GABRIELLE COLLINS
ABOUT GABRIELLE COLLINS
Currently living on the mid north coast my early formative years were spent living in Sydney and as such I have a nostalgia for certain areas of the inner city and harbour foreshore. This has been the catalyst for a number of previous exhibitions in Sydney and regionally. Other non-urban exhibitions however have developed out of various artist trips. I have been painting the landscape for over 25 yrs. My work is largely observational,
and I am striving to create paintings which evoke the atmosphere and feeling of having passed through a particular area. The use of photos and memory are important elements in the creative process.
This results in a painting that often varies from the original scene in composition, colour and scale depending on the added layers of memory.
I have a degree in Agricultural Science, Fine Arts and a Diploma in Education and have taught science and fine arts subjects at schools and TAFE while being a practicing artist. My exhibitions both solo and group over the last 26 years have been in regional and metropolitan galleries, most recently in Sydney. Awards include being a finalist in the Parliament House Plein Air prize over a number of years and the Country Energy prize. My work is held in the collections of Macquarie Bank, The Australia Club, New England and Tamworth regional galleries and Mosman gallery.
AVAILABLE WORKS:
EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), University of Newcastle
1998 Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting) with Distinction New England Institute of T.A.F.E. –Tamworth
1984 Diploma in Education University of New England
1980 Bachelor of Agricultural Science Sydney University
EXHIBITIONS
2026 'Along The Road' - Group Show Project Gallery Woollahra Sydney
2022 When Two Ends Meet- Suki and Hugh Gallery, Bungendore
2021 Cemented – New England Regional Gallery, Armidale
2020 One Way or Another -Tamworth Regional Gallery
2019 Here and There – Weswal Gallery -Tamworth
2017 Bush to Bay (Hinton and the Artist Camps) – Mosman Gallery
2017 City & Bridge – Weswal Gallery
2016 Bush to Bay - NERAM, Armidale
2016 A Regional Mix – Janet Clayton Gallery Sydney
2015 Group exhibition – Weswal Gallery -Tamworth
2014 Landform - New England Regional Art Gallery (NERAM)
2014 New York to Newcastle - Walcha Gallery of Art
2013 The Feminine Optic: Perspectives on the Landscape -
Tamworth Regional Gallery
2012 Walcha Gallery of Art -group exhibition
2010 Exhibition of New Work - Tamworth Regional Gallery
Project Room, Damien Minton Gallery
Home Ground - group exhibition at Walcha Gallery of Art.
2009 Solo exhibition- Moree Plains Regional Gallery.
2009 Group exhibition - Damien Minton Gallery
2008 Trees + Towers – Damien Minton Gallery
Country Energy Finalist Exhibition - Broken Hill
2007 Close to Home - Tamworth Regional Gallery. Tamworth.
A Couple of Hours from Sydney - group exhibition, Damien Minton Gallery. Sydney
2006 Water’s Edge – Damien Minton Gallery.
Redfern, Sydney
2004 Daruka to Darlinghurst– Weswal Gallery.
Tamworth.
Gabrielle Collins, Recent Work - Solo Exhibition Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre.
2003 Surface Memories – Tamworth City Gallery 12 Artists from Newcastle in Sydney - Depot Gallery
Waterloo.
Urban Landscapes II – solo exhibition. Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle.
2002 Urban Landscape - solo exhibition. Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle.
AWARDS
2016 Finalist Parliament House Plein Air Painting prize
2012 Finalist Parliament House Plein Air Painting prize
2010 Finalist Parliament House Plein Air Painting prize
2008 Finalist Country Energy Prize - Broken Hill
COLLECTIONS
Mosman Gallery
New England Regional Art Gallery
The Australia Club, Sydney.
Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth. N.S.W.
Macquarie Bank.