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
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)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Australian Artists' Index" 1986 Jan McDonald (ARLIS/ANZ) - ISBN 0 947101 00 4
"Projects Ideas People" 1986 Arts Council Publication
"Vogue Living" - Issues July 1989, Dec-Jan 1990-91, Feb 1991
"Australian Art Auctions - Volume 6"1988-89 - Edward D Craig - ISBN 0819 923X
"Australian Art Auctions - Volume 7"1988-89 - Edward D Craig - ISBN 0819 923X
"Artists and Galleries of Australia" Vol 1 1990 (& 1984 ed) Max Germaine - ISBN 976 8097 02 7
"Dictionary of Australian Women Artists" 1991 Max Germaine - ISBN 976 8097 13 2
"Who's Who of Australian Visual Artists" 1995 D W Thorpe - ISBN 1 875589 82 1
"Orange Then and Now" 1996 Orange Regional Gallery Catalogue - ISBN 0 9589427 9
"Important World Artists - a World of Art" Vol 1 1997 - World Wide Art Books - ISBN 978 0 9802079 9 6
"Women Taking Action" 2001 Commonwealth of Australia ISBN 064248745 6
"Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea" Sesta Edizione 2007 - ISBN
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