Shona Wilson
Born 1964, Edinburgh, Scotland
Lives & Works – Smiths Lake (Worimi)
With a career spanning over two decades, Shona Wilson continues to engage with permutations of the natural world in her intricate, awe-inspiring assemblages. Often focussing on the bypassed and the unseen, Wilson amplifies and decontextualizes the micro to draw attention to the wonders of ostensibly ‘insignificant’ elements of the everyday. The artist perceives nature’s materials to be repositories of information, stories and knowledge: 'for me, these materials have become a set of keys, unlocking doors to science, history, memory, imagination and spirit.' Her recent work investigates the interfaces and thresholds between nature and culture, revealing that they are ultimately inseparable.
Wilson has been the recipient of notable residencies and scholarships, including the Omi International Artists Residency, New York, and the Travelling Scholarship, Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD. She was a finalist in the Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize (2023, 2022), Blake Prize (2004) and Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize (2003), and her work is held in important collections such as Macquarie Bank, Artbank, Shepparton and Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Macquarie University Art Gallery and Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
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Arthouse Group Show
Summer – Part 1 9 - 27 January 2024Arthouse Gallery is delighted to begin 2024 with 'Summer' featuring a selection of new and exciting works from our stable of artists. This coming year features solo shows by newly–represented,...Read more -
Group Show
Paper 4 May - 10 June 2023'Paper & Clay' brings together the work of twenty-nine Australian artists traversing the timeless materiality of two enduring artforms. Unencumbered by dense conceptual wilderness, the works in this show posit...Read more -
Shona Wilson
Offering 14 September - 1 October 2016Shona Wilson's new series of sculptural assemblages ‘Offering’ represents the artist’s personal gesture of gratitude to Nature for the tremendous ‘gifted’ bounty. Created solely from found natural material and, specifically,...Read more
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Arthouse Gallery artists part of Women for Change
Sibyl Centre, Womens College at the University of Sydney. 6 February 2024Arthouse Gallery is delighted to be participating in a major fundraising event for Women for Change. The inaugural IGNITE Art Show is a silent auction...Read more -
Shona Wilson wins the People's Choice Award in the Environmental Art & Design Prize
Manly Art Gallery and Museum 24 August 2023Congratulations to Shona Wilson who has been awarded the People’s Choice Award in the Environmental Art & Design Prize at Manly Art Gallery and Museum...Read more -
Several artists announced as finalists in the Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize
Manly Art Gallery & Museum 24 June 2023Manly Art Gallery & Museum Curl Curl Creative Space and Mona Vale Creative Space Gallery 4 — 27 August 2023 We are delighted to announce...Read more