A contemporary Australian artist, painter and print-maker, who works with mixed media, oils, water colour, drawing, etching, monotypes and recently working with kiln formed or warm glass. Judge’s Commendation: The Border Prize at the Tweed River Regional Gallery 2010, Feature artist for the 2010 Nudgee Dimensions 10 Art Festival, Finalist in the Kedumba drawing Prize, Kobe Biennale 2009, - Art in a Container, Kobe Japan, CPM Print Awards Tweed River Regional Gallery 2009, Moreton Regional Art Awards -15 Artists exhibition 2009, 2008 Warwick Art Prize, Warwick Regional Art Gallery. 2006 – Ergon Art Prize - works on paper. Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery, Queensland 2006 – Redland Acquisitive Art Prize, Redland Regional Art Gallery Queensland 2006 – Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award - Grafton Regional Art Gallery, and named as one of ten Saatchi emerging artists Oct 2007 in the Saatchi online showdown. Drawing is the basis for my arts practice. And exploration of life and relationships through drawing creates the body of my work. No matter the subject relationships are always has changing, always in flux, always interesting. Relationships of colour, shape, relate to everything. I combine the exploration of surroundings and memories, developing the images; creating impressions that are not photographic representations, but fleeting views of life. A balance between the memory which shifts though time and a created reality that makes the image mine. To view a short digital story about my work go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ATMulW-FU Email: leighcamilleri@mac.com   revised January 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ATMulW-FUshapeimage_1_link_0

Leigh Camilleri

Winterman and bird - 2009 Purchased by the Moreton City Council Collection
Why are you here - 2011 Purchased by the Kedumba Drawing Prize Collection 2011