Natasha Bieniek
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Melbourne 1984, Natasha Bieniek has been painting for ten years. Bieniek began her formal artistic training at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2002 where she began to concentrate on figurative painting.
Bieniek received substantial recognition when her painting “When the music’s over” (2006) won the Nino Sanciolo Art Prize, a painting scholarship to study at the Accademia d’Arte in Florence. At the Accademia d’Arte she learnt the ancient technique of egg tempera, and studied under a well known contemporary Florentine painter Sonia de Franceschi, who exhibits regularly in Florence, Rome and Bologna.
Bieniek has received a number of Melbourne based commission work. In 2007 she completed a portrait of David Riley, retiring C.E.O of the William Angliss Institute of Tafe. That same year she painted A.F.L football umpire Hayden Kennedy as a testament to his four hundredth game. Prior to that Bieniek completed a portrait of Richard Jones, V.C.A lecturer, for private collection.
In 2008 and 2009 Bieniek was a finalist in the Metro Art Award ranking second place for the people’s choice award in 2008 and third in 2009. In 2010, Bieniek was curated into several group shows and shortlisted for the prestigious Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Art Award. In June 2011, Bieniek held her debut solo exhibition at dianne tanzer gallery + projects.
Bieniek currently paints in her St Kilda based studio and works part time teaching at an independent art school in Melbourne. She will be exhibiting at Gippsland Regional Art Gallery and dianne tanzer gallery + projects in 2012.
ARTIST CV
ARTIST NEWS
April 26, 2012Natasha Bieniek is a finalist for the Redlands Westpac Emerging Artist Prize. The 16th Redlands Westpac Art Prize (the Prize), open to Australian and New Zealand artists, will be presented at the National Art School in Sydney’s Darlinghurst from 2 May … Continue reading |
March 21, 2012We are very proud to announce that Natasha Bieniek, Juan Ford, Vincent Fantauzzo, Reko Rennie are all finalists in the prestigious Archibald National Portrait Prize and Neil Haddon and Juan Ford are finalists in the Wynne Landscape Prize! We wish … Continue reading |
June 24, 2011Reko Rennie and Yhonnie Scarce are the recipients of Melbourne Laneway Commissions for 2011……brilliant ! This is an annual program and the commissions provide ongoing opportunities for artists, foster creative capacity and strongly advocate the artist profession. Unpredictable by nature … Continue reading |
April 8, 2011Congratualations are in order for our artists who have been selected for 2011 Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize. Vincent Fantauzzo’s shortlisted work featuring Matt Moran has taken out the Packing Room Prize. Our fingers are also crossed for Natasha Bieniek’s … Continue reading |
March 18, 2011More congratulations in order this week! First off, work by Reko Rennie and Yhonnie Scarce can be seen in the Victorian Indigenous Art Award finalist exhibition at Fortyfive Downstairs until April 2. We are very proud of Reko and Yhonnie … Continue reading |
