ARTIST PROFILE - STEFFIE WALLACE
 
1946                Born Adelaide, South Australia; Melbourne resident since 1956.                                                                   
1962-63           Studied life drawing at the National Gallery Art School, Melbourne.
1972-76           Employed as graphic artist and catalogue illustrator for Cooking Co-ordinates, South Yarra.
1976-79           Studied Fine Art Painting and Printmaking at Prahran College of Advanced Education (now Victorian College of the Arts).
1979-83           Employed as art critic for "Melbourne Times" newspaper; regular contributor to "Imprint" magazine.
1980-82           Studied for BA at Swinburne University, Hawthorn.
1981-88           Lecturer in art history at the Council of Adult Education, Melbourne.
1986-88           Gallery owner and director of "l'estampe originale", Hawthorn, specialising in European antique prints.
1989–2013       Working and exhibiting as a professional artist, while self-employed as a marketing co-ordinator and web designer.
1980-2024        Represented in gallery collections, both here and overseas. Various private and corporate art commissions, including the Melbourne Football Club and the Westpac Bank.
Collectors include Dr Derek Mahony, Sydney, and Dr Melanie Zefferino (Art Historian and Curator), Warwick University, Turin, Italy.

Awards:
2024               FPS Members Exhibition, ‘Surroundings’, Awarded ‘Peoples Choice Prize for Intaglio’, Armadale, Victoria.
2022               MSWPS Members Exhibition, ‘Changing Perspectives’, Awarded ‘Highly Commended’, East Melbourne, Victoria.
                       Beaumaris Art Group Members Exhibition, 2022: Awarded 'Best in Show', Beaumaris, Victoria.
2021               London Art Biennale: Awarded Gagliardi Gallery Prize, International Confederation of Art Critics, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK. (Painting exhibited in London at Gagliardi Gallery, Nov ’22)
                       'Portrait of Place' Awarded 1st Prize, Bayside Art Gallery, Brighton, Victoria.
2019               London Art Biennale: Awarded 3rd Prize, International Confederation of Art Critics, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK.
2018               ‘The Linden Postcard Show 2018-19’: Awarded ‘Best Landscape in Show’, Linden New Art, Melbourne, Australia.
2015               X Florence Biennale: Awarded 2nd Prize, the Lorenzo il Magnifico Silver Medal for Painting, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy.

Events:
2022               Exhibition Concert, New York City: Participated in an event, 'Finding the Sounds of Pastel', with New York concert pianist and composer, Margin Alexander, following his invitation, with my painting and profile exhibited via projection during the concert performance in NYC (live-streamed)
                     Artist in Residence, Bayside Artists Studio Program: 'Billilla', Brighton, Victoria. One of seven artists selected across Victoria to occupy the studios at the rear of the mansion during 2022.
2020               ‘Changing Faces: Reframing Women in Local Democracy': celebrating the contribution women make to the municipality of Bayside. (One of the 171 women, photographed by Ponch Hawkes for this exhibition).
2016               Book Launch: ‘The August Months', by Steffie Wallace, which was opened by Professor David Pennington at St Joseph's Church, South Yarra.

Galleries:
Gallery Jones, Melbourne; Breathing Colours, Sydney (since 2010); Gagliardi Gallery, London.

Memberships:
NAVA (National Association for the Visual Arts)
MSWPS (Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors)
RQAS (Royal Queensland Art Society, Gold Coast)
FPS (Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne)
IPCNY (International Print Center NY, USA)

Exhibitions – 2015-2024: (View website https://www.steffiewallacevisualart.com/profile for all exhibitions prior to 2015)
2024           'Changing Perspectives', MSWPS, VAS Gallery, East Melbourne, group exhibition.
                    'Affordable Art Fair, Depicture Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, group exhibition.
                    'Winter Exhibition', Malvern Artists Society, MAS Gallery, Malvern, group exhibition.
                    'Surroundings', Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, group exhibition.
                     ‘Postcards from North and South’, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, group exhibition.
2023            ‘The Linden Postcard Show', Linden New Art, St Kilda, group exhibition.
                    Beaumaris Art Group Members exhibition, Beaumaris, group exhibition.
                    'Off the Wall', Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, group exhibition.
                    'Refuge, Workshop, Stage, Site: Billilla Artists Studios 22-23', Bayside Gallery, Brighton, group exhibition.
                    'Changing Perspectives', MSWPS, VAS Gallery, East Melbourne, group exhibition.
                    'Australian Monoprint Prize', Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, group exhibition (finalist).
                    'Paper Contemporary', Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, group exhibition.
                    London Art Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK, group exhibition (finalist).
                    'Grounded’, Gallery Jones, Ripponlea, group exhibition.
                    'That's Life', Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, group exhibition.
                     '9 x 5', Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, group exhibition.
                     'Artist Showcase', Realm, Albert Park, solo exhibition.
                     'Bayside Local', Bayside Gallery, Brighton, group exhibition.
                     'Earth and Sky Stories', 26Advantage Gallery, Highett, group exhibition.
                     ‘The Linden Postcard Show', Linden New Art, St Kilda, group exhibition.
                    'Small Things', Beaumaris Art Group Members exhibition, Beaumaris, group exhibition.
                    'Off the Wall', Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, group exhibition.
2022             'Evening, Night, Morning', Balmain Space, Sydney, solo exhibition.
                     'Masterpiece', Gagliardi Gallery, London, (London Art Biennale prize) group exhibition.
                    'Changing Perspectives', MSWPS, Melbourne, group exhibition.
                    'From Around Here', Proud Bonney Gallery, Robe, group exhibition.
                    'Beautiful Hometown', Chinese Culture Centre, Chatswood, group exhibition.
                    NYC performance-exhibition with pianist/composer, Margin Alexander; 'Finding the Sounds of Pastel', group exhibition.
                    Affordable Art Fair, AAD Gallery, Melbourne, group exhibition.
                     ’Eltham Art Show’, Eltham Community Centre, Eltham, group exhibition.
                    'We are Reversal', MUSA Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy, group exhibition.
                    'The Other Art Fair' Virtual Edition, group exhibition.
                    'That's Life', Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, group exhibition.
                    Beaumaris Art Group Members exhibition, Beaumaris, group exhibition.
                    'Bayside Local', Bayside Art Gallery, Brighton, group exhibition.
2021            'The Linden Postcard Show',Linden New Art, St Kilda, group exhibition.
                    '16 Days of Activism', Hampton Community Centre, Melbourne, group exhibition.
                    'Dusk to Dawn', Breathing Colours Gallery, Sydney, solo exhibition (online only).
                    'Changing Perspectives', MSWPS, Melbourne, group exhibition (online only).
                    'Portrait of Place', Bayside Gallery, Brighton, Victoria, group exhibition (online only).
                    London Art Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK, group exhibition (finalist).
                    'Covid Creations', MSWPS, Melbourne, group exhibition (online only).
                    'That's Life', Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, group exhibition.
                     'Flora', City of Greater Dandenong, Melbourne, group exhibition.
                    'A4 Art Australia', Herring Island Gallery, Melbourne, group exhibition.
2020             'Summer Exhibition', Hawthorn Studio and Gallery, Hawthorn, group exhibition.
                     'The Linden Postcard Show', Linden Gallery, St Kilda, group exhibition.
                     '9 x 5', Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, group exhibition.
                     'Blossom and Flourish', Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, group exhibition.
                     ‘Changing Perspectives', MSWPS Group, Melbourne, group exhibition (online only)
                     ‘Linden Postcard Show 30th Birthday Celebration', Alumni Artists, Linden New Art, St Kilda, group exhibition
                     ‘Sydney Skies’, Balmain Space, Balmain, solo exhibition.
2019             'The Linden Postcard Show’, Linden New Art, St Kilda, group exhibition.
                     XII Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, group exhibition.
                     ‘Changing Perspectives’, Victorian Artists’ Society Galleries, MSWPS, group exhibition.
                     Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Sydney, Firestation Print Studio, group exhibition.
                     Affordable Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, AAD Gallery, group exhibition.
                     London Art Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK, group exhibition.
                     'Little Treasures', Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy, group exhibition.
                     ‘Women in Art’, Plaxall Gallery, New York, USA, group exhibition.
                     ‘Clouds’, Strathnairn Galleries, Canberra, dual exhibition.
2018             'The Linden Postcard Show’, Linden New Art, St Kilda, group exhibition.
                     Shenzhen International Art Fair, Shenzhen, China, AAD Gallery, group exhibition.
                     'Desert Landscapes', Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW, solo exhibition.
                     'Water for Life’, Niagara Falls Natural History Museum, Ontario, Canada, group exhibition.
2017             'Sydney Seascapes', Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, solo exhibition.
                     ‘The Linden Postcard Show’, Linden Gallery, South Yarra, group exhibition.
                     XI Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, group exhibition.
                     'Women in Art', Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, group exhibition.
                     'Transition Texture', Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, group exhibition.
2016             'Bayside Weather Journeys', Bayside City Council, Brighton Library, Brighton, solo exhibition.
                     'The Linden Postcard Show’, Linden Gallery, St Kilda, group exhibition.
                     'Climatic Contrasts: the Harbour, the Outback', Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, solo exhibition.
                     'Outback Open Art Prize', Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW, (finalist) group exhibition.
                     'Summer Solstice', Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, group exhibition.
                     'Expressions', Project 504 Gallery, St Leonards, Sydney, group exhibition.
                     'ArtexpoNY16', New York, USA, AAD Gallery. group exhibition.
                     'Women in Art',Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, group exhibition.
2015             '9 x 5', Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, group exhibition.
                     X Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, group exhibition (finalist).
                     'The Linden Postcard Show’, Linden Gallery, St Kilda, group exhibition.
                     'Outback Open Art Prize', Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW, group exhibition (finalist).
                    'Desert Heart', Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, group exhibition.
                    'Sydney: the Sea and the Suburbs', Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, group exhibition.
                    'She', Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, group exhibition (finalist).
                    'Women in Art', Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, group exhibition.
                    'Ready, Steady, Go', Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, group exhibition.