Penelope Oates Resume

B A of Fine Arts COFA 1989   B A of Dramatic Art in Design NIDA 1994       Diploma of Education in Visual Arts 2001

 

Gallery Representation       Frances Keevil    and    KAB Galleries

 

Art Awards/ Finalist Selections and Accompanying Exhibitions

2025 Hawkesbury Art Prize Finalist

2025 Gosford Art Prize Finalist

2025 Doyles Art Award Finalist

2025 Milburn Landscape Prize Finalist

2025 Halloran Contemporary Art Prize Finalist

2024 Redlands Art Award Finalist and Members Award

2024 Calleen Art Award Finalist and  People’s Choice Award

2024 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award Finalist

2024 Lethbridge Landscape Prize Finalist and Highly Commended Award

2024 Gallipoli Art Prize Finalist

2024 Waterbrook Landscape Prize Finalist

2023 Calleen Art Award   Finalist and Peoples’ Choice Award

2023 Kennedy Art Prize Finalist

2023 Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Awards, Finalist and People’s Choice Award

2023 Gallipoli Art Prize Finalist

2023 Hawkesbury Art Prize Finalist

2023 Mount Eyre Art Prize Finalist

2023 Lethbridge Small Works Prize, Salon Selection

2023 Wingecarabee Landscape Prize, People’s Choice Award

2022 KAAF Art Prize, Korean Cultural Museum Sydney, Finalist

2022 National Capital Art Prize, Canberra, Finalist

2022 Gallipoli Art Prize, Circular Quay, Finalist

2022 Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize, Manly Art Gallery, Finalist

2022 Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Finalist

2022 Hornsby Art Prize, Hornsby, Finalist

2022 Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill Council Chambers, Finalist

2022 Blue Mountains Art Prize, Finalist and People’s Choice Award

2019 Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, People’s Choice Award

Selected Exhibition History

Solo Shows

2024 Etched Through Time- Frances Keevil, September, NSW

2024 Out Yonder- KAB Gallery, May, Nth Sydney, NSW

2023 Figments, Frances Keevil, October Wooloomooloo NSW

2021 Steadfast Moon, The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW

2020 Landscape Narratives, The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW

2019 Alternate Views, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW

2019 Moods and Moments, Yuga Gallery, Balmain, NSW

​Group Shows

2025 Sculpture and Canvas Walk Into a Gallery, Frances Keevil, Studio W, Wooloomooloo

 Affordable Art Fair, Carriageworks Sydney with Frances Keevil (up and coming)

2024 Linked, Frances Keevil, Studio W, Wooloomooloo

2023 Summer in the City, Frances Keevil, Studio W, Wooloomooloo

 Fifty50, Neram Museum, Armidale NSW

 Summer Exhibition, The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW

2022 Festival of Natives, Gang Gang Gallery, Lithgow, NSW

 Lumine, Gan Gang Gallery, Lithgow, NSW

Ephemeral, Gang Gang Galllery, Lithgow, NSW

Interconnected, Neram Museum, Armidale, NSW

Love Where We Live, Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, NSW

Place in the Sun, Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, NSW

Hawkesbury Art Fair, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery

2021 Summer Exhibition, The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW

Hawkesbury Art Fair, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery

2020 Jewels of the Earth, Duo Show with Melissa Read Devine, Gallery ONE88 Katoomba

Summer Exhibition, The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral NSW

2019 Into The Wild, The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral NSW

Summer Exhibition, The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW

Hawkesbury Art Fair, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery

Still Life's in the Landscape, The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW

Shifting Perspectives, Gallery 504 Balmain, NSW

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