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Amanda van Gils

Best known for her contemporary ‘motion landscapes’ Amanda van Gils typically paints those landscapes that are unremarkable and often overlooked. Through her considered use of colour and line, these unremarkable tracts of land are transported into luminous places of beauty. Amanda’s work  underscores her approach to life – looking for the good and interesting, and seeing possibility. Her positivity is infectious.

Since 2000, Amanda has exhibited in numerous exhibitions throughout Australia and overseas. Her work has been selected for national art prizes including; the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Mosman Art Prize, Fleurieu Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize and others.

Her work has been included in publications such as Vogue Living, Queensland’s Sunday Mail, Art/Edit magazine, and has been acquired for Greenslopes Private Hospital, Gold Coast University Hospital, Monash University, and various private collections in Australia and overseas.

Amanda holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from Monash University and a Post Graduate in Visual Art from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).

In addition to her art practice, Amanda has extensive business experience and is the founder of online art gallery ART500 representing over 20 contemporary Australian Artists and the art coaching business, The Artists Business Lounge.

 

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Amanda’s CV

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 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, 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 

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

  • 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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012 The Artist Revealed; Christmas Self Portrait Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast Qld
  • 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 8 Days Before Christmas Our Artists’ Special Christmas Show, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast Qld
  • 2011 Exchange, Gatakers Artspace, Maryborough, Qld (curator & exhibitor)
  • 2010 Net Work: The TLF Exhibition, The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria (curator & exhibitor)
  • 2010 Christmas Portrait Show, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast QLD
  • 2010 Grounded, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby NSW

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2010 Exquisite Palette, St Lukes Artist Colourmen, Melbourne
  • 2010 First Anniversary Show, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast QLD
  • 2010 Finalist, Lethbridge 10,000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
  • 2010 Accumulate 4″x6″, That Gallery, Hong Kong
  • 2009 Christmas 2009, Art House Gallery, Sydney
  • 2009 40 x 40, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast QLD
  • 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
  • 2007 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary, Melbourne
  • 2006 Christmas Salon Show, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
  • 2006 A Taste of Salt, Salt Contemporary Gallery, Queenscliff, Victoria
  • 2006 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, St Kilda, Victoria

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 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 Melbourne Affordable Art Show, Tilt Contemporary Art, Melbourne Exhibition Building, Melbourne.
  • 2004 Group Retrospective, Tilt Contemporary Art, 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
  • 2003 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne

COLLECTIONS

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

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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