Lorraine Biggs

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2019      Beyond the Shacks, Despard Gallery, painting and drawing, Hobart, TAS

2012      Immersion II, Video and painting LARQ Landscape Art Research Queenstown, TAS

2011      Immersion, Cradle Mountain National Park, Video/painting collaboration-music LilaMeleisea

2009       Light and Shade, Carnegie Gallery Hobart, TAS

2007      Resilience, Photomedia, Drawings, Paintings, Turner Galleries, Northbridge, WA 

2005      Deep Dark, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW

2003      Forest, Drawings - Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS 

2003     Ocean Works, Stanley Artworks, TAS

2002     The Expedition, Freycinet Lodge, Freycinet National Park, Coles Bay, TAS

2001     Clouds 42° South, The Church Gallery, Claremont, WA

2000      Cloudburst, Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS

1999      Sea of Clouds, QVMAG, Launceston, TAS + Perth Galleries, Subiaco, WA

1994      Aspects of Isolation, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS + Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, WA  

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

 

2025     Kelli Lundberg Art, The Studio & Co. Mornington Peninsula, VIC

2024     Botanica, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Launceston, TAS

2024     Beyond the wandering moon, beyond the star, Devonport Regional Gallery Tasmania, TAS

2024     Summer Salon, Poimena Gallery, Launceston Grammar School, Launceston, TAS

2024     37th Annual Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS

2023     Glover Prize, Evandale, TAS

2023     York Botanical Art Prize, Gallery 152, York, WA

2023     50 yrs of Collecting-Something Old Something New, Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS        

2022     Hadleys Art Prize, Hobart, TAS

2022     Tidal 22, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, TAS

2022     Rick Amor Drawing Award, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, VIC

2020     Still Life Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS

2021     Un/Touched Wilderness, Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS

2021     Womens Art Prize, Burnie Makers Workshop, TAS

2019     Natura, Flux Gallery - King Street Art Centre, Perth, WA 

2019     Botanica, Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS

2019     RFAE19, Holmes a Court Gallery, West Perth, WA

2019     Summer Show 18/19, Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS 

2018     Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA

               and touring to National Archives Australia - Old Parliament House, ACT

2018     Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Art Centre, Albany, WA

2017     Out of Line, Mayspace Gallery, Waterloo Sydney, NSW

2017     Revference, Allport Museum and Library, TAS

2017     Arts in Parks, Arts Tasmania Gallery 146 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, TAS

2017     Bay of Fires Art Prize, TAS

2016     Resonance, Moonah Art Centre, Hobart, TAS

2015     City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS

2015     Bays of Fire Art Prize, St Helens, TAS

2015     Glover Prize, Evandale, TAS

2014     Scheme, 146 Art Space Art for Public Buildings 35 Year History Show, TAS

2009     Green, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney NSW

2009     Heysen Prize, Hahndorf Academy, SA

2009     On Fire, Mundaring Art Centre, Mundaring, WA

2009     Flower Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2008     Heysen Prize, Hahndorf Academy, SA

2008     New Social Commentary 08, Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC

2008     Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW 

2008     Introducing.., Brenda May Gallery , Waterloo, Sydney, NSW

2007     Auction Art Australia, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Braddon, ACT

2007     Carbon Trading, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Inveresk Launceston, TAS

2007     I'm as Mad as Hell, Brenda May Gallery, Waterloo Sydney, NSW                              

2006     Changing Nature 06, Darling Park Sydney, NSW

2006     The Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC 

2006       Glover Prize, Evandale, TAS

2006     Melbourne Art Fair 2006- Turner Galleries, Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne, VIC 

2006     Lorraine Biggs - New Work, Handmark Gallery Hobart Tas + Toby Muir-Wilson -Furniture, TAS                         

2005     Out of the Blue Two, Visual / sound collaboration, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS                 

2004     Out of the Blue, E.ScApe Wilderness Gallery, TAS

2004     Clouded Over, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, WA 

2004       Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton, NSW

2004     CAST Members Show, Hobart, TAS

2004     Zonta Show, IXL Art Hotel, Hobart, TAS 

2003     Spoiled Earth - War on Land, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, ACT

2003     Paper Matters, Drawing -University of Western Australia, WA

2003     On the Line, Drawings Church Gallery, Western Australia, WA 

2001     Land/Sea/Sky, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of WA, Nedlands, WA

1995     Figure/Ground Exhibition, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS

1995     Recollections , Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of WA, WA

1995     Trust Bank Invitation Art Prize, Launceston, TAS

1995     City of Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Hall, Hobart, TAS

1995     Pride of Place-New Aquisitions 1990-1994, Art Gallery of WA, Perth, WA

1995     10+ Exhibition, Petrozavodsk Art Gallery, Karelia Republic, RUSSIA

1993     Moet and Chandon Preview 1993, Art Gallery of WA, Perth, WA

1993     Selected Moet and Chandon Finalists 1993, University of Tasmania, TAS

1993     All Over the Place, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, TAS

1993     Hobart City Art Prize, Carnegie Hall, Hobart, TAS

1993     Preview 1993, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS

1993     When the Boat comes In,  Entrepot Gallery, Hobart, TAS

1993     To the Surface, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, TAS

1993     Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition, starting at the Art Gallery of South Australia, SA

1993     Group 16, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS

1992     Group Exhibition, Kobe City, Japan & Nagoya City, JAPAN

1992     A Show of Strength, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS

1992     Blue Stocking Show, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, TAS

1992     The Image Drawn, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, TAS

1992     The Alice Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT

1991     Artworks Exhibition, PICA and Edith Cowan University, WA

1989     The Finalists, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA

 

COLLECTIONS

 

St Helens Hospital, St Helens Tasmania

Royal Hobart Hospital Collection, Hobart Tasmania

Kingston Health Centre, Kingston, Tasmania

Her Excellency Governor Kate Warner, Government House Hobart Tasmania

Wilderness Society Hobart Tasmania

Cradle Mountain Huts, Barn Bluff Tasmania, Cradle Mountain National Park

Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia

Holman Clinic, Launceston Hospital Tasmania

Department of Housing and Works, Perth W Australia

Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton NSW

Murdoch University Art Collection, Western Australia:      

St Helens History Rooms, Tasmania

Ministry of Justice Western Australia                           

Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania

Hepburn St Kilda Sea Baths, Melbourne  

Freycinet Lodge, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania                                                                     

Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport Tasmania

Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales

Hobart City Council, Tasmania                      

St Marys Community Health Centre,Tasmania                                                          

 Artbank: Wrest Point Casino Collection, Hobart Tasmania

Devonport Regional Gallery                                                                 

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Western Australia    

University of Tasmania - Hobart Tasmania

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of W A, Nedlands Campus

Art Gallery Petrozavodsk, Karelia,NW Russia

Art Gallery ofWestern Australia, Perth Western Australia  

Cradle Mountain Huts Tasmania

Ian Bernadt Collection, Western Australia

Curtin University, Western Australia

 

COMMISSIONS  

 

2024-25  Palmetto, Private Commission - Diptych painting

2023      Artsite Art for Public Buildings - Royal Hobart Hospital Tasmania - Diptych painting

2019      Artsite Art for Public Buildings - Kingston Health Centre, Tasmania - Drawings

2018      Artsite Art for Public Buildings - Peacock Rehabilitation Centre, Hobart Tasmania - Painting and Photography

2018      Artsite Art for Public Buildings -Department of Health and Human Services - Paintings

2014      Princess Margaret Hospital, Palliative Care Trolley Art Project

2013       Artsite Art for Public Buildings - Devonport Police Station, Forensic Dpt. Glass-Balastrude 

2013     Artsite Art for Public Buildings -Flinders Island Community Health Centre

2012       Artsite Art for Public Buildings -Oatlands Hospital Tasmania - Painting

2012     Artsite Art for Public Buildings - Smithton Hospital Tasmania - Painting

2012     Artsite Art for Public Buildings - Longford Hospital Tasmania -Painting

2010       Artsite - Holman Clinic Launceston Hospital

2008      Black Inc Books, Melbourne- Collaborative Photomedia 4 novel Vertigo by AmandaLohrey

2006      Art for Public Building Scheme, Montagu Bay Primary School, Pathway Design

2005      Art for Public Building Scheme, St Marys Communty Health Centre, Paintings

2004      Art for Public Building Project, Arts@work New Norfolk Hospital paintings and photographs

2003      For the Forests -CD, Sound recordings for CD collaborative work, Tasmania

2003     Fresh Currents Environmental art installation, Freycinet Peninsular, Tas Regional Arts

2000      Visual Designer, IHOS Opera production 'Schwa', Backspace Theatre, Hobart Tasmania

2001       Principal Visual Artist, IHOS Opera, East Coast Opera 'Sea Chant' for ERDO and IHOS

1997       Arts Consultant,  Bicheno Streetscape Project, Tasmania (Aust. Council CEAD fund)

1988     Field +installation work with Nigel Helyer (Sydney C of A) Big Bell project, Cue WA

 

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & GRANTS

 

2018      Finalist, Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Art Centre, Albany, W Australia 

2018     Finalist, Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA and touring to National Archives Australia - Old Parliament House, Canberra  

2017      Finalist, Bay of Fires Art Prize, St Helens, Tasmania - painting; Highly Commended

2016       Residency - Fremantle Art Centre, Western Australia

2015       Residency - Fremantle Art Centre, Western Australia

2015       Recipient, People's Choice Award: City of Hobart Art Prize 2015, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania  

2015       Finalist, The Glover Prize, Evandale Tasmania; Bay of Fires Prize; City of Hobart Prize TMAG

2014     Residency - Fremantle Art Centre and Rottnest Island Authority WA Light Keeper Project

2011       Residency - Australian Tapestry Workshop - Melbourne Vic

2011       Recipient, ArtsCareer NAVA Photographic Prize

2010     Residency - Cradle Mountain/Vale of Belvoir - Arts Tasmania

2010      Finalist, The Glover Prize, Evandale Tasmania

2009      Finalist, Hutchins Art Prize 2009, Long Gallery, Hobart Tasmania

2009     Finalist, Heysen Prize, Hahndorf Academy, South Australia

2008     Finalist, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW

2008     Finalist, The Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion Evandale, Tasmania

2007      Finalist, The Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion Evandale

2007     Finalist, Tasmania City Of Hobart Art Prize 

2006      Finalist, The Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion Evandale, Tasmania

2005      Finalist, Hutchins Art Prize 2005, Long Gallery Hobart Tasmania

2003      Finalist, Hutchins Works on Paper, Long Gallery Hobart Tasmania

2002      Finalist, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery + touring

2002     Finalist, The Hutchins Art Award - Works on Paper 2002, Long Gallery, Hobart, Tas

2000       Recipient, Wrest Point Art Award, $2000 Mixed Media Prize

2000      Finalist, National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Regional Art Gallery, Vic

2000     Finalist, Tasmanian Collection, Contemporary Design Craft Expo (Create 2000) Sydney NSW

2000     Finalist, The Hutchins Art Award - Works on Paper 2000, Long Gallery, Hobart Tas

1999       Finalist, Sculptural Objects Functional Art, Chicago and New York, U.S.A

1999     Finalist, G:ar Morumba,   Sharing Country and Culture, South Brisbane Qld 

1999     Finalist, Trust Bank Art Award-Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery's Inveresk

1998       Finalist, A Smile on the Face of the Tiger, CAST Gallery Hobart, University 

               Gallery, Launceston and Devonport Gallery and Art Centre

1998       Recipient, The People's Choice Award, Hutchins Art Prize

1993       Finalist, Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Art Gallery of SA, Art Gallery WA, Westpac Gallery  Vic, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales

1991       Highly Commended, Albany Art Prize, WA

1990       Finalist, Mandorla Art Prize Exhibition, Peace, New Norcia Monastery, WA

1990       Highly Commended, Albany Art Prize, WA