CV | Rachel Ellis
| Born | 1967, Adelaide, Australia |
| Lives & Works | Bathurst, NSW |
| Studies & Travel | |
| 1998 | Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship: Europe |
| Studio Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris | |
| Slade school of Fine Art, London, (Summer School) | |
| 1992-93 | Master of Art (by coursework) COFA, UNSW, Sydney |
| 1991 | International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy, |
| 1986-88 | BA Visual Art, City Art Institute, (now COFA, UNSW), Sydney |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2012 New paintings King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
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| 2007 | painting and drawing king street gallery on burton, Sydney |
| 2005 | Past and Present Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
| 2002 | Brenda May Gallery, Sydney |
| 2000 | Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 1997 | Access Contemporary Art Gallery |
| 1996 | Access Contemporary Art Gallery |
| 1994 | Bare Gallery, Sydney |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2012 Dobel Drawing Prize, AGNSW, Sydney |
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| 2010 | Everything and Nothing King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
| En Plein Air Prize, NSW Parliament House, Sydney |
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| Packsaddle, New England Regional Gallery, Armidale NSW | |
| Central West Regional Exhibition , Cowra Regional NSW | |
| Kedumba Drawing Award NSW |
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| Country Energy Landscape Art Prize, Port Macquarie, NSW | |
| 2009 |
Director’s Choice Exhibition Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
| Orange Blossom Festival Exhibition Orange Regional Gallery | |
| Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing PLC Gallery, Sydney | |
| The Drawn Line King Street Gallery on William, Sydney | |
| 2008 | Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing PLC Gallery |
| Plein Air Painting Prize NSW Parliament House, Sydney | |
| 7th Drawing Biennale Drill Hall Gallery, ANU, Canberra | |
| Invitational Drawing Exhibition Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | |
| 2007 | Windmill Trust Exhibition Goulburn Regional Gallery |
| Mosman Art Prize Mosman Regional Gallery | |
| BRAG: Recent Acquisitions, 2004-07 Bathurst Regional Gallery | |
| 2006 | [Winner] Inaugural Adelaide Perry Prize For Drawing, PLC Gallery, Sydney |
| Country Energy Prize Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW | |
| Blake Prize National Art School Gallery, Sydney | |
| [Winner-Alan Gamble Prize] Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2005 | Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery |
| Blake Prize for Religious Art Touring Exhibition | |
| 2004 | Blake Prize for Religious Art Wentworth Building, University of Sydney |
| Small Wonders Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney | |
| 2003 | Dobell Prize for DRAWING, The First Ten Years, 1993-2002 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Sydney | |
| Works on Paper Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney | |
| A Tale Central Street Gallery, Naremburn, Sydney | |
| Three Colours – Blue Brenda May Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2002 | Alchemy, Cadia Hill Gold Mine Art Project Orange Regional Gallery, NSW |
| Australian Women Artists Vanessa Wood Fine Art, Sydney | |
| Landscapes Cowra Art Gallery, NSW | |
| Three Colours – Red Brenda May Gallery, Sydney | |
| Art in Food National Trust Café, Observatory Hill, Sydney | |
| 2001 | Dobell Drawing Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| Drawn Together Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW | |
| Peer Pressure Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2000 | Dobell Drawing Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| Jacaranda Aquisitive Drawing Award Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW and Touring | |
| Art Fair 2000 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne | |
| Mandorla Art Award for Religious Art New Norcia, WA | |
| The Frank Saxby Art Acquisitions 2000 Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW | |
| 1999 | Dobell Drawing Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| 7th International Works on Paper Fair Sydney | |
| National Works on Paper Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria | |
| Blake Prize for Religious Art SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1998 | Group Exhibition Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris |
| 1997 | Australian Drawings from the Gallery’s Collection Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| Dobell Drawing Prize Art Gallery New South Wales | |
| 6th International Works on Paper Fair Sydney | |
| Blake Prize for Religious Art Touring exhibition | |
| Dugongs of Hinchenbrook The Palm House, Botanic Gardens, Sydney | |
| 1996 | Dobell Drawing Prize Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney |
| Blake Prize for Religious Art State Library, Sydney | |
| ACAF.5 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne | |
| Jacaranda Drawing Award Exhibition Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW | |
| 1995 | Works on Paper James Harvey Gallery, Sydney |
| Cities and Water The Gallery, West India Quay, London Docklands, UK | |
| Drawn James Harvey Gallery | |
| 1994 | Scapes Arthaus Gallery, Sydney |
| 1993 | Inaugural Dobell Drawing Prize Art Gallery New South Wales |
| Dobell Drawing Prize Touring Exhibition, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne |
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| Fowlers’ Gap COFA, University of New South Wales, Sydney | |
| 1992 | Young Dissonants COFA, University of NSW |
| 1989 | City Art Institute Irish Exchange Exhibition Dublin, Ireland |
| Awards/Commissions | |
| 2010 |
Central West Regional Artists Award, Cowra Art Gallery [and peoples choice award] |
| 2006 | Hill End Residency, Haefliger Coattage, sponsored by Country Energy |
| Windmill Trust Scholarship [joint recipient] | |
| Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC, Sydney | |
| Alan Gamble Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney |
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| 2003-04 |
Communion of Saints Commission, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta |
| 2000 |
Waverley Woollahra Art Prize |
| 1998 | Art Gallery of New South Wales- Dr Denise Hickey Studio Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris |
| Dyason Bequest, Art Gallery of New South Wales | |
| 1997 | Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship |
| 1996 | Blake Prize for Religious Art |
| Blake Prize- Viewers Choice Award | |
| 1995 | Kedumba Drawing Award (jointly) |
| Waverley Woolahra, Drawing Prize and Miniature Prize | |
| 1994 | Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award |
| 1993 | Waverley Woollahra, Drawing prize |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| 2009 |
Christopher, Lissa: ‘Open Gallery: The Drawn Line’ Sydney Morning Herald
Spectrum, Nov 28-29, p14 |
| 2008 | Cross, Elizabeth: Seventh Drawing Biennale, Drill Hall Gallery, ANU, Canberra, pp20-23 |
| 2007 | Giurgola, Romaldo: Luminous Simplicity: The Art and Architecture of St Patricks Cathedral |
| Parramatta, (illustrations) pp54, 156,157 | |
| Judd, Craig: Beyond Region, Public Galleries in New South Wales, (illustration) p40 | |
| 2006 | Stewart, Fiona, Painting Bathurst, Western Times, August 31 p1 |
| Goulburn Regional Gallery Cat. | |
| ‘Adelaide Perry Prize winner announced,’ ArtsHub, Mar 6 | |
| 2005 | Past and Present, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, (catalogue) |
| AGNSW Society LOOK Magazine, May p40, (illus) | |
| 2003 | Kolenberg, Hendrik: The Dobell Prize for Drawing, The first Ten Years, 1993- 2002, AGNSW, pp 9 & 38 (illus). (catalogue) |
| Kolenberg, Hendrik: Drawing a winner, AGNSW Society LOOK Magazine, Aug., pp24, 25 illus) |
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| 2001 | Torrens, Alex: Drawn Together, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, p8-9 & p11-12 (catalogue) |
| Alchemy, Cadia Hill Gold Mine Art Project, Orange Regional Gallery | |
| 2000 | Auty, Giles: Title Fright, Arts Review, The Weekend Australian, Feb12-13, p19 |
| Smee Sebastian: Country Discomfort, Metro, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 18, p24 | |
| Country Style Magazine, Jan/ Feb, p11, (illus) | |
| 1999 | Smee, Sebastian: Sydney Morning Herald, March 23, p15 |
| AGNSW Society LOOK Magazine, March | |
| 1997 | Kolenberg, Hendrik: Australian Drawings from the Gallery’s Collection, AGNSW, p140, (illus).(book) |
| AGNSW Society LOOK Magazine, March, p11 | |
| Australian Art Collector Magazine, issue 1, July- Sept, p16, (illus) | |
| Ryan, Anne: Drawing it all together, AGNSW Society LOOK Magazine, Dec ‘97/ Jan ‘98, p29, (illus) | |
| James, Bruce: Arts, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 22, p14 | |
| Weekend Review, The Australian Financial Review, Aug 22, (illus) | |
| 1996 | Horsburgh, Susan: The Australian, Dec 6, p5 |
| Burke, Kelly: Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 6, p5 | |
| Smee, Sebastian: Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, Dec 20, p19 | |
| Fortescue, Elizabeth: Daily Telegraph, Dec 7 | |
| Johnson, Anna: Sydney Morning Herald, Art Beat, Jan 12 | |
| 1995 | McDonald, John: Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, Oct 14, p16 |
| Mendelssohn, Joanna: The Australian, Oct 13 | |
| Watson, Bronwyn: The Bulletin, Nov 7, p93 | |
| Bennie, Angela: Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 9 | |
| Blue Mountains Gazette, Oct 11, p7 | |
| Fenner, Felicity: Sydney Morning Herald, July 14 | |
| Collections | |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | |
| Artbank, Australia | |
| Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW | |
| COFA, Uni of New South Wales | |
| Condobolin Shire Council Chambers, NSW | |
| Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW | |
| Kedumba Collection, Blue Mountains Grammar School, NSW | |
| Kedumba Collection, Blue Mountains Grammar School, NSW | |
| Macquarie Bank, Australia | |
| PLC Croydon, Sydney | |
| St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta | |
| Tara Anglican School for Girls, Sydney | |
| Union, University and Schools Club of Sydney | |
| University of Sydney Union | |
| Waverley Woollahra Council, NSW | |
| Wesley Art Foundation, Brisbane | |
| Private Collections | |
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