LUCY RAY IS AN ARTIST LIVING & WORKING BETWEEN AUSTRALIA & ABU DHABI.
Lucy Ray is a Melbourne artist raised in Yeppoon, on the traditional land of the Darumbal People of Central Queensland.
She lives between Australia and Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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She studied art and design, completing a diploma in fine arts at TAFE Queensland and later receiving her bachelor’s degree in interior design & built environment. From there, Lucy worked as an illustrator, digital artist and textile designer before returning to pursue fine art again in 2017.
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Since moving part-time to Abu Dhabi in 2019, she has actively pursued the art community in Australia and internationally, exhibiting in Dubai, London, and Melbourne through invitational group shows and collectives.
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In 2023, she was a finalist in Exploration 23 at Flinders Lane Gallery, exhibited in Locals 23 at Outré Gallery, and the Delphin Opencall 23 show. She was a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize and was published in Booooooom!‘s Tomorrow’s Talent Book III and issue 8 of New Visionary Magazin. In December, she attended Vermont Studio Center for the artist residency.
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She will spend eight weeks in Japan this year at Saruya AIR, an artist residency, and will be a part of Works on Paper 6 at Blue Shop Galleries. She will also be published in Create! Magazine Issue 43.
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As of July 2023, she is represented by Flinders Lane Gallery in Melbourne, Australia.
EDUCATION
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2006 Degree, Bachelor of Built Environment, Interior Design, QUT, QLD
2002 Diploma, Fine Art Painting / Silver-smithing, TAFE, QLD
RESIDENCIES
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2025 The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico (Forthcoming)
2024 Saruya AIR, Fujiyoshida, Japan (Forthcoming)
2023 Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA
2022 SIM, Korpúlfsstadir, Iceland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2022 The Ghost Who Walks, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
2019 Sense, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2024 Works on Paper 6, Blue Shop Galleries, London
2023 Delphian Open Call 23, Delphian Gallery, London
Exploration 23, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
Locals 23, Outré Gallery, Melbourne
Still Life Redux, Tacit Gallery, Melbourne
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2022 Feast, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
Revelations | Visionary Art Collective, Online
OURS, Ours Gallery, Melbourne
Path, The Nich, Dovetail Magazine, Online
Spring days, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
Joy Seekers, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
Lemonade, Honey Bones Gallery, Melbourne
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2021 Oysters & Art, Fort Heart, Melbourne
Bones, Honey Bones Gallery, Melbourne
Spring days, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
Overexposed, Visionary Projects NYC, Online
For the earth, Mafa Gallery, Melbourne
This Uncertain Freedom, Canvas Collective, Melbourne
The Darkest Night, The Old Bar Gallery, Melbourne
Winter days, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
2020 Resurrection, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
Still Life, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
Hope in Isolation, Fort Heart, Online
Metamorph, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
Black&White Diary, UAE
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2019 Family & friends, Daine Singer Gallery, Melbourne
Christmas gallery show, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
Small 45, FortyFive Downstairs, VIC
Botanical Spring, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Winter days, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
Animalia, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
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ART PRIZES
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2024 Ravenswood Art Prize, Gordon, NSW
2023 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
Delphian open call 23, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London
Lethbridge 20000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, QLD
Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, QLD
Dobell Drawing Prize, National Art School Gallery, NSW
2022 Winner - Art Room Prize, Still Life Art Prize, Tacit Gallery, Melbourne
Winner - Works on paper, Fifty Squared Art Prize, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
Emerging Artist Award, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
JADA Art Prize, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW
2020 Shortlisted, Delphian summer show, Delphian Gallery, London
2019 ANL Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne
PUBLICATIONS
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2024 Create! Magazine: Issue 43, Create! Magazine 2023
Tomorrow’s Talent Book III, Booooooom!
I like your work Winter Catalogue 23, ILYW
New Visionary Magazine 8, Visionary Art Collective
2022 Artist profile, Booooooom!
Path, The Nich, Dovetail Magazine
Canvas book II, Canvas Collective