Lilly Piri
Lilly Piri
BIO
Brisbane-born artist, Lilly Piri, studied fine arts and illustration at the Arts Academy in Morningside, Queensland. In 2007, she left Australia to live and draw in Germany for four years.
Since then, she has had three solo exhibitions, the first at Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, followed by solo shows at Bourgeois Pig Gallery in Heidelberg, Germany and Melbourne's Lamington Drive Gallery. Her work has been in numerous group shows in Australia, the UK, USA and Germany. Some of her clients have included Saatchi and Saatchi, Harper's Bazaar, Frankie, Poketo and Ironfist clothing. Piri's work has been featured in Frankie, Yen, Empty, Semi Permanent, Curvy and many other publications. The themes of her drawings focus on correspondence, wonder at flora and fauna, migration, and beauty. They are created with colour pencil, and acrylics. Lilly Piri currently lives and works on the Gold Coast.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The themes that inspire my drawings are often interests that I formed in my childhood. Letter writing, philately, entomology, travel, and learning, continue to be important influences.
Another source of inspiration is the four years that I spent in Germany. The realities of a new culture, migration, homesickness, and of being an immigrant, have all helped to form new narratives in my work.
EDUCATION
2004 | Honours in Advanced Certificate in Fine Arts and Illustration - Arts Academy - Brisbane - QLD
AWARDS
2012 | Featured Artist - 2011/12 Toni&Guy Yen Young Australian Art Award
2006 | Finalist - Pictures - SOYA - QANTAS Spirit of Youth Awards
2006 | Finalist - Billabong Blue Biro competition - Frankie Magazine
2004 | Honours in Advanced Certificate Program, Fine Art and Illustration, Arts Academy
2004 | Highly Commended Youth - Twin Towns Art Prize
2003 | Awarded Best Teenage Painting - Elanora Uniting Church Art Show
2002 | Highly Commended Young Artists 12 - 18 Years - 9th Annual Internation Miniature Art Awards & Exhibition
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008-2009 | The Finch and the Flower - Lamington Drive Gallery - VIC
2008 | Wunderkammer - Bourgeois Pig Gallery - Heidelberg - GERMANY
2007 | Letters from Home - Thinkspace Gallery - Los Angeles - USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 | ArtHamptons with Retrospect Galleries - New York - USA
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair New York with Retrospect Galleries - New York - USA
2011 | Song of the Sirens - Last Rites Gallery - NYC - USA
2011 | Nursery Rhymes - Urban Cow Studio Gallery - Adelaide - SA
2011 | Paperthin - Colour by Numbers Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2011 | Life, The Exhibition - Print Club London East Gallery - London - UK
2010 | Risographica! - Lamington Drive Gallery - Melbourne- VIC
2010 | Paper Tales - Nine Lives Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2010 | Hell vs. The Monster Mash - The Hive Gallery - CA - USA
2009 | Hand Made Edtn by Wooden Toy Quarterly - Gorker Gallery - Melbourne - VIC
2009 | Lilly Piri, Yuka Yamaguchi, Fumi Nakamara, 3 person exhibition - Thinkspace Gallery - CA - USA
2009 | Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy - The Japanese American National Museum - CA - USA
2009 | FundrAislinn - Helen Gory Galerie - Melbourne - VIC
2008 | Uncommon Gardens - Thinkspace Gallery - CA - USA
2008 | Deep Pop - Kenneth Chapman Gallery - NY - USA
2008 | Grrrls - aMBUSH gallery - Sydney - NSW
2008 | A Place called lovely - Gallery 1988 - CA - USA
2007 | Cups and Cuddles - Per Square Metre Gallery - Melbourne - VIC
2007 | Across The Board - Surry Hills - NSW
2006 | Naughty or Nice Group Show - Thinkspace - CA - USA
2006 | Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition - Anglican Church Grammar School - Brisbane - QLD
2006 | Enfant Terrible - Monster Children Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2006 | Curvy Three exhibition - DAS Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2006 | Creature Feature - Canvas Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2005 | Arts Academy Retrospective and graduate exhibition - - Brisbane - QLD
2005 | October Group show - The Hive Gallery - CA - USA
2005 | The Commons Exhibition - Basefield Projects - Melbourne - VIC
2005 | Six Degrees Festival - CA - USA
2005 | Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition - Anglican Church Grammar School - Brisbane - QLD
2004 | Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition - Anglican Church Grammar School - Brisbane - QLD
2004 | Mad Hatter Tea Party - Stained Studios - Ohio - USA
2004 | Arts Academy Student Graduates Exhibition - Arts Academy - Brisbane - QLD
SELECTED COLLECTIONS AND CLIENTS
2011 | A Happy Death
2010 | Ironfist
2008 | Poketo
2007 | Clemenger BBDO
2007 | Harper's Bazaar
2006 | The Yes Men
2006 | Black+white
2005 | Anglican Church Grammar School collection
2005 | Saatchi and Saatchi
2005 - 2009 | Frankie
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 | Australian News Express Daily - Lifestyle Asia magazine - 26/27 2011 - Pages 34, 35, 36 & 37 (interview)
2011 | Next Media - Yen Magazine - Issue 49, 2011 - Page 49, (mini interview, feature for Nursery Rhymes exhibition)
2010 | moebius editora - Chikismiqui magazine - #6 2010 - Page 34
2009 | Elle Girl magazine Korea - March 2009 - Page 369 (interview)
2009 | moebius editora - Chikismiqui magazine - #4 July/August 2009 - Pages 9-17 (interview and front cover.)
2008 | Morrison Media - Frankie magazine - Issue 21 - Page 22
2008 | Morrison Media - Frankie magazine - Issue 22 - Page 102
2008 | WAD magazine - #38 Autumn 2008 - Girls Issue - Page 143 (interview)
2008 | Morrison Media - Frankie magazine - Issue 26 - Page 25
2007 | Yen magazine team - Curvy Four, book four - Page 78
2007 | Irana Douer - Ruby Book 2 - Pages 34-35
2007 | mydpi - DPI magazine - Volume 95 - Pages 50, 51,52 & 53 (interview)
2006 | Yen magazine team - Curvy Three, book three - Page 102
2006 | Semi-Permanent06 Sydney Auckland book - Page 281
2006 | New Talent: Lillian Piri - Marmalade magazine - Issue 10 - Page 71
2006 | studio magazines - Black+White magazine - Issue 83 - Pages 34 & 35
2006 | Morrison Media - Frankie magazine - Issue 10 - Page 100 (Billabong Blue Biro finalist)
2006 | Voiceworks magazine - Issue #66 SUPAFUNHAPPY ! - 2 pages in the special NOISE feature.
2005 | Design is Kinky - Semi-Permanent05 London book
2005 | think faest - Faest 5 book five - Page 41
2005 | Hotpress magazine - Issue 8 - Page 56
2005 | Morrison Media, highly commended, Frankie magazine, Issue 8, page 16 + pull out centerfold poster.
2004 | Inspiring look at some emerging young artists - The Gold Coast Bulletin - May 14, 2004 - Page 49
2004 | Design is Kinky - Empty magazine - Issue 4 - Page 31
Brisbane-born artist, Lilly Piri, studied fine arts and illustration at the Arts Academy in Morningside, Queensland. In 2007, she left Australia to live and draw in Germany for four years.
Since then, she has had three solo exhibitions, the first at Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, followed by solo shows at Bourgeois Pig Gallery in Heidelberg, Germany and Melbourne's Lamington Drive Gallery. Her work has been in numerous group shows in Australia, the UK, USA and Germany. Some of her clients have included Saatchi and Saatchi, Harper's Bazaar, Frankie, Poketo and Ironfist clothing. Piri's work has been featured in Frankie, Yen, Empty, Semi Permanent, Curvy and many other publications. The themes of her drawings focus on correspondence, wonder at flora and fauna, migration, and beauty. They are created with colour pencil, and acrylics. Lilly Piri currently lives and works on the Gold Coast.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The themes that inspire my drawings are often interests that I formed in my childhood. Letter writing, philately, entomology, travel, and learning, continue to be important influences.
Another source of inspiration is the four years that I spent in Germany. The realities of a new culture, migration, homesickness, and of being an immigrant, have all helped to form new narratives in my work.
EDUCATION
2004 | Honours in Advanced Certificate in Fine Arts and Illustration - Arts Academy - Brisbane - QLD
AWARDS
2012 | Featured Artist - 2011/12 Toni&Guy Yen Young Australian Art Award
2006 | Finalist - Pictures - SOYA - QANTAS Spirit of Youth Awards
2006 | Finalist - Billabong Blue Biro competition - Frankie Magazine
2004 | Honours in Advanced Certificate Program, Fine Art and Illustration, Arts Academy
2004 | Highly Commended Youth - Twin Towns Art Prize
2003 | Awarded Best Teenage Painting - Elanora Uniting Church Art Show
2002 | Highly Commended Young Artists 12 - 18 Years - 9th Annual Internation Miniature Art Awards & Exhibition
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008-2009 | The Finch and the Flower - Lamington Drive Gallery - VIC
2008 | Wunderkammer - Bourgeois Pig Gallery - Heidelberg - GERMANY
2007 | Letters from Home - Thinkspace Gallery - Los Angeles - USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 | ArtHamptons with Retrospect Galleries - New York - USA
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair New York with Retrospect Galleries - New York - USA
2011 | Song of the Sirens - Last Rites Gallery - NYC - USA
2011 | Nursery Rhymes - Urban Cow Studio Gallery - Adelaide - SA
2011 | Paperthin - Colour by Numbers Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2011 | Life, The Exhibition - Print Club London East Gallery - London - UK
2010 | Risographica! - Lamington Drive Gallery - Melbourne- VIC
2010 | Paper Tales - Nine Lives Gallery - Brisbane - QLD
2010 | Hell vs. The Monster Mash - The Hive Gallery - CA - USA
2009 | Hand Made Edtn by Wooden Toy Quarterly - Gorker Gallery - Melbourne - VIC
2009 | Lilly Piri, Yuka Yamaguchi, Fumi Nakamara, 3 person exhibition - Thinkspace Gallery - CA - USA
2009 | Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy - The Japanese American National Museum - CA - USA
2009 | FundrAislinn - Helen Gory Galerie - Melbourne - VIC
2008 | Uncommon Gardens - Thinkspace Gallery - CA - USA
2008 | Deep Pop - Kenneth Chapman Gallery - NY - USA
2008 | Grrrls - aMBUSH gallery - Sydney - NSW
2008 | A Place called lovely - Gallery 1988 - CA - USA
2007 | Cups and Cuddles - Per Square Metre Gallery - Melbourne - VIC
2007 | Across The Board - Surry Hills - NSW
2006 | Naughty or Nice Group Show - Thinkspace - CA - USA
2006 | Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition - Anglican Church Grammar School - Brisbane - QLD
2006 | Enfant Terrible - Monster Children Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2006 | Curvy Three exhibition - DAS Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2006 | Creature Feature - Canvas Gallery - Sydney - NSW
2005 | Arts Academy Retrospective and graduate exhibition - - Brisbane - QLD
2005 | October Group show - The Hive Gallery - CA - USA
2005 | The Commons Exhibition - Basefield Projects - Melbourne - VIC
2005 | Six Degrees Festival - CA - USA
2005 | Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition - Anglican Church Grammar School - Brisbane - QLD
2004 | Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition - Anglican Church Grammar School - Brisbane - QLD
2004 | Mad Hatter Tea Party - Stained Studios - Ohio - USA
2004 | Arts Academy Student Graduates Exhibition - Arts Academy - Brisbane - QLD
SELECTED COLLECTIONS AND CLIENTS
2011 | A Happy Death
2010 | Ironfist
2008 | Poketo
2007 | Clemenger BBDO
2007 | Harper's Bazaar
2006 | The Yes Men
2006 | Black+white
2005 | Anglican Church Grammar School collection
2005 | Saatchi and Saatchi
2005 - 2009 | Frankie
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 | Australian News Express Daily - Lifestyle Asia magazine - 26/27 2011 - Pages 34, 35, 36 & 37 (interview)
2011 | Next Media - Yen Magazine - Issue 49, 2011 - Page 49, (mini interview, feature for Nursery Rhymes exhibition)
2010 | moebius editora - Chikismiqui magazine - #6 2010 - Page 34
2009 | Elle Girl magazine Korea - March 2009 - Page 369 (interview)
2009 | moebius editora - Chikismiqui magazine - #4 July/August 2009 - Pages 9-17 (interview and front cover.)
2008 | Morrison Media - Frankie magazine - Issue 21 - Page 22
2008 | Morrison Media - Frankie magazine - Issue 22 - Page 102
2008 | WAD magazine - #38 Autumn 2008 - Girls Issue - Page 143 (interview)
2008 | Morrison Media - Frankie magazine - Issue 26 - Page 25
2007 | Yen magazine team - Curvy Four, book four - Page 78
2007 | Irana Douer - Ruby Book 2 - Pages 34-35
2007 | mydpi - DPI magazine - Volume 95 - Pages 50, 51,52 & 53 (interview)
2006 | Yen magazine team - Curvy Three, book three - Page 102
2006 | Semi-Permanent06 Sydney Auckland book - Page 281
2006 | New Talent: Lillian Piri - Marmalade magazine - Issue 10 - Page 71
2006 | studio magazines - Black+White magazine - Issue 83 - Pages 34 & 35
2006 | Morrison Media - Frankie magazine - Issue 10 - Page 100 (Billabong Blue Biro finalist)
2006 | Voiceworks magazine - Issue #66 SUPAFUNHAPPY ! - 2 pages in the special NOISE feature.
2005 | Design is Kinky - Semi-Permanent05 London book
2005 | think faest - Faest 5 book five - Page 41
2005 | Hotpress magazine - Issue 8 - Page 56
2005 | Morrison Media, highly commended, Frankie magazine, Issue 8, page 16 + pull out centerfold poster.
2004 | Inspiring look at some emerging young artists - The Gold Coast Bulletin - May 14, 2004 - Page 49
2004 | Design is Kinky - Empty magazine - Issue 4 - Page 31
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