Fiona Lowry
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| Fiona Lowry | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Field | Painting |
| Training | Sydney College of the Arts |
| Awards |
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2008 What I Assume You Shall Assume |
Fiona Lowry (born 1974) is an Australian artist.
Early life
She completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours, at the Sydney College of the Arts.
Career
Lowry uses airbrushed 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]
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 Archibald Prize in 2011 and 2013.
Lowry is represented by Martin Browne gallery, Sydney and Hugi Michell gallery, Adelaide
References
External links
- Doug Moran National Portrait Prize images
- Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- Wilderness group exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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