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Holly Leonardson
Currently based in Newcastle, Australia
Education
University of Tasmania, Bachelor of Contemporary Art, 2015
Awarded Deans Role of Excellence 2014, 2015
Solo Exhibitions
Super Wild Beach Party, Onwards Gallery, 2022
Nature Camp, Onwards Gallery, 2021
Assemble Gingerbread World, Sawtooth ARI, 2015
Bon Bon, Powerhouse Gallery, March 2015
Group Exhibitions
Collect, The Lock Up, 2023
Here You Find Me, Scratch Art Space, 2023
Summer Salon, Straitjacket, 2022
5 Years and Onwards, Onwards Gallery, 2022
Don’t Be a Stranger, Brunswick Street Gallery, 2022
RISOGRAPHOMANIA, Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery, 2022
Onwards Residents, John Hunter Hospital, 2022
Springtime 4, Lamington Drive, 2019
More is More, Boom Gallery, 2019
Make or Break, Brunswick Street Gallery, 2019
Causes of Failure in Jam, Academy Gallery UTAS, 2019
Eclectia, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, 2018
Local Heroes Art Prize, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, 2018
Handle With Care, Soul Craft Festival, 2018
Youth in Reflection, Syndicate Creative, 2018
Grand Opening, Syndicate Creative, 2018
Tinsel Town, Analogue Gallery, 2017
PIQUED: Collection and Connection, CRAFT: Art and Design as a Career Conference, 1000 £ Bend, 2017
Think Pink, Enough Gallery, 2016
Full House: 5 Years @ Sawtooth Ari, ArtsTas, 2016
Retrospective, Sawtooth ARI, 2016
Sawtooth Members Exhibition, 2016
Playful, Melbourne City Library, 2016
Hi, We’re New Here, Enough Gallery, 2015
Sawtooth ARI Annual Fundraiser Auction, Sawtooth ARI, 2015
Graduate Exhibition, Academy Gallery, 2015
Free Cookie, Open Studio and Exhibition with Sarah McNeil, Powerhouse Art Gallery, 2013
Powerhouse Committee Member show 2015, 2014
Wallflowers, Bleeding Heart Gallery, 2011
Emulator, Bleeding Heart Gallery, 2011
Projects
Tartan Mind Mend, Poepke, 2021
Alternate Ornament, curated online exhibition, 2020
Workshops
Collage Social, Onwards Gallery, 2022
Contemporary Collage, Onwards Gallery, 2021 - 2022
Contemporary Collage, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, 2019
Playful: New Jewellery, Melbourne City Library, 2016
Publications
Twenty By Four Edition 2, Somekind Press, 2020
Awards
2020, Finalist Good Stuff Awards, Frankie Magazine
2018, Finalist Good Stuff Awards, Frankie Magazine
2015, Finalist Powerhouse Art Prize, Powerhouse Art Gallery, TAS
Clients
Positive Women Victoria, Summer Newsletter cover, 2021
ABC, Playschool Art Time: Imaginary Worlds Collage, aired October 2020
Nearness, Calendar design, 2020
Nearness, Calendar design, 2019
Frankie Magazine, Collage Kit, 2019
Nearness, Calendar design, 2018
Frankie Magazine, YES Facebook Marriage Equality Campaign, 2017
Work
2016 - Art Studio Assistant to Beci Orpin, Fiona Simmons VIC
2015 - Co-Director of Powerhouse Gallery, University of Tasmania
2013 - 2015, Art studio Assistant to Mae Finlayson, TAS
2014 - Art Studio Assistant to Team Textiles, TAS