Leonie Connellan is a print-based artist from Melbourne, Australia. Her current work explores the relationship between the physical sciences of the universe and how we find our place in it through storytelling — the interweaving of fact and fiction to create a comprehensive understanding of the whole. She explores the role of the night sky in storytelling, and how we use the latter to build on the knowledge of our existence, with the ultimate goal of instilling a sense of scientific understanding, wonder and curiosity about the structure of the universe and our place in it.
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Education
2010-2011 Master of Fine Art (Printmaking) RMIT University, Melbourne
2001-2008 BA in Fine Art (Printmaking) RMIT University, Melbourne
2004 Life Drawing Short Course Swinburne, Prahran
1997-1999 BA in Advertising RMIT University
Employment
2010- Web Editor, Tangent One, Melbourne
2010-2011 Members Officer, National Gallery of Victoria
2009-2010 Collection Access Officer, State Library of Victoria
2007, 2008 Volunteer, Project Space Gallery, RMIT University
Solo Exhibitions
2007 28, The Lounge, Melbourne
2004 Ngay Ka Kardu Lurruth Ngala, CUB Malthouse Samuel Gallery, Southbank
Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects
2012 It's not you, it's me, Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne
2011 RMIT MFA Graduate Exhibition, Gossard Project Space, Melbourne
2011 Transformation, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill
2011 Stop Press!, Carbon Black Gallery, Prahran
2011 Space and the City, Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne
2011 The Seven Visible Signs of Ageing, Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Elemental Matters: Artist’s Imagine Chemistry, Chemical Heritage Foundation, PA, USA
2011 Thelma’s exhibition for Flood Relief, 1000 £ Bend, Melbourne
2011, '07, '05 Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda
2010 A3 Small Art Show, 4 Walls Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Exchange, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne
2010 New, Used and Abused, Loft Gallery, Abbotsford
2009 black and white (shades of grey), Pigment Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Lots of people have what you have, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University
2008 Ordered by Chance, First Site, Melbourne
2008 Girls Boys Machines, Capitol Theatre, Melbourne
2007 Periodic Table Printmaking Project, Element: Xenon
2007 Water, Water Everywhere…, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill
2007, '06 One Plus Two, Horse Bazaar, Melbourne
2005 Celebration, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill
2004 Women’s Intuition, Royal Melbourne Women’s Hospital, Carlton
2004 Allowance, Preston Creative Living Centre, Preston
Curation
2011 The Seven Visible Signs of Ageing, Co-curator, Coalesce ARI
Bibliography
11.2011 RMIT MFA Graduate Exhibition, Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, RMIT University
06.2009 Un Magazine, Issue 3.1, page 79, "Lots of people have what you have", Justine Grace
9.12.2008 Preston Leader, Moreland Leader, "Here’s Art You Can Afford", Julia Adler
11.2008 Ordered by Chance, Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, RMIT University
2008 Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, cover art, "Getting to Grade Three", "Getting to Grade Four" and "Getting to Grade Five"
2005 Get Creative magazine, Vol. 1 Issue 10, page 33
28.06.2004 Moreland Leader, "Outback Town Inspires", Kate Kyriacou
Awards and Residencies
2011 Winner, RMIT Master of Fine Art Melbourne Etching Supplies Prize
2011 Shortlisted, Biennial Art Competition, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill
2007 Shortlisted, Biennial Art Competition, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill
2005 Shortlisted, Biennial Art Competition, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill
Committee Membership
2012, The Second Collective, Member
2011 RMIT MFA Graduating Club, President
2011, '10 Coalesce Artist Run Initiative, Member
2008 RMIT Printmaking Department, Student Liasion
Collections
Tyler School of Art Printmaking Department Philadelphia, USA
RMIT University Printmaking Department Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Curtin University WA, Australia
National Art School Sydney, NSW, Australia
Etsy Labs Brooklyn, New York, USA
Loreto College Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
OLSH Thamarrurr Regional School Wadeye, Northern Territory, Australia
Private collections in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA
