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PictureArtists Talk : Australian Tapestry Workshop, 2016
Bio:  
Penelope Hunt’s art practice poetically weaves together universal themes around environmental concerns, family dynamics and the transitory nature of our existence. Her work taps into a shared experience as it meditatively mirrors the ongoing nature of time and our existence within it.
 
Working predominantly in photography and video, she has has been a Finalist in numerous prizes including The Olive Cotton Award, City of Hobart Art Prize, Maggie Diaz Prize for Women, The Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award and Runner-Up in the M-Collection Award. She has undertaken numerous residencies, exhibited widely and been acquired into both Public and Private Collections.
 
In 2014, Penelope graduated from Masters in Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts where she was named Valedictorian of her year. She was also the recipient of the VCA Creative Scholarship and The National Gallery of Victoria Women's Award. 
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​Artists Talk : Australian Tapestry Workshop, 2016   www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJNithhIXCY



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​Penelope has begun #artwalksMelbourne 
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which specialises in individually tailored boutique tours exploring Melbourne's current Contemporary Art exhibitions, galleries and artists studios (by appointment).
Photography Workshops are also planned. Keep an eye on my News page for details!
Call +61 428 899 744 to discuss.
​Or email: pjkhunt@gmail.com

PENELOPE HUNT
EDUCATION
2014                          Master of Contemporary Art            -Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (First Class Honours)
2010                          Graduate Certificate Visual Arts      -Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne 
2005                         Diploma of Visual Arts                          -R.M.I.T Melbourne
1990                          Diploma of Photography Fine Art    -Australian College of Photography, Art and Communication, Melbourne
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019                          The Exhibition Project, City Recital Hall, Sydney
2018                          I see myself in you, St.Heliers Gallery, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
2015                          Remains to be seen, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne 
2015                          Night Games, Chin Chin Wall of Art, Melbourne
2014                          Night Games, VCA Student Gallery, Melbourne
2006                         quiet works,Red Gallery, Melbourne
2005                         Self,Red Gallery, Melbourne
1999                         Crazy, Hazy Days of Someone, West Space, Melbourne
1997                          As Safe as Houses,West Space, Melbourne
 
AWARDS
2019                          Martin Kantor Portrait Prize, WINNER, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballara
2014                          National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Award- Masters Graduation Exhibition, VCA
2013                          2013 Creative Scholarship– Faculty of VCA & MCM
2013                          Melbourne Graduate Access Bursary– University of Melbourne, VCA & MCM
 
RESIDENCIES
2017                          Clarendon House Estate, Nile, Tasmania
2016                          Berlin, Germany, Month long collaborating with photographer/architect Ross T. Smith.
2016                          Australian Tapestry Workshop Artist in Residence, 3 months, Melbourne
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS           
2020                      Loud and Luminous 2020, ANU School of Art &Design, Canberra
2020                      Small_mercies  Fundraiser, River Studios, Melbourne
2020                      Common thread, 
St.Heliers Gallery, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
2019                       Martin Kantor Portrait Prize, WINNER, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat
2019                       Milburn Art Prize, FINALIST, Brisbane Institute of Art, Brisbane 
2019                       Postcard Salon, Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Berlin Germany
2019                         Loud and Luminous 2019, ANU School of Art &Design, Canberra
2018                         Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Centre for Digital Art, Los Angeles, USA
2018                         Postcard Salon, Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Berlin Germany
2017                         BLINDSIDE B-Side, BLINDSIDE, Melbourne
2017                         Clarendon Spring Art Show, Clarendon House Estate, Nile, Tasmania
2017                         The Olive Cotton Award, FINALIST, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah
2017                         The Australian Tapestry Workshop A.I.R 40thBirthday Exhibition,ATW Melbourne
2017                         FLOW(CLIMARTE), Counihan Gallery, MelbourneCurated Heather Hesterman, 
2017                          Alternative Destinations,Newstead Arts Centre, Castlemaine Festival Program
2016                         Verdant Garden,Bundoora Homestead, Melbourne. Curated by Claire Watson
2016                         A wallaby once sat here, small acts of celebration and concern, ecology and the feminine, The Avoca Project Inc. Avoca. Curated by Lyndal Jones
2015                          Quarter Acre,BLINDSIDE, Melbourne. Curated by Adriane &Verity Hayward
2015                          M Collection Art Award, RUNNER UP, Gallery Smith, Melbourne
2015                          Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women,FINALIST, Bright Space, Melbourne                 
2015                          Place and Space,Red Gallery, Melbourne 
2014                          Masters Graduation Exhibition,Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2014                          Screen,Lincoln Arts Centre, Melbourne
2014                          Marvel,FINALIST, The Windsor Prize, Melbourne
2014                          Invisible Ink,C3 Contemporary Artspace, Melbourne
2013                          Luminescence,FINALIST, The Windsor Prize, Melbourne
2013                          Envisioning Gods,Rubicon ARI, Melbourne 
2013                          First Quarter,Victorian College of the Arts Student Gallery, Melbourne 
2011                          Extra Extra,J Studios, Melbourne
2010                          Graduate Show,VCA Student Gallery
2008                          <the Space In Between>Book Project, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2008                          <the Space In Between>Book Project, Latrobe Gallery, Victoria
2008                          <the Space In Between>Book Project,Wagga Wagga Gallery, NSW
2008                          <the Space In Between>Book Project, Artspace, Townsville, QLD
2007                          <the Space In Between>Book Project,Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
2007                          City of Hobart Art Prize,FINALIST, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
2007                          Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award,FINALIST, Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD
2007                          Julie Millowick Acquisitive Photog Award,FINALIST, Castlemaine Festival, Victoria
2006                          Detail,R.M.I.T Graduates Show, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne 
2005                          do i have to repeat myself…, Allan’s Walk Artists Space, Bendigo, Victoria
2001                          <the Space In Between>,Platform, Spencer St Underpass, Melbourne
2001                          National PhotographicPurchase Award,FINALIST, Albury Regional Gallery, Victoria
1997                          Third Annual Working Art Visual Arts Prize,WINNER, Steps Gallery, Melbourne
1996                          Second Annual Working Art Visual Arts Prize,FINALIST, Steps Gallery, Melbourne
1990                          New Dimensions,Next Wave Festival, Photographers Gallery, Melbourne
 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017                          Kate Gorringe-Smith, FLOW: Counihan Gallery, imprint Magazine, June 8th, 2017
                                    http://imprint.org.au/printmaking/flow-counihan-gallery/
2016                          Maria Miranda, The Avoca Project 2005 – 2016, Art+Australia Online, 2017
http://www.artandaustralia.com/online/discussions/avoca-project-2005-—-2016
2015                        Ray Edgar,‘Suburbia - Does the Great Australian Dream have life in it yet?’ 
                                  Sydney Morning Herald, 9thDecember 2015
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/suburbia-does-the-great-australian-dream-have-life-in-it-yet-20151207-glgu2r.html
2015                          Dylan Rainforth, ‘The Remains of Art and War’,The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald, 16th June 2015 
                                   www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/photos-from-studio-of-official-war-artist-alan-moore-on-display-20150616-ghow42.html
2008                          Simon Gregg, ‘(The Space In Between) Book Project’, Artlink Vol.28
                                    https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/3089/5Bthe-space-in-between5D-book-project/
2005                          Metro Arts – 11/05/05
1998                          ‘As Safe As Houses’ – Penelope Hunt, West Space handbook
1997                          Myf Warhurst, ‘Strange Things Happening’The Age, pg69, 5thSeptember 1997
1990                          ‘New Dimensions’,The Agepg14, 1stJune 1990
 
TALKS/INTERVIEWS/ARTICLES
2017                          Clarendon Estate–The Spring Art Show, Filmed and Produced by Andrew Walton
                                    https://vimeo.com/240761036
2017                          The Other Art Fair Melbourne
                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=1HlDxzo9_7A
2016                          Artist In Residence Talk, The Australian Tapestry Workshop
                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJNithhIXCY
2015                          The Pool, Quarter Acre Catalogue, Pg 14-15, 2015
2014                          Alan Moore: WW11 artist turns 100
                                    Produced by Emily Bissland, Project: Unsung, ABC Open
                                    https://open.abc.net.au/explore/80563
2005                          Penelope Hunt, 'Nice, Nicer, Nicely, Nicest' , Allans Walk Artists Space Catalogue
1998                          Penelope Hunt, ‘As Safe As Houses’, West Space handbook
 
COLLECTIONS
Australian Catholic University Contemporary Art Collection 
​Australian War Memorial Contemporary Art Collection 
Australian Tapestry Workshop Collection
Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation Art Collection
Private Collections
 
CURATORIAL
2019                          The world around us, CLIMARTE, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2017                          Home: the fabric of the familiar, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2015                          After…,Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2014                          Arts Project Space,Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne (co-curated)
2013                          Repeat, Restate …Reiterate, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2012                          A Stitch in Time,Terry Williams Solo,Substation,Melbourne
2012                          Arts Project Space,Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne (co-curated)
2010                          Captured,Roof Top Cinema, Melbourne, 
2010                          Human Nature,Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Warnambool (co-curated)
2009                          Small Works,Arts Project Australia, Melbourne(co-curated)
 
EMPLOYMENT
2019- Present        Casual Academic Lecturer, Performance and Art, Deakin University, Melbourne
2017- Present        Photography and Digital Specialist, Arts Project Australia
2008- 2017             Registrar, Arts Project Australia
1990 -2003             Self-employed photographer
 

 
 

 

 
 




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