Born in 1972 in Melbourne, Lily Hibberd completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (painting) at Monash University, Caulfield in 1993, before undertaking further studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne where she graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art (1999) and Master of Fine Art by Research (2001). In 2008 Hibberd was enrolled in a Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Art (candidate) at Monash University, Caulfield. Based in Melbourne, Hibberd is a frequently published arts writer and was the founding editor of Un Magazine . She also lectures in Fine Arts at both the Victorian University of Technology and Victorian College of the Arts.
Notable among her solo exhibitions are Bordertown , Artspace, Sydney & Westspace, Melbourne (2008); I want to break free , Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2006); Dangerous Liaisons , Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda (2005); Paint Tin Fantasies , The Farm, Brisbane (2004); and Blinded by the Light, exhibited at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts before touring to Melbourne’s Bus Gallery and Karen Woodbury Gallery (2003-04).
Hibberd has also participated in numerous group exhibitions both locally and abroad, including The Leisure Class , Australia Cinématèque GoMA, Brisbane (2008); Arc Biennial, QUT Museum, Brisbane (2007); Kilgour Prize , Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle (2006); You’re so Vain: five contemporary sculptors , Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2005); Art + Film , Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy (2003); ANZ Visual Art Fellowship , ANZ Building, Melbourne (2001); UBS Art Award , Whitechapel Gallery, London (2000); and National Works on Paper , Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria (1999).
Hibberd has been a finalist for prestigious awards such as the ABN Amro Emerging Artists Award, Sydney (2005); Murdoch Traveling Fellowship (2003); the ANZ Arts Fellowship Award (2002); and the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (2000). In 2000 she was announced the National Winner of the UBS Art Award , Whitechapel Gallery, London, judged by Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of the Tate Gallery, London. In 2006 Hibberd was selected for a studio residency at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne.
Her work features in private collections across Melbourne, Sydney, London and Switzerland, as well as major corporate collections such as BHP Billiton, Melbourne and UBS Private Banking, Basel Switzerland.
- Writers:
- Woodbury, Karen
- Date written:
- 2008
- Last updated:
- 2011
