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Carmel Cosgrove is an artist working and living on the land of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nations.

By connecting emotionally and physically with nature and the environment, Carmel uncovers their relationships through exploration, installation, projection, video, photography, mixed media, collage, drawing and the juxtaposition of different cultural ideas.

Carmel has been documenting the cultural and environmental changes in her local urban landscape for over 20 years.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts (Honours) — First Class Honours, RMIT University, Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts — RMIT University, Melbourne

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026 This Is Now, The Outside Gallery, Art & Industry Projects, Newport
2025 A Disrupted Landscape, Artemisia Gallery Space, Windsor, Melbourne
2024 Community Bank Seddon, Melbourne
2023 A New Sense of Place, Sol Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2009 Mindful Body, Shifted, Richmond, Melbourne
2008 Uninvited, Blue Oyster Art Space, Dunedin, New Zealand
2007 A Glimpse, Trocadero, Footscray, Melbourne
Hobsons Bay City Council, Art in Public Places, Iceberg Bar, Williamstown
1999 Institutionalised Space, First Site Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions and Art Fairs

2026 Omnia Art Prize, St Kevins College, Toorak
2026 Melbourne International Garden and Flower Show
2025 Affordable Art Fair Melbourne, Carlton Exhibition Building
2024 Inner West Art Fair, The Substation, Newport
Show Your West-Side Art Exhibition and Prize, Footscray
Artemisia Gallery Space, Windsor, Melbourne
2023 Inner West Art Fair, The Substation, Newport
CCP, Hahnemühle Summer Salon, Fitzroy, Melbourne
BARE, Sol Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
Show Your West-Side Art Exhibition and Prize, Footscray
2022 Lindfield Art Show & Fair, NSW
Environmental Art and Design Prize, Manly Gallery and Museum
2021 Gallipoli Art Prize, Merrylands RSL, NSW
2019 Flinders to Larapinta, Ewart Gallery, Sydney
2018 Albert Park College Art Show and Prize
2017 Air – Four Elements, Creative Space, Sydney
Albert Park College Art Show and Prize
Australasia Now, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney
2016 Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney
2015 CCP Kodak Salon Prize, Melbourne
Albert Park College Art Show and Prize
Paperwork, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Diseased and Flora and Fauna, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Photography 13A, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
Larapinta Trail Artists, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, NSW
2012 Larapinta Trail Artists, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, NSW
Larapinta, Moree Plains Gallery, Moree
Where Do We Go From Here, Trocadero, Melbourne
Photography 12a, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Larapinta, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
DCW Click11 Prize, Brunswick St Gallery
2010 Wish You Were Here, Trocadero, Footscray
CCP Kodak Salon Prize
Brunswick Street Gallery Art Prize
2009 You Want Some A This?, Trocadero Billboard, Footscray
Hungry for Art, Big West Festival, Raw Materials, Footscray
2008 Pretext, Wallpaper08, Trocadero Art Space, Footscray
Echoes of an Abandoned Public, Hobsons Bay City Council
CCP Kodak Salon Prize
2007 Maribyrnong Artists & Makers Open Studios, Loz Gallery
Group/Ungroup, Postcode 3011, Trocstars, Trocadero
CCP Kodak Salon Prize
2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival – SubUrban Art Project
John Leslie Art Prize – Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
dis-quiet, Tattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize – Williamstown Festival
Linden Postcard Show
2005 Exposure, Big West Festival – Trocadero
2004 Williamstown Festival – Substation Arts Centre
2000 Honours Graduation Show, Span Gallery
Buttons & Bordellos, City Lights, Hosier Lane
1999 Bachelor of Fine Art Graduation Show, RMIT

Awards, Prizes and Residences

2026 Finalist Omnia Art Prize, St Kevins College
2024 Atelier Artist-in-Residence, Spring, Westcove Estate, Ireland
2023 Winner, Show Your West-Side Art Exhibition and Prize
2022 Finalist, Environmental Art and Design Prize, MGAM, Sydney
2021 Finalist, Gallipoli Art Prize, Merrylands RSL, NSW
2017 Winner, Mixed Media Award – Albert Park College
Finalist, Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney
2016 Finalist, Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney
2015 Winner, Photography/Multi-media Art Prize – Albert Park College
2006 Overall Winner, Tattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize – Williamstown Festival
Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize
2002 Artist-in-Residence, Hydra Studio, Footscray Community Arts Centre
2000 RMIT Cultural Exchange, Bahrom International Program, Seoul Women’s University, South Korea

Work Held in Established Collection

The Blue Oyster Video Archive — The Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin, New Zealand
Get in touch with Carmel

Get in touch with Carmel