Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger
Curriculum Vitae - Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger
Residencies and collaborations
2023
BigCi residency Blue Mountains NSW June 28 to July 25
2021
Artist at Sea - SOI (Schmidt Ocean Institute) RV Falkor; Seafloor to Seabirds in the Coral Sea multibeam mapping Coral Sea Marine Park & North Tasman Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 6 February to 6 March
2017
Culture at Work Pyrmont Residency - March 6 to 31
South Shetland Islands specifically Deception Island - the Ninth Wave 'Floating Lab' - January 6 to 25
2016
Faroe Islands - Environmental Research with The Clipperton Project 'Floating Lab' June 3 to 28
2015
Lord Howe Island - Water sampling, sound recording, filming and research April 25 to May 9
The Clipperton Project WA - inaugural Australian Project - March 10-17
2014
Galapagos Islands Researching - filming, sound recording and Research October 1 to 15
Bio-Art Summer Residency - SVA (School of Visual Arts) New York - May 19 to June 20
Lord Howe Island - Water sampling, filming and research January 12 to 26
2013
Bio-Art Summer Residency - SVA (School of Visual Arts) New York - May 21 to June 21
OMG - Octopus Mandala Glow - Collaborative Work Performance with Professor Victoria Vesna chair UCL Art / Sci
Experience
2020 to date
Board member Culture at Work - Art, Science and Technology initiative.
2019
Climate Reality Leadership training - Al Gore sponsored Brisbane Australia.
2015
MFA (Master of Fine Art) SCA (Sydney College of the Arts) - Sydney University - Major Sculpture/Installation
(Auditing Botany; Marine Biology; the Art of Sound and Noise; Art and Nature as part of my research)
2013
Graduate MSA (Master of Studio Art) SCA (Sydney College of the Arts) - Sydney University Major Print Media
2012
Diploma Fine Arts (Hornsby TAFE) majoring in Print Media & Ceramics
2005 - 2011
National Exhibition Coordinator for MAANZ (Mosaic Association of Australia & New Zealand) Organising & Curating Managing the Following Exhibitions: National Open Biennale, 30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition Biennale, Assisting and mentoring in all State Open Exhibitions
Work Exhibited and Group Exhibitions International
2022
Ancestral Echoes: a decade of Bio Art – SVA N.Y.
Nautilus Oceans Exhibition – Explorers Club New York
2020
Craft Nouveau exhibition - Blue Line Arts – California
2017
International Summer Academy for Arts and Media Technology Venice - Palazzo Zenobio
Impressions Print Exhibition - International Arts Festival Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Centre for Creative Arts & Media - Ireland
2016
Stunning Edge 2016 Contemporary Ceramics in Asia - Taipei
Gagged - Video installation used as opening for the Keynote speech by Associate Professor Monica Gagilano PhD - Jane Goodall Foundation Symposium Brussel, May 14
ASCI Biodiversity / Extinctions - New York Hall of Science
2014
NYABF - MoMA PS1 Long Island - SVA (School of Visual Arts)
SVA Alumni Exhibition - Flatiron Building Manhattan NY
Things are NOT Cooperating- SVA bioart Residency Exhibition NY
2013
Semi Living - SVA bioart Residency Exhibition New York
MGC - Manhattan Graphics Juried Print Exhibition - New York
Portrait in Print - Centre for Contemporary Printmaking Norwalk Connecticut - United States
2012
Exploring a Medium Centre for Arts Evergreen Colorado USA
Irish Connection Lorg printmakers Ireland
2009
Crusty Oceania - DOMO Exhibition - Australian Embassy - Berlin
2008
Red Cross Summer Exhibition The Hague (The Netherlands)
Work Exhibited and Group Exhibitions Australia
2023
Burnie Print Prize - Burnie Tasmania
Sydney Printmakers - Origin, Glasshouse Port Macquarie
2022
Heysen Landscape Prize
Greenway Environmental Art prize - NSW (WINNER)
SIG: Sculpture in the Garden – Mudgee NSW
SWELL Sculpture Festival – Currumbin Qld
North Queensland Ceramic Awards (biennale) - Pinnacles Gallery Townsville Qld
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair - Works on Paper with Sydney Printmakers.
Wyndham Art Prize - Victoria
The Ravenswood Prize for Women - NSW
The Alice Art Prize – Northern Territory
North Sydney Art Prize – NSW
2021
Blacktown Art Prize - NSW
Northern Beaches Art Prize - NSW
Sydney Printmakers 60th Anniversary Exhibition – Manly Regional Gallery NSW
2020
Blacktown Art Prize - NSW
The Mission to Seafarers Art Prize - Victoria
Sculpture in the Garden – Mudgee NSW
Sculptures by the Sea Cottesloe WA
2019
Sculptures in the Garden - Mudgee NSW
Sculptures by the Sea – Outdoor and Indoor Bondi NSW
North Sydney Art Prize - NSW
2017
Harbour Sculpture - Woolwich (Sydney Harbour foreshore) NSW
2016
Inkmasters Print Exhibition - Cairns Qld
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize - South Australian Museum
North Queensland Ceramics Award (biennale) Pinnacles Gallery
Elemental - M Contemporary Projects NSW
2015
Graduate Exhibition SCA - Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney)
CNWAP - Chippendale New World Art Prize
Mosman NSW 2088 Regional Art Gallery
2014
InkMasters - Cairns
Swan Hill Print & Drawing -Swan Hill
Art Concerning the Environment - Scope Gallery Vic
Bending the Truth Verge Gallery
Mosman NSW 2088 Regional Art Gallery
Under Pressure -Gallery Red Glebe NSW
2013
Graduate Exhibition SCA (Sydney College of the Arts) University of Sydney
Fishers Ghost Open Prize NSW
Verge Art Awards Verge Gallery
SCAP - Sunshine Coast Art Prize - QLD
Lethbridge Small Scale - QLD
2012
Kenilworth Art Prize - QLD
Wilson Visual Arts Award - NSW
Hunters Hill Art Prize - NSW
Print & Works on Paper-Swan Hill Environment Art Prize - Scope Gallery Vic
Lethbridge Small Scale Online Gallery
2011
30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition (National touring exhibition, showing at regional galleries in NSW, ACT, QLD, NT, Vic and WA)
Flanagan Art Prize - Ballarat Vic
Lethbridge Art Prize -Online Gallery
2010
Print & Works on Paper-Swan Hill
Gallery Adagio Group Exh (NSW)
Brisbane Senses Art - Qld
2009
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize (SA)
30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition
Hunters Hill Art Prize (NSW)
'The Studio' Art Sydney 09
2008
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing – Adelaide Perry Gallery, (NSW)
Fishers Ghost Art Award – Campbelltown Arts Centre, (NSW)
Heysen Prize – Hahndorf Academy, (SA)
Mosman Art Prize – Mosman Art Gallery, (NSW)
Waverley Art Prize – Waverley Arts Centre, (NSW)
Taylor Galleries – Summer Hill (NSW)
Redland Art Awards – Redland Art Gallery, (Qld)
Small Works - Brunswick Gallery (Vic)
Stanthorpe Art Prize – Stanthorpe Regional Gallery (Qld)
Bayside Art Prize (Vic)
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Aquatic Veridical – the apposition of time in underwater landscapes, The Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Victoria Aug 24 to Sep 17
Antarctica - All to Lose, The Bowery Gallery 33 Princess St, St Albans, Victoria April 21 to June 8
Absence of Line - Art Est, 10 Hill St Leichardt NSW - March 3 to 28
2022
Beyond the Bucket List – NRCG (Northern Rivers Community Gallery) May 4 to June 26
2021
Beyond Sight: into the microscopic world of plants – Ironbark Gallery NSW - February 19 to April 18
2019
This Ain’t No Mirage - Project Gallery QCA Brisbane – 7 February to 2 March
2018
Distorted Truths - Spectrum Project Space ECU Mount Lawley WA – May 17 to June 1
2017
Deception – Accelerator Gallery Pyrmont NSW May 27 to June 10
Gagged in Dystopia – Interlude Gallery Glebe Point Rd Glebe NSW January 27 to February 4
2015
Colliding Worlds – Hazelhurst Community Gallery – the Kingsway Gymea NSW March 6 - 17
2013
Coding the Future – GAFFA Gallery (Clarence St Sydney)
2010
Focus on Print – Invitational (CAS) exhibition Fitzroy Library (Vic)
2009
Memories of the Landscape - BSG Brunswick St Gallery (Vic)
2007
Landscapes - CUSP Gallery (Vic)
2006
Renewal - Lane Cove Cultural Centre (NSW)
2005
Visions: Land + Sea – Fire Station Rozelle (NSW)
2003
Discovering the Centre - Newspace Gallery (NSW)
2002
New works by Lea Kannar - Breewood Gallery – Leura (NSW)
Grand Opening Exhibition- Breewood Gallery – Richmond (NSW)
Moods and Colour - Newspace Gallery (NSW)
Awards and Prizes include
2022
Greenway Art Prize (NSW) 1st prize
2017
Ocean Grove Art Prize (Vic) 1st Prize
2014
PRSS Sydney University Research Grant – for travel to research in the Galapagos Islands
2013
Ocean Grove Art Prize (Vic) – 1st Prize
2012
Phyllis Arnot Print Prize– Hornsby College NSW
Corowa Art Prize (Vic) – 1st Prize
2011
30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition – (National) Highly Commended - Selected for Touring
2010
Warrnambool Art Prize (Vic) – 1st Prize
Henry Lawson Grenfell Art Awards (NSW) – 1st Prize
2009
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize – S.A. Museum - Selected for Touring
30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition – (National) Highly Commended - Selected for Touring
41st Bendigo Easter Art Exhibition (Vic) - 1st Prize
2008
Bayside Art Show Brighton (Vic) - 1st Prize
Henry Lawson Grenfell Art Awards - 1st Prize
Royal Canberra Art Awards - 1st Prize
Tarra Festival Art Prize (Vic) - 1st Prize
2007
Wagga Wagga Rotary - 1st Prize
Tarra Festival Art Prize (Vic) - 1st Prize
2006
Scone Art Prize - 1st Prize
Orange Blossom Festival - 1st Prize
Altona Art Exhibition (Vic) - 1st Prize
2005
Yea (Vic) Art Prize - 1st Prize
Winmalee Arts Festival – Peoples Choice
2004
Kiama 26th Annual Exhibition - 1st Prize
Wangi Dobel - Landscape - 1st Prize
Wangi Dobel – Contemporary - 1st Prize
2003
Narrabri Art Exhibition - Betty Berriman Bequest- 1st Prize
Henry Lawson Grenfell Art Awards - 1st Prize
Great Southland Art Awards - 1st Prize
Great Southland Art Awards - Pashley (Packing Room) Prize
Royal Canberra Art Awards - 1st Prize
2002
Cootamundra Soroptimist International - 1st Prize
Singleton Art Prize - People’s Choice
2001
Foundation Week Art Awards - 1st Prize
Public Works & Community Projects
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Mosman Community Mosaic Project -Mosman Council sponsored 8m Mural Project (2008 - Completed 5th Sept 2011)
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Hawthorne Canal Community Project - Leichhardt Council sponsored 44m Mural Project (2008 - Completed July 2011)
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IGS (International Grammar School - Glebe) Student Duke of Edinburgh Award - Mosaic Project (2008 - Completed 2010)
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Artist on Bubbler Project - Leichhardt Council sponsored disabled bubbler park project (Completed 2007)
Professional Memberships
AAANZ - Art Association of Australia and New Zealand
AESS - Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences
AFGW - Australian Federation of Graduate Women
AMOS - Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society
ANAT - Australian Network for Art and Technology
ASCI - Art & Science Collaborations Inc.
CAL - Copyright Agency Limited
CAW - Culture at Work – Art+Science+Culture+Research+Learning
ECOS - Emerging Creatives of Science
IAPMA - International Association of Hand Paper Makers & Paper Artists
NAVA - National Association of Visual Artists – Professional Member
SciArt Initiative
SLSA - Society for Literature, Science and the Arts
SPM - Sydney Print Makers
WAR - Women’s Art Registry
WEAD - Women’s Environmental Artists Directory