AMBER STOKIE

Lives and works in Geelong, Victoria.

TRAINING & EDUCATION
2018 Master of Fine Art (Coursework) with Distinction. RMIT, Melbourne, Australia (recipient ADFAS Young Artist Award)
2015 Unconventional Drawing, CAE, VIC, Australia
1997 Graduate Diploma in Education (Art), AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
1995 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), BALLARAT UNIVERSITY, Maj. Drawing, Ballarat, VIC, Australia

AWARDS and GRANTS
2018  Geelong City Council Arts and Culture, Professional Development Grant recipient
2017  Finalist, Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown VIC, Australia
2016  ADFAS Young Artist Award Recipient (for RMIT Masters graduation work)
          RMIT Grant recipient (awarded to fund an exhibition at AC space Prahran)
2015  RMIT Grant recipient (awarded to fund an art expedition and development of new work)
2008 Finalist, Williamstown Art Prize, Melbourne, Australia
          Finalist, Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe QLD, Australia
2007 Winner "People's Choice" AGENDO Emerging Art Award, Melbourne, Australia

RELATED ART ACTIVITIES
Current
Individual live painting performances at National Gallery of Victoria, Federation Square, Chapter House and various other Melbourne locations.
Past
2018 Invited artist “Are you an artist too?” performance, video and artist talk, Montsalvat Art Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2016 President, Melbourne based arts collective Coalesce ARI comprised of students and alumni from the RMIT MFA program

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Dancing Between Light and Dark” BOOM, Geelong, VIC, Australia
2022 “Days Like This” Michael Reid Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia
2022 “Finding My Way” BOOM Gallery, Geelong, VIC, Australia
2019 “And So It Goes” BOOM Gallery, Geelong, VIC, Australia
2018 Invited artist “Are you an artist too?” performance, video and artist talk, Montsalvat Art Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2018 "Are you an artist too?" Wodonga Art Gallery, Wodonga, VIC, Australia
2013 "Shift" Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia  
2012 "A Quiet Constant" Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2022 “Natura Morta” Curated by Dylan Foley, Boom Gallery, Geelong, VIC, Australia
2020 Studio Gallery Group, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
2019 Big Boom gallery launch exhibition, Rutland Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
2018 "Subterranean" curated by Leanne Waterhouse, Dirty Dozen capsules, Flinders St Station underpass, 
         Melbourne, Australia
2018 Graduate Exhibition, RMIT MFA, Melbourne, Australia
2018 Belong In, Alternating Current Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2018 One Night Stand: Clearway, Easey Street Art Gallery and Studios Driveway, Melbourne, Australia
2012 "Ground Cover" Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 
2010 "Object D’Winter" Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 
2010 "Star Abstraction" Gilligan Grant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 
2009 Artasis Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2009 Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Art Prize, Brisbane, Australia

COLLECTIONS
Amber’s work is held in private collections throughout Australia, USA, United Kingdom and Italy including Sotheby's Institute of Art Singapore.

PUBLICATIONS selected
2018 Wodonga Bordermail, Pg 4, "Finding the individual by seeing double, or triple", Sophie Boyd. 4.5.18
2015 Forte Magazine Article 23.07.15
        Geelong Advertiser GT lift-out feature article "Artist brings home the Waterfront's beauty"