Australian Printmaker 

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ANNE STARLING

Sydney, Australia     Email: gripeditions@optusnet.com.au

Website: annestarling.net           Instagram: @anne_starling

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Professional Qualifications

2012 - Master of Fine Arts (by research), UNSW, College of Fine Arts

1994 - Master of Art, UNSW, College of Fine Arts

1992 - Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts, UNSW, College of Fine Arts

1989 - Bachelor of Education (Art), UNSW, Institute of the Arts, City Art Institute

Selected Awards/ Honours

2024   IPC International Mini Print 2024, International Printmaking Centre,   National Taiwan Normal University

2023   11th International Douro Printmaking Biennial, Portugal (invitation)
2023   First International Biennale of Miniature Art Graphics and Drawings, 2023,

            KIC-Cultural and Informational Centre – Bitola, Republic of Macedonia (Invitation)

2022   Australian Commissioner, Ulsan International Woodcut Print Art Festival &

            Biennale, South Korea

            International Biennale Print Exhibition, 2022,ROC, National Museum of Fine Art

2021   Maxi Prints Berlin 2021, Galleri Heike Arndt DK, Germany

2021    Acquired Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tas

2019    On Paper contest (one of twelve finalists selected from over 50 international countries),             

            Sala aLfaRa, Oviedo Asturias, Spain

2019   Acquired Banyule Award for Works on Paper, Hatch Contemporary Art Space, Ivanhoe, Vic

2019   4th Global Print 2019 Duoro, Portugal, (invitation)

2019   Haugensund International Festival for Artistic Relief Print

           Haugesund Museum of Fine Art, Norway, Australian representative

2019  7th Guanlan International Print Biennial, China Printmaking Museum, Australia representative

2018  9th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal, (invitation)

2017  3rd Global Print 2017, Douro, Portugal (invitation)

2013   Winner, Friends of Tweed River Art Gallery Award, CPM National Print Awards Murwillumbah

2013   Honourable Mention, Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, University of Canterbury, NZ

2011   Grand Prize Winner, 2011 Silk Cut Print Award, Glen Eira, Vic (Print forms part of the Australian National 

            Galleries permanent collection)                            

2010   Highly Commended, Cricket Art Prize, SCG, touring-Mackay, Melbourne, Bradman Museum

2009   Awarded PLC Scholarship to attend Impact 6 Conference, Bristol, England

2007   Winner, Environmental Art Award, Blacktown Arts Centre

2005   Winner, Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Regional Gallery

2005   Acquired, Works on Paper Art Award, Banyule City Council, Victoria

2002   Print Council of Australia Print Commission for 2002

1998   Winner, The Alumni Art Award, UNSW, College of Fine Arts

1997   Acquired, Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool City Art Gallery

1997   Highly Commended, Musswellbrook Open Art Prize, NSW

1997   Highly Commended, Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbeltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery

1997   Winner, Ampol Print Award, Sutherland Shire Bicentennial Art Exhibition

1997   Selected, The 22nd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1996   Acquired Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery 12th Biennial Prints Acquisitive, Vic

 

Residencies

2018   Australian Print Workshop, Vic

2018   The Art Vault, Mildura, Vic

2008   Fremantle Arts Centre, The Moores Centre Artist in Residence, WA

2001   Artist in Residence, All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac, Qld

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Selected Solo Exhibitions 

2018 - Edge of Industry, The Art Vault, Mildura, NSW

2014  - Under Construction, Port Jackson Press, Fitzroy, Vic

2012  - Industrial Waste, Port Jackson Press, Fitzroy, Vic

           - Danks Street Depot 1 Gallery, Waterloo, Sydney

2003  - John Miller Galleries, Newcastle, NSW

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024   -Visible but Intangible, Sydney Printmakers, Print Council of Australia Gallery, Vic

           - Origin, Sydney Printmakers, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW

           - SELECTED, Contemporary Photography and Printmaking, CBD Gallery, Sydney, NSW

​2022  -Place - 4 Decades of the Australian Print Workshop, APW, Fitzroy, Vic

2021  - Entrancing Others - A print Exchange curated by Rona Green, Gippsland Art Gallery, VIc                                            - Taoyuan International Print Exhibition, Taoyuan Arts Centre, Taiwan

          - To the Edges, Sydney Printmakers, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, NSW

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2020 - Sydney Printmakers 2020, May Space, Waterloo, NSW

          - Sydney Printmakers, In the Shade II, Gallery Lane Cove

          - James Makin Gallery Editions, Fitzroy, Vic

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2019 - Interpretations, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, Vic

         - Sydney Printmakers Borderless, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, ACT

         - Sydney Printmakers, A Poetry of Ideas in Print, Artspace on the Concourse, Chatswood, NSW

           

2018  - Impressions 2018, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, Vic 

          -  Winter Salon, Port Jackson Press, Collingwood, Vic                             

          - Eventide, New England Regional Art Gallery, Armidale, NSW

          - Recent Acquisitions: Blacktown City Art Collection, Blacktown Arts Centre

          - In the Shade,  Sydney Printmakers, Umbrella Studios, Townsville, Qld

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2017 - Partners in Print, Kick Arts, Cairns, Qld

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2016 - Eventide -Print Exchange, Exhibition of relief printmaking by Australian artists, 

             Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic  

          - Print Council of Australia - POP UP, Collins Place, Vic

              

2015 -'Wrap Up', Port Jackson Press, Fitzroy, Vic

         - Within and Beyond, Grace Cossington Smith Regional Gallery, Sydney, NSW

         - Winter Print Olympics, Port Jackson Press, Fitzroy, Vic

         - CORE, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, NZ

 

2014 - Corporeal, Switchback Gallery, Centre for Art and Design at Federation University, Gippsland, Vic

         - ‘90’, Port Jackson Press, Fitzroy, Vic

         - On the same Page, collaboration Hunter Island Press / Sydney Printmakers, See Street Gallery, The Jones

            Art Hotel, Tas

         - Antipodes Print exchange with Central Print Council Aotearoa NZ, Northart Gallery/ Mark Graver Gallery

           Pine Street Gallery, Meadowbank, NSW

 

2013  - Corporeal, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Vic

          - Three Worlds, Syndicate at Danks, Waterloo, Sydney, NSW

          - Urban Art , Port Jackson Press, Fitzroy, Vic

 

2012 - The 11th Nationwide Academies of Fine Arts Printmaking Biennial 2012, Guangzhou Academy of Fine

            Arts, China

          - Sydney Printmakers, travelling exhibition, Maitland, Cowra and Grafton Regional Galleries

 

2011 - The International Art on Paper Exhibition 2011, Chiang Mai University Art Centre, Thailand

          - Mind & Reality, Roxaboxen Gallery, Chicago USA

          - Pacific Rim Meets Istanbul - FASS Gallery, Istanbul Turkey. In conjunction with the Istanbul Biennale

          - Hot off the Press, Manly Regional Gallery, Sydney, NSW

 

2010 - Printmaking 10B, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic

         - Diversity, Danks Street Depot 1 Gallery, Waterloo, Sydney, NSW

         - Exchange Exhibition, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland / College of Fine Arts

 

2009 - Grip Editions, Backstreet Gallery, Sydney, NSW

         - Print to Print, Hardware Gallery, Sydney, NSW

         - Works on Paper, Beowulf Galleries, Sydney, NSw

 

2008 - Print Traditions- Sources of Australian Printmaking, Geelong Gallery, Vic

         - Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW

 

2007  - Impressions on Paper Gallery, Canberra

          - Marianne Newman Gallery, Sydney, NSW

 

2006 - Sydney Prints 45 Years of the Sydney Printmakers, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney (2007-Hawkesbury

            Regional Gallery, NSW / Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW) 

          - Sydney Printmakers, Max Taylor Galleries, Sydney, NSW

 

2005 - Collaboration, Sydney Printmakers Gosford Regional Gallery, Tweed River Art Gallery

            Noosa Regional Gallery

 

2004 - Contemporary Australian Prints from the Collection, Art Gallery of NSW, Australia, NSW

 

2003 - Touching the Surface, Australian Catholic University, Canberra

 

2002 - The Sydney Printmakers, Atelier Skara, Gresvick, Norway

 

2000 - Surface Tension, Sydney Printmakers, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre

          - XIV Premio Internazionale Biella per L’Incisione, Biella, Italy 

 

1999 - Revelations, Sydney Printmakers, University of Technology Gallery. Sydney, NSW

          - On The Tiles, The Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University, NSW

         - The Sydney Printmakers, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chile

 

1998 - After the Bell, The Penrith Gallery and Lewers Bequest, NSW

         - Text, The Sydney Printmakers Annual Members Show, The Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University,

 

1997 - Heaven on a String, Travelling Exhibition, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Qld

         - Export, Sydney Printmakers, The Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University, NSW

         - The Annual Sydney Printmakers Exhibition, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, NSW

 

1996 - Exhibition 3x10, Australian Catholic University, Canberra

         - Cultural identities, Exchange Exhibition, Sydney Printmakers and Guiyang Printmakers, Guiyang, China

         - 35th Annual Sydney Printmakers Exhibition, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, NSW

         - Sydney Printmakers Exhibition, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tas

 

1995 - Heaven on a String, The Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Vic

         - Outpost, Venice Biennale, Italy

         - Sydney Printmakers and Studio One, Spiral Arm, Canberra

 

1994 - Talormade, Four Women Artists, The Gallery on Booth, Sydney, NSW

         - Circuts of Pleasure, A Feminist Show, Arthouse, Sydney, NSW

         - Temporary Hoarding, The Contemporary Printmakers Association, The Australian Centre for Photography,

           Sydney, NSW

         - Post graduate Exhibition, University of NSW, College of Fine Arts, NSW

 

1993 - Incurzions, Balmain Watch House, Sydney, NSW

         - Young Dissonants, University of NSW, College of Fine Arts, NSW

 

1992 - Two Person Show, An Exhibition of Prints, tapas de Espana, Sydney, NSW

         - Post Graduate Exhibition, University of NSW, College of Fine Arts Gallery, NSW

 

1991 - An Exhibition of Prints by the Post Graduate Students, (Curator), University of NSW, College of Fine Arts, NSW            

         - First National Student Art and Design Exhibition, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Vic

 

1990 - Incurzions, Curzon Hall, Sydney, NSW

 

1989 - Group Exhibition of Printmakers, Seasons Gallery, Sydney, NSW  

         - Graduate Show, The Works Gallery, University of NSW, City Art Institute, NSW

         - Incurzions Annual Members Exhibition, Curzon Hall, Sydney, NSW

 

1988 - Two Person Print Exhibition, The Workshop Gallery, Sydney, NSW

 

1987 - Exchange Exhibition City Art Institute / Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, NSW

         - Group Exhibition Arthaus, Sydney, NSW

 

Distinguished Record of Practice

2023   - Burnie Print Prize, 2023, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tas

            - Gippsland Print Award, Gippsland Art Gallery, Vic

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2022   - Ulsan International Woodcut Print Art Festival Biennale, South Korea

            - 11th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal

            - 5th Global Print, Douro, Portugal

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2021   - Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, Ravenswood School, NSW

            - Works on Paper Art Award, Banyule City Council, Victoria

            - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery & Art Centre, NSW

            - Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW

            - Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

            - Inkmasters Print Exhibition and Awards, Cairns, QLD

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2020   -10th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal

           - Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW

          - Swan Hill 2020 Print and Drawing Awards, NSW

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2019  - Burnie Print Prize, 2019, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tas

           - Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Regional Gallery, Vic

           - Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

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2018   - Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

    - 2nd Australia Print Triennial Print Award, The Art Vault, Mildura, Vic 

          - Inkmasters Print Exhibition and Awards, Cairns, QLD

          - Swan Hill National Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Vic

          - Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Qld

          - The 2018 Fleurieu Biennial Art Prize, Signal Point Gallery, SA

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2017 - Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tas

          - Gippsland Print Award, Vic

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2016 - Inkmasters Print Exhibition, Cairns, Qld

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2015 - Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition 2015, SOFA Gallery, University of  

            Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ

          - Silk Cut Print Award, Glen Eira, Vic

          - Rick Amor Print Prize, Montsalvat, Vic

 

2014 - Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

 

2013 - Silk Cut Print Award, Glen Eira, Vic

          - Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Regional Gallery, Vic

                                                                                                                                                              

2012  - Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

          - Tidal, City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery,Tas

2011 - Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tas

         - Rick Amor Print Prize, Montsalvat, Vic

         - Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

         - The Hutchins Works on Paper Art Prize, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart,TAS

 

2010 - Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition 2010, SOFA Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ

         - Highly Commended, Cricket Art Prize, Sydney Cricket Ground, touring-Mackay, Melbourne,

            Bradman Museum

         - Stanthorpe Art Festival, Stanthorpe, Qld

         - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW

         - Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Award, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Vic

         - Brunswick Street Gallery Works on Paper Award, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Vic

         - 2010 Silk Cut Print Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Vic

 

2009 - Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tas

         - The Manning Art Prize, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW

         - Works on Paper Art Award, Banyule City Council, Vic

 

2008 - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery - (touring, 2009 -2010)

         - Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Award, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Vic

         - Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbeltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW

 

2007 - Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tas

         - The Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

         - Commended, The Willoughby Art Prize, Sydney, NSW

         - The Manning Art Prize, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW

         - Works on Paper Art Award, Banyule City Council, Vic

         - The Hutchins Works on Paper Art Prize, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tas

         - Winner, Environmental Art Award, Blacktown Arts Centre, NSW

 

2006 - Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Award, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Vic

         - 2006 Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Vic

         - The Hills Grammar School Art Prize - Finalist, Sydney, NSW

         - The Willoughby Art Prize - Finalist, Sydney, NSW

 

2002 - Works on Paper Art Award, Hazelhurst regional Gallery and Arts Centre, NSW

         - Acquired, Works on Paper Art Award, Banyule City Council, Victoria

         - Highly Commended, The Hills Grammar Art Prize, Sydney, NSW

         - Willoughby Art Prize - Finalist, Sydney, NSW

         - The Hutchins Works on Paper Art Prize, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart,Tas

 

2004 - Fleming Muntz, Albury Art Prize, Albury Regional Art Gallery, NSW

 

2002 - The Fremantle Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

 

1999 - National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic

         - The Fremantle Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

 

1998  - The Fremantle Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

 

1997  - The Fremantle Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

           - Demonstrator Exhibitor, International Works on Paper Fair, State Library of NSW

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1995 - Winner Print Section, Oyster Festival Art Exhibition, NSW

         - Demonstrator Exhibitor, International Works on Paper Fair, State Library of NSW

         - Mosman Art Prize Exhibition, Council Chambers, NSW

         - Highly Commended, Print Section, Sutherland Shire Bicentennial Art Award, Sutherland Shire Council

           Chambers, Sydney, NSW

 

1994 - The NSW Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition, College of Fine Arts Gallery, NSW

         - The Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

         - Commended, Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Centrehouse, Sydney, NSW

         - The Canson Student Print Award Exhibition, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne / COFA Gallery, Sydney, NSW

         - The Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre Prints Acquisitive, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic

 

1993 - The NSW Travelling Arts Scholarship Exhibition, College of Fine Arts Gallery, NSW

          - Mosman Art Prize Exhibition, Mosman Council Chambers, Sydney, NSW

          - The Fremantle Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

          - The Canson Student Print Award Exhibition, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne / COFA Gallery, Sydney, NSW

 

1992 - Highly Commended Print Section, Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Council Chambers, NSW

         - Canson Student Print Award Exhibition, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne / COFA Gallery, Sydney, NSW

         - Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre Prints Acquisitive, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic

 

1991 - The NSW Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition, The Works Gallery, Sydney, NSW

         - The 16th Fremantle Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

         - Canson Student Print Award Exhibition, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne / COFA Gallery, Sydney, NSW

 

1990 - The Telecom Fine Arts Scholarship Exhibition, The Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW

          - The NSW Travelling Arts Scholarship Exhibition, The Works Gallery, Sydney, NSW

 

1988 - Winner The Special Print Prize, Sutherland Shire Bicentennial Art Show, Sutherland Shire Council    

            Chambers, NSW

Scholarships

2009 -  Awarded PLC Scholarship to attend Impact 6 Conference, Bristol, England

 

Professional and Teaching Opportunities

2013 - Presenter, Professional Development Workshop, Silk Cut Lino, Highett, Vic

2012 - Impact 7- Monash University, paper delivered by Karen Ball

2009 -11- Teacher Training Australia, Trainer presenter / Relief Printmaking,

         - Workshop, staff training, S & S Wholesaler, Thornleigh

2008 - Teacher Training Australia, Trainer presenter / Relief Printmaking,

         - Workshop, staff training, S & S Wholesaler, Thornleigh

2006 - Floor Talk - Sydney Prints, 45 Years of the Sydney Printmakers, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2005 - Managing partner, Grip Editions, Sydney

2003 - Lecturer in Photopolymer and Relief printmaking, Spring Short Course, UNSW, College of Fine Arts

         - Guest Lecture in Printmaking, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre

2002 - Tutor in Relief printmaking, Sturt Summer School Workshop, Mittagong

2001 - Artist in Residence, All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac, Queensland

1998 - Printmaking Floor Talk - Post Graduate students, University of Sydney

          - Guest Lecture in Printmaking, Hornsby College of TAFE

1997 - 01 - Duroloid Lino Demonstrations / in store and staff training, Eckersly’s Art Suppliers, Sydney

1996 - 98 - Printmaking Teacher, Willoughby Print Workshop

1995 - 96 - Demonstrator Exhibitor, International Works on Paper Fair, State Library of NSW 

1992 - 2017 - Visual Arts Teacher (specialist in Printmaking), Pymble Ladies’ College, Sydney

1991 - 96 - Lino and Woodblock Teacher in Adult Education, Sydney community College

Professional Societies

-Print Council of Australia,

  Member 1993 -

-National Association for Visual Arts

  Member 1994 -

-Sydney Printmakers

  Secretary, 1998 - 99,   

  Vice President, 1997   

  Member, 1994 -

1995-96   Italy, Paris - Printmaking workshop - Santa Reparata Studio, Florence, Italy

 

Collections

The Art Gallery of NSW

Australian National Gallery

Print Council of Australia

Canson Australia Pty Ltd

Bathurst Regional Gallery

Geelong Regional Gallery

Queensland College of Art

Royal Perth Hospital

State Library of Victoria

Queensland Art Gallery

Warrnambool City Art Gallery

Sutherland Shire Council

The Hills Grammar School

The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

University of NSW, College of Fine Arts

The Vice Chancellors Private Collection, University of NSW

Blacktown Arts Centre

Maroondah Art Gallery, Vic

Anglican Church Grammar School, Qld 

Camberwell Grammar School, Vic 

Downlands College, Vic

Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Vic 

Vermont Secondary College, Vic 

Westminster School, SA, 

Banyule City Council, VIC

Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah

Associació Techne, Barcelona

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

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