Simone Linssen

 

About Simone Linssen

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About

Simone Linssen

BFA (Hons) Queensland College of Art

 

I have been an artist for as long as I can remember.

First becoming serious about a career in art while living on the Sunshine Coast, I completed a Diploma of Visual Art in Noosa. After graduating I had a few years away from the brushes and became an area manager for a retail company. During a trip to Europe in 2011, I visited some of the most beautiful galleries and artworks in the world, prompting me to take control of my artistic career. I packed up my life and moved to Brisbane to complete a Bachelor of Fine Art. It was difficult leaving everything behind and starting again, but it was one of the best decisions i have made. I now work as a curator and gallery manager, managing exhibitions, art awards, auctions and international art fairs. I love my job.

 

Artist Statement

While completing my Bachelor of Fine Art I became interested in anxiety and loneliness and have continued to work with these subjects through my paintings. Through research I came to understand anxiety and loneliness effects a significant part of the population and its effects are widespread. Art is important for understanding these emotions in contemporary culture, being able to provide a positive response through self-reflection, empathy and understanding.

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Education 

Fine Art Honours, Queensland College of Art, 2019
Bachelor of Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, 2014 

Diploma of Visual Art, CSIT, 2006 

 

Collections

Queensland State Library

 

Solo exhibitions

Duality, Brunswick Street Galley, Melbourne, 2021

Inhabiting Two Worlds, Artworld Studio Gallery, Brisbane, 2020

Moments of Solitude, Artworld Studio Gallery, Brisbane 2018

Entropy, Slingshot Gallery, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane  2017

Exposed, Scratch, Milton, Brisbane, 2016
That Moment, Slingshot Gallery, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane, 2016

Observations, Loft West End hosted by Archive, West End, Brisbane 2015 - 2016

Inside Outside, 2 High Festival, Old Museum, Bowen Hills, Brisbane 2015

Untitled, Scratch, Milton, Brisbane, 2014 – 2015 

Untitled, Embassy Hotel, Brisbane CBD, 2014 

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Group exhibitions

Aboutface - Artisan, Bowen Hills, Brisbane 2020

Ellipsis - QCA Honours Graduate Exhibition, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane 2019

2 High Festival, Old Museum, Bowen Hills, Brisbane 2015

QCA Graduate Exhibition, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane 2014

One of Three, Project Gallery, Southbank, Brisbane 2014

The Trouble With Horses, WEBB Gallery, South Bank, Brisbane 2014

Casting Call, POP Gallery, South Bank, Brisbane 2014

2nd Year Fine Art Exhibition, QCA South Bank, Brisbane 2013

Grab and Go, Art Warehouse, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane 2013

Surge, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Noosa, 2006 

Diploma Graduate Exhibition, CSIT Noosa, 2006 
 

Art awards

Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane 2019

Artworld Studio Gallery Portrait Prize 2018
Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane 2018
Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane 2017 
Artworld Studio Gallery Landscape Prize 2017 

Queensland Figurative, Brisbane 2016 

Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane 2016 

Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane 2015 
Agendo Art Exhibition, Melbourne 2015 

Moreton Bay Art Awards, Brisbane 2015

Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane 2015 

Griffith Award for Academic Excellence, Bachelor of Fine Art, 2012

Keren Jenkins Art Encouragement Award, Sunshine Coast, 2003 

Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra, 2003 

Fresh Expressions of hArts and minds, 2002 – Commended 

Fresh Expressions of hArts and minds, 2001 - Excellence Award 

Fresh Expressions of hArts and minds, 2001 – Highly Commended 

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Exhibitions coordinated

Lethbridge Landscape Prize, 2021-2022

Rotary Art Spectacular, Central Plaza One, Brisbane, 2016 - 2019

Clayton Utz Art Award - Assistant curator - Brisbane CBD, 2014 - 2022

Lethbridge 20,000 Small Scale Art Award - Assistant curator - Brisbane, 2014 - 2022

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Exhibitions curated

Brisbane Portrait Prize - Curator - Brisbane, 2020-2022

Lethbridge Landscape Prize - Curator, 2021-2022

Clayton Utz Art Award - Curator - Brisbane CBD, 2019

Clayton Utz Art Award - Assistant curator - Brisbane CBD, 2014 - 2018, 2020-2022

Rotary Art Spectacular - Assistant curator - Central Plaza One, Brisbane, 2016 - 2019

Lethbridge 20 000 Small Scale Art Award - Assistant curator - Brisbane, 2014 - 2020

Untitled, Scratch, Milton, Brisbane, 2014 – 2015 

One of Three, Project Gallery, Southbank, Brisbane, 2014 

Casting Call, POP Gallery, South Bank, Brisbane, 2013 – 2014 

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Awards judged 

MELT, Brisbane Powerhouse, 2019, 2021

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Published

"Duality", Art Guide, 2021.

Dr Julie Reese and Annette Ong, "Inhabiting Two Worlds," Art News Portal, 21 June 2017.
“Contemporary Art Awards 2015,” Art Almanac, 2015, page 127 & page 152.

Phil Brown, “QCA SHOWCASE,” Courier Mail, 23 November 2014.

“Showcasing the best of QCA talent,” MX Magazine, 28 November 2014.

“Queensland College of Art Showcase 2014,” Griffith University, YouTube, 16 December 2014.

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Volunteer experience

Internship, Anne Wallace Survey exhibition, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, 2019

Internship, Arts Communication and Management Assistant, QCA Galleries, Brisbane 2013-2014

Artisan, Brisbane 2021-2022