Carolyn V Watson

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Curriculum vitae

ARTIST STATEMENT

My role as an artist is to create work that inverts the familiar. I am a visual artist who is stimulated by the potency of the tactile and the handmade. I work with what nature provides. With these past vessels, I reconstruct new forms, develop and adapt their histories and accept the parasitic quality of my role. As I have matured as a visual artist I have grown to respect the wealth of significance that materiality plays within my practice

'Carolyn V Watson describes her practice as emerging from an inherent materiality. The way in which she does this makes for an intriguing aesthetic, its ability to draw the eye, to entice the audience with the strangeness of her created objects, the hybridised state they exist within - neither human nor animal, not alive nor dead- their occupation in a fictional, strange and a heightened state of in between.'
Louise Martin-Chew 2014

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Carolyn V Watson was born in regional NSW in late 70's and is the youngest of four siblings. A childhood lost in drawings as she tried to comprehend the contradictory actions of the adults that surrounded her.
From 1996 to 1998 she attended Griffith Queensland College of Art Majoring in Painting and Life Drawing. In 2006 she recommenced her artistic career and resumed exhibiting in small solo shows throughout Brisbane. Selected as a Finalist in 2008 for the Prometheus Visual Art Awards, it was at this exhibition that she secured representation with Anthea Polson Art.
Under the Gallery's encouragement and guidance Carolyn's practice has flourished and has gained national recognition for both her 2D and 3D work. In recent years her practice has taken her to regional galleries as a feature artist, and to a number of educational institutions as an Artist in Residence.
Carolyn's work has become part of major collections throughout Australia, Hong Kong and Munich and has been recognised with awards for her object based forms and large scale drawings.

EDUCATION

1998 BFA - Griffith University Queensland College of Art

EXHIBITIONS

2019 New Works, Anthea Polson Art, Qld (November)
2018 modifiedwonder, Penny Contemporary, Tas
2017 cloak Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2016 inbloom - The Ambience Store Project, curated by Carrie McCarthy, Brisbane, Qld
2015 allgloryisfleeting (memoryandhand) Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Qld
2014 survivormaths Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2014 thelivinglifeless BMG Art, Adelaide
2012 owning the bones Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2009 love you longtime Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane
2008 you never bloody listen Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
2007 pecking order Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
2006 ..peck... Queensland College of Art Project Gallery, Brisbane
1999 Fitter X Happier Campbell & Mahony Gallery, Brisbane

NATIONAL AWARDS

2018 Winner - Barnes Award, Brisbane Sculpture Festival
2017 Winner - Shillam Art Award, Brisbane Sculpture Festival
2017 Finalist, 38th Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular
2017 Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 2D Section
2017 Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 3D Section
2016 Finalist, Marie Ellis Drawing OAM Prize, Jugglers Art Space
2016 Awarded - Best 3D work, 37th Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular
2016 Awarded - Perides Art Projects Award, Brisbane Sculpture Festival
2016 Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 2D section
2016 Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards - 3D section
2015 Finalist, Marie Ellis Drawing OAM Prize - Jugglers Art Space
2015 Finalist, Lethbridge 10,000 Small Scale Art Award
2013 Awarded - $15,000 First Prize Life Art Worldwide International Award
2013 Awarded - People's Choice Award the Colour Red Christmas Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art
2013 Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards 3D -Pine Rivers Gallery
2013 Finalist, SCAP 3D National Contemporary Art Prize -Noosa Regional Gallery
2013 Finalist, Marie Ellis OAM Drawing Prize- Jugglers Art Space
2012 Finalist Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award -Grafton Regional Gallery
2012 Finalist The John Fries Memorial Art Prize -Gaffa Galleries Sydney
2012 Finalist, Marie Ellis Drawing OAM Prize - Jugglers Art Space
2012 Finalist The Wilson Visual Art Award - Trinity Catholic College, Lismore
2011 Honorable Mention & Finalist, Marie Ellis Drawing OAM Prize -
2011 Finalist in 2D and 3D categories Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards Pine Rivers Gallery
2011 Finalist Prometheus Art Award- All Saints Anglican School
2010 Finalist Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing (The only exhibiting artist to have two works pre-selected) Jugglers Artspace Brisbane
2009 AWARDED Acquisition Prize in the Agendo exhibition and Art Award -Deakin University Gallery - Melbourne
2009 Finalist Agendo Award and Exhibition (The only exhibiting artist to have two works pre-selected)
2009 Finalist Prometheus Art Award All Saints Anglican School
2008 Finalist Churchie National Emerging Art Prize -
2007 Third Printmaking-Brookfield Art Prize
2006 Finalist - Noosa Regional Art Awards
1998 Highly Commended UQ Art Prize

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 The Shape Of Things, Anthea Polson Art, Qld (October)
2018 Little Treasures Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2018 Small & Wall, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Small Gifts Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2017 Brisbane Sculpture Festival, Mt Coo-tha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane
2017 Curios? The ART LAB - curated by Carrie McCarthy, World Science Festival, Queensland Museum, Brisbane
2017 Process And The Temporary Studio - with Jude Roberts and Sam Eyles, Jugglers Art Space Brisbane
2016 Artist's Choice Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2016 Brisbane Sculpture Festival, My Coo-tha Botanical Gardens
2016 Anthea Polson Art Comes To Melbourne, Menzies Auction Rooms, Vic
2015 Viva La Femme, Lust For Life Gallery Qld
2014 Miniatures - A Christmas Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2013 The Colour Red Christmas Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art Qld
2012 The Word Conterminous Jugglers Art Space Brisbane
2012 The Artist Revealed Christmas Self Portrait Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2011 8 Days Before Christmas Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2011 Animals, People - A Shared Environment, (4th Biennial, Australian Animal Studies Group Conference) POP Gallery & Project Gallery Brisbane, Qld
2011 Nine Wives - curated by Mariam Ella Arcilla and Megan Cope, Nine Lives Gallery, Brisbane
2011 WASH: Traces of 0therness Woolloongabba- Art Gallery Jo Diball curator assisted by Cassandra Schultz
2010 Christmas Portrait Exhibition Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2010 Other Msconceptions.... Level Gallery, Brisbane
2010 Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing, Jugglers Art Space Qld
2010 First Anniversary Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2010 Young Guns Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast
2009 3000AD Drawing Show Circle Gallery, Brisbane
2009 40 x 40 Special First Christmas Show Anthea Polson Art, Main Beach, Qld
2009 Tiny Worlds Artisan, Brisbane
2009 2nd Biennial Agendo Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, Deakin University, Melbourne
2009 Prometheus Visual Arts Award Prometheus Foundation Gold Coast
2009 X- show Queensland College of Art Gallery Griffith University Brisbane
2009 Carnivale Collaborata Dr. Pat Hoffie and Jo Diball curators Woodford Folk Festival
2008 We make good Pets - Jo Diball curator Metro Arts, Brisbane
2008 Minus Canvas 2 Jugglers Art space Brisbane
2008 Patch featuring X-UmbiliQCAs ARTISTS QCA Gallery Griffith University
2008 Impressions 3 - Impress Printmakers Circle Gallery Brisbane
2008 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition -Finalist Anglican Grammar Campus

COLLECTIONS

The Zeigler Trust Collection
HHTan Achitectects Pty Ltd
Omnia Australia Pty Ltd
The Andrew Stark and Bernard Chalkley Collection
Bob Hannah
Dr. Pat Hoffie
Bianca Beetson
Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne
Private and corporate collections, Australia and international

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

2017 Tutor at Brisbane Institute of Art - 2D to 3D Drawing to new forms of Sculpture
2016 Artist workshop for Senior Students - Villa Nova College
2016 Artist Residency and Art workshops for Senior Students - St Luke's Bundaberg
2014 Artist workshop for Senior Students - Ferny Grove High
2014 Tutor at Brisbane Institute of Art - 2D to 3D Drawing to new forms of Sculpture
2013 Tutor at Brisbane Institute of Art - Contemporary watercolour and mixed media
2013 Artist in residence- Life Art Worldwide Exhibition and Award - Sunshine Coast Tafe - Mooloolaba
2002 Artist in Residence Kawana Waters College
2001 Artist in Residence Clairvaux Mackillop College
1998 Artist in Residence Kawana Waters College

LINKS

2017
The Shillam Award - Brisbane Sculpture Festival
https://www.facebook.com/sculptorsqld/photos/a.249653388541034.1073741827.
249652518541121/721065221399846/?type=3&theater
The Shillam Award - Brisbane Sculpture Festival
http://www.antheapolsonartblog.com.au/2017/06/congratulations-carolyn-v-watson-9/
Objects, Armature & Linking the Line Carolyn V Watson
http://zartart.com.au/1/2810/Conf2017_CarolynVWatson.aspx
Process and The Temporary Studio" - 3 mid-career professional artists make a mess in the white cube.
https://peteskibreen.wordpress.com/
2016
Searching for Beauty in the Grotesque By Dr Julie Rees
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/866d6d_3ff6c28b36a247a193020dab33f7fbbc.pdf
Byron Arts Magazine: Constructing new forms from the Discarded
http://www.byronartsmagazine.com.au/blog/2016/12/20/carolyn-watson-constructing-new-forms-from-the-broken
An Interview with Carolyn V Watson
http://rubyfazal.com/
CULT GC - Brisbane Artist Series: Carolyn V Watson
https://cultgc.com/2016/08/10/brisbane-artist-series-carolyn-v-watson/
Artist-in-Residence
https://my.stlukes.qld.edu.au/newsletters/thestlukesway/20May2016/artist-in-residence.html
Brisbane Sculpture Festival Awards
http://www.sculptorsqld.org.au/brissculptfest2016.php
Sculptors Queensland presents, Carolyn V Watson Forum - Tuesday, April 5th http://www.weekendnotes.com/sculptors-queensland-workshops-classes-april/
2015
allgloryisfleeting(memoryandhand)-artist interview -Carolyn V Watson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrN1vnzwEG8&t=289s
Best Wishes to Carolyn V Watson...
http://www.antheapolsonartblog.com.au/2015/10/best-wishes-to-carolyn-v-watson/
Carolyn V. Watson: allgloryisfleeting (memoryandhand) 27 October 2015 | Art Almanac
http://www.art-almanac.com.au/carolyn-v-watson-allgloryisfleeting-memoryandhand/
Artist with imagination showing at BRAG 27th Oct 2015 8:58 AM
https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/carolyn-v-watson-showing-at-brag/2820309
The Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing
https://culturalflanerie.com/2015/08/11/the-marie-ellis-oam-prize-for-drawing/
2014
Promising young artsist shows in Adelaide - Louise Martin-Chew
http://louisemartinchew.com/promising-young-artist-shows-in-adelaide/
The Physicality of Process: Jane Denison
http://panopticpress.org.au/?page_id=1862
Carolyn V Watson Panoptic Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNw5ssnFtbM&t=98s
2013
Emerging artist Carolyn V Watson has won the $15,000 Life Art Worldwide Art Award
http://qcagriffith.tumblr.com/post/66047100135/emerging-artist-carolyn-v-watson-has-won-the
Life Art Worldwide 2013 catalogue
https://issuu.com/lifeartworldwide/docs/catalogue_mockup.02v_0.4outline_yea
Life Art Worldwide is an Art Expo and Art Awards
http://lifeartworldwide.easynoodle1.co.uk/
Confronting artwork by Brisbane artist to intrigue at Coast's first international art expo. Published: 16th of September 2013
https://mysunshinecoast.com.au/news/news-display/confronting-artwork-by-brisbane-artist-to-intrigue-at-coasts-first-international-art-expo,31493
2012
John Fries Memorial Prize 2012 Finalists Exhibition
https://viscopy.net.au/exhibition/john-fries-memorial-prize-2012-finalists-exhibition/carolynvwatson
Moustache Magazine Interview November 26/2012
http://www.moustachemagazine.com/2012/11/interview-carolyn-v-watson/
2011
Animals, People - A Shared Environment 4th Biennial, Aus. Animal Studies Group conference
https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/19168/1/19168_Glade-Wright_2011_Exhibition_Program.pdf