BORN:
Taree NSW (Lives & works Sydney/Taree Australia).
EDUCATION:
College of Fine Art UNSW (now UNSW Art & Design)
Master of Art 1994-1995/96
Bachelor of Fine Arts 1991-1993
East Sydney TAFE (now The National Art School)
Drawing Certificate 1990-1992
Randwick TAFE
Graphic Design Certificate 1984-1985
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
The National Art School Sydney 2005 - 2008
Ceramics Wheelforming Techniques
Classes With Won Seok Kim, Tania Rolland & Master Potter Cameron Williams.
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo Shows
2020 - From August to August - Re-defining a Practice, Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree.
2015 - Acceptatio, Chrissie Cotter Gallery Sydney (in conjunction with Art Month Sydney & Marrickville Council).
2012 - Recent Paintings, Berkelouw Books Newtown Sydney.
2011 - The Rock in the River, Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
Selected Shows
2021 - Finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize
2021 - Naked & Nude Finalist, Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree.
2020 - Fisher’s Ghost Award Finalist, Campbelltown Arts Centre Sydney.
2020 - Portia Geach Memorial Award Finalist, S.H Irvin Gallery Sydney.
2019 - Fisher’s Ghost Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre Sydney.
2019 - Hornsby Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts & Cultural Centre Hornsby NSW.
2018 - Australian Modern Artists Group Exhibition, Live in Art Gallery Surry Hills Sydney.
2017/16 - Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane QLD.
2017 - Lethbridge 10000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery Brisbane QLD.
2016/17 - Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (EMSLA), Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery NSW.
2016 - Camberwell Art Show, Swinburne University Melbourne.
2016 - City of Ryde, Women’s Art Prize Exhibition, See Street Gallery, Sydney Gallery School, Northern Sydney Institute.
2016 - Jenny Birt Award 2016 / 20th Anniversary Award Exhibition, ADspace, UNSW Art & Design Sydney.
2015 - Sydney Contemporary, Art Fair/Art Almanac Stand (one of 4 artists selected for individual display) Carriageworks Sydney.
2015 - The Manning Art Prize - Naked & Nude, Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
2015/14 - Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art Centre Sydney.
2015 - Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery Brisbane QLD.
2014 - Fisher's Ghost Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre Sydney.
2013 - Splendour in the Stockroom, NG Art Gallery Sydney.
2011 - Waverley Art Prize 25 Year Retrospective, Waverley Library Sydney.
2010 - The Belly Rules The Mind, NG Art Gallery Sydney.
2009/10 - The Frank Saxby Bequest, Acquisitive Prize, Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
2009 - Waiting-A Still Life, NG Art Gallery Sydney.
2009 - Of Nature, NG Art Gallery Sydney.
2009 - A Bar to Call Home, NG Art Gallery Sydney.
2009 - The Manning Art Prize, Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
2008 - Food For Thought, NG Art Gallery Sydney.
2008 - Sordid Tales, NG Art Gallery Sydney.
2007/06/05/01 - Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art Centre Sydney.
2006/05/04/01/00 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery Sydney.
2004 - Hills Grammar School Art Prize, Sydney.
2004 - The Frank Saxby Bequest Invitation Art Acquisitions Prize, Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
2003 - The Blake Prize for Religious Art, Sir Hermann Black Gallery Sydney.
2003/01 - The Walkom Manning Art Prize 'Aqua Vitae, Water of Life', & 'Images of the Human Body', Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
2002 - 100 Years of the Women's Vote in the Manning, Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW, & 12 month touring exhibition of local region.
2001 - Liverpool City Rotary Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Sydney.
2000/1999/1998 - Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney.
1996 - National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art WA.
1996 - Jenny Birt Award, COFA UNSW.
1995 - Echoes & Reflections – Feminist Aesthetics, Arthaus Gallery Sydney.
1995 - NSW Travelling Art Scholarship, COFA Gallery UNSW Sydney.
1993 - Past-Presence, COFA Gallery UNSW.
1992/94/96 - Mid North Coast Manning Walkom Award, Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
Two Man Shows
2014 - Tinpot Studio - Random Marks & Thoughtful Moods, with artist Eric Lobbecke, The Ice House Gallery Holland Park London.
2012 - From One Place to Another, The Ice House Gallery Holland Park London, with artist Jill Dunkerton.
1995 - The Country of Memorial Iron, Arthaus Gallery Sydney with artist John Maughan.
Other Shows
2016 - Finale, North Contemporary Art Space Sydney.
2016 - Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey Gallery Melbourne.
2015/14/13 - Marrickville Open Studio Trail (MOST), in conjunction with Art Month Sydney Contemporary Art Festival.
2014 - The Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey Artspace Melbourne, Vic.
2014 - Smallworks 2014, Brunswick Street Gallery Melbourne Vic.
2013 - Tinpot Studio - Collective Impressions, The Icehouse Gallery Holland Park London.
2013/12/08 - Linden Postcard Show, Linden - St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art Melbourne VIC.
2007 - Alumni Exhibition, COFA UNSW Sydney.
1998 - Alumni 1500, Kudos Gallery Sydney.
1998 - Amnesty International, TAP Gallery Sydney.
1997 - 5 Artists – Mixed Show, Balmain Watchhouse Sydney.
1997 - View Over Line, Level Gallery Sydney.
1997 - Alumni 1000, Arthaus Gallery Sydney.
1996 - MART Graduating Students Exhibition, COFA UNSW.
1995 - Young Dissonants 4, COFA Gallery UNSW.
1993 - BFA Graduating Students Exhibition, COFA UNSW.
1993 - Fowlers Gap, COFA Gallery UNSW.
AWARDS:
2016 - Highly Commended, Camberwell Art Show, Swinburne University Melbourne.
2014 - First Prize Works on Paper, Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art Centre.
2010 - Frank Saxby Bequest, Acquisitive Prize (Shared), Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
2005 - First Prize Drawing Section, Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art Centre.
2003 - Highly Commended, The Walkom Manning Art Prize 'Aqua Vitae, Water of Life', Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
2000 - Highly Commended Open Section, 38th Festival of Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery.
1996 - The Inaugural Jenny Birt Award, COFA UNSW.
1996 - First Prize Drawing Section, Manning Walkom Award, Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
1994 - The UNSW COFA Graduate Student Scholarship.
1993 - The Pat Corrigan Undergraduate Award for Painting, COFA UNSW
PUBLICATIONS:
2018 - Manning River Times, May 30 2018, http://www.manningrivertimes.com.au/story/5429370/vicki-is-finding-her-inner-landscape/
2018 - Manning River Times, May 16 2018, pg.6 “Artist in Residence Explores Reconnection” (The Wall Project Artist Residency Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW).
2015 - Artist Profile Magazine - Issue 33, 2015 / Preview Vicki White pg.132-135.
2015 - Exhibition Brief, “Acceptatio” Art Almanac Magazine, March 2015 pg.52.
2011 - Featured Interview - Manning Great Lakes Focus Magazine, June 5, 2011 Edition, http://manninggreatlakes.focusmag.com.au/vicki-white/
2011 - Manning River Times, June 10-11 2011 Edition, Front Page, “Home Grown (“The Rock in the River” solo exhibition)
RESIDENCIES:
2018 - The Wall Project Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW.
1994 - Artist in Residence Programme, Bundanon (Arthur Boyd Trust - 1 of 5 artists in joint residency).
1993 - Fowlers Gap Research Station, Studio Art group, COFA UNSW.
COLLECTIONS:
Greater Taree City Council, Waverley Council, University of NSW, Pat Corrigan Private Collection, National Westminster Bank (Sydney/London), Ross Barr & Associates, College of Fine Art UNSW Print Collection, Private Collections.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
2021 - Conducted Community Workshop in conjunction with Solo Show Manning Regional Gallery Taree NSW.
2019 - Co-judged with Eric Lobbecke the 37th Great Lakes Open Art Exhibition, Lake St Gallery Forster, NSW.
2018 (ongoing) - Teaching workshops & private students in Sydney & Taree studios.
2018 - Artist in Residence for ‘The Wall Project’ Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree NSW. Project “Traversing the Inner Landscape”. Painted in the Gallery, interacting with gallery visitors, school groups; presented a 2 day community workshop “The Art of Painting & Drawing a Symbolic Narrative”.
2016 - One of four directors at NORTH Contemporary Art Space, an artist led space established in 2015/16 in North Sydney supported by North Sydney Council’s Ridge St Artists in Residence Programme.
2012-15 - Member of Tinpot Studio, a creative collaboration with artist Eric Lobbecke & designer Catherine White, exhibiting & participating in self initiated art projects & MOST (Marrickville Open Studio Trail in conjunction with Marrickville Council & Art Month Sydney).
2008 - Art Tutor, Echo Bondi Junction Neighbourhood Centre NSW - Creative Art Class for people with mental illness. Helped facilitate participation in Art Exhibition for 2008 Mental Health Week at Frances Keevil Gallery Sydney.
1998-2005 - Pottery Tutor/Group Facilitator within Aged Services, Holdsworth Street Community Centre Woollahra NSW. A clay therapy class run for members with visual impairment & dementia.
1994-1995 - Art & Craft tutor, After School Care & Holiday Programme, Holdsworth Street Community Centre Woollahra NSW.
1995 - 1996 - Casual Lecturer Children's Painting & Drawing classes, Waverley Woollahra Art Centre Sydney.
1991-1996 - Freelance Graphic Designer/Illustrator.
1986-1991 - Full time Graphic Designer in Advertising/Corporate Design.