Lily Hibberd

Exhibitions

> 26 July - 19 August 2006

Born in 1972 in Melbourne, Lily Hibberd completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (painting) at Monash University, Caulfield in 1993, before undertaking further studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne where she graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art (1999) and Master of Fine Art by Research (2001). Lily is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Art (candidate) at Monash University, Caulfield. Based in Melbourne, Lily is a frequently published arts writer and was the founding editor of Un Magazine. Lily also lectures in Fine Arts at both the Victorian University of Technology and Victorian College of the Arts.

Notable among her solo exhibitions are Bordertown, Artspace, Sydney (2008); Endless Summer: Sunglasses and the Spectacle of Vision, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (2007); I want to break free, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2006); Dangerous Liaisons, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda (2005); Paint Tin Fantasies, The Farm, Brisbane (2004); and Blinded by the Light, exhibited at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth; Bus Gallery, Melbourne, and Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2003-04). 

She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions both locally and abroad, including The Leisure Class, Australia Cinématèque GoMA, Brisbane (2008); Studio Artist Exhibition (Showing “Hairstyle: The empire of signs’) Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (2007); Arc Biennial, QUT Museum, Brisbane (2007); The last thing I remember… Sydney University Museum, Sydney (2007); The Perfect Future Game, 2006 Studio Artist Exhibition, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne; Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle; The last thing I remember… Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne (2006); You’re so Vain: five contemporary sculptors, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2005); Imaging the Apple, RMIT Projectspace (2004); Art + Film, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy (2003); Murdoch Traveling Fellowship, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne (2003); Mnemotech, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth (2002); Towards Colour, McClelland Gallery, Victoria (2002); Look See: five contemporary painters, Monash University Gallery, Clayton (2001); UBS Touring Show, various venues throughout Switzerland, Monaco and Germany (2000); ANZ Visual Art Fellowship, ANZ Building, Melbourne (2001); UBS Art Award, Whitechapel Gallery, London (2000); and National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria (1999).

Lily has been a finalist for prestigious awards such as the ABN Amro Emerging Artists Award, Sydney (2005); Murdoch Traveling Fellowship (2003); the ANZ Arts Fellowship Award (2002); and the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (2000) and, in 2000, was announced the National Winner of the UBS Art Award, Whitechapel Gallery, London, judged by Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of the Tate Gallery, London. Lily was selected for a studio residency at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne in 2006.

Her work features in private collections across Melbourne, Sydney, London and Switzerland, as well as major corporate collections such as BHP Billiton, Melbourne and UBS Private Banking, Basel Switzerland. 

Downloads
> Artist CV
> Essay by Zara Stanhope (2004)

Links
> http://www.lilyhibberd.com/