I am a Melbourne based artist, working across the fields of graphic design, illustration, animation, printmaking, and painting.
For enquiries please email carolyn.helen@gmail.com
Selected Press
Lorem Ipsum, ‘Carolyn Hawkins: Her Playful Experimentation’, February 2024
Triple R, ‘Deeper Read: Meet Triple R’s Radiothon 2021 Artist Carolyn Hawkins interview’, Sept 2021
Shillington blog, ‘Meet 5 Shillington Half Scholarship Winners’, June 2019
Selected exhibitions
2022
’Risographomania’, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
2020
‘Common Thread’, St Heliers Street Gallery, Abbotsford
2019
‘Garden Party’, B-Side Gallery, Fitzroy
’She Lives in a Bungalow’, Jacombe ARI, Myrniong
2018
’Locus (Imaginary)’, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff
’Impressions’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy
2017
'Bloomin' Beauty', BSIDE Gallery, Fitzroy
'Weird Snack', Paradise Structures, Footscray
'Contemporary Impressions', Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
Peebles Print Prize, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff
'Imaginings', Neospace, Collingwood
'Miscreants II', Off the Kerb, Collingwood
'Platinum', RMIT Project Space / Spare Room, Carlton
'Double A Side', Darren Knight Gallery, Waterloo
'Editions 2017', Tacit Gallery, Abbotsford
'Places', Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff
2016
'Between here and there', Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy
'Editions 2016', Tacit Gallery, Abbotsford
'Museum of International Connectivity', Platform Art Space, Melbourne
'Interior view', Tacit Gallery, Abbotsford
'Reflections', Portland Arts Centre, Portland
'Bouquet', Art Images Gallery, Norwood
'Green Demon', Magic Johnson Creative Complex, Collingwood
'Home Nostalgia', Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff
'Panoply' print exchange, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong
'Impressions', Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy
2015
‘Sentimental Jamboree’, Mailbox Art Space, Melbourne
‘Editions 2015’, Tacit Gallery, Abbotsford
'Fragments from a Familiar Scene', First Site Gallery, Melbourne
Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Arts Centre, Burnie
'Hatched: National Graduate Show', PICA, Perth
‘Miscreants’, Off The Curb, Collingwood
Fifteen young Australian Printmakers, Australian Print Triennial, The Art Vault, Mildura
2014
‘Recollections’, Little Window of Opportunity, Port Jackson Press, Collingwood
‘Crème’, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne
‘Settlings’, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
'The Gleaners', D11, Docklands
'Material Interruptions', Lightscapes Projects, Melbourne
Print Imaging Practice Graduate Exhibition, Project Space, Melbourne
Mary and Lou Senini Art Award, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin
Golden Glory Summer Show, Golden Glory Studios, Carlton
Awards
2020
indigo Design Award, Gold (branding), non-pro
2017
Finalist, Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
Finalist, Peebles Print Prize, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff
2015
APW Collie Print Trust Scholarships for Emerging Victorian Printmakers
Finalist, Hatched 2015: National Graduate Show, PICA, Perth
Finalist, Yen Young Australian Art Awards, Gaffa, Sydney
2014
Mary and Lou Senini Student Art Award, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin
Residencies
2016
Portland Artist Residency Program
2014
APW Collie Print Trust Scholarships for Emerging Victorian Printmakers