ARTISTS | Lori Pensini
Lori Pensini’s painting practice reflects the experience of living on pastoral land in remote Western Australia. Driven by her connection to place and the narrative of her family, Pensini’s figurative practice has been shortlisted for a number of prestigious prizes including the Doug Moran Prize, the Black Swan and the Kilgour Portrait Prize.

EXHIBITIONS:
Bloom | Lori Pensini
ARTIST STATEMENT This body of works is as much an exploration of our colonial culture as it is my own…
Wanderland | Lori Pensini
The Language of Flowers | Lori Pensini
CV:
Lori Pensini, born 1970
Education
1989 Certificate Architectural Drafting
2018 Natural History Illustration course, NSW
Solo exhibitions
2019
The Language of Flowers, Gallerysmith, VIC
Studio Gallery, Yallingup, WA
2018
Bloom, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
The Peace of Wild Things, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park
2017
Studio Gallery Exhibition, Yallingup
2016
Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park
Art Space Corporative, Scarborough
Mater Dei College, WA
2015
Bunker Bay Dunsborough, WA
2011
McKenzie Gallery – Claremont, WA‘Dream Journals’
2010
Wentworth Galleries – Sydney NSW
2009
Florence, Italy- ‘Home Lies Wide A Thousand Miles’
Buderim, Queensland – Tiffany Jones Fine Art
2007
McKenzie Gallery – Claremont, WA
2006
McKenzie Gallery – Claremont, WA
Boranup Gallery – November, Margaret River, WA
2005
Lynne Wilton Gallery – Melbourne Vic
Narrogin Regional Art Gallery – Narrogin WA
2004
St Bernards – Kojonup, WA
2003
McKenzie Gallery—Claremont, WA
2002
Pilbara Fine Art Gallery– Karratha, WA
2001
Boranup Gallery-Margaret River Wine Fest. WA
McKenzie Art Gallery— Claremont, WA
2000
Pilbara Fine Art Gallery—Karratha, WA
1999
Giralia Station Variety Club Bash—Exmouth, WA
1995
Pilbara Fine Art Gallery—Karratha, WA
Group exhibitions
2019
Pilbara tour, Studio Gallery, WA
2018
Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park, WA
ArtSpace Collective, Scarborough WA
2017
Art Space Corporative, Scarborough, WA
Studio Gallery, Yallingup WA
2016
Studio Gallery Portrait Exhibition, Yallingup WA
Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, WA
Rediscover 2016, Bunbury, WA
Southern Forrest Exhibit, Collie, WA
2015
Collie Art Gallery Photographic Exhibition, WA
Studio Gallery, Yallingup, WA
Gallows Gallery, Perth, WA
Collie Art Gallery, Portrait exhibition, WA
Hutchins Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Lethbridge Art Awards Exhibition, QLD
Cossack Art Awards Exhibition, WA
Salon De Refuse Portrait Exhibit- Perth, WA
2014
Tiffany Fine Art Gallery – Buderim QLD
Studio Gallery – Yallingup, WA
Cossack Art Awards Exhibition, WA
Lethbridge Art Awards Exhibition, QLD
2013
Kojonup Art Exhibition – Kojonup, WA
2011
Hale School Art Exhibition – Perth, WA
Art Extraordinaire – Bunbury
2009
Perth College – WA
She-scapes – Gallery82 – Adelaide SA
2007
Towoomba – Tiffany Jones Fine Art, Buderim, QSLD
Art Melbourne 07′ Lynne Wilton Gallery, VIC.
Awards
2020 Finalist, Gallipoli Art Prize, NSW
2020 Finalist, Collie Art Prize, Collie Art Gallery, WA
2020 Finalist, Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, NSW
2019 WINNER (Tom Fini Foundation Award), The Lester Prize, AGWA
2019 Finalist, Portia Geach Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, NSW
2019 Finalist, Kilgour Award, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
2019 Finalist, Gallipoli Prize, Gallipoli Memorial Club, NSW
2019 Finalist, RAS Landscape Prize, WA
2019 Finalist, Len Fox Portraiture Prize, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery, VIC
2019 Finalist, Lethbridge Award, QLD
2018 Semi Final, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, NSW
2018 People’s Choice, Kilgour Portrait Prize, NSW
2018 Highly Commended, Bruny18, Bruny Island, TAS
2018 Finalist, Bruny18, Bruny Island Art Prize, TAS
2018 Finalist, Black Swan Portraiture Prize, WA
2018 Finalist, Kilgour Portrait Prize, NSW
2018 Finalist, Lethbridge 10,000 Art Award, QLD
2018 Finalist, $50,000 Collie Art Award WA
2018 Finalist, Gallipoli Art Award, NSW
2018 Finalist, Minnawarra Art Award, Armidale, WA
2017 Finalist, Lethbridge 10,000 Art Award, QLD
2017 Semi Final, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, NSW
2017 Finalist, Black Swan Portraiture Prize, WA
2017 Finalist, Kilgour National Portrait Prize, NSW
2017 Finalist, Royal Perth Show Landscape Award, WA
2017 Finalist, Minnawarra Art Award, Armidale, WA
2017 Finalist, Cossack Art Award, Cossack, WA
2016 Finalist, Lethbridge 10000 Art Award, QLD
2016 Finalist, Black Swan Portraiture Prize, WA
2016 Finalist, Minnawarra Art Award, Armidale, WA
2015 Finalist, Lethbridge 10,000 Art Award, QLD
2015 Semi Final, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, NSW
2015 WINNER, Digital Portrait Photographic Award, WA
2015 Finalist, Hutchins Works on Paper Award, TAS
2015 Selection, Salon De Refuse, Black Swan Prize, WA
2014 Finalist, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award
2014 Semi Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2014 WINNER, Cossack Art Award, WA
2013 Finalist, Art Quench Gallery- USA. Depicting Contemporary Life & The Urban Experience
2013 Semi finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, NSW
2013 Special Recognition, Art Quench Gallery-USA, The Urban Experience
2012 Finalist, Contemporary Artists Volume 5. USA
2012 Finalist, Artivita – World Wide Art – California
2012 Honorable mention, Artivita – World Wide Art – California
2012 Peoples Choice—RAS Perth Royal Show, Shell Agricultural Award
2011 Finalist, Nannup Art Prize, Nannup WA
2011 WINNER, RAS Exhibition–Williams – Best oil. Rural Theme
2002 Finalist, RAS Perth Royal Shell Agricultural Art Award
2001 WINNER Cossack Acquisitive Art Awards -Best Oil Landscape. Judge – Ken Done
2000 WINNER, Acquisitive Art Awards Hamersley Iron – Best Oil Landscape. Judge-Robert Juniper
1999 WINNER Cossack Acquisitive Art Awards
1998 WINNER Cossack Acquisitive Art Awards – Pilbara
1998 WINNER Agricultural Society Art Awards, Geraldton
1998 Finalist, Shell Royal Perth Show Ag. Society Art Awards
1998 WINNER, Geraldton Rotary Art Awards, Best landscape
1997 Honourable mention, Geraldton Rotary Art Awards
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LORI PENSINI ARTIST PROFILE + Q&A
Lori Pensini’s painting practice reflects the experience of living on pastoral land in remote Western Australia. Born in 1970 in Narrogin…
Lori Pensini in Doug Moran Prize
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