These paintings represent a collection of memories and manifestations of the way in which the exquisite beauty of nature appeals to me. The result of a layering of sensations and knowledge about a place, the role of the species of natives and others in that place, and in turn, the ways in which all elements of that environment are interconnected. Transparent glazes, applied over time, record these cumulative sensations and draw attention to the detail and beauty of our native species. In this case, heathland habitat in the west and mountain rocket from around yingina/Great Lake in lutruwita/Tasmania.
Kylie Elkington was born in Sydney and currently lives and works in Tasmania. In 2005 the artist graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art with First Class Honours from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. During her studies Elkington was awarded the Phillip Bacon Commendation and went on to receive an Australia Council for the Arts New Work Grant in 2007.
Elkington has had exhibitions in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Tasmania and completed a Master of Visual Arts by research at Monash University, Melbourne in 2009. In 2011 she undertook a six-month residency with the Bayside City Council at Billilla Historic Mansion in Brighton, Victoria. Following this Elkington was granted a Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence in 2012. Her work features in several public collections including Central Queensland University, Redland Art Gallery and Brisbane Girls’ Grammar School Queensland, Bayside City Council, Melbourne and the Southern Downs Regional Council Collection, Stanthorpe.
Most recently Elkington has been a finalist in the Glover Prize 2018 and 2019, the Hutchins Art Prize 2018, Hadley’s Art Prize 2019 and the Women’s Art Prize Tasmania in 2021.
Solo Exhibition History
2021 Locals, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2020 Native and Perennial, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2019 Native Habitat, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2018 Native Engagement, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2016 Curious Natives, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Carlton, Melbourne
2015 The Road Travelled, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Hampton, Melbourne
2013 Open Garden, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2012 Bundanon Paintings and Other Recent Works, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2011 Historical Gardens, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2009 Land Maps: Studies of the Interior, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Queensland
2009 Personal Geographies, Post Grad Gallery, Monash University, Victoria
2007 Signs of Landscape, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2006 Landscape, Southeast Queensland, Wesley Hospital, Brisbane
Selected Group Exhibition History
2021 Women’s Art Prize Tasmania, Burnie and Hobart
2020 Redland Art Awards: Works acquired 2006 – 2018, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland
2019 Hadley Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania
2019 Glover Prize, Evandale, Tasmania
2019 Tattersall’s Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, Queensland
2018 Hutchins Australian Contemporary Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania
2018 Glover Prize, Evandale, Tasmania
2017 Colville 15th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2017 Tattersall’s Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, Queensland
2015 Tattersall’s Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, Queensland
2014 Clayton Utz Award, Brisbane, Queensland
2014 From the Studio: Bayside Artists and Writers in Residence, The Gallery, Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Victoria
2011 Works from the Collection, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Queensland
2010 Tattersall’s Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, Queensland
2009 Kenilworth Art Prize, Kenilworth, Queensland
2009 Tattersall’s Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, Queensland
2008 John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
2008 Tattersall’s Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, Queensland
2006 Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Queensland
2006 Queensland Artworkers Award 2006, Queensland Artworkers Alliance, Brisbane, Queensland
2006 Warwick Art Prize, Warwick Regional Gallery, Queensland
2006 34th Alice Prize, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
2006 Stanthorpe Art Prize 2006, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Queensland
2005 The Philip Bacon Commendation, Thiess Art Prize, Dell Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland
2005 Thiess Art Prize: Exploring the life, culture and landscape of Queensland, Dell Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland
Selected Collections, Awards and professional activities
Kyneton Hospital, Victoria; Brisbane Girls’ Grammar School, Queensland; Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland;
Bayside City Council, Melbourne, Victoria; Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Queensland; Redland Art Gallery, Queensland; Gadens Lawyers, Australia; Sunsuper, Queensland
2012 Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence, New South Wales
2011 Bayside City Council Artist in Residence – Billilla Historic Mansion Brighton, Victoria
2007 Australia Council for the Arts Grant, New Work Emerging category
Visual Arts Education
2009 Master of Fine Arts, by research, Monash University, Victoria
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts/First Class Honours, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
1999 Advanced Diploma of Arts (Ceramics), South Bank Institute of Technical and Further Education, Brisbane