Sonia Martignon Abridged CV
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Education
2007 Graduate Diploma Education - Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT
1998 Coursework towards Bachelor of Built Environment (Interior Architecture) - QUT, Brisbane, QLD
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT (formerly NTU)
Grants, Awards and Prizes
2023 FINALIST, Kennedy Prize, RSASA Gallery, Adelaide
2022 WINNER, KAAF Art Prize (Korean-Australian Arts Foundation), Sydney
2022 Recipient of Artist in Residence, Tactile Arts, Darwin
2022 Recipient of NT Regional Arts Fund Grant for The Residency
2021 FINALIST-HIGHLY COMMENDED, KAAF Art Prize (Korean-Australian Arts Foundation), Sydney
2021 FINALIST, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2021 FINALIST, Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2020 HIGHLY COMMENDED, Katherine Art Prize, Godinymayin Yijard Art Centre, Katherine
2020 Recipient of NT Arts Emerging Artist Project Grant for My Backyard
2019 Recipient of NT Regional Arts Fund Grant for The Other Art Fair
2018 FINALIST, KAAF Art Prize (Korean-Australian Arts Foundation), Sydney
2018 Recipient of NT Regional Arts Fund Grant for Hidden In Plain Sight
2014 HIGHLY COMMENDED, Katherine Art Prize, Godinymayin Yijard Art Centre, Katherine
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Into the Wild, Weswal Gallery, Tamworth
2019 A Fragile Existence, Salon Project Space Gallery, Darwin
2019 The Other Art Fair, Australian Technology Park, Sydney
2018 Hidden In Plain Sight, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Birds From Here, Salon Project Space Gallery, Darwin
2023 The Everyday Group Exhibition, The Corner store Gallery, Orange
2023 Inside This Box, The Corner store Gallery, Orange
2023 Here On In, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Nocturne, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2022 KAAF Art Prize, Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney
2022 Memento22: A Journey, Untitled Gallery, Darwin
2022 The Residency, Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin
2021 KAAF Art Prize, Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney
2021 Memento, Untitled Gallery, Darwin
2021 Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2021 Lethbridge Landscape Prize Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2021 Under the Sun, Cook Street Collective Gallery, Mornington Peninsular
2020 Katherine Art Prize, Godinymayin Yijard Art Centre, Katherine
2020 Exploration 20 Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2019 Offcuts Show, Don Whyte Gallery, Darwin
2019 Katherine Art Prize, Godinymayin Yijard Art Centre, Katherine
2018 KAAF Art Prize, Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney
2018 Offcuts Show, Don Whyte Gallery, Darwin
2018 Hit Me With Your Best Shot Projection Exhibition, Biennale of Australian Art, Ballarat
2018 Tropical Gothic, Mayfair Gallery, Darwin
2017 Katherine Art Prize, Godinymayin Yijard Art Centre, Katherine
2017 Gypsies, Vagabonds and Wild Mad Women, Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin
2017 Marine, Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin
2016 Life and the After Life, Darwin Visual Arts Association, Darwin
2016 Memory, Dream, Myth, Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin
2015 ArtMart 2015, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
Public Art Projects
2017 Alan Walker Cancer Centre Public Art Project, Darwin
2018 Corrugated Iron Public Art Project, Darwin
Publications
2019 Wolff, Mark; ‘In search of a Tropical Gothic in Australian visual arts’, eTropic 18.1 (2019) ‘Tropical Gothic’ Special Issue, 192. https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/download/3691/3567
2022 John McDonald Newsletter 467. https://www.johnmcdonald.net.au/2022/newsletter-467/