Bio

CAMIE LYONS


EDUCATION

Master of Fine Art, major sculpture, College of Fine Arts, Paddington (COFA) Australia
Bachelor of Fine Art, major sculpture, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Australia
Concrete Course - Chalmers University, Sweden
Studied Butoh and Laban Movement Techniques, Soros Foundation, Bulgaria
Granite Course - Sten Academy & Chalmers University, Sweden



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Undulation, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2022 Bush Calligraphy Australian Galleries, Sydney
2020 Making Meaning, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2020 A Physical Response Australian Galleries, Sydney
2019 A Physical Response Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2019 Humming Space’ Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Untethered,Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2017 Out on a Limb, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2017 At Bull Bay, Residency Artist at Delmar Gallery, Hobart
2016 Spirit Recovered, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2016 Tenderness and Tenacity, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 Rural Romance, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2015 The Sinuous Line, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2015 At Bull Bay, Residency Artist at Delmar Gallery, Hobart
2014 Finding Beauty, Solo exhibition at the Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2012 Butterfly Effect, sculpture, drawings and paintings, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2011 Wallflower, sculpture and drawings, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2009 In the Zone, sculpture and drawings, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2008 Lyrical, sculpture and drawings, Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2006 Falling, sculpture and drawings, Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2005 Casting Into Space Sculpture and drawings, Kudos Gallery, Paddington



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 6 x 6 x 6 Miniature Sculpture Show 2022, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2022 Artists at Home: Book Launch 2022, Olsen Gallery, Sydney`
2022 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
2022 Sculpture Inside, Bondi, Sydney
2022 Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, Booragul, NSW
2021 Sculpture at Scenic World 2021, Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW
2021 Sculpture Other, Katoomba Cultural Centre, Booragul, NSW
2020 Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair (online)
2020 Winter Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2020 Persona, gallery HZ, Hong Kong
2020 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Sydney
2020 Navigating the Line (online exhibition) Australian Galleries
2020 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney
2020 Live in Art 2020 (Highly Commended) Live in Art Gallery, Sydney
2020 Sculpture at Scenic World 2020, Blue Mountains, NSW (postponed 2021)
2020 Scupture Other, Katoomba Cultural Center, Blue Mountains, NSW
2019 Sydney Contemporary Works on Paper, Australian Galleries, NSW
2017 ‘At Bull Bay’, Delmar Gallery, Hobart
2015 ‘At Bull Bay’, Delmar Gallery, Hobart
2014 Twenty Fourteen, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2013 Loaded: The Ned Kelly Exhibition at the Australian High Commission, Singapore
2013 Grounded, the Australian High Commission, Singapore
2013 Sydney Contemporary, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Australia
2012 Just This Moment, sculpture and drawings, Australasian Art Projects, Singapore
2012 Melbourne Art Fair, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2011 Wattle: A Survey of Contemporary Australian Art, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2010 Sculpture 2010, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2010 Signal 8 (Summer Show), Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 Melbourne Art Fair, Tim Olsen Gallery
2009 Hong Kong Art Fair, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2007 Signal8, sculpture, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2007 Ionosphere, sculpture, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2006 Friend Lyons Petrie, collection of sculpture, Stella Downer Fine Art, Waterloo
2006 Sculpture 2006, Heavy Metal Ballet series, Global Gallery, Paddington
2005 Ned & Bob Exhibition of works at Hungerford & Edmunds Architects, Camperdown
2004 e:Motion Exhibition of new sculpture and paintings, Spence & Lyda, Surry Hills, Sydney
2004 Art In The Park Exhibition to launch Outdoor gallery at Maundrell Park, Marrickville Council
2004 Without Reason, Biennale of Sydney, COFA Exhibition Space, UNSW
2004 Push Hard, Cut Deep, Collection of granite sculptures displayed at Avja yards, Sweden
2003 Granite Plays Granite, sculptures and earth drawings, Hunnebostrand, Sweden
2002 Urban Pods Bronze and steel installation, foyer of Bouverie Close, Melbourne Apartments
2002 Breath Becton Sculpture Biennale, bronze and steel sculpture, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
2002 Working Drawings Series of drawings on canvas, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
2001 Local Branches Bronze, public sculpture installed for Waverley Council, Bondi Junction, NSW
2001 ARCA Bronze dance studies, Australia Council for the Arts, Surry Hills, Sydney
2000 Earth Cycle Concrete and steel, public sculpture installed in Gothenburg City Gardens, Sweden
2000 Moebius Dance Bronze sculpture, Artbox, Sherman Galleries, Paddington, Sydney
1999 Emerge, Multiply Work featured in Sydney Design Week by Spence and Lyda, Sydney


GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2022 Finalist in the Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, Booragul, NSW
2022 Finalist in the North Sydney Art Prize 2022, The Coal Loader Cenre for Sustainability, Sydney
2021 Residency at Umbi Gumbi, Cutagee, NSW
2021 Winner of Sculpture at Scenic World Award, Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW
2021 Winner of Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Award, Katoomba, NSW
2021 Commission by the Langham Group, Major Foyer Bronze, Gold Coast, QLD
2020 Highly Commended Award for the Live in Art 2020 Invitational Art Prize, Zobon Group, Sydney/China
2020 Selected artist to attend the Artist Residency at BigCi Australia, funded by Scenic World Blue Mountains
2020 Finalist for SXS 2020, Bondi
2020 Received the Umbi Gumbi Creative Residency, June 2020, Cuttagee NSW
2019 ‘Symbols of Endearment’ 4 large drawings commissioned by Tiffany & Co
2019 For Sydney Flagship Store, permanent display
2018 Hill End Residency, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
2017 Bull Bay Artist in Residency, Bruny Island, Tasmania
2016 Natures Waltz, Kerry Hotel foyer sculptures, Hong Kong
2014 Bull Bay Artist in Residency, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia
2011 True Project’ sculpture commission for Phuket, Thailand
2009 Many Leaps Towards You’ wall installation, Pullman Project, Homebush Bay, Australia
2008 Public sculpture commission, Hoi Ha Wan National Marine Reserve, Hong Kong
2006 Public sculpture commission for Sydney City Council, Bedford Place Park, Surry Hills, Australia
2005 Awarded Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
2004 Guest Artist, Stone Academy Hunnebostrand Sweden 
2003 Chalmers University Sweden- Artist in Residence, stone sculpting course
2001 Scholarship to attend Butoh and Laban Techniques in Sofia, Bulgaria, Soros Foundation
2000 Winner of the Baron Edson Public Art Commission, Waverly Council, Bondi Junction, Australia
 Artist in Residence at Chalmers University Sweden, attended concrete sculpting course
1999 Finalist in the Green Square Sculpture Commission, City of Sydney
1997 RMIT Arts Union Grant, project funding 
 RMIT Student Union Grant - performance funding
1996 Ella Donald Fine Art Scholarship, Department of Education


PUBLICITY

Harrison, D. for Vogue Living Australia, ‘Full of Grace’, March/April 2014, p.128
Interviewed on Asia Pacific Focus, aired Singapore 9 October and ABC in Australia 13 October 2013
Hinchy, M. for Vogue Living, ‘Gallery View’, works featured in Article on Hong Kong gallerist Mandy D’abo, Jan/Feb, 2013
d’Abo, M. and Bryan, K. ‘Wattle: Australian Contemporary Art, 2011
Wright, J. for Belle magazine, ‘Close to Nature’, November 2010, p.122
Freedman, L. for House and Garden UK, ‘Wine and Song’, artwork in Carcassonne France, August 2010
Art2Art, sculpture featured in The Sydney Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, August, 2010
Green Magazine - Copper sculpture in Cover featured Home, Issue 15, 2010
House and Garden UK, sculpture featured in home in Languedoc France, August, 2010
King Furniture - 2Continue, National Range Magazine, 2008
Luxury Homes Seaside - Edited by Cristina Paredes Benitez, published by Teneues, 2007
House and Garden - sculpture on front cover, September, 2006
Vogue Living - Continuem and Amore, May/June, 2006
Inside Out - Heavy Metal Ballet, March/April, 2006
Belle magazine, Trio/Forbidden Fruit, January 2006,
Belle magazine, Collector’s Edition - Lyons Share, December, 2005
Australian Interiors, April, 2005
(the) Sydney Magazine, March 2005
Inside Out, March/April, 2005
Belle - Collectors' Edition, December, 2004
Reflex - In Sync, painting, featured in TV commercial Australia wide
AMEX - two sculptures featured in stills campaign, world wide usage
Vogue Apartments - special issue, work in D. Richards apartment, July, 2004
Vogue Living, ‘The White Issue’, September, 2003
Vogue Living, May/June, 2002
Sofia TV - interviewed by Bulgarian TV on scholarship experiences, August 2001 Sculptural Gardens, Sutherland, Liverpool and Fairfield Champion Newspapers, by Alvin Stone, January 2000
Marie Claire Lifestyle, sculpture featured in the story 'Metallica', May/June, 2000
A bit on the side - artist interviews on FBI radio 96.9FM, July 1999
Domain, Sydney Morning Herald, The Great Art Doors, by N Lehmann, 1999
By Design - episodes 5 & 10, The Lifestyle Channel, Foxtel, 1999
Marie Claire Lifestyle - Growth, December, 1999


SELECTED PERFORMANCE

Butoh and Laban Experimental Performances - Redhouse Theatre, Sofia, Bulgaria
Red Hot and Hungry - Performed around Melbourne CBD public spaces
Bound - Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne
Storm in a Teacup Dance Theatre - full time member of company performing extensively around Victoria. Seasons included - Something's Brewing, Braving the Element's, Storm, dance in education programs, film, open studio performances and collaboration, choreographic workshops, improvisation and dance exchange programs


COLLECTIONS

AMP Capitol, Sydney
Classic, East Melbourne (a development by Cbus/designed by Bates Smart)
Deloitte
Hilton Hotel Sydney
Langham Group, Gold Coast
Tiffany & Co. Sydney
Gothenburg City Gardens, Slottskogen
Hoi Ha Wan Marine Reserve, Hong Kong
Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong (Shangri-La Group)
Sydney City Council
Waverley City Council


Public and private collections in Australia, England, Singapore, Sweden, London, Hong Kong, France, Macau,Thailand, Hawaii, Los Angeles and New York