Bridget Hillebrand is an interdisciplinary artist based in Melbourne and completed her PhD by Studio Research at Monash University, Australia and a Master of Arts (Fine Art) from RMIT University, Australia. Her artworks have developed through a variety of forms including print, audio, video, art objects and installations and explore links between the experience of place, belonging and the impact of cultural histories on the landscape. Her recent works are created through a continuous process of experimentation and innovative relief printing techniques forming a unique visual language that explores the materiality of constructed washi paper and reflects on the fragility and shifting ecology of oceans and river systems. Bridget was recently selected as the Australian Commissioner for the 12th Ulsan International Woodcut & Linocut Print Festival in South Korea, 2024. She has also received a number of awards, including winner of the 2021 Experimental Print Prize at Castlemaine Art Museum, Victoria. Her work is represented in over 40 major public collections in Australia and internationally including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW, and Maiiam Contemporary Art Museum Chiang Mai, Thailand.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Into the Deep, Scheduled for Latrobe Regional Gallery (AUS)
2024 Lost Seeds Project, Site-specific installation, Monmar, Mornington Peninsula (AUS)
2024 The Weight of Water, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne (AUS)
2023 River, Manningham Art Gallery, Victoria (AUS)
2022 Surge, Site-specific installation, Nati Frinj Biennale, Victoria (AUS)
2018 Rockfall, The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria (AUS)
2018 Unearthed, Gatekeepers Cottage, Police Point, Portsea, Victoria (AUS)
2016 Touchscapes, MADA Gallery, Monash University, Victoria (AUS)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Ecologies Project, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria (AUS)
Finalist, Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Gallery Tasmania, (AUS)
Finalist, The Heysen Prize for Landscape, Hahndorf Academy, South Australia (AUS)
2024
Finalist, Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, (ITLY)
Finalist, The Michael Beazer Works on Paper Prize, East Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria (AUS)
Invited artist, The 12th Ulsan International Woodcut & Linocut Print Art Festival, Ulsan Culture and Arts Centre, South Korea (KOR)
Invited artist, Australian Printmaking Now, Whitehorse Artspace, Box Hill, Victoria (AUS)
Impermanence, Bilpin International ground for Creative Initiatives, Bilpin, NSW (AUS)
Like New-recent Acquisitions, Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie, NSW. (AUS)
Finalist, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD (AUS)
2023
Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, NSW (AUS)
Finalist, Banyule Award for Works on Paper, Art Gallery 275, Melbourne (AUS)
Finalist, Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery, Victoria (AUS)
Finalist, 9th Annual International Printmaking on Paper, Tinta Invisible, Barcelona (ESP)
Winner, Exploration 23, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria (AUS)
Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney, NSW (AUS)
Finalist, Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW (AUS)
Finalist, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW (AUS)
2022
Finalist & Acquired, The Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, NSW (AUS)
Finalist, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW (AUS)
Finalist & Acquired, National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (AUS)
Finalist & Highly Commended, Swan Hill Print & Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery (AUS)
Finalist & Honourable Mention, Art Matters 6, Galerie Biesenbach, (online) Cologne (DE)
Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Ravenswood, NSW (AUS)
Finalist, Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Cultural Centre, Victoria (AUS)
Invited artist, Art in Nature II, Museo de la Naturaleza de Cantabria (ESP)
Finalist, Tree - Climarte, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Victoria (AUS)
2021
Winner, Experimental Print Prize, Castlemaine Art Museum, Victoria (AUS)
Finalist, Banyule Award for Works on Paper, Art Gallery 275, Victoria (AUS)
Finalist, Peebles Print Prize, Queenscliff Gallery, Victoria (AUS)
Finalist, Inkmasters Print Exhibition, Tank Arts Centre, Cairns, Queensland (AUS)
Invited artist, Ecologies of Change: Grief and Hope in a Changing World, ROSL Gallery, London (UK)
Invited artist, Signs and Gestures, Projective Eye Gallery, UNC Charlotte (USA)
SELECTED AWARDS
2024 Selected Australian Commissioner for the 12th Ulsan International Woodcut & Linocut Print Art Festival, Ulsan Culture and Arts Centre, South Korea (KOR)
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Artist in Residence (AUS)
Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives, Artist in Residence (AUS)
2023 Winner, Exploration 23, Flinders Lane Gallery, Victoria (AUS)
2022 Acquisition Prize. National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria (AUS)
Highly Commended. Swan Hill Print & Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery
Honourable Mention. Art Matters 6, Galerie Biesenbach, (online) Cologne, (DE)
2021 Winner Experimental Print Prize, Castlemaine, Victoria (AUS)
2011 Australian Print Council Commission, Print Council of Australia, Victoria (AUS)
2010 Winner Grand Prize Acquisitive. Silk Cut Award for Linocuts, Melbourne (AUS)
2007 Winner Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Award, Victoria (AUS)
2006 Winner Terra Nullius Partners in Print Exchange Award, Melbourne (AUS)
1997 Winner Fire Station Members Exhibition Print Award, Melbourne (AUS)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. (AUS)
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. (AUS)
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. (AUS)
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. (AUS)
Monash University Library Rare Books. (AUS)
RMIT University, Melbourne. (AUS)
Print Council of Australia, Melbourne. (AUS)
Mackay Regional Council, Queensland. (AUS)
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria (AUS)
Lake Macquarie City Council, NSW (AUS)
Castlemaine Art Museum, Victoria. (AUS)
Museum of Art and Culture, NSW. (AUS)
London Print Studio. (UK)
Edinburgh Print Studio. (UK)
University of West England Bristol. (UK)
Printmaking Collective, Chicago. (USA)
Iowa State University Print Society. (USA)
Faro Cabo Mayor Art Centre, Cantabria. (ESP)
Belfast Print Workshop. (IE)
Limerick Printmakers Studio and Gallery. (IE)
Glasgow print workshop. (SCT)
Chang Mai Contemporary Art Museum. (TH)
Chang Mai University. (TH)
Silpakorn University, Bangkok. (TH)
