Simone Linssen
Artist and Curator
About Simone Linssen
Professional Experience
Artisan, Brisbane - Co-Director 2022-2025
Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane - Director 2014-2022
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
Group exhibitions
Place(s) Called Home - Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne 2023
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
Exhibitions coordinated
Lethbridge Landscape Prize, 2021-2022
Brisbane Rotary Art Show, 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
Exhibitions curated
Brisbane Portrait Prize - Curator - Brisbane, 2020-Current
Brisbane Rotary Art Show - Assistant curator - Central Plaza One, Brisbane, 2023-Current
Queensland Glass - Co-Curator - Brisbane 2024
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
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
Awards judged
MELT, Brisbane Powerhouse, 2019, 2021
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.
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