Biography:
Seabastion Toast is originally from Melbourne, now living and working in Northern NSW. She completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2000 including a six month exchange to the Pratt Art Institute in New York.
Her work has garnered much attention over the past couple of years particularly after winning the 2014 D'arcy Doyle Landscape Prize, the 2011 Gainsborough Greens Award, the 2012 Marymount Painting Prize and achieving finalist positions in many other prominent awards including the 2012 Doug Moran Portrait Prize.
Education:
1997–2000 BA Visual Arts (major-painting) Southern Cross University, NSW
1999 University Exchange (6mnths) Pratt Art Institute, New York
2000 Cross Institutional Study College Of Fine Arts, Sydney
Selected Awards:
2019 Highly Commended Glover Art Prize, Evandale, TAS
Hangers Award Glover Art Prize, Evandale, TAS
2018 Finalist Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Wollongong, NSW
2017 Finalist Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Wollongong, NSW
2nd Place Darcy Doyle Portrait Award, Gold Coast, QLD
Finalist Dust Temple Portrait Award, Gold Coast, QLD
2015 Finalist Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Highly Commended Darcy Doyle Still Life, Gold Coast, QLD
2014 Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast, QLD
Finalist Eutick Memorial Still life Award, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Finalist RQAS Figurative Award, Brisbane, QLD
Winner D’Arcy Doyle $10,000 Landscape Prize, Mudgeeraba, QLD
Finalist Cliftons Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD
Finalist Border Art Prize, Tweed River Gallery, NSW
2013 Finalist Border Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery QLD
Peoples Choice Award, Queensland Regional Art Awards, Flying Arts
Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Awards, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2012 Winner Marymount Art Show, Painting Prize, Gold Coast, QLD
Finalist Border Art Prize, Tweed River Gallery, NSW
Semi finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize Sydney, NSW
Finalist, Lismore Portrait Prize Lismore, NSW
2011 Highly Commended Ocean Shores Art Expo Ocean Shores, NSW
Winner $10,000 Gainsborough Greens Art Award, Gold Coast, QLD
Finalist Worthies Portrait Prize Sydney, NSW
Finalist, Mambo Art Prize, London, UK
1998 Winner, Acquisitive Prize Southern Cross University, NSW
Selected Exhibitions:
2018 "Ways of Mapping Sunshine" Solo Show, Anthea Polson Art Gallery, QLD
2016 “Re-animating the Animate” Pine Rivers Regional Gallery,QLD
2015 “The Border Track” Solo Show, Anthea Polson Art Gallery, QLD
“Plush and Plastic”, Solo show, Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD
2014 “Minatures” Christmas Art Show, Anthea Polson Gallery, QLD
“Curvy” Book Launch Semi permanent Carriage works, Sydney NSW
“Women of Substance” Group Show, Red Hill Gallery, QLD
“Paintings” Solo Show Dbar Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
2013 “Red” Christmas Show, Anthea Polson Art Gallery, Gold Coast QLD
“Badgers and Birds”, Art Piece Gallery Mary Ryans Byron Bay NSW
“Heavy Petting Zoo”, Robina Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
2012 “Sidewayz” Global Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
Art Expo Brisbane, Exhibition Buildings Brisbane, QLD
Art Melbourne Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, VIC
Solo Exhibition “Of Hoof and Claw” D'bar Gallery, Coolangatta, QLD
Solo Exhibition, Southern Cross University Library, Coolangatta, QLD
2011 “Visiting Childhood” Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW
Group Show, Sheoak Shack Gallery, Fingal Head, NSW
“The Other Side” Robina Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
Salon De Refuse, Lismore Portrait Prize, Serpentine Gallery, NSW
Camberwell Art Show, Camberwell Girls' Grammar, VIC
Group Show, Jackman Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Womens Day Project, Karen19 Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
2010 Solo Art Show, Showcase, Coolangatta, QLD
2003 “Toast and Curhams Day Out”, TAP Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1999 “Tom Squared”, Pratt Institute, New York, USA
1998 “Pinking” Solo Exhibition, Stone Cutters Art Gallery, NSW
Collections: Southern Cross University, Mirvac Group, Private Collections
Seabastion Toast is originally from Melbourne, now living and working in Northern NSW. She completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2000 including a six month exchange to the Pratt Art Institute in New York.
Her work has garnered much attention over the past couple of years particularly after winning the 2014 D'arcy Doyle Landscape Prize, the 2011 Gainsborough Greens Award, the 2012 Marymount Painting Prize and achieving finalist positions in many other prominent awards including the 2012 Doug Moran Portrait Prize.
Education:
1997–2000 BA Visual Arts (major-painting) Southern Cross University, NSW
1999 University Exchange (6mnths) Pratt Art Institute, New York
2000 Cross Institutional Study College Of Fine Arts, Sydney
Selected Awards:
2019 Highly Commended Glover Art Prize, Evandale, TAS
Hangers Award Glover Art Prize, Evandale, TAS
2018 Finalist Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Wollongong, NSW
2017 Finalist Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Wollongong, NSW
2nd Place Darcy Doyle Portrait Award, Gold Coast, QLD
Finalist Dust Temple Portrait Award, Gold Coast, QLD
2015 Finalist Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Highly Commended Darcy Doyle Still Life, Gold Coast, QLD
2014 Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast, QLD
Finalist Eutick Memorial Still life Award, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Finalist RQAS Figurative Award, Brisbane, QLD
Winner D’Arcy Doyle $10,000 Landscape Prize, Mudgeeraba, QLD
Finalist Cliftons Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD
Finalist Border Art Prize, Tweed River Gallery, NSW
2013 Finalist Border Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery QLD
Peoples Choice Award, Queensland Regional Art Awards, Flying Arts
Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Awards, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2012 Winner Marymount Art Show, Painting Prize, Gold Coast, QLD
Finalist Border Art Prize, Tweed River Gallery, NSW
Semi finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize Sydney, NSW
Finalist, Lismore Portrait Prize Lismore, NSW
2011 Highly Commended Ocean Shores Art Expo Ocean Shores, NSW
Winner $10,000 Gainsborough Greens Art Award, Gold Coast, QLD
Finalist Worthies Portrait Prize Sydney, NSW
Finalist, Mambo Art Prize, London, UK
1998 Winner, Acquisitive Prize Southern Cross University, NSW
Selected Exhibitions:
2018 "Ways of Mapping Sunshine" Solo Show, Anthea Polson Art Gallery, QLD
2016 “Re-animating the Animate” Pine Rivers Regional Gallery,QLD
2015 “The Border Track” Solo Show, Anthea Polson Art Gallery, QLD
“Plush and Plastic”, Solo show, Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD
2014 “Minatures” Christmas Art Show, Anthea Polson Gallery, QLD
“Curvy” Book Launch Semi permanent Carriage works, Sydney NSW
“Women of Substance” Group Show, Red Hill Gallery, QLD
“Paintings” Solo Show Dbar Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
2013 “Red” Christmas Show, Anthea Polson Art Gallery, Gold Coast QLD
“Badgers and Birds”, Art Piece Gallery Mary Ryans Byron Bay NSW
“Heavy Petting Zoo”, Robina Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
2012 “Sidewayz” Global Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
Art Expo Brisbane, Exhibition Buildings Brisbane, QLD
Art Melbourne Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, VIC
Solo Exhibition “Of Hoof and Claw” D'bar Gallery, Coolangatta, QLD
Solo Exhibition, Southern Cross University Library, Coolangatta, QLD
2011 “Visiting Childhood” Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW
Group Show, Sheoak Shack Gallery, Fingal Head, NSW
“The Other Side” Robina Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
Salon De Refuse, Lismore Portrait Prize, Serpentine Gallery, NSW
Camberwell Art Show, Camberwell Girls' Grammar, VIC
Group Show, Jackman Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Womens Day Project, Karen19 Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
2010 Solo Art Show, Showcase, Coolangatta, QLD
2003 “Toast and Curhams Day Out”, TAP Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1999 “Tom Squared”, Pratt Institute, New York, USA
1998 “Pinking” Solo Exhibition, Stone Cutters Art Gallery, NSW
Collections: Southern Cross University, Mirvac Group, Private Collections
