Susan Simonini

SUSAN SIMONINI

Susan Simonini is a multi-disciplinary artist, who completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at Griffith University, and has exhibited her paintings, prints and ceramics widely, for over two decades.

She continues to examine themes of place and belonging, that have been a constant thread in her work. Her most recent abstract paintings are a series of layered and textured impressions of the gridded Tasmanian agricultural landscape.

EDUCATION

2004 – 2008 Bachelor of Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University

2011 Graduate Diploma of Education

2018 Certificate IV in Ceramics, Tasmanian College of TAFE

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Solo Exhibition – A.K Bellinger Gallery, Inverell NSW

2020 Road to Somewhere – Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania

2017 Double Happy – Paperboat Press Gallery, Brisbane, Qld

2009 Something More – 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Mermaid Beach, Qld
2009 Goddess in Suburbia – Gold Coast City Art Gallery

2008 Suburbium – Schubert Contemporary, Main Beach, Qld

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Locals – Australasian Invitation, Outre Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
2022 Vanguard – International Invitational, Outre Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
2022 Ten – Paperboat Press Gallery, Brisbane, Qld

2019 Manifest – The Art, Craft and Design of Contemporary Australian Ceramics, Hobart, Tasmania
2019 Endemic Earth – Contemporary Ceramics, Kingborough Community Hub, Kingston, Tasmanin
2019 Landscape and Memory – AK Bellinger Gallery, NSW

2016 Beyond the Surface, New Textiles and Ceramics, Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Qld
2016 Still, Life, Paperboat Press Gallery, Brisbane, Qld

2010 Lightmares Exhibition and Residency, 19Karen Contemporary Artspace, Qld

2008 After The Rain, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW

2006 Sold, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
2006 Interchange – Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld

SELECTED AWARDS AND PRIZES

2023 Finalist, Glover Prize, Launceston, Tasmania

2022 Finalist, Glover Prize, Launceston, Tasmania

2022 Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania

2021 Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania

2020 Finalist, Tidal.20, City of Devonport Art Prize, Devonport, Tasmania

2010  Shortlisted for Gold Coast University Hospital Public Art Project

2009 Overall Winner, Emmanuel College Art Award, Gold Coast, Qld

2009  Finalist, CPM National Print Awards, NSW

2008  Finalist – Launch, Clayton Utz Travelling Scholarship

2007  Winner, Border Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld

2007  First Prize, Queensland Villages Acquisitive Art Prize, Brisbane, Qld

2007  First Prize, 2D Section, Gold Coast Art and Design Awards, Qld

2007  Finalist – Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, Brisbane, Qld

2007  Best work under $500 – Rotary Art Spectacular

RESIDENCIES

2020      Arts Tasmania Education Residency and Grant, Launceston Church Grammar School

2019      Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery, Tasmania

CLIENTS (CERAMIC COMMISSIONS)

Charlotte Jack Restaurant, Devonport, Tasmania 2019

Sebel Hotel, Brisbane and Crofthouse Restaurant 2017

Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak, Melbourne 2017

COLLECTIONS

Etsy Art Collection, Etsy Headquarters, Brooklyn, New York

Mater Private Hospital Collection, Brisbane Qld

Gold Coast City Art Gallery

Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane

Mater Children’s Hospital, Brisbane