MISS GARTON'S HOME FOR WHIMSICAL DOLLS
Miss Garton's Home For Whimsical Dolls
ABOUT GRACE GARTON
Grace Garton is an artist based in Hobart, Tasmania.
After graduating in bachelor of visual arts at City Art Institute, Sydney in 1985, she took up as an assistant animator at Hana Barbera in Sydney. Between 1987 and 2016 Grace has worked for many animation studios around Australia and worked as a freelance illustrator for studios and individuals overseas.
Since 2006 Grace started her own small business making and selling her art and dolls and exhibiting her paintings and fabric sculptures. Her work has sold all over the world and has been published in several magazines.
Grace is currently a resident artist at Salamanca Art's Centre, she teaches art and watercolour classes to children and adults at Nolan School of Art.
Her work can be found at the Nolan Gallery and Despard Gallery.
Contact: grace.h.garton@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 August, Lightbox Gallery, Salamanca Art's Centre, Miss Garton's Home For Whimsical Dolls
2018 October, Lightbox Gallery, Salamanca Art's Centre, Wrestlers Wrestling In Boxes
2018 August, Studio Gallery, Salamanca Art's Centre, A Tale Or Two From Pontville
2012 April, Rebecca Roth, SalamancaArt's Centre, ‘Boys Own’ series
2011, September, Rebecca Roth, Salamanca Art's Centre, ‘Childhood Memories’ series
2011 June. Rebecca Roth, Salamanca Art's Centre, ‘Enchanted Forest Series’
1998 Corner Hotel, Melbourne, paper collage
Selected Exhibitions
2019: June, Nolan Art Gallery, Don't Blink
2018 Nolan Gallery, Salamanca Art's Centre, Nectar
2018 Studio Gallery, Salamanca Art's Centre, 40 x 40 Exhibition
2012 Catz Pyjamas Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne
2012 Feather Your Nest Exhibition, Gleaners Inc, Brunswick, Melbourne
2011 Winter Brooch Exhibition, Salamanca, Hobart, Rebecca Roth
2010 Rainy Days exhibition, Cube art & Design, Tasmania
2010 Dragonfly gallery, Hurstbridge, Victoria
2010 SJS Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Sojna Gallery, Tasmania
2001 Customs House Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Flora and Fauna Art Exhibition, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Garden
1992 Bett Gallery, Tasmanian Naive Art Exhibition, Hobart
1981 Fishers Ghost Exhibition, Sydney
1991 Battery Point Art Gallery, Tasmania
Collections
Private collections, Australia, United Kingdom, Wales, Spain, France, USA, Netherlands