About the Artist
Lindy Sale spent her early years in remote western Queensland until moving to Brisbane for secondary school and university. She subsequently studied visual art and is a graduate of the Queensland College of Art. She has been an exhibiting artist for over twenty-five years.
Lindy was the 2018 winner of the Lethbridge 10,000 Small Scale Art Award. She has been highly commended in award exhibitions including the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, the Lethbridge Landscape Prize (2021, 2022) and the Clayton Utz Art Prize (2017, 2020, 2021, 2023). She has been a finalist in the Dobell Prize for Drawing (2023) and the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (2020, 2022) and was selected as a finalist for the Milburn Art Prize (2021) and the Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting (2023).
Her work carries a theme which reflects her interest in the natural world around her. Recently she has considered the psychological effects of the natural environment, for example observation of clouds in the sky above or the complexity of a forest, and how this might be expressed in paint. Drawing is an extremely important element of her practice.
In 2021 she moved from Brisbane, Queensland to live on the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Her studio is at the top of a ridge. The land drops away through forest to eventually reach a creek in the valley. Influenced by her new surroundings, the subject of her artwork has moved towards forest landscape.
Education
Bachelor of Visual Arts in Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning, University of Queensland, Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Forest Sounds, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2022 Platypus Creek, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Wandering, Lethbridge Gallery, Bulimba, Brisbane
2018 Shifting Worlds, Graydon Gallery, Brisbane
2012 We are as clouds, Anita Traverso AT_Salon, Richmond, Melbourne
2011 Recent Works, Three White Rooms, Paddington, Brisbane
2008 Lush Harvest, Gallery Tokonoma, Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast
2007 Ithaca Creek Two, Doggett Street Studio, Newstead, Brisbane
2004 Ithaca Creek, Doggett Street Studio, Newstead, Brisbane
1998 Subdivision, Smith + Stoneley on Stratton, Newstead, Brisbane
1995 Surface Paradise, Doggett Street Studio, Newstead, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions
2023 Local Artists Local Content, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra
2023 More Than The Sum Of Its Parts, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa
2022 Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2022 Local Artists Local Content, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra
2022 The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, PLC, Croydon, Sydney
2021 The Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane
2021 Home, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2021 Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor, Brisbane
2021 Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2020 The Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane
2020 The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Sydney
2019 Wandering, Lethbridge Gallery, Bulimba, Brisbane
2018 Lethbridge 10,000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Scape to Scape, Lethbridge Gallery Bulimba, Brisbane
2017 The Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane
2016 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide
2013 Light Imperative (feat. Estampa) Bardon, Brisbane
2011 Belle Arti Art Award, Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2010 The Stanthorpe Art Festival, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe
2009 Seeds Scattered Far and Wide, Niche Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Doggett Street Studio Winter Exhibition, Doggett Street Studio, Newstead, Brisbane
2009 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide and at the National Archives, Canberra
2009 The Prometheus Art Award, Gold Coast
2006 The Warwick Art Prize 2006, Warwick, Queensland
2006 Off the Wall, Art Sydney 06, Royal Hall of Industries and Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
2005 Tango, Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane (as featured painter)
2002 The Warwick Art Prize 2002, Warwick, Queensland
2000 Close to the Heart, Doggett Street Studio, Newstead, Brisbane
2000 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition 2000, Churchie, Brisbane.
1999 finale, Smith + Stoneley on Stratton, Newstead, Brisbane
1999 Churchie Exhibition of Emerging Art, Churchie, Brisbane
1998 gold, frankincense and myrrh, Smith + Stoneley on Stratton, Newstead, Brisbane
1995 Artistcare Drawing Prize, Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane
1995 Combust , Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane
1994 Artistcare Drawing Prize, Queensland College of Art Gallery and Magazine Space, Eagle Street Pier, Brisbane
1994 Women’s History, Magazine Space, Eagle Street Pier, Brisbane.
1994 The Greatest Show on Earth, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1993 Fresh, Bartleme Galleries, Brisbane
Awards and Selection
2023 The Clayton Utz Art Prize, Clayton Utz, Brisbane - highly commended
2023 The Dobell Prize for Drawing #23, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney - selection
2023 The Elaine Birmingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting, QCA Galleries, South Brisbane - selection
2023 The Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane - selection
2022 Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – highly commended
2022 Local Artists Local Content, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra – selection
2022 The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC, Croydon, Sydney – selection
2021 The Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane – highly commended
2021 Lethbridge 20,000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane – selection
2021 Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor, Brisbane – selection
2021 Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – highly commended
2020 The Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane – highly commended
2020 The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC, Croydon, Sydney – selection
2020 Lethbridge 20,000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – selection
2019 Lethbridge 20,000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – selection
2018 Lethbridge 10,000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – winner
2017 The Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane – highly commended
2017 Lethbridge 10,000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – selection
2016 The Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane – selection
2016 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2016, South Australian Museum, Adelaide – selection
2010 The Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe – selection
2009 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, Adelaide – highly commended
2009 The Prometheus Art Award, Gold Coast, Qld – selection
2007 Roma Art Prize, Roma, Qld – winner open award
2006 The Warwick Art Prize 2006, Warwick, Qld – commendation
2006 Off the Wall, Art Sydney 06, Royal Hall of Industries and Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – selection
2002 Roma Art Prize, Roma, Qld – winner open award
2000 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition 2000, Brisbane – selection
1999 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition 1999, Brisbane – winner of over 35 category
1995 Artistcare Drawing Prize, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane – winner