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Channeling Art

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

"Born with paint in my blood and a brush in my hand, I have lived a fortunate arts life with amazing experiences that have given me inspiration and the will to continue in what is a very hard endeavour, to be an artist! Meeting wonderful people along the way also has created an arts life that is rich and rewarding!" Engelman 2010

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS FROM 2010

2024       "LANGUAGE OF CO-EXISTENCE, ART" - 10th Goeje International Arts Festival, South Korea

2023       "FUOCO CAMMINA CON ME" - CAM Museum Casoria Naples Italy

2022        "WATER FOR LIFE" - Maya Museum Cancun Mexico

2018        "WATER FOR LIFE" - Niagara Falls Museum Niagara Falls Canada

2010        "SMALL TREASURES" - Galleria di Marchi Milan Italy

2007         Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea - Florence Italy - Awarded a Medici Medal for Paintings

SOLO EXHIBITIONS FROM 2010

2023        "DRYLANDS - sacred ground" - The Peisley Street Gallery Orange

2020        "Land / Story" - The Peisley Street Gallery Orange NSW

2019         "Moods of Mungo" - Mungo Lodge Gallery Arumpo VIC

2017         "Flow" - Ludlow Gallery Orange NSW

2013         "Land / Marks" - Jayes Gallery Molong NSW

2010         "Through my eyes..." - Orange Regional Gallery (Gallery One) Orange NSW

2010         "The Eye of the Eagle" - Aarwun Gallery Canberra ACT

 

From 1980 - 2009 Engelman held 36 solo shows including major galleries such as the Holdsworth Gallery in Woollahra NSW, Orange Regional Gallery and the Beaver Galleries in Canberra. This body of work established her as a serious practitioner. A full list is available in her autobiography produced for the Survey in 2010. A signed limited edition "Through my eyes..." is available from the artist direct.

JOURNEYS

Engelman made many journeys out into the outback throughout the years starting as a child in Model A Ford belonging to her father, and later by herself. However, in recent decades, she has taken many artists and other creatives out on her treks with her to show them the places she loved starting with Arakaroola bi-annually from 2013 through to 2024, a trek Engelman still takes today often. We provide here a list of some of the journeys and treks into Australia's wild and arid regionsand other areas  that have inspired her works over many years. Out of the treks to Arkaroola , a group of creatives and artists arose that became know as "The Wild Women of Arkaroola PLUS", who went on to workshop and exhibit together. Many of them are still pursuing their arts life and building new initiatives such as Marion Mikkelsen's "Art at Work" on the Central Coast of NSW.

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2024.                Oodnadatta Track, Arckaringa Hills, Flinders Ranges 

2018 - 2024      Lake Mungo and Willandra Heritage Region.

2013 - 2018      Bi-annual treks to Arkaroola, Lake Frome, Strzlecki Desert and Pink Lake.- #Wild Women of Arkaroola PLUS.

2012                  4WD Trek along the Birdsville Track and down to the Flinders Ranges

2010                  Camping in the Bungle-Bungles of Western Australia

2007                  Four weeks of discovering the world's art treasures in the Uffizi, Pitti Palace and throughout Firenze, Italy

2006                  Exploring Tasmania's top end.

2004                  Adventure trip to Guangzhou, China

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (MAJOR) FROM 2010

2019/2023        Bathurst Art Fair, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst NSW

2020/2022        "Here and Now" Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW

2018                  "My own backyard" Artstate, Bathurst NSW

2017/2015         "Wild Women of Arkaroola PLUS" at Orange/Woollahra

2012                   Finalist - Flannery Art Prize, Bathurst NSW

2012                   "Artists of the Outback" - Aarwun Galleries, Canberra ACT

2010                   "CONTEMPORANEA" - Melbourne & Canberra - Florence Biennale Artists of Australia (Co-ordinator)

2008                   Finalist for Calleen Award, Cowra regional Gallery, Cowra NSW

2007                   "Drawing Together" Art Award - Canberra ACT (purchased by the Dept of the Environment)

2007                   "In SITE Out" - Orange Botanic Gardens NSW

AWARDS & MEDALS

2024.             "Excellence Award" 10th Goeje Arts Festival -South Korea

2007.             Lorenzo il Magnifico Award - Fifth Premio Pittura - Florence Biennale, Italy (Medal)

2000              NATIONAL & RURAL AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT - CANBERRA ACT

2000              Australia New Zealand Regional Science Award - Innovation in Government

1993              Australia Day Award - achievement in the arts (Medal)

1988              "Women in '88" Award from the Bicentennial Committee (Medal)

1988              Australia Day Award - for achievement in the arts (Medal)

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