Sharon Draws- Sharon McKenzie Artist

My original Exquisite Co**se hanging in Harvey's Bar and Bistro 😍

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Queensland Regional Art Awards in the News 🗞

A big thank you to Ipswich Tribune Today for featuring the Queensland Regional Art Awards in their recent article.

Four Ipswich artists were finalists, with three of them winning in their chosen category. They join a long list of other Ipswich artists who have previously been successful in the QRAA.

Thank you to our Media Partner Today News Group for allowing us to connect with the Ipswich community through this publication.

Entries for next year's QRAA open August 10.

Read the article on their website: https://ipswichtribunetoday.com.au/news/2025/12/11/ipswich-artists-shine-at-qraa/

The Textile Art Award is awarded to one outstanding artist working with textiles. Congratulations to this year's winner, Sharon McKenzie for her work Gathered Momentum.

Here's what our finalist judge Rebecca McDuff said about the work:

"This artwork is a stunning textile work that showcases the artist’s meticulous attention to texture and layers to create a rich, tactile surface. The composition of the work and the artist’s consideration of layout and display are to be commended, as it is seamlessly reminiscent of a museum display and a contemporary artwork. Special attention should be given to the pins adorning the artwork, as they invite the viewer to more closely examine the layered details."

Sharon receives a non-acquisitive cash prize of $2,000 supported by John and Lyn Reynolds.

Entries for the 2026 Queensland Regional Art Awards open on August 10. Visit our website to learn more: https://www.flyingarts.org.au/queensland-regional-art-awards/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=qraa2025

Updated my website with some photos of my exhibition (photography by Louis Lim).

Sharon McKenzie Art, illustration and design by Sharon McKenzie

🎨🕊️ Exquisite Co**se by Sharon McKenzie is now showing at the Ipswich Community Gallery! Inspired by the surrealist drawing game, each artwork mixes three parts to form one imaginative bird. These striking black pen drawings feature vulnerable, endangered, and extinct birds, with a cool mix of creativity and care for nature. 🌿🖋️ 🗓️ June 3–14, 2025 📍 Ipswich Community Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place ☕ Opening Morning Tea: Saturday, June 7, 10 AM–12 PM 📍 Ipswich Community Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place 💚 Kez #thingstoDoInIpswich #DiscoverIpswich #IpswichArt #LocalArtist #ExquisiteCo**se #IpswichGallery #BirdArt #EcoArt #SharonDraws #NotSponsored Sharon Draws- Sharon McKenzie Artist Ipswich Art Gallery Ipswich Community Gallery

Exquisite Co**se mediates on death, preservation, surrealism, information, and distortion. The exhibition is an account of the fifty vulnerable, endangered, and extinct birds of Queensland; and explores what is left behind in an age of the increasing vulnerability of factual information. This exhibition is a continuation of a series of works begun by the artist in 2013, depicting the endangered birds and mammals of Ipswich and its surrounds. Sharon McKenzie’s work is about the relationship between humans and the natural world, with a particular focus on vulnerable species of birds as a way of expressing “Solastalgia” – the sense of grief experienced by humanity due to the climate crisis.

Wednesday 4 June to Sunday 15 June 2025
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
FREE: No bookings are required to visit the exhibition.
Opening event | Saturday 7 June 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

FIND OUT MORE:

https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/sharon-mckenzie-exquisite-corpse?utm_content=sked_68101fc66f788f74ef27483f&utm_medium=social&utm_name=sked&utm_source=facebook