Chelsea
Gustafsson
Chelsea is an Australian artist, working and playing in Barwon Heads.
Her delicately, detailed works often explore themes around society and the environment.
Represented by Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne and Penny Contemporary, Hobart.
Also showing with Michael Reid Gallery, Murrurundi.
Selected Exhibition History: Solo, Group & Art Prizes
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Souvenirs. Flinders Lane Gallery. Melbourne, Vic.
2024 Glimpse. Michael Reid Murrurundi. NSW
2023 Sit with It. Penny Contemporary. Hobart, Tas.
2023 Chairs. Michael Reid Murrurundi. NSW
2022 Fish out of Water. Flinders Lane Gallery. Melbourne, Vic.
2021 Play + Collide. Michael Reid Murrurundi. NSW
2021 Chairs on Fire. Talon Gallery. Portland, Oregon. USA
2021 NQR. Flinders Lane Gallery. Melbourne, Vic.
2020 Seated. Michael Reid Online. Sydney, NSW
2020 Vague Disturbances. Penny Contemporary. Hobart, Tas.
2019 Comfort Kills. Flinders Lane Gallery. Melbourne, Vic.
2017 Legacies. Boom Gallery. Geelong, Vic.
2017 This is the Start of Something Ordinary . Alternating Current Artspace. Windsor, Vic.
2016 Yeah Nah. Boom Gallery. Geelong, Vic.
2014 Carpe Diem, YOLO. Boom Gallery. Geelong, Vic.
2013 Microscapes. Boom Gallery. Geelong, Vic.
2007 Works in Progress Space. Metro 5 Gallery. Armadale, Vic.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Lives of Their Own. Flinders Lane Gallery. Melbourne, Vic.
2023 Making the Metro Tunnel, Reflections by Contemporary Australian Artists. Domain House. Melbourne, Vic.
2023 Lives of Their Own: Still Life. Flinders Lane Gallery. Melbourne, Vic.
2022 Expander: Still Life. Stala Contemporary. Perth, WA
2022 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: Interconnected’. New England Regional Art Museum. Armidale, NSW
2021 On The Margins, Works on Paper. Penny Contemporary. Hobart. Tas.
2020 Still. Flinders Lane Gallery. Melbourne Vic.
2020 Art Aid. Gippsland Art Gallery. Sale, Vic.
2020 Angels in the Architecture. Talon Gallery. Portland, Oregon. USA
2019 Nude. Flinders Lane Gallery. Melbourne, Vic.
2018 Coastal. Flinders Lane Gallery. Melbourne, Vic.
2017 Exploration 17. Flinders Lane Gallery. Melbourne, Vic.
2016 Pencil Pushers. Boom Gallery. Geelong, Vic.
2016 Polygon Project. Sidespace Gallery. Hobart, Tas.
2016 Green. Boom Gallery. Geelong, Vic.
2015 BSG 40x40 Show. Brunswick St Gallery. Fitzroy, Vic.
2014 3rd Anniversary Show. Flower Pepper Gallery. Pasadena, CA. USA.
2013 Forests. Boom Gallery. Geelong, Vic.
2012 8 Women. Boom Gallery. Geelong, Vic.
2011 BSG Small Works. Brunswick St Gallery. Fitzroy, Vic.
2009 Geelong Regional Artists Retrospective Exhibition. Gordon Gallery. Geelong, Vic.
2008 Small Works. Metro 5 Gallery. Armadale, Vic.
2008 Emerging Artists Exhibition. Toyota Community Spirit Gallery. Port Melbourne, Vic.
Art Prizes
2023 Kennedy Art Prize, finalist. Royal South Australian Society of Arts. Adelaide, SA
2023 Lethbridge 20000, finalist. Lethbridge Gallery. Paddington, QLD
2021 Kennedy Art Prize, finalist. Royal South Australian Society of Arts. Adelaide, SA
2018 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, finalist. Lismore Regional Gallery. Lismore, NSW
2018 Percival Tucker Portrait Prize, finalist. Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. Townsville, QLD
2018 Kennedy Art Prize, finalist. Royal South Australian Society of Arts. Adelaide, SA
2018 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, finalist. Art Gallery of Western Australia. Perth, WA
2018 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, finalist. Project Contemporary Artspace. Wollongong, NSW
2017 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, finalist. Project Contemporary Artspace. Wollongong, NSW
2016 Cambridge Portrait Prize, finalist. Cambridge Studio Gallery. Collingwood, Vic.
2010 Small Scale Art Prize, finalist. Lethbridge Gallery. Paddington, Qld.
2010 Linden Postcard Show, postcard winner. Linden Centre for Contemporary Art. St Kilda, Vic.
2008 John Leslie Art Prize, finalist. Gippsland Art Gallery. Sale, Vic.
2007 Metro 5 Art Award, finalist. Metro 5 Gallery. Armadale, Vic.
2006 ANL Maritime Art Prize, finalist. Mission to Seafarers. Port Melbourne, Vic.