| About Me |
Rhonda Armistead is an Artist from Lismore in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia and is a member of the Australian Guild of Realist Artists. Featured Artist on Colour In Your Life and Bluethumb.
Mediums include, Oils and Acrylics on Canvas, Reduction Plate Lino Prints, Dry Point Prints on Acrylic Plates, Drawings, Sketches in Pencil and Charcoal and Fine Line Pen.
Her paintings include Portraits, Landscapes and Contemporary pieces.
Commonly, she explores the intrinsic biodiversity and nature studies of the Region along with expressive portraiture and dramatic combinations of both, usually with an underlying message encapsulated within the symbolism and aesthetic of the work.
Rhonda and her husband own Armisteads Picture Framing and Gallery where they consult with Artists on framing and exhibitions and where she holds 2 Art classes per week along with being Admin on the “Artist Studios International” facebook page and has been invited to Judge many local Art Prizes.
Her works are an intimate conversation between head, heart and hand and can be viewed on her
website https://www.rhondaarmistead.com/
facebook offical art page https://www.facebook.com/rhondaarmisteadfineart/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rhondaarmisteadart/?hl=en
Twitter https://twitter.com/RhondaArmistead?lang=en
Rhonda has taken part in numerous group and solo exhibitions over the past 15 years and worked on many commissioned works.
She is a Framing and Exhibition Consultant and Teaches Art Classes at her studio at Armistead’s Picture Framing & Gallery in Lismore
Her paintings, drawings and prints are held in Private and Corporate collections throughout Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, America, Spain, Nepal and Japan.
2001 – 2003 Fine Art Painting & Drawing and Printmaking at Lismore TAFE
2002 End of Year Exhibition at Lismore TAFE
2002 “Where the Rivers Meet the Artists” Exhibition The Channon Gallery
2003 Graduate Exhibition Lismore TAFE
2004 Coraki Tea Tree Art Prize “Kristie Lea” Portrait. Popular Choice
2004 Commissioned to paint murals in the Drake Hotel. Drake NSW by B & D Crane Licencees
2005 Coraki Art Prize “Waiting in the Wings” Highly Commended
2006 Coraki Art Prize “Out of the Woods” Highly Commended
2006 Christmas Artists Show – Armisteads Gallery
2007 Country Energy Art Prize Dubbo Regional Gallery Employees Choice Award
2007 Exhibition with Kristine Ubergang At Armistead’s Gallery “Uncontrollable Beauty”
2007 Commission for 2 contemporary paintings. Wayne Franklin – Rous Water. “Ebb & Flow” & “Frangipannis”
2007 Countryscapes Exhibition The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo Sydney Finalist
2007 Group Show – Art Aspects Gallery
2008 Commissioned to paint 7 works for Lismore City Council Offices Collection
2008 Judge – TAFE NSW Regional Art Prize – (Combined TAFES from Tweed Heads to Coffs Harbour)
2009 Group show in Serpentine Gallery – “Women of the World Exhibition”
2009 Invited to paint 2 local Landscape Paintings for The Byron Fine Art Gallery – Byron Bay
2009 Group Exhibition Byron Fine Art Gallery
2009 Designed book cover for Peter Mitchell’s Poetry Book “The Scarlet Moment”
2009 Judge – Casino Beef Week Art Prize
2009 Printmakers Group Show – Blue Knob Gallery – Nimbin
2009 Group show – Nimbin Arts Fair
2009 Judge – TAFE NSW Student Assoc. 2009 Finals & Regional Art Prize
2010 Commissioned Painting – Nimbin Rocks
2010 Portrait of Thomas George MP
2010 Invited to sit on Selection Board for Teachers of NSW TAFE – Arts Dept.
2011 “Home Below the Falls”. Selected for Caldera Artfest -Murwillumbah Civic Centre
2011 “Home Below the Falls”. Selected for Caldera Art at O’Reilly’s – Canungra.
2011 Judge – TAFE NSW Regional Art Prize _ Selection for (Combined TAFE s from Tweed Heads to Coffs Harbour)
2011 Research Fellowship Recipient – Caldera Arts Festival & Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority.
2010 Solo Exhibition – Lismore Regional Gallery – “Waterfalls of Nth NSW”
2012 Fellowship Exhibition – Caldera Arts Festival “Waterfalls & Vanishing Species”
2012 Group Show – “Scarlet” Serpentine Community Gallery
2012 Solo Show – Caldera Fellowship Exhibition – Roxy Gallery – Kyogle
2012 Judge – Lismore TAFE Acquisitive Prize
2012 Small Rights – Big Changes Inc. Logo design, poster design & Event poster design for International Event.
2013 Judge – Casino Beef Week Art Prize
2013 1st Prize – On-line Art Competition – Colour In Your Life
2013 Finalist – Northern Rivers Portrait Prize
Northern Rivers Portrait Prize – Work purchased by PHILLIP BACON Galleries for Lismore Reg. Gallery permanent collection.
2013 “Scarlet” Exhibition – group show – Serpentine Gallery
2013 Finalist – Caldera Art Prize.
2013 Judge – Lismore TAFE Annual Student Art Prize.
2013 Caldera Art Exhibition – Murwillumbah.
2014 Tweed River Festival Exhibition – Murwillumbah Visitor Information Centre.
2014 Group Show Nimbin Spring Arts
2014 Caldera Art Exhibition – Tweed Regional Gallery. Finalist.
2014 Judge – Lismore TAFE Annual Student Art Prize.
2014 Finalist – Art Prizes 2015 Calendar
2014 Abstract featured in Paint My Photo Magazine Issue 12.
2015 Judge – Casino Beef Week Art Prize.
2015 Judge – Serpentine Community Gallery Annual Art Prize
2015 Judge – Lismore TAFE Annual Student Art Prize.
2015 Finalist – Caldera Art Exhibition
2016 Finalist – Border Art Prize – Tweed Regional Gallery
2016 Featured Artist – Colour In Your Life Television Program
2016 Membership accepted for the Australian Guild of Realist Artists.
2016 Judge – Bentley Art Prize.
2016 Judge – North Coast National Art Prize.
2016 Art’s Columnist for The Valley Weekender Newspaper QLD edition
2016 Finalist – Artist of the Month – On line Art Competition
2016 Group Show – Hillier Skuse Galleries – Gold Coast
2016 Judge – Tropical Fruits New Year Art Expo
2016 Finalist – Art Prize Calendar 2016
2017 Solo Show – Australian Guild of Realist Artists Galleries – Melbourne.
2017 Works held by AGRA Galleries in their Permanent Collection.
2017 Certificate for Excellence in Exhibition – Artmaster Australia International.
2017 Finalist Art Prizes Australia – Calendar Competition.
2017 1st Prize. Seascapes – Tursa Art Prize
2017 Judge – Tropical Fruits New Year Artist Exhibition.
2018 Bluethumb – Selected as a Featured Artist
2018 Judge – Casino Beef Week Art Prize
2018 Invited to sit on Selection Board – Artmaster Australia International
2018 Judge – Grafton Go Art Art Prize
2018 Group Show to celebrate Art Aspects Gallery 10th Anniversary at Fox Photo Den.
2018 Solo Show – Southern Cross University Library Gallery.
2018 Group Show with my Art Class Students “In Good Company” – Henry’s Bakery Lismore.
2018 People’s Choice – Bentley Art Prize.
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