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PictureArtists Talk : Australian Tapestry Workshop, 2016
 Bio:  
Working predominantly in photography and video, Penelope Hunt’s images are interested in how we navigate the world and out transitory existence within it. Her work ranges from portraiture to landscapes involving complex durational studies.
She won the 2019 Martin Kantor Portrait Prize and 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. She has exhibited widely and been acquired into both Public and Private Collections.
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She is currently teaching photography at Deakin University and is undertaking a PhD at Monash University.
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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 
www.penelopehunt.net 
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EDUCATION 
Current PhD Candidate Monash University, Melbourne 
2014 Masters of Contemporary Art  Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne  
(First Class Honours) 
2010 Graduate Certificate Visual Arts  Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne  
(First Class Honours) 
2005 Diploma of Visual Arts  R.M.I.T  Melbourne 
1990 Diploma of Photography Fine Art Australian College of Photography, Art  and Communication (ACPAC), Melbourne 
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2022 Under the Nylex Clock, Wellington Street, 1988 Richmond Town Hall
​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, Ballarat 
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 
1997 Third Annual Working Art Visual Arts Prize, WINNER, Steps Gallery, Melbourne 
 
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, Contact Sheet, Sydney 
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, Contact Sheet, Sydney 
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 40th Birthday Exhibition, ATW Melbourne 
2017  FLOW (CLIMARTE), Counihan Gallery, Melbourne Curated 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 Photographic Purchase 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 
2020 Loud and Luminous- A Celebration of Australian Women Photographers, 2020 p.74-75.  Curated and published by Melissa Anderson & Hilary Wardhaugh 
 
2019 Loud and Luminous- A Celebration of Australian Women Photographers, 2019 p.72-73.  Curated and published by Melissa Anderson & Hilary Wardhaugh 
 
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, 9th December 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  
https://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, 5th September 1997 
1990 ‘New Dimensions’, The Age pg14, 1st June 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 Penelope Hunt, ‘The Pool’, Quarter Acre Catalogue, Pg 14-15, 2015 
2014 Alan Moore: WW11 artist turns 100 
Produced and Directed 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 
 
COLLECTIONS 
Australian Catholic University Art Collection 
Australian War Memorial Contemporary Art Collection  
Australian Tapestry Workshop Collection 
Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation  
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) 


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