About the Artist
Bonnie is an artist living and working in Naarm, they have a lifelong art practice which engages in themes surrounding surrealism, feminism, the queer experience, and the natural world.
Their creative journey encompasses a range of materials and mediums. Bonnie works within ceramics and multimedia sculpture. They also work within painting, illustration, and performance art.
In their current studio practice, Bonnie is immersed in creating a series of sculptural oil paintings
Upcoming Events
FortEarth - FortyFive Downstairs - Sep 2024
Arise 3 (Melbourne Fringe Festival) - Abbottsford Convent, The Store - Oct 2024
I Saw The TV Glow - Zine contribution 2024
ADAC Naarm Installation - Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets - TBA
Past Exhibitions
2024 Frankenstein - Gertrude Contemporary - February
2023 Melbourne Design Fringe, Speculation, Eight Billion Little Utopias - Linden New Art Gallery Sep - Nov (People’s Choice Award Winner) - September- November
2023 Novel, Melbourne City Library - October
2023 Fifty Squared Art Prize - Brunswick Street Gallery - June
2022 Artist Talk - Duldig Studio - August
2022 Solo Exhibition (Planet A) - Louis Joel Gallery - June
2022 Internship - Louis Joel Gallery - March
2021 Fine Art Graduate Exhibition - RMIT, Naarm - November (Sculpture Prize Winner, Dean’s list of academic excellence)
2021 SETAC Art Prize Finalist - Online
2019 Sculpture Silent Auction – RMIT, Naarm - August
2019 Becoming Became – Central St Martins, London - July
2018 Testing Cabinet - Curatorial Collective RMIT, Melbourne - May
2018 Sculpture Silent Auction – RMIT, Naarm - August
2016 Advanced Diploma of Visual Art Silent Auction – RMIT, Naarm - August
2016 Postcard – RMIT, Naarm - April
2014 Diploma of Visual Art Graduate Exhibition – RMIT, Naarm - November
Education
2023 Masters of Arts (Art in Public Space) (Undertaking) - RMIT, Naarm AUS
2018-2021 Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture) with Distinction - RMIT, Naarm AUS
2019 Art History, Criticisms and Communications - UAL Central St Martins, London UK
2018 Religious Anthropology - CNU, Gwangju SK
2014 Diploma of Visual Art - RMIT, Naarm AUS
Media
Exhibition review: Design Fringe 2023, Linden New Art - Artshub 2023
Design Fringe returns with cutting edge designs - Australian Design Review 2023