Artist CV

Lara Scolari

Education

• Master of Cross-disciplinary Art and Design UNSW Art & Design (MCDArtDes)
• Diploma of Fine Arts
• Post Graduate Visual Arts Residency (Selective) – Western Institute of TAFE
• Diploma of Arts Administration
• Certificate III Ceramics

Solo Exhibitions

• 2020 Lara Scolari Gallery, Balmain, NSW Australia
• 2020 Vim Vitae, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington, NSW, Australia
• 2019 Designer Rugs Lara Scolari Collection Launch
• 2019 Ethereal for Interior Design – Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, Sydney, Australia
• 2018 Back to the Bush, Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW , Australia
• 2018 FLUX, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney, NSW Australia
• 2018 VOYAGE, Left Bank Gallery, Souhtport, QLD, Australia
• 2017 NOCTURN, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington, NSW, Australia
• 2017 Contemporary Noir, Art2Muse, Double Bay, New South Wales
• 2016 COOL LUXE, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, New South Wales
• 2016 Contemporary Luxe, Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, New South Wales
• 2016 Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• 2016 MONO2, Lara Scolari Gallery, Balmain, New South Wales
• 2015 Mono, Lara Scolari Gallery, Balmain, New South Wales
• 2015 Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, New South Wales
• 2015 Grand Opening Exhibition, Lara Scolari Gallery, Balmain, New South Wales
• 2015 Moree Art Gallery, Moree, New South Wales
• 2014/15 Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• 2014 Depot II Gallery, Danks St, Waterloo, New South Wales
• 2012 Lazy River Estate Winery, Dubbo, New South Wales
• 2011 LUDO, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales
• 2010 Occulo, Jayes Gallery, Molong, New South Wales
• 2010 Fairview Art Space, Mudgee, New South Wales
• 2009 Latent, Dubbo Regional Gallery – The Armati Bequest, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW
• 2009 Lazy River Estate Winery, Dubbo, New South Wales

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019

• Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
• Asia Contemporary Art Show – Fall Edition, Hong Kong
• The Other Art Fair – Los Angeles, USA
• Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong
• RAW art Prize – selected finalist, Sydney, Australia
• Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Wombat Hollow, Australia
• Asia Contemporary Art Show – Spring Edition, Hong Kong
• The Other Art Fair – Sydney, Australia

2018

• The Other Art Fair – Santa Monica, LA – USA
• The Other Art Fair – Melbourne, Australia
• The Other Art Fair – Sydney, Australia
• Works on Paper – Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington, NSW, Australia

2017

• Selected Finalist Brisbane Art Prize, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Art, Fortitude Valley, QLD
• Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales
• Fenton & Fenton, Prahran, Victoria
• Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, New South Wales
• Selected Finalist, Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• Paper Pear Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
• Finalist – John Olsen Drawing Prize, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2016

• Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales
• Fenton & Fenton, Prahran, Victoria
• Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, New South Wales
• Paper Pear Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
• The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, New South Wales
• Martine Gallery, Nothbridge, New South Wales
• Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Hunters Hill, New South Wales

2015

• Tusk Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
• Art2Muse, Double Bay, New South Wales
• Selected Finalist, Moreton Bay Art Awards, Strathpine, Queensland
• Selected Finalist, Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Resident Artists Exhibition, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• Twist Gallery, Alexandria, New South Wales
• Martine Gallery, Northbridge, New South Wales

2014

• Tusk Gallery, South Yarra, Victoria
• Selected Finalist Mosman Art Prize, Mosman, New South Wales
• Kenthurst Galleries, Kenthurst, New South Wales
• SOHO Galleries, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales
• NG Gallery, ART NOW, Chippendale Creative Precinct, New South Wales
• Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Resident Artist Exhibition, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Resident Artist Exhibition, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• Wenona Alumni Art Show, Milsons Point, New South Wales
• Balmain Art Gallery, Balmain, New South Wales
• Brisbane Modern Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Queensland
• Nexus Gallery, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria
• Paper Pear Art Gallery, Wagga Waga, New South Wales
• Jayes Gallery, Molong, New South Wales
• Panoply Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
• Art2Muse, Double Bay, New South Wales
• Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Balmain Pop Up, Balmain, New South Wales

2013

• A Decade of Stories – Artist in Residence Exhibition, Ashfield, New South Wales
• Tracks, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, New South Wales

2012

• Blake Prize Directors Cut Exhibition
• Salerno Gallery, Glebe, New South Wales
• Calleen Art Award Finalist, Corwa Art Gallery, Cowra, New South Wales
• Shimmer on the Bay, St Josephs College Exhibition, Walsh Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
• I Love Art Exhibition, St Augustines School, Narromine, New South Wales
• Fresh Arts, Dubbo Theatre and Convention Centre, Dubbo, New South Wales

2011

• Finalist Calleen Acquisition Prize, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
• Paper Pear Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
• Hill Gallery, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• Alchemy, Jayes Gallery, Molong, New South Wales
• Art Unlimited Prize, Dunedoo, New South Wales
• Fresh Paint, Red Door Gallery, Dubbo, New South Wales

2010

• Michael Reid Gallery, Murrurundi, New South Wales
• St Josephs Art Show, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• Newport Artworks, Newport Beach, New South Wales
• Hill Gallery, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• Jayes Gallery, Molong, New South Wales
• Finalist Calleen Acquisition Prize, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
• Around The World, Fresh Arts Group Show, Macquarie Regional Library, Dubbo, New South Wales

2009

• Finalist Morton Bay Art Awards, Strathpine, Queensland
• Fresh Meat, Fresh Arts Group Show, Chop Art Shop, Milthorpe, New South Wales
• Fairview Art Space, Mudgee, New South Wales
• Jayes Gallery, Molong, New South Wales
• Percy Street Gallery, Wellington, New South Wales
• Wood for the Trees Fresh Arts Group Show, Dubbo, New South Wales
• Winner Into the Drip Art Prize, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee, New South Wales

2008

• Bowerhouse, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo, New South Wales
• Fairview Artspace, Mudgee, New South Wales
• Finalist Art Unlimited Prize, Dunedoo, New South Wales
• Fresh Arts 08, Dubbo Regional Gallery – The Armaty Bequest, New South Wales
• Finalist Calleen Acquisition Prize, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales

2007

• Expose, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo, New South Wales
• Fresh off the Plains, Canowindra Art Gallery, New South Wales

2006

• Visible, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbi, New South Wales
• Fresh & Fruity, The Art Gallery Coonabarabranm New South Wales
• Fresh & Fruity, Dubbo Regional Gallery, New South Wales
• A Fresh Look, Dundullimal Homestead, Dubbo New South Wales
• Rigi Dige, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo, New South Wales

2005

• Upstarts, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo, New South Wales
• Save the Sumartran Tiger, Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, New South Wales

Residences

• 2015 Gallery Lane Cove, Lane Cove, New South Wales
• 2014/15Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
• 2013 Artist in Residence, Ashfield Council, Pratten Park, Ashfield, New South Wales
• 2008 Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo Campus, New South Wales
• 2006 Fresh Arts Residency, Dundullimal Homestead, Dubbo, New South Wales

Associated Bodies

• NAVA (National Association for the Visual Arts), Member
• Orana Arts, Member
• Fresh Arts, Member
• Viscopy, Member

Artist Run Initiative’s

• 2015 – Current, Lara Scolari Gallery, Balmain, NSW – Gallery Director & Principal
• 2014 – Current, Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Hunters Hill, NSW – Director

• 2007 – 2013 Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, New South Wales (Arts Administration, Exhibition Installation & Education Officer)