Carly Marchment
Artist bio
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Born in 1980 in the picturesque Macleay Valley Region, Marchment is a disabled Australian artist currently based in Crescent Head, NSW. Her artistic practice centers on painting and mixed media, primarily utilizing oils to create compelling portraiture and figurative works. Inspired by her surroundings, she beautifully captures the connection between people and their environments, aiming to evoke deep emotional responses.
Marchment's current exploration focuses on themes of inaccessibility and discrimination within the disability community, drawing from her own experiences with mobility challenges. Her art is distinguished by bold imagery and dynamic color, inviting viewers to challenge their perceptions and fostering meaningful connections. Embracing freedom from daily distractions, she experiments with various mediums and techniques, allowing new ideas to emerge organically in her creative process.
Artist cv
Achievements of Excellence
1999 Three Year Full Scholarship Bachelor Visual Arts in Fine Art
Griffith University
1998 Selection Poster Design ONSTAGE Seymour Theatre HSC Drama
1998 Preselected for Art Express in Higher School Certificate Art
1997 Semi Finalist Nescafe Big Break Competition
Professional Development
2024 “My Story” Professional Artists Talk sharing my experience as an artist living and
working with a disability in the Arts Sector
2024 Co-Curator Phoenix Art Prize (For artists living with disability)
2023 Judge for Adelaide Swift Memorial Art Prize, South West Rocks
2022 Panel Selector for the 2023 Front and Centre Arts Leadership Initiative
2022 Accessible Arts Front and Centre Arts Leadership Program for Women
with Disability (10 month program)
Achievement as an Owner and Operator of Business
2024 Album Cover design ‘End of an Error’ Band
2023 Teacher and Facilitator Monthly Life Drawing Classes at Home Roto at
Roto House, Port Macquarie
May 2023 Kempsey Shire Council Commission. Environmental Impact response to
2021 Bushfires in the Upper Macleay Region
July 2022 Macleay Fashion Show Committee member and participant
August 2022 Teacher & Facilitator 4 week Drawing Workshop Kempsey Community
Centre
2021-2023 Facilitator Life Drawing Classes, Glasshouse Regional Gallery,
Port Macquarie (ongoing)
2021/2022 Facilitator Monthly Life Drawing Classes at Studio Gallery. Gladstone
Oct to Dec 2020 Facilitator of 10 week block of Life Drawing Classes at Studio Gallery
January 2020 Facilitator Life Drawing Classes on a twice weekly basis for 4
week period
September 2019 Opening of Studio Gallery at the Gladstone Hub
Live Art Performance
2021/22 Live Art at Gallery/Studio, Gladstone, Sunday Market Days each month
2019/21/20/22/24 Artwalk, Port Macquarie (Live Art Festival)
March 2020 Hastings Business Women’s Network Fundraising Event for
International Women’s Day Global at Sales Resort, Port Macquarie
December 2019 Feature Artist at Festival of the Sun Port Macquarie (3 days)
Solo Exhibitions
2019/20/21/22 Rotating Exhibition of works in Studio/Gallery, Gladstone, NSW
August 2019 Two Week Physical Limits Exhibition at Macleay Valley
Community Art Gallery
March 2018 Art and Fashion Sale at Aimee Lee Designs South West Rocks
June 2016 One month Progressions Exhibition at Nexus Gallery Bellingen
October 2015 2 Week Progressions Exhibition at Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery
(MVCAG)
April 2003 Exhibition at Curl Restaurant (Crescent Head)
January 2000/2001 Private Exhibition 126 Maria River Road Crescent Head
November 2000 Exhibition at Bago Woodworks Wauchope
Group Exhibitions
June 2024 ‘Waste to Art’ Exhibition at Wauchope Art Gallery
February 2024 Sawtell Lovely Bodies Exhibition
January 2024 Bonny Hill Art Prize
January 2024 ‘Habitat of the Heart’ Exhibition at Nulla Nulla Regional Gallery
2022/23/24 Macleay Valley Fashion Show, Frederickton. 13 piece wearable art
fashion line
2020/22 Coffs Coast Art Prize, Coffs Harbour
2016/18/20/22/24 Northern Exposure Art Show Glasshouse Regional Gallery
Port Macquarie (May-July)
2019/20/22/24 International Women’s Day Exhibition at MVCAG
April 2019/20 Archibald Entrant
November 2018 Coastal Chic Art Show Crescent Head
October 2018 Rotary Club Art Exhibition, South West Rocks
July 2018 Death Do Us Art Exhibition Port Macquarie
July 2018 Art Space Netherby House Kempsey
March 2018 Macleay Valley International Women’s Day Art Exhibition
Gladstone Community Gallery
July 2017 Camberwell Art Show Melbourne
May 2017 Hunters Hill Art Exhibition Sydney
Oct 2015,16 &17 Crescent Head Surf Art Show
August 2001-2006 Crescent Head P&C Art Exhibition Wombat Beach Resort
October 2001 3rd Year Graduate Art Show at Gold Coast Art Gallery
Sept-Oct 2001 Walkom Manning Art Prize & Acquisition–Images of the Human Body
June 2001 Ivanhoe Art & Craft Show
April 2001 Herald Sun Camberwell Rotary Art Show
Awards and Prizes
February 2024 Lovely Bodies Exhibition
2nd place Open Section
January 2024 Bonny Hill Art Prize
Highly Commended
September 2016 Adelaide Swift Memorial Art Award
First place Drawing Section
Highly commended Open Section
July 2016 Bellingen Art Prize Highly commended in Drawing Section
January 2003 Kempsey Shire Art Prize Highly Commended Works on Paper
October 2002 Adelaide Swift Memorial Art Exhibition 1st Prize Contemporary Section
Highly Commended Printmaking Section
April 2002 Port Macquarie Annual Easter Art Exhibition
Highly Commended Open Section, 1st Works on Paper
August 2001 Taree Silver Jubilee Open Art Exhibition Highly Commended
June 2001 Sarina Visual Arts Competition Commended Monochromatic Drawing
January 2001 Kempsey Shire Art Prize 1st Prize Works on Paper
October 2000 Adelaide Swift Memorial Art Exhibition
1st Prize Drawing & Printmaking
Section, Highly Commended Open Section
2 X Highly Commended Novice Section
Past and Present Collections
Artworks displayed privately Australia wide and overseas. Have work in Paris, England,
Melbourne and Sydney as well as spread widely on the Mid North Coast including Bellingen,
Byron Bay, Crescent Head, Port Macquarie, Kempsey and South West Rocks. Works are
displayed in various galleries including Sunset Galleries in Port Macquarie, Death Do Us Art
Gallery, Pandanus, Arthouse Industries and The Old Lodge Gallery in Gladstone.
Articles
Bramble Journal Debut Issue, Literary Journal for and by Disabled Creatives, October 2022
bramble journal.com
Art Edit, Best of Nudity, November 2020
Focus Magazine October 2020, Interview on Gallery and Life Drawing Classes
Ruth Lewis, Renowned Artist Inspires Us to Paint, April 15th, 2020
Bellbottom Magazine, Bellingen
Bello Nexus News Bulletin
MNC Now Issue 12, April-June 2018
Author unknown, Carly Creates Beauty, Macleay Argus March 27, 2018
Focus Magazine Feb/March 2018, Interview Portraiture
Liz Keens, Persevering with a passion, My Backroads + ABC Radio interview Oct 14 2016
Ruth Lewis, Made with love, Mid North Coast Now, Issue 6 Oct-Nov 2016 P10,11,12
Your Local Independent The Hastings and the Macleay 7th October 2016
Author unknown Local art comes to life, Local Independent, Oct 5 2016, P9
Wendy Andrews, A degenerative condition fails to slow down talented artist preparing for
exhibition – A passion for portraiture, Coffs Coast Advocate May 25 2016 P16
Author unknown, Carly pushes the boundaries, Mid Coast Observer, Oct 7 2015 P4
Sam Townsend/Ruth Lewis, Motherhood inspires artist, Port Macquarie Express, Oct 7 2015 P3
Ian Yates, A rare talent, and strength, Macleay Argus, Oct 2 2015 P 3
Commissions
Each year I complete on average 6 commissions.
Texts
Online articles relating to my art can be found at:
https://www.arts/shark.com /2018/03/25/artist-showcase-spring-2018/
Bello nexus news bulletin Progressions May 29 to June 24 2016
ABC OPEN: Liz Keen
https://open.abc.net.au/people/12214 persevering with passion 14th October 2016