Academic Qualifications
2001 Master of Fine Arts, UNSW COFA Sydney
1993 Master of Art, UNSW COFA Sydney
1992 Bachelor of Visual Arts, University of Sydney SCA
1995 Diploma of Education, University of Sydney
1989 Associate Diploma of Expressive/Performing arts (with Distinction), UNSW SCAE
Study Sabbaticals – Research
2011 Study & Research of ‘women’ artists of the Renaissance & Baroque periods, Italy.
2004 Study of Italian Florentine, Renaissance and Baroque painting across Italy.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Lost Thylacine, Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham, Sydney.
2018 ‘The Wonthaggi Monster’, ArtSpace Wonthaggi, Victoria.
2016 ‘The Last Reunion’ (A portrayal of Judy Cassab AO CBE & Charles Blackman MBE), Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham, Sydney
2015 ‘Lost Child Somewhere in Hill End’, Customs House, Sydney
2015 ‘Lost Child Somewhere Between Mount Carcalgong & Hill End’, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee
2015 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham Sydney
2014 ‘Lost Child in the Bush’, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee, NSW
2014 ‘Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham Sydney
2013 Retrospective – The Fringe Festival, Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham, Sydney
2013 Portraits of Prominent and Everyday Australians, Newtown Library, Newtown
2013 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2012 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2011 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2011 Italo-Australians, comune di Sicilia, Enna, Italy
2010 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2009 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2008 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2007 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2002 Triggers of Memory – Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington. Sydney
Group Exhibitions
2020 Lester Prize for Portraiture, Perth Regional Gallery
2020 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
2020 Percival Prize for Portraiture, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
2020 Glover Art Prize, Tasmania
2020 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2019 Fishers Ghost Art Prize (main section), Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery
2019 Naracoorte National Art Prize, Naracoorte, South Australia
2019 Lethbridge Small Scale Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Queensland
2018 Kangaroo Valley Art Prize, Kangaroo Valley
2018 Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Regional Gallery, Newcastle
2018 Movers & Shapers, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Hazelhurst
2018 Percival Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland
2017 Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
2017 Cliftons Art Prize
2017 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
2017 Hunters Hill Art Prize
2016 The Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
2016 A Small World, Magpie Springs Gallery, Adelaide
2016 Paddington Art Prize, Paddington, Sydney
2016 Cliftons Art Prize, Sydney
2016 The Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, AGWA, Perth
2016 The kangaroos Visit – Bounce into Assisi, at Sala Ex Pinacoteca di Assi, Italy
2016 Out of the Flames, The Shop Gallery, Glebe, Sydney
2016 Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill
2015 The kangaroos Visit, Palazzo di Sant’Egidio, Rome, Italy
2015 The kangaroos Visit, Palazzo Velli, Rome, Italy
2015 The kangaroos Visit, Artisti di via Giulia Galleria, Rome, Italy
2015 The Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
2015 Archibald Prize Finalist Exhibition, AGNSW, Sydney
2015 Waverley Art Prize, Waverley
2015 Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill
2014 The Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
2014 Australians at Work, The Victorian Arts Society, Melbourne
2014 25 Years, Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst
2014 The Hunters Hill Art Prize
2014 Mixed Metaphors of Easter, TFR Art Gallery, Petersham
2014 Rags to Riches, FRAG Art Gallery, Petersham
2013 The Fracking Redundance Art Gallery (FRAG) Opening, Petersham
2013 The Greenway Exhibition, Art Est, Leichhardt
2013 Fisher Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown
2013 31 Days – Blur the Lines, Gallery Red, Glebe
2013 The Tutor Salon Exhibition – Art Est, Leichhardt
2013 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2013 Multi-Cultural Australia, Parliament House, Sydney
2012 Innovators, Federal Parliament House, Sydney
2012 The Greenway Exhibition, Art EST, Leichhardt
2012 Spirit Life in Marrickville, Seview Gallery, Dulwich Hill.
2012 The Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery. The Rocks, Sydney.
2012 Portrait Artists Australia, The Artists’ Book Launch, Art House, Sydney.
2011 The face of Australia, Parliament House, Sydney.
2011 The Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery. The Rocks, Sydney.
2010 The Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery. The Rocks, Sydney.
2009 The Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery. The Rocks, Sydney.
2008 Real Refuses, Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney.
2007 A Little Bit of Italy, Katherine Vale Vineyard, Hunter Valley.
2007 Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
2006 Artists on Norton – Parliament House Sydney.
2005 Highlights of Art di Ritorno- Norton Street, Leichhardt
2004 Art di Ritorno (Art that Returns) – Biblioteca Berio Galleria, Genova, Italy.
2003 Fortune – Side on Gallery, Annandale.
2005 – 1999 Annually: Artists on Norton Exhibition – Leichhardt
1999 Past- Ur-Rise, Paddington
1998 Uncommon Masters, COFA Gallery
1995 Young Italo-Australian Artist Awards Finalist Exhibition, Rozelle
1995 Sfumato – YZ Gallery, Kingswood
1994 Sfumato – YZ Gallery, UNSW
1994 Small Screen/Big Picture – Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Bondi Beach
1994 Australica – Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Bondi Beach
1993 Past-Pressent – University of NSW
1993 MA Exhibition, COFA Gallery
1992 Home and Away – Ritches Contemporary Gallery, New Zealand
1992 Exit SCA, Balmain
1991 Artychoked – SCA, Balmain
1990 Neon Ethnic – The foundry, Leichhardt
1990 Union Exhibition – Sydney University
1989 Art, Design & Fibre Exhibition, SCAE Oatley
1988 National Bicentennial Conference Exhibition, Sydney Bicentennial Authority
1988 Expressive & Performing Arts Exhibition, SCAE, Oatley
1987 Intech Exhibition, Sydney, Newcastle & Orange
1981 Ashfield Municipal Council Art Exhibition
1980 Ashfield Municipal Council Art Exhibition
Awards/Prizes
2020 Finalist in The Lester Prize for Portraiture, Perth Regional Gallery
2020 Finalist in The Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, of Observatory Hill, Sydney
2020 Finalist in The Percival Prize for Portraiture, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
2020 Finalist in The Glover Art Prize, Tasmania
2020 PRINCIPAL’S CHOICE WINNER, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing
2019 Finalist in The Fishers Ghost Prize Art Prize (main section), Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery
2019 Finalist in The Naracoorte National Art Prize, Naracoorte, South Australia
2019 Finalist in The Lethbridge Small Scale Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Queensland
2018 Finalist in The Kangaroo Valley Art Prize, Kangaroo Valley
2018 Finalist in The Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Regional gallery Newcastle
2018 Finalist in The Biennial Percival Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland.
2017 Finalist in The Portia Geach Memorial Award
2017 Finalist in The Cliftons Art Prize
2017 Finalist in The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
2017 Finalist in The Hunters Hill Art Prize
2016 Finalist in The Portia Geach Memorial award
2016 Finalist in The Paddington Art Prize
2016 Finalist in The Cliftons Art Prize
2016 Finalist in The Black Swan Prize for Portraiture
2016 Finalist in The Hunters Hill Art Prize
2015 Finalist in The Portia Geach Memorial award
2015 Semi-Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2015 Finalist in The Archibald Prize for Portraiture, AGNSW, Sydney
2015 Finalist in The Waverley Art Prize
2015 Finalist in The Hunters Hill Art Prize
2014 Finalist in The Portia Geach Memorial Award
2014 Finalist in The Hunters Hill Art Prize
2013 Semi- Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2013 Finalist in The Fisher Ghost Prize – Drawing & Printmaking Section
2013 Finalist in The Mosman Art Prize
2012 Finalist in The Portia Geach Memorial Award
2011 Finalist in The Portia Geach Memorial Award
2010 Finalist in The Portia Geach Memorial Award
2009 Finalist in The Portia Geach Memorial Award
2004 Artists on Norton Art Prize for painting
2002 Artists on Norton Art Prize for painting
1995 Italian Institute of Culture ‘Young Italo- Australian Award’ finalist Prize
1980 Ashfield Municipal council Art Prize – First Prize
1981 Ashfield Municipal Council Art Prize – Second Prize
Articles/ Publications
Thylacine Dreams: The Vernacular Resurrection of an Extinct Marsupial, Chapter III, Art and The Thylacine – (The works of Filippa Buttitta) pp56-96, Daisy Ahlstone.Maters Thesis, Utah State University, 2019. digitalcommons.usu.edu
The Fable of the Lost Thylacine, Il Globo, by Lucia Moon, Published March 28, 2019, http://ilglobo.com.au/news/42790/the-fable-of-the-lost-thylacine-filippa-buttitta-releases-2019-sulman-and-archibald-portrait-entries/
The Inner West Courier, ‘Father Dave Fights Another Round on Canvas – Feisty Cleric Inspires Archibald Bout’, July 1st, 2014, p.40.
The Glebe, February 12 2009, p.3, ‘Description of Dawn Draws on a Turbulent Life’ by Marie Sansom.
La Fiama Newspaper, Il ritratto di Father Dave Smith’, June 30th, 2014, p.36.
Inner West Courier, October 15th 2009, p.3 ‘Dawn Fraser Portrait’ by Marie Sansom.
Sydney Morning Herald, March 24, 2007, ‘Anything Goes In The Silly Season’ by John McDonald.
La Fiama Newspaper, 1990-2013, ‘annual’ publications about the work of Filippa Buttitta’s by Armando Tornari.
Voi Tutti Magazine, Issue 8 – Inverno 2007, p.43, Morris Iemma Paintings by Katherin Stevenson.
Biography 2007, ‘Interview with Australian Artist – Profile on Filippa Buttitta’, by Robert Kennedy.
Artwrite, 1998 Vol 11, pp.25-27, ‘Filippa Buttitta – A Fragmented Culture’ by Naomi Abood.
Thesis (MFA), 2002, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, ‘Triggers of Memory: Fragmented Preservations of Cultural Identity’ by Filippa Buttitta.
Thesis (MA), 1993, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, ‘Fragments of a Photograph’ by Filippa Buttitta.
Master Portrait Painting Workshops
Filippa has occasionally taught portrait painting workshops at the Art EST Art School in Leichhardt and privately at her Twiverton Gallery.
Twiverton Gallery
The Twiverton Gallery is a small privately run gallery which is connected to Filippa Buttitta’s studio. Located in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Lewisham the gallery opened in 2007 and is open to invited guests only. The gallery is not open daily to the general public. To be able to view Filippa’s work, enthusiasts may visit by emailing your details to: filippa@buttitta-art.com
Professional Membership
In late 2010, Filippa was accepted as an official exhibiting member of Portrait Artists Australia.
Visit: http://www.portraitartistaustralia.com
