Sharon McKenzie
Email:                               [email protected]
Instagram:                     https://www.instagram.com/sharondraws/

FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS
                                
2017                                  Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies, University of Qld               
2006                                  Part completed Graduate Diploma in Education, QUT
1998                                  Graduate Diploma in Painting, QCA 
1996                                  Bachelor in Fine Art (major-Illustration) QCA
1993                                  Cert in Art and Design, Morningside TAFE

PRIZES
2019                                 Contemporary Prize, Somerset Art Award
2017                                   Highly commended, Clayton Utz Art Award
                                               Drawing 2nd prize, Ipswich Art Awards
                                              Acquisition Prize Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich Art Awards
2016                                   Highly Commended, Ipswich Art Awards
                                              Acquisition Prize Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich Art Awards
2014                                   Winner, The Wayne Kratzmaan Award, The Qld Regional
                                               Art Awards through Flying Arts
2012                                   Highly Commended, Ipswich Art Awards
                                               Finalist Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2D

COLLECTIONS         
                                               The Ipswich Art Gallery
                                               The Wayne Kratzmaan Collection


PUBLISHED                   Arts Queensland Blog-  "Art + Science: the value of
                                                interdisciplinary partnerships
                                                http://artsengage.initiatives.qld.gov.au/aq-blog/5124-art-science-the-value-of-interdisciplinary-partnerships\

​FUNDED PROJECTS         

2013                                  Regional Arts Development funded project “Endangered”


RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS  
2017                                   Consumed, The Crows Nest Regional Gallery, Qld
2014                                   Endangered, The Ipswich Community Gallery, Ipswich   
2012                                   Drawing Fetish, The Swich Contemporary Art Space
                                               I.D. , The Old Courthouse Gallery, Ipswich
                                               ReBoot, Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne 
2011                                   Permanent: tattoos and identity, The Old Courthouse
                                               Gallery Ipswich

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024                                 50 Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2021                                  Ignite, Visual Projection as part of Ipswich Festival
2020                                  Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane
2019                                   Clayton Utz Award, Clayton Utz Brisbane
                                               Somerset Art Awards, Somerset Qld
                                               Adorned Narratives, Redlands Art Gallery
2018                                   Ipswich Artists:  from the collection
                                               Ipswich Art Gallery
2017                                   Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz Brisbane
​                                               Curios? at the Qld Museum and Science Centre Brisbane
2016                                   Cream of the Crop Touring Exhibition,
                                               Queensland Regional Art Awards, Various locations, Qld
                                               Ipswich Art Awards, St Pauls church Hall Ipswich
2015                                   Vital Signs Touring Exhibition, Queensland Regional Art
                                               Awards, various locations, Qld
                                               People/Place, Ipswich Community Gallery through Ipswich  
                                               Art Gallery
                                               Ipswich Art Awards, St Pauls Church Hall Ipswich
2014                                   Ipswich Art Awards, St Pauls Church Hall Ipswich
                                               Art Science Exhibition, the Eco Science Precinct, Brisbane
2013                                   Technotopia, Solerno Gallery with the Cache Collective,
                                                Sydney
                                                The Ipswich Art Awards, St Pauls Church Hall Ipswich
                                                Once Upon a Time, Art and Design Precinct, Brisbane
                                                Stimulate the Senses, the Community Gallery, Ipswich
                                                Home-grown, The Community Gallery, Ipswich
2012                                    Ipswich Art Awards, St Pauls Church Hall Ipswich
                                                Infused II, the Swich Contemporary Art Space Ipswich
                                                The Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2D, Caloundra Regional  
                                                Gallery   
                                                Size Matters 2  the Swich Contemporary Art Space, Ipswich         
2011                                    Size Matters, The Swich Contemporary Art Space, Ipswich
                                                Resistance is Futile, the Swich Contemporary Art Space,          
                                                Ipswich
                                                One, The Swich Contemporary Art Space, Ipswich
                                                Infused, The Swich Contemporary Art Space Ipswich
                                                Ipswich Art Awards, St Pauls Church Hall Ipswich 

RESIDENCIES

2010 till 2023                The Old Courthouse Cultural Association Artist in
                                                 Residence, Historic Courthouse, Ipswich
March 2015                     Jugglers Art Space
                                                 Fortitude Valley Qld
September 2015          Gunyah Residency
                                                North Arm Cove NSW