PROFILE

Raelene Sharp began her career as a Graphic Artist in a Publishing House. She worked from ‘the ground up’ gaining experience in all areas of printing. Raelene works in three main mediums, oil, pastel and watercolour.
Raelene has received her share of prizes over the years including:
Artist of the Year 2000, 2001 and 2002 Ringwood Art Society.
Winner of a Seasonal Exhibition Australian Guild of Realist Artists Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Spring 2003 and Autumn 2006.
Runner-up Best in Show 2002 and 2003 Pastel Society of Victoria Annual Exhibition.
Featured in Australian Artist and International Artist Magazines.
Winner Australian Art Excellence Medallion Award 2003
Finalist in A.M.E. Bale Travel Grant 2003
Finalist in Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2008
Included in Joint Exhibition of 30 artists chosen by the Portrait Artist Australia for Washington DC Exhibition 2005

Winner of the Victorian Artists' Society Norman Kaye Medal 2005

Finalist in the Salon International Texas USA 2006

Included in the The HIdden Faces of the Archibald 2006, 2007 & 2008

Finalist Mortimore Prize (Portrait) 2006 & 2007

Kevin Taylor Award - AGRA 2006

Received Fellowship of AGRA 2006

Participant in Fusion6 'About Face' Portrait Exhibition 2007 - Exhibition touring to several state and interstate regional art galleries 2009

Asked to exhibit in the James Farrell Self Portrait Award - Castlemaine Regional Gallery 2007

Recipient of many Art Prizes over the last ten years.
Raelene lives in Melbourne's Yarra Valley with her husband and four children.