Biography

Trudy Rice was born and grew up in Melbourne, Australia.   She has completed a Diploma & Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts majoring in Printmaking.

 

Trudy has managed and curated exhibitions since 2009 and is Curator & Convenor for Albert Park Secondary College Art Show often raising over $15,000 each year for this Creative Public School.

 

She has artwork in the collection of the Olivia Newton John Cancer & Wellness Centre at the Austin Hospital and other various Private Collections throughout Australia & UK

 

Her teaching includes workshops such as an Introduction to Linocut Printing, Linocut “Printing out of the Square” and Solar Plate Etching.  She performs many live demonstrations at various venues including the infamous Federation Square in the City of Melbourne and for Art Town a project working in front of an audience.

 

Trudy is the current President of the Firestation Print Studio a not-for-profit printmaking facility.

 

Much of her artistic inspiration is taken from the coastal landscape in and around Lorne on Victoria’s picturesque Great Ocean Road. Clear air, gorgeous skies, the beach, bush, marine and native wildlife provide a never-ending palette to draw from. 

 

Education

CAE, Diploma & Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, Completed 2012

 

Studied under:                                                             Final year Mentors:

Tim Jones, Jo Wilson & Chris Pittard                          Dena Kahan & Kathryn Hattam       

 

 

Represented by:    Port Jackson Press, Smith Street

 

 

Exhibition History

 

SOLO Exhibitions

 

May 2014                     DRAGONS & BANKSIAS, Firestation Print Studio

Sept/Oct 2012           FRAGILITY, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, Australia

May 2008                     THE HEART OF THE MATTER, Port Art Gallery, Port Melbourne

GROUP Exhibitions (past 3 years)

 

June 2014                      Stable of PORT JACKSON PRESS, SMITH STREET, MELBOURNE

May 2014                     DRAGONS & BANKSIA’S, SOLO EXHIBITION, Firestation Print Studio

April 2014                      LIONS CLUB, Lorne Surf Coast

Feb 2014                        ATRIUM, FEDERATION SQUARE, Firestation Print Studio Exhibition

Dec 2013                      SUMMER SALON 2013, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, Australia

Dec 2013                      CARBON BLACK Gallery, Stockroom Show

Oct/Nov 2013           TOORAK VILLAGE ART AFFAIR, Toorak Village & Firestation Print Studio

Oct 2013                       URBAN IMPRINTS, Kinross House, Toorak

Setp 2013                      International Print Exchange, Derby UK

Sept 2013                      POSTCARDS FROM THE NORTH & SOUTH, FPS Gallery & Press North Printmakers, Townsville

May 2013                     ART TOWN, Chapel of Chapel, Prahran

March 2013                 LIONS CLUB, Lorne, Surf Coast

Dec 2012                      SUMMER SALON 2012, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, Australia

Aug 2012                       EX LIBRIS, Bookplates, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, Australia

June 2012                      THAT'S LIFE, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, Australia

April 2012                      LIONS CLUB, Lorne, Surf Coast

Dec 2011                      SUMMER SALON 2011, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, Australia

July-Oct 2011             UNDERGRADUATE, Toyota Gallery, Port Melbourne

July 2011                       Camberwell Art Show

April 2011                      LIONS CLUB, Lorne, Surf Coast

Nov 2010                      PAPER CUTS II, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne

Enquiries welcome for earlier exhibition history

 

 

 

Print Exchange

2014 IPE Print Exchange

2014 Impresiones Gigantes Granada, Spain Print Exchange

 

Curator

Trudy has managed and curated exhibitions during 2010 - 2012 at the Firestation Print Studio Gallery

Curator/Convenor Albert Park Secondary College Art Show 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014

Managed and curated the Melbourne Fashion Incubator Gallery during 2010

 

Curated Exhibitions (past 3 years)

 

Feb 2014                        Firestation Print Studio at the Atrium, Federation Square

Oct 2013                       APC Art Show, Albert Park

Oct 2012                       APC Art Show, Albert Park

May 2012                     AFTER IMAGE, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, Australia

May 2012                     ARTFUL LINE, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, Australia

Dec 2011                      SUMMER SALON, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, Australia

Oct 2011                       APC Art Show, Albert Park

Enquiries welcome for earlier curatorial history

 

Collections & Commissions

Olivia Newton John Cancer & Wellness Centre, Austin Hospital

Various Private Collections throughout Australia & UK

 

Teaching

2014                                 Firestation Print Studio, Solar Plate Etching

2014                                 Albert Park College – Monoprinting

2013                                 Firestation Print Studio, Introduction to Linocut Printing

2013                                 Firestation Print Studio, Linocut Printing out of the Square

 

Presentation/Talk/Demonstrations

Feb 2014                        Atrium, Federation Square, Solar Plate Etching

May 2013                     Art Town – Linocut Demonstration

Jan 2011- current      Artists’ Salon (Albert Park) – Trudy initiated this group to enable artists to share and critique their ideas and concepts in a supportive, confidential environment.

Mar 2009                       Presentation to the Victorian Division of the Colour Society of Australia - The subject being my Solo Exhibition “Heart of the Matter”

 

Awards

2012                                 Firestation Print Studio, Best Mixed Media on Paper, Judged by Robert Clinch

2011                                 Firestation Print Studio, 2^nd Prize Summer Salon, Judged Exhibition

 

Membership & Board appointments

2012 - Current             President of the Firestation Print Studio

2011 - 2012                   Secretary of the Firestation Print Studio

2010 - Current             Firestation Print Studio Member, Armadale, Victoria

2010 - Current             Warringah Print Studio, Sydney, NSW

Current                          PCA – Print Council of Australia

Current                          Member of the National Association for Visual Artists (NAVA)

 

Public Artwork

City of Port Phillip, Waterfront Activation Project, POSTCARDS TO PORT

 

Donated Works

Various Charities and Fundraisers including Pink Lady (Breast Cancer), Lions Club of Lorne, Angelsea Flora & Fauna, Lighthouse Foundation, Care for Kids, Think Pink (Breast Cancer), Albert Park Secondary College, Albert Park Primary School, St Michaels Grammar School, Port Melbourne Primary School and The Margaret Pratt Foundation.