Award winning artist Loris Quantock is based at the Lennox Street Studios in the inner city suburb of Newtown. She began her art studies under the tutelage of well known contemporary Sydney artists. Realising she had a passion for making art, Loris undertook more formal studies in a fine art course at St George Technical College, since then she has travelled extensively throughout Australia drawing inspiration from the landscape.
Loris’ highly individual art reflects her observation of and intense reaction to the rich diversity of the Australian landscape.
She displays a response to the natural world that is both intriguing and intrigued. Loris' most recent paintings are striking oil-on-canvas works that vibrate with dramatic colour.
In 2008 Loris won the People’s Choice Award at the ‘Like Art’ exhibition and in 2007 she received the Directors Choice Award at the inaugural Marrickville Art Prize. In 2009 Loris was, at the invitation of the Jenolan Caves Trust, Artist in Residence.
Loris’ commissioned works and works purchased at exhibition appear in both public and private collections in Australia and overseas.
CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME Loris Quantock
STUDIO 111 Lennox Street Newtown Sydney 2204
EMAIL lorisq@yahoo.com
WEBSITE www.loris-quantock.blogspot.com/
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2000 Inside Contemporary Art,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1995 – 96 Certificate of Fine Art, St. George Technical College
1994 Collage under the tuition of Tony Twigg
1993 – 94 Collage under the tuition of Petros Hovaghimiam
1990 – 93 Drawing under the tuition of Melissa Becker
1991 Teaching E.S.L. Certificate, National Center for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University
1985 – 87 Diploma of Teaching, Sydney Institute of Education
COLLECTIONS
Jenolan Caves Trust Jenolan Caves NSW
North Fitzroy Star Hotel, Melbourne
HRa & Associates, Sydney
Ro Cook and Mic Conway
Peter Berner
Terry Cutcliffe
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Peoples Choice Award ‘LikeArt’ Exhibition 2008
Directors Choice Award Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize 2007
Short listed Off The Wall Art Sydney 2007
Finalist Hunters Hill Art Prize 2007
GRANTS
NSW Artists Marketing Scheme 2010
RESIDENCIES
2010 Cudgegong Regional Gallery Gulgong NSW
2009 Artist in Residence Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 SLOT Gallery Alexandria Sydney
Kerrie Lowe Gallery Sydney
2008 Gallery Adagio Sydney
2006 Addison Road Gallery Sydney
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS
2009 – 2010 Member Arts Advisory Panel to Marrickville Municipal Council
Member of the National Association for the Visual Arts Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Menier Gallery London (September)
‘Wings and Horns’ Studio DOME Sydney
‘Vibrate’ St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney
2009 Kerrie Lowe Christmas Show
Branching Out Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute
Jenolan Caves Artist in Residence Exhibition Botanic Gardens Sydney
Balmain Art and Craft Show Sydney
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery Windsor
Lennox Street Open Studio Exhibition Sydney
Bondi Pavilion Bondi Beach Sydney
carriageARTworks, CarriageWorks, Eveleigh, NSW
2008 Balmain Art and Craft Show, Sydney
Lennox Street Open Studio Exhibition Sydney
Like Art Leichhardt Secondary College Sydney
Marrickville Open Studio Trail Sydney
Far Fetched Sydney Mechanics School of Art
Off the Wall Art Melbourne
2007 Art in the Park Sculpturathon Petersham, Sydney
Lennox Street Open Studio Exhibition Sydney
Mural Project Carlton Public School Sydney
Consultant Installation Curator for Linnaeus Exhibition, MacLeay Museum Sydney
2006 Lennox Street Open Studio Exhibition Sydney
2005 Lennox Street Open Studio Exhibition Sydney
Illuminart – Projections on public buildings Sydney
Marrickville Open Studio Trail Sydney
Fortyfive downstairs, Melbourne
2004 Lennox Street Open Studio Exhibition, Sydney
NSW Teacher’s Federation Art Exhibition, Fringe Café, Surry Hills Sydney
Real Refuses, Tap Gallery Darlinghurst Sydney
2003 Lennox Street Open Studio Exhibition Sydney
Illuminart, Petersham Town Hall Sydney
SCEGGS Darlinghurst Art Exhibition Sydney
Ironside Exhibition Series, Westside Gallery Sydney
2002 Open Studio Exhibition, Lennox Street Sydney
Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst Sydney
2001 Open Studio Exhibition, Lennox Street Sydney
North Newtown Art Exhibition Sydney
2000 North Newtown Art Exhibition Sydney
1999 North Newtown Art Exhibition Sydney
1998 North Newtown Art Exhibition Sydney
1996 St. George TAFE Graduation Exhibition Sydney
North Newtown Art Exhibition Sydney
1995 St. George TAFE end of year Exhibition Sydney
North Newtown Art Exhibition Sydney
Frensham School, Mittagong NSW
1994 North Newtown Art Exhibition Sydney
Frensham School, Mittagong Sydney