Sarah Hickey’s series of idols and still life vignettes are expressions of an internal world of dreaming and reflection. The complex layering of imagery and patterns depict beauty, spiritual iconography and the divine feminine/masculine.
A Griffith University Queensland College of Art graduate, Sarah holds bachelor degrees in fine arts and education. She has had ten solo exhibitions and participated in over thirty group shows. Her work has been a recent semi-finalist in The Doug Moran Portrait Prize and The Lester Art Prize. She has been a finalist in The Percival Portrait Prize, The Brisbane Portrait Prize, The Kennedy Art Prize, Redland Art Awards, Xstrata Percival Portrait Award, Clayton Utz Art Award, Marie Ellis OAM Drawing Prize, The Mandorla Art Award, Kenilworth Painting Prize, Lethbridge 10000 Art Award and SBS Portrait Prize.
Educational Qualifications:
Bachelor of Visual Arts in Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, 1997.
Bachelor of Education in Secondary Education, Griffith University, 2002.
Residencies:
2019 - Armidale Mural Residency, NSW, Australia.
2017 - Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia.
2017 - Graniti Art Project/Murales, Sicily, Italy.
Awards:
2023 - Finalist Clayton Utz Art Awards, Brisbane. QLD
2022 - Semi-Finalist The Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney. NSW.
2022 - Finalist Clayton Utz Art Awards, Brisbane. QLD.
2020 - Semi-Finalist The Lester Art Prize, Perth, WA.
2020 - Finalist Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane, QLD.
2020 - Finalist The Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Townsville. QLD.
2019 - Finalist in The Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide, SA.
2020/2019 - Finalist in the Southern Buoy Studio Portrait Prize, Mornington, VIC.
2019/2017/2016/2011 - Finalist in the Clayton Utz Art Awards
2018 - Winner - Best Mixed Media in the Rotary Art Spectacular
2016 - Finalist in the RQAS Queensland Figurative Art Prize
2017/2016/2015/2014/2013 - Finalist Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award
2016 - Finalist Kirribilli Centre 40th Anniversary Art Prize
2016/2015 - Finalist SHE Art Awards, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong
2014 - Finalist Redland Art Awards
2014 - Finalist Moreton Bay Region Art Award
2012 - Finalist Kenilworth Painting Prize
2012 - Finalist and recipient of the People's Choice Award Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing
2012 - Finalist Mandorla Art Award
2012 - Finalist Xstrata Percival Portrait Award
2012 - Finalist Gainsborough Greens Art Award
2011 - Finalist $20,000 Metro/Pearls Art Competition
Solo Exhibitions
2020 - Home, Hearth & Harbingers, Brisbane.
2019 - Kindred, Big Boom Gallery, Geelong
2018 - Camouflage, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2017 - Interior Jungles, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2015 - Vessel, Graydon Gallery, New Farm
2014 - Roost and Brood, Graydon Gallery, New Farm
2013 - Viscera, Graydon Gallery, New Farm
2012 - Tabernacle of Skin, Lust For Life Gallery, Fortitude Valley
2011 - Horned Lace Idols, White Canvas Gallery, Fortitude Valley
2010 - Menagerie at White Canvas Gallery, Fortitude Valley
2010 - Icons and Circus Sirens at Bleeding Heart Gallery, Brisbane CBD
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 - Festival of Figures, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide, SA.
2019 - Finalists Exhibition The Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide, SA.
2019 - Finalists Exhibition Southern Buoy Studios Portrait Prize, Mornington, VIC.
2019/2017/2016/2011 - Clayton Utz Art Awards, Brisbane.
2016/2015 - SHE Art Awards, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong.
2016 - Kirribilli Centre 40th Anniversary Art Prize, Kirribilli.
2017/2016/2015/2014 - Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Paddington.
2014 - Finalists Exhibition Redland Art Awards.
2014 - Finalists Exhibition Moreton Bay Art Awards, Strathpine.
2012 - Kenilworth Art Award - Exhibition of Finalists, Kenilworth.
2012 - Marie Ellis OAM Award - Exhibition of finalists, Jugglers Art Space, Fortitude Valley.
2012 - Xstrata Percival Portrait Award, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville.
2012 - Viva La Femme, Lust For Life Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.
2012 - Toyota Community Spirit Emerging Art Awards, Melbourne.
2011 - $20,000 Metro/Pearls Art Competition - Finalists Exhibition, Brisbane CBD
2011 - Folk Art / Fine Art, BSG, Melbourne.
2011 - Art for Art’s Sake Cerebral Palsy League, Riverside Centre, Brisbane
2011 - Growth: piece by piece, Exhibition of 20 Artists, Wintergarden on the mall
2011 - From the HeART WLS Fundraising Exhibition, Riverside Centre, Brisbane
2010 - Other Misconceptions, Level Ari, Newstead.
2010 - Hearts of Gold 3 group show, Brisbane CBD.
2010 - Fashion in Images Exhibition, Guildford Lane Gallery, Melbourne.