GAY EMMERSON

Website: www.gayemmerson.com 

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My work is informed by nature, by the movements and colours of sea and clouds, and by the shapes of trees, leaves, and grasses.
As a child I tried to draw from nature.  As a student I learnt maths and physics to better understand nature.  Now I draw on that learning, and on a lifetime of memories, to express my reactions to places and landscape on paper and canvas.

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Website:  www.gayemmerson.com

Education and Training

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1979                Graduation from Canberra School of Art specialising in painting

1987                Graduate Diploma in Education, University of Canberra

1964                Bachelor of Science, University of Sydney

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Exhibitions and Awards


2021            Joint exhibition with Georgia Freebody, The Garden in The Garden,  Berry Solo exhibition   WATER   Fern Street Gallery

Second Prize Shoalhaven Mental Health Fellowship Open Art Competition

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2020            Joint exhibition with Georgia Freebody     Wildscapes    Outlook Gallery   Mountain Ridge Winery

Solo exhibition   Petal Power   Fern Street Gallery

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2019            Joint exhibition with Georgia Freebody, Salt, Water & Wood, Sheffer Gallery

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2018            Joint exhibition with Georgia Freebody, Bushland and Beaches, Fern Street Gallery

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2017            Solo exhibition, My Canberra, Cork Street Gallery

Solo exhibition, Yet Another Gumtree Exhibition, FORM Gallery

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2016            Joint exhibition with Georgia Freebody, COAST, Sheffer Gallery

Solo exhibition, Australian Light, Addison Road Gallery, London

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2015               Finalist in the Hornsby  Art Prize Tutor in oil pastels at the Summer Art Experience, Canberra.

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2014               Solo exhibition, Canberra to the Kimberley, Sheffer Gallery

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2013            Joint exhibition with Mike Partridge, Still Standing, Not Standing Still,  Form Gallery.

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2012            Solo exhibition, Earth Works, Belconnen Art Centre

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2012            Joint exhibition with Georgia Freebody, The Garden Journal,  Yarralumla Gallery

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2010            Solo Exhibition, Blue and Gold, Yarralumla Gallery

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2006            Group Exhibition with Helena Hills and Mike Partridge, Carte Blanche, Studio Gallery

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2004            Joint exhibition with Mike Partridge, LakeLand, Bungendore Woodworks Gallery

Joint exhibition with Mike Partridge, Lake George, Field of Water, Field of Grass, Canberra Museum and Gallery

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2003            Highly Commended, John Briscoe Memorial Art Award, Cooma

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2002            Solo exhibition, Journeys to the Sea, Bungendore Woodworks Gallery

Joint exhibition, I lift up my eyes to the hills, Strathnairn Gallery, as part of ACT Heritage Festival


2001            Solo exhibition, Cuppacumbalong Gallery

Group exhibition, After Matisse, Belconnen Gallery as part of Festival of Contemporary Arts

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2000            Solo exhibition, Belconnen Gallery

First Prize, Open Section, Thredbo Art Exhibitiion

Group exhibition, Many Faces, Belconnen Open Art Award as part of the National Multicultural Festival, Westfield Mall, Belconnen and selected works in Belconnen Gallery

Group exhibition, Feeling Sheepish, Galeria del Centro, Boorowa

Group Exhibition, Artists of the Tweed/Canberrascape, Tuggeranong Arts Centre

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1998            Solo exhibition, Cuppacumbalong Gallery

Group exhibition, Postcards from Belconnen, Belconnen Artists Network (BEAN) Inaugural Exhibition, Belconnen Gallery and Festival of Contemporary Arts (Gorman House Arts Centre)

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1998            Highly commended, Thredbo Art Exhibition

1997            Solo exhibition, Albert Street Gallery, Mittagong

Major commission, Australian Defence Force Academy

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1996            Solo exhibition, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra

Solo exhibition, Design Plus Gallery, Queanbeyan

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1995            Highly commended, Thredbo Art Exhibition

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1994            Solo exhibition, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra

Solo exhibition, Design Plus Gallery, Queanbeyan

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1993            Solo exhibition, Primavera Gallery, Manuka

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1992            Joint exhibition, Raglan Gallery, Sydney

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1990            Joint exhibition, New Faces, Solander Gallery

Solo exhibition, Kingston Gallery

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1985            Joint exhibition, Gallery 41, Fyshwick

Joint exhibition, New Artists Gallery, Hawker

Highly Commended, Peter Stuyvesant Award, Goulburn

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1984            Joint exhibition, Canberra Theatre Gallery

Joint exhibition, Gallery 41, Fyshwick

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1983            Highly Commended, Peter Stuyvesant Award, Goulburn

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1982            Solo exhibition, Canberra Theatre Gallery

Joint exhibition, Canberra Women Artists, Arts Council Gallery, Canberra City