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Secret Garden Morning Ritual
60 x 40cm
Acrylic & pigment on paper
$950

     
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Wrath of Demeter 3
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
116 x 75cm
$3,250

     
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Where is my loved one?
2011
117 x 76cm
$3,250

     
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Temptation
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
117 x 75cm
$3,250

     
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Waiting for spring
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
118 x 71cm
$3,250
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Pearl Necklace 1
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
120 x 75cm
$3,250
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Pearl Necklace 2
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
121 x 75cm
$3,250
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Pearl Necklace 3
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
113 x 75cm
$3,250
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Persephone, you've dropped your necklace!
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
120 x 73cm
$3,250

     
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Persephone Returns
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
120 x 74cm
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Crystal Lights
2011
82 x 71cm
$1,850
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Waiting for Persephone
2011
6 Panels
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
120 x 128cm
$4,800

     
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Memory or Dream?
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
118 x 37cm
$1,350
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Harvest
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
105 x 37cm
$1,350
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Dawn Vigil
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
59 x 41cm
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If I jump I will fal into my arms 2
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
59 x 41cm
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Memories of Skopelos
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
59 x 41cm
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Persephone's Secret
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
59 x 41cm
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Searching 1
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
59 x 41cm
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Searching 2
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
59 x 41cm
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Searching 3
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
59 x 41cm
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Forbidden Dreams
2011
Acrylic and Pigment on paper
59 x 41cm
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Unexpected Encounters: past, present and yet to come
2011
Mixed media on paper
29.5 x 29.5cm
$650
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Persephone whispered: I am alive
2011
Mixed media on paper
29 x 29cm
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You are alive because you hear me
2011
Mixed media on paper
29.5 x 29.5cm
$650
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artist news
past exhibitions
 
 
 
katy woodroffe
 
 

Born in Derby, a small tin mining town in the North East of Tasmania.
Studied at the Tasmanian School of Art in both Hobart and Launceston.
Currently lives and works in Hobart

 
Post Graduation Qualifications
 
 

Currently enrolled in MFA (PhD), UTAS, Launceston

1999

Master of Fine Art and Design, University of Tasmania, Launceston

1982

Bachelor of Education, Tasmanian State Institute of Technology, Launceston

 
solo exhibitions
 
2011 Treasure Island Colville Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2010

Ghazals”, Astry Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, travelling to the Spectrum Gallery, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria (October/November)

2009 “Cadenza”, Barrack Gallery, Art Equity, Sydney
“The Fountain”, Salamanca Collection, Hobart
2008 Exhibition and Presentation, Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain
2007 “Tasmania: Island of Memory”, Tarraleah Lodge, Tarraleah, Tasmania (featured as a special event for Tasmanian Living Artists’ Week)
Selected feature artist, Henry’s Restaurant, Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart waterfront (9 major works)
“Next Stop Amsterdam!”, Poimena Gallery, Launceston (with Robert Ikin as a fringe event of “Ten Days on the Island 2007”)
2006 “Hill of the Sun”, Barrack Gallery, Art Equity, Sydney
“The Captive Princess”, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2005 “Salud!”, Benchmark Tasmanian Wine Gallery, Launceston
2004 “Concoct”, Theatre works Gallery, Acland Street, St.Kilda, Melbourne. (Award winner’s exhibition)
“Memento”, Rosevears Estate, Tamar Valley, Tasmania
2002 “Patterns of Silence”, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
2001 Paris Exposition, Atelier 2244, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
1999 “No, Mother, Do Not Weep”, Nisart Gallery, Launceston
 
selected group exhibitions
 
2011

6th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, Hobart
18th Birthday Exhibition, CAST Gallery, Hobart
"Rituals, Relics and Icons", ANCA Gallery, Canberra
City of Whyalla Art Prize, Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, South Australia
Nora Heysen Centenary Art Prize, Hahndorf Academy, South Australia
Colville Gallery:The Tasmanian Landscape, Space Gallery, Launceston
"The Art of Christmas", Long Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart
"Little Hill", Poimena Gallery, Launceston
Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick's College, Ballarat, Victoria
Skopelos Foundation Group Exhibition, Orpheus Cinema, Skopelos Island, Greece

"Twelve", Made. Creative Space, Toowoomba, Queensland
A4 Contemporary Print Exhibition, Arts Centre, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
BSG Small Works Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair (Colville Gallery), Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Prometheus Visual Arts Award Exhibition, Merrimac, Queensland
"Impressed", Hunter Island Press, Rosny Schoolhouse Gallery, Hobart
CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Gallery, NSW
"10th Lessedra World Art Print Annual", Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
"Think Tank", Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston
"artaid@tmag", Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
"Tasmania 1:100,000 Mapping the Island" Burnie Art Gallery, Burnie
6th Annual Artists Show Colville Gallery, Hobart

2010

Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria
Beyond the Chalk Board, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Perth
“Connections”, s.p.a.c.e. Gallery, Launceston
Wrest Point Art Awards, Boardwalk Gallery, Hobart
Summer Exhibition, Salamanca Collection, Hobart

2009 Cast Members Exhibition, Cast Gallery, Hobart
Burnie Tas Art Exhibition, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
“Best Friends”, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, UTAS, Launceston
“A Perfect Ten”, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
Opening Exhibition, Derby Museum Collection, Tin Mining Centre, Derby
International Print Triennial, Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Krakow, Poland
“96/100”, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, UTAS, Launceston
International Juried Print Exhibition, Ottawa, Canada
Ex Libris Exhibition, Debrecen, Hungary
International Printmaking Exhibition, Resim Heykel Muzeleri Dernegi, Istanbul, Turkey
International Graphic Triennial, Bitola, Macedonia
2nd Guanlan International Print Biennial, Shenzhen, China
$15000 Prometheus Art Exhibition, Merrimac, Qld
CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Gallery, NSW
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Tasmania
“Mapping the Island”,10 Days on the Island, Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
“Exposition”, Gallery Hopeinen Sivellin., Helsinki, Finland
“Fresh” Summer Eclectic Exhibition, Salamanca Collection Gallery. Hobart
Wrest Point Art Awards, Boardwalk Gallery, Hobart
International Printmaking Exhibition, Resim Heykel Muzeleri Dernegi, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 CAST Members Exhibition, CAST Gallery, Hobart
Islington Salamanca Art Prize, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart
“The Work of Art”, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston
Art Expo Invitation Exhibition, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston
“Fragile: Handle with Care”, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
“Drought: Creative Cross-Cultural Collaborations”, curated by Lella Cariddi, Federation Square, Melbourne
Bimpe V, Fifth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
“7th Lessedra World Art Print Annual”, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
“Material Girl Touring Exhibition”, 10 selected venues Tasmania
“Material Girl 08”, Women Tasmania Exhibition, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie
Willamstown Contemporary Art Prize Exhibition, Willamstown, Victoria
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Tasmania
Artgoods Stand, Weekend Australian Art Melbourne 08, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
“Connections”, s.p.a.c.e. Gallery, Launceston
Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
“Linden Postcard Show”, Linden Gallery, Acland Street, Melbourne
Wrest Point Art Awards, Boardwalk Gallery, Hobart
2007 CAST Members Exhibition 2007, CAST Gallery, Hobart
Whyalla Art Prize, Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, South Australia
“con.ceit 07” Corangamarah Art Prize, Colac, Victoria
“Sanctuary”, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
“Local Connections”, selected feature artist, Tasmanian Living Artists’ Week, Door of Hope Gallery Space, Launceston
Melbourne Art Fair, (Tapir Studios), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
“6th Lessedra World Art Print Annual”, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prometheus Visual Arts Award Exhibition, Merrimac, Queensland
John Glover Art Prize, Falls Park Pavilion, Evandale, Tasmania
“Material Girl 07”, Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Tasmania
“Linden Postcard Show”, Linden Gallery, Acland Street, Melbourne
Wrest Point Art Awards and Exhibition, Boardwalk Gallery, Hobart
2006 Central Queensland Art Awards and Exhibition, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, Queensland
CAST Members Exhibition 2006, CAST Gallery, Hobart
“Red Q Art Exhibition, Queechy High School, Launceston
“Full Circle”, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
The Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle, Western Australia
City of Hobart Art Prize 06, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
“Fifty Trees of Launceston”, Academy of the Arts, Launceston
Featured artist, Art Installation Suite, Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
Works on Paper, Barrack Gallery, Sydney
Material Girl 2006, “Four Seasons: Women and Life”, Exhibition touring throughout Tasmania, March - November 2006
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Tasmania
“Connections”, s.p.a.c.e. Gallery, Launceston
“Material Girl 06”, Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart
“Linden Postcard Show”, Linden Gallery, Acland Street, Melbourne
18th Annual Summer Exhibition, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2005 “Red Q Art Exhibition, Queechy High School, Launceston
“Edge of the Sacred”, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
“Exhibitionists”, CAST Touring Exhibition, Lilydale High School, Tasmania
“Mirror of Life - Telling a Story”, Summerdale Primary School, Launceston
“Engage > Ignite”, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, Launceston
“Exhibitionists”, CAST Touring Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Scottsdale
“4th Lessedra World Art Print Annual”, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
“Rhapsody 21C: Tasmanian Contemporary Art”, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, Inveresk, Launceston
“Exhibitionists”, CAST Touring Art Teachers’ Exhibition, St. Mary’s 2005 “Material Girl”, Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart
“Exhibitionists”, CAST Touring Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Oatlands 2005 “Linden Postcard Show”, Linden Gallery, Acland Street, St. Kilda, Melbourne
Wrest Point Art Awards and Exhibition, Boardwalk Gallery, Wrest Point Hotel, Hobart
“Exhibitionists”, CAST Touring Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Schoolhouse Gallery, Rosny
2004 “Fully Booked”, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
“Dare to Look”, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, Inveresk, Launceston
“Red Q Art Exhibition”, Queechy High School. Launceston
Old Launcestonian Art Exhibition, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
“Dare to Look”, Retailers in the CBD, Launceston (Tasmanian Living Artists’ Week)
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Perth
“White Line Fever”, University of Tasmania, Cradle Coast Campus, Burnie “White Line Fever”, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, Inveresk, Launceston
“Escape”, Tasmanian Wilderness Gallery, St. Marys, Tasmania
“Egg Ei Oeuf”, selected Easter Exhibition, Design Centre of Tasmania, Launceston
“She - is a Bitch”, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Victoria
2003 “Our Piping Lane”, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, Launceston
Red Q Art Exhibition, Queechy High School, Launceston
Recent Works on Paper, The Mill Gallery, Launceston
“The Passionate Pilgrim”, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
The Royal Launceston Show Art Prize (Selected Exhibition), Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, Inveresk
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Perth
“Travelling the Roundabout”, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart and touring Exhibition, University of Tasmania, North West Centre, Burnie
“Creative Diaspora: Australian Artists Living in Paris” a photographic documentary exhibition compiled by Nathalie Latham - exhibited Paris and London
“Travelling the Roundabout”, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts
“The Island Art Prize”, Ten Days on the Island Festival, Stanley
“Images of Tasmania - 5”, Long Gallery, Hobart
2002 “Hats off to Rain Lover”, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, L’ton
Alumni Exhibition Celebrating the Opening of the Academy of the Arts Gallery, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Inveresk, Launceston
“Life and Death”, Stables Gallery, Cleveland House, Cleveland
“Material Girl”, International Womens Day Art Exhibition, Hobart
“Connections”, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston
Gala Exhibition, Macquarie Regional Art Festival, Old Stone Church, Campbell T.
2001 “Images of Tasmania - 4”, Long Gallery, Hobart
‘Finalists’ Exhibition, The Hutchins Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart
“Fine Tasmanian Print Show”, Nisart Gallery, Launceston
“Different Points of View”, North Sydney Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Perth
“Souvenir”, Gallery A, University Gallery, Launceston
The Hills Grammar School Art Prize (Finalist), Kenthurst, NSW Wales
Southern Island Art Exhibition, 10 Days on the Island,Town Hall, Stanley
“Tasmanian Icons”, Stables Gallery, Cleveland House, Cleveland
2000 “Images of Tasmania - 3”, Long Gallery, Hobart
CAST Members Exhibition 2000, CAST Gallery, Hobart
“Tasart Exhibition 2000”, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie
“Boxed: Gifts, Treasures, Memories and Possessions”, Gallery B, University Gallery, Launceston
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Perth
“One More Time - (With Feeling)”, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
“Fragments from the Forest to the Sea”, North Sydney Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
“Connections”, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston
“Images of Tasmania - 2”, Long Gallery, Hobart
1999 “Seeing and Remembering” - Poimena Gallery, Launceston
“Anagram”, Nisart Gallery, Launceston
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Perth
“Memories”, Woolmers Estate, Longford
Trust Bank Art Award, Royal Launceston Show, Launceston
“Three Tasmanian Artists - Re-Connected Journeys,” North Sydney Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
1998 CAST Members Exhibition 1999, CAST Gallery, Hobart
Trust Bank Art Award, Royal Launceston Show, Launceston
“Rediscovery: Connected Journeys”, Nisart Gallery, Launceston
“The Sea , the Sun and the Myth,” North Sydney Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Perth
1997 “The Tasmanian Connection,” Childers Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
Newstead College Acquisition Exh, Newstead College Gallery, Launceston
“Boxed: Gifts, Treasures, Memories and Possessions,”Institut Teknology Mara Malaysia
Focus Wall, Gallery 2, Ritchies Mill, Launceston
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Perth
1996 “Borderlands,” Nisart Gallery, Launceston
Invitation Art Award, Trust Bank - Royal Launceston Show, Launceston
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
“Connections”, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston
“It’s about a Time and a Place,” Gallery 2, Ritchies Mill, Launceston
Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Perth
Contemporary Art Show, Strathlyn Wine Centre, Legana
1995 Invitation Art Award, Trust Bank - Royal Launceston Show, Launceston
“Home and Away,” Snakepit, Launceston
1994 Invitation Art Award, Trust Bank - Royal Launceston Show, Launceston
“Be Realistic: Demand the Impossible”, Snakepit, Launceston
1993 “Floor to Ceiling,” Arthouse, Launceston
 
Recent Art Awards and Selections
 
2012

Selected finalist, Shy Rabbit Print International 3, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, USA

2011 Selected finalist, Mini Print International - Asia Pacific, Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong
Selected finalist, Shy Rabbit Print International 3, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, USA
Special Recognition Award, Light, Space and Time Online Gallery, December 2011
Selected artist, "Rituals, Relics and Icons", ANCA Gallery, Canberra
Selected finalist, City of Whyalla Art Prize, Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, South Australia
Selected finalist, Nora Heysen Centenary Art Prize, Hahndorf Academy, South Australia
Selected finalist, Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick's College, Ballarat, Victoria
Selected finalist, A4 Contemporary Print Exhibition, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
Selected feature artist, "Twelve" calendar (December), Made. Creative Space,
Toowoomba, Queensland
Selected Finalist, Prometheus Visual Arts Award, Merrimac, Queensland
Selected Finalist, 10th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Gallery, NSW
2010

Invited Participant, World Gallery of Drawings, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Featured artist, Icon Data, Global Virtual Museum of Contemporary Graphic Art, International Print Triennial Society, Krakow
Selected Finalist, Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria
Invited Participant, 5th International Printmaking Triennial, Douro, Portugal

2009/10

Selected Finalist, International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, (also exhibited in Prilep, Resen, Skopje, Stip), Republic of Macedonia

2009

Selected Finalist, Main Exhibition, International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland (chosen from nearly 6000 entries)
Selected Finalist, Burnie Tas Art Exhibition, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
Selected Finalist, International Juried Print Exhibition, Ottawa, Canada
Selected in the First Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Egypt
Winner of Highly Commended Award, CPM National Print Awards, NSW
Selected Finalist, Second Stage of the International Print Triennial, Krakow
Selected finalist, 2nd Guanlan International Print Biennial, Shenzhen, China
Finalist in the $15,000 Prometheus Visual Arts Award, Queensland
Finalist, CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Gallery, NSW
Selected participant, International Printmaking Exhibition, Resim Heykel Muzeleri Dernegi, Istanbul, Turkey
Selected participant, “Mapping the Island”, 10 Days on the Island Exhibition, Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart.

2008 Winner of the $5000 Islington Salamanca Collection Art Prize, Hobart
Selected member, International Association Artist Universal, Helsinki
Selected Finalist, Bimpe V, Fifth Biennial International Print Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Selected in the 7th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Winner of the Premier’s Choice Award, Women Tasmania’s Material Girl 08 Competition, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie
Finalist in the Willamstown Contemporary Art Prize, Willamstown, Victoria
Finalist in the $15,000 Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Art Gallery, Qld
Finalist in the Wrest Point Art Awards, Boardwalk Gallery, Hobart
2007 Finalist in the $25,000 Whyalla Art Prize, Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, South Australia (52 selected from 464 entries nationwide)
Finalist in the “con.ceit 07” Corangamarah Art Prize, Colac, Vic
Selected feature artist, Tasmanian Living Artists’ Week, “Local Connections” Exhibition, Launceston (including floor talk and workshop)
Selected feature artist in Henry’s Restaurant, Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart waterfront (9 major works)
Finalist in the $15,000 Prometheus Visual Arts Award, Queensland
Winner of Judges’ $500 Commendation Award, Tas. Art Award, Eskleigh
Finalist in the $30,000 John Glover Art Prize, Evandale (43 selected from over 200 national and international entries)
Winner of the $3000 Highly Commended Award, Wrest Point Art Awards (runner-up), Boardwalk Gallery, Hobart (selected from 209 entries)
2006 Finalist in the 2006 Central Queensland Art Awards (44 from 177 entries)
Finalist in the Fremantle Print Award, Western Australia 2006 Finalist in the City of Hobart Art Prize (28 selected from 124 national submissions)
Winner of the $1000 Women Tasmania’s International Women’s Day Art Competition, “Material Girl 06”, Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart
Artist’s work selected by the Launceston City Council and presented as the city’s gift to its sister city of Ikeda in Japan
Winner of Judges’ $500 Commendation Award, Tas. Art Award, Eskleigh
Selected feature artist at the award winning Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
Selected as the featured artist, Rosevears Estate, Tamar Valley, Tas
Selected in the “Fifty Trees of Launceston” Exh.,Academy of the Arts, L’ton
2005 Selected participant in “Rhapsody 21C”, featuring the work of 33 practicing Tasmanian artists, International Conference at the Academy of the Arts, L’ton
Selected for the CAST travelling exhibition “Exhibitionists”
2004 Joint Winner of the Theatreworks Award, Walker Street Gallery, Victoria
2003 Winner of the $5000 Tasmanian Art Award at Eskleigh, Perth, Tasmania
Selected Finalist, The Royal Launceston Show Art Prize, Launceston
Artists of Tasmania Selection, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie
Selected Finalist, Island Art Prize, Ten days on the Island Festival, Stanley
2001 Selected Finalist, The Hutchins Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart
Selected Finalist, The Hills Grammar School Art Prize, New South Wales
2000 Winner of Judges’ $500 Highly Commended Award,”Tasart Exhibition” Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie
Winner of Judges’ $500 Commendation Award, Tas. Art Award, Eskleigh
1999 Winner of Judges’ Special Mention, Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh
1997 Winner of Judges’ Commendation - Representational Section, Trust Bank Art Award, Royal Launceston Show
 
Recent, current and forthcoming International Exhibitions
 
2011 Splitgraphic: International Graphic Art Biennial, Split, Croatia
A4 Contemporary Print Competition, Poly Arts Centre, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
"10th Lessedra World Art Print Annual", Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010

“Ghazals”, Astry Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (travelling to the Spectrum Gallery, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria)
World Gallery of Drawings, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
5th International Printmaking Triennial, Douro, Portugal
International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum, Cairo, Egypt

2009/10

International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, (also exhibited in Prilep, Resen, Skopje, Stip), Republic of Macedonia

2009

Main Exhibition, International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
International Juried Print Exhibition, Ottawa, Canada
International Print Triennial, Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Krakow, Poland
First Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Egypt
International Printmaking Exhibition, Resim Heykel Muzeleri Dernegi, Istanb ul, Turkey
2nd Guanlan International Print Biennial, Shenzhen, China
Ex Libris Exhibition, Debrecen, Hungary
“Exposition”, Gallery Hopeinen Sivellin., Helsinki, Finland

2008 Bimpe V, Fifth Biennial International Print Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
End of Residency Exhibition and Presentation, Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain
“7th Lessedra World Art Print Annual”, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
“Footprint” International Print Exhibition, Salon des Refuses, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, USA
2007 “Tasmanie Project”, Galerie de Meerse, Hoofddorp, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (opened by the Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Stephen Brady)
“6th Lessedra World Art Print Annual”, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003

“Creative Diaspora: Australian Artists Living in Paris” a photographic documentary exhibition compiled by Nathalie Latham - exhibited in Paris and London

 
Selected Bibliography
 
2010

International Print Triennial Krakow 2009 Catalogue, p.76
Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Biennale Catalogue, p. 613 - 616

2009

International Triennial of Graphic Art Catalogue, “Patterns of Solitude”, Bitola, Macedonia p.27
Guanlan Inernational Print Biennial Collection of Prints, Katy Woodroffe “Seeds of Paradise” p.115
International Juried Print Exhibition Catalogue, Ottawa School of Art, Canada, Katy Woodroffe “Los Cantaros 6”
III International Printmaking Exhibition Catalogue, Resim Ve Heykel Muzeleri Dernegi, Istanbul, p.110 -111
Miniprint, The Seventh Lessedra World Art Print Annual, p.64

2008

Who’s Who in Tasmania, Inaugural Edition
Imprint Magazine, special feature about Tasmanian printmakers Katy Woodroffe, Maddy Goodwolf and Nic Goodwolf (funded by a grant from Arts Tasmania)

2007 Mini Print, 6th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria p.75
2006 Opening Doors, Photographic Exhibition and Book by Rob Burnett and Mary Machen, celebrating “It’s About Us”, Academy of the Arts, Inveresk, Launceston p. 62 - 65
2005

Mini Print, 4th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria, p.134

2003 Island 95 (Summer 2003),Tasmanian Artists in Paris, Visual Essay by Nathalie Latham with text by artists Ray Arnold, Tara Badcock, Anna Phillips and Katy Woodroffe
1988 Tasmanian Artists of the Twentieth Century, Sue Backhouse, Hobart Pindani Press
 
Recent Reviews and Features
 
2010

The Examiner Extra Arts, Teachers remind us of their skills, review by Dr. Astrid Wootton, May 15, p.41
Icon Data, Global Virtual Museum of Contemporary Graphic Art, International Print Triennial Society, Krakow www.icondata.triennial.cracow.pl

2009

Art Insight Magazine, Top Movers, Issue 40, Sept/Oct, p.1 & 7
Academy Gallery Best Friends Catalogue p.39
Clyde Selby, The Mercury Inside Arts, Gallery Watch, Anniversary Proves a Class Act, A Perfect 10, October 3, p.8
The Examiner Extra Arts, Kudos for Woodroffe, October 3, p.72
Claire Van Ryn, The Examiner Extra Arts, “Decade of Wonders”, Saturday September 26, p.36
ABC Northern Tasmania interview with Elaine Harris, Poland, Sydney and Poimena Exhibitions, September 23, 3.40pm
Imprint Magazine, Katy Woodroffe takes on the World, September p.
Tasmanian Life magazine, Katy Woodroffe, Teacher and Artist, (Steven French) p.20 and 21
Clyde Selby, The Mercury Inside Arts, Gallery Watch, “The Fountain”, p.8
Claire Van Ryn, The Examiner Extra Arts, “Ancient Vessels a symbol of harmony”, Monday, August 3, p.8
The Examiner Extra Arts, Woodroffe’s Spain, August 1, p.37
Art Insight Magazine, Issue 39, July/August, p.1, 8 and 9
Inside Arts, The Mercury Magazine, The Salamanca Collection Katy Woodroffe, August 1, p.8
Art Insight Magazine, Top Movers, Issue 38, May/June, p.6
Claire Van Ryn, The Examiner Extra Arts, “Sense of Place in Art Hotel”, Saturday May 2 , p.40
Claire Van Ryn, The Examiner, “Competition to Celebrate Potential”, Monday February 23, p.11
Bimpe V, The Fifth Biennial International Print Exhibition Catalogue, p.66
ABC Statewide interview with Siobhan Maiden, Poimena Art Award, January 30, 2.10 – 2.20pm

2008

Art Insight Magazine, Top Movers, Issue 34, Nov/Dec, p.5
The Examiner, Extra Arts, “Poimena Art Award”, November 22, p.47
Clyde Selby, Gallery Watch, The Mercury Inside Arts, “Winning Circles”, November 8, p.8
The Examiner, Spectrum Arts, Launceston teacher wins art prize, November 8, p. 11
Penny McLeod, The Mercury, “Good year gets better as artist takes $5000 prize”, November 3, p.6
Lisa Singh, MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, media release, Tasmanians Urged to Cast Vote in Art Prize, http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=25178
Claire van Ryn, Spectrum Arts feature, The Examiner, “Five Pay Homage to the Artistic Process”, October 18, p.41
Spectrum Arts feature, The Examiner, “Show Handled with Care”, October 11, p.43
Sunday Examiner Magazine, “Art Behind the Scenes”, October 5
ABC online feature, “Art a fragile thing for teachers and students”, http://www.abc.net.au/northtas/features/
ABC Northern Tasmania interview with Siobhan Maden, Fragile: Handle with Care”, September 26, 4.30pm
Academy of the Arts Magazine feature, Poimena Visual Arts Centre and Gallery
Loretta Johnston, The Examiner, Spectrum Arts, Katy has Moor Life to Inspire her Work, July 12, p.41
ABC Statewide interview with Christopher Lawrence, Spain Residency, June 16th 3.10 – 3.25pm
Who’s Who in Tasmania, Inaugural Edition
Art Insight Magazine, Top Movers, Issue 28, May, p.6
Imprint Magazine, Katy Woodroffe: Feminising the Frame by Jane Deeth, Autumn 08, Volume 43, Number 1, p.22 and 23 (Arts Tasmania grant)
Ellena Midgley,The Examiner, Spanish Return Inspires Artist’s Work, March 10th, p.12
Art Insight Magazine, Top Movers, Issue 25, February, p.6
Artist’s image In the Amber Room; The Engagement 1 (detail) used on the cover of the Arts Tas Government brochure ”An Island Inspired”

2007 Art Insight Magazine, Top Movers, Issue 23, November, p 5
Art Insight Magazine, Top Performers, Issue 21, September, p 4
Yolanda Edens, Holland Focus, Exh “Project Tasmania” at Gallery de Meerse, p.11
Peter Gilligan, WIN TV News report, Amsterdam Exhibition, Monday 20th August
Exhibition “Project Tasmania”at Galerie de Meerse, Australian Embassy website
http://www.australian-embassy/thag/wc20.html
Speech opening exhibition “Project Tasmania” by the Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Mr. Stephen Brady http://www.australian-embassy/thag/wc29.html
Tasmanian Living Artist Week Programme p.38 & 70
Fran Voss, The Examiner, Spectrum Arts, Art Response is Uniquely Tasmanian, March 31, p.44
Danielle Blewett, The Examiner, Next Stop Amsterdam on Show at Poimena Gallery
March 17, p.8
Art Insight Magazine, Top Performers, February, p 3
Ellena Midgley, The Examiner, Award Winning Artist who found Beauty in Islam, Jan. 9th, p.5
2006 Jo McIntyre, The Examiner, Spectrum Arts, Grammar Show I intrigues, Oct. 21st p.41
Art Insight Magazine, Top Performers, August, p.4
Art Insight Magazine, In Focus, July, p1-2
Danielle Blewett, The Examiner, Katy Hangs with the Best, June 17, p.2
Jo McIntyre, The Examiner, Spectrum Arts, Trees City’s Greatest Gift, p.43
Art Insight Magazine, Top Performers, June, p.4
Art Insight Magazine, Top Performers, May, p.4
Art Insight Magazine, Top Performers, April, p.4 and 5
The Examiner Weekend Arts, Recipes for Success - Tasmanian Women on Top of their Game (5 selected women from throughout Tasmania)
Fran Voss, The Examiner, Spectrum Arts, Tiles Speak Vol., Feb 11, p. 37
Joerg Andersch, The Mercury, Inside Arts, Eloquent Imagery, Feb18, p. 40
2005

Danielle Blewett, The Examiner News, Secluded World now on Show, Sept 6, p.10
Jo McIntyre, The Examiner, Spectrum Arts, Inspiration from Moorish Fortress,
Sept 10, p.33
Tasmanian Living Artists Week, Special Events, Benchmark Tasmanian Wine Gallery, August 2005

2004 Danielle Blewett, The Examiner, Spectrum Arts, Launceston Woman Wins Award, Sept 25, p. 40
Tasmanian Living Artists Week, Special Events, Rosevears Estate, August
Jo McIntyre, The Examiner, Spectrum Arts, Held Fast by a Fever for all Things Football, July 31, p.35
2003 Danielle Blewett, The Examiner Excite Magazine, Why Teaching Still Fires Katy, Sept., p.12/13
2002 Martin Stevenson, The Examiner, What Katy Did in Paris, October 2002
Gregory Leong, Artlink Magazine vol.22 no.2, review,Life and Death
Jo McIntyre, The Examiner, Spectrum Arts, Time for Site and Sound, Oct 12, p. 34
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, The Advocate, Artists of Tasmania, Oct 14
2001 Martin Stevenson, The Examiner Arts, Sane on the Seine, July 28, p.29
 
collections
 

Guanlan International Print Biennial Collection, Shenzhen, China
Makanne Collection, Udaipur, India
Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos Island, Greece
International Print Triennial Collection, Krakow, Poland
World Gallery of Drawings, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Printmaking Museum of Douro, Portugal
N.I. Institute and Museum, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
International Print Triennial Collection, Krakow, Poland
Ex Libris Collection, Debrecen, Hungary
Resim Heykel Muzeleri Dernegi, Istanbul, Turkey
Americas Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, University of Iowa, USA
Fundacion Valparaiso Art Collection, Mojacar, Spain
The Americas Biennial Exhibition Research Archives, USA
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Academy of the Arts, University of Tasmania, Launceston
Launceston City Council
City of Ikeda (Japan). (Artist's work selected by the Launceston City Council and presented as a
gift to its sister city of Ikeda in Japan from the City of Launceston)
Tasmanian Art Award Winners Collection (Eskleigh,Tasmania)
The Federal Hotel Group (Tasmania)
Derby History Museum, Derby, Tasmania
Piper Press (NSW)
Rosevears Estate (Tasmania)
Launceston Church Grammar School Art Collection
Newstead College Art Gallery Collection
NDA Computing, Launceston
Pacific Basin Shipping (Melbourne)
Private Collections in Australia, the Netherlands, Britain, Spain, Kenya, France, India, Singapore
and the USA

 
Commissions
 
2002

Andrew Fox, Griffith Hack Solicitors, Sydney
M. & Mme. Rene Gautron, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris

 
Recent Grants
 
2008

Arts Tasmania Grant in support of an article in Imprint magazine, Print Council of Australia

2007 Recipient of a Tasmanian Regional Arts Grant of $1500 in support of the “Tasmanie Project” Exhibition in Amsterdam in May 2007
 
Residencies
 
2010 September, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos Island, Greece
October, Makanne, Udaipur, India
2008

April, recipient of Fundacion Valparaiso residency grant, Mojacar, Spain

2007 May, Het Veem Studios, 410 van Diemenstraat, Amsterdam
2001 May/June, recipient of University of Tasmania Residency, McCulloch Studio, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
 
Parliamentary Speech
 
2007

Kerry Finch, Independent Member of the Legislative Council, Tasmanian Parliament, Katy Woodroffe ‘s Trip of Special Interest, June 14, 11am

 
Current Professional Responsibilities
 

Judge and Member of the Steering Committee, Material Girl 2009/10
Rosamond McCulloch Studio Management Committee, University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
Print Council of Australia Committee Member, Melbourne, Victoria
Academy Gallery Visual Arts Committee Member, School of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Tasmania, Launceston