LEONIE CONNELLAN

Leonie Connellan is a print-based artist from , . Her current work explores the relationship between the physical sciences of the universe and how we find our place in it through storytelling — the interweaving of fact and fiction to create a comprehensive understanding of the whole. She explores the role of the night sky in storytelling, and how we use the latter to build on the knowledge of our existence, with the ultimate goal of instilling a sense of scientific understanding, wonder and curiosity about the structure of the universe and our place in it.

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Education

2010-2011 Master of (Printmaking) RMIT University, Melbourne 2006-2008 BA in Fine Art (Printmaking) RMIT University, Melbourne 1997-1999 BA in Advertising RMIT University

Solo Exhibitions

2015 Maroondah Art Trail, Urban Life Café, Ringwood and The Village Food Store, Heathmont 2014 The Poetics of Spacetime, D11@Docklands, Melbourne 2013 indexerrorparallaxrefraction, Mission to Seafarers Norla Dome, Melbourne 2007 28, The Lounge, Melbourne 2004 Ngay Ka Kardu Lurruth Ngala, CUB Malthouse Samuel Gallery, Southbank

Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects

2015 Ahhhh Space, Merri Creek Studio, Thornbury 2014 Thanks for all the fish, D11@Docklands, Melbourne 2014 Mayoral Art Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Ringwood 2014 Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA 2014 Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick’s College, Ballarat 2014 ACMD Art in Science, Science in Art, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne 2014 Creature, Off The Kerb, Collingwood 2014 The End, Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn 2014 Art in the Hills: Light and Life, Oakhill College, Castle Hill, Sydney 2014 The Fold, D11@Docklands, Melbourne 2014 Gone; not begotten, D11@Docklands, Melbourne

2013 Bah Humbug, D11@Docklands, Melbourne 2013 Pozible Pop-Up, Fort Delta, Melbourne 2013 Throw Up Your Art, Colour Box, Footscray 2013 Seeing Stars, Yarra Gallery, Melbourne 2013 Supporters' Show, D11@Docklands, Melbourne 2013 The Blake Prize Director's Cut Exhibition, online 2012 BAZE, Hand Held Gallery, Melbourne 2012 print - stitch - staple, Centrehouse Gallery, Lane Cove, Sydney 2012 What Are Words Worth Anyway?, NONO Gallery, North Melbourne 2012 Transgression, Off The Kerb, Collingwood 2012 Melbourne Art Fair, RMIT University stand, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 2012 It's not you, it's me, Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne 2011 RMIT MFA Graduate Exhibition, Gossard Project Space, Melbourne 2011 Transformation, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill 2011 Stop Press!, Carbon Black Gallery, Prahran 2011 Space and the City, Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne 2011 The Seven Visible Signs of Ageing, Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne 2011 Elemental Matters: Artist’s Imagine Chemistry, Chemical Heritage Foundation, PA, USA 2011 Thelma’s exhibition for Flood Relief, 1000 £ Bend, Melbourne 2011, '07, '05 Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda 2010 A3 Small Art Show, 4 Walls Gallery, Melbourne 2010 Exchange, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne 2010 New, Used and Abused, Loft Gallery, Abbotsford 2009 black and white (shades of grey), Pigment Gallery, Melbourne 2009 Lots of people have what you have, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University 2008 Ordered by Chance, First Site, Melbourne 2008 Girls Boys Machines, Capitol Theatre, Melbourne 2007 Periodic Table Printmaking Project, Element: Xenon 2007 Water, Water Everywhere…, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill 2007, '06 One Plus Two, Horse Bazaar, Melbourne 2005 Celebration, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill 2004 Women’s Intuition, Royal Melbourne Women’s Hospital, Carlton 2004 Allowance, Preston Creative Living Centre, Preston

Talks

2013 Where is the artist's place in the digital world?, Pozible Pop-Up exhibition, Fort Delta Gallery, Melbourne 2013 Once Upon A Spacetime: the exploration of science and story, Impact8 Printmaking Conference, Dundee, Scotland

Curation

2014 Thanks for all the fish, co-curator, D11@Docklands, Melbourne 2014 The Fold, D11@Docklands, Melbourne 2011 The Seven Visible Signs of Ageing, co-curator, Coalesce ARI

Bibliography

8.2012 What Are Words Worth Anyway?, syn.org.au 11.2011 RMIT MFA Graduate Exhibition, Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, RMIT University 06.2009 Un Magazine, Issue 3.1, page 79, "Lots of people have what you have", Justine Grace 9.12.2008 Preston Leader, Moreland Leader, "Here’s Art You Can Afford", Julia Adler 11.2008 Ordered by Chance, Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, RMIT University 2008 Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, cover art, "Getting to Grade Three", "Getting to Grade Four" and "Getting to Grade Five" 2005 Get Creative magazine, Vol. 1 Issue 10, page 33 28.06.2004 Moreland Leader, "Outback Town Inspires", Kate Kyriacou

Awards and Residencies

2015 Finalist, Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery 2014 Finalist, Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA 2014 Finalist, Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick’s College Ballarat 2014 Finalist, ACMD Art In Science Prize, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne 2013 Finalist, SKA Seeing Stars Art Prize 2012 Shortlisted, 61st Blake Prize 2011 Winner, RMIT Master of Fine Art Melbourne Etching Supplies Prize 2011 Finalist, Biennial Art Competition, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill 2007 Finalist, Biennial Art Competition, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill 2005 Finalist, Biennial Art Competition, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill

Committee Membership

2012 The Second Collective, Member 2011 RMIT MFA Graduating Club, President 2011, '10 Coalesce Artist Run Initiative, Member 2008 RMIT Printmaking Department, Student Liasion

Collections

University of Melbourne Baillieu Library, Melbourne, , Australia Tyler School of Art Printmaking Department Philadelphia, USA RMIT University Printmaking Department Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Curtin University WA, Australia National Sydney, NSW, Australia

Etsy Labs Brooklyn, New York, USA Loreto College Ballarat, Victoria, Australia OLSH Thamarrurr Regional School Wadeye, Northern Territory, Australia Private collections in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA