Currently lives and works on Yuggera, Jagera and Ugarapul lands in Tulmur (Ipswich) Queensland
Studies
1999-2002
Montorship with Australian Artist Leonard Brown
1997-99
Diploma of Arts (Theatre Design), Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
1993–94
Certificate in Applied and Visual Arts, Onkaparinga Institute, Adelaide
Solo Exhibitions
2024
I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing - Judith Wright Centre For Contemporary Arts, Brisbane
2023
Unbecoming - Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2022
Somewhere between love and an argument - collaborative project with Kirralee Robinson - Wreckers Art Space, Woolloongabba, Queensland
2021
Between Black and white is a rainbow - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
The space between us - 20 year survey - Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland
2020
Touched lightly - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2018
Topography: writing place - Museum of Brisbane, Queensland
Every now and then - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2017
From the ground up - Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
Sometimes I like to pretend I'm a robot - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2016
After reflecting on the matter - Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland
2015
Joy Ride - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Somewhere, between floating and falling - Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne
2013
Behind the lines - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2011
Wayward - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Substance - BMG Art, Adelaide
2010
Always - Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Field of Vision: recent work by Lincoln Austin - Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland
Made to Measure - Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland
2009
As Far as I Can See, -Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Field of Vision, Institute of Modern Art - Brisbane
2008
Insideout - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2007
Still Moving - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2005
Relating the Matter - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Words Fail Me - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2004
Space Invaders and Time Machines - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2003
Two - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2002
Which Way Up? - SOApBOx Gallery, Brisbane
1999
Breakfast for Forty: Jewellery, Sculpture, Painting - Chief Street Studio, Adelaide
Group Exhibitions
2024
Perspective - Queensland Regional Art Awards Touring Exhibition (various QLD venues)
Art Collection Up Close – Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Moreton Bay
Conversations: Recent Acquisitions – Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich
Push – Vacant Assembly, Brisbane
2023
Queensland Regional Art Awards – Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane
Brisbane Portrait Prize – Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane
Mysterious Realms: Junior Curators – Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich
IMA Gala Benefit Auction - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Collection Exhibition - QAGoMA, Brisbane
Collection Exhibition - Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich Qld
Collection Exhibition - University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2022
Light the world we want/Viabizzuno – VBO Australia, NGV Melbourne design week
IMA Gala benefit auction - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2021
Swell sculpture Festival – Currumbin Beach, Queensland
IMA Gala benefit auction – Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Outer Space Benefit Auction – Outer Space ARI - Brisbane
2020
Music of the spheres - University of Queensland Art Museum
Lockdown Studios – Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane
2019
Elements - Horizon Festival 2019, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Spring 1883 - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Melbourne, Victoria
Ipswich Art Awards - Ipswich, Queensland
Aurum - Brisbane Boys Grammar, Queensland
2018
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize - Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney. NSW
Our kind of playground - Artisan, Brisbane
Collection exhibition - Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland
2016
Ocular Play - Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Queensland
Op Art - Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Stanthorpe Art Prize - Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Queensland
2015
Gold Coast Art Prize 2015 - Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
Summer Exhibition - Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
December Mostra 2015 - British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
Light Play - The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Opening exhibition - Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
Contemporary works from the collection - Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich, Queensland
Con/struct - Celebrating Queensland Sculpture - Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
2014
Contemporary works from the collection - Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich, Queensland
Recent Acquisitions - GoMA, Brisbane
15 Artists retrospective exhibition - Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, Queensland
2013
Drawing a line - Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
Collectorama - Queensland Museum, Brisbane
The Imperceptible something - Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
10 Years of things - The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
In my hand - Paper Boat Press, Brisbane
The Unusual Suspects V - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2012
Gold Coast Art Prize - Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
15 Artists - Redcliffe Art Gallery, Redcliffe, Queensland
Opencosed - QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Melbourne Art Fair 2012 - Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Melbourne
Spare Parts 2012 - The Rag Factory, London, England
Shakin' - the contemporary kinetic aesthetic - Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
Selected Works - new acquisitions from the QUT art collection - QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2011
Enlightenment - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Art on James - various James Street retailers, Brisbane
Recent Acquisitions - Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland
Artist Artists - Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Victoria
New 2010: Selected recent acquisitions - The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2010
Unusual Suspects IV - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Spare Parts - Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane
NOTFAIR - Melbourne
2009
Brisbane Art Festival - Sample White Room, Nara, Japan
Spin - QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Volume II - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
New: Selected recent acquisitions 2008–2009 - University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2008
The Great Divide - Artisan, Brisbane
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2008 - Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney
Renault New Generation Art - Art Brisbane, Brisbane
2007
20/20 - 20 Artists 20 Years - Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
Arc: Art, Design & Craft Biennial - QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2006
Artworkers Award: finalist exhibition - Artworkers Alliance/Raw Space Galleries, Brisbane
2005
Crates on Wheels - Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland, travelling to regional Queensland schools
Avalon: Artists in Residence - Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2004
The Unusual Suspects II - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2004 Conrad Jupiter's Art Prize - Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Bundall, Queensland
Space Invaders - Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award,
Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland
2003
The Unusual Suspects - Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
The Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition - Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
2000
Stained Glass Window Design Competition - St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane
1999
Expressions of Interest - Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
1996
Nudes and Music - Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Adelaide
1995
Jewellery - East and West, Adelaide
Artery Party - Carclew Youth Art Centre, Adelaide
1992
Jewellery - Miss Glady Sim Chun, Adelaide
Prizes, Grants, Residencies
2024
Arists in residence - British School at Rome, Italy
Artist in residence - Grace's Leisure - Red Hill QLD
2023
Queensland Regional Art Awards - Art For Life Award - Winner
Artist in residence - Klausenhause, Paddinton Qld
2022
Artist in Residence - Arthouse Milton, Milton NSW
Artist in residence - Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
2021
Professional development grant - Regional Arts Development Fund
2020
Arts Ignite - project grant - Arts Queensland
National Assistance Program For The Arts - Sidney Myer Foundation
2019
First Prize, Sculpture section - Ipswich Art Awards
2018
Pengzhou Artist Exchange - Pengzhou, Sichuan, China
Artist in Residence - Museum of Brisbane
2017
Arts Ignite - project grant - Arts Queensland
2015
British School at Rome, artist in residence (3 months), Australia Council for the arts
2012
First Prize - 15 artists acquisitive prize - Redcliffe Art Gallery/Moreton Bay Regional Council, Queensland
First Prize, Art & Architecture - Australian Institute of Architects (Qld Chapter) with Ferrier Baudet Architects, for 'correlate' St Leo's College, University of Queensland
2009
Regional Artist in Residence - Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts / IMA, Brisbane
2004
First Prize, Sculpture Section, Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award - Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland
Teaching
2024
Guest Critique - Outerspace, Brisbane
Mentoring Gold Coast based Emerging Artist Chelsea Jewell
2023
Masterclass – Senior Art Students, Bremer State High School, Ipswich
2022
Guest Lecturer and worshop fascilitator - Bremer State High School
Guest Lecturer and worshop fascilitator - Queensland Academy of Creative industries
Guest Lecturer and worshop fascilitator - Anglican Church Grammar School
2019
Folding Architecture, lecture and workshop, 1st year, School of Architecture, University of Queensland
Biodegradable kite making - 2 children's workshops, Horizon Festival 2019
2018
Drawing in space and Paper mosaic - 2 children's workshops, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
2017-18
Mentoring emerging Queensland artist Jordan Azcune
2016
Paper embossing and pattern play - adult and children's workshops, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery
2014
Subject matter, selective topic, Masters of Architecture, School of Architecture, University of Queensland,
Folding Architecture, lecture and workshop, 1st year, School of Architecture, University of Queensland
2010
Jump Mentor Program - Youth Arts Queensland, mentoring Queensland artist Jasmin Coleman
2008
Drawing with shadow, children's workshop, QAGoMA
1999
Puppet making workshops, Applied and visual art dept. Onkaparinga Institute, Adelaide, South Australia
Commissions
2024
Cast a wide net - Thornton Residencies, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane
2023
Drifting - Jewel Development, Surfers Paradise, Wanda Group/Urban Arts Projects
2021
Milky Way - Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct , Logan - Logan City Council
2020
Standing - Tulmur Place, Ipswich - Ipswich City Council/Stainless Aesthetics
2017
Gallery and museum achievement awards - MAGSQ
The past, the present, and the future walk into a bar...it was tense - Silkstone Villages Shopping Centre - Urban Arts Projetcs
2016
Can you relate? - Redbank Plains Shopping Centre, Redbank, Queensland, Urban Art Projects
2015
Every Precious drop, Mater Private Hospital, Mater Hospital/Silver Thomas Hanley Architects, Springfield, Queensland
Stand and deliver, private commission, O'Neill Architecture, Brisbane, Queensland
2014
Do you see what I see?, Burnett Lane, Brisbane, Brisbane City Council
Hoop Pine Suite - part 1, Westfield Garden City, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, UAP/ Westfield Corporation
Glimmer – Sheraton 4 points, Brisbane, Noel Robinson Architects/Felicity Hotels
2013
Habena - St Leo's Catholic Men's College, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Ferrier Baudet Architects
Abrakadabra, Prince Charles Hospital Chermside, QLD Health/Silver Thomas Hanley Health Architecture
2012
Queensland Medal 2012 - Queensland Museum
6° of separation - Queensland Museum
2011
Ebb & Flow (extension) - Go Between Bridge, Brisbane, Brisbane City Council
2010
Correlate - St Leo's Catholic Men's College, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Ferrier Baudet Architects
Ebb & Flow - Go Between Bridge, Brisbane,
Hale Street Link Alliance/Brisbane City Council
2009
Once, Again - Santos Place, Northbridge, 32 Turbot Street, Brisbane, Donovan Hill/Neilson Properties
Epificus, Morrisey Street Bridge, Woolloongabba, North-South Bypass Tunnel, EDAW/Brisbane City Council
Openended - Ipswich Magistrates Court, Ipswich, Cox Rayner/Ipswich City Council
2007
Spun - Southbank Institute of Technology, Ernest Street, South Brisbane, Cox Rayner Architects/John Holland Group
2006
When the Stars Come Out - Festival Towers, Brisbane, Cox Rayner Architects/Devine Limited
2005
Where were we? - Casino Towers, Brisbane, Cox Rayner Architects/Devine Limited
2003
Christmas decorations - Gallery Store, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Christmas decorations - Stelios Papas, Brisbane
2002
Christmas decorations - Gallery Store, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Kinetic Christmas decorations - Stelios Papas, Brisbane
2001
Christmas decorations - Stelios Papas, Brisbane
1999
1:50 Venue models - Adelaide Festival, Adelaide
1998
1:43 Drive-in cinema model - Holden Exhibition, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide
1997
Stage props, Don Pasquale - State Opera of South Australia, Adelaide
Theatre Designs
1999
Nirvana - Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
Come Out—Out Doors - Come Out ‘99, Bienial Children's Multi Arts Festival, Adelaide
1998
Dome - Centre for the Performing Arts/SYTE, Adelaide
Macbeth - Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
No Man’s Land - Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
Road - Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
Flamma Flamma - Adelaide Festival, Adelaide
I’m Herbert - Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
September Dance - Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
History of Australia - Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
1997
The Sultana Jar - Junction Theatre Company, Adelaide
Black on White - Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
Restless Dance - Junction Theatre Company, Adelaide
Travel
2018 China
2015 Romania, Italy, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom
2014 Japan
2013 Ireland, Greece, Germany, England
2009 Japan, Russia, Estonia, France, Ireland, England
2008 India
2006 Japan
2005 Arnhem Land (Millingimbi)
2003 Italy, Greece and Turkey
1999 Arnhem Land (Maningrida)—Seconded to Maningrida Arts and Culture
1997 Timor Lesse
Bibliography
(04) Conrad Jupiter's Art Prize [ex. cat], Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland, 2004
Anon. 'St Leo's new look', UQ News, August 2011
Armistead, Jacqueline. The Great Divide [ex. cat.], Artisan, Brisbane, 2008
Avalon: Artists in Residence [ex. cat.], Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, 2004
Ballard, Brett. Always [ex. cat.], Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 2010
Blowers, Katrina. Heat Architecture, Creative Industries Unit, Queensland Government, 2010
Booij, Sarah. ‘Expressing complex geometry with precast concrete’,
National Precaster Magazine, No. 49, August 2008
Booij, Sarah. 'Local artist and engineering firm join forces', ARUP Australasia, June 2008
Brown, Phil. ‘Bridging the gap’, Brisbane News, 30 July–5 August 2008
Brown, Phil. outside the cube, Brisbane News, 2-8 November 2005
Carlon, Kris. Lincoln Austin [unpublished thesis], 2007
Escola, Michelle (November 9, 2012) “Open Closed”
Ewington, Julie. ‘Xstrata Community Partnership Program’, Artlines, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, No. 3–2010
Felipe, Ricardo. Avalon: Art & life of an apartment building, Museum of Brisbane and Vanity Publishing, Brisbane, 2005
Gillespie, Josephine. Fantastic plastic fills void, Queensland Times, 27 August 2010
Hashimi, Hashirin Nurin. Cultural Exchange: Australian High Commissioner, Philip Green, Singapore Tatler, 20 August 2015
Hilton, Anna. Artistic wheels turn for mural, Westside News, 17 May 2010
Hawker, Rosemary, 'openclosed' [ex. cat], QUT Art Museum, 2012
Kubler, Alison. ‘The Great Divide’, Artlines, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, No.3–2008
Kubler, Alison. Capturing Sculpture, Australian Art Collector 58, October 2011
Lincoln Austin: Still Moving [ex. cat], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2007
Lincoln Austin: As Far as I Can See [ex. cat], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2009
Lincoln Austin: Wayward [ex. cat], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2011
Lincoln Austin: Behind the lines [ex. cat], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2013
McKay, Peter. Highlight, Lincoln Austin out of sight, Artlines 2-2014, June 2014
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Phipps, Julia. Affordable art to steal local show, MX News, 29 May 2008
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Yamasaki, Akiko. Communication sucks, Independent press #3, 7 September 2011
Collections
Queensland Art Gallery/GoMA, Brisbane
Queensland Museum
Artbank, Sydney
Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich
Queensland Courts, Ipswich
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Gold Coast City Gallery
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery
Southbank Institute of Technology, Brisbane
The University of Queensland, Brisbane
Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland
Brisbane City Council, Queensland
Devine Limited, Brisbane
KPMG, Brisbane
Nielson Properties, Brisbane
Felicity Hotels, Brisbane
Mater Private Hospital
Australian Catholic University
Representing Galleries
Jan Murph Gallery
486 Brunswick Street
Fortitude Valley Qld 4006 Australia
Telephone +61 7 3254 1855
enquiries@janmurphygallery.com.au
Fortitude Valley Qld 4006 Australia
Telephone +61 7 3254 1855
enquiries@janmurphygallery.com.au