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CURRICULUM VITAE

DR ELIZABETH EDMONDS

EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy and Bachelor of Arts (Hon): Geography & Palaeoecology, The University of Western Australia

SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Tale of Two Trees (Dahl Fellowship), Co-curated with Fiona Sinclair, Painted Tree Gallery Northcliffe WA
2023 The Tale of Two Trees (Dahl Fellowship), Petrichor Gallery Walpole WA
2021 PEATering Out, WA Museum of the Great Southern WA
2020 Paperbark Lines, Petrichor Gallery WA
2018 Waterline, with Stephen Draper, Petrichor Gallery WA
2017 WILDS, Petrichor Gallery WA
2015 glimpse, with Penny Jewell, Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk, Walpole WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS - selection
2027 Aerial Translations (Peatscapes), Curated by Dr Jo Pollit, ECU Spectrum Gallery, Perth WA (upcoming)
2026 Time to Burn, Curated by Christine Gregory, Holmes á Court Gallery Vasse Felix, Margaret River WA and West Perth WA, September (upcoming) as part of South West Biennial, BRAG WA
2025 Drylands, Curated by Dr Laetitia Wilson, Holmes á Court Gallery, Perth WA
2025 The Bachelor, Curated by Andrew Nicholls, WA Art Collective, Perth WA
2024 Metamorphosis, Curated by Andrew Nicholls, The Goods Shed, FORM WA, Claremont WA
2024 Floribunda 2024, Curated by Monique Tippett, Lost Eden Gallery, Dwellingup WA
2024 Drylands, Curated by Dr Laetitia Wilson, Holmes á Court Gallery Vasse Felix, Margaret River WA
2023 Fine Art @ Hale Exhibition, Perth WA
2023 Affordable Art Fair with Redsea Gallery Margaret River, Sydney NSW and Melbourne VIC
2022 OPEN BORDERS: Arboretum, Curated by Monique Tippett, Lost Eden Gallery, Dwellingup WA
2022 Affordable Art Fair with Redsea Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2021 Legacy, Curated by Ruth Halbert and Jen Mitchell, Collie Art Gallery, Collie WA and Vancouver Art Gallery WA
2019 The Alternative Archive – Nectere, Curated by Anna-Louise Richardson, Manjimup Art Centre WA
2019 Sketching the South West, Curated by Rebecca Corps, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery WA
2018 Out of the Woods Fine Woodwork Exhibition, Claremont WA
2018 Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery Fitzroy VIC

RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS
2026 Transforming Conservation Science through Creative Arts, project collaboration with Prof. David Blake and Dr Jo Pollit, ECU Centre for People Place and Planet
2026 Resonant Ground, King Island Council Artist Residency, November (upcoming), King Island, Tasmania
2023 The Tale of Two Trees, Eucalypt Australia Dahl Fellowship, Melbourne VIC

AWARDS - selection
2023 State Winner for Environmental Education: Tale of Two Trees exhibition, Keep Australia Beautiful Sustainable Communities Awards, Perth WA
2023 Finalist, OPEN BORDERS Survey Exhibition, Curated by Lia McKnight, John Curtin Gallery Perth WA
2023 Award, Eucalypt Australia Dahl Fellowship: Tale of Two Trees Project
2023 Finalist, Bunbury Biennale Culture/Nature, Curated by Caroline Lunel, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery WA
2022 Finalist, South West Art Now 22 (SWAN) Touring Exhibition, Curated by Fiona Sinclair The Painted Tree Gallery, Southern Forest Arts Northcliffe WA
2022 Finalist, South West Art Now 22 (SWAN) Touring Exhibition, Curated by Andrew Nicholls, The Goods Shed, FORM WA, Claremont WA
2022 Finalist, OPEN BORDERS: Fluorescent Yellow//Electric Lime, Painted Tree Gallery, Northcliffe WA
2022 Finalist, South West Art Now 22 (SWAN) Award, Curated by Dr Diana McGirr, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery WA
2020 Award Winner, People’s Choice Award, York Botanic Art Prize Gallery 152 WA
2020 Finalist, York Botanic Art Prize, Gallery 152 WA
2020 Finalist, South West Times Art Award, Curated by Lee Kinsella, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery WA
2017 Finalist, Brisbane Art Award, Brisbane Qld
2016 Finalist, The Survey Southwest Art Now, Curated by Alisa Blakeney, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery WA

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Redsea Gallery Margaret River WA, Petrichor Gallery Walpole WA

COLLECTIONS
St John of God Hospital, private collections in Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, New Zealand, South Africa

INDEPENDENT CURATORIAL PROJECTS - selection
2024 Current Indian Ocean Craft Triennial (IOTA24), Co-curator Sarah Walker, Petrichor Gallery WA
2023 The Gardener – Sarah Walker, Petrichor Gallery WA
2022 Close Contact – Penny Jewell, Petrichor Gallery WA
2021 Third house on the left – Anna Anderson, Petrichor Gallery WA
2020 wood water walpole – Malcolm Lindsay, Petrichor Gallery WA
2019 Penny Leach: A Retrospective, Petrichor Gallery WA
2019 littleBIG Art Prize 2019 & 2018, Petrichor Gallery WA
2018 Thalassic – Bronwen Newbury, Petrichor Gallery, WA
2017 needles+threads – Caitlin Stewart, Petrichor Gallery WA
2017 Afterglow – Carly le Cerf, Petrichor Gallery WA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - selection
2025 Judge, Eucalypt Australia 2025 Photography Competition 'The Travel Edition', Melbourne VIC
2025 Drylands 2025 Artists Talk, Holmes á Court Gallery, Perth WA
2024 Exhibition Outreach Coordinator (casual), Southern Forest Arts, Northcliffe WA
2024 Current IOTA24 Curatorial Talk, Petrichor Gallery WA
2024 Judge, Pemberton Art Prize, Pemberton Art Group WA
2024 Metamorphosis Curatorial Talk, The Goods Shed, FORM WA, Claremont WA
2024 Panel & presenter, Art & Science Forum, WA Wetlands Conference, Perth
2024 Coordinator & presenter, Tale of Two Trees Workshop, Nornalup WA
2023- Artist for PEAT Southwest Project, Ian Potter Foundation, co led by UWA and ECU
2021 Blooming Wild Bins Mural Project, Northcliffe WA, 2021
2021 PEATering Out Curatorial Talk, WA Museum Great Southern, 2021
2021 Curating ArtSouth WA & Southern Art + Craft Trail workshop, Petrichor Gallery WA
2021 Curating workshops, Manjimup Art Gallery WA
2021 Environment and Art, Discussion Panel Member Denmark Arts Hub WA
2019 Judge, Art in the Porongurup, Porongurup Community Association, WA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Laurie, Victoria, ‘For peat’s sake’, Australian Geographic, Issue 194, Sept-Oct 2026
Newton, Allen, ‘From Pollen to Paint: Elizabeth Edmonds Finds Art in Ecology’, Aurora Magazine, Issue 77, Winter 2026
Middleton, Claire, ‘INSPIRE: Jumping into peat bog led to unique marriage of art and science for Walpole’s Dr Elizabeth Edmonds’, Albany Advertiser, 24 July 2025
Drummond, Sarah, The Art & Science of the Tingles, Wimmin’s Work Project, State Library of Western Australia, 2025
Open Borders Regional Arts Triennial, Artist Audio artwork description, (John Curtin Gallery, Perth), 2023
Open Borders Regional Arts Triennial, Artist Profile, (John Curtin Gallery, Perth), 2023 [Exh.cat.]
Bunbury Biennale Culture/Nature, Artist Profile, (Bunbury Regional Art Gallery), 2023 [Exh.cat.]
|https://heartlandjourneys.com.au/stories/peat-fossils-palaeohistory-and-art/)|'Peat, Fossils, Palaeohistory + Art’, Heartland Journeys, Gondwana Link|, December, 2022
South West Art Now (SWAN) 2022, Artist Profile, 2022 [Exh.cat.]
‘Science, art combined for peat’s sake in Walpole’, Southerly Magazine, Issue 21, 2022
South Western Times Art 2020, Artist Profile, (Bunbury Regional Art Gallery), 2022 [Exh.cat.]
Ramrath, Anje, Peat & Art, Denmark Community Radio, Denmark WA 2021
Sketching the Southwest, Artist Profile, (Bunbury Regional Art Gallery), 2019 [Exh.cat.]
“Creativity on the Coast”, Review in The Southern Forests, Issue 1, 2019
Destination Art, Art Edit, Autumn Issue 13. 2017
The Survey Southwest Art Now, Artist Profile, (Bunbury Regional Art Gallery), 2016 [Exh.cat.]
‘Giant steps for art’, Albany Advertiser, Sept. 2015