Biography of a painter
Laura Courtney - Paris studio 2022
2019 ‘All That Will Be Spared - French Landscapes and mythology’ Montreuil Porte Ouverte, Paris, France
2018 ‘Atmospheric Pressure – landscapes in cold wax’ Montreuil Porte Ouverte, Paris
2016 ‘Interiors’ Australian Galleries Melbourne
2015 ‘Oxide, Bluestone & Crows’. Australian Galleries Melbourne
2014 ‘The Inner Life, The Outer World’. The Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Underground Zen’ oil on board, 90cm x 220 cm - from solo show ‘The Inner Life, The Outer World’ 2014
Solo Exhibitions cont’d:
2013 ‘From
Brindisi to Bondi’. The Australian Galleries, Sydney
2011 ‘Longing – Tasmanian Landscapes’. The Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Huon Valley, Tasmania’ oil on board, 40cm x 120 cm - from solo show ‘Longing’ 2011 Art Prizes & Group Exhibitions:
2015 Glover Prize, John Glover Society, Tasmania
2015 Brunswick Street Gallery's Small Works , Melbourne
2014 Tattersalls Landscape Prize Queensland
2014 One Of Each, Australian Galleries Melbourne
2013 Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize, Montsalvat, Victoria
2013 Glover Prize, John Glover Society, Tasmania
2012 Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2012 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
2012 Archibald Wynne & Sulman Prize (Sulman Prize finalist), Art Gallery of NSW
‘Back in the day’ finalist work in The Sulman Prize: Archibald Wynne & Sulman NSW Art Gallery 2012
Art Prizes & Group Exhibitions cont’d:
2011 Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, Sydney
2011 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
2011 Women on Boards – special Commendation, The Tap Gallery, Sydney
2011 Hans Heysen Art Prize, Hahndorf South Australia
‘Still life with blue dahlias - Clarendon House Tasmania’ oil on board 75cm x 40cm - finalist work in The Hans Heysen Art Prize, 2011
Art Prizes & Group Exhibitions cont’d:
2010 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
2010 Wynne Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2010 Group show: ‘Something Personal’ Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2009 Wynne Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2008 Mosman Art Prize, finalist
‘The Road - Tasmania’ 15 cm x 15 cm - 2008, finalist work in the Mosman Art Prize 2008
Bio details:
1965 Born, Canberra ACT, resided Sydney NSW 1969 - 1983
1984 - 1985 Resided New York City and travelled throughout Europe
1985 - 1987 Fashion Design, East Sydney Technical College - Sydney
1988 - 2003 Teacher of Transcendental Meditation - resided USA & Europe
2004 - 2005 National Art School, Sydney: Short Courses in drawing and painting with Michelle Hiscock
2006 - 2009 Traditional painting instruction with Michelle Hiscock, Grosvenor Studios Sydney
Media
2012 ‘Oh no not you again’, The Australian, April 21st – Christopher Allen
2009 ‘Land’s End’, The Australian, March 28th – Christopher Allen