Lori Pensini
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Born in 1970 in the wheatbelt Railway town of Narrogin, population 4500, 192km south east of Perth.
Ours is a family of pioneering stock, and I have a great love for and attachment to the land, fruit born from generations of the simple sorrows and the simple joys endured. From humble beginnings on a small horse farm, to the reverence of existence on a million acres north of the 26th parallel, north of Perth some 1400kms, and north of anything remotely sentimental or 'womanly', inspiration was lived not searched. The sheer expanse of the landscape, with its seamless ultramarine sky, and infinite horizon shimmering promises, offered a myriad of contradictions, greatness and trepidation, smallness and strength, fear, fight, love, loss. Isolation too - Jekylled friend and foe, a sense of freedom, a heady mix of never ending enticing realism to dance nonsensical. The perfect illumination for an already fervent imagination.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & STUDIES
2006 Portugal Study Tour 2004 Kimberly & Northern Territory study tour 1989—1991 Certificate Architectural Drafting ART— Self Taught
SOLO EXHIBITIONS DETAILS
2009 Florence, Italy 'Home Lies Wide A Thousand Miles' 2007 McKenzie Gallery - Claremont, WA 2006 McKenzie Gallery - Claremont, WA 'Birds & Birds Alike' 2006 Boranup Gallery - November, Margaret River, WA 'The Promised Land' 2005 Lynne Wilton Gallery - Melbourne VIC 'A Fortunate Life'
2005 Narrogin Regional Art Gallery - Narrogin W'A Fortunate Life' 2004 St Bernards - Kojonup, WA 2003 McKenzie Gallery—Claremont, WA 2002 Pilbara Fine Art Gallery– Karratha, WA
2001 Boranup Gallery— Margaret River Wine Festival, WA 2001 McKenzie Art Gallery— Claremont, WA 2000 Pilbara Fine Art Gallery—Karratha, WA 1999 Pilbara Fine Art Gallery—Karratha, WA
1999 Giralia Station Variety Club Bash—Exmouth, WA GROUP EXHIBITIONS DETAILS
2009 2009 2007 2007 2007 2007 & Variety Exhibitions 2006 Art Sydney 06 - represented by Corporate Art, Burleigh Heads, QLD 2006 Lynne Wilton Gallery - Royal Childrens Auction, Melbourne VIC 2006 Cossack Exhibition - Karratha, WA
Perth College - WA She-scapes - Gallery82 - Adelaide SA Towoomba - Tiffany Jones Fine Art Gallery, Buderim QSLD Art Melbourne 07' - represented by Lynne Wilton Gallery, Armadale, VIC
Royal Pines Ladies Masters Tornament - Corporate Art, Burleigh Heads, QSLD McKenzies Representation - promoting works in over 20 of Perth's leading Charity, School
2006 St Bernards - Kojonup, WA 2006 McKenzies Representation - promoting works in over 20 of Perth's leading Charity, School & Variety Exhibitions
2005 Silvery Gibbon Project - Perth Zoo Art Auction, WA
2005 Affordable Art Show - Sydney, NSW 2005 McKenzies Investment Auction - Claremont,
WA 2004 McKenzie Gallery Representation—promoting works to over 20 of Perth’s leading Charity, School & Variety Exhibitions
2004 Moerart - Moeralina Exhibition represented by McKenzie Gallery Painting used as gallery invitation/ promotion
2004 McKillop College Ar X Pose Exhibition—painting requested to promote auction
2004 Silvery Gibbon Project -Perth Zoo Art Auction
2004 Bettongia Gallery, Williams representation 2003 Yeltrah Gallery, Upper Swan—joint exhibit Spring in The Valley Wine Festival
2003 Painting requested to promote Moerlina School Art Exhibition.— represented by McKenzie Gallery
2003 McKenzie Gallery Representation—promoting works to over 20 of Perth’s leading Charity, School & Variety Exhibitions.
2003 Shell Agricultural Awards—Royal Show. Re: Williams Expo
2003 Cossack Art Award—Cossack
2002 Geraldton Grammar School Biannual Art Exhibition, Geraldton. Joint exhibition with Leon Pericles, Larry Mitchell & Mike Vandeluer
2002 Liberal Party Art Exhibition, Dalkeith — invitation artist
2002 McKenzie Gallery Representation—promoting works to over 20 of Perths leading Charity, School & Variety exhibitions
2002 Feature artist— New Gallery opening Swan Valley—Spring in The Valley Wine Festival
2002 RAS Perth Royal Show
2002 Cossack Art Awards—Cossack
2002 Art Expo—Williams
2002 Silvery Gibbon Project Art Auction— Perth Zoo
2001 Bunbury Catholic College Art Extraordinare Exhibit
2001 Invitation Only Art Auction—Aranmore College, Perth
2001 Silvery Gibbon Project Art Auction —Perth Zoo
2001 Millbrook Art Expo—Williams 2001 Cossack Art Awards—Cossack
2001 Williams Art & Craft Exhibit— Williams
2001 Margaret River Wine Festival—Margaret River Hotel
2001 Moora Art Exhibition—Moora
2000 Bunbury Catholic College- Art Extraordinare Exhibit.
2000 Invitation Only Art Auction - Bunbury Catholic College
2000 Aranmore Catholic College Art Exhibition
2000 Aranmore Invitation only Art Auction.
2000 Narrogin Spring Festival Exhibition
2000 Perth Royal Show
2000 Perth Royal Show - Pilbara Development Display
2000 Cossack Art Awards– Cossack
2000 9' x 5' Williams Art Expo Exhibition
2000 Williams Agricultural Show Exhibition
1999 Northhamption Agricultural Art Exhibition
1999 Mt Magnet Art Exhibition
1999 Bunbury Catholic College- Art Extraordinare Exhibition
1999 Cossack Art Awards—Cossack
1998 Shell Agricultural Awards- Perth Royal Show
1998 Chapman Valley Agricultural Society Art Awards
1998 Geraldton Rotary Art Awards & Auction
1997 Cossack Art Awards
1997 Geraldton Rotary Art Awards
AWARDS
2002 1st Prize Peoples Choice—RAS Perth Royal Show, Shell Agricultural Award 2002 1st Prize RAS Exhibition– Williams - Best painting of Rural Theme. Oil
2002 Finalist 2001 1st Prize
2000 1st Prize
1999 1st prize
RAS Perth Royal Shell Agricultural Art Award Cossack Aquisitive Art Awards -Best Oil Landscape $2500
Judge— Ken Done Aquisitive Art Awards Hamersley Iron -Best Oil Landscape $2500
Judge— Robert Juniper Cossack Aquisitive Art Awards Judge— Curator National Gallery
Titan Resource Best Oil Landscape $2000 Cossack Aquisitive Art Awards – Pilbara Development Commission - Best
1998 1st prize painting by a Pilbara Artist $1000
1998 1st prize
'The Muster" - Chapman Valley Ag. Society Art Awards Represented C.V.A in Royal Show Shell Awards
Shell Royal Perth Show Ag. Society Art Awards Geraldton Rotary Art Awards & Auction Best landscape
1998 Finalist 1998 1st prize 1997 Honourable Geraldton Rotary Art Awards Mention
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
2004 Painting chosen to promote MacKillop College, Busselton 2003 New works sold @ both McKenzie Gallery Investment Auctions
2004 Painting chosen to promote Moeralina Art Exhibition 2003 New works sold prior to McKenzie Gallery Investment Auctions 2003 Interview—women in small business in remote areas
www.afascinatingjourney.com.au 2002 Invitation only– Geraldton Grammar School Joint Exhibition with
Leon Pericles & Larry Mitchell 2002 Painting requested for invitation of new gallery opening–
Swan Valley (Barrel of Beujoulis) 2002 Commission– Shire of Boyup Brook Tourism committee–
advertising 2001 Private Collector large commission— Sydney 2000 Collection of paintings representing Pilbara Development
commission— Perth Royal Show 2000 Invitation only Aranmore Art Auction 2000 Painting requested to advertise AranMore Catholic College Art
Exhibition. 2000 Invitation only Bunbury Catholic College Art Auction
COLLECTIONS
Shire of Roebourne, Pilbara Development Commission, Robe River Mining, Hamersley Iron Mining, Titan Resources, Robe River Pastoral co., Medical Group Geraldton, Worsley Alumina,
Private Collections - Western Australia, Canberra, South Australia, NSW, VIC, Queensland, England, Scotland, Texas, New Zealand, Singapore