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

1999 – 2004

Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School, North Turramurra

Awards, Achievements & Selected Grants

2021

Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Number One, Ballarat, Vic, Selected Artist

2021

Micro Galleries, 2021, Artistic Associate

2020

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

2006

First Place, The Magnificent Seven, Fuji Film Competition

2005

Finalist, Art Expressed, Ku-ring-gai Art Centre

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 initiative, Tortuga Studios, St Peters, Sydney, NSW, May

2019

palimpsest: palɪm(p)sɛst – a landscape of memory,with Toby Penny, 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

2022

Inner West Fest,Ashfield Sydney, March– Upcoming

2022

Whispers and Roars Festival,Tbc, Sydney, NSW, Feb– Upcoming

2021

Number One, Ballarat International Foto Biennale Ballarat, Vic– Upcoming

2021

HeadOn Photo Festival,Sydney, NSW, Nov– Upcoming

2021

House Festival,Sydney, NSW Nov– Upcoming

2021

Group Show,Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Tasmania Sept– Upcoming

2021

Queer – A Celebration of Art and Activism,Kaalo 101, Nepal, June

2021

Loud and Luminous – International Women’s Day,ANU Canberra, March

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

Curated Exhibitions & Creative Lead Projects

2021

Inner West Fest Ashfiled Sydney, March– Upcoming

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

2021

2019 – A Year Before Lockdown,Australian Live Music publication supporting SupportAct, Released Sept

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

The National Library of Australia, The Australian Contemporary Publication Collection and in private Collections in Australia, Canada, USA and France