Image: Genetic Memories 2013, Layered Silkscreen of human DNA coding on rice paper, 30 x 1000 cm

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Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger

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Residencies and collaborations

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 Feb to 6 Mar

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

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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)

 

Group Exhibitions Australia

2023

Sydney Printmakers - Origin, Glasshouse Port Macquarie Jan 27 to Apr 23

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 2019  

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)
 

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Solo Exhibitions

2023

Absence of Line - ArtEst Hill St Leichardt NSW - Mar 3 to 28

2022   

Beyond the Bucket List –  NRCG (Northern Rivers Community Gallery) May 4 to Jun 26

2021   

Beyond Sight: into the microscopic world of plants – Ironbarck Gallery NSW - Feb 19 to Apr 18

2019

This Ain’t No Mirage - Project Gallery QCA Brisbane – 7 Feb to 2 Mar
2018

Distorted Truths - Spectrum Project Space ECU Mount Lawley WA – May 17 to Jun 1
2017

Deception – Accelerator Gallery Pyrmont NSW May 27 to June 10
Gagged in Dystopia – Interlude Gallery Glebe Point Rd Glebe NSW Jan 27 to Feb 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

• Mosman Community Mosaic Project -Mosman Council sponsored 8m Mural Project (2008 - Completed 5th Sept 2011)

• Hawthorne Canal Community Project - Leichhardt Council sponsored 44m Mural Project (2008 - Completed July 2011)

• IGS (International Grammar School - Glebe) Student Duke of Edinburgh Award - Mosaic Project (2008 - Completed 2010)

• Artist on Bubbler Project - Leichhardt Council sponsored disabled bubbler park project (Completed 2007)

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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
 

 

 

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