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Curriculum Vitae - Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger

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Residencies and collaborations

2024 

The Arctic Circle Residency - Svalbard, April 28 to May 14  

Arctic/Svalbard - Artist/traveller/observer, May 16 to 21

BigCi Residency, Blue Mountains NSW January 17 to February 12

2021  

Artist at Sea - SOI (Schmidt Ocean Institute) RV Falkor; Seafloor to Seabirds in the Coral Sea multibeam mapping Coral Sea Marine Park & North Tasman Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 6 February to 6 March

2017

Culture at Work Pyrmont Residency - March 6 to 31

South Shetland Islands, specifically Deception Island - the Ninth Wave 'Floating Lab' -  January 6 to 25

2016

Faroe Islands - Environmental Research with The Clipperton Project 'Floating Lab' June 3 to 28

2015

Lord Howe Island - Water sampling, sound recording, filming and research April 25 to May 9

The Clipperton Project WA - inaugural Australian Project - March 10-17

2014

Galapagos Islands Researching - filming, sound recording and Research October 1 to 15

Bio-Art Summer Residency - SVA (School of Visual Arts) New York - May 19 to June 20

Lord Howe Island - Water sampling, filming and research January 12 to 26

2013

Bio-Art Summer Residency - SVA (School of Visual Arts) New York - May 21 to June 21

OMG - Octopus Mandala Glow - Collaborative Work Performance with Professor Victoria Vesna, chair UCL Art / Sci

 

Experience

2020 to date

Board member Culture at Work - Art, Science and Technology initiative.

2019

Climate Reality Leadership training - Al Gore sponsored Brisbane Australia.

2015

MFA (Master of Fine Art) SCA (Sydney College of the Arts) - Sydney University - Major Sculpture/Installation

                                                    (Auditing Botany; Marine Biology; the Art of Sound and Noise; Art and Nature as part of my research)

2013

Graduate MSA (Master of Studio Art) SCA (Sydney College of the Arts) - Sydney University Major Print Media

2012

Diploma Fine Arts (Hornsby TAFE) majoring in Print Media & Ceramics

2005 - 2011

National Exhibition Coordinator for MAANZ (Mosaic Association of Australia & New Zealand) Organising & Curating Managing the Following Exhibitions: National Open Biennale, 30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition Biennale, Assisting and mentoring in all State Open Exhibitions

1989 to 2003 Working as a plant operator for Shell Refining Australia Pty/Ltd in the production of fuel products and water purification – National High Risk Work license no HRW129598 (Open Boiler, 1st Class Steam and Turbine, 2nd Class Diesel, 2nd Class Refrigeration)

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Work Exhibited and Group Exhibitions International

2023

Art Basel - Miami, Schmidt Ocean Institute Stand

2022   

Ancestral Echoes: a decade of Bio Art – SVA N.Y.

Nautilus Oceans Exhibition – Explorers Club New York

2020

Craft Nouveau exhibition - Blue Line Arts – California

2017

International Summer Academy for Arts and Media Technology Venice - Palazzo Zenobio

Impressions Print Exhibition - International Arts Festival Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Centre for Creative Arts & Media - Ireland

2016

Stunning Edge 2016 Contemporary Ceramics in Asia - Taipei

Gagged - Video installation used as opening for the Keynote speech by Associate Professor Monica Gagilano PhD - Jane Goodall Foundation Symposium Brussel, May 14

ASCI Biodiversity / Extinctions - New York Hall of Science 

2014

NYABF - MoMA PS1 Long Island - SVA (School of Visual Arts)

SVA Alumni Exhibition - Flatiron Building Manhattan NY

Things are NOT Cooperating- SVA bioart Residency Exhibition NY

2013

Semi Living - SVA bioart Residency Exhibition New York

MGC - Manhattan Graphics Juried Print Exhibition - New York

Portrait in Print - Centre for Contemporary Printmaking Norwalk Connecticut - United States

2012

Exploring a Medium Centre for Arts Evergreen Colorado USA

Irish Connection Lorg printmakers Ireland

2009

Crusty Oceania - DOMO Exhibition - Australian Embassy - Berlin

2008

Red Cross Summer Exhibition The Hague (The Netherlands)

 

Work Exhibited and Group Exhibitions Australia

2024

JADA Drawing Prize, Grafton Regional Gallery NSW

VISIBLE but INTANGIBLE, Sydney Printmakers, Print Council of Australia Vic

Origin, Sydney Printmakers, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery NSW

2023

Sydney Printmakers - Lane Cove Art Gallery NSW

Northern Beaches Art Prize - Manly Regional Art Gallery NSW

Burnie Print Prize - Burnie Tasmania

Sydney Printmakers - Origin, Glasshouse Port Macquarie

2022   

Heysen Landscape Prize

Greenway Environmental Art prize - NSW (WINNER)

SIG: Sculpture in the Garden – Mudgee NSW

SWELL Sculpture Festival – Currumbin Qld

North Queensland Ceramic Awards (biennale) - Pinnacles Gallery Townsville Qld

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair - Works on Paper with Sydney Printmakers.

Wyndham Art Prize - Victoria 

The Ravenswood Prize for Women - NSW

The Alice Art Prize – Northern Territory

North Sydney Art Prize – NSW

2021   

Blacktown Art Prize - NSW

Northern Beaches Art Prize - Manly Regional Art Gallery NSW

Sydney Printmakers 60th Anniversary Exhibition – Manly Regional Gallery NSW

2020  

Blacktown Art Prize - NSW
The Mission to Seafarers Art Prize - Victoria
Sculpture in the Garden – Mudgee NSW
Sculptures by the Sea Cottesloe WA

2019   

Sculptures in the Garden - Mudgee NSW 

Sculptures by the Sea – Outdoor and Indoor Bondi NSW

North Sydney Art Prize - NSW

2017

Harbour Sculpture - Woolwich (Sydney Harbour foreshore) NSW

2016

Inkmasters Print Exhibition - Cairns Qld

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize - South Australian Museum

North Queensland Ceramics Award (biennale) Pinnacles Gallery 

Elemental - M Contemporary Projects NSW

2015

Graduate Exhibition SCA - Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney)

CNWAP - Chippendale New World Art Prize

Mosman NSW 2088 Regional Art Gallery

2014

InkMasters - Cairns

Swan Hill Print & Drawing -Swan Hill

Art Concerning the Environment - Scope Gallery Vic

Bending the Truth Verge Gallery

Mosman NSW 2088 Regional Art Gallery

Under Pressure -Gallery Red Glebe NSW

2013

Graduate Exhibition SCA (Sydney College of the Arts) University of Sydney

Fishers Ghost Open Prize NSW

Verge Art Awards Verge Gallery

SCAP - Sunshine Coast Art Prize - QLD

Lethbridge Small Scale - QLD

2012

Kenilworth Art Prize - QLD

Wilson Visual Arts Award - NSW

Hunters Hill Art Prize - NSW

Print & Works on Paper-Swan Hill Environment Art Prize - Scope Gallery Vic

Lethbridge Small Scale Online Gallery

2011

30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition (National touring exhibition, showing at regional galleries in NSW, ACT, QLD, NT, Vic and WA)

Flanagan Art Prize - Ballarat Vic

Lethbridge Art Prize -Online Gallery

2010

Print & Works on Paper-Swan Hill

Gallery Adagio Group Exh (NSW)

Brisbane Senses Art - Qld

2009

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize (SA)

30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition

Hunters Hill Art Prize (NSW)

'The Studio' Art Sydney 09

2008

Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing – Adelaide Perry Gallery, (NSW)

Fishers Ghost Art Award – Campbelltown Arts Centre, (NSW)

Heysen Prize – Hahndorf Academy, (SA)

Mosman Art Prize – Mosman Art Gallery, (NSW)

Waverley Art Prize – Waverley Arts Centre, (NSW)

Taylor Galleries – Summer Hill (NSW)
Redland Art Awards – Redland Art Gallery, (Qld)
Small Works - Brunswick Gallery (Vic)
Stanthorpe Art Prize – Stanthorpe Regional Gallery (Qld)
Bayside Art Prize (Vic)
 

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Solo Exhibitions

2023

Antarctica - All to Lose, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown NSW, September 20 to October 8

Aquatic Veridical – the apposition of time in underwater landscapes, The Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Victoria, Aug 24 to Sep 17

Antarctica - All to Lose, The Bowery Gallery 33 Princess St, St Albans, Victoria, April 21 to June 8

Absence of Line - Art Est, 10 Hill St Leichardt NSW - March 3 to 28

2022   

Beyond the Bucket List –  NRCG (Northern Rivers Community Gallery) May 4 to June 26

2021   

Beyond Sight: into the microscopic world of plants – Ironbark Gallery NSW - February 19 to April 18

2019

This Ain’t No Mirage - Project Gallery QCA Brisbane – 7 February to 2 March
2018

Distorted Truths - Spectrum Project Space ECU Mount Lawley WA – May 17 to June 1
2017

Deception – Accelerator Gallery Pyrmont NSW May 27 to June 10
Gagged in Dystopia – Interlude Gallery Glebe Point Rd Glebe NSW January 27 to February 4
2015

Colliding Worlds – Hazelhurst Community Gallery – the Kingsway Gymea NSW March 6 - 17
2013

Coding the Future – GAFFA Gallery (Clarence St Sydney)
2010

Focus on Print – Invitational (CAS) exhibition Fitzroy Library (Vic)
2009

Memories of the Landscape - BSG Brunswick St Gallery (Vic)
2007

Landscapes - CUSP Gallery (Vic)
2006

Renewal - Lane Cove Cultural Centre (NSW)
2005

Visions: Land + Sea – Fire Station Rozelle (NSW)
2003

Discovering the Centre - Newspace Gallery (NSW)
2002

New works by Lea Kannar - Breewood Gallery – Leura (NSW)
Grand Opening Exhibition- Breewood Gallery – Richmond (NSW)
Moods and Colour - Newspace Gallery (NSW)
 

Awards and Prizes include

2022

Greenway Art Prize (NSW) 1st prize

2017    

Ocean Grove Art Prize (Vic) 1st Prize
2014    

PRSS Sydney University Research Grant – for travel to research in the Galapagos Islands
2013    

Ocean Grove Art Prize (Vic) – 1st Prize
2012     

Phyllis Arnot Print Prize– Hornsby College NSW
Corowa Art Prize (Vic) – 1st Prize 
2011    

30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition – (National) Highly Commended - Selected for Touring
2010     

Warrnambool Art Prize (Vic) – 1st Prize
Henry Lawson Grenfell Art Awards (NSW) – 1st Prize
2009    

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize – S.A. Museum - Selected for Touring
30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition – (National) Highly Commended - Selected for Touring
41st Bendigo Easter Art Exhibition (Vic) - 1st Prize
2008     

Bayside Art Show Brighton (Vic) - 1st Prize
Henry Lawson Grenfell Art Awards - 1st Prize
Royal Canberra Art Awards - 1st Prize 
Tarra Festival Art Prize (Vic) - 1st Prize
2007     

Wagga Wagga Rotary - 1st Prize
Tarra Festival Art Prize (Vic) - 1st Prize
2006    

Scone Art Prize - 1st Prize
Orange Blossom Festival - 1st Prize
Altona Art Exhibition (Vic) - 1st Prize
2005    

Yea (Vic) Art Prize - 1st Prize
Winmalee Arts Festival – Peoples Choice
2004      

Kiama 26th Annual Exhibition - 1st Prize
Wangi Dobel - Landscape - 1st Prize
Wangi Dobel – Contemporary - 1st Prize
2003     

Narrabri Art Exhibition - Betty Berriman Bequest- 1st Prize
Henry Lawson Grenfell Art Awards - 1st Prize
Great Southland Art Awards - 1st Prize
Great Southland Art Awards - Pashley (Packing Room) Prize

Royal Canberra Art Awards - 1st Prize
2002     

Cootamundra Soroptimist International - 1st Prize
Singleton Art Prize - People’s Choice 
2001     

Foundation Week Art Awards - 1st Prize
 

 

Public Works & Community Projects

• Mosman Community Mosaic Project -Mosman Council sponsored 8m Mural Project (2008 - Completed 5th Sept 2011)

• Hawthorne Canal Community Project - Leichhardt Council sponsored 44m Mural Project (2008 - Completed July 2011)

• IGS (International Grammar School - Glebe) Student Duke of Edinburgh Award - Mosaic Project (2008 - Completed 2010)

• Artist on Bubbler Project - Leichhardt Council sponsored disabled bubbler park project (Completed 2007)

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Professional Memberships

AAANZ - Art Association of Australia and New Zealand
AESS   - Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences
AFGW  - Australian Federation of Graduate Women
ANAT   - Australian Network for Art and Technology
ASCI    - Art & Science Collaborations Inc.
CAL     - Copyright Agency Limited 
ECOS  - Emerging Creatives of Science

IAPMA - International Association of Hand Paper Makers & Paper Artists

LAND ART Agency & Collective
NAVA   - National Association of Visual Artists – Professional Member
SciArt Initiative

SLSA   - Society for Literature, Science and the Arts
SPM    - Sydney Print Makers
WAR    - Women’s Art Registry
WEAD - Women’s Environmental Artists Directory
 

 

 

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