BIOGRAPHY
Anne Spudvilas is an established portrait painter and award-winning illustrator of children’s books who has also worked as a courtroom artist for the Melbourne media.
Anne's portraits have been selected in major portrait competitions including the Archibald and Doug Moran Prizes and she has completed public commissions for the City of Melbourne and the Victorian State Government. Her work is in collections in Australia, USA, Europe and Asia.
Her first picture book The Race was awarded the Crichton Award for Illustration and CBCA (Children's Book Council of Australia) Honour Book. In 2000 she won CBCA Picture Book of the Year with Jenny Angel, which was also shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Award.
In 2008 The Peasant Prince won the NSW Premier's Award (Patricia Wrightson Prize), the Australian Book Industry Award for Younger Readers and the Queensland Premiers Award.
Anne's designs were used by Australia Post for the 2006 Australian Christmas stamps.
In recent years Anne has included printmaking in her practice with an emphasis on etchings and monoprints. She lived on the confluence of the Murray and Darling Rivers for ten years and now resides on the Bellarine in Victoria, in the bayside town of Indented Head.
film by Jennifer Douglas made for the ABC Open program in 2017
Anne Spudvilas - The illustration of a Prince from ABC Open Sunraysia on Vimeo.
BOOK AWARDS
| 2018 |
Swan Lake Shortlisted CBCA and Queensland Premier's Literary Awards |
| 2008 |
The Peasant Prince, NSW Premier's Award -Patricia Wrightson Prize, |
| 2007 | Woolvs in the Sitee, CBCA Honour Book, Aurealis Award |
| 2005 | The Silver Donkey, CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers |
| 2002 | In My Backyard, CBCA shortlisted book |
| 2000 | Jenny Angel, CBCA Picture Book of the Year, Shortlisted for NSW Premiers Award |
| 1996 |
The Race, Crichton Award for Illustration, CBCA Honour Book, Certificate of Merit Human Rights Awards |
PORTRAIT PRIZE SELECTIONS
| 2006 | Hidden Faces of the Archibald, Crown Towers |
| 2006 | Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, NSW State Library, |
| 2003 | Winner People's Choice Hidden Faces of the Archibald, Crown Towers |
| 2002 | Salon des Refuses, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat |
| 2002 | Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist, S.H. Ervin Gallery |
| 2000 | Archibald Prize finalist, NSW Art Gallery, George Adams Gallery |
| 1999 | Archibald Prize, George Adams Gallery |
| 1997 | Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist. S.H Ervin Gallery |
| 1996 | Doug Moran National Portrait Prize finalist, NGV Sydney & regional tour |
| 1995 | Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist, S.H. Ervin Gallery |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2014 |
The Unknown Wearer, Mario's Cafe, Fitzroy
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| 2013 | Response (to the River), The Art Vault Mildura |
| 2012 | The Unknown Wearer, The Art Vault Mildura |
| 2010 | The Peasant Prince, original artwork, Maroondah Gallery, Ringwood |
| 2008 | The Peasant Prince, original artwork, Fremantle Children's Literature Centre |
| 2007 |
Woolvs in the Sitee, original artwork, Fremantle Children's Literature Centre
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| 2006 |
Ebi's Boat, original artwork, Artspace, Federation Square
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| 2004 | The Silver Donkey, original artwork, North Fitzroy Star |
| 2001 |
In My Backyard, original artwork, Geelong Gallery
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| 2000 | Jenny Angel, complete illustrations, Fremantle Children's Literature Centre |
| 1996 |
Bright Star complete illustrations, collection of Fremantle Children's
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| 1985 | Selected works on canvas Earl Gallery Geelong |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2015 |
The March Collection, Tussock Upstairs Gallery, Pt. Lonsdale
Opening exhibition, Queenscliff Workshop & Gallery |
| 2014 |
Affordable Xmas Show, Tussock Upstairs Gallery, Pt. Lonsdale
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| 2013 |
Affordable Xmas Show, Tussock Upstairs Gallery, Pt. Lonsdale
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| 2012 |
Impressions, Australian Print Workshop
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| 2011 |
Recent Work, monoprints and collagraphs, Red Gallery, Nth Fitzroy
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| 2010 | Impressions, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy |
| 2008 |
Mask, Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery, Port Melbourne
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| 2007 |
Hutchins Drawing Prize, Hobart
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| 2006 |
Impressions, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy
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| 2005 |
Transit, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy
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| 2004 |
Practice in Process, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
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| 2003 |
Outfit, Dante's Upstairs, Fitzroy
Gallery, Seoul Arts Centre |
| 2002 |
Salon des Refuses, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat
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| 2001 |
Geelong Print Prize, Geelong Art Gallery
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| 2000 |
Creating the Character Dromkeen, Riddells Creek
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PUBLISHED PICTURE BOOKS
| 2019 | When the War is Over, Jackie French, Harper Collins |
| 2017 | Swan Lake, Anne Spudvilas, Allen&Unwin |
| 2015 | Where's Jessie?, Janeen Brian, National Library of Australia |
| 2014 | Our Village in the Sky, Janeen Brian, Allen&Unwin |
| 2012 | The Moon Shines out of the Dark, Stephanie Dowrick, Allen&Unwin |
| 2010 | Night School, Isobelle Carmody, Penguin Books |
| 2007 | The Peasant Prince, Li Cunzin, Penguin Books |
| 2006 |
Woolvs in the Sitee, Margaret Wild, Penguin Books Ebi's Boat, Claire Saxby, Windy Hollow Books |
| 2003 | Baby Days, Ian Bone, Omnibus Books |
| 2001 | In My Backyard, Nette Hilton, Lothian |
| 1999 | Jenny Angel, Margaret Wild, Penguin Books |
| 1997 | Bright Star, Gary Crew, Lothian |
| 1996 | Big Cat Dreaming, Margaret Wild, Penguin Books |
| 1995 | The Race, Christobel Mattingley, Scholastic |
ILLUSTRATED NOVELS
| 2011 | Mr. Moonlight, Jane Carroll, Penguin Books |
| 2010 |
Joe's Boat, Raewyn Caisley, Penguin Books A Long Way Home, Carmel Reilly, Pearson |
| 2009 | Saving Moonbeam, Sherryl Clark, Penguin Books |
| 2006 | The Girl Who Fell Into a Book, Julia Lawrence, Penguin Books |
| 2004 | The Silver Donkey, Sonya Hartnett, Penguin Books |
| 2000 |
The Card Thief, Andrew Whitmore, Scholastic Dolphin's Dance, Jutta Goetze, Blackdog Books Rescue at Ruapehu, Raewyn Caisley, Rigby Literacy Collections |
| 1999 | The Millstone, Michael O'Hara, Lothian |
| 1998 |
The Goddess, Robin Klein, Lothian The Secret, Sophie Masson, Reed |
| 1996 |
Winter in France, Sophie Masson, Reed The Red Shoes, Isobelle Carmody, Lothian |
| 1994 | Tiger's Milk, Christobel Mattingley, Scholastic |
| 1993 | The Crossing Log, Ann Whitehead, Scholastic The Opera Club, Sophie Masson, Reed The Cousin from France, Sophie Masson, Reed |
GUEST SPEAKER - Children's Literature
| 2018 | Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Bali |
| 2014 | Booked In Literature Festival, Uralla NSW |
| 2013 | Inaugural Booked In Literature Festival, Uralla NSW Australian Writers' Week, Beijing Shanghai Literature Festival, Shanghai |
| 2012 | Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Bali Curtis Coast Carnivale, Gladstone, Queensland |
| 2011 | Ipswich Children's Literature Festival, Queensland |
| 2008 | Ho Chi Minh International School artist in residence, Vietnam |
| 2006 | Istanbul Internationa Community School, Turkey |
| 2005 | Ipswich Children's Literature Festival, Queensland |
| 2004 | Townsville Literature Festival, Queensland |
| 2003 | Prem Centre, Chiang Mai,Thailand |
| 2002 | Perth CBC 6th National Conference |
| 1999 | American International School, Vilnius Lithuania |
| 1998 | Hanoi International School, Vietnam Literacy Seminar, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba |
RESIDENCIES
| 2018 | Retreat Fellowship, Varuna Writers' Residence, Katoomba |
| 2014 | University of New England, Armidale, NSW |
| 2013 | Australian Print Workshop artist in residence, Fitzroy |
| 2012 | Trentham Primary School artist in residence, Trentham Belmont Primary School artist in residence, Brisbane Printmaking residency The Art Vault, Mildura |
| 2011 | Artist in schools, Camberwell Girls Grammar, Camberwell Retreat Fellowship, Varuna Writers' Residence, Katoomba Printmaking residency The Art Vault, Mildura |
| 2008 | Retreat Fellowship, Varuna Writers' Residence, Katoomba |
| 2007 | Artist in Residence, MacKillop College, Werribee |
| 2005 | Retreat Fellowship, Varuna Writers' Residence, Katoomba |
| 2004 | May Gibbs Fellowship, Adelaide |
photo: Anne Spudvilas