Camilla Connolly                                             

Camilla Connolly was born in Sydney. She lives and works from her home based studio in Murwillumbah, NSW. 

Education

University of Sydney   - Fine Arts, Italian, French

University of Sydney    - Arts/Law

Solo Exhibitions

2006    July. Family Matters-Fractured Fairytale – An Exhibition of

Drawings, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW. 

2005    October solo show –Barrack Gallery, Sydney.

2005    August – Tweed Regional Gallery Café – small works on paper – a selection  of new collages and drawings.

2004    November. A Narrative in Paint. Barrack Gallery, Barrack Street, Sydney, NSW. Near sell-out show.

2004    May. Paintings, Gold Coast Arts Centre café.

1987    Solo Exhibition of Paintings, First Draft, Sydney.

Group Exhibitions

2007    Paddington Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney.

EMSLA Salon de Refusee Exhibition – Coffs Harbour Regional Museum.

National Portrait Gallery of Australia – online exhibition, A.C.T

            Portia Geach Memorial Award – S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney. (Jusges Barry Pearce, Jane Watter and Jude Rae.)

Country Energy Finalists’ Exhibition – Dubbo Regional Gallery. (Judges David Fairbairn, Bronwyn Bancroft.)

Olive Cotton Award Finalists’ Exhibition –Tweed River Art Gallery. (judge

and selector Michael Walsh – director of the Melbourne Film Festival.)

Waverley Art Prize –Waverley-Woollahra Art Centre, Bondi. (Judges Dr. Ambrose Reisch, Lynne Eastaway.)

FEHVA Art Auction (two selected entries.) Curated by Robert Beakley (Founder, Sotheby’s Australia,) and Stephen Alderton (Director, Lismore Regional Gallery.)

ART MELBOURNE – Royal Exhibition Centre, Carlton, Vic.

Four of the Best (selected By Tweed Regional Gallery) with Ian Tremewan, Hobie Porter, Trish Callaghan. Mantra Resort, Kingscliff  in conjunction with Tweed Regional Tourism Board.

Gallery Artists at Pivotal, Pivotal Galleries, Richmond Vic.

Outback Art Prize 2007 Selected Finalists’ Exhibition, Broken Hill Regional Gallery.

2006    Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery.(Highly Commended.)

Bangalow Affordable Art Show, Bangalow, NSW.

Countryscapes Exhibition – Artspace, The Gunnery, Sydney.

Redland Finalists’ Art Awards, Redland Regional Gallery, Qld.

Wayside Chapel Charity Auction, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney.

Country Energy Prize for Landscape Finalists’ Exhibition, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn.

ART SYDNEY, Royal Exhibition Building, Sydney Showgrounds. 

FEHVA Exhibition and Art Auction, curated by Dee Tipping and Robert Bleakley.

ART MELBOURNE – Royal Exhibition Centre, Carlton.

Women artists Exhibition Sheoak Shack, Fingal.

2005    Brisbane Art Fair – Brisbane Exhibition Centre.

Border Art Prize Exhibition, Gold Coast City Art Gallery.

FEHVA Exhibition, Byron Bay Community and Cultural Centre. Byron Bay.

Discovery Art Show, Melbourne –Gasworks Art Park, Port Melbourne, Victoria.

Pivotal Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne, Group Show.

Carizma Exhibition, curated by Dave Furnell, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton.

“Man’s Best Friend” Exhibition. Group Show. Next Contemporary Art Space, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.

2004    Group Exhibition, Sheoak Shack Gallery, Fingal.

FEHVA Art Exhibition and Auction, Byron Bay Community and Cultural Centre, Byron Bay, NSW.

Group Exhibition, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay.

Art auction for homeless women, Sheoak Shack Gallery, Fingal.

Paintings, group exhibition, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay.

2003   Icons Exhibition,  Waywood Gallery, Byron    Bay.

Drawings, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay.

1989    Solo Show, Front room, Arthaus Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney.

1988    Group Show, Arthaus Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney.

1986    Co-ordinator and exhibitor, Young Artists Exhibition, Sydney Town Hall

1980    Inaugural HSC Touring Exhibition.      

Speaking Engagements/Media/Publications

2007    The Byron Shire Echo-front page photograph by Jeff Dawson.

FEHVA Art Auction and Dinner, with Robert Bleakley, John McDonald, Bangalow, Mungo MacCallum. NSW.

            Byron Shire Echo – Front Page – FEHVA Portrait Prize with sitter, Mungo MacCallum.

            Bay FM Radio – with Narelle Sebastian.

2006    Wayside Chapel Charity Auction, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney.

July- Guest panellist and presenter.  FEHVA Arts weekend, Byron Bay Community and Cultural Centre.

Bay FM – Forty Eight Hours of Visual Art Interview.

ART MELBOURNE – Guest interview on Channel Ten’s 9AM program.

2005    November – Elisabeth Fortescue, The Daily Telegraph, Sydney.

July –   FEHVA weekend, Byron Bay Community and Cultural Centre.

June – Discovery Art Show, Gasworks Art Park, Port Melbourne – Guest panellist

March - Whole Woman Forum, Tweed NSW – Speaker, “Painting Practice and Facing Adversity/Finding Resilience.”

2005,  January, Byron Shire Echo Newspaper – Article by Juliet Lamont.

2004    November, ABC Regional Radio, Regional Arts Program.

July, “The Potential for Art to Heal and Communicate,”   48Hours Visual Arts - Byron Bay Community and Cultural Centre, NSW.

July,  Bay FM Radio “Return to Painting after addiction”

2004-2005 – DVD, “Camilla Connolly - Sisters of the Cross. Filmed and produced by Tikitiboo ON-Screen Media, (Director, Noah Hutchison.)

Awards, Prizes and Competitions

2007     Finalist – Paddington Art Prize, Sydney

             Selected – EMSLA Salon des Refusee – Coffs Harbour Regional Museum.

             Selected – National Portrait Gallery of Australia – online exhibition, ACT.

             Finalist – Portia Geach Memorial Award, Sydney.

             Finalist – Country Energy Landscape Prize.

             Finalist – Olive Cotton Award for Photography, NSW.

             Finalist – Inaugural FEHVA Portrait Prize, Bangalow, NSW.  (Judges Mungo MacCallum,

             Ken Johnson).

             Finalist – Waverley Art Prize, Bondi, NSW

             Finalist – Outback Art Prize (judge – Hendrik Kolenberg, Senior Curator Australian      

             Drawings and Prints, AGNSW, Sydney

2006     Highly Commended – Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Art Gallery.

             Finalist – Redland Art Awards, QLD. (Judges – Michael Zavros and Professor Pat Hoffie.)

             Finalist – Country Energy Prize for Landscape, (Judges – Euan Macleod, Tim Storrier.)

             September - October Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn.                     

2005     July - 2^nd Place, Peoples Choice Award, FEHVA exhibition,  Byron Bay Community and

             Cultural Centre, Byron Bay

Commissions

2006      Large scale landscape commission for private collector, Sydney.

Teaching and Residencies

2006     Currently a tutor at the Byron Bay Art Workshops and Art Workshops, Australia.

Memberships

Artworkers Alliance.

NAVA – the Gunnery, Woolloomolloo, Sydney.

Arthives.

Visual Arts Network – Northern Rivers sector, in association with Regional Arts NSW.

Visual Arts Ambassador for the annual FEHVA weekend in Byron Bay and also the “Help Build a Better Buttery” program, Bangalow, NSW.

Consultants and Dealers in Fine Art

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