ABOUT
Amanda is a Cairns based visual artist, designer and milliner. She has a Diploma in Visual Arts, a Bachelor in Mass Communication and a Graduate Diploma in Journalism.
Her work has been selected for various exhibitions, competitions and art prizes around Australia. Amanda’s artwork is held in private collections all over the world.
Amanda’s current art practice focuses on exploring her inner self and using art as a way of understanding herself and the world at large. She enjoys using many different mediums, including acrylic paint carving. She enjoys pushing the boundaries and being experimental and has a great strength in designing and developing conceptual artworks and working with artists to develop concepts from ideas.
Exhibitions
2025
Freedom Reigns: Women's Day, Gallery Unbound, Melbourne, Vic.
2024
Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC
Women Ink: Celebrating Cairns’ Female Artists, The Tanks, Cairns
Wish you were here, Crate 59 Gallery, Cairns QLD
NorthSite Art Market 30 x 30 Edition, NorthSite Gallery, Cairns QLD
Sweatbox: Group Show, Crate 59 Gallery, Cairns QLD
Incognito Art Show, Sydney, NSW.
Ladies in Red: Rebel Hearts Group Show, RED Gallery, Melbourne
2023
Wish you were here, Crate 59 Gallery, Cairns QLD
Convergence, TAFE Graduates, The Tanks, Cairns QLD
Future Memories, Cairns Art Society, The Tanks, Cairns QLD
Practice & Process, International Womens’ Day, TAFE QLD
Revival Emerging Artist Prize 2022-23
I want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart, Pinto and Posy Gallery, Gilgandra NSW
2022
Wish you were here, Crate 59 Gallery, Cairns QLD
2021
Unframed, TAFE QLD
Wish you were here, Crate 59 Gallery, Cairns QLD
2023
Revival Emerging Artist Prize 2022-23
Finalist
2022
Wish you were here, Crate 59 Gallery, Cairns QLD
Top 3 in Show
1998
Mackay State High School Art Prize