Ebony Truscott

About/CV

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(b.1977) is a Melbourne-based artist employing observational realism in painting and works on paper. Her work is marked by an interest in human sensation and perception, particularly the relationship between sight and touch.

Education

2003Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1997Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

Solo Exhibitions

2017Handheld Ellipse, Sutton Projects, Melbourne
2015The Comfort of Gravity, Mr Kitly, Melbourne
2012Still Life, Mr Kitly, Melbourne
2005Prints and Drawings, Platform, Melbourne

Selected Group Shows

2018Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Melbourne
2017Darebin Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead, Melbourne
Spring 1883, CAVES, The Establishment, Sydney
2016Moya McKenna - Sophie Neate - Ebony Truscott, CAVES, Melbourne
2007Big and Small, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth
Tattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Melbourne
2004National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
The Swan Hill National Print and Drawing Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery
2003The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
2002The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
2001The Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Fellowship, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
The Roger Kemp Memorial Prize, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
Nikon Summer Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbournee
1998The Victorian College of the Arts Prize-winners, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
1995Nature Morte, The University of Melbourne, George Paton Gallery

Selected Professional Experience

2018Teaching Associate, VCA, University of Melbourne
2009-15Sessional Educator, Learning and Access, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2006Sessional Speaker, School of Art, VCA, University of Melbourne
2003Guest Writer and Artist, SBS Australia
1996Assistant to Rosslynd Piggott Measuring the distance between Paris and pure blue

Awards and Grants

2017Arts Project Grant for Individuals, The Australia Council for the Arts
2003The Honours Prize, The Victorian College of the Arts
2001Nikon Summer Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Bond Colour Award
1999Reserve Candidate, Japanese Government Monbusho Research Scholarship
1997Roger Kemp Memorial Prize
1995The National Gallery of Victoria Society Award