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2024

First Prize Award  13th. International Biennial of Miniature "Częstochowa 2024" Poland

Honorary Award 2024 International Printmaking Juried Exhibition  “Myths and Legends of the World” The Miami International Fine Arts  and EFA Robert Blackburn   (Juried) , Miami , USA

Honourable Mention Award Still Life  International Juried Art Competition  , Teravarna Gallery , LA , California , USA

Certificate  for Artistic Graphic Outstanding Achievement – International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, Macedonia

Prize Winner - 65^th Japan Society Exhibition - Tokyo  Metropolitan Art Museum  Ueno Park , Tokyo ,Japan

Nomination Award International Biennale of Miniature Arts , Timisoara Graphics  Section 2024 (BIAMT) , Romania

Highly Commended  - Printmaking – Australian Society of Miniature Art (ASMA) Annual Awards 2024 , NSW  , Australia

Prize Winner - Summer Small Works Show  - Caelene Nee Glen Gallery ,Victoria , Australia

Finalist – Hornsby Art Prize – Hornsby , NSW – Australia

Finalist The Alice Prize 2024 , Alice Springs ,Northern Territory , Australia (Juried)

Finalist UniSQ Biennial Art Award -University of Southern  Queensland , Toowoomba, QLD Australia

Finalist “Miniartures FiKVA “  Foundation , WG Gallery , Dordrecht , The Netherlands

Finalist Jackson Art Prize -London UK (Juried)

Finalist  8^th  Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, Transylvanian Art Centre , Szekler Museum, Romania

Finalist  “Omnia Art Prize” - Toorak , Melbourne ,Victoria  Australia

Finalist  Winner “Art BIAS”  -Golden Duck Gallery , Budapest Hungary

Longlisted Homiens Art Prize – 2024  

 

 

2024 - Exhibtions :

 

“No Bodies” Group  exhibition at Real Art Ways Art Gallery in Hartford, Connecticut USA (Invitation)

3^RD   TKO International Miniprint Exhibition   (Toyko  , Kyoto , Osaka ) – Japan (Juried)

International Printmaking Exhibition 2024- New Hampshire – USA (Juried)

22nd International Engraving Exhibition - Morhange (Moselle), France (Invitation)

International Biennial “Petit Format de Papier «  ,Musee du Petit Format d’Art Contemporain , Nismes , Belgium  (Invitation)

Ruthglen Tastes of Art Prize 2024 , Ruthglen Victoria , Australia

Miniartures FiKVA  Foundation , WG Gallery , Dordrecht , The Netherlands (Juried)

2024 International Printmaking Juried Exhibition  “Myths and Legends of the World”

The Miami International Fine Arts  and EFA Robert Blackburn  (Juried) , Miami , USA

Leon International Engraving Biennial , Prebenale House in St Pl de Leon , Roscoff , France

II Mini Print Internacional Galicia – Galicia , Spain

UniSQ Biennial Art Award -University of Southern  Queensland , Toowoomba, QLD Australia (Juried)

6^th Printmaking Biennale Cacka , Cacka  ,Serbia (Juried)

The Alice Prize 2024 , Alice Springs Northern Territory , Australia (Juried)

Small Works Art Prize 2024 , BSG Gallery , Melbourne , Australia .

Swell Small Art Prize ,Broad Beach  Community Gallery  , Broadbeach QLD , AUSTRALIA

8^th  Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, Transylvanian Art Centre , Szekler Museum, Romania (Juried)

2024 AAmA International Exhibition, international travelling exhibition (Invitation) :

Aveiro City Art Museum, Portugal,

Jo Borg Gallery, Malta

Mongolian Khan Art Museum,

Barcelona, Spain,

Piestany Museum, Slovakia,

AAMA City Gallery, Milan City. Italy

11th Bitola International Printmaking Triennial. Tianyi Pavilion Museum in Ningbo. China /International Art Triennial at the Fuchun Mountain Art Museum , China.

 

Still Life  International Juried Art Competition  , Teravarna Gallery , LA , California , USA (Juried)

5^th International Biennial of Artwork on Paper Prijedor , Bosnia and Hercegovina

“Graphics in Khakiv 2024”, Artists House Kharkiv , Union of Artists , Kharkiv , Ukraine

Kazan International Printmaking Triennial , State Museum of Fine Arts Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan , Russia (Juried)

International Biennale of Miniature Arts , Timisoara 2024 (BIAMT) , Romania

Mini Works International Exhibition- Balikesir University of Fine Arts , Balikesir , Turkey

IPMAP 2024 – Grafein Foundation , Amsterdam , The Netherlands

Art BIAS II Golden Duck Gallery   , Budapest  Hungary (Juried)

“Omni Art Prize” - Toorak , Melbourne ,Victoria  Australia (Juried)

2024 Australian Society of Miniature Art National Awards – NSW  , Australia (Juried)

“Art BIAS”  -Golden Duck Gallery , Budapest -Hungary (Juried)

11^TH Triennial of Graphic Art – Bitola-  Macedonia (Juried)

11^th Vilnius International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms , Vilnius , Lithuania (Juried)

6^th Art Encounters – Art Composition  House of King Peter Cultural Center Belgrade, Serbia (Invitation)

MINI MAXI PRINT 2024 Galleri Heike Arndt DK Galleries  – Berlin- Germany (Juried/invitation)

65^th Japan Society Exhibition - Tokyo  Metropolitan Art Museum  Ueno Park , Tokyo ,Japan (Juried)

Hornsby Art Prize – Hornsby , NSW – Australia (Juried)

Small Art Show – Royal Queensland Art Society  , Brisbane , Queensland – Australia

International Academy of Printmaking Alliance (IAPA),  Fifth IAPA Printmaking Biennale and Academic Symposium in Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, Shaanxi Province  China (Special Invitation)

V VIRTUAL EXHIBITION OF INTERNATIONAL ENGRAVING - ESQUEL 2024 Esquel Melipal Cultural Center Esquel - Chubut - Argentina.

Summer Small Works Show  and Prize   - Caelene Nee Glen Gallery , Victoria , Australia

Mansfield District Hospital Auxiliary Art Show  , Mansfield , Victoria , Australia

13th. International Biennial of Miniature "Częstochowa 2024" Poland (Juried)

Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award 2024 , Gladstone, Queensland , Australia

 

 

 

 

 

Artist Residencies   / Selected Professional Activities

 

2024

Sculpture Workshop Female Portrait in Clay - Cam Crossley- Queensland , Australia

A bit of Space – Sculpting with Clay Workshop  -Society of Sculptors Judy Hamilton – Queensland , Australia

Sculpture Portrait   (Monster Clay) Workshop – ThinkingHands studio – Burleigh Heads , Queensland, AUSTRALIA-

Sculpture Workshop – Gesture Live – Cam Crossley   , (Sculpture on the Edge  Festival) Queensland – Australia

Sculpture Workshop - Ceramic decoration using laser-printed water decals /slide ,Society of Sculptors– Queensland  , Australia

 

 

Awards 2023 :

First Prize International d’art Miniature France Lacroix  10^th ed. Centre d’exposition Louise Carrier , Levis , Quebec, USA

First Prize – Works on Paper   - Bundaberg Art Prize 2023   , Bundaberg , Queensland , Australia

First Prize – Works on Paper Rio Tinto Alcan  Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards (Elders Award) – Gladstone Regional Gallery & Museum- Gladstone , Australia

Honourable Mention  : Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition   2023- Awagami Paper Museum Tokushima - Japan

Honourable Mention  : Primer MiniPrint Internacional Rio Cuarto 2022/2023, Rio Cuarto ,   Argentina

Honorary – “Special Award for contribution to world artistic creativity  and impeccable creation of  miniature works “ 1^st  International Biennial of Miniature Art Graphics  and Drawing Bitola -IBMB  Bitola Macedonia – (Invitation)

Juror Award Gamblin  Artists Colors Award. 14^th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition   CCP , Norwalk CT ,USA

Honourable Mention - Graphics in Kharkiv – 2023  - National Union of Artists of Ukraine – Kharkiv – Ukraine

Honourable Mention  : International Mini Print “Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize”    The Asociación Taller Experimental de Obra Múltiple Contemporánea ,Poio Council, and Cangas do Morrazo Council (Galicia)   , Spain

Highly Commended  Printmaking Prize -  « Art Unlimited «  Exhibition Dunedoo , NSW , Australia

Highly Commended -2023 The Agency Still Life Prize – Bowral - NSW –Australia

Finalist Salon de l'estampe de Gravelines “Gravure en Nord” Dunkirk - Gravelines , France

Finalist - 5^ème  Triennale de Gravure en Taille-douce de LISLE-SUR-TARN. Musée Raymond LAFAGE     France     

Finalist 38^th Bradley International Print   and Drawing Exhibition  , Bradley University  Peoria Illinois – USA

Finalist 2023 Muswellbrook Art Prize  , Muswellbrook Regional Art Center   , NSW , Australia

Finalist 2023 Burnie Print Prize   , Burnie – Tasmania – Australia

Finalist – Brisbane Rotary Art Show –Central Plaza  , Brisbane Queensland , Australia 

Finalist 2023 8th Guanlan International Print Biennial – Shenzhen – China

Finalist – 5^th International Printmaking Triennial – Belgrade , Serbia

Finalist -  12^th Kochi  International Triennial Exhibition of Prints – Japan

 

Exhibitions : 2023

Primer MiniPrint Internacional Rio Cuarto 2022/2023, Rio Cuarto ,   Argentina

5^ème  Triennale de Gravure en Taille-douce de Musée Raymond LAFAGE   LISLE-SUR-TARN.   France (Juried)

 38^th Bradley International Print   and Drawing Exhibition  , Bradley University  - Peoria Illinois – USA (Juried)

2023 8th Guanlan International Print Biennial,Shenzhen- China (Juried)

International Mini Print “Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize”    The Asociación Taller Experimental de Obra Múltiple Contemporánea ,Poio Council, and Cangas do Morrazo Council (Galicia)   , Spain

9th International Miniature Print Biennial Exhibition – Gallery de l’Ecole  d’art - Ottawa Canada    (Juried)

12th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition  of Prints      - Japan  (Juried) 

Prints  purchased  by Apple TV Sci Fi to be featured in  Movie set “Dark Matters “  filmed in Chicago USA  2023 .

International Online Exhibition Secrets of the Universe Majdanart  2023 , Belgrade – Serbia

Ipswich Art Awards   Printmaking 2023 – Ipswich , Queensland -Australia

INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL ENGRAVING AND SCULPTURE COMPETITION - 2023 CELOMMI AWARD , Teramo , Italy

“Fistful of Prints” Sante Fe Print Fair CCA Santa Fe, New Mexico, (sister fair to PRINT AUSTIN.) SHIM Printmaking – Santa Fe, New Mexico USA

22^nd International Print Biennial Varna , Bulgaria

Burnie Print Prize  , Burnie – Tasmania – Australia (Juried)

MLG Prize 2023 International Contemporary Printmaking Prize –Il Bisonte Foundation , Florence - Italy  (Juried)

Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Art Center  ,NSW , Australia (Juried)

Worldwide Printmaking Exhibition – Art Center  Dover  New Hampshire, USA (Juried)

14^th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition   CCP , Norwalk CT ,USA(Juried)

CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL ENGRAVING "IOSIF ISER" 15th EDITION. Romania (Juried)

Prisma Art Prize   - Fondamenta Gallery , Rome , Italy (Juried)

Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition   2023- Awagami Paper Museum Tokushima - Japan

[Redux] version TACIT Still Life Prize, Tacit Galleries –Melbourne ,   Australia (Invitation)

Fourth International Print Biennale, Yerevan – Armenia 2023 (Juried)

18^th Triennial  of Small Graphic Forms  Poland Lodz 2023 (Juried)

1^st  International Biennial of Miniature Art Graphics  and Drawing Bitola -IBMB  Bitola Macedonia – (Invitation)

Blue Mountains Print Prize – Blue Mountains NSW – Australia (Juried)

Salon de l’Estampe de Gravelines  “Gravure en Nord” - Musée du Dessin et de l'Estampe Originale de Gravelines, Dunkrik - France - (Juried)

5th International Printmaking Triennial  Belgrade – Serbia (Juried)

Graphics in Kharkiv – 2023  - National Union of Artists of Ukraine – Kharkiv – Ukraine (Juried)

Gippsland Print Award 2023  , Gippsland Art Gallery , Victoria , Australia

Art Unlimited  Exhibition Dunedoo , NSW , Australia

19th AAmA (Asian, African and Mediterranean International Art Exhibition) The first 2023 AAmA International Contemporary Art Exhibition Portsmouth Museum in Portugal in March, and will open at the Lodi Art Museum in Milan in July 2023.

2023 Onpaper  6th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING CONTEST, Barcelona Spain

Mini Print Cantabria Collection in Castro Urdiales  – Cantabria, Spain (Invitation)

22nd Mini Print International The Inkshop  , Ithaca NYC , USA (Juried)

Brisbane Rotary Art Show –Central Plaza , Brisbane Queensland , Australia (Juried)

“CLOSE TO TRANSPORTATION” printmaking exhibition about transport   ,time travel etc

Chicago  Printmakers Collaborative – Chicago USA (Invitation)

Primer Miniprint Internacional de Villa Gesell, Taller Aguada Civil Association. Buenos Aires Argentina

2023 The Agency Still Life Prize – Bowral - NSW –Australia

Bundaberg Art Prize 2023   , Bundaberg , Queensland , Australia

1st International Mail Art Printmaking Thailand,AA23Art Space Gallery – Bangkok , Thailand

Kuala Lumpur  Printmaking Open,  CHETAK 17 & MOM  Art Trans – Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

48^THRioTinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award, Gladstone Art Gallery   , QLD Australia

5th encuentro internacional de grafica y edition de art Conference /Meeting  -UAC University Center , Featured exhibition presentation Campeche ,Mexico - (Invitation)

IV VIRTUAL EXHIBITION OF INTERNATIONAL ENGRAVING - ESQUEL 2023- Chubut, Argentina

3rd Balikesir University Mail Print (BUMP) International Printmaking Exhibition Balıkesir University (BAUN) Fine Arts Faculty , Balikesir ,Turkey

3^rd Hanoi Mini Print   2023 - Vietnam University of Fine Arts , Hanoi - Vietnam (Invitation)

Printmaking Exhibition - Sutton Village Gallery- Sutton NSW,  Australia (Invitation)

4^th Muestra virtual del grabado Internacional , Mes Sel Grabado, Esquel Chubut , Patagonia Argentina

34^th Annual Small Print Exhibition Chicago Printmakers, Chicago , USA

 

 Artist Residencies   / Selected Professional Activities

 

2023

Guest Working   Artist   : DEVFTO  Printmaking Institute Ubud, Gianyar , Bali ,Indonesia

Visited : Black Hand Gang Printmaking Workshop/Studio  , Campuhan , Ubud , Bali ,Indonesia

Visited : Gaya Ceramic Arts Center , Ubud ,Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali , Indonesia

Prints  purchased  by Apple TV Sci Fi to be featured in  Movie set “Dark Matters “  filmed in Chicago USA  2023 .

Sculpture Workshop Female Figure in clay – Cam Crossley  Queensland , Australia

Sculpture Workshop Female Portrait in clay - Cam Crossley  Queensland , Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

Solo Exhibition :

Center for Contemporary Printmaking   , Norwalk, CT USA https://contemprints.org/exhibition/silent-revelations/ 

AWARDS 2022 :

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair Prize - International Original Print Exhibition   2022   , The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery  , London UK (Juried)

First Prize - BAM  Art Prize 2022 - Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG) , Ballina NSW Australia

Honourable Mention -Center for Contemporary Printmaking’s 8th Biennial FOOTPRINT International Exhibition  , Norwalk, CT. USA

Nomination Award – 18^th International Contest   of Small Graphics and ExLibris – Ostrow Wielkopolski   2022 Poland

Printmaking Prize - Hornsby Art Prize Finalist Exhibition – Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre – Sydney   , NSW , Australia

Highly Commended Traditional Print Award WWAS Printmaking Prize 2022, Waverley Woollahra Art School   , Sydney NSW , Australia (Juried)

Finalist Delta National Small Prints Bradbury Art Museum  ,AR, USA

Finalist  Muswellbrook Art Prize Bathurst Regional Art Gallery. NSW , Australia

Finalist   Common Ground Print Prize -   Castlemaine Press   - Victoria , Australia

Finalist 7^th  Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland ,  Transylvania ART  Center , Romania

Finalist  Bay of Fires Art Prize , St. Helens , Tasmania , Australia

Finalist 5^th New York International Miniature Print Exhibition – Manhattan Graphics Center NYC , USA

Finalist 2022 Swan Hill Print   and Drawing Awards – Victoria , Australia(Juried)

Finalist 5^th International Printmaking Biennial   Cacak , Serbia (Juried)

Finalist   2022 Southern Printmaking Biennale X International, Georgia  USA (Juried)

Finalist Whitsundays Art Prize Exhibition 2022, Airlie Beach   , Queensland Australia (Juried)

Finalist Teesside International Print Prize - Transitions17, Middlesbrough  ,UK

Finalist - TACIT Still Life Prize, Tacit Galleries –Melbourne,  Australia

Membership SHIM Art Network Printmaking -Mezzotint https://www.shhhim.com/

WORKSHOPS : 

Clay Sculpture Portrait Techniques Workshop   , Janna Pameijer ,  Ceramic Arts QLD, Australia

Clay Ceramic Sculpture Workshops   :   Magpies and Currawongs   , Fried Mudd Workshop , Noosa ,QLD ,Australia

Clay Ceramic Sculpture Workshop   : Bathing Beauties   , Fried Mudd Workshop , Noosa ,QLD ,Australia

SCOTT BRETON DRAWING WORKSHOPS - CLASSICAL FIGURE DRAWING   (2 sessions)  :  Long Pose  Queensland   , AUSTRALIA

 

EXHIBITIONS 2022:

5^th New York International Miniature Print Exhibition – Manhattan Graphics Center NYC  , USA  (Juried)

International Original Print Exhibition   2022  , The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery  , London UK (Juried)

Group Show Borderless project /SHIM Art Network exquisite corpse projects   :  Jill Krutick Gallery , New York , USA (Invitation)

SHIM Art Network Aqua Art, Miami 2022 fair. This Art Fair, overlapping with Art Basel, Miami- USA

“Borderless” Venice Biennale   , The Dream Art Fair exhibitions Fortezza Orsini, Sorona Italy and Spazio SV - Centro Espositivo San Vidal – Venice, Italy) -  Travels to to Hohenthal and Bergen  Berlin, Germany

SHIM Art Network   Mezzotint Art Network Online Exhibition- Artsy  , New York , USA

 "Espai Zero" of the Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya, awarded work in the first and second "Hommage à trois" contest will be shown. Catalunya – Spain

Delta National Small Prints Bradbury Art Museum AR  ,  USA (Juried)

International juried Print Biennial, Paducah School of Art  and design , Kentucky USA (Juried)

5^th International Miniprint Biennial  , Luguna Paiva  Argentina

7^th  Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland ,  Transylvania ART  Center , Romania (Juried)

Footprint  International Competition , Center for Contemporary Printmaking , Norwalk , CT , USA (Juried)

4^th Biennial Art on Paper  , Museum  of Kozara - Prjedor - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Common Ground Print Prize -   Castlemaine Press   - Victoria  , Australia (Juried)

Swan Hill Print & Drawing   Awards  , Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia (Juried)

Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Art Center  ,NSW , Australia (Juried)

International Paper works   , Minot State University –Northwest Arts Center ,ND, USA (Juried)

XVIII International Competition of Small Graphic forms   and exlibris   ,Ostrow Wielkopolski  , Poland (Juried)

Bay of Fires Art Prize- Winter Arts festival,   Tasmania  , Australia (Juried)

3^Rd International Triennial of Graphic Arts Livno  , Bosnia and Herzegovina (Juried)

Invitational Exhibition for awarded artists 10^th Anniversary Miniprint   Kazanlak   ,Bulgaria (Juried , Invitation)

International Original Print Exhibition   Royal Society of Painters Printmakers   ,London UK (Juried)

Teesside International Print Prize   22- Transitions17, Middlesbrough  ,UK (Juried)

19th AAmA (Asian, African and Mediterranean International Art Exhibition) 2022 will take place simultaneously in China, Italy and Argentina /Tagus International Center of Arts (Online and offline  ) (Invitation)

Miniprint International De Between Rios- Luis Bourband   , Artemio Alisio Museo Uruguay, Argentina

WWAS Printmaking Prize in 2022, Waverley Woollahra Art School , Sydney NSW , Australia (Juried)

2^{nd 1stAnnual art auction} Northwest Arts Center Minot State University , North Dakota , USA (invitation)

Minimax Print Show Galleri Heike Arndt DK 2022   – Berlin/Denmark, Berlin , Germany (Juried)

2022 Southern Printmaking Biennale X International -   Georgia   USA (Juried)

“Bas Bulus “ – Print-Meet International   Printmaking Exhibition , Trakya University , Fine Arts Faculty ,  Turkey  (Juried) /Invitation

Whitsundays Art Prize Exhibition 2022, Airlie Beach  , Queensland Australia (Juried)

3^rd Annual Juried Fresno Print Guild   Print Exhibition  , California USA (Juried)

1st International GCB-Mini Print   2022, Graphik-Collegium Berlin e.V Berlin  , Germany (Juried)

Hornsby Art Prize Finalist Exhibition – Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre – Sydney  , NSW , Australia (Juried)

IPC International Mini Print 2022  , International Printmaking Center , National Taiwan University ,Taipei City  Taiwan

33rd Annual International Small Print - Chicago Printmakers, Chicago , USA (Invitation)

International Printmaking Exhibition, 2nd Balikesir University Mail Print (BUMP) in Balikesir, Turkey

“Premio Leonardo Sciascia amateur d'estampes  2021-2022  Istituto Centrale per la Grafica , Rome , Italy

BAM  Art Prize 2022 - Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG) , Ballina(Juried)  NSW Australia

BIMPE XI 11^th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition   Visual Space Gallery in Vancouver, BC. Canada (Juried)

Kolekcja Mini Print Cantabria w Lublinie exhibition -UMCS University Art Gallery - University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin, Poland (invitation)

19^TH AAMA International Exhibition (Asian, African and Mediterranean International Art Exhibition)

2022 BITOLA Cultural Palace in Northern ,Macedonia (Juried /Invitation)

3rd Annual International FPG Print Exhibition , Fresno  California USA (Juried)

TACIT Still Life Prize, Tacit Galleries –Melbourne,  Australia (Juried)

Worldwide Printmaking Exhibition – Art Center  Dover  New Hampshire USA (Juried)

 

 

 

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   2^ND 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 -   4^th  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  , 2^nd 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

3^rd 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 : 4^th Jogja JIMB International MiniPrint Biennale , Yogyakarta , Indonesia

Finalist :  12^th  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   4^th International Printmaking Biennial  Cacak , Serbia

First Prize – Best in Show - Director’s Pick - Ottawa School of Art  International  Miniature Print Biennale- Ottawa , Canada

2^nd Prize   First Graphic Art Contest "Hommage à trois" – Associacio International Duana des les Arts (AIDA ) Barcelona , Spain (Juried)

2^nd Prize III International Mini Print Cantabria –Cantabria , Spain (Juried)

2^ND Prize  and Honourable Mention –  6^th ed. Biennal of Contemporary Graphic Art Competition – Associazione Padre Diego Donati , Perugia , Italy.

Award for Outstanding Work   4^th 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 6^th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland ,  Covasna - Romania

Finalist   Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards - Victoria – Australia

Finalist 12^th Biennale Internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois –Rivieres , Quebec , Canada

Finalist  Winner The Contemporary Print: 5x5 juried exhibition, Print Austin , Texas – USA

Finalist  Finalist  4^th  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 12^th 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

9^th International Printmaking “Prints for Peace Mexico” Monterrey - Mexico

Seacourt Center for Printmaking International MiniPrint Biennial  , Bangor - Northern Ireland

2^nd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition 2018   , Dubai UAE

Biennale Internationale d'Art Miniature (Print category), Galerie du Rift, Ville-Marie , Quebec - Canada (Juried)

9^th International Triennial of Graphic Art - Bitola 2018 -    Macedonia (Juried)

Bimpe 10^th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition   , Vancouver Canada (Juried)

7^th International Miniature Print Biennial Exhibition- Ottawa - Canada (Juried)

6^th 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).

5^th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland , Covasna - Romania (Juried)

14^th 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)

4^th 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