Elizabeth Banfield CV
Education:
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) 1981 - 1984
South Australian School of Art
National Student Art Prize, 1984 (Highly Commended, Printmaking)
Collections:
Art Gallery of South Australia
Artspace Mackay, QLD
Bank Street Arts Centre, Sheffield, UK
Banyule City Council, VIC
Bergen Public Library, Bergen, Norway
Bittondi Printmakers Association Inc., SA
Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania
Canson Australia Pty Ltd
City of Stonnington, VIC
City of Whitehorse, Whitehorse Artspace, VIC
Customs House Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC
Edinburgh College of Art Library, Edinburgh, Scotland
Firestation Print Studio, VIC
John Curtin Gallery, WA
John M. Flaxman Library Special Collections, The School of Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Justin Art House Museum, VIC
KHiB Library, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen, Norway
Manly Library Artist Book Collection, NSW
Minnesota Centre for Book Arts, Minneapolis, USA
Monash University Library, Rare Books Collection, VIC
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
National Library of Australia, Printed Australiana
Paul D Fleck Library and Archives, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, VIC
Print Council of Australia Inc.
St Michael’s Grammar School, VIC
Shelford Girls Grammar, VIC
South Australian School of Art
Southern Printmakers Association, NSW
St Catherines School, VIC
State Library of NSW, Mitchell Library
State Library of Queensland, Artist Book Collection
State Library of Victoria, Rare Books
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, VIC
Tintern Schools, VIC
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD
Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW
University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
University of Woolongong, NSW
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW
Westminster School, Marion, South Australia
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 lacuna - Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
2018 new artist books, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
2013 The Forest of Ambiguity, Port Jackson Press, The Little Window of Opportunity, Fitzroy
2012 Coalescence, Red Gallery, Fitzroy North
Juried, Curated and Group Exhibitions:
2020 26th Mayoral Art Exhibition, Federation Estate Gallery, Ringwood, VIC
COVID-19 Global Quilt, online quilt project curated by Kate Just and Tal Fitzpatrick
International Print Run, South Australian print exchange curated by Simone Tippett
F**k COVID, postcard exchange curated by Simone Tippett
2019 Impressions II, Whitehorse Artspace, Box Hill, VIC
Kyoto Hanga International Print Exhibition, Japan and Australia 2019, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
Sydney Contemporary - Paper Contemporary, Firestation Print Studio stall, Sydney, NSW
Bittondi Printmakers 10 year exhibition, The Arts Centre, Port Noarlunga, SA
Out of Slumber, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff, VIC
Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art 2019, Montsalvat, Eltham VIC (Finalist)
Burnie Print Prize 2019, Burnie Regional Art Gallery (Finalist)
Imprint: A Survey of the Print Council of Australia, Parliament House, Canberra ACT
Impress, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
International Print Run, South Australian print exchange curated by Simone Tippett
Aspire, curated by Stephen McLaughlan, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2018 Sydney Contemporary - Paper Contemporary (Artist Book Stall), with Bronwyn Rees
Print Council of Australia Inc. - Print Commission
Inkmasters 4th Biennial Print Exhibition, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, QLD (Finalist)
Firestation in Florence, Firestation Print Gallery Melbourne and Il Bisonte, Florence, Italy
Libris Awards, Australian Artist Book Prize, Artspace Mackay, QLD (Finalist)
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery (Print Award Winner)
Melbourne Art Book Fair, National Gallery of Victoria, Print Council of Australia Inc.
Eventide, Curated by Rona Green, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW
Editions 2018, curated by Keith Lawrence, Tacit Galleries, Collingwood
Assignation, curated by Stephen McLaughlan, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Burrinja Climate Change Biennale, Burrinja Gallery, Upwey (Finalist)
Gippsland Print Award Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
Geelong Acquisitive Print Award, Geelong Art Gallery (Finalist)
The Forest, PG Printmaker Gallery, Fitzroy
Castlemaine Press Print Exchange, In My Backyard, Castlemaine Press
Great Authors Print Exchange, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff, curated by Soula Mantalvanos
Manly Library Artist Book Award, Warringah Creative Space, North Curl Curl, NSW (Acquisition)
Restless Nature - Elizabeth Banfield, Kyoko Imazu, Bronwyn Rees, John Sheehan, Sophia Szilagyi, Collins Place Gallery, curated by Marguerite Brown
Burnie Print Prize 2017, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania (Acquisition)
By the Book, Firestation Print Gallery, Armadale
Editions 2017, Tacit Contemporary Art, curated by Keith Lawrence
2016 Limited Edition, PCA Commission Prints from the Burnie Regional Art Gallery Collection, curated by Melissa Smith and Randolph Wylie, 146 ArtSpace, Hobart, Tasmania
Postcards from the North and South 2016, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville, Hawkes Bay Printmakers NZ, FPS Gallery
Atlanta Printmakers and Firestation Print Studio Exchange Portfolio, FPS Gallery and Atlanta
BIMPE IX, International Mini Print Exhibition, Vancouver, Alberta, Canada (Finalist)
Libris Awards, Australian Artist Book Prize, Artspace Mackay, Mackay, QLD. (Finalist)
Bellarine Print Prize, Tussock Gallery, Point Lonsdale (Finalist)
Venation, (Elizabeth Banfield, Danica Chappell, Ying Chew, David Wadelton, Lyndal Walker) curated by David O'Halloran, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong
Inkmasters 2016, Tank Arts Centre, Cairns QLD (Finalist)
Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery Acquisitive Art Prize, St Vincent's Gallery, Fitzroy (Finalist)
Imprimatur - Imprints from the Bridge, Bittondi Printmakers, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Murray Bridge, SA
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (Finalist)
Conversations, Artist Books at Mrs Harris' Shop Gallery, Torrensville, SA, curated by Jo Harris
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery (Finalist)
Eventide, curated by Rona Green, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Editions 2016, Tacit Contemporary Art, curated by Keith Lawrence
Limited Edition, PCA Commission Prints from the Burnie Regional Art Gallery Collection, curated by Melissa Smith and Randolph Wylie, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania
Aspect, curated by Stephen McLauglan, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery
2015 Rick Amor Print Prize, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat (Finalist)
Glow, Prints from Australia, The Framing Salon, London, UK, curated by Marguerite Brown
Postcards from the North and South 2015, FPS, Tsubata Japan, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville QLD
Mildura BMW Australian Print Triennial Prize, Art Vault, Mildura (Finalist)
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan (Finalist)
Compact Prints 2014 Tour, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Fortitude Valley, QLD
5th Sheffield International Artist Book Prize, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK, October 2015 (Finalist)
Compact Prints 2014 Tour, Gatakers Artspace, Maryborough, QLD
Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, Glen Eira City Council Gallery (Finalist)
Palimpsest (with Bronwyn Rees), Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
Elizabeth Banfield, John Sheehan and Bronwyn Rees, curated by Marguerite Brown, The Framing Salon, London, UK
Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery Acquisitive Art Prize, St Vincent's Gallery, Fitzroy (Finalist)
Manly Library Artist Book Award, Manly Library, NSW (Acquisition)
Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania (Finalist)
She, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong (Finalist)
Winged Messengers Print Exchange, Hahndorf Academy, Hahndorf, SA
Editions 2015, Tacit Contemporary Art, Abbotsford, curated by Keith Lawrence
2014 Imprints of Place - Postcards from Australia and Ireland, curated by Marguerite Brown, The Framing Salon, London, UK
Bookmarks XII, Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, UK
Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA, (Finalist)
Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, Glen Eira City Council Gallery (Finalist)
Postcards from North and South 2014, Firestation Print Studio, Cork Printmakers Gallery, Ireland, Umbrella Studio
Compact Prints International Print Exchange, Umbrella Studio, Townsville, QLD
Catalyst, Mrs Harris' Shop Gallery, Torrensville, SA
Inkmasters, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, QLD (Finalist)
Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery Acquisitive Art Prize, St Vincent's Art Gallery, Fitzroy (Finalist)
Inked 2, Urban Cow Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery (Finalist)
New Ground - Contemporary Printmaking (Elizabeth Banfield, Tiziano Bellomi, Anita Iacovella, Jenny Peterson, Bronwyn Rees, Andrew Totman), curated by Mardi Nowak, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn Arts Centre
2013 Sketchbook Project (Australia), Victorian College of the Arts
4th Sheffield International Artist Book Prize, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK (Finalist)
Postcards from the North and South 2013, Firestation Print Gallery and Gallery 48, Townsville, QLD
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan (Jurors' Choice Award)
Geelong Acquisitive Print Award, Geelong Gallery (Finalist)
Libris Awards, Australian Artist Book Prize, Artspace Mackay, Mackay, QLD. (Finalist)
CPM Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW (Highly Commended)
Art-Town, Chapel off Chapel, Prahran (Art in the community, collaborative artist book project with Joss Farmar-Bowers)
2012 Yesterday Today and Tomorrow, Firestation Retrospective, Firestation Print Gallery
Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA
2011 The Print and Narrative, Firestation Members’ Exchange Portfolio (participant artist and curator), Firestation Print Gallery
Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield (Finalist)
CPM Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
International Postal Art Project exhibited at Picture This – Postcards and Letters Beyond Text, University of Sussex UK
Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artists’ Book Award, Next Art Gallery, Lismore, NSW (Highly Commended)
2010 Print Council of Australia Inc – Print Commission
Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield (Finalist)
International Postal Art Project, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
2009 My Story, Peterborough Town Hall Gallery, Burra Art Gallery, SA
Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield (Finalist)
CPM Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW (Finalist)
2008 Botanica, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne
Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield (Finalist)
Head Case, Sofitel Gallery, Melbourne (Finalist)
2007 Summer Salon, Firestation Print Gallery, Armadale (Prize Winner)
2006 Summer Salon, Firestation Print Gallery, Armadale
Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda
2002 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda
1988 CAS Print Workshop Exhibition, Union Gallery, University of Adelaide
Print Workshop Exhibition, The Atrium, Adelaide
1987 Dissimilar Origins, Print Workshop Exhibition, CAS Gallery, Adelaide
Print Workshop Exhibition, The Promenade, Adelaide
1986 CAS Workshop Exhibition, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
Workshop Editions, The Atrium, Adelaide
1985 Etchers at Tessha’s, Tessha’s Gallery, Adelaide
Fantasy Show, CAS Gallery, Adelaide
Graduate Printmakers, Contemporary Art Society Gallery, Adelaide
1984 National Student Art Prize Exhibition, Mitchell College Union, Bathurst (Highly Commended, Printmaking)
1983 Student Exhibition, Experimental Art Foundation Gallery, Adelaide
1982 Student Exhibition, SACAE Gallery, Adelaide