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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 […]

Artwork

Bottlebrush, Blue Water Crescent, 2024

Oil on Belgian Linen

104×95 cm

Giant Honey Myrtle, Hawley Beach, 2024

Oil on Belgian Linen

104×95 cm

Melaleuca, Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain, 2024

Oil on Belgian Linen

104×95 cm

Foreshore Nocturne, Hawley Beach, 2024

Oil on Belgian Linen

104×95 cm

Mountain Rocket (Bellendena Montana, Central Plateau Iutruwita/Tasmania : On Reserve

Oil on Linen

163×203 cm

Mountain Rocket (Bellendena montana), yingina/Great Lake, lutruwita/Tasmania

Oil on Linen

160×190 cm

Habitat, West Coast Heathland, lutruwita/Tasmania

Oil on Linen

160×190 cm

BIOGRAPHY

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

Catalogues

Exhibitions

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