Bronwyn Hill (b.1989)
| Represented by | Flinders Lane Gallery, VIC |
| Lethbridge Gallery, QLD |
Studies (formal and informal)
- 2008 — 2011 - Diploma of Visual Arts, Tewantin, QLD
Solo Exhibitions
- 2023 - Swarm - Solo Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
- 2022 - Yellow - Solo Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2021 - Grey Area - Solo Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2021 - Disconnect - Solo Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
- 2020 - Spring Break - Solo Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2019 - Introspect - Solo Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2018 - Metamorphosis - Solo Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2017 - Lost for words - Solo Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2016 - In This Moment - Solo Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2015 - Out of the Woods - Solo Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2014 - She Dreams in Colour - Solo Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2013 - Reality Escapes Her - Solo Exhibition, White Canvas Gallery, Fortitude Valley, QLD
Group Exhibitions
- 2024 - Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, with Flinders Lane Gallery, Carriageworks, Eveleigh, NSW
- 2024 - Big Book of Little Art Essays, Launch exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
- 2023 - Christmas Exhibition, with Lethbridge Gallery, Riparian Plaza, Brisbane, QLD
- 2023 - Lives of their own, Group Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
- 2022 - Melbourne Art Fair, with Flinders Lane Gallery, Exhibition and Convention Centre, Melbourne, VIC
- 2021 - Moments, Group Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2021 - Home, Group Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2020 - Group Exhibition, CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, California, US
- 2020 - Unjust Contentment - Group Exhibition, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
- 2020 - Still, Group Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
- 2019 - Hong Kong Art Fair, showing with Lethbridge Gallery, Hong Kong
- 2014 - Awakening, RAW Artist Showcase, The Arena, Fortitude Valley, QLD
- 2014 - Non-competitive entry, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale art award, Lethbridge Gallery, QLD
- 2013 - Group of Five, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2013 - Barely There, Art & Design Precinct, West End, QLD
- 2013 - Once More into the Fray, Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery, Strathpine, QLD
- 2012 - Spread Your Wings, Peregian Beach Community Centre, Peregian Beach, QLD
- 2011 - Matchbox Show, Noosa, Sunshine Coast, QLD
- 2010 - Art Exhibition, Brisbane North Institute of TAFE, Bracken Ridge, QLD
- 2009 - Art Exhibition, Brisbane North Institute of TAFE, Ithaca, QLD
- 2008 - Art Exhibition, Brisbane North Institute of TAFE, Bracken Ridge, QLD
Awards
- 2024 - Finalist, Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane, QLD
- 2023 - Best Oil, Rotary Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD
- 2021 - Finalist, Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane, QLD
- 2021 - Finalist, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale award, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2020 - Highly Commended, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale award, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2020 - Finalist, Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane, QLD
- 2020 - Finalist, Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane, QLD
- 2019 - Sylvia Jones Award for Women Artists, Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane, QLD
- 2019 - Highly Commended, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale award, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2019 - Finalist, Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane, QLD
- 2018 - People's Choice, Kennedy Prize, Adelaide, SA
- 2018 - Finalist, Clayton Utz Art Awards, Clayton Utz, Brisbane, QLD
- 2018 - Finalist, Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane, QLD
- 2017 - Winner, Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane, QLD
- 2017 - Finalist, Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane, QLD
- 2016 - Finalist, Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award, Bega, NSW
- 2016 - Finalist, Rotary Art Award, Brisbane, QLD
- 2016 - Finalist, Clayton Utz Art award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane, QLD
- 2015 - Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- 2015 - People's Choice Award, Manning Art Prize, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
- 2015 - People's Choice Award, Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane, QLD
- 2015 - Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra, QLD
- 2014 - Foundations Choice Exhibition, Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide, SA
- 2014 - Finalist, Clayton Utz Launch Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane, QLD
- 2013 - Finalist, Clayton Utz Launch Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane, QLD
- 2012 - Finalist, Clayton Utz Launch Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane, QLD
- 2012 - Finalist, Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing, Jugglers Art Space, Fortitude Valley, QLD
- 2012 - Under 25 Award, 10000 Small Scale art award, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- 2011 - Highly Commended, Tertiary Art Prize, Butter Factory, Cooroy, QLD
- 2011 - Most Commercially Viable, Inspirae, Sunshine Coast TAFE, Tewantin, QLD
- 2006 - Finalist, Education Minister's Awards for Excellence in Art, Queensland Art Gallery, QLD, 2006
Publications / Media
- 2019 September, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Issue 26
- 2018, March 4, Courier Mail, Fiona Purdon
- 2018, August 30, Courier Mail, Phil Brown
- 2015, September 9, Caboolture News
- 2014, April 6, U on Sunday, Fiona Purdon
- 2013, February 24, U on Sunday, Sally Browne
- 2013, March 5, MX News
Biography
Bronwyn Hill is a Brisbane based painter whose practice predominantly focuses on portraiture and figurative representation. Recognized for her sensual photo-real oil paintings, full of poetic narratives and gentle observation, her work often exploring ideas of self-analysis and introspection within moments of personal solitude. Imbued with a sense of stillness and contemplation, Hill's use of light and shadow and its emotional impact is a recurring feature of her images, as is her subtle use of colour and exquisite depiction of natural forms.
In her most recent paintings Hill collapses the traditional boundaries between portraiture and still life. Working within a rigorously minimalist aesthetic, her subjects - figures, bodies and animals alike - are presented as isolated forms within a field of pure, light filled clarity. Stripped of narrative proclivities or cluttered contexts her subjects are transported to a place of contemplative otherness.
“Hill sets the scene for a symbolic narrative examining her feelings on social pressures placed on pregnancy and motherhood. Abscission is the term used to describe the natural detachment of parts of a plant, typically dead leaves and ripe fruit. In this work we see the artist sat in a foetal position, cocooned by a blood red womb shaped chair, undoubtedly cutting the blossoming flower from an orchid with sharp scissors. A ripe pomegranate sits cracked open on the table, its jewel-like seeds spilling across the glass table top; a poignant symbol of fertility and power. The props for this stage are set as an act of choice, and one the artist wants us to know is her decision.”
— Excerpt from essay by Joey Hespe, 2021