Rhiannon Hopley
b. 1987 Sydney, Australia
Education
- 2017
- Arts Business and Cultural Awareness, Sydney Tafe
- 2016
- Video Intensive, AFTRS – Australian Film Television Radio School
- 2012
- Graphic Design and Communication Advanced Diploma, Hornsby Tafe
- 2010 – 2011
- Graphic Design and Communication Diploma, Hornsby Tafe
Awards & Selected Grants
- 2019
- Inner West Council Arts and Culture Advisory Commitee, Nominated and selected member
- 2020
- Micro Galleries, International Artist Collective 2020, Selected Artist
- 2019
- Micro Galleries, International Artist Collective 2019, Selected Artist
- 2019
- Loud and Luminous, Selected Artist
- 2018
- Finalist,HIDDEN:Rookwood Flickering Stone Moving Image Award, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, N.S.W.
- 2018
- Finalist, Percival Photographic Portrait Prize, Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, Queensland
- 2017
- Creative Partnerships Australia Artist Grant
- 2017
- Chateau Orquevaux, Champagne – Ardenne, French Residency Grant
- 2017
- Finalist, North Sydney Art Prize, The Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability, Waverton, Sydney
- 2016
- Newtown ArtSeat – Public Art grant, Marrickville Council, Arts NSW & City of Sydney
- 2015
- Commended, Gosford Art Prize, Open Category Gosford Regional Art Gallery
- 2015
- Finalist, We Get By, Cooks Hill Gallery, Cooks Hill Newcastle
- 2014
- Chrissie Cotter Gallery Program Grant 2015, Marrickville Council
- 2014
- Finalist, Marrickville Urban Photography Competition, Marrickville Council
- 2013
- First Prize, Gosford Art Prize – Photography Category Gosford Regional Art Gallery
- 2013
- Finalist, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, One for the Books, Ballarat
- 2012
- First Place, with Distinctions Graphic Design & Communication Advanced Diploma, Hornsby Tafe
- 2012
- Second Place, Graphic Design & Communication Diploma, Hornsby Tafe
- 2006
- First Place, The Magnificent Seven, Fuji Film Competition
- 2005
- Finalist, Art Expressed, Ku-ring-gai Art Centre
- 2004
- Excellence in Photography Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts
Residencies
- 2020
- Micro Galleries -Time & Space Residency / Live Weekend, Manila, Philippines, March– postponed
- 2017
- Chateau Orquevaux, Champagne – Ardenne, France. Sept – Oct
Solo Exhibitions
- 2020
- Kaleidoscopic: an exhibition for strange times, Tortuga Studios, St Peters, Sydney, NSW, Sept
- 2020
- Words In Windows,Micro Galleries iniative, Tortuga Studios, St Peters, Sydney, NSW, May
- 2019
- palimpsest: palɪm(p)sɛst – a landscape of memory, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania, Sept-Oct
- 2017
- Relinquish, Unicorn Lane Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
- 2016
- Nocturnal Vibrations, Newtown Contemporary Public ArtSeat, Newtown Hub, Newtown, Sydney, N.S.W. Sept – Nov
- 2016
- Noctuary, Off The Wall, outdoor urban exhibition space, St Peters, Sydney, N.S.W – June
- 2015
- Discovering Locations : Location by Numbers, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney, N.S.W Aug
- 2005
- Sonic Explosion – Revive the city with art, Youth Week, Gosford, N.S.W April
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2020
- Project / Forward : 2047 – Micro Galleries Global Projection Festival, Jordan, Kenya, Indonesia, Columbia, Nepal, Hong Kong, Austria, USA, Italy, Spain, Peru & Australia, Dec
- 2020
- Art Cards for Health Carers – Micro Galleries,Global project and Online Exhibition, July-Aug
- 2019
- Dia de los Muertos Festival, Redbridge Central Library, London UK, Oct
- 2019
- Witching Hour, Mothership Studios, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW, Oct
- 2019
- Fringeville, Sydney Fringe Festival, Hurstville, Sydney, NSW, Sept
- 2019
- babylon, Sydney Fringe Festival, Kensington Street, Chippendale Sydney, NSW, Sept
- 2019
- Music Seen, The Lord Gladstone, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW, Aug
- 2019
- The Fire Garden Festival, Edge Festival Sydenham Park, N.S.W, August
- 2019
- Loud and Luminous- Digital Exhibition – HeadOn Photo Festival, Town Hall Paddington, Sydney, N.S.W. May
- 2019
- Loud and Luminous, Contact Sheet Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W. April-May
- 2019
- There goes the Neighbourhood: Art Month, Tortuga Studios, St Peters, Sydney, N.S.W. March
- 2018
- Piece of Mind, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney, N.S.W. Oct
- 2018
- HIDDEN:Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Walk – Flickering Stone , Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, N.S.W. Sept – Oct
- 2018
- In the Night Garden: Aurora, Tortuga Studios, St Peters Sydney, N.S.W. September
- 2018
- Percival Photographic Portrait Prize, Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, Qld. May – July
- 2018
- Honey – an all wo(man) art show, Create or Die, Marrickville Sydney, N.S.W. April
- 2018
- Fake, Tortuga Studios, St Peters Sydney, N.S.W. March
- 2018
- Moshcam Photography Awards, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W. Jan
- 2017
- Not A Stat, AD Space, UNSW A&D (COFA), Sydney, N.S.W. Sept
- 2017
- stillness, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W. June – July
- 2017
- DEN Fair, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Victoria. June
- 2017
- Inner West Open Studio Trail 2017, St Peters, Sydney, N.S.W. May
- 2017
- With a Rebel Yell,Tortuga Studios, St Peters, Sydney, N.S.W. May
- 2017
- Piss Poor Effort, 107, Redfern, Sydney, N.S.W. May
- 2017
- North Sydney Art Prize, The Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability, Waverton, Sydney, N.S.W. March
- 2016
- .M Contemporary Co Lab, .M Contemporary Bondi, Bondi, Sydney, N.S.W. Nov – Feb
- 2016
- Stonevilla Studios Annual Exhibition, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney, N.S.W. Oct
- 2016
- Head On Photo Festival ‘Wide Eyed Live’, Tortuga Studios, St Peters, Sydney, N.S.W. April
- 2016
- The 39th Alice Prize, Alice Springs Art Foundation, Araluen Cultural Centre, Alice Springs, NT. April – June
- 2016
- MOST, Marrickville Open Studio Trail 2016, Newtown, Sydney, N.S.W. March
- 2015
- Piece Out, He Made She Made Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, N.S.W. Dec
- 2015
- Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W. Oct – Nov
- 2015
- No Place Like Home – Sydney Contemporary, M Contemporary, Woollahra, Sydney, N.S.W. Sept
- 2015
- Annual Winter Group Show, M Contemporary, Woollahra, Sydney, N.S.W. June
- 2015
- Mythology of My Land, M Contemporary, Woollahra, Sydney, N.S.W. May
- 2015
- We Get By, Cooks Hill Gallery, Cooks Hill Newcastle, N.S.W. March
- 2014
- The Accredited,10×8 Gallery, Chippendale, Sydney, N.S.W. Aug
- 2014
- Marrickville ‘Urban Photography’ Finalists, Marrickville Town Hall, Marrickville, Sydney, N.S.W. May
- 2014
- One for the Books Travelling Exhibition, East Coast, Australia. Feb – Mar
- 2013
- Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Gosford, N.S.W. Nov
- 2013
- The Young & The Restless Create Collective, Gosford, N.S.W. July – Aug
- 2013
- Head On Photo Festival ‘Nudes on Tap’, Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, N.S.W. June
- 2013
- One for the Books, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat, Victoria. Aug – Sept
- 2012
- Arty Party, Create Collective, Gosford, N.S.W. Dec
- 2012 – 2010
- North Sydney Institute Exhibition, The Gallery, Hornsby, N.S.W. Dec
- 2005
- Art Expressed, Ku-ring-gai Art Centre, Gordon, Sydney, N.S.W. July
- 2005
- Annual Art Exhibition, Ku-ring-gai Ctreative Arts, Sydney, N.S.W. Dec
- 1999
- Annual Art Exhibition, Ku-ring-gai Ctreative Arts, Sydney, N.S.W. Dec
Curated Exhibitions & Creative Lead Projects
- 2020
- Project / Forward : 2047 – Micro Galleries Global Projection Festival, Jordan, Kenya, Indonesia, Columbia, Nepal, Hong Kong, Austria, USA, Italy, Spain, Peru & Australia, Dec
- 2020
- Art Cards for Health Carers – Micro Galleries, Global project and Online Exhibition, July-Aug
- 2019
- There goes the Neighbourhood: Art Month, Tortuga Studios, St Peters, Sydney, N.S.W. March
- 2018
- In the Night Garden: Aurora, Tortuga Studios, St Peters Sydney, N.S.W. September
- 2018
- Fake, Tortuga Studios, St Peters Sydney, N.S.W. March -upcoming
- 2017
- stillness, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W. June – July
- 2016
- Head On Photo Festival ‘Wide Eyed Live’, Tortuga Studios, St Peters, Sydney, N.S.W. April
Publications & Media
- 2020
- Project / Forward : 2047 – Micro Galleries Global Projection Festival,Catalogue and feature video, Dec
- 2020
- Art Cards for Health Carers – Micro Galleries, online exhibiton video and feature article, Aug
- 2019
- Art Guide Australia Top 5 Exhibitions to see in October(palimpsest: palɪm(p)sɛst – a landscape of memory)
- 2019
- Loud and Luminous 2019 sponsored by Momento Pro, Part of The National Library of Australia and The Australian Contemporary Publication Collection, published May
- 2019
- Creative of The Month Feature article Inner West Council wesbite and published in ArtPost, May
- 2019
- Living France, Magazine featuring work from Chateau Orquevaux Residency, Sept
- 2018
- The Percivals, Published by Galleries, Townsville City Council, May
- 2017
- Head-On Photo Festival, Exhibition Spotlight Feature – stillness, June – link
- 2017
- Art Almanac, stillness exhibition, June
- 2017
- Photo/Foto Magazine, Q&A Feature, May – link
- 2017
- Son of a Gun Magazine, Discovering Locations, Portfolio Feature, April
- 2015
- No Place Like Home, Sydney Contemporary Catalogue .M Contemporary, Sept
- 2015
- ArtPost, Discovering Locations, in conversation – Q&A, Aug
- 2015
- Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal, by Brian Giffin, Released May
- 2014
- Express Advocate, Published works and article, Aug
- 2013 – 2016
- Numerous online publications with Loud Online Magazine and Heavy Magazine
- 2012
- Discovering Locations, Rhiannon Hopley, Self Published, Released Nov
- 2012
- The Elf that Flew, by Lindy Mitchell, Peek-a-boo Publishing, Released Aug
- 2005
- Express Advocate, Front page and feature article, April
Talks & Presentations
- 2016
- Invited artist talk – Untitled. Sunstudios Sydney, July
- 2016
- Invited artist talk – The 39th Alice Prize,
Alice Springs Art Foundation, Araluen Cultural Centre, Alice Springs, NT, April
- 2015
- Invited artist talk – Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Novgrationagencyaustralia@gmail.com
Collections
- Private Collections in Australia, Canada, USA and France