OLIVIA GODBEE
ABOUT OLIVIA GODBEE
Born 1991 in Sydney, Olivia Godbee is a visual artist living in Sydney and working primarily in oil paint. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National Art School in 2012 and has a background in children’s picture book illustration and teaching Visual Arts at a secondary level. In 2019 she was selected as a finalist in the Blacktown City Art Prize and as a finalist in the 2022 Little Things Art Prize. In 2023, she exhibited The Tea Rooms, a series of interior scenes as part of a 3 person show exhibited at Project Gallery 90. Her work explores themes of ephemerality, presence and absence. Her interior and still life paintings consider the unknown or forgotten figures who have passed through spaces and the objects that are imbued with their memories.
AVAILABLE WORKS:
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EDUCATION
2016-2017 Masters of Teaching (Secondary), UNSW, Sydney
2010-2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Tea Rooms, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Something Sicilian, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2023 Shucked, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2023 Bare, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2022 Small Works Xmas Show, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2021 Fauna and Flora, Blue Mountains Heritage Centre, Blackheath
2015 Father's Day Exhibition, Gallery Klei, Sydney
2012 Graduate Exhibition, The National Art School, Sydney
2012 The Grid Show, The National Art School, Sydney
2011 Landscape Exhibition, The National Art School, Sydney
2009 Art Express, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton
PRIZES
2022 Finalist, Little Things Art Prize, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney
2019 Finalist, Blacktown City Art Prize, The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney
2010 Finalist, John Olsen Life Drawing Prize, The National Art School, Sydney