roam Mist Gallery Cabarita
2021 Encore Mist Gallery Cabarita
2021 The Home Show Mist Gallery Cabarita
2020 Simple Treasures Lennox Arts Collective Lennox Head
2020 Ordinary Love The Field - M Arts Murwillumbah

2019  Paper Stone Mud: Elements in Transition Lennox Arts Collective Lennox Head
2019  Ballina|Byron Open Studio Arts Trail
2018  Ballina|Byron Open Studio Arts Trail
2018  SCU Graduation Exhibition Lismore
2018  Framed  Art Aspect Gallery Lismore
2018  Things I Saw Today Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG) Ballina
2017  Art There Collective Moller Pavilion Bangalow
2016  Byron Bay Easter Arts Classic Byron Bay Community Centre
2015  Byron Bay Easter Arts Classic Byron Bay Community Centre
2015  2nd Year Painting Studio Exhibition SCU Lismore
PROFESSIONAL
2019 - 21  Lennox Head Arts Collective - LAC Business partner in artist run gallery, exhibition space
2020  Paint & Sip Sunday Session  Lennox Head Arts Collective
2019  The Creative Gesture Art Classes - 6 wk course Lennox Head Arts Collective
2019  Folding Time - Innovative artists book workshop Lennox Head Arts Collective
2018  Professional Development Workshop for Primary School Educators Empire Vale Public School, NSW
2017 Art and Literacy Educational sessions for local primary school students Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina     
PUBLICATIONS
2017  NRCG Annual Exhibition Booklet - Painting selected for front cover
2017  Loneliness Fell Over the Hill - selected as part of the NRCG education kit for a Local Schools program 1000  Words - Arts and Literacy Program   
2017  Editorial - The Lennox Wave Issue 155, November, page 14

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