RACHEL CARROLL
1975 Born Sydney
1994 1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney
2007 MFA, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 After Civil Twilight, Rex-Livingston Art + Objects, Katoomba
2024 Arrernte Country, Rex-Livingston Art + Objects, Katoomba
2023 A Walk at Dusk, WESWAL Gallery, Tamworth
2020 The Daintree, Rex-Livingston Art + Objects, Katoomba
2019 Journey to Water, Mary McKillop Museum, Nth Sydney – A Survey Exhibition
2019 Bucolic, Sofala. Orange & the Southern Highlands, Rex-Livingston Art + Objects, Katoomba
2018 The Oxygen Series, Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay, Sydney
2018 Greater NSW, Hamptons House, Sydney
2017 The Oxygen Series, Hamptons House, Sydney
2016 Red Sky at Night, a Sailors’ Delight, Hamptons House, Sydney.
2016 Groundwater -The Plant Gallery, Bondi
2015 In Search of Water – Hamptons House, Fairlight Sydney
2014 In Search of Water – Depot II Gallery, Danks Street, Waterloo
2011 Hattah- The Murray in Flood, Depot II Gallery, Danks Street, Waterloo (Save the Children)
2011 Murray Return – Painters Gallery, Mona Vale, Sydney (Wilderness Society Fundraiser)
2010 A journey – The Murray Darling River Basin, Painters Gallery, Mona Vale (ACF Fundraiser)
2009 The Murray Darling River -The Barmah, Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay (Bushfire Relief Support)
2008 The Coorong – Gallery East, Clovelly (Charity event for NCC)
2007 The Coorong Series – COFA Space, COFA UNSW, Paddington
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025 Summer Group – Dickerson Gallery, Woollahra
2025 Visions and Vistas – Garden Gallery Royal Botanical Gardens – Australian Watercolour Institute
2024 Greenway Art Exhibition – White Bay Power Station
2023 AWI -100 Year Exhibition at Lion Gate Lodge, Botanical Gardens, Sydney
2023 Toward Abstraction at Rex-Livingston Art + Objects with Panchali Sheth and Tania Murphy
2023 RAS Print making Show – with Michael Kempson
2023 RAS- Water Exhibition
2023 Arboreal Narrative 2023: In Conversation at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf with the Tree Veneration Society.
2022 Arboreal Narratives – Bankstown Regional Art Gallery with the Tree Veneration Society
2022 AWI – 98th Annual Exhibition, Juniper Hall, Paddington
2022 Bushland to Headland – joint show with Peta Dzubiel at Rex-Livingston Gallery, Katoomba
2020 Treasures Beneath the Cliffs – Hampton House,
2018 Two Visions – Artarmon Galleries
2017 Chippendale World Art Prize,
2016 Bimblebox 153 Birds Project -Gympie Regional Gallery Gympie. Curated by Jill Sampson
2016 Water Colour Institutes 93rd annual Exhibition at Juniper Hall, Paddington
2015 Bimblebox 153 Birds Project – Impress Printmakers Studio & Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2015 Water Colour Institutes 92nd Annual Exhibition at Gosford Regional Gallery.
2015 Enduring Reserves – Gallery Lane Cove, Lane Cove
2014 Three – Depot II Gallery, Danks Street, Waterloo
2013 Continuum – Painters Gallery, Mona Vale, Sydney
2012 Three Solo Exhibitions @ Danks Street, Depot II Gallery, Danks street Waterloo, Sydney (Charity Auction for the Wildlife Conservancy)
2012 GOING GAGA WITH DADA – Brenda May Gallery, Danks Street, Sydney
2010 IMMERSE – Depot II Gallery, Danks St, Waterloo (Charity event for NPA – Red River Gums of NSW)
2009 Petite – Mary Place Gallery, Paddington (Charity event for Friends of Rambutso – PNG)
2009 Our North Sydney – Marianne Newman Gallery
2009 Manly Surf Festival Charity Art Auction – for disabled surfers and Surf Aid International
2008 En Plein Air – NSW Parliament
2008 Humanity – In a moment, Mary Place Gallery, Paddington (Charity -Antar –Australia for Native title and Reconciliation)
2007 Ecology Matters – Gaffa Gallery, Surrey Hills, (Charity Event for NCC (Grey Nurse Sharks)
2006 PULP – Works on Paper, Global Gallery, Paddington. Sydney (Charity event for NSW Melanoma Foundation)
2004 Pearl, Tsunami Exhibition, Sheffer Gallery, Darlington, Sydney
2004 Colours Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2004 Art on the Rocks, ASN Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney
2003 Art on the Rocks, ASN Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney2002 The Red Exhibition, Artizin Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2003 Colours Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2003 Fisher Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Campbelltown
2000 The Highlands, Artizin Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2000 The Sable Gallery, Edinburgh Festival Show, Edinburgh, Scotland
2000 Scottish Landscapes Leith Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1998 Fisher Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Campbelltown
1998 Lloyd Rees Youth Art Award, selected for ABC Centre Exhibition
1994 Lloyd Rees Youth Art Award, selected for ABC Centre Exhibition
Selected Art Awards:
2025 WINNER of the North Sydney Art Prize for Lifeline – Judge Damien Minton
2025 Hawksbury Art Prize – Finalist
2024 Greenway Art Prize – Finalist
2023 Mount Eyre Art Prize – Finalist
2023 Hawksbury Art Prize – Finalist
2023 Into the Light Art Prize, At Whitewall Project Space – Finalist
2023 40U40 Art Prize at Sketch & Co Gallery, FINALIST
2023 The Henry Lawson Festival Art Prize, FINALIST
2018 Second Prize – Art Est Art Award, Leichhardt
2017 Finalist – Chippendale World Art Prize, Chippendale
2014 Finalist – Paddington Art Prize for Landscape – Sydney
2008 Highly Commended – Fleurieu Biennale Art prize, The Water Prize, SA
2008 Finalist – En Plein Air – NSW Parliament
2002 Ian Potter Cultural Grant, Melbourne
2001 First Prize -Waverley Art Prize, Oil Section
2001 Commended -Waverley Art Prize, Open Section
Publications/Interviews:
2011 Interview with Erin Shiel for the publication titled: Exegesis on Contemporary Art and Poetry
2009 Asian Art News – A Prize to Conjure With – The Fleurieu Biennale Water Prize
2009 The Australian Art Collector
2009 Manly Daily – Manly Lagoon Arts Festival
2008 Triple R – Radio Interview – Art Now, The Art Tree Group in focus
1998 The Australian Artists Magazine- “Testament of Youth (How structured learning wins in the end)”
1997 Prospectus UNSW
Collections:
Various private collections, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Scotland, United Kingdom, and Indonesia
Memberships:
AWI – Australian Watercolour Institute since 2022
RAS – The Royal Art Society since 2022
TVS -The Tree Veneration Society – since 2022
Rachel Carroll Studio 