Amanda van Gils obtained a Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts, 2000 and a Bachelor of Art in Fine Arts, Monash University Melbourne, 1989.

Amanda's work has been short-listed for a number of significant national art prizes which include: Whyalla Art Prize, Fleurieu Art Prize, John Leslie Art Prize, Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize and the Mosman Art Prize. She has also been a finalist in overseas Art Prizes, having been twice shortlisted for the Sommerwende International Arts Festival (Berlin) and three times for the ArtKudos Art Prize (USA). In 2006 van Gils won the Art Interviews 4th International Online Artist Competition, Berlin, and was awarded the Prize of Excellence - Real-Time Global Art Annual, Artoteque, London that same year.

Amanda is the veteran of numerous solo shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland, Berlin and New York, she has exhibited extensively in group shows throughout Australia and overseas and is currently curating two large group exhibitions in Victoria and Queensland. Amanda is represented by Anthea Polson Art in Queensland and United Galleries in Perth.

Solo Exhibitions
2010 Going Places, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast, Qld (split solo exhibition with 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

Selected Group Exhibitions
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 Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2009 40 x 40, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast, Qld
2009 Christmas 2009, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2009 Whyalla Art Prize 2009, Country Arts SA, South Australia
2009 Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick's Pavillion, Ballarat Victoria
2009 Mount Eyre Vineyards Art Prize, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
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 Fleurieu Art Prize, Fleurieu Biennale, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
2008 John Leslie Art Prize 2008, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
2008 Exquisite Palette, St Lukes Artist Colourmen, Melbourne
2008 Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize, Tattersall's Club, Brisbane
2008 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 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 Sommerwende International Arts Festival, Gallery Twenty-Four/Artline: Berlin Cultural Centre, Berlin
2006 Summer Samples, Intrude Gallery, Melbourne
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 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 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 The Hutchins Art Prize 2003, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
2003 City of Banyule Works on Paper Art Award 2003, Ivanhoe Receptions, Melbourne
2003 Darebin La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize 2003, Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, Melbourne
2003 Nillumbik Prize 2003, Nillumbik Shire, Melbourne
2003 Red Group Show, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Wyndham Community Cultural Centre, Werribee, Victoria.
2003 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
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

Awards

2010 Finalist, Art Kudos international exhibition, USA (online http://www.artkudos.com)
2010 Finalist, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2009 Finalist, Whyalla Art Prize 2009, Country Arts SA, South Australia
2009 Finalist, Mount Eyre Vineyards Art Prize, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney
2009 Finalist, Art Kudos international exhibition, USA (online http://www.artkudos.com)
2008 Finalist Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia
2008 Finalist John Leslie Art Prize 2008, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
2008 Finalist Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2008 Finalist Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2007 Finalist Whyalla Art Prize 2007, Country Arts SA, South Australia
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
2006 Finalist, Art Kudos international exhibition, USA (online http://www.artkudos.com)
2004 Finalist Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Wyndham Community Cultural Centre, Victoria.
2003 Finalist The Hutchins Art Prize 2003, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
2003 Finalist City of Banyule Works on Paper Art Award 2003, Melbourne
2003 Finalist Darebin La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize 2003, Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, Melbourne
2003 Finalist Nillumbik Prize 2003, Melbourne
2003 Finalist Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Werribee, Victoria.
2003 Finalist The Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne

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

Bibliography
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