Brisbane born (1963) artist Amanda Penrose Hart is predominantly an en plein air landscape painter. Penrose Hart graduated from Queensland College of Art in 1983 with a Diploma of Fine Art, and from Griffith University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts.
Penrose Hart has featured in numerous selective group exhibitions, often following artist trips or artist-run projects such as Your Friend the Enemy, Gallipoli and Salient: Contemporary artists at the Western Front (both commemorative exhibitions of the Great War). Amanda travels regularly to Wilcannia, Broken Hill and New Zealand. She was part of an exhibition at S.H. Ervin Gallery called River on the Brink: Inside the Murray Darling Basin, which aimed to raise awareness about the impact of drought and climate change in Australia.
Amanda was the winner of the 2024 Calleen Art Award, the Gallipoli Art Prize in 2017 and the Clayton Utz Award in 2019. Amanda has also been a finalist in the JADA Drawing Prize 2022, The Dobell Drawing Prize 2021, The Doug Moran Portrait Prize 2022, The Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize and the Portia Geach Memorial Award.
Collections include the Australian National Maritime Museum, the Australian Club, Sydney and Melbourne, Australian National University, Macquarie Bank, Parliament House, Canberra, the NSW Bar Association and numerous regional galleries across Australia.
King Street Gallery has represented Amanda since 2003. She lives and works in Sofala and regional NSW.
Amanda Penrose Hart in her studio at Duffey's Forest and in Wollongong preparing for her 2023 solo exhibition 'Dragonflies'. Film by Michael Bradfield, 2023
Amanda Penrose Hart talks with Sarah Engledow about her paintings in her exhibition 'The long view' 2021. Film by Riste Andrievski
Amanda Penrose Hart is an Australian artist whose travelling informs her work. Penrose Hart’s painting ‘Humpybong Holiday’ was acquired into the Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Collection through the annual ‘15 Artists award’. Inspired by the Moreton Bay Region’s many holiday spots, it depicts the charm and wit of the caravan with a comedic play of scale and juxtaposition.
Artist Amanda Penrose Hart works on several of her long boards, in a creek bed at Fowlers Gap, Far West NSW. (C) Sean O'Brien, Amanda Penrose Hart https://vimeo.com/70714374
'Salient: Contemporary artists at the Western Front' is a group exhibition which is travelling across Australia opening at the New England Regional Art Museum in March 2018. A group of twelve leading Australian artists travelled to Belgium and France to the First World War battlefields of the western front. Historian Brad Manera, who had previously travelled with many of the artists to Gallipoli, and artists Wendy Sharpe, Euan Macleod and Amanda Penrose Hart talked with Maria Stoljar about the exhibition. Details of the exhibition can be found at www.salientwesternfront.com. You can also hear a podcast interview with those in this video at talkingwithpainters.com - episode 43. Video filmed and produced by Maria Stoljar.
Return to Anzac Cove : ‘Your friend the enemy’ Drill Hall Gallery, Kingsley Street, Acton ACT 0200, Australia From 10 April until 17 May 2015 • 12 – 5pm Wednesday to Sunday • Admission free The Drill Hall Gallery is currently exhibiting the works of 13 artists who were part of the Sydney gallerist Robert Linnegar's ambitious project. In 2013 and 2014 he organised for groups of artists from Australia and New Zealand to revisit the legendary sites of the Anzac expedition to Gallipoli. This exhibition portrays a landscape of tragic memory via the responses of 12 contemporary artists – Elisabeth Cummings, Idris Murphy, Euan Macleod, Guy Maestri, Steve Lopes, Deirdre Bean, Peter O’Doherty, Amanda Penrose Hart, Leo Robba, Luke Sciberras, Michael Shepherd, John Walsh and the filmmaker Bruce Inglis.
Amanda Penrose Hart's segment from the film produced by Bruce Inglis. Amanda Penrose Hart of King St Gallery on William, in Sydney travelled to Turkey, with a group of Australian and New Zealand artists to paint the landscape around ANZAC Beach and the Gallipoli peninsula 100 years after the Gallipoli campaign.
2023
Dragonflies, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
2021
The long view King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
2019
Un bel di vedremo King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
2018
Beautiful one day perfect the next Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane
2017
High Tide King Street Gallery on William
New paintings Redot Gallery, Singapore
2015
Coast King Street Gallery on William
2014
Acid Free works on paper show King Street Gallery on William
2013
Manly: Somewhere on the Australian Coast Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney
Manly: Somewhere on the Australian Coast King Street Gallery on William
2011
New paintings King Street Gallery on William
2009
Livin’ Green King Street Gallery on William
Green it up Kristian Pithie Gallery, Melbourne
Caravans in the Mist Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
2007
New paintings king street gallery on burton, Sydney
2005
New paintings king street gallery on burton
35 small paintings Waterfront Place Gallery, Art Promotions Queensland, Brisbane
2004
Painting Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2003
Painting king street gallery on burton
2002
Painting Chapman Gallery
Recent work Brisbane Institute, Brisbane
1999
Painting Chapman Gallery
1998
Drawing Crawford Gallery, Sydney
1997
Painting Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane
1995
Still Life Customs House, Brisbane
Drawing Wickham Art Space, Brisbane
1994
Last Sundays Waterfront Place Gallery, Brisbane
2024
Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW
Landscape Tells the Way:Illawarra, Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW
The Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2022
The Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney
JADA Jacaranda Drawing Prize, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Grafton and Touring – 2023
National Capital Art Prize, Fitters Workshop, Kingston, ACT
Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery
The Grace Cossington Smith Art Prize Grace Cossington Smith Art Gallery, Sydney
Dobel Drawing Prize 2021, Cowra Regional Art Gallery and Touring Exhibition – 2023
Lethbridge 20000 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
The Lethbridge Prize Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2021
The Brisbane Portrait Prize Power House Museum, Brisbane, Qld
Calleen Art Award Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW
Portia Geach Memorial Award S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Lethbridge Landscape Prize Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
Dobell Drawing Prize National Art School, Sydney
From the river to the sea Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Grafton, NSW
2020
The Adelaide Perry Award PLC Croydon, Sydney
The Brisbane Portrait Prize Brisbane, Qld
The Outback Prize Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill
Calleen Art Award Cowra Regional Art Gallery
The Ravenswood Art Prize for Women Gordon, Sydney
The Muswellbrook Art Prize Muswellbrook, NSW
2019
Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Award S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Built Forms Redcliffe Art Gallery, Brisbane
Inside/outside King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
Tattersalls Landscape Prize Brisbane
Open Air Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Clayton Utz Art Award Brisbane
River on the Brink: Inside the Murray-Darling Basin National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery and Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW
Art from the vault Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
Allan Cleary Collection Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Sydney
Cementa, Kandos, NSW
Artists’ Collections S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Petite Mitchelle Fine Art Brisbane
Brisbane Portrait Prize Brisbane Powerhouse Museum, Brisbane
2018
Salient Melbourne Australia Club, Melbourne
2019-2018
Salient-Contemporary Artists on the Western Front New England Regional Art Museum, NSW; ANZAC Memorial, Sydney;
Bank Art Museum, Moree, NSW; Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW;
Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW
Salient The Australia Club, Melbourne, Vic
Directors Choice Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane, Qld
The Art of Friendship Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW
The Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize Tattersalls Club, Brisbane
Kilgour Art Prize Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW
2017
Gallipoli Art Prize [winner] Gallipoli Club Sydney
EMSLA Still Life Award Wollongong, NSW
Group Show Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery, NSW
10 Australasian Artists: Artist Profile Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange, NSW
Petite Mitchel Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane Qld
Seven Decades: Hill End Penrith Regional Art Gallery & Lewers Bequest Sydney
NSW Parliament en plein air Painting Prize NSW Parliament House, Sydney
Art of Giving Sydney Children’s Hospital, King Street Gallery on William
The Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize Tattersalls Club Brisbane
Muswellbrook Art Prize Muswellbrook regional Art Gallery NSW
2016
Paddington Art Prize Sydney
Paint My Place Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Redot Gallery, Singapore
The Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize Tattersalls Club Brisbane
Mosman Art Prize Mosman Gallery, Sydney
Phantom Show: Artspace Mackay Qld; Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Qld;
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW; Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
2015
Kings School Art Award The Kings School, Sydney
The Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize Tattersalls Club Brisbane
At Bull Bay Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tas
Your Friend the Enemy S.H. Ervin gallery, The ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Pataka Museum & Gallery, New Zealand; Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
200×200 Years Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing PLC Gallery, Sydney
The Phantom Australian Galleries, travelling Tweed Regional Gallery; Tamworth Regional Gallery; Mackay; Broken Hill; Coffs Harbour; Newcastle
A Salute Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW
The Piano has been Drinking [Not Me] Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2014
Melbourne Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Vic
David Floyd’s Paintbox King Street Gallery on William
The Silver Light Bowen Galleries, New Zealand
Packsaddle New England Regional Gallery, Armidale
A Landscape of Place and Name King Street Gallery on William
Plein Air Painting Waiheke Community Art Gallery, New Zealand
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2013
Packsaddle New England Regional Art Gallery, Armidale
Last but not Least King Street Gallery on William
Holiday and Memory Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, NSW
Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize PLC Gallery, Sydney
The Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize Tattersalls Club Brisbane
2012-13
Not the Way Home: 13 Artists Paint the Desert [curated by Owen Craven], S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney; New England Regional Art Museum, NSW; Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW & touring
2012
KIAF/12 Korean International Art Fair [King Street Gallery on William], Seoul, Korea
Virtual Reality: Interpreting the Landscape King Street Gallery @ University Gallery, University of Newcastle, NSW
Fowlers Gap [13 artists paint the desert] Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
NSW Parliament en plein air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament House
Opening Exhibition Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
Australia Day Exhibition Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Hill End From The Permanent Collection Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2011
Australia Day Exhibition Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Portia Geach Memorial Award S.H. Ervin Gallery & touring
The Landscape Show Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Artists and Ideas: The Importance of Drawing Defiance Gallery
The Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize Tattersalls Club Brisbane Essential Energy Prize Bathurst Regional Art Gallery and touring NSW
2010
Stanthorpe Art Prize Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Qld
End of the Year Exhibition Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
NSW Parliament en plein air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament House Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize Bega Valley Regional Gallery, NSW
Kedumba Drawing Award Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
Taronga Zoo Exhibition University Gallery, University of Newcastle
New Artists Exhibition James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
SMH Water Exhibition King Street Gallery on William
Gosford Art Prize Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW
The Drawing Show Defiance Gallery
On the Larapinta 2010 Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
2009
Salon des Refusés S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Exquisite Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast Qld
Philip Bacon Christmas Exhibition Brisbane
NSW Parliament en plein air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament House
Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
The Drawing Show Defiance Gallery
King’s School Art Prize King’s School, Sydney
Same, Same but Different Kristian Pithie Gallery, Melbourne
2008
The Country Energy Prize Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW
The Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize Tattersalls Club Brisbane Countryscapes The Gunnery, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery
Portia Geach Memorial Award S.H. Ervin Gallery
NSW Parliament en plein air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament House
2007
2007 Glover Prize for Landscape Falls Park Pavilion, Tasmania
The Country Energy Prize Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, NSW
The Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize Tattersalls Club Brisbane Packsaddle Exhibition New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Portia Geach Memorial Award S.H. Ervin Gallery
15 Artists Redcliffe Regional Art Gallery, Brisbane
Allens, Sydney
AMP, Brisbane
ANZAC Memorial Museum, Hyde Park, Sydney
Artbank, Australia
Anglican Greater Schools Collection, Brisbane
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
The Australian Club, Sydney
The Australian Club, Melbourne
Australia National University, Drill Hall Gallery Collection
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Brisbane Polo Club
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
Clayton UTZ Collection, Sydney
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra NSW
The Gallipoli Club, Sydney
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
Hawkesbury Regional Art Gallery, NSW (Allan Cleary Collection)
Macquarie Bank, Australia
Maitland Regional Gallery, NSW
Manly Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
Parliament House, Canberra
Sydney University Art Collection
NSW Bar Association
Outback Art Inc., Qld
Redcliffe Regional Gallery, Qld
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Sydney University Art Collection
Thomas National Transport, Brisbane
A life in lockdown: Love for painting the ocean recognised by Helen Pitt
The Sydney Morning Herald
24 October 2021
Why painting en plein air is booming by Gina Fairley - Interview
ArtsHub Online
Monday 15 February 2021
Griffith artists selected for nation’s top portrait prizes by Louise Crossen
Griffith University Alumni News
24 September 2020
City Beat: Queensland artist Amanda Penrose Hart wins $20,000 Clayton Utz Art Award by Anthony Marx
The West Australian
September 2019
The Daily Telegraph
7 November 2018
The Western Front 100 years on: Contemporary artists on the Western Front by Brad Manera
The Weekend Financial Review
March 2018
Centenary of Armistice 1918-2018 Program - Amanda Penrose Hart feature
Australian Parliament House event program
2018
Artist Amanda Penrose Hart wins Gallipoli Art Prize with look back to ANZAC Cove by Peter Munro
Sydney Morning Herald
19 April 2017
Brisbane artist wins Gallipoli Art Prize by Danielle McGrane
News.com.au / Australian Associated Press
19 April 2017
The Daily Telegraph
19 April 2017
Artist Amanda Penrose Hart finds peace where so many ANZACS died by Ashleigh Wilson
The Australian
20 April 2017
ABC News Online
20 April 2017
Sydney Morning Herald
24 June 2013
Amanda Penrose Hart - Manly: Somewhere on the Australian Coast by Steve Lopes
Art Almanac Magazine pg. 38-39
April 2013
Not the Way Home, an artist expedition to the far west by Sean O'Brien
ABC Illawarra Online
9 May 2011
Sydney Morning Herald
2009
Discovering the lay of the land by M. Martin
Art with Maria Saint Martin - The Gold Coast Bulletin
June 2009
A large part of the congenial ambiance of this exhibition is due to a pervasive feminine sensibility
The Weekend Australian
2008
Open Gallery: There is no place like home
Arts & Entertainment, Sydney Morning Herald pg 16
16 June 2007
Amanda Penrose Hart: Haeflinger's Cottage
The Stamper Battery - Newsletter of Hill End & Tambaroora pg 9
Winter 2006
