Education
• Masters of Education (Primary), University of Newcastle (2018)
• Bachelor of Visual Communications Design, University of Newcastle (2013)
Solo Exhibitions
2023 - Periphery -Straitjacket, Newcastle
2022 - For history is a pattern of timeless moments - The Creator Incubator, Newcastle
Selections/Awards
2024 - Mosman Art Prize - finalist
2022 - Newcastle Club Prize - semi-finalist
2021 - Kilgour Prize - finalist
2021 - HIC Artist In Residence Award, The Creator Incubator - Winner
2020 - Newcastle Emerging Artist Prize – selected exhibitor
2020 - Newcastle Art Space Mentorship Program – selected as mentee with Lottie Consalvo
2016 - Trajectory Ensemble, Tantrum Youth Theatre - selected as a participant in 8 month performance art program with Lottie Consalvo
Group Exhibitions
2024 - Collect - The Lock Up, Newcastle
2024 - Counteractions - The Creator Incubator, Newcastle
2023 - Here you find me - Scratch Art Space, Sydney
2022 - Summer Salon - Straitjacket Gallery, Newcastle
2022 - Collect - The Lock-Up, Newcastle
2022 - God & The Good Boy - Joint show with Greg Ferry - AK Bellinger Gallery, Inverell
2022 - 5 x 5 - The Creator Incubator, Newcastle
2021 - A Place For Us - A.K. Bellinger Gallery, Inverell
2021 – Collect – The Lock-Up, Newcastle
2021 – 37° Hatch – The Creator Incubator, Newcastle
2020 – Locus Focus - Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle
2020 - Collect – The Lock-Up, Newcastle
2020 – Zeitgeist – Newcastle Art Space , Newcastle
2020 - Each for Equal – Gallery 139, Newcastle
2019 -This Is Not Art – Critical Animals Program: Performance piece Giving - The Lock-Up , Newcastle
2016 - This Is Not Art - Critical Animals Program: Performance piece Interchange - Catapult Dance Studio, Newcastle
2016 - Stella Slam - Gallery 61 Revisited, Newcastle
Bibliography
2024
‘8 Australian Artists Creating Tiny Artwork That Makes A Big Statement’, The Design Files, https://thedesignfiles.net/2024/06/art-tiny-paintings
2022
‘Interview with Gillian Adamson’, Newcastle Art Gallery’s Youth Advisory Group, NAGYAG Youth to Collection Project, https://www.nagyag.digital/entries/gillian-adamson
2021
‘The Creator Incubator scholarship winner Gillian Adamson sees painting as a priority’ , Newcastle Herald, June 6