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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

What Do Queer People And A Sci-Fi Cult Classic Have In Common? This Art Exhibition Has The Answer - Star Observer 2024

Exhibition review: Design Fringe 2023, Linden New Art - Artshub 2023

Design Fringe returns with cutting edge designs - Australian Design Review 2023

Local kids get their first exhibition - Westsider 2022