Marion Chapman
Artist Name: | Marion Chapman |
Main Focus: | Painting |
Usual Style: | Abstract |
Usual Medium: | Watercolour |
State: | New South Wales |
Region: | Sydney Region |
Exhibits Art: | Yes |
Online Sales: | Yes |
Tuition: | Yes |
Commissions: | Yes |
Background
Marion is a Sydney based artist and art teacher specialising in watercolour.
Qualifications
Master of Art, UNSW Art & Design, completed with High Distinction
Bachelor of Arts, USyd: Winner Linguistics prize.
Art Group Memberships
2000 to present Golden Key National Honour Society for high achievers at University of Sydney,
2007 to present: St George Art Society,
2008 to present: Southern Printmakers Association (Public Officer & Treasurer 2013 to 2015),
2008 to present: Hazelhurst: Friends of Hazelhurst (Membership Coordinator 2015).
Exhibitions:
Recent Exhibitions
2016 Selected artists: International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy
Selected artists: Fleurieu Food & Wine Prize, Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia
Selected artists: Wollongong Watercolour Prize, Wollongong
Selected artists: Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill
Selected artists: Group exhibition: Camden Art Prize, Camden
Group exhibition: ‘Roots’, Depot Gallery, Waterloo, Southern Printmakers Assoc
Group exhibition: Sydney Royal Arts Show, Printmaking & Watercolour
Group exhibition: Moran Gallery, Southern Printmakers Association, Moran Gallery Sylvania
Group exhibition: Peacock Gallery, ‘Regeneration’, Southern Printmakers Assoc, Auburn Botanic Gardens
2015 Solo exhibition: ‘The Butterfly Effect’, Hunters Hill Art Gallery
Solo exhibition: ‘Landscapes’, Hurstville Private Heart Centre, Hurstville Private Hospital
Selected artists: Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre
Selected artists: Camden Fine Art Gallery, Camden
Selected artists: Australian Print Triennial, Art Vault Mildura
Group show: Sydney Royal Arts Show: Printmaking & Watercolour
Group show: ‘Lyrical’ Southern Printmakers Association, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2014 Group exhibition: Marion Chapman, Jan Schuster-Callus, Jackie Sherwood, Balmain Watch House, Balmain
Group exhibition: Southern Printmakers Association, ‘Notation’, Kogarah Cultural Arts Centre
Selected artists: St George Art Awards, Hurstville City Council
Selected artists: Annual awards: Combined Art Societies of Sydney, Darling Harbour
Selected artists: Hunters Hill Art Exhibition, Hunters Hill
Group exhibition: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Friends on Show, Gymea
2013 Joint exhibition: Marion Chapman and Jan Schuster-Callus, Kogarah Cultural Arts Centre
Selected artists: Camden Fine Art Gallery, Camden; Seaside Arts Festival: Thirroul, NSW
Group exhibition: CPM National Print Awards: Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
Group exhibition: Southern Printmakers Association, ‘Found’, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
Group exhibition: St George Art Society, Annual Awards, Kogarah
2012 Selected artists: St George Art Awards, Hurstville City Council
Selected artists: ‘Messages from the South: Contemporary Australian Prints from COFA UNSW’,
International Exhibition Hall, Art Museum of National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Group exhibition: International Triennial of Graphic Art: Bitola, Macedonia Group exhibition: Lost and Found: Southern Printmakers Association, Kogarah Library & Gallery
Group exhibition: Plus One: Art Est. Gallery, Leichhardt
2011 Selected artists: Hunter’s Hill Art Prize, Hunter’s Hill
Selected artists: Sydney Royal Arts Show: Printmaking, Watercolour and Hand-made book exhibits
Group exhibition: Master of Art, COFA UNSW exhibition: COFA Space, Paddington
Group exhibition: Friends of Hazelhurst Group Exhibition: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2010 Selected artists: Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre
Selected artists: Natural History Prize, Adelaide Museum
Selected artists: Combined Art Society of Sydney, Darling Harbour, Sydney
Group exhibition: Art & the Environment: COFA Space, UNSW, Paddington
Joint exhibition: Marion Chapman and Jan Schuster-Callus: Joint Exhibition, Kogarah Library
2009 Selected artists: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Southern Printmakers Group exhibit, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
Selected artists: Kudos Gallery, COFA UNSW, Paddington.
Awards & Achievements Include:
Residencies, Publications, Teaching, Public Speaking
2016 Australian Prints & Drawing, National Gallery of Australia, group exhibition and history of SPA: Roots, An exhibition by Southern Printmakers Association
2016 Artist residency, Artestudio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy
2016 Watercolour workshop, Oatley, Watercolour Basics with Marion Chapman (T2 & T4)
2015 Watercolour workshop, Kogarah Council (also 2014 for SPA)
2015 Artist Talk, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Southern Printmakers Assoc (+ 2014, 2013 & 2012 for SPA)
2014 Artist residency, South Hill Yellow House, Goulburn
2012 March 1: Sydney Morning Herald “Plus One” exhibition review, Marion & Jayne Chapman
2011 Cover Art for “Between the Leaves”, Ed. K. Holmes, Perth: UWA Publishing
2011 Grant: COFA Arts & Design Grant for exhibition, courtesy of Arc @ UNSW Limited
2009 December: Artlink vol. 29 no. 4, pp. 46-47.
Recent Awards
2016 Winner, Watercolour Prize, St George Art Society
Winner, Printmaking, Oyster Bay Art Festival
2015 Finalist, Australian Print Triennial, Art Vault Mildura
2014 Best in Show, Art, Goulburn Show, Goulburn
Winner, Landscape painting, Goulburn Show, Goulburn
Winner, Abstract section, Combined Art Societies of Sydney, Darling Harbour
2013 Winner, Abstract section, Combined Art Societies of Sydney, Darling Harbour
Commended, Abstract, St George Art Society, Kogarah
2012 Highly Commended, Miniatures, StGAS, Kogarah
2011 Winner, Works on Paper, Combined Art Societies of Sydney, Darling Harbour
2010 Winner, Mediums other than Oil, StGAS, Kogarah
Commended, Printmaking, Royal Easter Show, Sydney
2009 Winner, Irodori Watercolour Competition (acquisitive, Irodori, Tokyo)
Winner, Watercolour Award, StGAS, Kogarah.
Workshops:
Marion conducts watercolour workshops in Sylvania, NSW.
Visit her website for full details.