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 | Visual Arts Educators South Australia (VAESA) – Executive Committee Member 

2024 | Art Education Australia (AEA) Member 

2023 | Royal Society of Art SA (RSASA) Member 

2023 | Guildhouse Member 

2022 | Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) Member


AWARDS

2023 Winner First Prize – RSASA Abstract Art Prize - Kennedy Arts Foundation 

2022 Art Educator Award Winner - South Australian Minister for Education 

2021 Winner for South Australia - ZART National Teacher Artist 

2018 Winner Best Commemorative Art Award - ANZAC Day Schools Awards (Lead Teacher)


FINALIST

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 Presenting Beautiful Homes - Styling of 6 Winchester St, St Peters SA 

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 - Dr Izabela Pluta


EXHIBITIONS

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, 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