Fiona Lowry
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Early life
She completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours, at the Sydney College of the ArtsSydney College of the Arts
The Sydney College of the Arts in Rozelle, Sydney, Australia is the visual arts faculty of the University of Sydney. It is housed in the Kirkbride complex, a cluster of sandstone buildings designed by James Barnet, the government architect in the late 19th century...
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Career
Lowry uses aerosol paint in a fine mist to explore the forbidding nature of the Australian bush, usually in limited colour harmony, placing the figure or nude, in ambiguous or unsettling compositions.Of her work, she said, "My work tends to depict people doing things that are slightly ambiguous in the landscape."
She was awarded the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize is an annual Australian portrait prize founded by Doug Moran in 1988, the year of Australia's Bicentenary. It is the richest portrait prize in the world with A$150,000 awarded to the winner and A$10,000 awarded to the runner-up...
in 2008. The $100,000 portrait prize for her painting What I Assume You Shall Assume, was a naked self portrait set in the Belanglo State Forest
Belanglo State Forest
Belanglo State Forest is a planted forest in the Australian state of New South Wales; its total area is about 3800 hectares. The Belanglo State Forest is located south of Berrima in the Southern Highlands, three kilometres west of the Hume Highway between Sydney and Canberra...
a scene of menace as the site of the backpacker murders
Backpacker murders
The Backpacker Murders is a name given to serial killings that occurred in New South Wales, Australia during the 1990s. The bodies of seven missing young people aged 19 to 22 were discovered partly buried in the Belanglo State Forest, south west of the New South Wales town of Berrima...
. She was a finalist in the 2011 Archibald Prize
Archibald Prize 2011 finalists
Below is a list of finalists for the 2011 Archibald Prize ;* Abdul Abdullah - Waleed Aly* Giles Alexander - Space or bust * Del Kathryn Barton - Mother ...
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Lowry is represented by Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
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