Artist Bio Pauline Bailey

Artist Bio: Pauline Bailey

Artist statement

Artist/Author

I was born in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh and currently live in rural Gippsland where I work from the peaceful surrounds of my home studio. I have been a practising artist for the past twelve years working across a variety of media. My preferred medium is acrylic on canvas, but I also incorporate charcoal, pastel, collage and oils along with photography and digital media.

The urban environment is of particular interest to me and I frequently travel back to the city for inspiration and to observe the ever-changing urban landscape. Railway stations, disused buildings, pubs, café, shopfronts and live music venues are among my favourite subjects. I am also very passionate about the local music scene which is a recurring theme throughout my work.

I have held a number of solo exhibitions and I have exhibited locally in Gippsland, Melbourne, and interstate. I have also completed a number of private commissions and my work has been purchased by clients in Europe and the USA. I have been shortlisted for several major art prizes throughout Australia including the Fleurieu Art Prize in South Australia, the Hornsby Art Prize in NSW and the Flanagan Art Prize in Victoria. In 2015 and 2016 I was selected as a finalist in the CityScapes competition in Florida, USA.

In 2017 I collaborated with Kim Volkman to edit and publish his autobiography, “The Devil Won't Take Charity” and in 2019 we collaborated again to publish Kim's second book, “For Those That Dance With The Skeleton - A Book of Short Stories.” www.facebook.com/VolkmanBailey2017/

In 2019, I wrote and self published my own book, “Blues Portrait - A Profile of the Australian Blues Scene” which was launched at The Rainbow Hotel in Fitzroy on 10th November, 2019. Volume Two is due for release in 2021.

FB: www.facebook.com/BluesPortrait2019/

Insta: www.instagram.com/bluesportrait19/

Online Store: /store15455084.ecwid.com/

Website: www.paulinebaileyart.com

70 Old Joes Road Heyfield Victoria 3858 Australia. Mobile: 0427835798

E-mail: baileypauline38@gmail.com

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulinebaileyart

Instagram: http://instagram.com/paulinebaileyart

Background

Born 1965 Oakleigh (Melbourne) Victoria, Australia

Lives and works in Gippsland,Victoria

Education

Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart College, Bentleigh,Victoria

Studied: East Gippsland Institute Of Tafe, Fulham,Victoria:

Certificate 1V Visual Arts 2006-2008

Diploma of Arts 2008-2009 Majored in painting and drawing

Painting Minor Credit

Painting Major Credit

Painting Major Distinction

Contemporary Art Studies Credit

Context & Culture Distinction

Certificate 111 Media

Solo Exhibitions

2020 "City & Country" Meeniyan Art Gallery, Meeniyan, Victoria

2019 Mr. Burch Cafe, McKinnon,Victoria

2018 “Snapshot Melbourne” Marios Café, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria

2017 "City, Suburbs and Beyond" Mr. Burch Cafe, McKinnon,Victoria

2016 Rust Emporium, Briagolong, Victoria

Urban Crafter, Fitzroy, Victoria (Featured artist)

"From Place To Place" - West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Victoria

2015 "Beyond The Facade" Little Woods Gallery, Collingwood, Victoria

"Facade" Marios Café, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria

2014 "As I See It" Burrinja CaféGallery, Upwey, Victoria

2013 Wellington Entertainment Centre (EBBWEC) Sale, Victoria

Banc Café, 800 Bourke St. Melbourne, Victoria

"Urban Blend" Marios Café, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.

"Urban Detail" Tacit Contemporary Art, Abbotsford, Victoria

2012 "Urban Mix" Marios Café, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria

Joint Exhibitions

2018 "Three Palettes" (Bailey Masin & Roberts); City Library Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

2014 "Revisit" Masin & Bailey - Gippsland Art Supplies Gallery Space, Sale, Victoria

2014 Pop Up Gallery - (Masin & Bailey); Gippsland Centre, Sale, Victoria

2013 "Collaboration" (Bailey Masin & Roberts); Yarragon Arts Hub, Yarragon Victoria

2013 "Land Sea Structure" (Masin & Bailey); Gippsland Gallery, Sale, Victoria

2012 "Place" (Bailey Masin & Roberts); Tacit Contemporary Art, Abbotsford, Victoria

2011 Wellington Entertainment Centre, Sale, Victoria (With Helen Masin)

2011 "Different Views" Masin & Bailey; Meeniyan Art Gallery, Meeniyan, Victoria

2011 "Intimate Studies" Masin & Bailey; Courthouse Gallery, Stratford, Victoria

2010 "Different Spaces" Masin & Bailey; Maffra Exhibition Space, Maffra, Victoria

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020 Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Victoria

Albert Park College Virtual Art Show, Albert Park, Victoria

Twin Rivers Art Show, Nicholson, Victoria

Orange + White Exhibition, Slipway, Lakes Entrance, Victoria

Gippsland Art Gallery Art Aid Bushfire Appeal exhibition, Sale,Victoria

2019 Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Victoria

Red Stocking Exhibition, Red Gallery,Fitzroy, Victoria

2018 Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda,Victoria

Toorak Art Walk, Toorak, Victoria

2017 Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda,Victoria

Toorak Art Walk, Toorak, Victoria

St. Kevins College Art Show, Toorak, Victoria

Pyrmont Art Prize, Tap Gallery, Surry Hills NSW

BSG SmallWorks, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria

2016 Light Space & Time Online Gallery CityScapes competition, Florida, USA.

9 x 5 Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Victoria

Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda,Victoria

Walkerville Art Show, Walkerville, SA

Flanagan Art Prize Exhibition, St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, Victoria

The 7th Annual Belle Arti Prize - Chapman & Bailey, Abbotsford, Victoria

Waverley Art Prize, Bondi, NSW

Melbourne Arts Club Closing Party/Exhibition, Preston, Victoria

Lethbridge 10000 Smallworks Art Prize, Brisbane QLD

BSG SmallWorks, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria

George's Bar, Fitzroy, Victoria

A4 Art Australia, Herring Island Gallery, access via Como Landing, South Yarra, Victoria

BWC Regeneration Exhibition, Aspire Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane, QLD

Petite Pieces 2016, Aspire Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane, QLD

2015 40 x 40 Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria

9 x 5 Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Victoria

Made With Love Christmas group show, Pumpkin Lane Gallery, St Kilda,Victoria

Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda,Victoria

Geelong College Art Show, Geelong College, Victoria

Flanagan Art Prize Exhibition, St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, Victoria

Lethbridge 10000 Smallworks Art Prize, Brisbane QLD

St. Kevins College Art Show, Toorak, Victoria

Light Space & Time Online Gallery CityScapes competition, Florida, USA.

2014 Mornington Art Exhibition, Mornington, Victoria

40 x 40 Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria

9 x 5 Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Victoria

Summer Salon Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria

The 6th Annual Belle Arti Prize - Chapman & Bailey, Abbotsford, Victoria

Hornsby Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby NSW

Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda,Victoria

Flanagan Art Prize Exhibition, St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, Victoria

Bayside Art Show, Sandringham Yacht Club, Victoria

BSG SmallWorks, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria

"By Invitation Only" Group exhibition, Yarragon Arts Hub Victoria

"Off The Wall" Tacit Contemporary Art Abbotsford, Victoria

"She" Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Victoria

Cardinia Grand Art Exhibition, Pakenham, Victoria

2013 The 5th Annual Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey, Abbotsford, Victoria

Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia

A Tree For All, Cowwarr Art Space, Cowwarr, Victoria

St. Kevins College Art Show, Toorak, Victoria

Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda,Victoria

2012 Art Gippsland Exhibition, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Victoria

Cancer Council Arts Awards Victoria, 120 Collins St. Melbourne, Victoria

St. Kevins College Art Show, Toorak, Victoria

Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda,Victoria

Portrait Competition, Latrobe Contemporary Gallery, Morwell, Victoria

2011 Wellington Entertainment Centre, Sale, Victoria

Cancer Council Arts Awards Victoria, 120 Collins St. Melbourne, Victoria

St. Michael's Exhibition & Archangel Prize, St. Michael's Grammar, St Kilda, Victoria

The Shilo Project, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria (Invited local artist)

Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda,Victoria

2010 BSG Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria

Chapman & Bailey Art Awards, Metro Gallery, Brisbane, Qld

Cancer Council Arts Awards Victoria: (Collins Street, Melbourne; Dudley House, Bendigo;

Warrnambool Art Gallery; Latrobe Regional Gallery).

Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Victoria

2009 Runway Gallery, EG Tafe, Fulham, Victoria

Tyers Art Festival,Tyers, Victoria

Art Gippsland Exhibition, Rotary Club Of Warragul,Victoria

Relish @ the Gallery, Port Of Sale Wellington Shire Building, Sale, Victoria

Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Victoria

2005—2008 EG Tafe Exhibition, Esso BHP Billiton Wellington Ent. Centre, Sale, Victoria

EG Tafe Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale,Victoria

Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Victoria

Media Art & Design Exhibition, Lorne, Victoria

Heyfield Community Resource Centre, Heyfield, Victoria

Collections Baw Baw Shire Council, Victoria

Private - Australia, Europe and the US.

Commissions

2015 Feelin' Kinda Sporty, 76 x 91 cm, Mixed media on canvas (For Reclink)

2014 The Prince -St. Kilda, 61 x 61cm, Mixed media on canvas

The Tote - Collingwood, 61 x 61cm, Mixed media on canvas

"Live at the Bundy" stage banner, 1.8 x 3 metres, Acrylic on canvas

Kim Volkman portrait - "I'm Just A Rock n Roll Man" 90 x 60cm, Mixed media on canvas

Be Suburban, 90 x 60 cm, Mixed media on canvas (For Reclink)

2013 The Espy-St. Kilda, 61 x 61cm, Mixed media on canvas

Subway-Platform 9 , 75 x 60cm, Mixed media on canvas

2012 Subway-Platforms 3 & 1, 50 x 76 cm, Mixed media on canvas

Subway-Platforms 3 & 1, 50 x 76 cm, Mixed media on canvas

Tressie's Place - Emma St, 70 x 50cm, Acrylic on canvas

Latrobe St. Apartment, 61 x 76cm, Acrylic on canvas

The Tote, 76 x 50 cm, Mixed media on canvas

CAE Building, Flinders Lane 120 x 76 cm, Acrylic on canvas

2010 Pop Art portrait 120 x 75 cm, Acrylic on canvas

Awards

2017:Special Recognition award, Light Space & Time Online Gallery CityScapes competition, Florida, USA.

2016: Finalist:Waverley Art Prize, Bondi, NSW

Finalist: Flanagan Art Prize, St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, Victoria

2015: Finalist: Flanagan Art Prize, St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, Victoria

2015: Ninth place in the Overall Winning Artist’s category, Light Space & Time Online Gallery CityScapes competition, Florida, USA.

2015: Fifth place in the Painting and Other category, Light Space & Time Online Gallery CityScapes competition, Florida, USA.

2014: Finalist: Hornsby Art Prize, Hornsby, NSW

2014: Finalist: Flanagan Art Prize, St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, Victoria

2014: Highly Commended /Robert Portbury Contemporary Award: Grand Art Exhibition, Cardinia Cultural Centre, Pakenham, Victoria

2014: Finalist: She Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong Victoria

2013: Finalist: Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia

2011: Finalist: St. Michael’s Exhibition/Archangel Prize, St. Michael’s Grammar, St Kilda

November 2010: Finalist: Milk Magazine cover competition

Publications & Events

Collaboration with Kim Volkman: "The Devil Won't Take Charity" autobiography written by Kim Volkman, edited by Pauline Bailey. 2017

Article in Herald Sun Home Magazine, Victoria 2015

Pop Up Gallery, Gippsland Centre, Sale, Victoria 2014

Avant Card promotional card 2014

Article in Milk Magazine, March/April 2011 issue

Article in Milk Magazine, September 2010 issue

Upcoming Exhibitions

Nov 2018 – Solo exhibition – “Snapshot Melbourne” - Marios, Fitzroy, Victoria.

September 2019 - Mr. Burch Cafe, McKinnon, Victoria.