Amanda van Gils

Amanda van Gils

Amanda van Gils is an Australian artist whose work explores perception, memory, and the emotional resonance of place. Her paintings draw from the landscape not merely as subject, but as a site of enquiry – a portal into what lies beneath the surface of experience.

Known for her luminous ‘motion landscapes’ and evocative skies, Amanda’s work invites quiet attention, stillness, and reflection.

Her current series, The Shape of What’s True, deepens this enquiry through a renewed material language. Returning to watercolour and reintroducing text as a visual element, these layered compositions examine how belief shapes identity, and how meaning often resides in what is felt rather than seen. Fragments of partially obscured words echo the subconscious narratives that shape our inner worlds.

Amanda’s work has been exhibited in more than 120 exhibitions, including over 25 solo shows. Her work has been exhibited in Australia, Berlin, and New York, and her paintings are held in both public and private collections, including Monash University, Greenslopes Private Hospital, and Gold Coast University Hospital.

Amanda holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Monash University and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Victorian College of the Arts.

Beyond her studio, Amanda is the founder of The Artists Business Lounge – a coaching platform supporting artists to build strong, sustainable careers without compromising their creative integrity. Her work in this space has earned multiple awards, acknowledging her innovative approach to artist mentorship and creative entrepreneurship.

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Amanda van Gils at exhibition opening

Amanda’s CV

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • Coming Soon in 2025 – The Shape of What’s True, Teneriffe Art Space, Brisbane
  • 2021 Small Wonders, Finite Art Space, Brisbane
  • 2019 Lay of the Land, Gallerysmith Project Space, Melbourne
  • 2016 Trees – Ambience Store Project #08, Brisbane, (curated by Carrie McCarthy)
  • 2015 e-motion, White Canvas Gallery, Brisbane
  • 2014 Man and Boy, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast, Qld
  • 2013 Becoming Home, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Qld
  • 2013 Bright Places, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW
  • 2013 Twice Removed, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2012-13 The In-Between Places, various galleries
    • Rex-Livingston Art Dealer Sydney (Jun – Jul 2013)
    • Pine Rivers Art Gallery (Apr-May 2013)
    • Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery (Oct-Nov 2012),
    • Hervey Bay Regional Gallery (Jul-Aug 2012) and,
    • Gympie Regional Gallery (Mar-Apr 2012)
  • 2012 Still. Moving (Landscapes), Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Bundaberg, Qld
  • 2010 Going Places (split solo exhibition with Simon Collins), Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast, Qld
  • 2008 Views from a Speeding Train, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne
  • 2008 So much to see and do, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2007 A Poetic Line, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
  • 2006 alles ist möglich (Everything is possible), GALLERY 24, Berlin
  • 2005 Play Time, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
  • 2004 Drifters, Stella Dimadis Galleries, Melbourne
  • 2003 Twilight Travels, Tilt Contemporary Art, Melbourne
  • 2003 Irresistible Detours, Pantechnicon Gallery, Daylesford, Victoria
  • 2003 Mistakenly, Metropolis Gallery, Melbourne
  • 2002 subvisible, Red Gallery, Melbourne
  • 2002 Cars Like Us, LaTrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne

FORMAL ART STUDIES

  • 2000 Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts – Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1999 Studio Practice – LaTrobe Street College of Art and New Media, Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1987-89 Bachelor of Art – Fine Art – Monash University, Caulfield Campus (previously known as Chisholm Institute of Technology), Caulfield, Victoria

GRANTS & AWARDS

  • 2025 Visual Artist Career Coaching Champion of the Year 2025 (APAC): Amanda van Gils

  • Business Leadership & Dedication Excellence Award 2025

  • 2025 Influential Businesswoman Awards, Best International Visual Artist Career Coach 2025 (Australia): Amanda van Gils, International Global Media, UK

  • 2025 Best Visual Artist Career Coaching Business 2025, 9th Australian Enterprise Awards, Corporate Vision.

GRANTS & AWARDS

  • 2024 Influential Businesswoman Awards, Best International Visual Artist Career Coach 2024 (Australia): Amanda van Gils
  • 2024 Visual Artists Career Coaching of the Year, Australian Enterprise Awards
  • 2023 Business Basics Grant, Queensland Government
  • 2012 Career Development Grant, Arts Queensland
  • 2011 Merit Award: 2D category, awarded by Judge Philip Bacon. Moreton Bay Art Awards, Pine Rivers Gallery, Brisbane.
  • 2010 Janet Holmes a’ Court Artists Grant, NAVA (National Association for the Visual Arts)
  • 2010 Regional Arts Development Fund Grant, Arts Queensland
  • 2006 Highly Commended (Prize of Excellence), Real-Time Global Art Annual, Artoteque, London
  • 2006 Winner, Art Interview 4th International Online Artist Competition, Art Interview Berlin

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2020-21 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, St Kilda, Victoria
  • 2020 Landscapes, Studio Direct, Michael Reid, Sydney
  • 2019-20 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, St Kilda, Victoria
  • 2019 Annual Christmas Exhibition (Smash and Grab), Gallery Smith, Melbourne
  • 2019 Finalist, Lethbridge 20,000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
  • 2019 Finalist, St Kevin’s College Art Show, St Kevin’s College Melbourne
  • 2018 Finalist, 9×5 Landscape Prize Waverley Woollahra Art School, Bondi, NSW
  • 2018 The Exquisite Palette, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne, curated by Louise Blyton
  • 2018 Finalist, St Kevin’s College Art Show, St Kevin’s College Melbourne
  • 2018 Small Works: A Survey, Red Rock Regional Theatre and Art Gallery (RRRTAG) Cororooke Victoria, curated by Debbie Hill and Julie Keating

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2017 A Look at Landscape III, Rex Livingston Art + Objects, Katoomba, NSW
  • 2017 Finalist, St Kevin’s College Art Show, St Kevin’s College, Melbourne
  • 2016 Onefourfour 2015 alumni exhibition, The Art Room, Melbourne (curated by Ilona Nelson)
  • 2015 The Garden Show, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW
  • 2014 Finalist, Moreton Bay Art Awards, Pine Rivers Gallery, Brisbane
  • 2013 The Colour Red, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast, Qld
  • 2013 Passing Through, Wellington Street Projects, Sydney (curated by Katherine Brinkman)
  • 2012 Finalist, Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, NSW
  • 2012 Finalist, Moreton Bay Art Awards, Pine Rivers Gallery, Brisbane
  • 2011 Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra, Qld
  • 2011 Finalist, 41st Muswellbrook Open Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook NSW
  • 2011 Finalist, Moreton Bay Art Awards, Pine Rivers Gallery, Brisbane.
  • 2011 Exchange, Gatakers Artspace, Maryborough, Qld (curator & exhibitor)
  • 2010 Net Work: The TLF Exhibition, The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria (curator & exhibitor)
  • 2010 Grounded, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby NSW
  • 2010 Exquisite Palette, St Lukes Artist Colourmen, Melbourne
  • 2010 First Anniversary Show, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast QLD

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2010 Finalist, Lethbridge 10,000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
  • 2010 Accumulate 4″x6″, That Gallery, Hong Kong
  • 2009 Christmas 2009, Art House Gallery, Sydney
  • 2009 Opening Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast, Qld.
  • 2009 30 X 40, United Galleries, Sydney
  • 2009 Finalist, Whyalla Art Prize 2009, Country Arts, South Australia
  • 2009 Finalist, Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Victoria
  • 2009 Finalist, Mount Eyre Art Prize, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
  • 2009 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary, Melbourne
  • 2008 Exquisite Palette, St Lukes Artist Colourmen, Melbourne
  • 2008 Gallery Artists, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
  • 2008 Contempo 5, Libby Edwards Galleries Brisbane, Brisbane
  • 2008 Finalist, Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia
  • 2008 Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize 2008, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
  • 2008 Finalist, Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane
  • 2008 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
  • 2007 Finalist, Whyalla Art Prize 2007, Country Arts, South Australia
  • 2007 Christmas Salon Show, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
  • 2007 Art Interview – 2007 International Award Exhibition, GALLERY 24, Berlin
  • 2006 Christmas Salon Show, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2006 A Taste of Salt, Salt Contemporary Gallery, Queenscliff, Victoria
  • 2006 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, St Kilda, Victoria
  • 2006 Finalist, Sommerwende International Arts Festival, GALLERY 24/ARTLINE: Berlin Cultural Centre, Berlin
  • 2005 Finalist, Sommerwende International Arts Festival, GALLERY 24/ARTLINE: Berlin Cultural Centre, Berlin
  • 2005 Christmas Salon Show, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
  • 2005 ArtSydney05, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Collectors Pavilion, Fox Studios, Sydney
  • 2005 MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne
  • 2005 The Discovery Art Show, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne
  • 2004 MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne
  • 2004 Finalist, Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Wyndham Community Cultural Centre, Victoria.
  • 2003 Finalist, The Hutchins Art Prize 2003, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
  • 2003 Finalist, City of Banyule Works on Paper Art Award 2003, Melbourne
  • 2003 Finalist, Darebin La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize 2003, Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, Melbourne
  • 2003 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize 2003, Melbourne
  • 2003 Finalist, Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Werribee, Victoria
  • 2003 Finalist, The Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne
  • 2003 Red Group Show, Red Gallery, Melbourne
  • 2003 St Kilda Art Supplies 10th Birthday Show, Metropolis Gallery, Melbourne

COLLECTIONS

  • Greenslopes Private Hospital
  • Gold Coast University Hospital
  • Monash University
  • Chisholm Institute of Technology
  • Various private collections in Australia, USA, Canada, London, Berlin, Belgium, Switzerland

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • 2012 ‘Out and About’ Hervey Bay Observer, Wednesday 18th July, 2012, p.9
  • 2012 ‘Artists delve into creative mysteries’ Hervey Bay Observer, Wednesday 11th 2012, p.15
  • 2012 ‘A glimpse of old photos’ Gympie Regional Times, Wednesday 11th April 2012
  • 2012 ‘Life’s a real blur’ Gympie Regional Times, Wednesday 21st March 2012, p.16
  • 2012 Martin-Chew, Louise. ‘The In-Between Places’ catalogue essay
  • 2011 Kay Ross, An artistic exchange, ABC Wide Bay Queensland, (radio segment) http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/11/22/3373320.htm
  • 2011 Exhibition catalogue Exchange curated by Amanda van Gils. Catalogue essay ‘Exchange’ by Houghton Jacqueline, 6pp
  • 2012 Gray Steve, ‘Exhibition – Exchange’ Art Re-source blog, http://stevegray.com.au/blog/exhibition-exchange-2/
  • 2011 van Gils, Amanda (Author) ‘Net Work: the TLF exhibition’, Women’s Art Register Bulletin, Number 49 Summer 2010-11 p. 16-18
  • 2010 Brown, Emma. ‘Gallery nets an exhibition’, The Courier, Tuesday 14th December, 2010
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