Naomi Crowther first found her muse at nine years old when she joined a group of artists who set aside one room in their Sydney house as a canvas for their dabblings. ‘It was most exciting to paint on the walls without getting into trouble. Since then, painting has been a major part of my life,’ says Crowther.
Crowther was named a finalist in the Hills Grammar Art Prize and a triple finalist in the Canberra Art Prize. The artist took out the First Prize Royal Canberra Art Show best print award for 2007 and appeared in person to hang her paintings on the Foxtel Lifestyle Channel’s popular “Selling Houses Australia” TV show in March 2009. That same year Crowther was selected among 40 Australian artists to have her work hung in the prestige Crookwell Art Auction alongside Archibald finalists Cherry Hood and Ben Quilty.
Crowther has enjoyed seven annual consecutive sell-out exhibitions with her ‘Poppies’ series at Artespresso, Canberra. Her works are hung in private and corporate collections locally and internationally, including a substantial Australian Government acquisition of six large paintings in 2007 for the Human Services head office in Barton, Canberra and 7 private schools. Naomi exhibited internationally for the first time in Brunei January 2009, sponsored by Austrade and the Australian High Commission.
Naomi and her family moved to the Far South Coast of NSW in 2011, where she currently resides with her family and two rescue tortoise-shell cats. Naomi is active in the local arts scene and paints at the beach and in her garden studio.
GROUP SHOWS
2023 – “Coastal Reflections” Sept 12-20th, Main Sail Gallery, Sunshine Bay.
2022 – “Beach and Beyond” Sept 16-25, Coastal Garage Vintage, Sunshine Bay
2021 – “Oceana” Coastal Garage Vintage, Sunshine Bay NSW
2018 – “Found Objects” The Gallery, Mogo, NSW
2017 - “Annual Exhibition” Creative Arts Batemans Bay NSW
2017 – “Recent Works” The Gallery, Mogo NSW
2017 – “Poppies” Firefly Interiors, Moruya NSW
2016 – “Outdoor Art Show” Canberra ACT
2015 – “Royal Canberra Art Show” ACT
2010 – “Crookwell Art Show and Auction” Crookwell NSW
2010 – “Royal Canberra Art Show” Royal Canberra Show, ACT
2009 – “Australian Art Exhibition” Sheraton Hotel, Bandar Seri Begawan BRUNEI
2007 – “Sydney Royal Easter Art Show” Royal Easter Show, Homebush, Sydney NSW
2006 – “Hills Grammar Art Prize” –; Hills Grammar, Kenthurst, NSW
2006 – “Homeliness” M16 Artspace, Fyshwick ACT
2006 – “Royal Canberra Art Show” Royal Canberra Show, ACT
2005 – “Canberra Art Prize” Italo Australian Club, Forrest, ACT
2005 – “Hills Grammar Art Prize” Hills Grammar, Kenthurst, NSW
2005 – “Recent Works - Canberra Artists” Sawmill Gallery, Fyshwick, ACT
2004 – “Geoff Dyer and Naomi Crowther” Aarwun Gallery, Federation Square ACT
2004 – “Sydney Art Show” Aarwun Gallery Stand 128, Hall of Industries, Sydney
2004 – “Asiatic” Cork Street Gallery, Gundaroo NSW
SOLO SHOWS
2019 – March “Recent Works, Poppies and the Sea’ Mossy Point, NSW.
2018 – January “Naomi Crowther” Batemans Bay Library, NSW.
2008 – August “The Poppy Series” RUIZ Award Winning Display Forde ACT Canberra
2007 – July “Recent Works” Pymble Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006 – October “The Poppy Pickers” Artespresso, Kingston, Canberra
2006 – September “Luscious Landscapes” Forrest Inn Gallery, Forrest ACT
2006 – January “Recent Paintings” Artespresso, Kingston, Canberra
2005 – September/October “POPPYMANIA!” Forrest Inn Gallery, Forrest ACT
2005 – February “Contemporary Paintings of Lake George” Forrest Inn Gallery, ACT
2004 – December “Return of the Poppies” Artespresso, Kingston, Canberra
2004 – March “Black and White” Artespresso, Kingston, Canberra
2002 – December “Curly Things” Artespresso, Kingston, Canberra
2002 – February “See Things Differently” Cork St Gallery, Gundaroo NSW
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
2008 - Deborah Perrow – Printmaking II Workshop, Megalo Arts Access, ACT
2007 –Deborah Perrow – Printmaking I Workshop, Megalo Arts Access, ACT
2006 – ANU Blended Learning - Cert IV in Arts Administration
2005 – Peter Griffin – Workshop in Abstraction, Leichhardt Studio
2005 – Peter Griffin – ‘Figure and still life’ Grafton Artsfest NSW Sept 05
2005 – Michael Winters - ANU ‘Back Fence and Beyond’ Landscapes
2005 – Michael Ferris – Intensive ‘Watercolour - Still Life’, Artists Society Of Canberra, ACT
2003 – Geoff Davies Landscapes in Oils, ‘en plain air’
2000 – ANU Institute of the Arts – Trish Hololley – Oil Painting, Figurative and Still Life
1995 – RMIT Melbourne –Diploma Interior Design and Decoration
1993 – ANU Institute of the Arts – Foundation Studies – Painting
1992 – Canberra University (First Year) – BA Architecture
AWARDS
2007 – First Prize, Royal Canberra Art Show, ACT, Print Media
2005 – Triple Finalist, Canberra Art Prize, Forrest, ACT
2005 – Double Finalist, Hills Grammar Art Prize, Kenthurst NSW.
2005 – Highly Commended, Abstract Section, Royal Canberra Show, ACT
2005 – 3rd Prize, Open Section, Royal Canberra Show, ACT
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Carmichael, Indira: “Artist Talks” Eurobodalla Shire Council Library Magazine.
2008 Streak, Diana: The Canberra Times ‘Panorama’ Nov 15, p 4
2008 Cerabona, Ron: ‘Artists Roll out the Carpet…’ The Canberra Times, August 31, p 6
2006 Musa, Helen: ‘Seeking the Art of Shelter’ Panorama – The Canberra Times, Aug 19th p20
2006 Wilson, Jessica: ‘Artful new life…’ Home Front - Queanbeyan Age, April 2006 p3-5
2005 Harris, Marc ‘Appealing Poppies in Art Prize’ The Chronicle, October 18th, p21
2005 Cerabona, Ron: ‘Prize Art…’ The Canberra Times, October 13th, p 9
2005 Provost, Shanna: ‘Artist Profile’, Artlook Magazine, October Issue
2005 Hagarty, Karen: ‘A Month in the Country,’ Australian Country Style Magazine, Sept issue, p 151
2005 Musa, Helen: ‘The Arts,’ Panorama - The Canberra Times, Feb 6, p 21
2004 Kazar, Andrew: ‘Poppies in Full Bloom at Federation Square,’ The Chronicle, Oct 12, p 29