CURRICULUM VITAE: Ester Poyas
BIOGRAPHY:
2020-24 Bachelor of Textile (Design), RMIT, Melbourne
2018/19 Master of Fine Art, RMIT, Melbourne
2016 Graduate Certificate of Visual Art, VCA, University of Melbourne
2014/15 Advanced Diploma of Visual Art, Box Hill Institute, CAE Campus
2009-13 Conducted self-directed class in Ink Brush Painting, Sumi-e & Calligraphy
2006-08 Chairman of ADFAS (Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society) Byron Bay Branch
2003-13 Member of PAN (Professional Artists Network), Byron Bay
2001-04 Lismore, TAFE NSW, Diploma of Fine Art
1999-2000 Diploma of Visual Arts, majoring in Printmaking, CAE, Melbourne
1985-2000 Studied Ink Brush Painting (Sumi-e) & Calligraphy, Mangala Studios, Carlton
EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Reflections, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood
2020 Bayside Local: Journeys and Discoveries, Brighton Gallery, Brighton
Simply Perfect, Solo Exhibition, Alternating Current Art Space, Windsor
2019 Reclaim the Crone workshop, culminating in Performance at Testing Grounds, Southbank
Master of Fine Art Graduate Exhibition, RMIT
2018 The Artist is Still Present, Alternating Current Art Space, Windsor
2017 Immerse Public Art Festival, Knox City Council, Wantirna
The Artist is Still Present, Solo Exhibition, Studio Kura, Itoshima-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
Conversations, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford
2016 one hundred and sixty-five degrees, Graduate Certificate in Visual Art , VCA
Contemporary Localised Survey, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
Form & Fabric, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
2015 Nocturne, Advanced Diploma of Visual Art Graduate Exhibition, The Journal, Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Solo Exhibition, The Journal, Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Inaugural Emerging Artist Award at fortyfive downstairs, Melbourne
2011 Curated The Year of the Rabbit, an exhibition of my students’ work, The Orient Express, Byron Bay
2010 Curated Exhibition of Japanese Ink Brush Painting, an exhibition of my students’ work, The Orient Express, Byron Bay.
2008 Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery
Still Life, Solo Exhibition, Haiku Framing & Design Byron Bay
2007 Border Art Prize, Gold Coast Gallery
Group Exhibition, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay
2006 Inspired, Solo Exhibition, Haiku Framing & Design Byron Bay
Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery
Visual Writers, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay
2005 Metamorphosis, Solo Exhibition, Dolphin Cafe, Brunswick Heads NSW
2004 Solo exhibition of prints, drawing & collage at Core Studio, Byron Bay
2001 Facets, Graduate Exhibition, TAFE NSW-North Coast Institute, Lismore Campus
2000 Distractions, CAE Visual Artists, The C.U.B Malthouse, Southbank
1999 Spontaneity, Solo Exhibition of Ink Brush Painting & Calligraphy, Theatreworks, St Kilda