Curriculum Vitae (abridged)
Education
1992-93 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, Painting Major, University of Tasmania, Hobart
1987-89 Diploma of Fine Arts, Painting Major, Claremont School of Art, Western Australia
Commission Work and Residencies
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
2016 Residency - Fremantle Art Centre, Western Australia
2015 Residency - Fremantle Art Centre, Western Australia
2014 Princess Margaret Hospital, Palliative Care Trolley Art Project
Residency - Fremantle Art Centre and Rottnest Island Authority WA Light Keeper Project
2013 Artsite Art for Public Buildings – Devonport Police Station, Forensic Dpt. Glass-Balastrude
Artsite Art for Public Buildings –Flinders Island Community Health Centre
2012 Artsite Art for Public Buildings –Oatlands Hospital Tasmania - Painting
Artsite Art for Public Buildings – Smithton Hospital Tasmania - Painting
Artsite Art for Public Buildings – Longford Hospital Tasmania -Painting
2011 Residency – Australian Tapestry Workshop – Melbourne Vic
2010 Artsite – Holman Clinic Launceston Hospital
Residency – Cradle Mountain/Vale of Belvoir – Arts Tasmania
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
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
Collections
2023 St Helens Hospital, St Helens Tasmania
2022 Royal Hobart Hospital Collection, Hobart Tasmania
2019 Kingston Health Centre, Kingston, Tasmania
2018 Her Excellency Governor Kate Warner, Government House Hobart Tasmania
2015 Wilderness Society Hobart Tasmania
2013 Cradle Mountain Huts, Barn Bluff Tasmania, Cradle Mountain National Park
2011 Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia
2010 Holman Clinic, Launceston Hospital Tasmania
2006 Department of Housing and Works, Perth W Australia
2005 Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton NSW
2004 Murdoch University Art Collection, Western Australia:
St Helens History Rooms, Tasmania
2003 Ministry of Justice Western Australia;
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania
2002 Hepburn St Kilda Sea Baths, Melbourne :
Freycinet Lodge, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania
Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport Tasmania;
Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales
2001 Hobart City Council, Tasmania :
St Marys Community Health Centre, Tasmania
2000 Artbank:
Wrest Point Casino Collection, Hobart Tasmania
Devonport Regional Gallery Tas
1999 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Western Australia;
University of Tasmania – Hobart Tasmania
1994 Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of W A, Nedlands Campus;
Art Gallery Petrozavodsk, Karelia,NW Russia
1993 Art Gallery ofWestern Australia, Perth Western Australia :
Cradle Mountain Huts Tasmania
1991 Ian Bernadt Collection, Western Australia
1990 Curtin University, Western Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Beyond the Shacks, Despard Gallery, painting and drawing, Hobart Tasmania
2012 Immersion II, Video and painting LARQ Landscape Art Research Queenstown Tasmania
2011 Immersion, Cradle Mountain National Park, Video/painting collaboration-music LilaMeleisea
2009 Light and Shade, Carnegie Gallery Hobart Tasmania
2007 Resilience, Photomedia, Drawings, Paintings, Turner Galleries, Northbridge WA (August)
2005 Deep Dark, Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales,+ Out of the Blue; Burnie Reg Gall
2003 Forest, Drawings - Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas. Ocean Works, Stanley Artworks, Tas
2002 The Expedition, Freycinet Lodge, Freycinet National Park, Coles Bay Tasmania
2001 Clouds 42° South, The Church Gallery, Claremont Western Australia
2000 Cloudburst, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1999 Sea of Clouds, QVMAG, Launceston, Tas + Perth Galleries, Subiaco, Western
1994 Aspects of Isolation, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart+Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Uni of WA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Summer Salon, Poimena Gallery, Launceston Grammar School, Launceston Tasmania
37th Annual Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
2023 Botanica – Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Launceston Tas
Glover Prize, Evandale Tasmania
York Botanical Art Prize, Gallery 152 York WA;
50 yrs of Collecting-Something Old Something New, Devonport Reg Gallery
2022 Hadleys Art Prize., Hob Tasmania; Tidal 22, Devonport Regional Gallery Devonport Tas
Rick Amor Drawing Award, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria
2020 Still Life Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
2021 Un/Touched Wilderness, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
Womens Art Prize, Burnie Makers Workshop Tasmania
2019 Natura, Flux Gallery - King Street Art Centre, Perth WA (9th August - 7th September)
Botanica, Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania (26 June - 21 July)
RFAE19, Holmes a Court Gallery, West Perth Western Australia
Summer Show 18/19, Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
2018 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, S Australia
and touring to National Archives Australia - Old Parliament House, Canberra
Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Art Centre, Albany, W Australia
2017 Out of Line, Mayspace Gallery, Waterloo Sydney
Revference, Allport Museum and Library. Painting Hobart Tas - Ten Days on the Island Show
Arts in Parks, Arts Tasmania Gallery 146 Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Bay of Fires Art Prize, Tasmania
2016 Resonance, Moonah Art Centre, Hobart WA
2015 City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
Bay of Fires Art Prize, St Helens Tasmania
Glover Prize, Evandale Tasmania
2014 Scheme, 146 Art Space Art for Public Buildings 35 Year History Show, Arts Tasmania Hob
2009 Green, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney NSW
On Fire, Mundaring Art Centre, Mundaring Western Australia
Flower Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney 2010
2008 Heysen Prize, Hahndorf Academy, South Australia
2007 Auction Art Australia, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Braddon ACT
Carbon Trading, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Inveresk Launceston
I’m as Mad as Hell., Brenda May Gallery, Waterloo Sydney NSW
2006 Changing Nature 06, Darling Park Sydney NSW
The Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Vic (Turner Gallery WA)
2005 New Work -Lorraine Biggs (Drawings), Handmark Gallery Hobart Tasmania
Out of the Blue Two, Visual / sound collaboration, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania
2004 Out of the Blue, E.ScApe Wilderness Gallery, Tasmania, visual/soundcollaboration
Clouded Over, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia
2003 Spoiled Earth – War on Land, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra ACT
Paper Matters, Drawing -University of Western Australia
On the Line, Drawings Church Gallery, Western Australia
2001 Land/Sea/Sky, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of WA, Nedlands WA
1995 Figure/Ground Exhibition, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Recollections , Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of W A
Trust Bank Invitation Art Prize, Launceston Tasmania
City of Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Hall, Hobart Tasmania
1994 Pride of Place-New Aquisitions 1990-1994, Art Gallery of W A, Perth
10+ Exhibition, Petrozavodsk Art Gallery, Karelia Republic, Russia
1993 Moet and Chandon Preview 1993, Art Gallery of W A Perth
Selected Moet and Chandon Finalists 1993, University of Tasmania Launceston
All Over the Place, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
Hobart City Art Prize, Carnegie Hall, Hobart Tasmania
Preview 1993, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
When the Boat comes In, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
To the Surface, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania
1993 Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition, starting at the Art Gallery of South Australia
Group 16, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
1992 Group Exhibition Kobe City,Japan & Nagoya City, Japan
A Show of Strength, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
Blue Stocking Show, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
The Image Drawn, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania
The Alice Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs N T
1991 Artworks Exhibition, PICA and Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
1989 The Finalists, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Western Australia
Selected Finalists in Awards
2018 Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Art Centre, Albany, W Australia
Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, S Australia
and touring to National Archives Australia - Old Parliament House, Canberra
2017 Bay of Fires Art Prize, St Helens, Tasmania - painting; Highly Commended
2015 The Glover Prize, Evandale Tasmania; Bay of Fires Prize; City of Hobart Prize TMAG
2010 The Glover Prize, Evandale Tasmania
2009 Hutchins Art Prize 2009, Long Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
Heysen Prize, Hahndorf Academy, South Australia
2008 New Social Commentary 08, Warrnambool Art Gallery,Victoria
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
The Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion Evandale, Tasmania
2007 The Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion Evandale
Tasmania City Of Hobart Art Prize 2007, (Photomedia) TMAG Hobart Tasmania (August)
2006 The Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion Evandale, Tasmania
2005 Hutchins Art Prize 2005, Long Gallery Hobart Tasmania
2003 Hutchins Works on Paper, Long Gallery Hobart Tasmania
2002 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery + tour- NSW/Qld,/Vic/Tas
The Hutchins Art Award – Works on Paper 2002, Long Gallery, Hobart, Tas
2000 National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Regional Art Gallery, Mornington Pen. Vic
Tasmanian Collection, Contemporary Design Craft Expo (Create 2000) Sydney NSW
The Hutchins Art Award – Works on Paper 2000, Long Gallery, Hobart Tas
1999 Sculptural Objects Functional Art, Chicago and New York, U.S.A
G:ar Morumba, Sharing Country and Culture, South Brisbane Qld
Trust Bank Art Award-Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery's Inveresk
1998 A Smile on the Face of the Tiger, CAST Gallery Hobart, University
Gallery, Launceston and Devonport Gallery and Art Centre
1993 Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Art Gallery of SA, Art Gallery WA, Westpac Gallery
Vic, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1990 Mandorla Art Prize Exhibition, Peace, New Norcia Monastery, W A
Awards
2015 People's Choice Award: City of Hobart Art Prize 2015, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania
2011 ArtsCareer NAVA Photographic Prize
2000 Wrest Point Art Award, $2000 Mixed Media Prize
1998 The People's Choice Award, Hutchins Art Prize
1993 Finalist, Moet&Chandon Art Prize,AGSA,AGNSW,Westpac Gallery,Victorian Art Centre,QAG
1991 Albany Art Prize, WA, Highly Commended
1990 Albany Art Prize, WA, Highly Commended
Grants
2015 Arts Tasmania Artist Investment Grant for Resonance Exhibition at Moonah Art Centre
2015 Tasmanian Regional Arts Multi Media Grant Professional Development Grant for Resonance Exhibition
2014 Tasmanian Regional Arts Professional Development Grant- Lighthouse KeepersGGDaughter
2011 ArtsTasmania,Interactive Content Creation Grant, with composer Lila Meleisea-Vale of Belvoir
2010 Arts Tasmania, Residency Cradle Mountain National Park/Vale of Belvoir Tasmania
2010 Tasmanian Regional Arts, Professional Development Cradle Mountain/Vale of Belvoir Project
2009 Tasmania Regional Arts Grant, Light and Shade catalogue, Carnegie Gallery Hobart Tas
2006 Australia Council New Work – Established Artist Grant – Drawing Installation WA and Tas
2005 Tasmanian Regional Arts SOAR Fund, Kodama Forest Project, Visual/sound sculptures
withLila Meleisea – Blue Tier Forest Tasmania
Gordon Darling Foundation Claiming Ground’ - Public Art Conference, Hobart Tasmania -
2004 Tasmanian Regional Arts Professional Develop. ‘Out of the Blue’ Grant,vis/soundMeleisea
2002 Arts Tasmania -Professional Development Grant The Expedition’–show based on the journal
of the French explorer Nicolas Baudin, Freycinet Lodge, Freycinet Peninsular, Tasmania
Environmental Art Project Moore River WA -Tasmanian Regional Arts Professional Develop
2000 Out There - Currents in the Landscape (WA) Arts Tasmania+Australia Council
Commonwealth Regional Arts Fund Professional Development Grant
Australia Council Grant ‘Creating Waves’ Esperance Regional Arts Conference WA.
1998 Sea of Clouds -Arts Tasmania +Australia Councils Commonwealth Regional Arts Fund
Professional Development Grant (paintings and drawings)
“Devonport Regional Gallery
Highlights from the DCC Permanent Collection – Lorraine Biggs
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Lorraine BIGGS, Dreaming of Utopia 2001, pastel on paper
Tasmanian based artist Lorraine Biggs was born in Perth, Western Australia and now lives and works in Falmouth, Tasmania. The Devonport City Council Permanent Collection holds six of Big- gs’ works, including an oil painting and pastel drawings, as part of our collection of contemporary Tasmanian artists.
Like many artists working in Tasmania, Biggs is drawn to the natural environment, which is the focus of her body of work. However, it is Biggs’ valuing of times of quietness and isolation in this environment, which likely enables her unique and immersive representations. In relation to a re- cent collaborative project, Biggs’ has referred to the idea of slowing down to nature’s time, reject- ing our tendency to absorb a picturesque landscape as one sweeping entity, and instead being open to noticing and experiencing the individual elements that merge into the landscape. This sen- timent is reflected in her pastel drawings and paintings, which take the forms of both sweeping scenes of land, sea and sky, and close-up depictions of the quiet details of these environments.
Many of Biggs’ works, drawn both from her current surrounds and from memory, have a whimsi- cal quality, such as the swirling patterns of the green, yellow and red sweeping hills of the Land- scape of Memories series. This spiral is to be found again surrounding a perfect circular pond in
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Dreaming of Utopia, an almost surreal, still and barren landscape. The spiral connotes growth and natural cycles, while giving the landscape a sense of movement and energy that reminds us that though represented in a static form, nature is constantly in a state of flux.
The character Biggs’ affords the environment further reaches to her works that capture the details of nature that often go unnoticed to the eye, and are not conventionally appreciated for their beau- ty. However, Biggs recognises that these elements, such as moss and rotting tree branches, form an intricate tapestry of natural detritus, essential to the ecosystems in which they are found. Much like the spirit captured in her landscapes, Biggs’ affords these prongs and branches an almost an- thropomorphic quality, again indicative of the value of extended time spent in nature.
Lorraine BIGGS, Coast Road (from Aspects of Isolation series) 1994, oil on canvas
This appreciation for seclusion in the environment is directly referenced in her Aspects of Isolation series. While the series stemmed from a variety of landscapes Biggs had visited, Coast Road was drawn from an area near Falmouth on the east coast of Tasmania, where the salty sea air prunes the trees. Alongside the coastal scene, with its hint of a road, dwarfed by the hillside, sits a panel of abstraction. This abstract panel plays with the idea of perspective, and micro and macro ele- ments of the environment, as we could as likely be looking at minute details of the road as the landscape in its entirety from above. Biggs has stated that this series refers to both physical and emotional isolation, emphasising that for herself personally, solitude in nature allows clarity and reflection, the results of which are evident in her unique and alluring representations of the natur- al environment.
-Erin Wilson, Curator of Collections”