| Fiona Lowry | |
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| Born | 1974 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Field | Painting |
| Training | Sydney College of the Arts |
| Awards | Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2008 |
Fiona Lowry (born 1974) is an Australian artist.
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She completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours, at the Sydney College of the Arts.
Lowry uses aerosol paint in a fine mist to explore the forbidding nature of the Australian bush, usually in limited colour harmony, placing the figure or nude, in ambiguous or unsettling compositions.[1]
Of her work, she said, "My work tends to depict people doing things that are slightly ambiguous in the landscape."[1]
She was awarded the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize in 2008. The $100,000 portrait prize for her painting What I Assume You Shall Assume, was a naked self portrait set in the Belanglo State Forest a scene of menace as the site of the backpacker murders.[1] She was a finalist in the 2011 Archibald Prize.
Lowry is represented by Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne.