Artist statement
Visual artist and author of "Blues Portrait - a profile of the Australian blues scene"
Website: www.paulinebaileyart.com
I was born in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh and currently live in rural Gippsland where I work from the peaceful surrounds of my home studio. I have been a practising artist for the past fifteen years working across a variety of media. My preferred medium is acrylic on canvas, but I also incorporate charcoal, pastel, collage and oils along with photography and digital media.
The urban environment is of particular interest to me and I frequently travel back to the city for inspiration and to observe the ever-changing urban landscape. Railway stations, disused buildings, pubs, café, shopfronts and live music venues are among my favourite subjects. I am also very passionate about the local music scene which is a recurring theme throughout my work.
I have held a number of solo exhibitions and I have exhibited locally in Gippsland, Melbourne, and interstate. I have also completed a number of private commissions and my work has been purchased by clients in Europe and the USA. I have been shortlisted for several major art prizes throughout Australia including the Fleurieu Art Prize in South Australia, the Hornsby Art Prize in NSW and the Flanagan Art Prize in Victoria. In 2015 and 2016 I was selected as a finalist in the CityScapes competition in Florida, USA.
In 2017 I collaborated with Kim Volkman to edit and publish his autobiography, “The Devil Won't Take Charity” and in 2019 we collaborated again to publish Kim's second book, “For Those That Dance With The Skeleton - A Book of Short Stories.” www.facebook.com/VolkmanBailey2017/
In 2019, I wrote and self-published my own book, “Blues Portrait - A Profile of the Australian Blues Scene” which was launched at The Rainbow Hotel in Fitzroy on 10th November, 2019. Volumes 2 and 3 were release simultaneously in November 2021.
ARTIST CV
Secondary Education
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Bentleigh, Victoria
Certificate 1V Visual Arts, 2008
East Gippsland Institute of Tafe, Fulham, Victoria
Diploma of Art, 2010
East Gippsland Institute of Tafe, Fulham, Victoria
Painting Minor Credit
Painting Major Credit
Painting Major Distinction
Contemporary Art Studies Credit
Context & Culture Distinction
Certificate 111 Media
Completion of Proofreading course
Knowadays Proofreading Academy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022: “A Sense of Place“ - Bendigo Bank, Carlton, Victoria
2020: “City & Country” - Meeniyan Art Gallery, Victoria
2019: Mr. Burch Cafe, McKinnon, Victoria
2018: “Snapshot Melbourne” - Marios Café, Fitzroy, Victoria
2017: “City, Suburbs and Beyond” - Mr. Burch Cafe, McKinnon, Victoria
2016: Rust Emporium, Briagolong, Victoria
2016: Urban Crafter, Fitzroy, Victoria (Featured artist)
2016: “From Place To Place” - West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Victoria
2015: “Beyond The Facade” - Little Woods Gallery, Collingwood, Victoria
2015: “Façade” - Marios Café, Fitzroy, Victoria
2014: “As I See It” - Burrinja Café Gallery, Upwey, Victoria
2013: Wellington Entertainment Centre (EBBWEC) Sale, Victoria
2013: Banc Café, 800 Bourke St. Melbourne, Victoria
2013: “Urban Blend” - Marios Café, Fitzroy, Victoria
2012: “Urban Mix” - Marios Café, Fitzroy, Victoria
JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2018: “Three Palettes” (Bailey Masin & Roberts) - City Library Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
2014: “Revisit” Masin & Bailey - Gippsland Art Supplies Gallery Space, Sale, Vic.
2014: Pop up Gallery – (Masin & Bailey) - Gippsland Centre, Sale, Vic.
2013: “Collaboration” (Bailey Masin & Roberts) - Yarragon Arts Hub, Vic.
2013: “Land Sea Structure” (Masin & Bailey) - Gippsland Gallery, Sale, Vic.
2012: “Place” (Bailey Masin & Roberts) – Tacit Contemporary Art, Abbotsford, Vic.
2011: Wellington Entertainment Centre, Sale, Vic. (With Helen Masin)
2011: “Different Views” (Masin & Bailey) - Meeniyan Art Gallery, Vic.
2010: “Different Spaces” (Masin & Bailey) - Maffra Exhibition Space, Vic.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022: Hastings Art Show, Vic.
Bendigo Art Show, Bendigo Town Hall, Vic.
2021: Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
Kinglake Art Show, Vic.
Orange + White Exhibition, Slipway, Lakes Entrance, Vic.
Toowoomba Grammar School Art Show, QLD
2020: Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
Albert Park College Virtual Art Show, Vic.
Twin Rivers Art Show, Nicholson, Vic.
Gippsland Art Gallery Art Aid Bushfire Appeal Exhibition, Sale, Vic.
2019: Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
Red Stocking Xmas show, Red Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic.
2018: 9 x 5 Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic.
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
Toorak Art Walk, Toorak, Vic.
2017: EGAG Wrap Exhibition, Bairnsdale, Vic.
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
St. Kevins College Art Show, Toorak, Vic.
Pyrmont Art Prize, Tap Gallery, Surry Hills, NSW
BSG SmallWorks, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic.
2016: Light, Space & Time Online Gallery CityScapes Competition, Florida, USA
9 x 5 Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic.
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
Walkerville Art Show, SA
Flanagan Art Prize Exhibition, St. Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Vic.
The 7th Annual Belle Arti Prize - Chapman & Bailey, Abbotsford, Vic.
Waverley Art Prize, Bondi, NSW
Melb. Arts Club Closing Party Exhibition, Preston, Vic.
Lethbridge 10000 Smallworks Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD
BSG SmallWorks, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic.
George's Bar, Fitzroy, Vic.
A4 Art Australia, Herring Island Gallery, South Yarra, Vic.
BWC Regeneration Exhibition, Aspire Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane, QLD
Petite Pieces 2016, Aspire Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane, QLD
2015: 40 x 40 Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic.
9 x 5 Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic.
Made With Love Christmas group show, Pumpkin Lane Gallery, St Kilda, Vic.
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
Geelong College Art Show, Geelong College, Vic.
Flanagan Art Prize Exhibition, St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, Vic.
Lethbridge 10000 Smallworks Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD
St. Kevins College Art Show, Toorak, Vic.
Light Space & Time Online Gallery CityScapes competition, Florida, USA.
2014: Mornington Art Exhibition, Mornington, Vic.
40 x 40 Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic.
9 x 5 Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic.
Summer Salon Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Vic.
The 6th Annual Belle Arti Prize - Chapman & Bailey, Abbotsford, Vic.
Hornsby Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
Flanagan Art Prize Exhibition, St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, Vic.
Bayside Art Show, Sandringham Yacht Club, Vic.
BSG SmallWorks, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic.
“By Invitation Only” Group exhibition, Yarragon Arts Hub, Vic.
“Off The Wall” - Tacit Contemporary Art Abbotsford, Vic.
“She” - Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic.
Cardinia Grand Art Exhibition, Pakenham, Vic.
2013: The 5th Annual Belle Arti Prize - Chapman & Bailey, Abbotsford, Vic.
Fleurieu Art Prize, SA
“A Tree For All”, Cowwarr Art Space, Vic.
St. Kevins College Art Show, Toorak, Vic.
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
2012: Art Gippsland Exhibition, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Vic.
Cancer Council Arts Awards Victoria, 120 Collins St. Melbourne, Vic.
St. Kevins College Art Show, Toorak, Vic.
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
Portrait Competition, Latrobe Contemporary Gallery, Morwell, Vic.
2011: Wellington Entertainment Centre, Sale, Vic.
Cancer Council Arts Awards Victoria, 120 Collins St. Melbourne, Vic.
St. Michael’s Exhibition & Archangel Prize, St. Michael’s Grammar, St Kilda, Vic.
The Shilo Project, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Vic. (Invited local artist)
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
2010: BSG Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic.
Chapman & Bailey Art Awards, Metro Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Cancer Council Arts Awards Victoria: (Collins Street, Melbourne; Dudley House, Bendigo; Warrnambool Art Gallery; Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell).
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
2009: Runway Gallery, EG Tafe, Fulham, Vic.
Tyers Art Festival, Tyers, Vic.
Art Gippsland Exhibition, Rotary Club of Warragul, Vic.
Relish @ the Gallery, Port of Sale Wellington Shire Building, Sale, Vic.
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
2005 – 2008: EG Tafe Exhibition, Esso BHP Billiton Wellington Ent. Centre, Sale, Vic.
EG Tafe Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Vic.
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda, Vic.
Media Art & Design Exhibition, Lorne, Vic.
Community Resource Centre, Heyfield, Vic.
AWARDS
2017: Special Recognition Award, Light Space & Time Online Gallery CityScapes competition, Florida, USA.
2016: Finalist: Waverley Art Prize, Bondi, NSW
Finalist: Flanagan Art Prize, St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, Vic.
2015: Finalist: Flanagan Art Prize, St. Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Vic.
Ninth place in the Overall Winning Artist’s category, Light Space & Time Online Gallery - CityScapes competition, Florida, USA.
Fifth place in the Painting and Other category, Light Space & Time Online Gallery
- CityScapes competition, Florida, USA
2014: Finalist: Hornsby Art Prize, Hornsby, NSW
Finalist: Flanagan Art Prize, St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, Vic.
Highly Commended /Robert Portbury Contemporary Award: Grand Art Exhibition - Cardinia Cultural Centre, Pakenham, Vic.
Finalist: She Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic.
2013: Finalist: Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia
2011: Finalist: St. Michael’s Exhibition/Archangel Prize, St. Michael’s Grammar, St Kilda, Vic.
2010: Finalist: Milk Magazine Gippsland cover competition, Victoria
COMMISSIONS
The Evelyn, 60 x 50cm, Mixed media on canvas
Feelin’ Kinda Sporty, 76 x 91 cm, Mixed media on canvas (For Reclink)
The Prince - St. Kilda, 61 x 61cm, Mixed media on canvas
The Tote - Collingwood, 61 x 61cm, Mixed media on canvas
“Live at the Bundy” stage banner, 1.8 m x 3 m, Acrylic on canvas
Kim Volkman portrait – “I’m Just A Rock ‘n’ Roll Man”, 90 x 60cm, mixed media on canvas
Be Suburban, 90 x 60 cm, Mixed media on canvas (For Reclink)
The Espy - St. Kilda, 61 x 61cm, Mixed media on canvas
Subway - Platform 9, 75 x 60cm, Mixed media on canvas
Subway - Platforms 3 & 1, 50 x 76 cm, Mixed media on canvas
Tressie’s Place - Emma St, 70 x 50cm, Acrylic on canvas
Latrobe St. Apartment, 61 x 76cm, Acrylic on canvas
The Tote, 76 x 50 cm, Mixed media on canvas
CAE Building - Flinders Lane, 120 x 76 cm, Acrylic on canvas
PUBLICATIONS & EVENTS
2021: Book – “Blues Portrait – A Profile of the Australian Blues Scene” (Volume 3)
2021: Book – “Blues Portrait – A Profile of the Australian Blues Scene” (Volume 2)
2019: Book – “Blues Portrait – A Profile of the Australian Blues Scene” (Volume 1)
2019: Collaboration with Kim Volkman: “For Those That Dance With The Skeleton” - A book of short stories (written by Kim Volkman, edited by Pauline Bailey)
2017: Collaboration with Kim Volkman: Autobiography - “The Devil Won’t Take Charity” (written by Kim Volkman, edited by Pauline Bailey)
2015: “Streets of Gold” - Article in Herald Sun Home Magazine, Victoria
2014: Avant Card promotional card
2011: Article in Milk Magazine, March/April 2011 issue
2010: Article in Milk Magazine, September 2010 issue
COLLECTIONS
2013: Baw Baw Shire Council, Victoria
Private - Australia, Europe and the U.SA
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