CV
Born 1972, Perth
Lives and works in Perth, Western Australia.
Education
1997 Bachelor of Arts (Design), Curtin University, Perth
1994 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Edith Cowan University, Perth
Solo Exhibitions
2021 One Long Moment, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2020 Things Past, Art Collective WA, Perth
2019 Everything Is Waiting, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2019 Black Swan State Theatre Company Collaboration
2017 The Real Thing, Murray Art Museum, Albury, Australia
2017 This is Nowhere, Art Collective WA, Perth
2016 Home, Sullivan+Strumpf, Singapore
2015 Still Matter, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2014 Joanna Lamb, Art Stage Singapore, Sullivan+Strumpf, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2013 15 Colour Series, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2011 Interiors, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2010 Apartment, Johnston Gallery, Perth
2009 High Rise, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2009 Flatland: A Continuing Romance, Johnston Gallery, Perth
2008 Flatland: A Continuing Romance, Johnston Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2007 Flatland: A Continuing Romance, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2006 Flatland, Johnston Gallery, Perth
2004 Pleasantville Paintings, Artplace, Perth
2003 Pleasantville, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2001 Identity, Artplace, Perth
1998 Slowness, Artplace, Perth
1996 Suburbia – Dreams and Desires, Verge Gallery, Perth
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Contour 556, Mixing Room Gallery, Canberra
2021 The View from Here, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (two commissioned works)
2020 Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2020 Making her Mark: Selected Works from the Collection, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria
2019 Brisbane Brief, Festival House, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
2018 The Waves, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, Australia
2018 The Waves, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, Australia
2017 Melbourne Pop-up, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Psycho Geography Perth, Gallery Central, North Metropolitan TAFE, Perth
2016 Art Stage Jakarta, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel2016 Arrival, Sullivan+Strumpf, Singapore
2016 Invisible Genres, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Perth
2015 The Triumph of Modernism in the Art of Australia, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and TarraWarra Museum of Art
2015 10th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2014 Sublime Point: The Landscape in Painting, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Gymea
2013 PICA Salon 2013, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
2013 Holiday and Memory, Penrith Regional Gallery and Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, Sydney
2012 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2012 Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast
2011 Korean International Art Fair, Sullivan+Strumpf, COEX Exhibition and Convention Centre, Seoul, Korea
2009 The Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne and Touring Exhibition
2009 Built, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
2008 Time and Place – Selected Works from the TWMA Collection, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville
2007 ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
2006 Parallel Lives: Australian Painting Today, TarraWarra Biennial 2006, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville
2005 Mix Tape, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
2005 Configured, Art on the Move, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth and touring
2005 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Invitation Art Prize, Central TAFE Art Gallery, Perth
2004 BankWest Art Prize, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
2001 Houseandlandpackage, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth
1998 Collaborations, Geraldton Regional Gallery, Geraldton
1997 The Artist’s Self Portrait, Artshouse Gallery, Perth
1996 Suburbia – Dreams and Desires, Verge Gallery, Perth
1995 Art, Architecture, Dance – Praxis, Busy Bee Arcade Walls, James Street, Perth
Bibliography
2021 Nyanda Smith. ‘Joanna Lamb: A Vernacular of Place.’ Sullivan+Strumpf Magazine, Summer Issue 2021-22.
2020 Jaimi Wright. ‘Tilted Realites.’ Seesaw Magazine 17 March.
2019 ‘Joanna Lamb: Everything is Waiting.’ Art Collector, March.
2018 Black Swan State Theatre. ‘Plan Your Visit.’ Water Show Programme, October.
2016 ‘Inventory // Shades of Suburbia.’ Playground Journal, 12 October.
2016 Chelsea Lim. ‘Feeling of a Place: Interview with Joanna Lamb.’ Art Hop, 5 October.
2016 Angela Low. ‘Into the Mind of an Artist | 12 Quotes by Australian Painter Joanna Lamb.’ Pop Spoken, 20 September.2016 Bouchara, Claire. ‘Joanna Lamb Exposes Superficiality of Suburban Home at Sullivan+Strumpf’, Blouin Artinfo, 6 September.
2014 ‘Joanna Lamb Abstracts Domestic Settings Using 15 Colours.’ Design Boom, 26 January.
2014 Tracey Clement. ‘View To Surbubia’, Art Collector, 2014 Special: Art Stage Singapore, January.
2013 Gillian Serisier. ‘In Review: 15 Colours by Joanna Lamb.’ Australian Design Review, 13 December.
2013 Sam Preston. ‘Joanna Lamb’s Colour Ways.’ Broadsheet, 21 June.
2013 ’15 Colour Series by Joanna Lamb.’ Habitus Living, 12 June.2013 ‘Joanna Lamb: 15 Colour Series’, Art Collector, 18 June.
2012 ‘A Show of Art in Summer at the Gold Coast City Gallery.’ Antiques&Art, November.
2012 Ute Junker. ‘Art Attack.’ JetStar Magazine, March.
2011 ‘Interiors, Joanna Lamb.’ Inside Out, 10 August.
2011 ‘Joana Lamb, Interiors.’ Habitus Living, 21 July. 2009 ‘What Now?’ Art Collector, September.
2009 Catharine Munro. ‘Capturing the Viewer in the Everlasting Here and Now.’ The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 November.
2008 Sarah Thomas. ‘Shifting Grounds 1985 – 2007.’ Encounters with Australian Modern Art, Ed. Palmer, Maudie, pp. 235,236.
2008 Robert Nelson. ‘Humvee rises to the Occasion.’ The Age, Metro Arts and Culture, 30 July.
2008 Wendy Walker. ‘Neutralising the Cacophony.’ Johnston Gallery Catalogue Essay.
2008 Katrina Strickland. ‘Collectors board the red dot express.’ Australian Financial Review, 19 – 20 July.
2007 Katrina Strickland. ‘Artists to Watch – What’s Hot in Galleries.’ Australian Financial Review, December.
2007 Katrina Strickland. ‘Odd Lots.’ Australian Financial Review, 20 September.
2007 Robert Cook. ‘Trance.’ Sullivan+ Strumpf Catalogue Essay. 2007 Eva Lean. ‘House Speciality: Emerging Artist Joanna Lamb uses Figurative Description to Create Cool, Curiously Hybrid Images of Australia.’ Insite, Winter. 2007 Ashley Crawford. ‘Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists.’ Australian Art Collector, Issue 39.
2006 Robert Cook. ‘Wallpaper for the New World Order.’ Johnston Gallery Catalogue Essay, 2006.
2006 Robert Nelson. ‘Slick, smooth and stylised paintings leave the angst of yesteryear behind.’ The Age, 30 August.
2006 Ric Spencer. ‘Weekend Extra.’ The West Australian, 7 January.
2005 Judith McGrath. ‘Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Biennial Art Award.’ August.
2004 Ric Spencer. ‘Weekend Extra.’ The West Australian, 26 June.
2001 David Bromfield. ‘Arts Today.’ The West Australian, 18 August.
2001 Amanda Third. ‘Identity.’ Artplace Catalogue Essay.
2001 Robert Cook. ‘Houseandlandpackage.’ Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery Catalogue Essay.
2000 Robert Cook. ‘Auto Perspective.’ The West Australian, 7 January.
1998 David Bromfield. ‘Look Hard to Learn.’ The West Australian, 20 June.
1998 Jeff Chand. ‘Writing on the work of Joanna Lamb – Slowness.’ Voices from the Underground, Issue 3.
1998 Robert Cook. ‘Arts Today.’ The West Australian, 17 June.
1996 David Bromfield. ‘Lamb Captures the Looming Horrors of Tunnel Vision.’ The West Australian, 23 November.
1995 David Bromfield. ‘Passion and Pathos in the Inner City.’ The West Australian, 13 May.
1994 Nikki Miller. ‘Graduates Achieve a Delicate Balance.’ The West Australian, 21 December.
Prizes and Commissions
2021 Art Gallery of Western Australia commission to produce two large scale wall paintings
2019 Black Swan State Theatre collaboration season program and marketing material
2015 Bankwest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth, finalist
2014 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, finalist
2012 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, finalist
2012 Gold Coast Art Prize, The Arts Centre, Gold Coast, finalist
2011 Bankwest Contemporary Art Prize, Bankwest Art Gallery, Perth, shortlisted
2010 Kings School Art Prize, The Kings School, Sydney, finalist
2007 ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney, highly commended
Collections
Artbank
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
City of Joondalup, Perth
Edith Cowan University, Perth
Fidelity Worldwide Investment, Sydney
Janet Holmes a Court Collection
La Trobe University Art Museum
Murdoch University, Perth
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Parliament House, Canberra
Patrick Corrigan Collection, Sydney
Perth Electoral Commission, Perth
Royal Perth Hospital, Perth
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville
University of Western Australia, Perth
Wesfarmers, Perth
Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Perth
City of Perth
City of Melville