SORCHA AVALON MACKENZIE
ARTIST / ILLUSTRATOR / PRINTMAKER
Sorcha Mackenzie is a Melbourne based Printmaker, Artist, Designer and Creative Consultant.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2011 Completed International Baccalaureate at Ivanhoe Grammar School
2012-2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Printmaking) – Victorian College of the Arts
RESIDENCIES
2018 International School of Graphics Printmaking Program, Venice, Italy
2017 Art Print Residence Print Studio, Barcelona, Spain
2016 Haihatus Residence Program, Joutsa, Finland
2016 3331 Arts Chiyoda AIR Program, Tokyo, Japan
2016 The Suburban Review, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Collaboration with ZABO HOUSE Print Studio, Tokyo, Japan
2015 3331 Arts Chiyoda AIR Program, Tokyo , Japan
PRINTMAKING SKILLS
o Hardground Technique
o Aquatint
o Dry Point'Etching
o Filing and Cleaning Copper Plates
o Plate and Stone Lithography
o Photolithography
o Competent in Editioing and Printing plates
o Adjusting Press
Exhibitions
2020 Art Aid Gippsland, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
2020 'Sensitive Sweethearts' Group Show for Midsumma Festival, Fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne
2020 Bushfire Appeal Fundraiser, Tree Paper Gallery, Melbourne
2019 ‘Friends & Family’ Group Show, Daine Singer, Melbourne
2019 ‘INNER GARDENS’ Group Show, Neon Parlour, Melbourne
2019 ‘Peebles Print Prize Finalist Show’, Queenscliff Gallery
2019 ‘Baldessin Press: The Story’ , Group Show, Montsalvat
2019 ‘My Two Cents’, Group Show, No Vacancy
2019 ‘Love Me, Say that You Love Me’ Group Show, No Vacancy
2019 ‘LOVESICK RODEO’ Group Show, Curator and Exhibitor, At Current, Melbourne
2018 ‘Paintings Inspired By The Colour Blue’ Group Show, Analogue Academy, Geelong
2018 'RENEWED!" Group Show, At Current Gallery, Melbourne
2018 BLOOM Fundraising Group Show, Curator and Exhibitor, At Current Gallery, Melbourne
2018 IMPRESSIONS Group Show, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
2018 Lousy Group Show, B-SIDE Gallery, Melbourne
2018 'IMPETUS' Group Show, At Current Gallery, Melbourne
2018 'Colour Me Once' Group Show, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
2018 The Other art Fair, Presented by Saatchi Art, Sydney
2018 'Through Haze' Solo Show, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
2017 Hear Me Out show, Collingwood Arts Precint, Melbourne
2017 Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, Melbourne
2017 Banyule Works on Paper Award, Melbourne
2017 Haihatus Resident Artist Group Show, Finland
2016 Emerging Art Australia Group Show,
2016 ‘NETWORKS II’ Solo Show with Phoebe Beard,
Yonder Art Space, Melbourne
2016 ‘NETWORKS’ Solo Show with Phoebe Beard,
Alternating Current Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Group Show, Beth Hulme Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2016 ‘BETWIXT’ Solo Show, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
2016 ‘Painting’ 2016 Group Show, Brunswick Street Gallery
2015 ‘Fragment’ Solo Show, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
2015 ‘Through Haze’ Solo Show, Brunswick Street Gallery
2015 Emerging Art Australian Group Show, Hogan Gallery
2015 ‘Misc’ Group Show, The Union Club Hotel
2014 IMC Satellite International and Interpretation Exhibition, 3331 Arts Chiyoda
2014 Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Show
2014 ‘Drawn Drawn’, George Patton USMU gallery
2014 ‘Labyrinthine’, Louey And Lane Gallery Solo Show
2014 ‘Proud ’ Annual Prize Show, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA
2014 ‘Fill’ Group Show VCA Student Gallery
2013 ‘Proud’ Annual Prize Show, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA
2013 ‘This is That’ Group Show, VCA student Gallery
2013 Group Show, The Workers Club
2012 Second Semester Student Group Show, Student Gallery VCA
2012 ‘Proud’ Annual Prize Show, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA
2012 First Semester Student Group Show, Student Gallery VCA
2012 International Baccalaureate Visual Show, Glen Ira Town Hall Gallery Space
2011 Graduate Year Student Show, Round Square Gallery, Ivanhoe Grammar School
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2019 Peebles Print Prize Finalist
2017 Banyule Works On Paper Award Finalist
2014 Lionel Gell Foundation Award
2013 Stella Dilger Award for Excellence
2013 Louey and Lane Exhibition Award
2011 The Randall Marsh Art and Design Prize