Fiona Hiscock
born Ballarat 1965, lives Melbourne
QUALIFICATIONS
1993 Post Graduate Honors Degree, Fine Art, (ceramics) RMIT
1991 BA Fine Art Ceramics, RMIT
1986 BA Melbourne University, Fine Art History
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 A Fine Balance, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2022 Re-generate, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2020 Parkland, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2020 Habitat, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2018 Woodland, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2015 Country, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2014 Beaver Gallery, Canberra
2011 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2010 Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Beaver Gallery, Canberra
2006 Beaver Gallery, Canberra
2003 Beaver Gallery, Canberra
2003 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Beaver Gallery, Canberra
2000 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Craft Victoria, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Beth Brown and Tom Bruce AM Gift, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
2024
Still Life, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2023
Sydney Contemporary, presented by Gallerysmith, Carriageworks, Sydney
Spring, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
In the Company of Morris, Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC
Terra Nova, 70 Years of Breaking Ground, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW
Endangered, Maunsell Wicks Gallery, Sydney
XV: PAST PRESENT FUTURE, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2022
City of Townsville Art Collection: Recent Acquisitions, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Sydney Contemporary, presented by Gallerysmith, Carriageworks, Sydney
Endangered, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
For the Love of Trees, Burrinja Gallery, Upwey, VIC
2021
Explore: Sydney Contemporary (online art fair)
I am here – 40 women shaping Australian art, curated by Katherine
Hattam, Art House Gallery, Sydney
Drawn from the Garden, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW
2020
Ceramics 2020, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
SC2020, Sydney Contemporary online art fair
2017
Maningham Art Award, Victoria
2017
Omnus Terra, NCECA Conference, Portland US
Hyper-Botanica, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2015
Victorian Craft Award, Craft Victoria
2014
Tribute to Janet Mansfield, Mossgreen Gallery
Efflorescent, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
The Course of Objects, Manly Regional Art Gallery
Big Ceramics, Craft Victoria
2013
Sunshine Coast Ceramic Art Prize, Manningham Ceramic Art Prize
2011
Ewers, Pitchers, Jugs and Jars, Narek Gallery, NSW
2010
Gold Coast Ceramic Art Award, Queensland
2009
Town Country, Craft Victoria
2007
New Under the Sun, Jewish Museum of Australia
2005
Hobart Art Prize, Tasmania
Chilli, Cudgegong Gallery, NSW
2004
Celebrating the Master, Schepsi Gallery, Melbourne
2003
Changing Surfaces, Shepparton Art Gallery
2002
Centenary Craft Prize, Parliament House, Canberra
2002
Alice Springs Craft Award, Alice Springs
Freeman Gallery 3, Hobart Tasmania
1999
Drawn in Form, travelling show – Brisbane City Gallery and Object
Gallery
Alice Craft Award, Northern Territory
1999
Blessed be the Work, Jewish Ritual and Contemporary Craft, Jewish
Museum
1998
Gold Coast Ceramic Art Award, Queensland
Mornington Peninsula Craft Event, Mornington Arts Centre, VIC
1997
Faenza International Ceramic Art Competition, Italy
Moonee Valley Festival Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Essendon, VIC
Sidney Myer Fund Australia Day Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art
Gallery
New Visions, (5 Artists) Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
1996
Gold Coast Ceramic Art Award, Queensland
Sidney Myer Fund Australia Day Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art
Gallery,
1995
Mornington Peninsula Craft Event, Mornington Arts Centre, VIC
Gold Coast Ceramic Art Award, Queensland
1994
Mornington Peninsula Craft Event, Mornington Arts Centre, VIC
1993
Fresh, Student Award Exhibition, Craft Victoria
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2022 Finalist
– North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville,
QLD
Winner – Muswellbrook Art Prize, ceramics, Muswellbrook
Regional Arts Centre, NSW
2021 Winner
– (3D work category) – Stanthorpe Art Award, Stanthorpe regional
gallery, Qld
Shortlisted – Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize,
Manly Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW
Finalist – Klytie Pate Award, Mansfield Arts Centre, Mansfield, VIC
2019 Shortlisted – Incinerator Art
Award, Melbourne
Shortlisted – Clunes Ceramic Award, Clunes, Vic
2018 Bundanon Trust Artist
in Residence
2017 Museum of Applied Arts
and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum) Sydney
2014/15 Artist in residence, Flemington Primary School
2002 Alice Springs Art Award
1996 Gold Coast Ceramic Art
Merit Award
1997 Moonee Valley Festival
Contemporary Craft Award
1991 Walker Ceramics Prize for
Excellence to a student at RMIT
1991 National Gallery Society of
Victoria Award, RMIT
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS (selected)
The Canberra Times ‘Fiona Hiscock adorns ceramics with vibrant native flora
and fauna’, Kerry Anne Cousins, 25 Jun 14
Herald Sun Newspaper Botanical Beauties, Karen Woods, 21 Jun 03
Herald Sun Newspaper “Fruits of an Urban Shed”, Simon Plant, 3 Oct 98
Australian Ceramics Magazine 1999, 2009
The Australian Newspaper, Weekend Review “Objects of Desire” Jo Litson, 20
Jun 98
The Age Newspaper “Artists in Residence”, Denise Ryan, Domain magazine, 29
Jul 98
The Age Newspaper “Size with Attitude” Zinta Jurjuans-Heard, 29 Apr 98
Masters of their Craft, Noris Ioannou, Craftsman House, 1997
Herald Sun Newspaper “The Vases that Fiona Built”, Claire Sutherland, 10 May
97
Business Review Weekly “New Handle on Old Aesthetics Problem”, Anna Long, 12
May 97
House and Garden Magazine “6 Rising Stars”, December 1996
The Age Newspaper, Jenny Zimmer, 14 Dec 93, 4 Jan 94, 3 Mar 94, 1 Feb 96,28
May 97
Ceramics, Art and Perception Issues 11 and 30
COLLECTIONS
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat
Geelong Gallery, Geelong
Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton
Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
City of Townsville Art Collection, Queensland
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast
Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Deakin University, Melbourne
RMIT Collection, Melbourne
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
