Melanie Crawford
Artist CV
EDUCATION
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts/Education - BArtEd (1st Class Honours), UNSW College of Fine Arts Fine Art Majors – Sculpture, Installation, Photography, Painting and Digital Media
1997 Bachelor of Arts - BA, Macquarie University NSW Major – Primary Education
1993 Diploma of Hospitality Management, Macleay College, NSW
1991 Killara High School, NSW - HSC
CAREER HISTORY
2017 – Current | Immanuel College, Novar Gardens SA - Program Coordinator Visual Arts
2016 - 2017 | St Patrick’s College, Strathfield, NSW - Visual Arts Teacher
2014 – 2015 | Campbelltown Performing Arts High School, NSW - Visual Arts & Photography Teacher
2013 – 2014 | Oakhill College Castle Hill, NSW - Photography and Visual Arts & Photography Teacher
2012 – 2013 | Concord High School, NSW - Visual Arts and Photography Teacher
MEMBERSHIP
2024 - present | Visual Arts Educators South Australia (VAESA) – Executive Committee Member
2024 - present | Art Education Australia (AEA) Member
2023 - present | Royal Society of Art SA (RSASA) Member
2023 - 2024 | Guildhouse Member
2022 - 2024 | Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) Member
AWARDS
2023 Winner First Prize – RSASA Abstract Art Prize - Kennedy Arts Foundation
2022 Winner Art Educator Award - South Australian Minister for Education
2021 Winner for South Australia - ZART National Teacher Artist Prize
2018 Winner Best Commemorative Art Award - ANZAC Day Schools Awards
FINALIST
2025 Finalist West Torrens Art Prize - Colour in West Torrens
2023 Finalist Kennedy Art Prize – Beauty – RSASA Gallery SA
2023 Finalist ‘The Next Big Thing’ Prize, Toowoomba Art Gallery QLD
2022 Finalist in the Zart National Teacher Artist Award in Melbourne VIC
2021 Finalist Bluethumb Art Prize
2021 Finalist Art Lovers Australia Prize
PUBLICATIONS
2024 - 2025 Presenting Beautiful Homes - Styling of Luxury homes in Adelaide
2023 SA Life Luxury Edition magazine feature – September Luxury Edition
2022 Art Folio 2022 International book publication - ed. Douglas King
2022 Featured on Australia’s Best Home – Hosted by Megan Gale on TV 9Life
2012 Published Artist in Photomedia: Site and Context - with Dr Izabela Pluta
EXHIBITIONS
2025 - 2026 Exhibition of selected works, Bora Café, Grange, SA
2025 Solo Exhibition - Drift - Pirate Life Brewing, Port Adelaide, SA
2024 Solo Exhibition - Cibo Café Prospect, SA
2024 SALA Solo Exhibition Visual Poetry – Adelaide Central Plaza, Adelaide SA
2024 Art Lovers Australia – We Dream in Colour Exhibition – Melbourne VIC
2024 Solo Exhibition – Dérive - West Torrens Auditorium Gallery SA
2024 The Other Art Fair – Saatchi Art – May 16-19, Rozelle NSW
2023 Loreto SpringArt Show, Loreto College, Marryatville SA
2022 Figurative Impressions | Abstract Expressions group exhibition, Adelaide Airport SA
2022 Group Exhibition – Traversing Nature, Artworx Gallery, Goolwa SA
2022 Zart Prize Winning Artwork on Exhibit, Bluethumb Melbourne Gallery VIC
2022 VAESA Group Show – Breath, Light Square Gallery, SA
2021 Zart National Teacher Artist Prize Exhibition, The Lennox Gallery, VIC
2020 – 2022: Selected Works, Bluethumb Gallery, Adelaide SA
2020 SALA Solo Exhibition, Ambleside Distillers, Hahndorf SA
2020 SALA Solo Exhibition, Chateau Tanunda, Barossa SA
2020 Selected works, The Gallery, Waymouth St, Adelaide SA
2019 Loreto SpringArt Show, Loreto College, Marryatville SA
2019 SALA Festival, Centre for Creative Health, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
2019 Solo Exhibition – True North, Prospect Gallery, SA
2018 Loreto SpringArt Show, Loreto College, Marryatville SA
2018 Gallery One, VAESA Group Show – Mitcham, SA
2012 Annual Graduate Exhibition UNSW Roundhouse, NSW
2012 Photomedia Exhibition Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdańsk, Poland
2012 Halfadesk Exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Paddington NSW
2011 Notorious D.I.G, Group Exhibition COFASpace Gallery NSW
2011 Postcards Exhibition, ESP Gallery, Marrickville NSW
2009 Exhibiting Studio Based Practicing Artist residency - Lavender Hill SW11
2004 International Creative Connections Scholarship residency, Seoul, South Korea