BYRNE, PENNY
Born 1965, Victoria
1997 Bachelor of Law, La Trobe University, Melbourne
1990 Graduate Diploma (Ceramics and Glass Conservation and Restoration) West Dean College, West Sussex, United Kingdom
1987 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art Ceramics), RMIT University, Melbourne
AWARDS, PRIZES AND GRANTS
2011 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, finalist
2011 NAVA Grant: Janet Holmes à Court Artists' Grant
2010 City of Hobart Art Prize, Hobart, finalist
2009 Stan + Maureen Duke Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist
2009 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, finalist
2008 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, finalist
2008 Stan and Maureen Duke Award, finalist
2008 The Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, finalist
2007 Ripe, Art & Australia and ANZ Emerging Artists, finalist
2006 Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery New Social Commentaries 06 exhibition, Warrnambool, finalist
2005 Linden Post Card Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Postcard Winner
2002 Pat Emery Award for Emerging Ceramicists, Victorian Ceramic Group, Honourable Mention
2001 Pat Emery Award for Emerging Ceramicists, Victorian Ceramic Group, Honourable Mention
1988 Meat Market Craft Centre Ceramics Studio Residency (12 months)
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Artbank
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
City of Yarra, Melbourne
Deakin University, Melbourne
Holmesglen TAFE Collection
Lyon House Museum, Melbourne
Mildura Art Gallery, Mildura
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Canberra
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Shepparton Regional Gallery, Shepparton
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool
Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo
Private collections in Australia and overseas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011-12 Penny Byrne: Commentariat, Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne; Geelong Gallery, Geelong; Warrnambool Gallery, Warrnambool, Mildura Art Gallery, Mildura
2011-12 Political Porcelain, Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Canberra
2011 Plausible Deniability, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2010 ILL-Gotten Gains, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2009 Interesting Times, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2008 Collateral Damage, Melbourne Art Fair, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Royal Exhibition Centre, Melbourne
2007 Blood, Sweat and Fears, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 Penny Byrne, Mantelpiece, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 SSFA11, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2010 Power Chicks and Men Who Sew. Deloitte, Sydney
2010 New Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat
2010 Recent Acquisitions, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton
2010 Ceramics Now!, Whitehorse Art Space, Melbourne
2010 The Navigators, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Recent Acquisitions, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton
2010 ARTHK10, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2010 Clash: Contemporary Sculptural Ceramics, Newcastle Region Gallery, Newcastle
2010 SSFA10, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2010 Time Travel, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
2009 Copenhagen Art Fair, ADCO:VENUE, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 Horror – Come Darkness, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
2009 Thing: Beware of the Material World, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
2009 White Heat, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2009 Facing the Future, Australian Ceramics Triennial, National Art School, Sydney
2009 The Climate Show, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2009 SSFA09, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2008 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown
2008 Stan and Maureen Duke Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast
2008 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
2008 SSFA08, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2007 Arc Biennial, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2007 SSFA07, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2007 Exquisite Palette, St Luke The Colourmen, Melbourne
2006 New Social Commentaries 06, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool
2006 The (Royal) Melbourne Show, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 SSFA06, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2005 Sydney Affordable Art Fair, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2005 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2004 It's Murder on Easey Street, Easey Street Studios Gallery, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne
2003 Castlemaine State Festival Ceramics Award, Castlemaine
2002 Pat Emery Award for Emerging Ceramicists, Victorian Ceramic Group, Montsalvat, Eltham
2001 Pat Emery Award for Emerging Ceramicists, Victorian Ceramic Group, Northcote Pottery Kiln Gallery, Melbourne
2000 The White Cube Project, Dante's Gallery, Melbourne
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2011 Geelong Art Gallery, Artist Talk, Geelong
2011 Deakin University Gallery Artist Talk, Deakin University, Melbourne
2010 Newcastle Region Gallery, Newcastle
2009 The National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Decorative Arts Seminar, Melbourne
2009 Australian Ceramics Triannale, National Art School, Sydney
2008 National Gallery of Victoria Voluntary Guides Guest Speaker, Melbourne
2008 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Award at Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton
2007 Vogue Living Artists in Conversation Dinner, Sydney
2007 Visual Arts Secondary Teachers Annual Conference, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2007 Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials, Melbourne
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‘Artist’s delicate figurines have plenty to say’, Sun Herald, August 28 2011
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