Rachel Smyth Biography
Education
2000 Tabor College, Creative Living, Tabor College, New Testament
2001 SACE Stage 2, Annesley College
2005 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Adelaide Central School of Art
Professional Practice in the Arts
2005 Teaching Saturday Art Classes
2004 ‘SALA Guerilla,’ Performance/installation piece as part of SALA Week, Healthfield High School SA
2004 Member of Blue Tongue Studio
2003 Member of Blue Tongue Studio
Group Exhibitions
2006 Helpman Academy Graduate Exhibition, Drill Hall Adelaide City
2004
‘Meanwhile,’ Flinders Medical Centre Promenade Gallery
Mullet Festival Visual Art exhibition Norwood
Blue Tongue Studio Exhibition, Norwood, SALA Week
Blue Tongue Studio Exhibition, Norwood
2003
‘Student Drawing Art Exhibition, Adelaide Central Gallery
Blue Tongue Studio Exhibition, Norwood, SALA Week
Blue Tongue Studio Exhibition, Norwood
2002 SABSSA Exhibition, Dame Roma Mitchell Building
Solo Exhibitions
2005 ‘Songs of Innocence,’ Adelaide Central School of Art, Graduate Show
Scholarships and Prizes
2006 Malaysian Airlines travel award -3 months in Europe
2005
‘Full Scholarship at Adelaide Central School of Art
Minter Ellision Lawyers, Rising Star Award
First Prize, Mullet Festival Norwood
2004 Half Scholarship at Adelaide Central School of Art
Boards
Academic Board, Student Representative
Commissions
2003 Portrait Commissions
Pultney Grammar School, Painting
Commissioned Abstracts, series of three paintings
2006 Portrait Commissions
Collections
2005 Adelaide Men’s Club
Reviews
2006 Adelaide Review, February ‘Two schools of thought’
2006 Artdate, January ‘Songs of Innocence’
2005 Artdate, November, ‘Graduation Ceremony’
2005 Messenger, December “Award a fairytale’
2005 Adelaide Review, November ‘This year’s best arts graduates show their stuff’
2004 Mt Barker Messenger, August. ‘Roll Out the Cutlery in the Name of Art’
2002 The Advertiser, June, ‘Creative Approach to the Art of Business’ (Blue Tongue Studio),
Interviews
2006 Radio Adelaide, Cath Kenneally, January