Louise Feneley

Louise Feneley is an Adelaide based artist.
The background to the latest body of work by Louise Feneley at Hill Smith Gallery in Ocrtober 2010 "The Painted Veil, which those who live call Life", is the contemplation of death and life, questions of mortality, burial traditions, and in particular the shroud; also reflections upon the illusion we call living, our vulnerability in the face of the fragility and transience of life.

"In the figurative work, two elements are concentrated on - the shroud, and the persona. both of these are similar in that the shroud is a layer that veils the dead, whilst the persona consists of laters that veil the living. This persona - like a veil, a camouflage, a concealment, an illusion of the psyche generated by heredity, environment, tendencies, memory, etc - hides the real nature of Being.

The face here is not related to a specific personality but to an essential or archetypal human, stripped of extras such as hair and clothing that define individuality. With a neutral expression, hyet aware of vulnerability, there is an internal question being asked with the intensity of deep longing, "Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?"
Louise Feneley

Education
2005
Drawing Masterclass - Godwin Bradbeer
2002
Bachelor of Visual Art with Honours
Adelaide Central School of Art, Norwood, SA
2001
Advanced Diploma of Visual Art
Adelaide Central School of Art, Norwood, SA
1970
Bachelor of Fine Art - Painting
SA School of Art, North Adelaide SA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010
"The Painted Veil, which those who live call Life", Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2009
Harrison Galleries, Sydney
2007
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Harrison Galleries, Sydney
2005
Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide, SA
Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
2004
Hill-Smith Fine Art
1973
Sydenham Gallery, Norwood, SA
1971
Skillion, North Adelaide, SA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009
Finalist, Sulman Prize
2008
Melbourne Art air (Hill Smith Gallery)
"Face to Face" National Trust SALA exhibition
2007
Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Shades of the Real, Adelaide Central Gallery, Norwood, SA
Blake Prize for Religious Art Touring Exhibition
2006
Finalist, Conrad Jupiter's Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery, Qld
Finalist, Blake Prize for Religious Art Exhibition
Art Sydney 06
2005
Mossgreen Gallery Inaugural exhibition/artist stable launch, South Yarra, Melbourne
ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award Exhibition
Art Sydney 05, represented by Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide & Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
Blake Prize for Religious Art Touring Exhibition
2004
Blake Prize for Religious Art Exhibition
33rd Alice Prize Exhibition
Drawing Today: Surveying Recent Work by SA Artists, Adelaide Central Gallery, Norwood, SA
Expressing Spirituality through the Visual Arts, St. Peters Cathedral, North Adelaide, SA
Sydney Affordable Art Fair, represented by Hill-Smith Fine Art, SA
Loreto Art Exhibition, Adelaide, SA
2003
Entwined, 3 Artists, Adelaide Central Gallery, SA
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide
Sydney Affordable Art Fair, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW
2002
8"x8", ACSA Student Gallery
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide
2001
Prescriptions for Pleasure, Promenade Gallery, Flinders Medical Centre
A3, Collaborative Drawing Project, Light Gallery, Adelaide
Fragmentation, ACSA Student Gallery
Notations, SALA week exhibition, Adelaide Central
1999
Barossa Fine Art Exhibition, Barossa Vintage Festival
1993
Himeji Sister City Exhibition, Himeji, Japan
1988
Silk, Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA
1986
Prominent Women Artists of Western Australia
Bunbury City Regional Art Gallery, WA
1976
Rose Skinner Gallery, Perth, WA
1972
Young Collectables, Melbourne, Victoria
1971
Art Gallery of SA, "Outlook 71"
3 Young Contemporaries, Contemporary Art Society, SA

GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2006
Conrad Jupiter's Art Prize - People's Choice Award
2004
Tammy Kingsley Award, 33rd Alice Prize Exhibition
2003
Helpmann Academy Mentorship Grant
1986
Bussleton Art Gallery Acquisitive Prize
1970
Liddums Art Gallery Prize
Royal South Australian Society of Arts Prize for Composition
1967-70
Commonwealth Scholarship, SA School of Art
1968
Osborne Art Gallery Prize for Drawing

COLLECTIONS:
The Shurniak Gallery, Canada
Bussleton Regional Art Gallery, WA
Bridgetown Hospital, WA
Colin D. Rowe, Accountants, SA
Private collections - Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Canada and USA