about
Nic Fern’s multi-disciplinary practice explores contemporary Australian notions of gender, class and hierarchy. Using iconic imagery borrowed from the Western visual art canon, she paints, draws, stitches and hand builds clay to create multilayered wall works and illustrated vessels.
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Lives & works on Gayemagal Land (Manly, NSW), Australia.
Education
2022 Master of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney NSW
2020 Bachelor of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney NSW
Awards & Selected Exhibitions
2025 ACB Selects, Michael Reid Gallery, NSW
2024 Wynne Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of NSW
2024 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Gallery, NSW
2024 Waverley Art Prize Finalist, Bondi Pavilion, NSW
2023 Sir John Sulman Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of NSW
2023 Dobell Drawing Prize #23 Finalist, National Art School, NSW
2023 Fisher’s Ghost Award Finalist (Highly Commended),
Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
2023 Waverley Art Prize Finalist, Bondi Pavilion, NSW
2021 Sculpture in the Valley Finalist, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
2020 Derivan Mixed Media Award, National Art School, NSW
2020 Harvey Galleries Exhibition Award, Mosman, NSW
2017 Manly Arts Festival Finalist, Manly, NSW
2000 Sporting Archibald, National Portrait Gallery, ACT
2000 Archibald Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of NSW
Residencies
2023 Onslow Storrier NAS, La Cité International des Arts, Paris
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Icons and Myth, C.Gallery, South Yarra, VIC
Group Exhibitions
2022 Postgrad Show 22, National Art School, Sydney NSW
2022 1+2, National Art School, Sydney, NSW
2021 I Came To See, Barangaroo, NSW
2021 Care, National Art School, Sydney, NSW
2020 Untitled 23, Surry Hills, NSW
2018 Cabaret Exhibition, Manly Arts Festival, NSW
2017 AnonyMos Secret Art Project, Mosman, NSW
2013 Canterbury Art Exhibition, Canterbury, VIC
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