Donna Malone Biography
Bio
Donna Malone is an emerging Queensland artist. She grew up in Sydney, completed Graphic Design Certificate and Animation Certificate at Randwick Technical College in 1980-1982, raised her children in the Byron Shire, trained at TAFE Murwillumbah in Visual Arts in 1996 and 2003 and is now working and residing in Brisbane. She is committed to her full time art practise which includes drawing daily (on trains, in ‘life drawing’ sessions, in cafes, and in nature) around her home as well as interstate and overseas. Drawing daily has always helped her connect with herself. She is primarily a Drawer, an artist who sees her Drawing as breathing, living things, part of the primal energy which drives her.
“I have always responded to life by Drawing. I draw instinctually with a diverse range of techniques and materials in a relatively impulsive way. I am interested in the integrity and spontaneity of the materials i use and of the things I draw. ‘Aliveness’, really, is what i respond to and what inspires me and Inspiration can come from some surprisingly ordinary places!”. Donna is represented by Lorraine Pilgrim.
Education
Donna Malone draws daily and attends local life drawing sessions weekly.
2010 | Private workshops with such tutor/artists as David Fairburn, Emma Walker & Peter Sharp – since 2003
2010 | Ron Curren’s Dynamic Drawing regular participant (Byron Shire) – since 2003
2003 | TAFE Visual Arts Cert III
1995 | TAFE Drawing Certificate
1982 | Graphic Design Certificate and Animation Certificate at Randwick TAFE
1980 | Sydney College of the Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2010 | Something in Nothing in Particular – Joint exhibition with Roy Wilkins – Tacit Gallery – Abbotsford – Melbourne (23 artworks)
2009 | Bird on the wire LP + NYST gallery – Southport (28 artworks)
2007 | Savage Joy Arthouse Gallery – West End (20 artworks)
2007 | Liminal – Threshold Exhibition March – 07 – Doggett St Studio (20 artworks)
2006 | The gentle things Joint exhibition with Kirsten Reed – Old Post Office Gallery – Benowa – Gold Coast (26 artworks displayed)
2006 | Kindness and Rage Exhibition – Doggett St Studio – Brisbane (25 artworks displayed)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 | The Magic of Racing – Retrospect Galleries – Broadbeach – QLD
2011 | Petits Travaux – Retrospect Galleries – Byron Bay – NSW
2011 | Petits Travaux – Retrospect Galleries – Broadbeach – QLD
2011 | Dream Forth – Retrospect Galleries – Broadbeach – QLD
2011 | Hidden Worlds – Retrospect Galleries – Broadbeach – QLD
2011 | Fusion- Retrospect Galleries – Broadbeach – QLD
2010 | Pathways to Collecting – Lorraine Pilgrim + NYST
2010 | Drawn Together – (drawing show) Lorraine Pilgrim + NYST
2010 | Inanimate – (still life) Lorraine Pilgrim + NYST
2010 | Artpiece Opening Night Exhibition – Art piece – Mullumbimby
2010 | Drawing Breath (collaboration of 4 artists) Tweed River Art Gallery (55 works) – NSW
2009 | Drawing Breath (collaboration of 4 artists) Tweed River Art Gallery (55 works) – NSW
2009 | The Fourth Estate – group show Lorraine Pilgrim + NYST Gallery
2009 | If you can’t stand the heat… – LP + NYST Gallery
2009 | Warwick Art Prize – Finalist
2009 | FEHVA Art Auction – Bangalow – NSW
2009 | Figuratively Speaking Portrait prize finalist
2009 | THE INNOCENTS – Lorraine Pilgrim + NYST Gallery
2008 | FEHVA Art Auction – Bangalow – NSW
2008 | Stanthorpe art prize finalist
2008 | 22 of the best – LP + NYST Gallery
2007 | Mitchell Landmark Art Show – Maranoa Gallery – Mitchell – QLD
2007 | FEHVA Art Auction – Bangalow NSW
2007 | REVERENTIAL – Group Exhibition DEKA – (Lorraine Pilgrim)
2006 | MOVING ON UP – Group Exhibition DEKA (Lorraine Pilgrim)
2003 | SQUEEZE Graduate Exhibition Murwillumbah TAFE
1995 | TAFE Graduate Exhibition – Finding the Silence
1982 | Randwick Technical College Graphic Design Graduate Show
1980 | NSW Inaugural Higher School Certificate Travelling Art Exhibition – University of NSW – Sydney
Awards
2010 | Highly Commended – Wilston Art Show – Contemporary Art (Bruce Heiser – Judge)
2008 | Winner – Wilston Art Show – Contemporary Art (Bruce Heiser – Judge)
2007 | Mitchell Landmark Art Show Overall Winner
2003 | Semi Finalist – Focus: TAFE NSW Arts and Design Prize
1995 | Highest Marks (TAFE NSW 1995) awarded for 1995 Drawing Fundamentals Certificate
Professional Memberships
Artworkers
Access Arts
Brisbane Playback Theatre
Collections
Public collection of Murwillumbah TAFE – NSW
Private collections in Australia – Germany – France – Denmark and Turkey