Lucy Vader Biography
Unsurprisingly for someone whose family has farmed for generations, Lucy Vader conveys a landscape that has been both seen and felt. She applies paint in thick, sumptuous layers blurring the boundary between abstraction and representation. Stand close to one of Vader’s works and her brushstrokes draw you into a richly textured world of deep colours – green, yellow, red and blue. Move away from the canvas and wide, grassy paddocks emerge, frequently populated by sheep – golden and camouflaged against parched yellow land, or with bright white fleeces that contrast with rain-restored grass. Vader’s sheep graze, run off or just look inscrutable, contributing a light-heartedness for which she has become known.
Courtesy Michael Reid
Education
2010 Bachelor of Fine Art, National Art School
2006 Bachelor of Int. Architecture, University of New South Wales
Solo Exhibitions
2019 This is where you think it is, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2018 Big Rain has Got to Come Down, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2017 Serenade to the sky, NERAM, Armidale, NSW
2016 Field immersion, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2016 Songs to remember, Michael Reid Gallery, Murrurundi, NSW
2015 Songs to the skies, Michael Reid Gallery, Murrurundi, NSW
2014 The field, Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin Noli mi tangere, The Moree Gallery, NSW
2013 Depth of field, Michael Reid, Murrurundi, NSW
2012 Beyond the field, Michael Reid, Murrurundi, NSW
2011 Into the field, Michael Reid, Murrurundi, NSW
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Muswellbrook Regional Gallery Bi-annual Art Prize, Muswellbrook, NSW, finalist
2017 Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill, NSW, finalist
2014 Salon des Refusés, Wynne prize sub-selection, NSW, finalist
The Norvil Landscape prize, NSW, finalist Theta Charity Show, Houston, USA
2013 Mosman Art Prize, NSW, finalist Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery Bi-Annual Prize, NSW, finalist, highly commended
2012 The Norvil Landscape Prize, NSW, finalist, highly commended Waverley Art Prize, NSW, finalist
Sculpture Indoors, Cottesloe, WA Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
2011 The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, finalist
Sculpture by the Sea travelling exhibition, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
New Talent, Robin Gibson Gallery, NSW Byron Bay Writers Festival Sculpture Prize, NSW
Sculpture Indoors (SxS), Cottesloe, WA
2010 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
Sculpture Indoors, Bondi, NSW
Artscape Outdoor Sculpture Prize, Byron Bay, NSW, highly commended
Artscape sculpture indoors, Retrospect Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW
National Art School Grad Show, NSW Annual Sculpture Show, Global Gallery, Paddington, NSW
2009 Annual Sculpture Show, Global Gallery, Paddington, NSW
Candlenut Gallery Group Show, Port Douglas, QLD
2008 Sheffer Gallery Group Show, Surry Hills, NSW
2007 Cape Gallery Group Show, Byron Bay, NSW
2006 Sculpture by the Sea, in collaboration with Ron Robertson-Swann, Bondi, NSW
Sculpture Indoors, Bondi, NSW
Collections Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Australian High Commission, London, UK
Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW
New Norcia Benedictine Collection, WA
Meagher Bequest Collection, Sydney University, NSW
Awards and Prizes
2010-11 The Robin Gibson Gallery Award
2011 New Talent Exhibition
2010-11 Residency, The Armory, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
2010 Artpiece Gallery Prize, ArtsCape Byron Bay
Public Sculptures
Oh My God, painted steel sculpture, Beaufort St, North Perth, WA
Like Whatever, painted steel sculpture, Bangalow Sculpture Walk, NSW