Jessica Le Clerc - CV
Born in Rochester, VIC 1981
Lives and works in Tanawha, QLD Australia
BIO.
An emerging artist from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Mother of 4 children. Started painting full time in 2016. Jessica began learning art from Peter Mortimer in Dubbo, NSW at the age of 16. At 17 she began art classes in Western Sydney.
Jessica has been running private art classes since 1998 and is now the Director of the Art School Co. on the Sunshine Coast.
PRIZES:
2015 Archibald Prize - Finalist
2017 Myself Prize - Finalist
2018 Stanthorpe Art Prize - Finalist & Winner of Peoples Choice Award
2018 Portia Geach Memorial Award - Finalist
2019 Brisbane Portrait Prize - Finalist
2020 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award - Finalist
2020 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award - Finalist
2020 Stanthorpe Art Prize - Finalist
2020 Percival Portrait Prize - Finalist
2020 Brisbane Portrait Prize - Finalist & Winner of Peoples Choice Award
2020 Lester Prize - Finalist
2020 International ARC Salon Competition - Finalist Portraiture
2020 International ARC Salon Competition - Finalist Figurative
EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Lester Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia
2020 Percival Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
2020 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery
2019 Brisbane Portrait Prize, Powerhouse Museum
2018 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery
2018 Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Art Gallery
2017 Myself Prize, Jugglers Art Space
2016 David Hart Gallery, Brisbane
2016 Archibald Prize, New England Regional Art Museum
2016 Archibald Prize, Tweed River Art Gallery
2016 Archibald Prize, Manning Regional Art Gallery
2016 Archibald Prize, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
2016 Archibald Prize, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
2015 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
