Lesley Duxbury
Professor Emerita, School of Art, Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology (RMIT)
Lesley Duxbury is an Australian artist who combines photography and printmaking
to make work regarding the landscape and atmospherics of place. She has
undertaken extended walks in remote and near parts of the world as impetus for
her work. Recent walks have been nearer to home with a view to more closely
examine the immediate world around her. She has exhibited nationally and
internationally for over 30 years including: 2022: Place, Australian Print
Workshop, Melbourne. 2021: Notes from the Field, MAMA, NSW; Nillumbik Prize for
Contemporary Art. 2020: Swan Hill Prints& Drawings Award. 2019: Echo: a survey,
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. 2018: Antipodean Views, Geelong Gallery. 2017:
Phantasm, Herhusid, Siglufjörður, Iceland. 2016: Breathing Hemispheres
Blindside, Melbourne. 2015: Sky Lab Counihan Gallery; Bowness Photography Prize,
Monash Gallery of Art, 27° South to 19° North: Contemporary Australian
Photography, Museum of the City of Cuernavaca, Mexico. 2014: Kyoto Hanga, Kyoto
Municipal Museum, Japan. She has undertaken artist residencies in Iceland (2012,
2015 and 2017), Paris, Australia Council studio (1996), Fremantle Arts Centre
(2017) and Bogong Centre for Sound Culture (2013 and 2020). Her work is held in
all major public collections in Australia. She is a Professor Emerita in the
School of Art, RMIT University.