Cynthia Breusch, Australian (1959 - )

Cynthia Breusch graduated from Queensland College of Art in 1979. She began her career in art as an illustrator for the University of Queensland Press. She has lectured at the University of Tasmania's School of Art, and served as an exhibition designer for the Queensland Museum. She began a full time career as an artist in 1991.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Gallery One, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
2016 Gallery One, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
2014 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2013 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2012 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2010 Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2006 Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
2004 William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2004 Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
2002 Valerie Cohen Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2000 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2000 Valerie Cohen Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1998 Valerie Cohen Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1998 Cintra Galleries, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1996 Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1996 Cintra Galleries, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1995 Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1995 Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
1994 Cintra Galleries, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1994 Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
1993 Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1992 Cintra Galleries, Brisbane,QLD, Australia
1992 Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1991 Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS, Australia
1980 Paddington Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Selected Group Shows and Awards
2018 Finalist, Salon des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2018 Finalist, Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2017 Semi-finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2017 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2016 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2016 Finalist, Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2015 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2015 Finalist, Tattersalls Landscape Prize, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2014 Gallery Artists Show, Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2014 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2014 Finalist, Commended, Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2013 Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2013 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2013 People’s Choice Award, Salon des Refuses, E H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2013 Finalist, Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2012 Finalist, Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2011 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2009 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2009 Gallery Artists Show, William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2007 Finalist, Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, QLD, Australia
2006 Winner, Figurative Prize, Brisbane,QLD, Australia
2006 Finalist, Tattersall's Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2006 Gallery Artists Show, William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2005 Small Treasures Show, William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 By Invitation Purchase Exhibition, Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD, Australia
2002 4 x 4 Show, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2002 Australian Women Artists 1920 – 2000
2002 Gallery Artists Show, Vanessa Wood Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2001 The Drawing Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2001 The Landscape Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2001 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2001 Finalist, Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2000 Contemporary Australian Art Show, Max Lawson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2000 Contemporary Australian Paintings Show, curated by Nicola Townsend, Tokyo, Japan
1999 Sunday Mail Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1998 Painting Award, Caloundra Art Prize, QLD, Australia
1998 Finalist, Redland's Westpac Art Prize, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1998 Winner, Sunday Mail Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1996 Caloundra Art Prize, QLD, Australia
1996 Still Life Award, Redcliffe Art Show, Moreton Bay Region, QLD, Australia
1996 Finalist, Redland's Westpac Art Prize, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1994 Central Gallery Exhibition, Adelaide, SA, Australia
1994 Noosa Art Prize, QLD, Australia
1994 Sunshine Coast Art Group Prize, QLD, Australia
1994 Women's Suffrage Centenary Exhibition, Adelaide, SA, Australia
1993 Maroochy Art Prize, QLD, Australia
1986 Printmaking Prize, Redcliffe Art Show, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1983 L.J. Harvey Memorial Prize for Drawing, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
1982 L.J. Harvey Memorial Prize for Drawing, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
1980 Cloncurry Art Prize, QLD, Australia
1980 Acquisition Prize, Gold Coast City Council, QLD, Australia
1980 Acquisition Prize, Toowoomba City Council, QLD, Australia

Major Commissions
1994 University of Central Queensland Press: 12 paintings for Shadows of Utopia - A History of Australia, Manfred Jurgensen
1979 - 1991 University of Queensland Press: Paintings & drawings for book jackets

Selected Public & Corporate Collections
BHP Billiton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Ipswich City Council, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;
News Corp, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
Suncorp Collection, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Tamar Collection, Tasmania, Australia
Tattersall's Club, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Tim Fairfax Collection, Brisbane, QLD, Australia:
Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
University of Queensland Press, Brisbane,QLD, Australia

Private Collections in Australia, Asia, France, Germany, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.

Selected Bibliography
2017 Belle Magazine, February-March issue
2015 Scribe, Under Cover, Craig Munro
2012 Sunday Mail, Sunday Mail, August issue, When Art Beats As One, Sally Browne
2006 Gold Coast Bulletin, June issue, A Lightness in the Moment, Judy Andersen,
2004 Coast Magazine, issue 12, cover art
2004 Courier Mail, May issue, Solitary Figures Convey Sense of Longing, Heidi Meyer,
1998 Courier Mail, June issue, World of Her Own, Sue Smith
1997 Hodder Education, Australian Vision, Anthology of Australian Paintings & Poetry
1994 Adelaide Central Gallery, Australian Women Focus on the Progress of Women in Society Over the Past 100 Years
1994 UCQ Press, Shadows of Utopia – A History of Australia, Manfred Jurgensen
1993 The Australian, May issue, The Weekend Review, Elwyn Lynn
1992 The Australian, January issue, The Weekend Review, Elwyn Lynn
1992 Australian Artist Magazine, October issue, feature article

Invention and Reality	Quest	The Little White Bird of Hope	The Collector	Dreamers
The Fox and the Rose	Saving Icarus	Edge of Day	Emissary	Falling Toward the Future
Masquerade	Under Starlight	Red Boy Dreaming	Urban Angel	Drift