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Nerissa Lea

SELECTED WORKS
 Nerissa Lea
1959Born Australia
1982Printmaking and Cinematography Degree from South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, S.A.

Solo Exhibitions

2009'What remains behind', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2007'Brain Portals', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2006'The Armadillo's Dream', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2004‘Fly me to the moon’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2002‘From the sublime to the ridiculous’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
1999Pinacotheca, Melbourne Vic
1997Pinacotheca, Melbourne Vic
1995Pinacotheca, Melbourne Vic
1993Pinacotheca, Melbourne Vic
1991Pinacotheca, Melbourne Vic
1989Pinacotheca, Melbourne Vic
1986Griffith University Gallery, Qld

Group Exhibitions

2010'Narrative Realism: A world observed, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2008'Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
'Michelle Hiscock and Nerissa Lea', Adelaide Central Gallery
National Self Portrait Prize, Queensland University, Brisbane
'The Coloured Digger 2', Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
'Step Right Up', Albury Regional Gallery, Victoria (touring exhibition)
United Nations of Cupco, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2007'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
'Portia Geach Portrait Prize', S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
'National Artist's Self Portrait Prize', The University of Queensland Art Museum, QLD
'The Coloured Digger', Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
'Gosford Art Prize', Gosford, NSW
2006'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Jacques Cadry Memorial Art Prize Exhibition, Byron Kennedy Hall, Fox Studios, Sydney
2005'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Sydney
‘ABN AMRO 2005 Emerging Artist Award’, ABN AMRO Tower, Sydney
‘Small important works’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2004Portia Geach Portrait Prize, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
The Alice Prize, Alice Springs Art Gallery, Northern Territory
‘In the presence of all creatures great and small’, Australian Galleries works on paper, Sydney
2003Portia Geach Portrait Prize, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2002Portia Geach Portrait Prize, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Touring Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Qld
‘Several Crickart Exhibitions’, Bat and Ball Hotel, Sydney NSW
‘Several Alcart Exhibitions’, Bat and Ball Hotel, Sydney NSW
‘Several Guitar Shaped World Exhibitions’, Tamworth City Gallery NSW
2001‘Australian Painting and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2000Melbourne Art Fair 2000
Willoughby Art Prize, Willoughby Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
1999‘Architectonic’, Cullity Art Gallery, WA
1998Blake Prize for Religious Art, NSW State Library, Sydney NSW
1997‘Still Life’, Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney NSW
1996‘Naked’, Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney NSW
1995‘Recent Paintings’, Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney NSW
1994‘Rapture’, Dubbo Art Gallery, NSW
1989Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1988The Mitchelton Print Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery, Vic
Savage Club Invitation Drawing Prize, R.M.I.T Gallery, Vic
1987The Andrew and Lillian Pederson Prize, Queensland Art Gallery, Qld
1986‘The Repeated Image’, Griffith University Gallery, Qld
1985Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Art Gallery, WA
1984Henry Worland Print Award, Warrnambool Gallery, Vic

Awards

2004Winner, Portia Geach Portrait Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2000Highly Commended Willoughby Art Prize
1989 Power Studio Residency, Cite des Arts Complex, Paris
1985 Artist in Resident, Griffith University, Qld
1983 Best Animation, Young Filmmakers Awards, Adelaide, SA

Collections

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Qld
Private collections in Australia and overseas