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Selected Exhibitions /Activities :
2021
Solo Exhibition :
“Penombre” , FoyEr Via Gallery , Esposizioni d’arte Via G Gallery - Trento, Italy
Invited Judge on Jury Panel “ Enter into Art 2021 " Prize, 2021. Königswinter ,Germany
Invited Judge on Jury Panel “Summer Competition- Large Format”2021 , Königswinter ,Germany
Invited Judge on Jury Panel “FIIC 2020 - International Festival of Contemporary Engraving”, Trento , Italy
First Prize Winner Acquisitive Works on Paper Prize , Muswellbrook Art Prize 2021 , Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW , Australia
First Prize - Intaglio Kitchen Print Biennale , Charmes , France
First Prize 2ND Annual Juried Fresno Print Guild Print Exhibition , California USA
“Notable Recognition for Excellence” Annual Juried Fresno Print Guild Print Exhibition , California USA
Award Prize – Winners Certificate NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ITALIAN ENGRAVERS Senior Competition Padua , Italy
Nomination Prize - 4th edition of the N-E International Contemporary Engraving Biennial, Iasi, Romania.
Honorable Mention 21st Mini Print International Exhibition , Ithaca , New York , USA
Honorary - Special Award 10th International Triennial Of Graphic Art , Bitola Macedonia
Ist Mention Award , 2nd Graphic Art Contest "Hommage à trois" – Associacio International Duana des les Arts (AIDA ) Barcelona , Spain (Juried)
Highly Commended Award -Teesside International Print Prize - Transitions17, Middlesbrough ,UK
Highly Commended Judges Award - Burnie Print Prize 2021 , Burnie , Tasmania , Australia
Highly Commended Award 2021 Fremantle Print Award – Fremantle ,WA , Australia
Special Honourable Mention CELOMMI AWARD: International Biennal of Engraving Teramo , Italy
Highly Commended Award - The 2021 Picture House Art Prize, Gunning NSW , Australia
3rd Prize Blue Mountains Print Prize 2021 , Blue Mountains , NSW , Australia
Honourable Mention Third International Print Biennale Yerevan 2019, Foundation KulturDialog , Yerevan, Armenia
Premium Prize Award BES ROMÂNIA / Prize BES INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ENGRAVING "IOSIF ISER" 14th EDITION. Romania
Diploma Award “Silver Corb’” Second International mini print Triennial «Intaglio», 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine
Finalist Award Miniprint International of Cadaques 2021/ ADOGI , Barcelona , Spain
Finalist : Okanagan Print Triennial 2021 , Vernon Public Art Gallery , Vernon BC, Canada
Finalist : Americas Paperworks 2021 , Northwest Arts Center Minot State University , North Dakota , USA
Finalist : 4th Jogja JIMB International MiniPrint Biennale , Yogyakarta , Indonesia
Finalist : 12th Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Quebec , Canada
Finalist Still: National Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery ,NSW – Australia
Finalist 2021 Lethbridge 20000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery QLD , Australia
Finalist 2021 Waverley Art Prize , Waverley Woollahra Art School, Bondi , NSW, Australia
Finalist 2021 Du Rietz Art Awards, Gympie , Queensland , Australia
Finalist 2021 Geelong acquisitive print awards shortlist, Victoria , Australia
Finalist 2021 Peebles Print Prize , Queenscliff , Victoria , Australia
Finalist 2021 Banyule Award for works on Paper , Banyule , Victoria , Australia
Finalist 2021 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2021, NSW , Australia
Finalist 2021 Printmaking Prize Waverley Woollahra Art School (WWAS) Bondi , NSW , Australia
Finalist 2021 Biblio Art Prize Bookshop Gallery , Port Fairy , Melbourne Victoria , Australia
SCOTT_BRETON_DRAWING_WORKSHOP- CLASSICAL FIGURE DRAWING: CORE ELEMENTS Queensland , AUSTRALIA
Figurative Sculpture Classes Perides Sculpture School –Queensland , Australia
Raku Firing Workshop – Brisbane Institute of Art , QLD , Australia
2020
Solo Exhibition - Town Hall of Cologne-Kalk (City), Cologne , Germany
“Stones from Other Mountains”: 2020 International Outstanding Printmaking Artists' Works Exhibition" China Printmaking Museum - Shenzhen, China (Invitation)
International Fair Rare books and Fine Art , Grand Palais , Paris, France (Invitation) .
Epreuve d’Artiste Gallery (travels to Piestany Slovakia and throughout Europe and the world) “Wondering Mind Projekt “ Antwerpen , Belgium (Invitation)
First Prize FIIC 2020 _International Festival of Contemporary Etching / Festival Internacional de Grabado Contemporàneo - Via G Gallery , Trento, Italy (Juried)
Award for Technical Excellence 4th International Printmaking Biennial Cacak , Serbia
First Prize – Best in Show - Director’s Pick - Ottawa School of Art International Miniature Print Biennale- Ottawa , Canada
2nd Prize First Graphic Art Contest "Hommage à trois" – Associacio International Duana des les Arts (AIDA ) Barcelona , Spain (Juried)
2nd Prize III International Mini Print Cantabria –Cantabria , Spain (Juried)
2ND Prize and Honourable Mention – 6th ed. Biennal of Contemporary Graphic Art Competition – Associazione Padre Diego Donati , Perugia , Italy.
Award for Outstanding Work 4th Bienal Internacional de Miniprint. Laguna Paiva 2020 – Sante Fe , Argentina
Graphics Section Award - Bienala Internationala de Arte Miniaturale Timisoara- (Faculty of Arts and Design West University) ,Timisoara , Romania 2020
Finalist René Carcan International Prize for Printmaking ,Brussells, Belgium
Finalist Print Center 95th ANNUAL International Competition, Philadelphia USA
Finalist 6th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland , Covasna - Romania
Finalist Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards - Victoria – Australia
Finalist 12th Biennale Internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois –Rivieres , Quebec , Canada
Finalist Winner The Contemporary Print: 5x5 juried exhibition, Print Austin , Texas – USA
Finalist Finalist 4th Jogja International Miniprint Biennale , Yogkakarta , Indonesia
Sculpture Portrait Workshop : The Portrait in Clay with Javier Murcia (Spanish Figurative Sculptor ) New Zealand.
Figurative Sculpture Classes (bronze, wax , plaster casting) Perides Sculpture School –
Queensland , Australia
2019
Guest Working Artist : L’atelier de Gravure - Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris , France
Figurative/ Life Drawing classes : L'Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris , France
Guest working Artist : International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Visited : Atelier Contrepoint /Atelier 17 , Paris , France
Visited : Les ateliers de MORET , Paris , France
Visited : Black Church Print Studio Dublin , Ireland
Visited : Graphic Studio and Gallery Dublin , Ireland
Attendance : International Mezzotint Festival , Yekaterinburg Siberia/Russia (Included attending numerous Mezzotint master classes ,workshops, demonstrations and seminars)
Sculpting the Figure in Clay Workshop / Instructor : Jason Arkles sculptor from Florence (Italy) .
Sculpture Modelling Workshop – (wax model cast / bronze) Meridian Sculpture , Melbourne Australia
Ceramic Classes – Mudlarks Studio , Queensland , Australia
Ceramic Workshop – Surface Techniques , Mollie Bosworth , Queensland Australia
2019 – First Prize - Print “Enter into Art” - Cologne -Germany
2019 – Honourable Mention Prize 12th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition – Centre for Contemporary Print, CT USA
2019 - Honourable Mention Prize Lévis’ 10th Edition of the Internationale d’art miniature, Quebec , Canada
2019 – Shortlisted MARIO AVATI - ACADÉMIE DES BEAUX-ARTS PRINTMAKING AWARD Paris , France
2019 – Finalist Award -Miniprint International Cadaques , Barcelona Spain
2019 – Finalist Megalo International Print Prize – Megalo Print Gallery – ACT – Australia
2019 – Finalist The Contemporary Print 2019 - 6th annual juried international exhibition , Print Austin – Texas , USA (Juried)
2019 –Finalist Americas 2019 : Paper Works Exhibition – Northwest Arts Center – Minot State University – North Dakota , USA (Juried) .
2019 – Finalist Burnie Print Prize – Burnie Regional Art Gallery , Burnie , Tasmania , Australia (Juried)
2019 – Finalist 6th Indonesia International Print Triennial Competition 2018/2019 Bentara Budaya- Jakarta , Indonesia (Juried)
2019 – Finalist 37th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition Bradley University Galleries, Peoria , Illinois USA
2019 –Finalist Second International Print Biennale Yerevan 2019, Foundation KulturDialog Armenien, Yerevan, Armenia
2019 – Finalist International Mezzotint Festival Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts , Ekaterinburg , Russia
2019 – Finalist International bookplates and small printmaking competition Sint-Niklaas, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
2019 – Finalist X International exhibition "Art in miniature MajdanArt " Association for Art, Culture and Tourism Majdan Art , Majdanpek , Serbia
2019 – Finalist Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2019 – New South Wales – Australia
2019 – Finalist Mostra Internacional de Maneira Negra – International Mezzotint Exhibition
Campinas, Brazil
2019 - Finalist Minimax Print Show Galleri Heike Arndt DK – Berlin/Denmark
2019 - Red Dot Art 4th Mini Print Exhibition – Exhibition travels around the UK
2019 – Finalist Peebles Print Prize - Queenscliff , Victoria - Australia
2019 – Finalist 3rd Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial –Kaunas, Lithuania
2019 –Finalist Hornsby Art Prize Finalist Exhibition – Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre – Sydney , NSW , Australia
2018
Artist in Residence - International Printmaking Residency Guanlan Original Printmaking Base (As part of the Belt and Road Project Initiative ) , Shenzhen ,China .
“The Work will be held in exhibitions both in the National Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria and the Convention and Exhibition Center in Dunhuang, China.The works to participate in the Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo in September, 2018. The expo will be attended by state leaders, ministers, foreign diplomats and celebrities from countries along the “Belt and Road”. The works will be exhibited in different countries and used for academic exchanges and exhibitions. For this project, we will cooperate with the top galleries or museums in different big cities for the New Silk Road Print Exhibitions. Together with 25 Chinese artists works, there would be 100 works in total for the exhibition. All exhibited 100 works will be donated to national galleries or museums after the exhibition”.
Ceramic Sculpture Workshop - Sichuan Fine Arts Institute of Handmade Art - Guanlan Longhua , Shenzhen , China.
Ceramics Workshop - Khmer Ceramics and Fine Art Centre - Angkor Wat , Siem Reap , Cambodia
Hong Kong Open Printmaking Workshop - Kowloon , Hong Kong (visited)
C.A.P Studio - Chiang Mai Art on Paper , Printmaking Workshop ,Chiang Mai , Thailand (visited)
Selected Exhibitions
2018
9th Douro Biennial 2018 , Douro , Portugal (Invitation)
Footprint 2018 International Competition , Center for Contemporary Printmaking , Norwalk , CT , USA (Juried)
René Carcan International Prize for Printmaking , Brussells - Belgium (Juried)
Mezzotint Exhibition 2018 - Davidson Gallery , Seattle , Washington USA (Invitation)
Americas Paper Works 2018 , North West Art Center , Minot State University ,North Dakota USA -( Juried)
2nd International Biennial of Paper Works, Prijedor ,Museum of Kozara , Bosnia and Herzegovina
9th International Printmaking “Prints for Peace Mexico” Monterrey - Mexico
Seacourt Center for Printmaking International MiniPrint Biennial , Bangor - Northern Ireland
2nd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition 2018 , Dubai UAE
Biennale Internationale d'Art Miniature (Print category), Galerie du Rift, Ville-Marie , Quebec - Canada (Juried)
9th International Triennial of Graphic Art - Bitola 2018 - Macedonia (Juried)
Bimpe 10th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition , Vancouver Canada (Juried)
7th International Miniature Print Biennial Exhibition- Ottawa - Canada (Juried)
6th Biennial Footprint International Competition , Center for Contemporary Printmaking -Connecticut - USA (Juried)
Imprint - International Competitive Exhibition of Printmaking - Manifest Creative Research Gallery - Cincinnati , Ohio , USA (Juried)
Spirituality in Art Prize 2018- Collins Street Baptist Church - Melbourne , Australia (Juried)
2nd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition 2018, Shaghaf Group , Dubai, UAE (Juried)
2018 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards - Victoria - Australia (Juried)
Kuala Lumpur International Miniprint Exhibition (KLIMEX) 2018 , National Art Gallery , Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia (Invitation)
25th Máximo Ramos International Graphic Award ,Centro Torrente Ballester Rúa Concepción Arenal, Coruña - Spain (Juried)
Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial 2018 , Tama Art University, Hachioji, Tokyo - Japan (Juried).
5th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland , Covasna - Romania (Juried)
14th Annual Magnitude Seven Small works Exhibition , Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati , Ohio - USA (Juried)
Small Works Art Prize Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery , Melbourne - Australia
2018 International Triennial of Graphic Art , Bitola - Macedonia (Juried)
4th International Print Exhibition - Inkmasters /Tanks Arts Centre , Cairns , QLD - Australia (Juried)
“Mezzot’India” - A Special International Mezzotint Exhibition and Event - Bihar Museum, Patna - India (invitation)
2017
Figurative Sculpture Workshop – Society of Sculptors , Queensland , Australia
Life Drawing Classes - Life-drawing.com.au , Melbourne CBD , Victoria , Australia
2016
Official Judge/Juror - “On Paper International Printmaking Award” , Barcelona Spain
Judge –“Enter into Art 2016” International Small Scale Exhibition– Königswinter , North Rhine Germany
Portrait Drawing Workshop – Academia de Arte - Barcelona Atelier of Realist Art , Barcelona , Spain .
Guest Working Artist – Singapore Tyler Print Institute , Singapore .
Portrait Sculpting Workshop – Society of Sculptors Queensland , Australia
