Miriam Innes
 

Miriam Innes C.V. 2023                                                        contact  miriaminnesart@gmail.com

 

Awards/Grants/Facilitator

  • 2023: Recipient - Regional Arts Fund in support of public programmes for '22.96 / r e c e d i n g ' (flood recovery exhibit) at Gympie Regional Gallery.  Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
  • 2022: Recipient - Regional Arts Fund Cultural Tourism Capacity Grant, Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
  • 2021: Boynes Emerging Artist Award Juror (Drawing Section), International Award. 
  • 2021: Facilitator for Gympie Urban Sketchers (6-week program and exhibit at Gympie Regional Art Gallery) QLD
  • 2020: Awarded - Bendigo Bank Local Artist Award, Du Reitz Art Award, Gympie Regional Art Gallery, QLD.
  • 2020: Awarded - Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize People's Choice Award, Noosa Art Gallery. QLD
  • 2019: Facilitator for Tones and Techniques Collection of Arabian Drawings at Rose Museum, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • 2018: Awarded: - Emerging Artist Award - Evision Media, Dubai/Abu Dhabi. U.A.E.
  • 2018: Regional Arts Development Fund, (RADF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia and Logan Arts Council, Australia

award finalist:

  • 2023:  Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA) for '22.96 / r e c e d i n g ' Curator/ lead artist at Gympie Regional Gallery. QLD
  • 2023: GIRRA, Fraser Coast National Art Prize, Hervey Bay Regional Art Gallery, QLD. Australia
  • 2023: Du Reitz Art Award, Gympie Regional Art Gallery, QLD. Australia
  • 2023: Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery and Latrobe Art Space, Brisbane, QLD
  • 2022: Clayton Utz Award, Brisbane, QLD. Australia 
  • 2022: Mandorla Art Award, Holmes à Court Gallery, West Perth. WA. Australia
  • 2022: Du Reitz Art Award, Gympie Regional Art Gallery, QLD. Australia
  • 2022: Mandora Art Award, Holmes à Court Gallery, West Perth. WA Australia
  • 2020: Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Award, Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD
  • 2018: Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane. QLD. Australia
  • 2018: The Collie Art Prize Collie Art Gallery, Collie, WA. Australia
  • ​​​​​2017: Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • 2016: Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award, GRAGM, QLD
  • 2016: Clayton Utz Art Award QLD, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

solo

  • 2023: 'New York in the Outback' - Dr David Harvey-Sutton Art Gallery, Cloncurry, QLD.
  • 2022: 'New York Rambling' Installation view - Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy. Melbourne. VIC
  • 2021: 'Grandiose ParisMay Space Sydney (online)
  • 2021: 'New York Rambling' Art & Architecture - Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Noosa. QLD.
  • 2020: 'Roundabout: New York and Gympie' - Gympie Regional Art Gallery, Gympie. QLD.
  • 2020: ‘Unequivocally New York’ - MAY SPACE, Waterloo, Sydney. NSW.
  • 2020: 'New York Rambling' - A 360-degree Charcoal Drawing Project, Logan City Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. This project is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). RADF is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Logan City Council to support arts and culture in regional Queensland and Nitram Charcoal (Canada).
  • 2019: 'NY Rambling: Drawing Light from the Shadows'- NYA Gallery, Manhattan, New York, USA.
  • 2018: 'Building blocks of a society' Novus Gallery, The Galleria, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi. U.A.E.
  • 2016: 'Manmade Environments' Essential Walk Exhibit, Logan City Council, QLD. Australia
  • 2015: 'Sharing New York' Beenleigh Art Wall, Logan City Council, QLD. Australia
  • 2008: 'The NY Exhibit' Hirschfeld Mack Gallery, Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, VIC. Australia

permanent artwork / collections / notable commissions

  • 2023: Commission for Cloncurry Shire Council for Cloncurry Tourist Information Centre and shire collection. QLD
  • 2023: Mural commissioned by Gympie Regional Council for Gympie Regional Art Gallery's 25th Anniversary
  • 2022: Commission of six largescale permanent charcoal wall drawings for Meriton Surfers Paradise Convenience Store, Meriton Suites, Surfers Paradise, QLD
  • 2021: Commission for Retail Design Lab of ceiling, permanent charcoal wall drawings. QLD

group

  • 2023: 'Through My Eyes' Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane. QLD
  • 2023: 'Us and Them'Floating Land Biennale. Noosa Regional Gallery, Floating Land is recognised as one of Australia’s leading arts in environment events. As an ongoing conversation about creativity and culture in the environment.
  • 2023: '22.96 / r e c e d i n g ' Curator/ lead artist, flood commemorative exhibit, Gympie Regional Gallery. QLD
  • 2023: 'Director Choice' Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane. QLD
  • 2022: 'Mandola Award Tour' (selected) New Norcia Museum & Gallery, New Norcia. WA 
  • 2022: 'Monochrome' Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane. QLD
  • 2021: 'Twenty' (invited) Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane. QLD
  • 2021: 'Gympie City Sketching' Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie, QLD
  • 2021: 20/21 - Group Exhibit  May Space Online Artists, Mayspace, Sydney, NSW.
  • 2020: Art and Architecture (selected) Noosa Regional Art Gallery, QLD.
  • 2019: MIAF SEOUL ‘From New York to Myeongdong' (selected) supported by Keller Williams NY and NYA Gallery. South Korea.
  • 2019: SELECTED- In collaboration with Nitram Charcoal. Henry B. Gonzales Center, Texas. U.S.
  • 2019: SELECTED- In collaboration with Nitram Charcoal. Creative World Exhibit, MESSE, Frankfurt, Germany.
  • 2018: Novus Gallery In conjunction with Abu Dhabi Art  The Galleria, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi. U.A.E.
  • 2018: Black and White and Works on Paper Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney NSW. Australia
  • 2018: BSAF// Within These Walls the Brisbane Powerhouse Museum. QLD. Australia.
  • 2017: Black & White Works on Paper Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney NSW. Australia
  • 2017: Inside REDSEA - REDSEA Gallery, Brisbane, QLD. Australia.
  • 2017: Outside In - St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Brisbane, QLD. Australia
  • 2017: Untitled - Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney, NSW. Australia
  • 2017: Summer Salon - Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC Australia
  • 2016: Christmas Show - Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC Australia
  • 2013: Downlands College ArtShow, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.
  • 2009: Landscape] [Cityscape Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, Australia.
  • 2009: ART MELBOURNE, Royal Exhibition Building Carlton. Melbourne. VIC. Australia
  • 2008: St Joseph s Art Show, Geelong, VIC, Australia
  • 2008: Dowling Street Court House (Old Foyer s Building), Sydney, Australia
  • 2008: Camberwell Rotary Art Show. Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2007: Greenwich Market Gallery, Greenwich, London. U.K.
  • 2004: Tap Gallery, 1/278 Palmer Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
  • 2003: White Space Gallery, Cleveland Street, Sydney, Australia.
  • 2002: Cluain Mhuire, Monivea Road, Galway, Ireland.

publications/interviews/media 

essays

education

  • 1999 - 2003: BA (hons) Fine Art, specialising in Drawing Installations, Paint and Printmaking. Cluain Mhuire Art School, Galway/Mayo IT, Galway, Ireland.
  • 1998 - 1999: Diploma, Art & Design, Limerick College of Art and Design. Ireland.
  • 1997 - 1998: PLC Art Foundation Course, Galway Technical Institute. Ireland.