Photo credit, Charmaine Lyons

Photo credit, Charmaine Lyons

Visual Artist Meaghan Shelton engages her trans disciplinary practice to address the ineffable aspects of female experience through the lens of traditional craft practice. Based in the Surf Coast Shire of Victoria, the artist draws from her own story, a fourth generation Irish- Scottish/ Anglo, Australian woman.

Relying on the evocation of memory within domestic spaces, her exploration of the craft/ fine art nexus challenges the connection between the historical marginalisation of art made by women and its hierarchical valuing of materiality.

Currently undertaking her Doctorate studies with Queensland University of Technology, Meaghan was the recipient of the Surf Coast Shire Covid Recovery Grant in 2021. Working alongside Lorne Community Connect she piloted and developed the new Lorne Artist in Residence program. In 2023 she was awarded Overall Winner in the Du Rietz Art Awards, QLD and was also recipient of the Dorothy Birt Award Scholarship QUT in recognition of her innovation in materials. Meaghan is currently working on her creative practice whilst writing her thesis. Her curatorial projects for 2024 are Unconnected Yet and Stilling Time, Sensing Place at Lorne Community Connect Arts Precinct Victoria, Australia.

Meaghan Shelton Artist ~ CV

Academic Qualifications

  • 2022- current. PhD Candidature, School of Creative Practice, QUT. Brisbane, Q.

  • 2018 Master of Fine Art (Practice-led research), Queensland University of Technology. Q.

  • 2004 Bachelor of Fine Art/Visual Art, Painting. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Vic.

  • 1998 Diploma of Fine Art/Visual Art, Painting. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Vic.

Certifications

  • 2017 Practice-led Research in Creative Arts, Media and Design. Australian Technology Network of Universities. Q.

  • 2012 Cert 3 Micro Business Operations. Brisbane, Q. 2008 Cert IV Business- Small Business Management. Mooloolaba, Q.

  • 2002 Cert IV Workplace Trainer and Assessor. Caloundra, Q. 1990 Women’s Photography. ILEA, London SE. UK.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2021- Bricolage, Lorne Community Connect, Vic.

  • 2020 Kia Sulc Residency. Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, Q.

  • 2018 Woven Tacit Galleries, Gallery 1 Collingwood, Vic.

  • 2017 anamnesis. Installation Doofword- multi arts festival, Cooroy. Q.

  • 2017 intricate, infinite. Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2017 finessing the intricate infinite. Frank Moran Memorial Gallery QUT Brisbane. Q.

  • 2015 Homeward Bound. KCC Kandanga, Q.

  • 2011 Becomings. Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre. Cooroy, Q.

  • 2009 Uncertain Landscape. Doggett Street Studios, Newstead. Brisbane, Q.

  • 2008 Solar Coaster Festival. Featured artist, Sunshine Coast Grammar Chapel. Q.

  • 2007 Overflow (L’amour Fou) Arts Queensland, Brisbane, Q. E.g.etal Galleries Little Collins St. and

    Flinders Lane Melbourne, Vic.

  • 2006 Storybook Main Gallery, ‘Pick of the Crop’. Noosa Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2000 Dip Guggenheim Gallery. Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Vic.

  • 1996 Featured Artist, David Jones Fashion Week. City Store, Bourke St Mall Melbourne, Vic.

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2024 (upcoming) CrossXpollinatioN, feature artist. COPACC, Vic

  • 2024 Unconnected Yet, Lorne Community Connect Arts Precinct. Lorne, Victoria, Australia.

  • 2023 Du Rietz Art Awards, Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2022 CIESJ HDR Showcase ( Creative Industries Education and Social Justice, Higher Degree Research ): The Block. QUT Kelvin Grove Campus, Q.

  • 2022 CrossXpollinatioN, selected artist, COPACC, Vic.

  • 2020 Wildflower Women III, Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2019 Du Rietz Art Awards, Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2019 Rites of Passage. Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2018 Excerpts, Selected Alumni. QUT Creative Industries, Kelvin Grove, Q.

  • 2018 Percival Photographic Prize, Perc Tucker Gallery. Townsville, Q.

  • 2018 Flowers and the Axe, screening and stills exhibition. The Green Room Studio, Cooroy, Q.

  • 2018 The White Sheet Project, Cross Gallery. Bundaberg, Q.

  • 2018 ICONS, Cross Gallery. Bundaberg, Q.

  • 2017 Iconic Queensland, The Touring Exhibition of the 2017 Queensland Regional Art Awards. Q.

  • 2017 Brisbane Art Prize. Judith Wright Centre Brisbane, Q.

  • 2017 Heritage Art Prize, Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2017 Now and Then Gympie 150 th Anniversary. Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2016 Gender Gaze Photographic Exhibition and Project, Metro Arts Brisbane, Q.

  • 2016 Heritage Art Prize, Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2016 Squeeze Noosa Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2016 ANL Maritime Art Prize, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • 2015 ANL Maritime Art Prize, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • 2015 Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Art with Heart. Gympie Civic Centre, Q.

  • 2015 Mary Valley Art Festival, Q/ 2015 Heritage Art Prize, Gympie, Q.

  • 2014 Kenilworth Trophy Art Prize, Q.

  • 2014 The Apron- Beneath the Skin. Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2014 The Apron- Beneath the Surface. Brisbane Institute of Art. Q.

  • 2013 Andrew Fisher Portrait Prize, Gympie Regional Gallery. Gympie, Q.

  • 2012 Art for Sharks. Bleeding Hearts Gallery, Brisbane, Q.

  • 2012 Noosa Surface Design Project, Noosa Library, Q.

  • 2012 Biosphere Day. Noosa Woods, Q.

  • 2011 ANL Maritime Art Prize. Flinders St. Melbourne. Vic.

  • 2011 Exhale Curatorial and Educational roles. Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, Q.

  • 2010 Kenilworth Art Prize. Kenilworth Arts Council, Q.

  • 2010 Clayton Utz Art Prize Finalist, Brisbane. Q.

  • 2010 Art for Sharks Gipps Street Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.

  • 2008- 2010 Habitus- Habitat Touring Exhibition. Regional Galleries, Q.

  • 2007 Pattern Break Umbrella Studio, Townsville. Q.

  • 2006 Da Kid’s Code Redcliffe City Gallery. Q.

  • 2006 Fifteen Artists Redcliffe City Gallery, Redcliffe. Q.

  • 2005 Habitus- Habitat Caloundra Regional Art Gallery. Q.

  • 2005 In with the Out Crowd Noosa Regional Gallery. Q.

  • 2005 Nascent - Best of the Graduates Q.U.T Art Museum, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane. Q.

  • 2004 Modus Vivendi Q U T Art Museum, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane. Q.

  • 2001 From Distant Shores Curatorial role. Eumundi Museum. Q.

  • 2001 Maroochydore Art Festival Q.L.D.

  • 1999 R.M.I.T. Fine Art at the Yuan-Ze University. Selected artist, Taipei, China.

  • 1998 Show R.M.I.T Cardigan St. Carlton, Vic.

  • 1997 R.M.I.T. Cardigan St. Carlton, Vic.

Awards / Prizes

  • 2023 Dorothy Birt Award Scholarship QUT School of Creative Practice, Q.

  • 2023 Overall Winner, Du Rietz Art Awards. Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2021 RTP Scholarship, Doctor of Philosophy. Queensland University of Technology. Q.

  • 2021 Covid Recovery Grant recipient. Surf Coast Shire Council. Vic.

  • 2021 RAF grant, Regional Arts Victoria. Vic.

  • 2021 NAVA grant. NSW.

  • 2019 Winner, Budget Steel 3D Prize. Du Rietz Art Awards, Gympie Regional Gallery. Q.

  • 2019 Highly Commended Open Section, Mary Valley Art Festival. Imbil, Q.

  • 2019 RADF Grant Recipient, Noosa Council, Q.

  • 2019 RAF Grant Recipient, Flying Arts. Q.

  • 2018 Arts Queensland Showcase Award Grant, Q.

  • 2018 RADF Grant Recipient. Gympie Shire Council, Q.

  • 2018 Finalist, Percival Photographic Portrait Prize. Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, Q.

  • 2017 Winner, Textile Art Award. Queensland Regional Art Awards, Q.

  • 2017 Finalist, Brisbane Art Prize. Judith Wright Centre Brisbane, Q.

  • 2017 Award Scholarship, Compton School, Melbourne. Vic.

  • 2017 RADF Grant Recipient. Gympie Regional Council, Q.

  • 2017 Arts Queensland RAF Professional Development Award Grant.

  • 2017 Winner, Heritage Art Prize. Gympie Regional Gallery.

  • 2016 Finalist, Brisbane Festival, ‘Gender Gaze’ Photographic Exhibition. Metro Arts, Q.

  • 2016 Finalist Women’s Art Prize (WAP), City of Ryde Sydney, NSW.

  • 2016 Highly Commended, Heritage Art Prize, Gympie Regional Gallery. Q.

  • 2016 Finalist ANL Art Prize, Melbourne, Vic.

  • 2015 Finalist ANL Art Prize, Melbourne, Vic.

  • 2015 Mary Valley Art Festival, 1st Prize 3D Award, Q.

  • 2015 Winner, Heritage Art Prize, Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2014 Winner, Kenilworth Trophy Art Prize for Portraiture. KAC, Q.

  • 2014 RADF Grant Recipient, Gympie Shire Council.

  • 2011 Finalist ANL Maritime Art Prize, Flinders St Melbourne. Vic.

  • 2010 Finalist, Clayton Utz Art Prize, Brisbane. Q.

  • 2010 Finalist Kenilworth Art Prize. Kenilworth Arts Council. Q.

  • 2009 Arts Queensland Professional Development Grant Recipient

  • 2007 Finalist, Travelling Scholarship Noosa Regional Gallery. Q.

  • 2007 RADF Grant Recipient. Maroochy Shire Council.

  • 2006 RADF Grant Recipient. Maroochy Shire Council.

  • 2006 Finalist, Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition. Brisbane. Q.

  • 2005 Habitus / Habitat Volunteers’ Award. Caloundra City Gallery, Q.

  • 2004 Artist in Residence. Warner Brothers, Gold Coast, Q.

  • 2002 Finalist, Caloundra Art Festival, Q.

  • 2001 Winner, Painting Prize. Maroochydore Arts Festival. Q.

  • 2001 Maroochydore Arts Festival ‘People’s Choice Award’ Painting.

  • 2001 Highly Commended, Textile Award. Maroochydore Arts Festival, Q.

  • 2000 Selected Artist, Taipei University, China.

Residencies and special appointments

  • 2024 Curator Stilling Time, Sensing Place. Lorne Photographic Prize. Lorne Community Connect Arts Precinct. Vic.

  • 2023 Co-curator Unconnected Yet. International collaboration, Lorne iteration. Lorne Community Connect Arts Precinct. Vic

  • 2023 Curator, Lorne for All Seasons Photographic Exhibition, Lorne Community Connect. Vic.

  • 2021- 2022 Lorne Artist in Residence, pilot artist in residence and residency development. Lorne Community Connect, Vic.

  • 2019 Rites of Passage, curatorial appointment Gympie Regional Gallery, Q.

  • 2018 Oratunga Winter School Scholarship J.M.Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, University of Adelaide, S.A.

  • 2017 Compton School Creative Leadership Workshop Series Scholarship. The Arcade, South Melbourne, Vic.

  • 2018 Flowers and the Axe, music video for Masterpiece Records Cooroy, Q. Art Director and Stills Photographer on location Tuchekoi, Q.

  • 2017 Artist in Residence, Gympie Woodworkers Museum. Gympie Q.

  • 2011 Exhale, curatorial appointment. Butter Factory Arts Centre, Q.

  • 2004 Artist in Residence, Warner Brothers. Gold Coast, Q.

  • 2001 Distant Shores, curatorial appointment. Eumundi Museum, Q.

Publications

  • Shelton, Meaghan L. (2018) Intricate, infinite: Addressing the ineffable aspects of women’s experience through the lens of traditional craft practice. Masters by Research by Creative Works, Queensland University of Technology.

  • Ex.cat, Meaghan Shelton Woven (2018) Publisher: Tacit Art ISBN 13:978-1-925858-07-05

Collections

  • Cavalier Engineering Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast University Public Hospital, E.g.etal Galleries Flinders Lane Melbourne. S.C.O.P.E Maroochydore Q.L.D. Private Collections Australia, U.K.