Solo Exhibitions
2012 -2013 The In-Between Places, Gympie Regional Art Gallery, Hervey Bay Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
2010 Going Places, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast, Qld (jointly presented solo exhibition alongside Simon Collins)
2008 Views from a Speeding Train, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne
2008 So much to see and do, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
2007 A Poetic Line, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
2006 alles ist möglich (Everything is Possible), Gallery Twenty-Four, Berlin
2005 Play Time, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
2005 New Work, Montserrat, Soho, New York
2004 Drifters, Stella Dimadis Galleries, Melbourne
2003 Twilight Travels, Tilt Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2003 Mistakenly, Metropolis Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Irresistible Detours, Pantechnicon Gallery, Daylesford, Victoria
2002 Subvisible, Red gallery, Melbourne
2002 Cars Like Us, LaTrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Parameters, Eisenberg Gallery: The Victorian Museum of Experimental Art, Melbourne

AWARDS & GRANTS
2011 Awarded 'Merit Award: 2D category' at 2011 Moreton Bay Region Art Awards by judge Philip Bacon
2011 Named in the 'Top 100 Artist' list, Year in Review, Artists Wanted, New York
2010 Awarded Janet Holmes a' Court Artists Grant, NAVA (National Association for the Visual Arts)
2010 Awarded Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Grant, Arts Queensland
2006 Winner, Art Interview 4th International Online Artist Competition, Art Interview Berlin
2006 Highly Commended (Prize of Excellence), Real-Time Global Art Annual, Artoteque, London

Selected Group Exhibitions 

2011 Exchange, Gatakers Artspace, Maryborough, Qld (curator & exhibitor) - Upcoming November

2011 The Light and The Dark, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby NSW - Upcoming September

2011 Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra, Qld

2011 Finalist, 41st Muswellbrook Open Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook NSW

2011 Finalist, Moreton Bay Art Awards, Pine Rivers Gallery, Brisbane
2010 Net Work: The TLF Exhibition, The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria (Curator & exhibitor)
2010 Christmas Portrait Show, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast QLD
2010 Unwrapped10, United Galleries - Perth, Perth WA
2010 Grounded, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW
2010 Exquisite Palette, St Lukes Artist Colourmen, Melbourne
2010 Accumulate 4"x6", That Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 First Anniversary Show, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast QLD
2010 Finalist, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2010 Finalist, Art Kudos international exhibition, USA (online http://www.artkudos.com)
2009 Finalist, Whyalla Art Prize 2009, Country Arts SA, South Australia
2009 Finalist, Mount Eyre Vineyards Art Prize, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
2009 40 x 40, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast, Qld
2009 Christmas 2009, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2009 Finalist, Art Kudos international exhibition, USA (online http://www.artkudos.com)
2009 Finalist, Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick's Pavillion, Ballarat Victoria
2009 Opening Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast, Qld.
2009 30 X 40, United Galleries, Sydney
2009 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2008 Finalist, Fleurieu Art Prize, Fleurieu Biennale, Fleurieu
Peninsula, South Australia
2008 Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize 2008, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
2008 Exquisite Palette, St Lukes Artist Colourmen
, Melbourne
2008 Finalist, Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize, Tattersall's Club, Brisbane
2008 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2008 Contempo 5, Libby Edwards Galleries Brisbane, Brisbane
2007 Christmas Salon Show, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
2007 Finalist, Whyalla Art Prize 2007, Country Arts SA, South Australia
2007 Art Interview - 2007 International Award Exhibition, Gallery Twenty-Four, Berlin
2007 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2006 Christmas Salon Show, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
2006 A Taste of Salt, Salt Contemporary Gallery, Queenscliff, Victoria
2006 Finalist, Sommerwende International Arts Festival, Gallery Twenty-Four/Artline: Berlin Cultural Centre, Berlin
2006 Summer Samples, Intrude Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Finalist, Art Kudos international exhibition, USA (online
http://www.artkudos.com
)
2006 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2005 Christmas Salon Show, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
2005 ArtSydney05, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Collectors Pavilion, Fox Studios, Sydney
2005 Finalist, 2005 Sommerwende International Arts Festival, Gallery Twenty Four/Artline: Berlin Cultural Centre, Berlin
2005 MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne
2005 The Discovery Art Show, Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Vic 
2005 Synthesis, Tilt Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2004 Lasting Impressions, Eltham Wiregrass Gallery, Melbourne
2004 MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne
2004 Melbourne Affordable Art Show, Tilt Contemporary Art, Melbourne Exhibition Building, Melbourne.
2004 Finalist, Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Wyndham Community Cultural Centre, Werribee, Victoria.
2004 Group Retrospective, Tilt Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2003 The Christmas Show, Stella Dimadis Galleries, Melbourne
2003 Finalist, The Hutchins Art Prize 2003, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
2003 Finalist, City of Banyule Works on Paper Art Award 2003, Ivanhoe Receptions, Melbourne
2003 Finalist, Darebin La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize 2003, Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, Melbourne
2003 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize 2003, Nillumbik Shire, Melbourne
2003 Red Group Show, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Finalist, Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Wyndham Community Cultural Centre, Werribee, Victoria.
2003 Finalist,The Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Prize, Williamstown Festival, Melbourne
2003 St Kilda Art Supplies 10th Birthday Show, Metropolis Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2000 ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award, ANZ Cathedral Room, Melbourne

Studies

2011 Masterclass with Euan McLoed, Tweed River Regional Gallery

2000 Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

1999 Studio Practice, LaTrobe Street College of Art and New Media, Melbourne

1987-89  Bachelor of Art - Fine Art, CIT (Monash University, Caulfield Campus), Melbourne

Recent Projects
2010 - 2011  Curator of 'Exchange' an exhibition and 'Art Swap' of small scale work by 56 contemporary visual artists at Gatakers Artspace, Maryborough Qld 2011(Facebook page for more information http://www.facebook.com/ExchangeExhibition )

2009- 2011   Curator of 'Net Work' an exhibition of contemporary art by 38 Australian artists at The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria December 2010 - January 2011 (Website for more information http://www.networkexhibition.com )

2009- Present  Contributing interviewer for Art Re-Source blog. (http://stevegray.com.au/blog/topics/artists-at-work-contemporary-visual-artist-interviews/ )

Collections
Monash University, Chisholm Institute of Technology & Private Collections in Australia, New York, London, Berlin, Belguim

Bibliography 

2011 van Gils, Amanda (Author) 'Net Work: the TLF exhibition', Women's Art Register Bulletin, Number 49 Summer 2010-11 p. 16-18

2011 Carmichael, Deirdre, ' Net Work: the TLF exhibition' 15th January 2011 http://artingeelong.com/2011/01/15/net-work-the-tlf-exhibition

2010 Brown, Emma. 'Gallery nets an exhibition', The Courier, Tuesday 14th December, 2010

2010 'Net Work The Littlest Forum - TLF' 'Antiques & Art in Victoria' Dec 2010 - April 2011 issue p. 40

2010 Exhibition catalogue Net Work: the TLF exhibition curated by Amanda van Gils. Catalogue Essay 'The Littlest Forum' by Hollingworth, Robert & forward by van Gils, Amanda, Art Gallery of Ballarat, 48pp

2010 Gary, Steve. 'Landscape Ideas', Art-Stuff, 12th March, 2010, http://artstuff.net.au/?p=701

2010 Saint Martin, Marina. 'Fall into Place', Paradise Magazine - The Gold Coast Bulletin, Feb 20-21, 2010, p.19

2008 Holsworth, Mark, '3 Unrelated Reviews',  Melbourne Art and Culture Critic, 17th Decemberhttp://melbourneartcritic.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/3-unrelated-reviews/

Nelson, Robert, 'Vigilance of the machine', The Age, 3rd December, p. 22

2008 Bentley-Singh, Emily, 'All Aboard the Glory Train', Melbourne Weekly Eastern, Edition 46, 17th November.

2008 Modra, Penny. 'Visual Arts Reviews', M - The Sunday Age, 16th November, p.32

2008 Nelson, Robert, 'John Leslie Art Prize', The Age, 8th October, p. 20

2008 Nainby, Bryony, 'The Fall into Understanding', John Leslie Art Prize 2008 catalogue essay, September, p.5

2008 Gray, Steve, 'Artists at Work - Interviews with Contemporary Visual Artists' Art Re-Source blog, 13th November http://stevegray.com.au/blog/amanda-van-gils/

2008 Girdham, Ronnie, 'Exciting times in visual arts', Courier Mail, 24th February

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