Since graduating from a fine arts degree in 1992 Penelope has been painting and exhibiting prolifically. She has staged solo shows in a variety of different venues from cafes and artists run spaces to established commercial galleries in both Melbourne and Sydney.   Penelope has been a finalist in numerous significant art prizes including the Portia Geach portrait prize, Salon de Refuses, the Fletcher Jones Art Prize, La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize and the Mornington Peninsula National works on Paper prize. Her work is also held in many public and private collections including Artbank, IBM and the Australian Catholic University. She has painted a number of portrait commissions, most notably two images of the the Virgin Mary, one of which resides in a chapel in the Yarra Valley.   

  Selected Exhibitions-

  2023   Beautiful Imperfections, Marios Cafe, Melbourne

  2017   Seasons, Marios Cafe, Melbourne

  2008   Zoom, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne

  2007   Resurface, Wagner Gallery, Sydney

  2006   Altered States, Wagner Gallery, Sydney

  2005   Remix, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne

  2003   Interior Geography, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne

  Selected Prizes

  2007   Finalist Prometheus Art Award 2007, Queensland

  2007   Finalist Salon de Refuses, Melbourne

  2007   Finalist DLAP:City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne

  2006   Finalist Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong

  2004   Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, Sydney