Katherine Edney
Katherine Edney
Self Portrait Contemplating Solitude
120×120cm oil on polycotton
2021 Salon des Refuses at S.H Ervin Gallery
5 June – 15 August
Katherine Edney
Flowers on the Bed I
30×30cm oil on birch panel
STILL: National Still Life Award 2021. Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery 14 August – 23 October
Katherine Edney is a Sydney based painter who completed her MFA at UNSW College of Fine Arts in 2008
She was in the 2020 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW which was her second consecutive year. Also in 2020 she was in the Portia Geach Portrait Prize at S.H Ervin Gallery and Self Portrait Projects at Manly Regional Gallery. Katherine has been a finalist in the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (highly commended in 2018), The Kilgour Prize, Black Swan Prize for Portraiture and the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
Katherine tells her stories through the interplay of light and shadow, built upon layer on layer of paint. In capturing the ambience of each given moment, her artworks are able to evoke the underpinning emotions of the world that she sees
Katherine Edney
You are now entering a stress free zone
60cm diameter oil on board
$2000
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Katherine Edney
Reflections on the Future
45.5×35.5cm oil on canvas
$1800
Katherine Edney
Animals can swim anywhere, they don't need passports
60cm diameter oil on board
$2000
Katherine Edney
Born in Sydney 1983
Lives & works in Sydney
Education
2008 Master of Fine Arts by Research (Painting) College of Fine Arts (COFA), UNSW
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours Class 1 College of Fine Arts (COFA), UNSW
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Flowers on the bed Robin Gibson Gallery
2018 Made in Zim Robin Gibson Gallery
2015 Katherine Edney The Lost Ones Gallery, Ballarat
2014 The In-between Robin Gibson Gallery
2011 Far Away Places Robin Gibson Gallery
2009 Fractures in Time Robin Gibson Gallery
2008 Hidden Fractures; A Narrative in Time Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
since 2009 numerous curated group shows at Robin Gibson Gallery
2020 Self Portraits Project Manly Art Gallery and Museum
2019 Archibald Prize Travelling Exhibition TarraWarra Museum of Art, Gosford Art Gallery
2009 Celebrating Paradise Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2008 4th Wirral National Open Art Exhibition Williamson Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2007 St. Josephs Annual Art Show St. Josephs College, Sydney
2006 Self Raising: Emerging Artist and Design Award Exhibition Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2006 Art for Art Show St. Augustines College, Sydney
2005 Hatched: National Graduate Show Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Perth
Art Prizes & Scholarships
2020 Finalist Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2020 Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery
2019 Finalist Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2019 Finalist Ravenswood Australian Womens Art Prize, Ravenswood School for Girls
2019 Lester Prize (Salon des Refuses), Perth Cultural Centre
2018 Highly Commended, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (RAW Art Prize) Emerging Artist Category
2018 Kangaroo Valley Art Prize
2017 Runner Up, Hunters Hill Art Prize
2016 Finalist, Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery
2012, 2013 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery
2013 Finalist, Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth
2012, 11 Finalist, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Online Exhibition
2011, 09, 08 Finalist, Metro Art Award, Metro Art Gallery, Melbourne
2012, 07, 06, 05 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery
2012 Semi-finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Online Exhibition
2008 Finalist, Warringah Art Prize, Art Focus Gallery , Sydney
2007 Winner, Warringah Art Prize
2007 People’s Choice Award, Warringah Art Prize
2007 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2007 Winner, Warringah Art Prize, Warringah Printmakers Studio, Sydney
2007 Finalist, Willoughby Art Prize, Civic Centre, Chatswood, Sydney
2006 Finalist, Willoughby Art Prize, Chatswood, Sydney
2006 Viktoria Marinov Scholarship for Art at COFA
2006 Finalist, Warringah Art Prize, Warringah Printmakers Studio, Sydney
2006 Finalist, Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Community and Arts Centre, Sydney
2006 Finalist, Sass and Bide Art Award, COFA Space, Sydney
2006 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2005 Finalist, Jenny Birt Award, COFA Space, Sydney
Collections
2020 The Women’s Club, Sydney
numerous private collections
