'Reflecting
on North and South' by Filomena Coppola
1993/95 - MFA, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania
1992 - Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, University of Tasmania, Tasmania
1988/90 - Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, La Trobe UCNV, Victoria
2008 - Heart Song, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2006 - Transient Light, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2005 - Transit, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2004 - Seam, Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Philadelphia, USA
2003 - The Dialogue of Difference, Tina Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne
2002 - Pulse, Tina Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne
1999 - Swoon, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1998 - String of Pearls, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1996 - Paradise Lost, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1995 - In the Garden of Eve, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2008
City
of
2007
Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery,Hobart, TAS
Banyule Works on Paper Award, Banyule City Council, Melbourne, VIC
2006
Robert Jacks Drawing Award, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive, Swan Hill Art Gallery, VIC
Melbourne 06, Dickerson Gallery at the Melbourne Exhibition Building, VIC
The Printmakers Gallery, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS
2005
Robert Jacks Drawing Award, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Banyule Works on Paper Award, Banyule City Council, Melbourne, VIC
Recent Acquisitions, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW
2004
Movimento Rapido, Dickerson Gallery at Steps Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2004 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Award, Swan Hill Regional Gallery VIC
EveN, Mildura Regional Gallery, Mildura, VIC
Group Exhibition, Glen Eira Arts Complex, Melbourne, VIC
2003
The Book Show, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Distant Noises, Print Council of Australia, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne VIC
The Print Council of Australia’s Member Print 2003, touring nationally
2002
Bendigo Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2001
Stitches, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW
Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Group Show, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Food in Art, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, TAS
2000
Melbourne Art Fair, Exhibitions Buildings, Melbourne, VIC
1999
Milles bon Baisers, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Rosamond, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Hutchins Art Prize, Hutchins School, Hobart, TAS
1998
1998 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Gallery, VIC
Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, TAS
Inkpots to Internet, La Trobe University Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
1997/98
In Praise of Make-Up, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, TAS and touring
1997
The 1997 Collectors Print Folio, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Contemporary Tasmania Art, Dick Bett Gallery at Caulfield Art Complex,
Melbourne, VICe
1996
Mornington Peninsula Print Award, Mornington Peninsula Gallery, VIC
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Art Centre, WA
University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Printmedia Acquisitive, Casula
Powerhouse, NSW
Poets and Painters, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1995
Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Gallery, Town Hall, Hobart, TAS
Blundstone Art Prize, QVMAG, TAS, touring Victoria and NSW
Partners in Print, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, VIC
1994
Canson Student Print Award, QLD College of Art; COFA Gallery,NSW; APW,
Melbourne
Triennale Mondiale D’Estampes Petit Format, Musee d’Art Contemporain,
France
1993
The Conversation of Humanity, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne &
touring with PCA
Garden, W. Catalogue
Works on Paper Art Award 2007, Banyule Drawing Prize 2007
Holmes, J. How Australian Printmaking has Benefited from Australia Council
Overseas Studio Residencies, Imprint, Winter 2006, Volume 41, Number 2
Frankham, N. Editor, Claiming Ground, 25 Years of Tasmania’s Art for
Public Building Scheme, Quintus Publishing – Arts Tasmania and
University of Tasmania
Backhouse, M. Uncoiling a Mystery, The Age, A2, June 18, 2005
Bellamy, L, Founded on a Fascination With Fabric, The Age, Metro, June 7,
2005
Fowler, M. Australian Artist Work Reveals a Passion For Color, Main Line
Ticket, Philadelphia, Nov 4, 2004
Donahoe, V. Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct 31, 2004
Backhouse, M. The Point Where Patterns Collide, The Age, Review, Sept
20,2003
Hewitt, H. V. Rapprochement, Newsletter, Tina Smynios Gallery, Melbourne
2003
Scott, S. Pulse, Exhibition Newsletter, Tina Smynios Gallery, Melbourne
2002
Vanni, I. Stitches, Exhibition Catalogue, Australian National Maritime
Museum, Sydney 2001
Klaosen, D. A Flourishing Ecology, A festival of prints and printmaking,
Art Monthly, Aug 1998, No.112
Knights, M. Specific Times and Particular Spaces, Recent Public Art in
Tasmania, Artlink, Vol.18, No.2, 1998
Klaosen, D. The Shudder of a Caress, RealTime, June/July 1998
Catalano, G. An Education in Light – Interview with Filomena Coppola,
Imprint Summer 1997 Vol.32 No. 4
Bond, C. In Praise of Make-Up, Exhibition Catalogue, University of
Tasmania, Hobart, 1997
Daw, R. Opus Topiarum, Paradise Lost, Dick Bett Gallery Newsletter No.33,
1996
Spinks, J. Review, City of Hobart, Art and Australia, Vol.33, No.4, Winter
1996
Klaosen, D. In the Garden of Eve, Imprint, Summer 1995, Vol.30 No.4
Colless, E. In the Garden of Eve, Dick Bett Gallery Newsletter, No.26,
1995
Hill, P. Review, The Art of Reproduction, Imprint, Spring 1995 Vol.30 No.2
Andersch, J. Weaving New Patterns on a Classical Theme, The Mercury, Oct
22, 1994 p34
Waite, D. Australian Prints to France and Beyond, Imprint, Winter 1994
Vol.29 No.2
Australia in Print, PCA Members Prints Released, Imprint, Spring 1993
Vol.28 No.3
Weston, B. Regionalism-Localism – The Debate Goes On, Imprint, Autumn
1992 Vol. 27 No.1
2005 - Imagery Estate Winery and Art Gallery, Wine Label, Sonoma, CA, USA
2004 - Vermont Studio Centre Residency and Part Fellowship, Vermont, USA
2003 - The Print Council of Australia, The 2003 Member Print Selection
2001 - Judges Selection, Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania
2000 - Ian Potter Foundation, Individual Grant
2000 - Tonchi Dzelalija, Drawing Commission
1999 - Arts Tasmania, Development Grant
1998 - Arts Tasmania, Artsbridge Funding
1998 - T42 Restaurant, Drawing Commission
1997 - Rosamond McCulloch Scholarship, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, University of Tasmania and Arts Tasmania
1996 - Pat Corrigan Artist Grant
1996 - TAAB Art in Public Places, with Robyn Daw, Queen Victoria Hospital, Launceston, TAS
1995 - City of Hobart Art Prize, Works on Paper, Joint Winner
1994 - Arts Tasmania Grant, Professional Development Reserve Fund
1993 - The Print Council of Australia, The 1993 Member Print Selection
1989 - Ilford Torphy 1989, Outstanding Photographic Achievement