Miriam Innes C.V. 2024 contact miriaminnesart@gmail.com
Awards/Grants/Facilitator
- 2023: Recipient - Regional Arts Fund in support of public programmes for '22.96 / r e c e d i n g ' (flood recovery exhibit) at Gympie Regional Gallery. Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
- 2022; Recipient - Regional Arts Fund Cultural Tourism Capacity Grant, Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
- 2021: Boynes Emerging Artist Award Juror (Drawing Section), International Award.
- 2021: Facilitator for Gympie Urban Sketchers (6-week program and exhibit at Gympie Regional Art Gallery) QLD
- 2020: Awarded - Bendigo Bank Local Artist Award, Du Reitz Art Award, Gympie Regional Art Gallery, QLD.
- 2020: Awarded - Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize People's Choice Award, Noosa Art Gallery. QLD
- 2019: Facilitator for Tones and Techniques Collection of Arabian Drawings at Rose Museum, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- 2018: Awarded: - Emerging Artist Award - Evision Media, Dubai/Abu Dhabi. U.A.E.
- 2018: Regional Arts Development Fund, (RADF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia and Logan Arts Council, Australia
award finalist:
- 2024: Pro Hart Outback Art Prize Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW.
- 2024: John Villiers Outback Art Prize Outback Regional Gallery, Winton, QLD.
- 2023: Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA) for '22.96 / r e c e d i n g ' Curator/ lead artist at Gympie Regional Gallery. QLD
- 2023: GIRRA, Fraser Coast National Art Prize, Hervey Bay Regional Art Gallery, QLD. Australia
- 2023: Du Reitz Art Award, Gympie Regional Art Gallery, QLD. Australia
- 2023: Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery and Latrobe Art Space, Brisbane, QLD
- 2022: Clayton Utz Award, Brisbane, QLD. Australia
- 2022: Mandorla Art Award, Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth. WA. Australia
- 2022: Du Reitz Art Award, Gympie Regional Art Gallery, QLD. Australia
- 2022: Mandora Art Award, Holmes à Court Gallery, West Perth. WA Australia
- 2020: Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Award, Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD
- 2018: Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane. QLD. Australia
- 2018: The Collie Art Prize Collie Art Gallery, Collie, WA. Australia
- 2017: Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- 2016: Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award, GRAGM, QLD
- 2016: Clayton Utz Art Award QLD, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
solo
- 2024: 'New York Rambling' (outback) Grasslands Art Gallery, Tambo, QLD
- 2023: 'New York in the Outback' - Dr David Harvey-Sutton Art Gallery, Cloncurry, QLD.
- 2022: 'New York Rambling' Installation view - Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy. Melbourne. VIC
- 2021: 'Grandiose Paris' May Space Sydney (online)
- 2021: 'New York Rambling' Art & Architecture - Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Noosa. QLD.
- 2020: 'Roundabout: New York and Gympie' - Gympie Regional Art Gallery, Gympie. QLD.
- 2020: ‘Unequivocally New York’ - MAY SPACE, Waterloo, Sydney. NSW.
- 2020: 'New York Rambling' - A 360-degree Charcoal Drawing Project, Logan City Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. This project is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). RADF is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Logan City Council to support arts and culture in regional Queensland and Nitram Charcoal (Canada).
- 2019: 'NY Rambling: Drawing Light from the Shadows'- NYA Gallery, Manhattan, New York, USA.
- 2018: 'Building blocks of a society' Novus Gallery, The Galleria, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi. U.A.E.
- 2016: 'Manmade Environments' Essential Walk Exhibit, Logan City Council, QLD. Australia
- 2015: 'Sharing New York' Beenleigh Art Wall, Logan City Council, QLD. Australia
- 2008: 'The NY Exhibit' Hirschfeld Mack Gallery, Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, VIC. Australia
permanent artwork / collections / notable commissions
- 2024: Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, Tambo, QLD .'Tambo 2024' community legacy drawing
- 2023: Cloncurry Shire Council for Cloncurry Tourist Information Centre and Museum. QLD. 'Scarr St 2023' community legacy drawing
- 2023: Gympie Regional Council for Gympie Regional Art Gallery's 25th Anniversary. Mural of 'School of Arts - a building with soul'
- 2022: Meriton Surfers Paradise Convenience Store, Surfers Paradise, QLD. Six largescale permanent charcoal wall drawings
- 2021: Retail Design Lab. Ceiling mural, permanent charcoal wall drawings. QLD
group
- 2024: 'Spring Salon' Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane. QLD
- 2024: 'Women Artists for International Womens Day 2024', at Sofital Central, Brisbane - Mitchell Fine Art Gallery
- 2023: 'Through My Eyes' Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane. QLD
- 2023: 'Us and Them'- Floating Land Biennale. Noosa Regional Gallery, Floating Land is recognised as one of Australia’s leading arts in environment events. As an ongoing conversation about creativity and culture in the environment.
- 2023: '22.96 / r e c e d i n g ' Curator/ lead artist, flood commemorative exhibit, Gympie Regional Gallery. QLD
- 2023: 'Director Choice' Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane. QLD
- 2022: 'Mandola Award Tour' (selected) New Norcia Museum & Gallery, New Norcia. WA
- 2022: 'Monochrome' Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane. QLD
- 2021: 'Twenty' (invited) Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane. QLD
- 2021: 'Gympie City Sketching' Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie, QLD
- 2021: 20/21 - Group Exhibit May Space Online Artists, Mayspace, Sydney, NSW.
- 2020: Art and Architecture (selected) Noosa Regional Art Gallery, QLD.
- 2019: MIAF SEOUL ‘From New York to Myeongdong' (selected) supported by Keller Williams NY and NYA Gallery. South Korea.
- 2019: SELECTED- In collaboration with Nitram Charcoal. Henry B. Gonzales Center, Texas. U.S.
- 2019: SELECTED- In collaboration with Nitram Charcoal. Creative World Exhibit, MESSE, Frankfurt, Germany.
- 2018: Novus Gallery In conjunction with Abu Dhabi Art The Galleria, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi. U.A.E.
- 2018: Black and White and Works on Paper Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney NSW. Australia
- 2018: BSAF// Within These Walls the Brisbane Powerhouse Museum. QLD. Australia.
- 2017: Black & White Works on Paper Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney NSW. Australia
- 2017: Inside REDSEA - REDSEA Gallery, Brisbane, QLD. Australia.
- 2017: Outside In - St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Brisbane, QLD. Australia
- 2017: Untitled - Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney, NSW. Australia
- 2017: Summer Salon - Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC Australia
- 2016: Christmas Show - Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC Australia
- 2013: Downlands College ArtShow, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.
- 2009: Landscape] [Cityscape Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, Australia.
- 2009: ART MELBOURNE, Royal Exhibition Building Carlton. Melbourne. VIC. Australia
- 2008: St Joseph s Art Show, Geelong, VIC, Australia
- 2008: Dowling Street Court House (Old Foyer s Building), Sydney, Australia
- 2008: Camberwell Rotary Art Show. Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
- 2007: Greenwich Market Gallery, Greenwich, London. U.K.
- 2004: Tap Gallery, 1/278 Palmer Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
- 2003: White Space Gallery, Cleveland Street, Sydney, Australia.
- 2002: Cluain Mhuire, Monivea Road, Galway, Ireland.
publications/interviews/media
essays
education
- 1999 - 2003: BA (hons) Fine Art, specialising in Drawing Installations, Paint and Printmaking. Cluain Mhuire Art School, Galway/Mayo IT, Galway, Ireland.
- 1998 - 1999: Diploma, Art & Design, Limerick College of Art and Design. Ireland.
- 1997 - 1998: PLC Art Foundation Course, Galway Technical Institute. Ireland.