Fiona Lowry

Fiona Lowry (born 1974) is an Australian artist who won the 2014 Archibald Prize with a portrait of Penelope Seidler.

Fiona Lowry
Born1974
NationalityAustralian
EducationSydney College of the Arts
Known forPainting
AwardsDoug Moran National Portrait Prize
2008 What I Assume You Shall Assume

Fleurieu Art Prize
2013 Alone With You

Archibald Prize
2014 Penelope Seidler

Early life

Lowry completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours, at the Sydney College of the Arts.

Career

Lowry was awarded the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize in 2008. The $100,000 portrait prize for her painting What I Assume You Shall Assume, was a naked self-portrait set in the Belanglo State Forest a scene of menace as the site of the backpacker murders.[1] She was the winner of the Fleurieu Art Prize in 2013 for her painting Alone With You. She was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 2011 and 2013. She was the winner of the Archibald Prize in 2014 for her painting Penelope Seidler.[2]

Lowry is represented by Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide and Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney.

References
  2. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2014/29495/
Awards
Preceded by
Del Kathryn Barton		 Archibald Prize
2014
for Penelope Seidler		 Succeeded by
Nigel Milsom
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