About
Leonie Connellan is an Australian visual artist and illustrator living in Laois, Ireland. She exhibits her work internationally . Alongside working as a visual artist, Leonie makes music as Hot Pink Halo and educational art content for the YouTube channel Spines & Splines.
indexerrorparallaxrefraction, Mission To Seafarers Norla Dome Gallery, Docklands, Melbourne, Australia. 2013.
Education
2010-11 Master of Fine Art (Printmaking),RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2006-08 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Printmaking), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
1997-99 Bachelor of Arts in Advertising, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2022, Sound & Vision, Impact12 Printmaking Conference, Centre for Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
2016 Between Two Worlds, Maroondah Access Gallery, Ringwood, Australia
2015 Maroondah Art Trail, Urban Life Café, Ringwood and The Village Food Store, Heathmont, Australia
2014 The Poetics of Spacetime, D11@Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
2013 indexerrorparallaxrefraction, Mission to Seafarers Norla Dome, Melbourne, Australia
2007 28, The Lounge, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Ngay Ka Kardu Lurruth Ngala, CUB Malthouse Samuel Gallery, Southbank, Australia
Between Two Worlds, Maroondah Access Gallery, Maroondah Federation Estate, Ringwood, Australia. 2016.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Port Art Crawl: Culture Night, Portarlington, Laois, Ireland
2023 Forest Fest, Emo, Laois, Ireland
2019 International Mini Print Cantabria, Faro Cabo Mayor Art Centre, Santander, Spain
2018 Artonomy, The MART Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2017 Great Authors, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, Australia
2016 Creatures, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, Australia
2016 Lettered, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, Australia
2015 Mayoral Art Prize, Maroondah Gallery, Ringwood, Australia
2015 Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Glen Eira, Australia
2015 Ahhhh Space, Merri Creek Studio, Thornbury, Australia
2014 Thanks for all the fish, D11@Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Mayoral Art Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Ringwood, Australia
2014 Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA, Australia
2014 Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Australia
2014 ACMD Art in Science, Science in Art, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Creature, Off The Kerb, Collingwood, Australia
2014 The End, Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn, Australia
2014 The Fold, D11@Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Gone; not begotten, D11@Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Bah Humbug, D11@Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Pozible Pop-Up, Fort Delta, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Seeing Stars, Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Supporters' Show, D11@Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
2012 BAZE, Hand Held Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2012 print - stitch - staple, Centrehouse Gallery, Lane Cove, Sydney, Australia
2012 What Are Words Worth Anyway?, NONO Gallery, North Melbourne, Australia
2012 Transgression, Off The Kerb, Collingwood, Australia
2012 Melbourne Art Fair, RMIT University stand, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia
2012 It's not you, it's me, Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2011 RMIT MFA Graduate Exhibition, Gossard Project Space, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Transformation, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill, Australia
2011 Stop Press!, Carbon Black Gallery, Prahran, Australia
2011 Space and the City, Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2011 The Seven Visible Signs of Ageing, Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Elemental Matters: Artist’s Imagine Chemistry, Chemical Heritage Foundation, PA, USA
2010 Exchange, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2010 New, Used and Abused, Loft Gallery, Abbotsford, Australia
2009 black and white (shades of grey), Pigment Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Lots of people have what you have, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University, Australia
2008 Ordered by Chance, First Site, Melbourne, Australia
2008 Girls Boys Machines, Capitol Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Periodic Table Printmaking Project, Element: Xenon
2007 Water, Water Everywhere…, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill, Australia
2007, '06 One Plus Two, Horse Bazaar, Melbourne, Australia
2005 Celebration, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill, Australia
2004 Women’s Intuition, Royal Melbourne Women’s Hospital, Carlton, Australia
2004 Allowance, Preston Creative Living Centre, Preston, Australia
Awards
2015 Finalist, Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Australia
2014 Finalist, Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA, Australia
2014 Finalist, Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick’s College Ballarat, Australia
2014 Finalist, ACMD Art In Science Prize, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
2013 Finalist, SKA Seeing Stars Art Prize, Australia
2012 Shortlisted, 61st Blake Prize, Australia
2011 Winner, RMIT Master of Fine Art Melbourne Etching Supplies Prize, Australia
2005, 07, 11 Finalist, Biennial Art Competition, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill, Australia
Collections
State Library of Victoria Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
University of Melbourne Baillieu Library, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Tyler School of Art Printmaking Department Philadelphia, USA
RMIT University Printmaking Department Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Curtin University WA, Australia
National Art School Sydney, NSW, Australia
Etsy Labs Brooklyn, New York, USA
Loreto College Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
OLSH Thamarrurr Regional School Wadeye, Northern Territory, Australia
Private collections in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, UK and USA
Curation
2014 Thanks for all the fish, co-curator, D11@Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
2014 The Fold, D11@Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
2011 The Seven Visible Signs of Ageing, co-curator, Coalesce ARI, Melbourne, Australia
Talks
2022 Learning to Listen, Impact12 Printmaking Conference, Centre for Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
2017 MART Studio Critique, August, Dublin, Ireland
2013 Where is the artist's place in the digital world?, Pozible Pop-Up exhibition, Fort Delta Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Once Upon A Spacetime: the exploration of science and story, Impact8 Printmaking Conference, Dundee, Scotland
Articles & features
08.2012 What Are Words Worth Anyway?, syn.org.au
11.2011 RMIT MFA Graduate Exhibition, Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, RMIT University
06.2009 Un Magazine, Issue 3.1, page 79, "Lots of people have what you have", Justine Grace
11.2008 Ordered by Chance, Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, RMIT University
2008 Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, cover art, "Getting to Grade Three", "Getting to Grade Four" and "Getting to Grade Five"
2005 Get Creative magazine, Vol. 1 Issue 10, page 33
28.06.2004 Moreland Leader, "Outback Town Inspires", Kate Kyriacou
Writing
2017-18 HeadStuff contributor
2014 Materiality magazine, ‘Surface’, Pinknantucket Press
2013 Crank magazine, Issue 1