Curriculum vitae
- Caroline Thew is a visual artist living in Melbourne. She is interested in portraiture and figurative painting, focusing on people’s expressions and gestures to represent their subjectivity. Through these and the use of symbols, she explores their connection with the real and imagined world.
Education
2016 Rome Art Workshops, Alla Prima portrait painting
2015,2014 New York Studio School Portrait drawing Marathon, Portrait Painting Focus and Drawing Marathon
2012 Masters of Fine Art with Distinction , RMIT University, supervised by Dr Jan Nelson and Assoc. Prof. David Thomas.
2010 Masters of Visual Art, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
2009 Post Graduate Diploma in Visual Art, VCA, University of Melbourne
2008 Graduate Certificate in Visual Art, VCA, University of Melbourne
2002-2020 Life Drawing tutored by Ms Yvonne Audette AM, Hawthorn Artists Society
1994 Ph. D., Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne
Dr Caroline Thew, MBBS FRACP, is a clinical endocrinologist
Shared Exhibitions
2021: Abundance, take only what you need, Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art, Spring 1883, Artsy online, August 4-21
2021: Regeneration Series, Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art, Quarantine Art Fair January 7-10 Portsea, Victoria
2020, 23 Feb to 15 March, Town Hall Gallery Hawthorn
2014 Hawthorn Studio and Gallery, New Directions 5 April to 3 May
2012 Chapman and Bailey, In Between Detail, 29 May to June 16
2011 Hawthorn Studio and Gallery, Movement of a City. 23 July to 17 August
Group Exhibitions and Prizes:
2023 Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2022 Semi finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize on line exhibition October 2022
2019 Finalist inaugural Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane Powerhouse Brisbane
2018 Archibald Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2017 Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2014-2019 Hidden Faces of the Archibald , June 10 to August 8, Hilton Melbourne South Wharf
2014 Belle Arti Prize Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Collingwood
2014 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery St Kilda
2013 Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, October 3 to November 16, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2013 Hidden Faces of the Archibald , June 10 to August 8, Hilton Melbourne South Wharf
2012 Masters Graduate Exhibition, Gossard Space, RMIT
2012 Ours Have Faces, Hidden Faces of the Archibald August 23 to September 28, Media House Gallery, The Age
2012 Hidden Faces of the Archibald, Victorian Salon des Refuses. June 18 to August 16, Hilton Melbourne South Wharf
2010 Masters Exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA
2010 Finalist, Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize
2010 The Envelope Residency at the West Wing, associated with West Space
2010 From Life Melbourne University Graduate School of Education
2010 Proud Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA
2010 Student Gallery, VCA, Dora McRae Master Class life drawing
2009 Graduate Exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA
2009 Dora McRae Master Class portraiture, Sculpture Department, VCA
2009 Life Drawing exhibition, Printing Department, VCA
2009 PGDVA mid year exhibition, Student Gallery, VCA
2008 pigment gallery, Black and White
2008 6-degree contemporary art prize, Human Landscape: The Cult of Personality, Frankston Arts Centre