Janet Leith

Artist CV            

Solo Exhibitions

2024                MELANCHOLIA - Solo Exhibition, Simpson Gallery, Benalla Art Gallery
2021                Solo Exhibition 'ReCaptured', Art Gallery on Ovens, Wangaratta

2020                Solo Exhibition  CAPTURED, Art Gallery on Ovens, Wangaratta
2013                Solo Exhibition ‘La Femme’ Wyreena Community Arts Centre, Melbourne 

2011                Solo Exhibition – Atelier d’Art Gallery Space, Wangaratta, VIC

2007                Solo Exhibition St. Leonard’s Winery, Wahgunyah, VIC

Group Exhibitions & Highlights

2023               FINALIST National Capital Art Prize 2023, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
2022               DUO- Exhibition with Kate Jenvey - Art Gallery on Ovens, Wangaratta
2021               FINALIST Wyndham Art Prize 2021, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee
                        Hidden Faces Victorian Salon de Refuses 2021 - Online Exhibition
2020               Resident Artists Exhibition 'Autumn' - Art Gallery on Ovens, Wangaratta

                        Autumn PasteUP Gallery - Collaboration WangLaneways Inc & Art Gallery on Ovens 

2019               WINNER People’s Choice ‘In Your Face’ Portrait Exhibition, NEA, Benalla

                        Hidden Faces Victorian Salon des Refuses 2019, PanPacific South Wharf

                        FINALIST ‘In Your Face’ Portrait Prize 2019, NEA Benalla             

                        King Valley Art Show

                        Group Exhibition - Across Cultures, Bainz Gallery, Wangaratta

                        Group Exhibition – The Tuesday Girls, Wangaratta Information Centre

2018               WINNER People’s Choice ‘ Our Backyard Exhibition’, NEA, Benalla

                        Wisdom & Experience Exhibition, NEA, Benalla

                        HIGHLY COMMENDED ‘Tastes of Art Rutherglen’ Art Show, Rutherglen

                        GANEAA Exhibition ‘It’s in the Bag’, Bainz Gallery, Wangaratta

                        King Valley Art Show, VIC

                        GANEAA Exhibition ‘EncyclopediART’, Bainz Gallery, Wangaratta

2017               Hidden Faces Victorian Salon des Refuses 2017, PanPacific SouthWharf 

                        WINNER OIL PAINTING Acquisitive Award, King Valley Art Show, Victoria

                        Tatong Art Show

                        Group Exhibition – In Your Face, NEA Benalla

                        GANEAA Exhibition ‘Always was, Always will be Bpangerang Country, Wangaratta

2016               Trinity Anglican College Art Exhibition, Albury

                        Group Exhibition - Inking the FlyLeaf, Bainz Gallery, VIC

                        King Valley Art Show, VIC
2015               FINALIST 2015 Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney, NSW

                        GANEAA Exhibition ‘Art Dreaming’, Wangaratta Art Gallery, VIC 

                        King Valley Art Show, VIC

                        Rotary Art Show Wangaratta, VIC 

2014               FINALIST Hume Bank Acquisitive Contemporary Art Award, Wodonga

                        Hidden Faces -Archibald 2014 Salon des Refuses 2014, Hilton South Wharf, VIC

                        ‘Highly Commended’  King Valley Art Show 2014 

                        ‘People’s Choice’,  Yackandah Salon des Refuses Benalla Nude 2014

                        GANEAA Exhibition ‘Change’, Bainz Gallery Wangaratta

                        Group exhibition ‘Schools Out’, Atelier d”Art Gallery Space, Wangaratta, VIC

                        St. Bernard’s Art Show, Wangaratta, VIC 

2013               FIRST PRIZE WINNER  St.Bernard’s Art Show 2013 Wangaratta, VIC

                        King Valley Art Show, VIC

                        Across the Arts Exhibition, Wangaratta Art Gallery, VIC

2012               King Valley Art Show, VIC

2011               Rotary Art Show, Wangaratta, VIC

                        GANEAA Exhibition ’Creating our Tomorrow’, Wangaratta Art Gallery, VIC

Public Commissions & Collections

                        Galen Catholic College Wangaratta, House Patron Portraits - 8 Portraits

                        NorthEast Health Wangaratta, Maternity Ward – 4 panels          

                        Hargraves Secured Investments, Yarrawonga

                        Private Collections in Australia - Sales & Commissions  

Professional & Educational Highlights

Currently         CEO Director - Art Gallery on Ovens Inc., Wangaratta, since 2019
                         Adult Art Tutor & Workshop Presenter @ Benalla Art Gallery, Art Judge

1995-2023      Senior Art Teacher Galen Catholic College, Wangaratta
2016-2018      Event Organiser PAINT PRESTO -3 day Art event & Exhibition, Wangaratta Jazz
                         Festival 

2017                EUROPE ART STUDY TOUR ARTIST TUTOR – Painting Workshop Villa Le Reve,
                         Vence, FRANCE                    

2015                EUROPE ART STUDY TOUR ARTIST TUTOR - Cumbria Landscape Workshop, Red  
                         How Manor, Cumbria UK

                         Art Education Victoria (AEV) Conference - Workshop Presenter Oil Painting                  

2009-2011      Life Drawing classes Atelier Elezivir, Paris  - French artist Marianne Guillou

2011                ASSISTANT -Master Spanish artist J.C.Villalonga, Barcelona studio - tempera & 
                         printmaking 

2009                Private artist Residence Paris, France – 6 months

                         Oil Painting Workshop Matisse’s Villa, Vence, France with Danish artist Robert
                         MacLean, Work                             
                         Work Experience with Zandra Rhodes, London –Assistant-screen printing & design
2006-10          VCE ART EUROPE TOURS Galen Catholic College