Born in Melbourne in 1971, Lara Merrett was again living and working there in 2008. In 1993, she studied painting abroad at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain, before completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales in 1996, and graduating with a Master of Arts (Painting) the following year.
Featuring among her major solo exhibitions are: soft rock , Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2007), To soon to tell , Kaliman Gallery, Sydney (2006); let’s get together , Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2005); Upside down you turn me , Kaliman Gallery, Sydney (2004); Wish you were here , Kaliman Gallery, Sydney (2003); and No Hard Edges , Kaliman Gallery, Sydney (2002).
Lara has also participated in numerous group exhibitions including the ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award , ABN AMRO Melbourne & Sydney (2007); Against the Amnesiac Lifestyle Showroom , Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (2006); Portable model of. Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart and La Trobe Regional Gallery, Victoria (2005); Arrival/Departure , Bus Gallery Melbourne, collaboration with John Nicholson (2003); Helen Lemprière Traveling Art Scholarship , Artspace, Sydney (2002 and 1999); New Painting , Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales (2002); Fisher Ghost Festival Contemporary Art Award , Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales (2002 and 1996); and New Acquisitions, The Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney (2000).
She has received various grants and awards such as The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists (2001) and Willoughby City Art Prize (2001), and is represented in the collections of the University of New South Wales; the Bundanon Estate; Artbank and UBS.
- Writers:
- Woodbury, Karen
- Date written:
- 2008
- Last updated:
- 2011
