PROFILE
Kathy Smoker was born in the town of Goulburn, NSW, 1954
WEBSITE – www.kathysmokerart.com
TRAINING
Kathy studied with private teachers from mid 1996 through October 2000 – in workshops (mostly pastel) with Robert Wilson, Colina Grant, Amanda McLean, Max Wilks, Maggie Price, Helen Goldsmith, Kasey Sealy, Grace Paleg and John Wilson.
AWARDS
2014: 49th Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society Annual Awards – 2nd Prize, Pastels (Ann Gomes Award)
2013: 48th Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society Annual Awards – 1st Prize, Pastels (Ann Gomes Award)
2013: CASS ‘Art of Sydney’ Awards – Very Highly Commended
2013: CASS ‘Art of Sydney’ Awards – Commended
2012: 47th Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society Annual Awards – 1st Prize, Pastels (Ann Gomes Award)
2012: Hunter’s Hill Council 58th Annual Exhibition – Commended
2011: 46th Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society Annual Awards – 1st Prize, Pastels (Ann Gomes Award)
2011: 48th Lane Cove Art awards – Commended
2010: 47th Lane Cove Art Awards – Commended
2008: CRAS 48th Annual Art Exhibition – 1st Prize, Traditional
2008: 45th Lane Cove Art Awards – Highly Commended
2007: CRAS 47th Annual Art Exhibition – 3rd place, Sect 1
2006: CRAS Spring-Summer Exhibition – Commended
2006: 43rd Lane Cove Art Awards – Very Highly Commended
2006: 43rd Lane Cove Art Awards – Commended
2005: Denistone East Public School Annual Exhibition – Commended
2004: Yaralla Art Awards, Concord West Public School – 1st Prize, Mixed Media
Kathy Smoker
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014: Royal Art Society of NSW “9 x 5” Exhibition
2014: Portrait Artists Australia – “Australians at Work” Exhibition at Victorian Art Society Galleries Melbourne 1st-21st October
2014: Royal Art Society of NSW Spring Exhibition
2014: 49th Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society Annual Awards Exhibition
2014: Hunter’s Hill Council 60th Annual Exhibition
2014: Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society – March Exhibition
2014: Sydney Royal Easter Show
2014: CASS ‘Art of Sydney’ Awards
2013: 48th Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society Annual Awards Exhibition
2013: Portrait Artists Australia – “Multi-Cultural Australia” Exhibition at NSW Parliament House
2013: Royal Art Society of NSW – “Capturing the Landscape”
2013: Royal Art Society of NSW – “Sydney Harbour & Marine” Exhibition
2013: Royal Art Society of NSW – Annual Autumn Exhibition
2013: Hunter’s Hill Council 59th Annual Exhibition
2013: Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society – St Ives Shopping Village Exhibition
2013: Royal Art Society of NSW – “Just Drawing” Exhibition
2013: CASS ‘Art of Sydney’ Awards
2012: 47th Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society Annual Awards Exhibition
2012: Royal Art Society of NSW Spring Exhibition
2012: Hunter’s Hill Council 58th Annual Exhibition
2012: Royal art Society of NSW – “Colour & Beyond” Exhibition
2012: Portrait Artists Australia – “The Book Launch” Exhibition
2012: Royal Art Society of NSW – Annual Autumn Exhibition
2012: Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society – St Ives Shopping Village Exhibition
2012: Royal Art Society of NSW – “Life Lines” Drawing Exhibition
2011: Royal Art Society of NSW – Annual Christmas Exhibition
2011: Waterbrook Art Exhibition, Greenwich
2011: 46th Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society Annual Awards Exhibition
2011: Royal Art Society of NSW – Travels Near & Far
2011: Hunter’s Hill Council 57th Annual Exhibition
2011: Royal Art Society of NSW – Annual Autumn Exhibition
2011: Royal Art Society of NSW – Cockatoo Island & Sydney Environs
2010: Royal Art Society of NSW Christmas Exhibition
2010: Waterbrook Art Exhibition, Greenwich
2010: ‘Energy & Movement’, St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill 32nd Art Show
2010: Northbridge Art Prize, Gallery 307
2010: Royal Art Society of NSW Spring Exhibition
2010: ‘Colour Harmonies – Moments in Time’, Brush Farm House Gallery, Eastwood (4 artists)
2010: ‘Portrait Perfection’, Epping Portrait Group, Hornsby Art Gallery
2010: Combined Art Societies of Sydney, ‘Art of Sydney’ Awards
2009: Hunter’s Hill Council 55th Annual Exhibition
2009: Royal Art Society of NSW Autumn Exhibition
2009: Combined Art Societies of Sydney, ‘Art of Sydney’ Awards
2008: Waverley Art Prize
2007: Hunter’s Hill Council 53rd Annual Exhibition
2005: St Joseph’s College, Hunter’s Hill
2005: Hunter’s hill Council 51st Annual Exhibition
2004: St Joseph’s College, Hunter’s Hill
2004: Hunter’s Hill Council 50th Annual Exhibition
2003: King’s School
2003: St Joseph’s College, Hunter’s Hill
2003: St Ignatius College, Riverview
2002: King’s School
2002: St Joseph’s College, Hunter’s Hill
2002: St Ignatius College, Riverview
2001: St Joseph’s College, Hunter’s Hill
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2009: Invited to exhibit in Florence Biennale, 5-13 December
2011: Invited to exhibit in Florence Biennale, 3-11 December
PUBLICATIONS
2015: ArtEdit Magazine – Issue #5 page 104
2008: Cover image for “When the Sky Caught Fire, Youngstreet Poets Anthology 8”
2004: International Artist publication: “How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Seascapes, Rivers & Lakes”
2003: Australian Artist magazine challenge No. 11: Seascapes, Rivers & Lakes – image published May 2003
2000: Cover image for “Watermelon Baby” by Lesley Walter. (Poetry collection published by Five Islands Press)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Exhibiting Membership, Royal Art Society of NSW
Exhibiting Membership, Portrait Artists Australia
Exhibiting Membership, Ku-ring-gai Art Society
Exhibiting Membership, Continuum Art Society