Vyvian is deeply connected to the place in which she lives and creates - on Dharawal country in Wombarra, NSW. Her works speak to the looming escarpment, the ever changing ocean and most recently are celebrations and lamentations for the fragility of the landscape as a result of extreme climate. She is seduced by light – the way it plays on the land and the sea. Essentially her work responds to the ephemeral movements of light and texture over surfaces – vistas large and small, inside and out….liquid seas, industrial scenes, dreams and memories. 
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Vyvian Wilson CV
In 1980 Vyvian completed a Diploma of Visual Arts, majoring in painting at Alexander Mackie Collage of Advanced Education. Wilson later undertook a conversion course at City Art Institute and was awarded a BA Visual Arts in 1984. Other academic studies included Fine Arts, English Literature and Italian at the University of Sydney.
In 2009, after a long career diversion in arts administration with the Australia Council, Sydney Dance Company and Legs on the Wall, Vyvian made the commitment to be a full time artist, presenting her first solo show Finding Place in 2011. The positive response to this show encouraged her to continue navigating this difficult and exhilarating journey with several more solo and group exhibitions, most recently as a finalist in the 2021 FLOW National Contemporary Watercolour Art Prize, the 2022 John Leslie Art Prize for landscape, the 2022 Lake Art Prize and the 2022 Maritime Art Prize. Her solo exhibition Periphery was selected as the launch event for the 2019 Koroni International Arts Festival in Greece.
Vyvian has been invited to participate in several curated group exhibitions including Local Current 2013 and Steel City 2016 at the Wollongong Art Gallery, Unfolding at the Nan Tien Institute Wollongong 2012 and the showcase exhibition Out of the Illawarra at NSW Parliament House 2015. Vyvian is an active member of the Clifton School of Arts and served as Secretary and Vice President of the Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts from 2012 – 2014.
Vyvian’s work is included in several national and international private and public collections including the Wollongong City Art Gallery.
EXHIBITIONS
March 2024 New Work 2024 - Clifton School of Arts, Clifton NSW
September 2023 Finalist Maritime Art Award 2023, Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne, VIC
September 2023 Finalist Gippsland Print Award 2023, Gippsland Regional Gallery, Sale, VIC.
August 2023 Finalist Exploration 23 - Flinders Lane Gallery Art Prize, Melbourne, VIC
May 2023 Finalist Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Brisbane, QLD
November 2022 Resonance, solo exhibition, Clifton School of Arts, Clifton NSW
September 2022 Finalist Maritime Art Award 2022, Mission to Seafarers, VIC
September 2022 Finalist Lake Art Prize 2022, Museum of Art & Culture, Newcastle NSW
August 2022 Finalist John Leslie Art Prize for Landscape 2022, Gippsland Regional Gallery, Sale, VIC.
November 2021 Finalist FLOW - National Contemporary Watercolour Art Prize, Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW
March 2021 Postcodes from the Edge, Wollongong Art Gallery
January 2021 Contemporary Art Fair , Co-Curator and exhibitor, Clifton School of Arts
November 2020 Sublime – Group Exhibition, 55 Parrots, Bulli NSW
May 2019 Periphery – Solo exhibition, Koroni International Arts Festival, Greece
September 2017 Dance of Stones – Solo exhibition, Review Gallery, Redfern NSW
August 2015 Out of the Illawarra – Group show, Fountain Court Gallery, Parliament House, Sydney
June 2015 Close to Home- Co-curator and exhibitor, Group Show Clifton School of Arts, Clifton NSW
June 2014 Feeling the Heat – Co-curator and exhibitor, Group Show Clifton School of Arts, Clifton NSW
March 2014 Intimations – Co-exhibition with Alena Kennedy, Clifton School of Arts, Clifton NSW
Oct 2013 Local Current 2013 – Group Show, Wollongong Art Gallery
Oct 2013 IAVA Photography – Group Show, Hanging Space Gallery, Woonona NSW
Nov 2012 Unfolding – Group show, Nan Tien Institute, Wollongong
Oct 2012 Fundraiser, Illawarra Grammar School Art Show, Wollongong
Oct 2012 Scarborough Public School Art Show, Scarborough NSW
Sept 2012 Habitat Artefact – IAVA Showcase, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
August 2012 Light in Dark – Solo exhibition, Hanging Space Gallery, Woonona NSW
May 2012 Group Show – Egg and Dart, Thirroul NSW
March 2012 Postcodes from the Edge Wollongong City Gallery
Nov 2011 Finding Place - Solo exhibition, Clifton School of the Arts, Clifton NSW
1998 Group show - Australia Council for the Arts, Surry Hills NSW
1992 Collidescope Group show, Airspace , Redfern NSW
1981 Finalist Sydney Royal Easter Show Art Prize, Sydney NSW
PRIZES
2012 Highly Commended Award, Postcodes from the Edge Wollongong City Gallery
1981 First prize for “Moonshell” - Modern Figurative Section - Sydney Royal Easter Show Art Pr
COLLECTIONS
- Royal Easter Show Art Collection
- Wollongong City Gallery
- Private national and international collections