LAURA JONES OLYMPIA
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Cover: Laura Jones Gum and Orchid on Elliot’s Table 2019 oil on linen 152 x 183 cm
LAURA JONES OLYMPIA 19 June – 14 July 2019 Exhibition Opening Wednesday 19 June 2019, 6 – 8 pm
After Party Ampersand, 2019 oil on linen 183 x 152 cm
Still Life with Camera and Handbag, 2019 oil on linen 183 x 152 cm
Studio at Night with First Antarctica Painting, 2019 oil on linen 183 x 152 cm
Rockstar, 2019 oil on linen 82 x 66 cm
Take Care of the Edges, 2019 oil on linen 152 x 183 cm
Palette looking out to Oxford Street, 2019 oil on linen 152 x 183 cm
Saskia’s Dahlias, 2019 oil on linen 112 x 92 cm
Might Be, 2019 oil on linen 152 x 183 cm
Macrocarpa On Stage, 2019 oil on linen 152 x 122 cm
Bees in the Trap, 2019 oil on board 152 x 122 cm NFS
Flannel Flowers, 2019 oil on linen 183 x 152 cm
Lionel’s Flannels, 2019 oil on linen 132 x 112 cm
Those Shoes, 2019 oil on linen 51 x 41 cm
Love and Mulla Mulla, 2019 oil on linen 112 x 92 cm
After Gaga, 2019 oil on linen 82 x 66 cm
Banksia with Silver, 2019 oil on linen 51 x 41 cm
Three Cadmium Roses, 2019 oil on linen 51 x 41 cm
Saggy Denim, 2019 oil on linen 82 x 66 cm
Craig’s Mulla Mulla, 2019 oil on linen 82 x 66 cm
Pink Gum, 2019 oil on linen 51 x 41 cm
To be Felt and Thought, 2019 oil on linen 82 x 66 cm
Be Careful of Me, 2019 oil on linen 152 x 122 cm
Olympia Theatre, 2019 oil on linen 51 x 41 cm
First Antarctica Painting, 2019 oil on linen 46 x 35 cm
LAURA JONES
1982 Born in Sydney EDUCATION
2006 Master of Art, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2003 Bachelor of Arts- Asian Studies, University of Sydney SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Works on Paper, Olsen Gallery Annexe, Sydney Too Much / Not Enough, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne 2017 Bleached, Olsen Gallery, Sydney 2016 Wildflower, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney 2015 I Woke Up Like This, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney Laura Jones- Still Life, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW 2014 Punch, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW Shadow and Soul, TDF Collect, Melbourne 2013 Light is Fugitive, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW
With Flowers, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney The Conductor’s Project, St James and Museum Stations, Sydney 2012 On Air, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney 2011 Mon Coeur (Into My Own), Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney 2018 The Vincent, Duck Rabbit Gallery, Redfern A Painted Landscape, Special Group Studios, Sydney Paper Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney The King’s School Art Prize, Sydney Spring, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne All We Can’t See, Forty-Five Downstairs, Melbourne
2″x 2″, Olsen Gallery, Sydney All We Can’t See, Yellow House, Sydney 2017 Still: National Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW Coast, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane Salon des Refusès, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Good Neighbours, Artbank, Sydney 2016 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney EMSLA Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
602 Art Fair, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Melbourne, VIC Gallipoli Art Prize, Gallipoli Memorial Club, Sydney Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville Flora Australis, Bega Regional Gallery, NSW 2015 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude 2015, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW Mug Shot, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW Kogarah Art Prize, Kogarah Library and Cultural Centre, Sydney NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament, Sydney Group Show: 5 Artists, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW In the Still, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney 2014 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney The Shirley Hannan Portrait Award, Bega Regional Gallery, Bega, NSW The Boondocks Experiment: Off the Beaten Track, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW
Efflorescent- A Contemporary Take, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW 2013 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney On the table- Still lives, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney Autoportrait, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW Yen Female Art Award Finalists Exhibition, Gaffa, Sydney
2012 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Moran House, Sydney 2011 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2010 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2008 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney 2007 Smash Hits, Parramatta Artists’ Studios, Sydney Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney 2006 COFA Annual, Cofaspace, University of New South Wales, Sydney The Last Supper, Kudos Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2005 Thai- Australia Contemporary Prints, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
COFA Spring Fair Printmakers’ Exhibition, COFA, UNSW, Sydney Money Makes the World Go ‘Round’, Kudos Gallery, UNSW, Sydney AWARDS
2019 The Archibald Prize (Finalist) 2018 The King’s School Art Prize (Finalist) 2017 Still: National Still Life Award, Coffs Harbor Regional Gallery (Finalist)
2016 EMSLA Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (Finalist) Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist) Gallipoli Art Prize (Finalist) Percival Portrait Painting Prize (Finalist) 2015 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize (Finalist) Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude 2015, Manning Regional Art Gallery (Finalist) The Kogarah Art Prize (Finalist) NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize (Finalist) 2014 Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist) The Shirley Hannan Portrait Award (Finalist) 2013 Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist) 2012 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (Finalist) 2011 Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist) Salon des Refuses (Finalist) 2010 Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist) 2008 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Finalist) The Mosman Art Prize (Finalist)
2007 Blacktown City Art Prize (Finalist) The Young Emerging Artists’ Award, Mosman Art Prize (Winner)
RESIDENCIES
2017 Heron Island Research Station, University of Queensland 2016 Australian Museum Lizard Island Research Station, Queensland 2016 Painting collaboration, Studio A, Hornsby, NSW 2011 Drawing Marathon, New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, New York, USA 2011 Printmaking at Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos Island, Greece 2000 Student Exchange, Kashiwa High School, Japan
COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Sydney Private Collections Australia and Overseas
LAURA JONES OLYMPIA 19 June – 14 July 2019 Exhibition Opening Wednesday 19 June 2019, 6 – 8 pm