EDUCATION:  Bachelor of Arts (ART), Curtin University, WA

ART FORM:  Sculpture, Installation, Assemblage, Digital Media

BIO: Exploring the nexus between art and science, I like to create new ways of working with scientific data in order to develop works that capture and create sites of ecological observation. As an artist I am intrigued with the idea of connection, and work across a range of media including assemblage, installation and digital media to explore connections and relationships with the natural world in a way that evokes curiosity and reflection; by providing new ways of 'seeing' and creating new 'connections' in the mind of the viewer.

EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• 2018, Unseen, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, 1 - 14 June
  
• 2018 Unseen, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, 16 March - 28 April
  
• 2018 Unseen, Artsworx, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, 30 January - 7 March
  
• 2017  Unseen, Logan Art Gallery, 20 October - 27 November
  
• 2017  Hidden Worlds, Queens Park Environmental Centre, May
  
• 2017 Unseen, Richard Randall Studio, Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, March (touring show)
  
• 2016 The Plant Room, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, 7 December 2016 - 29 January 2017 (touring show)
  
• 2015 Beyond the Seed, Richard Randall Studio, Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, March
  
• 2013 The Plant Room, Richard Randall Studio, Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, December (touring show)
  
• 2011 Ipswich Portraits: Objects & Mementos, Ipswich Community Gallery, July (Artslink touring show)
  
• 2010 Hidden REALMS, Drawing Point Gallery, December
  

TOURING EXHIBITIONS (Group Shows):

• 2018      Iconic Queensland, 2018 Queensland Touring Exhibition, Flying Arts
  
• 2017      Colours of Queensland, 2017  Queensland Touring Exhibition, Flying Arts     
  
• 2016      Cream of the Crop, 2016 Queensland Touring Exhibition, Flying Arts
  
• 2015      Vital Signs, 2015 Queensland Touring Exhibition, Flying Arts
  
• 2014-17 Bimblebox: art - science - nature, National Touring Exhibition, Museums & Galleries Queensland
  
• 2014      Living Change, 2014 Queensland Touring Exhibition, Flying Arts
  
• 2013      Essential Character of Queensland, 2013 Queensland Touring Exhibition, Flying Arts
  

EPHEMERAL INSTALLATIONS

• 2017  Networked..., Floating Land Festival, Noosa 23 September - 2 October
  
• 2012  Green houses...., Ipswich Festival, Queens Park, May
  

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

• 2018
  

         Art Meets Science, Department of Environment & Science, Dutton Park, QLD, 10 August - 7 Septembr
         Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Art Gallery, VIC, 29 March - 11 June
         Moreton Bay Art Prize, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, QLD, May

• 2017
  

         Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast Art Gallery, 8 September - 22 October
         Art Meets Science, Eco Science Precinct (DSITI), Dutton Park, QLD, 11 August - 8 September
         Moreton Bay Art Prize, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, QLD, May

• 2016
  

         Still Life: Reanimating the Inanimate, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, QLD, 9 September - 2 November
         Art Meets Science, Eco Science Precinct (DSITI), Dutton Park, QLD, 8 August - 2 September
         A Conversation about Portraiture, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, QLD, 22 July - 3 September
         Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, June/July
         Noosa Art Prize, Noosa Regional Gallery, May/June
         People & Places, Ipswich Community Gallery, QLD, 5 - 22 January

• 2015
  

         Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, August/October
         Biodiversity/Extinction, New York Hall of Science, New York, USA, October 2015 - February 2016
         Sunshine Coast Environmental Art Prize, Arts & Ecology Centre Maroochy Botanic Gardens, November
         Residence, Eco Science Precinct (DSITI), Dutton Park, QLD, 13 - 27 August

• 2014
  

         Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, December
         Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, August
         Art : Science, Eco Science Precinct (DSITI), Dutton Park, QLD, August
         Moreton Bay Regional Art Prize, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, QLD, May
         Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, QLD, February

• 2013
  

         Art : Science, Eco Science Precinct (DSITI), Dutton Park, QLD, August
         document://bimblebox, Sawtooth Gallery, Launceston, TAS, April

• 2012
  

         dialogue, Swich Contemporary Art Space, QLD, April
         Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, QLD, January

• 2010
  

         Size Matters, Swich Contemporary Art Space, QLD, November
         Future Nurture, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD, September/October
         Changing Perceptions, Ipswich Community Gallery, QLD, April
         Transforming Spaces: Project No. 1., Swich Contemporary Art Space, December - February

AWARDS & PRIZES:
2018   Finalist Wyndham Art Prize | Finalist Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards
2017   Finalist Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award
          Finalist Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards | Second Place Photography, Somerset Art Awards
2016   Winner 'The Edge Digital Art Prize' QLD Regional Art Awards | Finalist Noosa Art Prize | First Place Photography, Ipswich Art Awards | 
          Finalist Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards | Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize
2015   Winner Sunshine Coast Environment Award | Finalist Sunshine Coast Art Prize
2014   Highly Commended Queensland Regional Art Award, Vital Signs | Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize | Finalist Sunshine Coast Art Prize |
          Finalist Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards | Second place Photography, Ipswich Art Awards
2013   Best of Show, Ipswich Art Awards | Second place, Sculpture, Ipswich Art Awards | Finalist Flying Arts Queensland Regional Art
          Awards | Finalist Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards | Ipswich Art Gallery Acquisition Prize, Ipswich Art Awards
2012   Winner The Wayne Kratzman Art Prize, Queensland Regional Art Awards | Highly commended: Sculpture, Ipswich Art Awards
2011   Objects & Mementos exhibition selected to tour as part of the 2012/2013 Artslink Touring Program | Best of Show, Ipswich Art Awards |
          First Place: Sculpture, Ipswich Art Awards
2010   First Place: Photography, Ipswich Art Awards
2009   Highly Commended: Photography, Ipswich Art Awards | Ipswich Art Gallery Acquisition Prize, Ipswich Art Awards

COLLECTIONS:

• City of Ipswich Collection, Ipswich Art Gallery, QLD
  
• The University of Southern Queensland Art Collection, QLD
  
• Sunshine Coast Collection, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, QLD
  
• SWICH Contemporary Art Space, QLD
  
• Wayne Kratzman Collection, QLD
  
• Milonvic Neale Consulting Engineers Collection, QLD
  
• Private Collections
  

RESIDENCIES:
2018          Artist in residence Tanks Art Centre, Cairns QLD
2017          The Edge, State Library of Queensland ( http://edgeqld.org.au/design/a-week-in-the-life-of-an-edge-resident/ )
2016          Artist in residence, Science Division, Department of Science, Information, Technology & Innovation
2013 & 14  Artist in residence Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens
2012          Bimblebox Nature Reserve, Artist Camp Residency

ARTICLES:
www.art-almanac.com.au/donna-davis-unseen/
www.thechronicle.com.au/news/australian-research-first-inspiration-artwork/3318734/