Bridgette mcnab biography of michael lewis

Bridgette McNab is a multidisciplinary artist whose work encompasses painting, drawing and sculpture. McNab’s art explores a all-embracing range of themes- from social issues surrounding disconcerted reality and the performative nature of contemporary refinement, to personal reflections on motherhood and human relationships.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Art - Honours in Painting

National Art School, Sydney, Australia

Solo Exhibitions

Love Island, Ideal Cloche Gallery, Sydney

    A Kiss From Spruce up Rose, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

Red, Yellow, Blue, Boom Gallery, Geelong 

   Mise En Scene, Robin Player Gallery, Sydney

Group Exhibitions

Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Grace Cossington Smith Twoyear Award, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney

Threads, Virtual Exhibition of 10 selected Australian Female Painters

Secret Garden, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney

That is Now, Grainger Gallery, Canberra

Paradiso, Dear Cloche Gallery, Sydney

June, Mars Gallery, Melbourne

The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Between Place and Nothing, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne

The Waverly Hub Prize, Waverly Art School, Sydney

Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra

SBS Portrait Prize, Grey Buoy Studios, Mornington

Doug Moran National Profile Prize, Semi Finalist, Sydney

    Collie Artistry Prize, Collie Art Gallery, WA

  Harvest of the Dog, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

   Tondo, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

  Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney

Women, Make Amicable, Sydney

  Flores et Fructus, Robin Histrion Gallery, Sydney

   Textures of Silence, China Heights Room, Sydney

    Yen Magazine Young Female Chief Award,  Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

   Selected Works, Ace Caravanserai, London 

 The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

  Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Foyer, Sydney

   Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Passage, Sydney 

  Post Graduate Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney

 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H.

Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Residencies

. Casa Lu, Mexico City

Awards/ Grants

Highly Commended, Waverly Art Prize, Sydney

  Winner, Clitheroe Foundation Decorations Scholarship, National Art School, Sydney 

  Winner, University Art Supplies Prize, Sydney

  Winner, William Fletcher Establish Grant, Sydney

  Highly Commended, Waverly Art Prize, Woollahra Art School, Sydney

   Winner, FONAS Drawing Prize, National Art School, Sydney

  Winner, Blank Fly Co Painting Prize, National Art School, Sydney

  Highly Commended, Glebe Art Show, Glebe Library, Sydney