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Cleo Wilkinson

CLEO WILKINSON Website : www.cleosart.com E-mail address wilkinson_cleo@hotmail.com
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Elam Art School (Auckland University) New Zealand; Oxford University - Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, UK; New York Academy of Fine Art NYC, The Art Students League of New York, Grand Central Academy of Art, NYC USA; Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Science (Australia).
Solo exhibitions: Bulgaria (Sofia & Kazanlak ), Argentina (Sante Fe & Buenos Aires), Italy (Venice), Canada (Vancouver), Australia (Melbourne). Serbia ( Aleksinac, Vranje )
Group exhibitions: Her mezzotints have been exhibited in over 200 international print shows including : USA, Canada, Italy, Croatia, Austria, Russia, Bulgaria, Korea, Poland, Spain, Japan, Egypt, Lithuania, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Mexico, China, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Serbia, Ukraine, Macedonia, Argentina, Portugal, Malaysia etc.
Art Residencies: (Invited Artist) Cuba (Havana), Spain (Barcelona), Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice, Perugia), The Netherlands, Japan, Luxembourg, Greece, Sweden, Finland, Canada, USA (New York, Berkeley), Argentina, Iceland, Germany, UK. Etc.
Selected Awards:
2014 Honorary Medal -15th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms – Lodz Poland
2014 Jurors Award ,International Printmaking Exhibition, New Grounds Gallery , New Mexico USA
2014 Finalist “She” Exhibition Walker Street Gallery and Arts Center , Melbourne – Australia
2014 Finalist Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards 2014 – Victoria – Australia

2013 Finalist 62nd Blake Art Prize - Australia
2013 Shortlisted Finalist : 2013 Print Council of Australia (PCA) Print Commission – Australia
2013 First prize (Traditional Printmaking ) International Contemporary Miniprint Kazanlak Bulgaria
2013 Finalist Winning Works : Awagani International Miniature Print Exhibition Tokushima Japan
2013 Winner Works on Paper – Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards (Australia Pacific LNG Award) – Gladstone Regional Gallery & Museum- Gladstone , Australia
2013 CPM – National Prints Award – Directors Choice Award , NSW – Australia
2012 Selected 5th Beijing International Art Biennial –Nation al Museum of China –Beijing China
2012 First prize Miniature Print PRIMER SALÓN INTERNACIONAL DE MINIPRINT Y EX-LIBRIS –Argentina
2012 Printmakers Council Award 8th British International Mini Print Exhibition, London
2012 High Commendation Award for Engraving 11th Biennale International d'art Miniature Quebec Canada
2012 High Commendation Award – Miniprint International Awards – Asia Pacific - Australia
2011 3rd Prize Winner Lessedra World Art Print Annual 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 Premio Award - Prize winner 5th Meustra Internacional De Miniprint De Rosario –Argentina
2011 Ist Prize Winner Center for Contemporary Printmaking's 8th International Miniature Print Biennial, Norwalk CT USA
2010 Jamie Edvrard Prize - Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition VI - Vancouver Canada
2010 Jurors Honourable Mention Award – Miniprint International Exhibition – Finland
2010 Third Prize - A4 Contemporary International Printmakers Competition – Cornwall UK
2010 2nd Prize- - Award Winner : 2ND Biennial Footprint International Exhibition - Centre for Contemporary Printmaking Norwalk CT USA
2008 Jurors Award - 1st Biennial Footprint International - Center for Contemporary Printmaking - CT (USA)
2007 Grand Prize Guanlan International Print Biennale Shenzhen - China
2007 Purchase Prize International Biennial of Engraving Acqui Terme - Italy

Date de naissance : 08/10/1959

Nationalité : Australian/British

Site web : www.cleosart.com