BIOGRAPHIC NOTE

LORNA WALL

Painter. Born Narrandera N.S.W. Studies: Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney. Anatomy, Drawing, Art & Design, Mittagong. Printmaking, Etching, Drawing. Workshops: Mitchell College, Orange. Waverley School of Arts, Willoughby Art Centre. 1987/88 Painting Expedition around Australia. Followed by regular returns to centre Australia and inland to outback NSW and Queensland for new series of works. 

EXHIBITIONS 

1989 Lake Russell Coffs Harbour ‘Four Artists’.  

1990 Galerie La Meurianne Sydney, Solo ‘Preserved on Paper’ Mixed Media works of rare and endangered Wildlife. 

 1991 Lake Russell Coffs Harbour ‘Three North Coast Artists’. 1992 Monad Gallery Sydney ‘Kadadu Series’.  

1992 Lake Russell Gallery Group Exhibition ‘The Forest and the Sea’.  

1993 Lake Russell Gallery ‘Made in Coffs’. 

1993 Monad Gallery Sydney ‘Ride a Wild Pony’ Solo.  

1994 Lake Russell Gallery ‘Six Winners’ (Group of Six). 

1995 Monad Gallery Sydney ‘A Woman’s Nature’ Solo.  

1995 Lake Russell Gallery ‘Ranging over the Great Divide’ (4 Artists).  

1996 Monad Gallery, Sydney ‘Spirit Katherine’ Solo. 

1996/97 Hang Ups Gallery, Brisbane 'Recent Works’ (2 Artists).  

1997 Lake Russell Gallery, solo painter with Potter Peter Dobinson. 

1997 Moulton Gallery Sydney ‘Waterways Trio’ (3 Artists).  

1999, 2000/01 Grosvenor Place, Sydney 

2001 Lake Russell Gallery Group Exhibition. 

2001 Pokolbin Gallery - Mistletoe ‘Recent Works’ 

2002. Hang Ups Gallery Brisbane. 

2002 Pokolbin Gallery.  

2003 Lake Russell Coffs Harbour ‘The Fragile Land’ solo 

2005. Lorne Gallery 4 artists  

2006. Lake Russell Gallery Four Artists 

2006. Hang Ups Gallery Brisbane ‘New Works’  

2007. Hang Ups Gallery Brisbane ‘New Works’   

2008 Greenstone Gallery, Emerald Beach ‘Opening of 2008’ 

2009 Greenstone Gallery, Emerald Beach ‘3 artists’ 

OTHER SELECTED INVITED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

1990/92/94/96/98. Grafton Regional Gallery  

1989/90. Avenue Art Mosman  

1993/94/95/96.  Mosman Art Prize  

1988/89/90/92/93/95/08R.A.S. Art Exhibition  

1996 Willoughby Art Prize.  

1999 Portia Geach Memorial Award Exhibition S.H. Ervin Gallery. 

2001 Portia Geach Memorial Award Exhibition S. H. Ervin Gallery  

2001 Jacaranda Drawing Acquisitive Award. Grafton Regional Award Tour, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery Sunshine Coast University Gallery, Dubbo Regional Gallery. Manning Regional Gallery. Ken Done Sydney. Toowoomba Regional Gallery. Tamworth Regional Gallery 

2007.Muswellbrook Regional Gallery  

2008   Broken Hill Regional Gallery  

2008 Invited Artist exhibiting Dungog Film Festival Conference Centre  

WINNER OF ART PRIZES, AWARDS, ACQUISITIONS 

1986 CRT Cover Design.  

1988 Atelier Finalist. 

1989 Major Art Prize. Coffs Harbour City Art Exhibition 

1989 Works on Paper Prize Kyogle Fairymount Festival Art Exhibition  

1990 Drawing Prize Coffs Harbour City Art Exhibition 

1995 Wildlife Prize Coffs Harbour City Art Exhibition 

1996 Coffs Harbour City Exhibition Contemporary Prize. . 

1990 Drawing Prize. Taree Art Exhibition 

1992 Acquisitive Award. Jacaranda Drawing Exhibition.  

1992 Major Art Prize. Coffs Harbour City Exhibition 

1993 Drawing Prize Coffs Harbour City Art Exhibition 

1996 Acquisitive Awards Jacaranda Drawing Exhibition 

1996 3rd Art Prize. Walkcom Manning Taree Regional Gallery Contemporary Exhibition. 

1996/97 Awards. R.A.S. Sydney Exhibition  

1996 Willoughby Art Exhibition 

1998 Wildlife Prize. Cuffs Harbour Art Exhibition 

1998 Selected Jacaranda Drawing Award 

1999 Major Prize Southern Cross University Award Coffs Harbour. 

1999 Selected Portia Geach Memorial Exhibition 

2001 Selected Portia Geach Memorial Exhibition  

2007 Acquisitive Contemporary Prize. Singleton Art Exhibition 

2007 Drawing Prize. Singleton Art Exhibition 

2008 Finalist The Outback Prize Broken Hill Regional Gallery 

1986-2008 Also numerous Highly Commended awards  

COLLECTIONS 

Queensland Parliament House, Pacific Bay Resort Commissions, Southern Pacific Hotels, Grafton Regional Gallery, R.S.L Tamworth. Many private and corporate collections throughout Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, U.S.A., UK, Holland, Canada and Japan.  

ARTISTS IMPRESSION  S and Cover for the book ‘The Fragile Land’ Vol. 1, 

The Other Side of Bourke', Published 1999.