Irene Koroluk is a Tasmanian artist whose practice draws on her connections with the natural environment. Through her work, she aims to capture and reveal beauty and diversity in the landscape. Drawing on her imagination, memory and personal experiences from her travels and explorations, Irene captures both stillness and movement through detailed and layered interpretations of the places she encounters.
Primarily working in textiles, Irene creates tactile and detailed art quilts, often using mixed media in her compositions. Her practice also encompasses drawing, print making, photography and painting.
Interested in the fragility and transitory nature of the landscape, her work aims to instil the value and importance of appreciating and protecting natural habitats, highlighting the places and species that touch and replenish her soul.
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Education
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts, printmaking, UTAS
1995 Master of Environmental Studies, UTAS
Awards
2021-2025 Selected. Fur, Fangs, Feathers & Fins, Saqa Global Exhibition, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona, USA (upcoming)
2021 Selected. Fibre Art Now, Emerging Artist Showcase, Massachusetts, USA (upcoming)
2021 Finalist. Art Quilt Australia 2021, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, New South Wales, Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, Lilydale, Victoria
2021 Selected. SAQA Virtual Gallery - Impressions of Oceania From Around the World, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., Hebron, CT, USA
2021 Finalist. 6th Biennial Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Exhibition, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Victoria
2021 Finalist. John Villiers Outback Art Prize, Outback Regional Gallery and Waltzing Matilda Centre, Winton, Queensland
2020 Finalist. The Heysen Prize for Landscape, Hahndorf, South Australia
2020 Selected. 2 works. The New Quilt 2021, Hawkesbury Regional Art Gallery, Windsor, New South Wales
2020 SAQA Juried Artist Member. Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., Hebron, Connecticut, USA
2020/2021 Finalist. One Step Further, Kyabrum, Victoria (upcoming)
2020 Finalist. 2 works. Australian Textile Art Award, Melbourne
2020 Finalist. Petite Pieces, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Curator's Choice Award & Finalist. 2 works. Australian Quilts in Public Places, Metamorphosis, Whitehorse ArtSpace Gallery, Melbourne
2019 Finalist. Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney
2019 Finalist. 2 works. Foot Square, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Finalist. Clip Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2018 Finalist. Henry Jones Art Prize, Henry Jones Hotel, Hobart
2018 Finalist. Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
2018 Winner & second prize, Emerging. Buda Contemporary Textiles Exhibition, Buda Historic Home and Garden, Castlemaine, Victoria
2018 Finalist. Petite Miniature Textiles 2018, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria
2018 Finalist. Ebb and Flow, Tasmanian Art Quilt Prize, Maritime Museum of Tasmania, Hobart
2015 Finalist. History Her Story, Tasmanian Art Quilt Prize, Narryna House, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
2015 Viewer’s Choice 3rd prize. Autumn Challenge Quilters Easter Showcase, Brighton Civic Centre, Tasmania
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Lost Worlds, Onewall Artspace, Acacia Grove, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
Group Exhibitions
2021 Out of Hand, Long Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart (upcoming)
2021 Out of Hand, Lightbox, Salamanca, Hobart (upcoming)
2021 d'Arcy Doyle Art Awards, Mudgeeraba Memorial Hall, Queensland
2019 Island Quilts, Launceston Silverdome, Launceston
2019 Out of Hand, Long Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart
2019 Clip Awards Digital Showcase, Perth Cultural Centre Screen, Perth
2019 Women’s Word, Kingborough Community Hub, Kingston, Tasmania
2019 Abstracting Time 3, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart
2018 Abstracting Time Petite, Onewall Artspace, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2018 Travelling Exhibition for Ebb and Flow: Bay of Fires Winter Art Festival, Gallery Parnella, St Helens; Wonders of Wynyard Gallery;
Gone Rustic Studio & Gallery, St Marys; Island Quilts Exhibition, The Goods Shed, Hobart
2017 Women of the Island, Wild Island Tasmania, Salamanca, Hobart
2017 Abstracting Time 2, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart
2016 Abstracting Time, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart
2016 Travelling exhibition for History Her Story: Wonders of Wynyard Gallery; Bay of Fires Winter Art Festival, Gallery Parnella, St Helens; Gone Rustic Studio & Gallery, St Marys; Tasmanian Quilt Expo, Hobart Show Grounds Pavilion
2015 University of Tasmania Graduation Show, Hunter St Campus, Hobart
2014 What’s Up? Long Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart
Bibliography
Fibre Art Now, Summer/Fall issue 2021 (upcoming)
SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly, Portfolio 2021 (upcoming)
Dianne Firth (editor), Art Quilt Australia 2021, Catalogue, University of Canberra
The Quilters Guild of NSW Inc, The New Quilt Catalogue 2021
Australian Quilters Association Inc, 2019 Australian Quilts in Public Places, Metamorphosis
Lynda Worthington (editor), Australian Textile Art Award 2020, ArtWear Publications Pty Ltd
Collections
SAQA's Online Collection, Hebron, Connecticut, US
Whitehorse Art Collection, Boxhill, Victoria
Private collections in Australia and internationally
Professional Activity
2021 Artist Talk Art Quilt Australia 2021 Overview and Artist Insights
2021 Artist in Residence (upcoming) BILPIN International Ground for Creative Initiatives Big Ci
2021 Lightning Talk presenter for the SAQA 2021 Conference: Oceans Apart, Connected by Art
2021 The New Quilt: Meet the Artist Zoom Event presenter
2021 Artist in Residence, Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
Gallery Representation
Henry Jones Art Hotel