Nani Puspasari

Visual Artist & Illustrator
based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia

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Selected Awards + Grants + Residencies

2023 Sculpture Highly Commended, Hornsby Art Prize
2023 Finalist, Muswellbrook Art Prize (Ceramic)
2023 Residency, SoYun Art Space, Haenam, South Korea
2023 Residency, Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale, South Korea
2023 Finalist, Little Things Art Prize (Ceramic)
2023 Finalist, TRAILS Sculpture Prize
2021 Grant, Sustaining Creative Workers initiative, RAV
2021 Grant, Small Project Grants, City of Yarra
2021 Finalist, The Korea-Australia Arts Foundation Prize
2020 Grant, National Assistance Program for the Arts, Sidney Myer Fund
2020  Residency, 15th Arts Festival, Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok
2019  Residency, Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale, South Korea
2019  Residency, RMUTI International Art Workshop 2019, Korat, Thailand
2019 Merit, 3x3 International Illustration Award No.16
2018 Fine Art Prize, Japan Illustration Award
2017 Best of Best, Hiii Illustration Award (Commercial)
2016 Runners up, Creative Quarterly 46 (Illustration)
2015 Residency, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Bali, Indonesia
2015 Shortlisted, Premio Combat Prize (Graphic Arts)
2013 Shortlisted, Create Design Award (Illustration)
2013 Silver, Illustrator Australia Award
2013 Finalist, Lethbridge Art Award (Painting)
2008 Winner, Bank of Queensland Encouragement Award (Painting)

Public Art Works

2022 Lunar Banner (Tiger), Sydney Lunar Festival, City of Sydney
2021 Me and UooUoo: The RCH150 Anniversary Art Trail by The Royal Children's Foundation Hospital
2010-now Mural, private/ commercial commissions

Collections

Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection, Australia
Haengchon Cultural Art Foundation(ACAF), South Korea
Haenam Culture & Arts Centre, South Korea
Poh Chang Academy of Art, Bangkok, Thailand 
Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Thailand  
Private Collections: USA, Australia, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia 

Selected Press

2023   ABC Art-Works season.03 ep.12
2018   ‘The artist creates fantasies challenge women’s reality’ Vice ID 
2018   ‘Melbourne Art’ Uppercase 36, magazine 
2017   Home living, featured on The Herald Sun p.24-25, 30 
2016   ‘An Obsession to Create’ interview, Tempo, March page 14-20 
2015   ‘An Artist called Nani’ interview by Helen Brown 
2012   Book: Arbeitende Orte (German Edition) 
2011   ‘Culture’ interview by Nylon mag ed.Dec p.64 
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Education

2010  Master of Fine Art, RMIT, Melbourne
2008 Master of Design (Communication), Swinburne, Melbourne
2003 Bachelor of Visual Communication Design, UKPetra, ID

Solo Exhibitions

2023 More Birthday Cake, SOL Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Adulthood, Alternative Current Space, Melbourne
2021 Macan, Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
2019 Between Somewhere, Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Garden Soul, Off The Kerb Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Girl & Animal, First Site Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Muswellbrook Art Prize Exhibition, NSW
2023 Gather|Together, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania
2023 TRAILS Sculpture Prize, Portland CBD, South West Coast, VIC
2023 Gems: So Far, Divisions Gallery at Pentridge, Melbourne
2023 Senhwa (Black Rabbit), Haengchon Art Museum, South Korea
2022 Deckade, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Local 2022, Outre Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale, South Korea
2021 KAAF Art Prize Award Exhibition, Sydney
2020 Time Change, RMUTT, Thanyaburi, Thailand
2019 Gong-jae & The Artists’ Self Portrait, Haengchon Art Museum, Korea
2019 Femina Extravaganza, Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Illustrating Life III, Beijing, China
2015 Premio Combat, Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori ex Granai di Villa Mimbelli, Liverno, Italy
2013 4th Annual Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Dino Wars, Jurassic Lounge, Australia Museum, Sydney
2011 Nursery Rhymes, Urban Cow Studio Gallery, Adelaide
2010 The Space that Measures Distance, Chinese Museum, Melbourne
2010 Drawgasmic, The Mad Art Gallery, Saint Louis, USA
2008 A Walk of Art, The Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Melbourne
2008 Fifth Annual SNAP TO GRID, APWArts Gallery, Los Angeles
2008 BRAngerous Women Art Exhibition, CCCL, Sby, ID
2007 Fine Art East Java 2007, Taman Budaya, Sby, ID
2007 07 Joint, Busan, South Korea
2007 Fine Art: Wanita (h), Gallery Surabaya, Sby, ID
2007 Graphic Art Modern, Taman Budaya, Sby, ID