Since graduating from a fine arts degree in 1992 Penelope has been painting and exhibiting prolifically. She has staged solo shows in a variety of different venues from cafes and artists run spaces to established commercial galleries in both Melbourne and Sydney. Penelope has been a finalist in numerous significant art prizes including the Portia Geach portrait prize, Salon de Refuses, the Fletcher Jones Art Prize, La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize and the Mornington Peninsula National works on Paper prize. Her work is also held in many public and private collections including Artbank, IBM and the Australian Catholic University. She has painted a number of portrait commissions, most notably two images of the the Virgin Mary, one of which resides in a chapel in the Yarra Valley.
Selected Exhibitions-
2023 Beautiful Imperfections, Marios Cafe, Melbourne
2017 Seasons, Marios Cafe, Melbourne
2008 Zoom, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Resurface, Wagner Gallery, Sydney
2006 Altered States, Wagner Gallery, Sydney
2005 Remix, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Interior Geography, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Prizes
2007 Finalist Prometheus Art Award 2007, Queensland
2007 Finalist Salon de Refuses, Melbourne
2007 Finalist DLAP:City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2006 Finalist Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong
2004 Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, Sydney
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