Katherine Edney lives and works in Sydney. She holds a Master of Fine Arts by Research (Painting) from COFA, UNSW (2008) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours Class 1 (2004).
Edney has been a multi-time finalist in the Archibald Prize (2020, 2019), Salon des Refuses (2024, 2022, 2021), Portia Geach Memorial Award (2020, 2014, 2012), Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize (2019, 2018), Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (2012, 2011) and STILL: National Still Life Award (2021), and NEAP National Emerging Art Prize 2024, among others.
Education
2005-8 Master of Fine Arts by Research (Painting), College of Fine Arts, (COFA) UNSW. 2001-Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours Class 1. COFA, UNSW.
Scholarships
2006 Viktoria Marinov Scholarship for Art at COFA
Awards
2018 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize Emerging Artist Cat. Highly Commended
2017 Hunters Hill Art Prize Runner Up
2007 Warringah Art Prize and Warringah Art Prize People’s Choice Award
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Flowers on the bed, Robin Gibson Gallery
2018 Made in Zim, Robin Gibson Gallery
2015 Katherine Edney, The Lost Ones Gallery, Ballarat
2014 The In-between, Robin Gibson Gallery
2011 Faraway Places, Robin Gibson Gallery
2009 Fractures in Time, Robin Gibson Gallery
2008 Hidden Fractures: A Narrative in Time, Ivan Dougherty Gallery
Group Exhibitions
2023 Naked and Nude Art Prize, Manning Regional Gallery
2022 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery
Environmental Art and Design Award, Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Lethbridge 20 000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery
In the Frame, Sydney Road Gallery
2021 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery
STILL: National Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Semi Finalist, Online Exhibition
In the Frame, Sydney Road Gallery
2020 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Portraits Project – 15 Self Portraits, Manly Art Gallery
Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery
2019 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Archibald Prize Travelling Exhibition, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Gosford Art Gallery
Ravenswood Australian Womens Art Prize, Ravenswood School for Girls
2018 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Ravenswood School for Girls
2017 Hunters Hill Art Prize
Tondo, Robin Gibson Gallery
Flores et Fructus, Robin Gibson Gallery
Year of the Rooster, Robin Gibson Gallery
2016 Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery
Small gems, Robin Gibson Gallery
2015 Horse Feathers, Robin Gibson Gallery
Salon, Robin Gibson Gallery
2014 Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery
Face 2 Face, Robin Gibson Gallery
2012 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (finalist)
Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery
2011 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (finalist)
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