Design and Art Australia Online

Education
2018 PhD, James Cook University
Current PhD by research candidate, James Cook University
1986 Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts, Monash University
1972 TTTC, Hawthorn State College
1970 Diploma of Fine Art – Printmaking, RMIT

Exhibitions: Solo
2017 Venus Rising, Furies Raging: Bodies Re-dressed, Umbrella Studios, Townsville
2015 Re-representation, KickArts Contemporary Arts
2012 Imagining and Imaging, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville
2010 Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Girlie!, Cairns Regional Gallery
1985 Works Gallery, Geelong
1983 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1983 Bolitho Gallery, ACT
1979 Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Melbourne

Exhibitions: Selected Group, Invitation, Prize and Travelling Exhibitions
2022 Thinking of Place iii, NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns and other venues (scheduled)
2021 InkMasters Print Exhibition 21, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2020 Thinking of Place ii, Arthaus Contemporary, Auckland, New Zealand and NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns
2019 Mini Print Cantabria, Spain
2018 Thinking of Place ii, Biblioteca Central de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
2018 Common Strangers: Close Encounters, Impact 10, Santander, Spain
2018 Postcards From Downunder, CC Dr Madrazo, Santander, Spain
2018 InkMasters Print Exhibition, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2017 Partners in Print, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns and Spot81 Gallery, Sydney
2017 Flavours of the Tropics, ArtRoom@Vivo, Palm Cove
2016-17 Postcards from the North and South, Hawkes Bay Printmakers, New Zealand; Umbrella Studios, Townsville; Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne
2016 Eight-by-Ten, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns
2016 Inkmasters Print Exhibition 2016, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2016 Her letters: shifting perspectives in the global age of anxiety, Shophouse 5, Singapore
2016 Recent Works, Tablelands Regional Gallery, Atherton
2015-16 Thinking of Place, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns; Eastside Gallery, Christchurch; The Depot Artspace, Auckland; Post Office Gallery, Federation University, Ballarat
2015 Take it Home, Cairns Regional Gallery
2015 Encounter: a Japan-Cairns connection, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns
2015 Northern Encounter, Impress Gallery and Studio, Brisbane
2015 Thinking of Place, KickArts contemporary Arts, Cairns; Eastside Gallery, Christchurch
2015 Beastie and the Beaut: old tales new skins, Artroom & Vivo, Palm Cove, Qld
2015 Sorority, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns
2014 Merge, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns
2014 Sub-0, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns
2014 Start Collecting Art 2014, Cairns Regional Gallery
2014 Wanderlust, Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, and Manhattan Graphics Studio, New York
2014 Compact Prints, Umbrella Studios, Townsville, then travelling nationally and internationally
2014 Postcards from the North and South, Umbrella Studios, Townsville, Firestation Print Studio, Armidale, Vic, Cork Printmakers Gallery, Ireland and The Framing Salon, London
2014 XOXO, Artroom@Vivo, Palm Cove, Qld
2014 Of Sense and Sensibilities, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns
2014 Sentinels, Tablelands Regional Gallery, Atherton
2013 Heat and Serve, Curator’s Choice, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns
2013 Paper: Works on and of, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2013 Starkers: from naked to nude, Canopy Artspace, Cairns
2013 Sentinels, KickArts Contemporary Arts
2013 Laurel McKenzie David Gatiss Don Gore, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Conform / Confront, Hong Kong Graphic Arts Fiesta
2013 Asian Influence, Canopy Artspace, Cairns
2013 Inside / Out: Mapping spiritual journeys, c.1907, Cairns and touring Queensland via Artslink 2014
2013 Body Languages, Artroom Vivo, Palm Cove 2013 States of Play, Circa 1907 and Canopy Artspace, Cairns 2013 Collecting in the Tropics, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville 2013 Sense of Place, Canopy Artspace, Cairns 2013 NIAN, Reef Hotel Casino Foyer, Cairns 2012 Curator’s Choice, Kickarts Contemporary Arts, Cairns 2012 Black and White, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville 2012 That’s Life, James Cook University Library, Cairns 2012 2012 Inkmasters Print Exhibition 2012 2012 Compact Prints, Umbrella Studio, Townsville 2012 Inkmasters Print Exhibition 2012 2012 Works on Paper, Circa 1907, Cairns 2011 The Bag: Object or Obsession, Circa 1907, Cairns 2011-12 Impress:Body to Body, Cairns Regional Gallery Tablelands Regional Gallery and Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville 2011 Epicurious, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne 2011 25 Women, Artspaced, Townsville 2011 Place and Being, Artspaced, Townsville 2011 Epicurious, Artroom Vivo, Palm Cove
2011 Birds of a Feather, Cairns Regional Gallery
2011 Place and Being, Artspaced, Townsville
2011 25 Women, Artspaced, Townsville
2011 Salon, Cairns Regional Gallery
2010 Compact Prints, Umbrella Studio, Townsville
2010 Salon, Cairns Regional Gallery
2010 Momentum, Kickarts Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns
2010 Burlesque, Artspaced, Townsville
2010 Wonderland, Artroom @ Vivo, Palm Cove
2008 Xtrata Percival Portrait Award, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville

2008 Hidden Treasures, Cairns Regional Gallery

2008 Big, Kickarts, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns

2007 Hidden Treasures, Cairns Regional Gallery

2007 Flight, Kickarts, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns

2006 Hidden Treasures, Cairns Regional Gallery

2006 Fuel, Kickarts, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns

1998 Printmaking to Postcards, The Gallery at Werribee South
1996 Matchbox Exhibition, Grand Central Gallery, Melbourne
1992 She Heard it on the Radio, She Saw it in a Magazine, Blackfriars Arts Centre &
Women’s’ Radio Broadcasting Studios, Bristol, UK

1989 Invitation Prize Exhibition, City of Box Hill, Vic

1989 100×100 Print Portfolio, Beaver Galleries, ACT & PCA Gallery, Melbourne

1989 Master Printmakers of Australia, Solander Gallery, ACT
1988 Paris International Print Group, Congress Square Gallery, Maine, USA
1988 Spirit of the Times, Beehive Gallery, Adelaide & The Wharf, Pier 4, Sydney

1987 Fremantle Print Award, WA

1987 A Survey of Australian Contemporary Art, Linden Gallery, Melbourne

1986 International Graphic Biennale, Frechen, Germany

1986 Fremantle Print Award, WA

1986 Australian Prints to Cuba

1985 Australian Prints 85 to USA West Coast

1985 International Biennial Print Exhibition, Taiwan

1985 17 Artists, Caulfield Arts Centre, Melbourne
1985 Staff and Post Graduate Students, Gippsland IAE, La Trobe Valley Arts Centre, Vic
1984 Victorian Prints to Aichi Prefecture, Japan

1984 Henry Worland Memorial Print Prize, Warrnambool, Vic

1984 International Print Biennale, Krakow, Poland

1984 Fremantle Print Award, WA

1983 Andrew & Lillian Pederson Memorial Prize for Printmaking, Queensland Art Gallery

1983 Diamond Valley Art Award, Vic

1983 Fremantle Print Award, WA

1983 International Graphic Biennale, Frechen, Germany

1983 Petit Format de Papier, Belgium
Maitland Print Prize, NSW
1982 Intaglio Gallery, London
1982 Self Portraits, Field Workshop, Melbourne

1982 Oculos Gallery, Vic
Diamond Valley Art Award, Vic

1982 Pioneer Art Award, Swan Hill, Vic

1982 The 1982 Alice Prize, NT

1982 Cabo Frio Print Biennale, Brazil

1982 Fremantle Print Award, WA

1982 Print Council of Australia Travelling Exhibition 10

1982 International Triennial of Coloured Graphic Prints, Grenchen, Switzerland

1982 Henry Worland Memorial Print Prize, Warrnambool, Vic

1981 Four Melbourne Printmakers, Tynte Gallery, Adelaide
1981 Printmakers Gallery and Workshop, Brisbane
1981 Cite Internationale des arts, Paris
1981 Independents Exhibition of Prints, Japan

1981 Fremantle Print Award, WA
1980 Cross Section 80, AMP Centre, Melbourne
1980 Henry Worland Memorial Print Prize, Warrnambool, Vic

1980 Print Council of Australia Travelling Exhibition

1980 PCA Australian Print Exhibition, Sweden

1980 International Graphic Biennale, Frechen, Germany

1979 Henry Worland Memorial Print Prize, Warrnambool, Vic

1978 Henry Worland Memorial Print Prize, Warrnambool, Vic

1978 Print Prize, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre

1976 Print Prize, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre


Awards & Grants
1981 Moya Dyring Studio residency, Cite Internationale des arts, Paris

Collections
National Gallery of Australia
Hawthorn Institute of Education
Cite Internationale des arts, Paris
Hamilton Collection – Australian Prints in Schools
Artbank Australia
La Trobe Valley Regional Art Gallery
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Victorian College of the Arts School
Private collections in Australia & overseas

Selected References
2013 Margaret Genever and Laurel McKenzie: Body Languages, Imprint, Vol 38 number 3, p. 30
2010 The Age (Melbourne) Magazine, October, Review by Penny Webb
2008 The Age (Melbourne) Magazine, October, Review by Penny Webb
2006 Imprint, Summer. Girlie! Review by Juliana Doupe.
2006 The Cairns Post Timeout, June 1. Colourful Women, Review by Karen van Harskamp.
2006 The New McCulloch’s Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, 4th edition, McCulloch, S, McCulloch Childs, E & McCulloch, A. Aus Art Editions & Miegunyah Press, Vic.
1994 & 2006 The Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, 3rd edition, McCulloch, S. Allen & Unwin.
1997 Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia, Germaine, M. Craftsman House.
1982 & 1988 Directory of Australian Printmakers, Print Council of Australia.
1985 Women 150, Catalogue of 150 Victorian Women Artists, Women 150.

Writers:

laurelmckenzie

Date written:

2015

Last updated:

2021