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The Ultra Realistic Paintings By Effie Pryer
The Ultra Realistic Paintings By Artist Effie Pryer
ABOUT ARTIST EFFIE PRYER
Living in Hobart, Tasmania.
Studies:
Master of Cultural Material Conservation, University of Melbourne (2012-13)
Bachelor of Arts/Fine Arts, University of Tasmania (2008-11)
WORK OVER THE YEARS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Solo Exhibitions:
March 2015, You Are Here, Colville Gallery, Hobart
May 2014, Oh! Fortuna, Colville Gallery, Hobart
Group Exhibitions:
2015 Long Weekend, Trocadero Artspace, Melbourne
2013 Naked & Nude, Manning Art Prize, Taree, NSW
2010-2015 Annual End of Year Show, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2012, 2011 New Works with Chen Ping, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 RACT Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize, Tasmania
2011 Art Melbourne 2011, Melbourne
2008, 2009, 2010 Rotary Art Exhibition, Hobart
2009 Submerged, UTAS Union Building, Hobart
2009 TasPride Artfully Queer Exhibition, Tasmania
Honours:
2015 $30,000 Arts Tasmania/UTAS Chancellors Portrait Project Commission
2013 Finalist, Manning Art Prize, Naked & Nude, Taree, NSW
2013 Highly Commended, QANTAS Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA), Visual Arts
2012, 2011 RACT Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize People’s Choice Award
2010 Artery Sponsorship as Emerging Artist
2010 RACT Insurance Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize finalist
2009 TasPride Artfully Queer ‘Figure It Out’, joint winner
2009 TasPride Artfully Queer ‘Figure It Out’ Young Artist Award
2009 RACT Insurance Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize finalist
2009 Rotary Art Exhibition People’s Choice Award, runner-up
2008 UTAS Overseas Travel Scholarship recipient
2008 UTAS Advanced Honours Program participant
2008 Rotary Ted Poole Memorial Art Prize recipient
Reviews/publication history:
The Mercury, ‘Talented Pryer shows her human touch’, May 10, 2014
The Mercury, ‘Naked Ambition’, May 8, 2014
RACT Motoring News, ‘The 2010 RACT Insurance Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize’, August/September 2010
TasPride Bulletin, ‘The Beauty of All People’, May, 2010
The Mercury, ‘Such Sophisticated Students’, August 2, 2008
