CV
Melbourne, Australia
EDUCATION
2001 Completed Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) at the Victorian College of the Arts.
AWARDS + PRIZES
2018 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2003 Inaugural Metro 5 Art Prize, Armadale
2001 Maude Glover Fleay Award, VCA Graduate Exhibition
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Carnelian, Jewish Museum, Melbourne, upcoming
2022 Presage - August/Sept, sullivan+strumpf
2016 Companion Piece, Fort Delta, Melbourne
Two Piece, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Selected Works, Home@735, Sydney
2015 Summer Arrangements, Fort Delta, Melbourne
2014 Love Lifes, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
Love and Light, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne
Love and Light, Gallery 9, Sydney
2012 Art House, Chalk Horse, Melbourne Art Fair
2011 Summer House, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter NSW
Forever in Blue Jeans, Incu Window Project, Sydney NSW
2010 Loft Suite, Chalk Horse, Sydney
2009 The Opera Room, Horus and Deloris, Sydney
Blue Series, Chalk Horse, Sydney
2008 Gallery, Metro 5 Gallery, Armadale
Blue Series, Blindside Artist Run Space, Melbourne
2006 Still/Moving Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts
2004 Somewhere Here Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Summer Show, Sullivan+Strumpf, Melbourne
2022 Melbourne Art Fair, sullivan+strumpf
Bright, curated by Yvette Dal Pozzo, Goulburn Art Gallery
2020 Know My Name, National Gallery of Australia, ACT
2019 Caves Gallery Fundraiser, VIC
Still Life Pt III, curated by Adam Stone, LON Gallery, Collingwood
Friends and Family, Daine Singer, Fitzroy
Fem-Affinity, Curated by Dr Catherine Bell, Arts Project Australia, VIC
2018 From Where We Stand, curated by Tony Stephens, Artbank, NSW
Invitational, curated by Anthony Bautovich, Art Gallery Home, NSW
Charm School, curated by Geoff Newton, Neon Parc, Brunswick
This Wild Song, curated by Merryn Trevethan, Australian High Commission, Singapore
2017 Hyper Hyper, curated by Andy Gomez, Michael Reid, Berlin
2016 35 Works on Paper, BEERS, London
GOT IT FOR CHEAP VOL 2, 3, 4, Curated by Charlie Roberts, David Risley Gallery,Copenhagen. Steinsland Berliner Gallery, Stockholm. Agnes B's Gallerie du Jour, Paris
Lots of Nudes, LON gallery, Melbourne
2015 Return, Curated by Daine Singer, Daine Singer Melbourne
Shots off the Dices, Curated by Rhys Lee, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne
Iconoclasts, Curated by Chelsea Lehman, Airspace, Sydney
Man, Curated by Tristian Koenig, Tristian Koenig gallery, Melbourne
Sound and Vision, Curated by Erin Raleigh, Mojo Record Bar, Sydney
2014 F-Word, Curated by T. John & K. Robertson, Gallery Central, Central Institute of Technology, Perth
No Werk, Curated by Ace Wagstaff, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne
Kaleidoscope, Curated by Rozalind Drummond, Platform, Melbourne
Wild Places, Curated by Rozalind Drummond, Motorworks Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Breathing Room, curated by Jaime Tsai Mop Projects, Sydney
2012 Out and About, Glen Eira Artists' Exhibition, Glen Eira City Council Gallery
2011 Saison Finale, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted, Chalk Horse, Sydney
Painting 11, Lindberg Gallery, Melbourne
High Definition, Ausin Tung Gallery, Prahran
High Definition, Paradise Hills, Richmond
Between Sea and Sky, Shakespeare Grove Studio Artists, Brightspace, St Kilda
2010 The Outsider, Trocadero Art Space, Footscray
2007 Memento Mori, blkmrkt Gallery, Southport QLD
2005 Selecta, Westspace, Melbourne
New Growth (new acquisitions for 2004/05), Benalla Art Gallery
COMPETITIONS - FINALIST
2023 Archibald Prize Winner, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW and National Tour
Bayside Acquistive Art Prize, Melbourne
Ravenswood Art Prize, Gordon, NSW
2022 Archibald Prize Winner, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW and National Tour
Darling Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2021 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Arthur Guy Memorial Award, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW Darebin Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead, VIC
Grace Cossington Smith Art Award, Abbotsleigh, NSW
2020 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2019 Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Art Museum, VIC
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney, NSW
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery, VIC
Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize, Montsalvat, Eltham, VIC
2018 Archibald Prize Winner, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW and National Tour
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, VIC
Percival Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Gallery, QLD
2017 Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW and National Tour
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize, Montsalvat, Eltham, VIC
2016 Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW and National Tour
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney, NSW
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2015 Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethrbidge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2014 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney
2013 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize, Montsalvat, Eltham, VIC
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
2011 The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Emerging Artist Award, RBS Tower, Sydney, NSW
City of Perth Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Perth Town Hall, WA
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
2010 Fletcher Jones art prize, Geelong Gallery
Redland Art Awards, Redland Gallery, Cleveland QLD
Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD
Xstrata Percival Portrait Award, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
2009 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW and National tour
2008 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW and National tour
2007 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW
Metro5 Art Award, Metro5 Gallery, Armadale
2006 Selected for 25/25 minimag (25 Visual Artists aged 25 & under), by Art&Australia and Noise
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW & national tour
Metro5 Art Award, Metro5 Gallery, Armadale
2005 Metro5 Art Award, Armadale
2004 Methodist Ladies College Acquisitive Art Prize, Kew
Metro 5 Art Prize, Armadale
2003 Alice Bale Art Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Inaugural Metro 5 Art Prize, Armadale
2002 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW & national tour
COLLECTIONS + COMMISSIONS
Artbank
Benalla Art Gallery
Gippsland Art Gallery
Government House, Melbourne, Portrait of The Honourable Governor Linda Dessau AC
Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne
Wesley College, Portrait of Helen Drennen
University of Sydney - Portrait of Emeritus Professor Anne Green, School of Physics
Charles Sturt University, Bathurst
Supreme Court of Victoria – Portrait of Justice Rosemary Balmford
University of Technology Sydney – Portrait of Brian Wilson former Chancellor of UTS
Trinity College, The University of Melbourne – Portrait of Rupert Myer AM
The University of Melbourne, Portrait of Prof. Kenneth Hinchcliff, former Dean of Veterinary Science
The University of Melbourne - Portrait of Lady Primrose Potter AC
The Knox School – Portrait of Anthony Conabere
Melbourne High School – Portrait of Ray Willis
Temple Beth Israel – Portrait of Rabbi Fred Morgan
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2021 Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, Year 12 workshops
2020 Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, Year 12 workshops
2019 Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, Year 12 workshops
National Gallery of Victoria, Members sketching in the gallery, Feb - June
Fitzroy Painting, Self-portrait workshops
Byron School of Art, Self-portrait workshop and residency
2018 Portrait workshops, The Art Room, Fitzroy Painting, Zart Art
2017 Teacher of Portrait Drawing and Painting Workshops, Sketching in the Gallery, Members Art Classes, NGV, Melbourne
2016 Artist in Residence, Geelong Grammar, Corio
Teacher of Portrait Drawing Workshops, Members Art Classes, NGV, Melbourne
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Vault Magazine, Issue 41, Feb-April, essay by Louise Martin-Chew
Portrait, National Portrait Gallery, Magazine of Australian & International Portraiture, Issue #68 Summer2022/23
2022 The Arts Show, ABC Radio National, 8 Sept
Art Collector, Jan - Mar #99, Briony Downes p 166 - 169
Why everyone needs to see The Archibald Prize entries in person, Elizabeth Flux, The Age, 5 Sept
2021 Fierce Girls Podcast, Nora Heysen, 11 Oct
2020 Art On View, NGA magazine, Portrait of a Lady, by Yvette Coppersmith, Spring issue, p 48-51
Art Collector, Know My Name, Carrie Miller, Jul-Sept p 63-67
2019 7 Women Shaking Up The Aus Art Scene, The Design Files, Elle Murrell, 15 Jan
2018 Art Guide, Varia Karipoff, 6 July
Broadsheet, Will Cox, 8 August
The Saturday Paper, Kate Holden, Edition No. 211 JUNE 30 – JULY 6, 2018
2017 NGV Magazine, My NGV, edited by Gretta Voller, July/August edition, p 78 - 81
2016 Portrait, Observation Point , National Portrait Gallery Australia, Summer Edition - December 2016
Art Guide, Studio interview, Varia Karipoff, November
2015 The Age, Shots off the Dices reviewd in Spectrum, by Dan Rule, 26 June
The Age, MAN reviewed in Spectrum, by Dan Rule, 28 March
The Design Files, by Lisa Marie Corso, 3 March
Triple R, MAN reviewed on Art Attack by Tai Snaith, Smart Arts with Richard Watts, 19 March
2014 Artshub, Love and Light review, Peta Maya, 24 March, online
Triple RRR, Smart Arts, reviewed on Art Attack, Ace Wagstaff, broadcast 20 March, 9am
2013 Art Collector, Chameleonic Observations - Artists Profile, Phip Murray, Apr-Jun 2013, p 132-7
2011 Who’s Who of Australian Women, 2011 Edition, Crown Content Pty Ltd
2010 Who’s Who of Australian Women, 2010 Edition, Crown Content Pty Ltd, p. 254
The Sydney Morning Herald, Two side to a brush with fame, Tim Elliot, 27 Feb The Age,
2009 Feeling the chemistry and moving beyond portraiture, Kathy Kizilos, 27 May, p. 15
2008 The Age, Agitating the barriers around art and galleries, Robert Nelson, 17 Dec, p. 16
Artshub, Visual Arts Review of ‘Gallery’, Gordana Andjelic-Davila, 11 Dec, online
2006 ABC Radio, Sunday Night Safran, Triple J, 1 June
McCullough Alan & Susan, Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen & Unwin ABC
2002 Radio National, The Deep End with Francis Leech, 5 Feb, 8:50pm
Triple J, Artery with Fenella Kernebone, 5 Feb, 11:06pm
Channel 9, Today with Steve Liebman, 6 Feb, 8:49am
774 ABC, Sunday Show with Peter Clarke, 9 Feb, 11:45am
The Age, A family affair wins $40,000 for young Melbourne Artist, 6 Feb, p.7
The Australian, $40,000 helps make Yvette the face of art’s future, 6 Feb, p.2
The Australian Financial Review, Prize winner learns gentle art of media handling, 6 Feb p.7
Photo Katy Roubin