Trisha Lambi
Painter (Karalee, QLD)

My earliest memory is of drawing for my great aunts while my brothers and sisters were running amok outside, and it has always been my dream to be an artist. The birth of my son in 1996 provided the catalyst for me to finally realize that dream. I gave up work and began to paint in earnest while caring for two young children. I decided to turn professional in 2003 when I was invited to participate in the Fourth Edition of the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy. Since then I have exhibited locally, interstate, and internationally, and interest in my work is growing. I am represented by galleries in Brisbane, Sydney and Wollongong and in private collections in Australia, Spain, Germany, Ireland, China, Canada and the United States.

Light on form is my inspiration and fuels all my work. I start each piece as an exercise in lighting form, whether it is the human figure or the landscape / seascape; and each piece invariably progresses into a spiritual journey where the painting evolves into a vignette of my everyday life – the emotions, the responses to external events and pressures, and my ongoing spiritual reflection: all rarely articulated.

Whilst not intentional the women in my paintings feel and face pain and in my landscscapes a deep emotion is evoked. This emotion comes as I paint – subconsciously it dictates the creation of each facet of the painting: the palette, the background, the brushstrokes. Each piece takes me on a journey, sometimes unwelcome but always illuminating.

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Solo Exhibitions
2007       Spotlight Show  RM Galleries  Hamilton  QLD
2006       Recent Paintings  SODA Gallery Avalon NSW
2006       Fusions  RM Galleries Hamilton QLD
2004       Lighting the Body SODA Gallery Avalon NSW

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008       Summer 2008 Group Exhibition  Paddington Contemporary  Sydney NSW
2007       2nd  Premio Internazionale di Pittura  Treviso  Italy
2007       Guangzhou International Art Fair   Guangzhou  China
2007       Nudes 07  De Havilland Gallery  Wollongong NSW
2007       The Body Show  Brunswick St Gallery Melbourne VIC
2007       Four Emerging Artists  Bella Art Gallery  Springfield Lakes  QLD
2007       Art Melbourne  Brunswick Street Gallery  Melbourne  VIC
2006       Guangzhou International Art Fair  China
2006       Flying Arts Regional Art Awards Townsville and Brisbane Season QLD
2006       Norvill Art Prize  Murrurundi NSW
2006       Blake Exceptions Exhibition  Rushcutters Bay Gallery Sydney NSW
2005       Cromwell’s Art Prize  Sydney NSW
2005       Regional Art  Prize Toowoomba QLD
2005       Joint show Maria Perides Gallery Newstead QLD with Max Liebermann
2005       Group Show  Galerie Faerber Ahrensburg Germany
2005       Group Show  Marziart International Galerie Hamburg
2005       Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition  East Brisbane QLD
2003       Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea  Florence Italy

Upcoming and Current Exhibitions   
Mar 2008       Au Naturel - The Nude in the 21st Century   Oregon  USA
May 2008      Solo Show   Brunswick St Gallery  Melbourne  VIC
Jun 2008       Collector’s Show  De Havilland Gallery  Wollongong  NSW
Jun 2008       The Money Myth Exhibition Toyota Community Spirit Gallery Melbourne VIC
Nov 2008       Five Senses (Showcasing Excellence in Regional Art)  Brisbane  QLD
Nov 2008       Featured Artist  Brisbane Square Library  Brisbane   QLD

Selected Awards
2008      Selected Exhibitor The Money Myth Exhibition Toyota Community Spirit Gallery Melbourne VIC
2008      Selected Exhibitor Five Senses - Showcasing Excellence in Regional Art Brisbane QLD
2008      Selected Exhibitor Au Naturel - The Nude in the 21st Century  Oregon  USA
2008      Art Melbourne 08
2007      Selected Exhibitor 2nd Premio Internazionale di Pittura Treviso Italy
2007      Prize of Excellence/Award of Distinction  Artoteque  London
2007      Finalist  May Exhibition  Solarte Art Gallery  New Mexico
2006      Selected Artist   Avant Card  Calling All Artists Project
2006      Finalist  Norvill Art Prize
2006      First Prize  Just Nudes Exhibition  Ipswich
2005      Finalist  Cromwell’s Art Prize
2005      People’s Choice Award  Regional Art Awards  Toowoomba
2005      RADF Grant to assist with expenses incurred in participating in group exhibition at Marziart
............... International Gallery in Hamburg
2003     RADF Grant to assist with travel expenses to Florence to participate in the Biennale Internazionale
...............dell’Arte Contemporanea

Publications
2006     Manly Daily 7/7/06 ‘Figuratively Speaking’
2005    Queensland Times 22/6/05 ‘Ipswich Art Stops German Traffic’
2005    ‘Vanguard – Paper wake’ Issue 1 2005 – University of Queensland’s Art and Literary Journal
2004    Spectrum  Weekend Edition  Sydney Morning Herald 30/10/04 Review of ‘Lighting the Body’ Exhibition
............. by Lenny Ann Low
2003    Catalogue of Artists – Fourth Edition of the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea