Thrilled and honoured to be selected for the FITZROY NOW Exhibition at Marios, Fitzroy with my painting of Lulie Tavern “This Must Be The Place”. 30th September – 20th October, 2025. “FITZROY NOW is an exhibition comprised of artworks by contemporary Australian artists showcasing work at the forefront of their practices. This year the exhibition will include another dream line up.”
I was honoured to receive the Allan Stafford Industry Award for Services to Blues Music in December 2024! Thank you to the MBAS (Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society) for acknowledging my series of books, Blues Portrait. What began as a single book documenting the Australian blues scene has expanded to 4 books with a 5th due for release in early 2025. Thanks to everyone who has supported my little project and to the amazing musicians who have been part of it. It’s been an honour to meet and interview every single one of them. It has also been an honour to meet so many wonderful people connected to all the blues societies around Australia as well as some of this country’s finest photographers who have been kind enough to allow me to use their beautiful photos. I am SO proud to be part of the blues family!
2022: Finalist – Paddington Art Prize, Defiance Gallery, Paddington, NSW.
The Tote, Collingwood. 90 x 60cm, Mixed media on canvas.
2016: Finalist – Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Victoria.
Young and Jackson, 122 x 46cm, Mixed media on canvas.
2016: Finalist – Waverley Art Prize Bondi, NSW, and 2015 Finalist – Flanagan Art Prize Ballarat, Victoria.
Platform, Flinders Street Station, 102 x 76cm, Mixed media on canvas.
2016: Finalist – Lethbridge 1000 Small Scale Art Award, QLD
House of Soul, Yarragon. 41 x 51cm, Acrylic on canvas.
2015: Finalist – Lethbridge 1000 Small Scale Art Award; “Porcupine Place”
2015: Light Space and Time Online Gallery CityScapes competition, Florida, USA. Fifth place in Painting and Other category, and ninth place in Overall Winning Artist’s category with Inner City Blues, 122 x 91cm, Mixed media on canvas.
The CityScapes 2015 Online Art Exhibition Event Catalogue can be viewed here
2014: Finalist – Hornsby Art Prize, NSW. Subway 9 (75 x 60cm, Mixed media on canvas) and The Rainbow, Fitzroy (75 x 60cm, Mixed media on canvas).
2014: Finalist – Flanagan Art Prize, St. Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Victoria. Subway – Platform 4, 102 x 76cm, Mixed media on canvas.
2014: Finalist – She Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Victoria.
2014: Highly Commended Award for “Subway 9” at Grand Exhibition, Cardinia Cultural Centre, Pakenham, Victoria.
2013: Finalist – Fleurieu Art Prize, McLaren Vale, South Australia. “The Tote, Collingwood”
2011: Finalist – St Michael’s Grammar Archangel Prize, St Kilda, Victoria – “Subway Platform 7”
Milk Magazine cover competition finalist – November 2010.
© Pauline Bailey
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