Camie Lyons
Education
Master of Fine Art, major sculpture, College of Fine Arts, Paddington (COFA)
Bachelor of Fine Art, major sculpture, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
Concrete Course - Chalmers University, Sweden
Studied Butoh and Laban Movement Techniques, Soros Foundation, Bulgaria
Granite Course - Sten Academy & Chalmers University, Sweden
Selected Exhibitions
2010 - Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2010 – ‘Sculpture 2010’ Tim Olsen Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
2010 – ‘Signal 8’ Summer Show, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 – Melbourne Art Fair with Tim Olsen Gallery
2010 – Hong Kong Art Fair with Cat Street Gallery
2009 - In the Zone, Sculpture and drawings at The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Lyrical, Sculputure and drawings at Richard Martin Art, Woollahra, Sydney
Hong Kong Art Walk, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2008 - Signal8, Sculpture, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2007 - Ionosphere, Sculpture, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Falling, Sculpture and drawings, Richard Martin Art, Woollahra, Sydney
2006 - Friend Lyons Petrie, Stella Downer Fine Art, Waterloo
Sculpture 2006, Heavy Metal Ballet series, Global Gallery, Paddington
2005 - Casting Into Space Sculpture and drawings, kudos Gallery, Paddington
Ned & Bob Exhibition of works at Hungerford & Edmunds Architects, Camperdown
Illuminart Digital images of works projected around Marrickville sites, Marrickville Council Initiative
Walking the Streets Collection of works in Lenny & Kate, King Street, Newtown
2004 - e:Motion Exhibition of new sculpture and paintings, Spence & Lyda, Surry Hills, Sydney
Art In The Park Exhibition to launch Outdoor gallery at Maundrell Park, Marrickville Council
Without Reason Installation of paintings, Biennale of Sydney, COFA Exhibition Space, UNSW
Push Hard, Cut Deep Collection of granite sculptures displayed at Avja yards, Sweden
Greens Art Auction Paintings Mori Gallery in CBD Sydney
2003 - Granite Plays Granite sculptures and earth drawings, Hunnebostrand, Sweden
2002 - Urban Pods Bronze and steel installation into foyer of Bouverie Close, Melbourne Apartments
Breath Becton Sculpture Biennale, bronze and steel sculpture, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
Working Drawings Series of drawings on canvas, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
2001 - Breath/Stretch Bronze sculpture, Gallery 4A, China town, Sydney
3D Cacophony ‘Reclining Hula' bronze sculpture, Firstdraft Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
(text)iles ‘From the mouths of babes' paint on board, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
Local Branches Bronze, public sculpture installed for Waverley Council, Bondi Junction, NSW
Lights, Camera, Auction Wax works, Firstdraft Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
ARCA Bronze dance studies, Australia Council for the Arts, Surry Hills, Sydney
2000 - Earth Cycle Concrete and steel, public sculpture installed in Gothenburg City Gardens, Swede n
Moebius Dance Bronze sculpture, Artbox, Sherman Galleries, Paddington, Sydney
1999 - Emerge, Multiply Work featured in Sydney Design Week by Spence and Lyda, Sydney
1988 - Stepping Across Series of work on canvas, The Spleen, City of Melbourne
1997-6:a 3D Exhibition Swing, floating installation, Stop 22 Gallery, St Kilda, Fringe Festival
Growth RMIT grounds, planted bronze sculpture, Melbourne
Move Rotating works on paper, Catwalk, Richmond
1996 - Secrets Floor and light sculptures, Situation Studios, Richmond, Fringe Festival of Melbourne
Today's Special Site specific sculpture installation, RMIT, Melbourne
Grants and Awards
2009 - ‘Many Leaps Towards You' major wall installation, Pullman Project, Homebush Bay
2008 - Public sculpture commission, Hoi Ha Wan National Marine Reserve, Hong Kong
2006 - Public sculpture commission for Sydney City Council, Bedford Place Park, Surry Hills
2005 - Awarded Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
2004 - Guest Artist, Stone Academy Hunnebostrand Sweden
2003 - Chalmers University Sweden- Artist in Residence, stone sculpting course
2001 - Scholarship to attend Butoh and Laban Techniques in Sofia, Bulgaria, Soros Foundation
2000 - Winner of the Baron Edson Public Art Commission, Waverly Council, Bondi Junction
Artist in Residence at Chalmers University Sweden, attended concrete sculpting course
1999 - Finalist in the Green Square Sculpture Commission, City of Sydney
1997 - RMIT Arts Union Grant, project funding
RMIT Student Union Grant - performance funding
1996 - Ella Donald Fine Art Scholarship, Department of Education
Publicity
Art2Art, Sculpture featured in The Sydney Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 2010
Green Magazine – Copper sculpture in Cover featured Home, Issue 15, 2010
House and Garden UK, Sculpture featured in home in Languedoc France, Aug 2010
King Furniture - 2Continue, National Range Magazine, 2008
Luxury Homes Seaside - Edited by Cristina Paredes Benitez, published by Teneues, 2007
House and Garden - Sculpture on front cover, Sept issue, 2006
Vogue Living - Continuem and Amore, May-June 2006
Inside Out - Heavy Metal Ballet, Mar-April issue 2006
Belle- Trio/Forbidden Fruit, Jan issue 2006,
Belle, Collectors Edition - Lyons Share, Dec issue 2005
Australian Interiors, April, 2005
(the) Sydney Magazine, Issue 23, March 2005
Inside Out, March/April edition 2005
Belle - Collectors' Edition, Dec 2004
Reflex - In Sync, painting, featured in TV commercial Australia wide
AMEX - 2 sculptures featured in stills campaign, world wide usage
Vogue Apartments - special issue, work in D Richards apartment, July 2004
The White Issue - Vogue Living, September issue 2003
Vogue Living -May-June issue 2002
Sofia TV - interviewed by Bulgarian TV on scholarship experiences, Aug 2001
Sculptural Gardens, Sutherland and St. George Leaders and the Liverpool and Fairfield Champion Newspapers, by Alvin Stone, Jan 2000
Marie Claire Lifestyle - sculpture featured in the story 'Metallica' - May/June 2000
A bit on the side - artist interviews on FBI radio 96.9FM, July 1999
Domain, Sydney Morning Herald, The Great Art Doors, by N Lehmann, 1999
By Design - episodes 5 & 10, The Lifestyle Channel, Foxtel 1999
Marie Claire Lifestyle - Growth, Dec 1999
Selected Performance
Butoh and Laban Experimental Performances - Redhouse Theatre, Sofia, Bulgaria
Red Hot and Hungry - Performed around Melbourne CBD public spaces
Bound - Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne
Storm in a Teacup Dance Theatre - full time member of company performing extensively around Victoria. Seasons included - Something's Brewing, Braving the Element's, Storm, dance in education programs, film, open studio performances and collaboration, choreographic workshops, improvisation and dance exchange programs.
Collections
Public and private collections in Australia, Sweden, London, Hong Kong, France and New York.
