News: Bimblebox 153 Birds show in Canberra 23 Feb- 3 April 2022

Bimblebox 153 Birds will be at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.  https://parksaustralia.gov.au/botanic-gardens/do/whats-on/exhibitions/bimblebox-153-birds/ 23 February – 3 April, 2022 Visitors Centre Gallery Open Daily, 9.30am – 430pm Clunies Ross St, Acton, ACT, Australia  There will be an evening event that is part of Canberra’s Enlighten Festival: 11 March, Nocturnal, A night time exploration of the Gardens […]

Reindeer head, Iceland (after Dürer) 2019…some thoughts

At an artist talk I did recently, a number of people in the audience asked why I didn’t include my encounter stories with works posted on this website as a didactic. They felt the combination enriched their experience of my paintings. It’s always tricky for me to navigate sharing materials and narratives from my process […]

Small work in Outerspace ARI Auction Fundraiser, Brisbane: Fri Nov 1, 2019.

    Hi everyone! I’m parting with one of my fav small GBR works for the @outerspace.ari auction coming up Fri Nov 1.   If you’ve ever wanted one of my paintings, support emerging and early-career Brisbane artists, start an art collection, and/or support a great local artist run space at the same time, come along […]

‘Life on Earth’ Exhibition opening World Environment Day: 5 June 2019, Metro Arts Brisbane, 6-8pm.

Life on Earth: Selected Fieldtrip Encounters with Wild Species (2011-2019), opens this World Environment Day, Wednesday 5 June 2019, 6-8pm at Metro Arts Brisbane. Artist talk: Saturday 15th June, 3pm. My show ‘Life on Earth’ is a labour of love, and reveals selected personal encounters with threatened, endangered and extinct species experienced during global fieldtrips […]

2019 Exhibition News | Emma Lindsay ‘Life on Earth’, June 5-15, Metro Arts Brisbane

Save the date… Opening on World Environment Day 2019: LIFE ON EARTH JUNE 5-15, 2019 | METRO ARTS  Brisbane, Australia. Supported by THE DEAN COLLECTION. My next solo show Life on Earth recreates selected intense moments and memories with wild and often threatened species, encountered during global fieldtrips to desert, Arctic, reef and museum sites between 2011-2018. […]

‘This Wild Song’ exhibition opening September 1 2018: Town Hall Gallery Melbourne

‘This Wild Song X Town Hall Gallery’ exhibition, a project by photographer Ilona Nelson, opens 1 September 2018, 2-4pm, Town Hall Gallery, in Hawthorn, Melbourne. Three of my GBR project paintings will be available for sale amongst the work and portraits of some great fellow Australian women artists. Town Hall event details: This Wild Song […]

March News: Great Barrier Reef | Anthropocene project paintings + photographs

The Great Barrier Reef | Anthropocene Project exhibition has now finished at Artspace Mackay and the paintings and photographs from the show are now available on the website. The Great Barrier Reef | Anthropocene Project was created in response to an invitation by Artspace Mackay Director Julie Skate to undertake an artist residency and create […]

March News: ‘This Wild Song’ Exhibition at Australian High Commission Singapore

Very happy to announce that my work ‘Hunter/hunted (meerkat + chipmunk)’ will be showing in Singapore soon as part of the ‘This Wild Song’ exhibition project! Ilona Nelson’s ‘This Wild Song’ project is documenting the many talented Australian women artists working in the field today, creating unique portraits of each artist that reflect their art […]

November Review: Emma Lindsay & the Great Barrier Reef |Anthropocene Project, by Cultural Flanerie

18 Nov 2017: Cultural Flanerie’s latest blog post offering on current delights of the art world delves into the ‘Great Barrier Reef |Anthropocene Project’. ‘For Australia in particular, animal extinction is particularly pertinent given almost 2000 of our unique species have been identified by the Australian Government as being at risk, on top of approximately […]