CV & Contact
Fionna Madigan: Artist Curriculum Vitae
Mob: +61-430768307
Email: fionnamadigan@hotmail.com
I am drawn to a fertile zone between abstraction and realism and I am particularly satisfied when my paintings straddle these genres. I commence with compositional goals and encourage random occurrences. Improvisation and transience are integral concepts to my creative endeavour.
AWARDS
2019 Mayoral Award Nillumbik Contemporary Art Prize
2019 First Prize, Artforall, FPS, Fairfield, Victoria
Art Prize Exhibitions
Finalist 2022 Lethbride small Piece Art Prize
Finalist 2022 Lethbridge landscape prize
Finalist 2021 Adelaide Parks Art Prize
Finalist 2020 Boynes International Emerging Artist Award
Finalist 2019 Bay of Fires Art Prize
First Prize 2019 Artforall, FPS, Fairfield Victoria
Finalist 2019 Nillumbik Contemporary Art Prize
Finalist 2017 Artpiece 30x30 Art Prize, Mullumbimby
Second prize Kington Arts Blitz 2017
Group Exhibitions
2021 and 2022 Victorian Abstract Artists Biennale (Westspace) Of Colour and Light
Solo Exhibitions
Revere: landscapes Real and Imagined Westend Artspace, Melbourne Feb1st- Feb 25th 2023
A Magic Window Westend Artspace, West Melbourne 11th August- 3rd Sept 2021
Thin Places, G3 Gallery (City of Kingston) March 28th- May 4th 2018
‘Fusion’ Solo Exhibition 69 Smith Street Gallery, Collingwood, June 2013
Group Exhibitions (edited selection)
Victorian Woman abstract artists Biennale Nov 2022
Adelaide Parklands Art Prize exhibition – April 2021
St Kevin’s Art show June 2019
Nillumbik Contemporary Art Prize 2019
Education
Graduate Diploma in Education: (Art)The University of Melbourne - Melbourne, Victoria 2004
Diploma of Gestalt Therapy Gestalt Therapy Australia - Fairfield, Victoria 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts:The Victorian College of the Arts - Melbourne, Victoria 2000
Publications: (Contributing Artist) Cold Wax Medium, Techniques, Concepts and Conversations: Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin (Squeegee Press)