Biography
Lilly Piri creates her art on Wangerriburra land on beautiful Jambreen (Tamborine Mountain). She loves painting in different styles and creating whatever takes her fancy. Of particular interest is still life, landscape, portraits, woodworking, and colour pencil illustrations.
She has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne, California (USA), Heidelberg (Germany), Byron Bay, and Tamborine Mountain. She has been a finalist in the Churchie and Lethbridge 20000, as well as semi finalist in The Lester Prize. Her work is held in numerous private collections around the world.
Piri's artwork has appeared in publications including Frankie, Little White Lies (UK), Yen, NYLON, Elle Girl (South Korea), as well as countless others. You can also find her illustrations on all 12 Australian covers of the Friday Barnes series by R.A. Spratt. Her experience in illustration includes advertising, children's book illustration, textile design, editorials, asset creation for animated TV commercials. Clients include Penguin Random House Australia, Oxfam America, Officeworks, and Saatchi & Saatchi.
Lilly lived in Germany for years and is fluent in the language. You can see the influence of her time there in her still life paintings.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Curtin University (2013-2017)
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree, Treehouse (2017-2018)
Honours in Advanced Certificate in Fine Arts, Arts Academy (2004)
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Selected Works, Tamborine Mountain Arts Trail, Tamborine Mountain, Australia
2023 exhibition.name, The Art Post, Tamborine Mountain, Australia
2023 Open Studio, Tamborine Mountain, Australia
2015 Artist of the month, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, Australia
2013 Lilly Piri Sings the Phthalo Blues, SSE-P.COM
2009 The Finch and the Flower, Lamington Drive Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2008 Wunderkammer, Bourgeois Pig Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany
2007 Letters from Home, Thinkspace Gallery, California, USA
Projects
2015-2016 Painting A Day For One Year
2012 Painting A Day For 60 Days, from Life
2008-2011 100 + Small Oil Paintings
Awards
2024 Lethbridge 20000 Salon des Refusés Finalist
2024 Brisbane Portrait Prize Salon des Refusés Finalist
2022 Lethbridge 20000 Finalist
2020 The Lester Prize, Semi-Finalist
2019-2021 Lethbridge 20000, Finalist
2017 React Riot, for The Definitely Ending Story
2014 - 2016 Lethbridge 10000, Finalist
2016 Node Knockout
2012 Featured Artist - Toni&Guy Yen Young Australian Art Award
2006
Finalist - Pictures - SOYA - QANTAS Spirit of Youth Awards
Finalist - Billabong Blue Biro competition - Frankie Magazine
2004
Honours in Advanced Certificate Program, Fine Art and Illustration, Arts Academy
Highly Commended Youth - Twin Towns Art Prize
2003 Awarded Best Teenage Painting - Elanora Uniting Church Art Show
2002 Highly Commended Young Artists 12 - 18 Years - 9th Annual International Miniature Art Awards & Exhibition
Group Exhibitions
2024
Gift Wrapped, The Centre Beaudesert, Beaudesert, Australia
Brisbane Portrait Prize, Salon des Refusés Finalist, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Lethbridge 20000, Salon des Refusés Finalist, Brisbane, Australia
Colours, Radley House Studio, Tamborine Mountain, Australia
2023
Open Studio Exhibition, The Knoll Studio, Tamborine Mountain, Australia
Group Exhibition, The Art Post, Tamborine Mountain, Australia
2022
Lethbridge 20000, Finalist, Brisbane, Australia
2021
Alternate Ornament, Online, Australia.
Lethbridge 20000, Finalist, Brisbane, Australia
d'Arcy Doyle Art Awards, Mudgeeraba, Australia
2020
The Lester Prize, Semi-Finalist, Perth, Australia
Lethbridge 20000, Finalist, Brisbane, Australia
2019
Lethbridge 20000, Finalist, Brisbane, Australia
d'Arcy Doyle Art Awards, Mudgeeraba, Australia
Heritage Bank Lions 2019 Art Extravaganza, Coomera, Australia
Rotary Art Spectacular, Finalist, Brisbane, Australia
2017 Heavy Metal Lover, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2016
Amethyst, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, USA
Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, South Murwillumbah, Australia
Lethbridge 10000, Finalist, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Australia
2015
Petits Travaux, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, Australia
12 x 12, The Stockroom, Melbourne, Australia
Border Art Prize, HOTA, Gold Coast, Australia
Lethbridge 10000, Finalist, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Australia
2014
Last Breath of Summer, Subtext Gallery, San Diego, USA
Lethbridge 10000, Finalist, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Australia
D'Arcy Doyle Art Prize, Memorial Hall, Mudgeeraba, Australia
_Prisma Collective 2nd Annual Group Show, WWA Gallery, Culver City, USA
The Affordable Art Fairs, Retrospect Galleries, Europe
2013
Petits Travaux, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, Australia
Intricate Lines, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, Australia
The Animal In Me, curated by Kaspian Shore, Subtext Gallery, San Diego, USA
One Way Street Festival, Surfers Paradise, Australia
Lil Bub Art Show, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Lepus Australis, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Not For Rental, 71A Gallery, London, UK
The Affordable Art Fairs, Europe, with Retrospect Galleries, Europe
You, And I, And The Worlds Between Us, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, USA
Artists For Animals, L'ENTRÉE DES ARTISTES, Montréal, CANADA
2012
ArtHamptons with Retrospect Galleries, New York, USA
The Affordable Art Fair New York with Retrospect Galleries, New York, USA
Petits Travaux, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, Australia
Prisma Collective presents MILK, Bath, UK
Risographica! 2, Lamington Drive Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Curvy exhibition, Frankie and Swiss, Melbourne, Australia
True Self, Melbourne GPO, Melbourne, Australia
Hive-Zilla, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Song of the Sirens, Last Rites Gallery, New York City, USA
Nursery Rhymes, Urban Cow Studio Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Paperthin, Colour by Numbers Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Life, The Exhibition, Print Club London East Gallery, London, UK
2010
Risographica! Lamington Drive Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Paper Tales Nine Lives Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Hell vs. The Monster Mash, The Hive Gallery, California, USA
2009
Hand Made Edtn by Wooden Toy Quarterly, Gorker Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Lilly Piri, Yuka Yamaguchi, Fumi Nakamara, 3 person exhibition, Thinkspace Gallery, California, USA
Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy, The Japanese American National Museum, California, USA
FundrAislinn, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, Australia
2008
The Drawing Room - New Work By: Audrey Kawasaki & Friends, Thinkspace Gallery, California, USA
Uncommon Gardens, Thinkspace Gallery, California, USA
Deep Pop, Kenneth Chapman Gallery, New York, USA
Grrrls, aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney, Australia
A Place Called Lovely, Gallery 1988, California, USA
2007
Cups and Cuddles, Per Square Metre Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Across The Board, Surry Hills, Australia
2006
Naughty or Nice Group Show, Thinkspace Gallery, California, USA
Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Finalist, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane, Australia
Creature Feature, Canvas Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Curvy Three exhibition, DAS Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Enfant Terrible, Monster Children Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005
Arts Academy Retrospective and graduate exhibition, Brisbane, Australia
October Group show, The Hive Gallery, California, USA
Six Degrees Festival, California, USA
Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Finalist, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane, Australia
The Commons Exhibition, Basefield Projects, Melbourne, Australia
2004
Mad Hatter Tea Party, Stained Studios, Ohio, USA
Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Finalist, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane, Australia
Arts Academy Student Graduates Exhibition, Arts Academy, Morningside, Australia
Bibliography & Media
2013- 2022 Friday Barnes, Books 1-10, R.A. Spratt, Penguin Random House, Front Cover Illustrations
2018 Shout Out To The Girls, Penguin Random House - portraits of Lisy Kane, and Louise Mack.
2016
Lilly's Galaxie, film interview by Troy Sizer.
City News North, Thursday, November 2, 2016 (interview)
Greetings From Australia, by Jacky Winter, Thames and Hudson Australia, (illustration sheet)
2013
Little White Lies, Issue 50 (illustration)
Creatures of Magic - By Maree Fenton-Smith, Walker Books Australia, Front Cover & Interior Illustrations
Lilly Piri Sings the Phthalo Blues, (Entire Zine featuring new works by Lilly Piri.), SSE Project Publishing
2012
Curvy 8, page 136, SUBDVSN
NYLON magazine, May Issue, Beauty feature.
little thing magazine, Issue 24, Pages 134, 135, 136, & 137 (interview)
Paper Darts, Volume 04, Page 53 (interview)
Paper Runway, Issue 3, Pages 34 & 35 (interview)
2011
Lifestyle Asia magazine, 26/27 2011, Pages 34, 35, 36 & 37 (interview), Australian News Express Daily
Yen Magazine, Issue 49, Page 49, (mini interview, feature for Nursery Rhymes exhibition), Next Media
2010 Chikismiqui magazine, #6 2010, Page 34, moebius editora
2009
Elle Girl magazine Korea, March 2009, Page 369 (interview)
Chikismiqui magazine, #4 July/August, Pages 9-17 (interview and front cover.), moebius editora
2008
Frankie magazine, Issue 21, Page 22, Morrison Media
Frankie magazine, Issue 22, Page 102, Morrison Media
WAD magazine - #38 Autumn Girls Issue - Page 143 (interview)
Frankie magazine, Issue 26, Page 25, Morrison Media
2007
Curvy Four, Page 78, Yen magazine team
Ruby Book 2, Pages 34-35, Irana Douer
DPI magazine, Volume 95, Pages 50, 51,52 & 53 (interview), mydpi
2006
Curvy Three, Page 102, Yen magazine team
Semi-Permanent06 Sydney Auckland book, Page 281, Design Is Kinky
New Talent: Lillian Piri, Marmalade magazine, Issue 10, Page 71
Black+White magazine, Issue 83 - Pages 34 & 35, studio magazines
Frankie magazine, Issue 10, Page 100 (Billabong Blue Biro finalist), Morrison Media
Voiceworks magazine, Issue #66 SUPAFUNHAPPY !, 2 pages in the special NOISE feature
2005
Design is Kinky, Semi-Permanent05 London book
think faest Faest 5 book five, Page 41
Hotpress magazine, Issue 8, Page 56
Frankie magazine, Issue 8, pull out centerfold poster - highly commended art, Morrison Media.
2004
Inspiring look at some emerging young artists, The Gold Coast Bulletin, May 14, 2004
Empty magazine, Issue 4, Page 31, Design Is Kinky