Annika RomeynPrintmaker / Mixed Media / Drawing

Annika is a visual artist based in Canberra, Australia. 

She spent her 19th birthday examining clouds above the Pacific Ocean on her way to take up a scholarship studying illustration at Morgan State University, Baltimore, U.S.A. (First Class Honours, 2009) and has since enjoyed the opportunity to study printmaking and drawing at the Australian National University (First Class Honours, 2010) and participate in the Tamarind Institute of Lithography Summer Workshop (2012).

Annika has recently been the recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts Artstart grant (2012), the Port Jackson Press Australia Graduate Printmaking Award (2011) and the Embassy of Spain Torres Travelling Scholarship (2011). 

EDUCATION

2010      Bachelor of Visual Arts (First Class Honours), Printmedia and Drawing
             Australian National University, Canberra

2009      Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (First Class Honours), Illustration
             Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012      Barranco (Ravine), Photospace Gallery, A.N.U. School of Art, Canberra

2011      Drift, Belconnen Gallery, Belconnen Community Centre, Canberra

             Autumn Leaves, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Canberra

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013      Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania

2012      Work on Paper Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne

             True Grit: The Art of Lithography, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra

             ClimaRte Change, Form Studio and Gallery, Queanbeyan

             Cliftons Art Prize, Cliftons, Canberra

             Selected Works in Pencil, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne

             The Morgan Touch, James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Baltimore, U.S.A.

             Green Room, M16 Artspace, Canberra

             Torres Scholarship 10th Anniversary, Foyer Gallery, A.N.U. School of Art, Canberra

             M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra

             Capital Chemist Art Award, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra

2011      Qijiang International Print Festival, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

             Port Jackson Press Graduate Printmaking Award, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

             Rick Amor Print Prize, Montsalvat, Eltham, Victoria

             Mind and Soul, Alliance Francaise, Canberra

             Press Print, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, Canberra

2010      Waterhouse Natural History Youth Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide

             Jan Brown Drawing Prize, Australian National University School of Art, Canberra

2009      Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition, S.O.I., New York City, U.S.A.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2012      Australia Council for the Arts Art Start Grant

2011      Winner, Port Jackson Press Graduate Printmaking Award

             JUMP National Mentoring Program for Young and Emerging Artists

             ACT Arts Fund Start-Up Grant for Young Artists

2010      Australian National University Emerging Artist Support Scheme:
             Embassy of Spain Torres Travelling Scholarship
             Megalo Print Studio 2011 Residency Award
             Alliance Française 2011 Exhibition Award
             Belconnen Gallery 2011 Exhibition Award
             KPMG Acquisitive Award
             Annabel Wallace Acquisitive Award

2009      Morgan State University Department of Fine Arts Creative Achievement Award
             First Place, Morgan State University Juried Exhibition

05-09     Morgan State University Regents Scholarship

RESIDENCIES

2011      E.A.S.S. Residency, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra

COLLECTIONS

Guangdong Museum of Art (Guangzhou, China)

KPMG

Port Jackson Press Australia

Australian National University Library

Megalo Print Studio Archive

Brooklyn Art Library

Private collections