Curriculum Vitae

LESLEY MURRAY

b 1960 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Lives and works Sydney, Australia

 

ART EDUCATION/COURSES

•    2023-current       Open Studio Program, Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2020-2022          Advanced Diploma, Visual Arts (Ceramics) Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2019                    Open Studio Program, Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2017-2018            Diploma, Visual Arts (Ceramics) Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2016                    Int skills/techniques Ceramics, Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2009-2012           Sculpture and Hand-building, Eramboo: Art Environment

•    2002-2009          Mixed Media, Willoughby Art Centre/Sarah Aylward

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FINALIST

•    2025                   Blacktown City Art Prize 2025

•    2024                   National Emerging Art Prize 2024

•    2024                   GreenWay Art Prize 2024

•    2024                   EXPLORATION 24 - Flinders Lane Gallery

•    2024                   World Stage Emerging Artists - Clay Gulgong

•    2024                   MuswellBrook Regional Gallery Art Prize 2024

•    2023                   National Emerging Art Prize 2023

•    2023                   Hornsby Art Prize 2023

•    2023                   Blacktown City Art Prize 2023

•    2019                    In Balance, Sculpture, Little Things Art Prize, Saint Cloche

•    2017                    ANTic Disposition, HarbourSculpture, Woolwich

•    2016                    Nesting, Sculpture at Sawmillers, McMahons PT, NSW

•    2015                    Please Don’t Feed The Birds, HarbourSculpture, Woolwich

•    2011                     Hunter’s Hill Art Prize - Sculpture

•    2008                   Mosman Art Prize – Painting

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS​​

•    2025                   Blacktown City Art Prize

•    2024                   FORMED - Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2024                   GreenWay Art Prize 

•    2024                   EXPLORATION 24 - Flinders Lane Gallery

•    2024                   World Stage Emerging Artists - Clay Gulgong

•    2024                   MuswellBrook Regional Gallery Art Prize 

•    2023                   Clay In Focus, The Incinerator Art Space

•    2023                   Growth, Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2023                   A Fresh Perspective, Gallery Lowe and Lee, Newtown

•    2022                   Resonance, Manly Art Gallery and Museum

•    2022                   Emergence, Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2022                   Inclusive, The Shop Gallery, Glebe

•    2020                   Open Studio, Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2019                    Flux, Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2019 - April          A Fresh Perspective, Kerrie Lowe Gallery

•    2018                    Balance, Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2018                    A Fresh Perspective, Kerrie Lowe Gallery

•    2017                    Flow, Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2016                    Elemental, Northern Beaches TAFE

•    2013                    Studio D – Concourse Chatswood

 

 

AWARDS AND PRIZES

•    2018                    Graduate Prize, Distinction, Northern Beaches TAFE - Ceramics

•    2017                    Achievement Prize, Northern Beaches TAFE - Ceramics

•    2015                    Overall outdoor Prize, HarbourSculpture, Woolwich  

•    2015                    People’s Choice, HarbourSculpture, Woolwich

•    2011                     Kiama Art Society, Commended Figurative/Portraiture

•    2009                   Kiama Art Society, Highly Commended  - Figurative/Portraiture

•    2008                   Great Lakes Art Society, Highly Commended - Portraiture

•    2007                   Tumut Art Society, Highly Commended – Portraiture

•    2006                   Great Lakes Art Society, First Prize – Portraiture

•    2006                   Great Lakes Art Society, Second Prize  - Still Life    

•    2005                   Kiama Art Society, First Prize  - Portraiture