About the Artist

Jane Grealy is an Australian artist based in Queensland.

Grealy has enjoyed a successful career as an architectural illustrator since 1979, whose work is based on observation of both existing and imagined buildings, landscapes and spaces. Although her transition to the art world came much later, Grealy’s architectural training has allowed her to hone technical skills in perspective and art media, while providing a liberating outlet for her creative pursuits.

Her current focus is on the natural environment and the balance with the built environment. In the “River” watercolour series, building frames and surveyor’s marks suggest how future construction might be positioned on a pristine river such as the Ord River in WA, contrasting it with the more urbanized and industrial Brisbane River in Qld. These works examine the delicate balance of what we wish for and what we have now, drawing attention to environment that may one day be under threat from urbanization and advancing industry.

Since 2015, Grealy has gone on to feature as a finalist and prize winner for many national and international prizes, most recently winning the Dobell Drawing Prize #23 in 2023.

Her work is represented in the Museum of Brisbane Collection, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Collection, the Kedumba Collection of Australian drawings, National Art School, and in a number of private collections in Australia

AWARDS / PRIZES / GRANTS

2023 Winner, Dobell Drawing Prize #23, Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, Sydney

2019 Winner, Roy Skinner Works on Paper Award, Gympie Regional Gallery, Qld

2018 Winner of Peoples’ Choice and Highly Commended, Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane

         Winner, Andrew Fisher Portrait Prize, Gympie Regional Gallery, Qld

2017 Winner, “Drawing From Nature”, Competition of Architectural Drawing, ArchiGraphicArts, Moscow, Russia

2016 Winner of People’s Choice, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton

         Winner, Significant Work in 2D, Stanthorpe Festival Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery

         Winner Observational Juror Rodrigo Lopez Award of Excellence, Architecture in Perspective 31, American Society of Architectural Illustration, Boston, USA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024

(Finalist) Elaine Birmingham National Watercolour Prize, Griffith University, Qld

2023

(Winner) Dobell Drawing Prize #23, NAS, Sydney

(Finalist) Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC, Sydney

“Making Place: 100 Views of Brisbane”, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

2022                     

(Finalist) “Architecture in Perspective 37”, American Society of Architectural Illustration, London, UK

(Finalist) Lyn McCrae Memorial Drawing Award, Noosa Regional Gallery

"For the Love of Dog Exhibition”, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree

(Semi-finalist) Doug Moran National Art Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney

(Finalist) Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane

2021                    

(Finalist) Dobell Drawing Prize #22, NAS, Sydney

(Finalist) Rick Amor Drawing Award, McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, Vic

(Finalist) Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane, Qld

2020                    

Solo, “Dog Park and Other Things”, MAY SPACE, Sydney

(Finalist) Elaine Birmingham National Watercolour Prize, Griffith University, Qld

2019                    

“Micro Histories”, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

(Finalist) Lyn McCrae Memorial Drawing Award, Noosa Regional Gallery

(Semi-finalist) Doug Moran National Art Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney

(Finalist) Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Gallery, Castlemaine

2018                    

(Finalist) Lyn McCrae Memorial Drawing Award, Noosa Regional Gallery

(Finalist) Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC, Sydney

2017                    

(Finalist) Kedumba Drawing Drawing Award, Orange Regional Gallery

(Finalist) Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC, Sydney

(Finalist) Elaine Birmingham National Watercolour Prize, Griffith University, Qld

Competition of Architectural Drawings, ArchiGraphicArts, Moscow, Russia

2016                    

(Semi-finalist) Doug Moran National Art Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney

 “Architecture in Perspective 31”, American Society of Architectural Illustration, Boston, USA

(Finalist) Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton

(Finalist) Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

(Finalist) Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC, Sydney

2015                    

“The Space Between – New Farm Squared”, Brisbane, Qld

(Semi-finalist) Doug Moran National Art Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney

(Finalist) “Architecture in Perspective 30”, American Society of Architectural Illustration, Houston, USA

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Brisbane Collection, Brisbane, QLD

Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Collection, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW

The Kedumba Collection of Australian Drawings, NSW

National Art School, Sydney, NSW