• Ria Green is a multidisciplinary artist working and living in Naarm/Melbourne. Her practice explores the resonance and affect of the environment on the spiritual, emotional and physical self. Through the process of painting, with a particular focus on colour and light, Ria’s practice presents abstracted representations of ephemeral moments of wonderment found in the natural world.

    Education

    2013 Master of Fine Art, RMIT University, Melbourne

    2007 Bachelor of Art, First Class Honours, Fine Art Printmaking, RMIT University, Melbourne

    2006 Bachelor of Art, Fine Art Printmaking, RMIT University, Melbourne

    Solo Exhibitions

    2023 Soft Gaze, Boom Gallery, Geelong

    2021 Aglow, Dot Space, Northcote

    2019 Radiant Nature, Neo Space, Collingwood

    2018 Earthly Matters, Small Spaces Gallery, Brunswick East

    ​2017 New Worlds, Mailbox Art Space, Melbourne

    Half / Light, Junior Space, Fitzroy

    2013 Mapping Time, First Site Gallery, Melbourne

    2009 new histories, Blindside, Nicholas Building, Melbourne

    2007 Self-portrait, Fire Station Gallery, Armadale

    Selected Group Exhibitions

    (All galleries listed below are in Melbourne, Australia unless otherwise stated)

    2024 Etherium, Tiffany&Co, Collins St store, Melbourne

    2023 Escapade, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney

    Tracing Change, Modern Times, Collingwood Subtle Realms, Modern Times, Collingwood

    2022 Object + Place, Boom Gallery, Geelong

    Sky Light, The Boroughs Store gallery, Brunswick

    A Gentle Unwinding, Modern Times Gallery, Collingwood

    2021 Radiant Dreams, Modern Times Gallery, Collingwood

    2020 Talismans, Rafts, Mementoes, Modern Times Gallery, Collingwood

    2019 Ritual Practice, Modern Times, Fitzroy

    Friends & Family, Daine Singer Gallery, Fitzroy

    Illuminated Visions, The Carringbush Hotel, Abbotsford

    2018 Wonder Wonder, Fusion Gallery, Turin, Italy

    2017 Memory Palace, The Dirty Dozen, Campbell Arcade, Melbourne

    Waves, The Honeymoon Suite Gallery, Brunswick

    B-sides, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne

    2016 The Golden Opportunity Shop, Blindside Gallery On the Verge festival, Bar Americano, Melbourne

    Heavy Majestic, Mailbox Art Space, Melbourne

    2016 Darebin Art Salon, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora

    The Golden Opportunity Shop, Craft Victoria’s Craft Cubed Festival, Alpha60 Flinders Lane store, Melbourne

    2015 The Golden Opportunity Shop, Moreland Train Station, MoreArt Public Art Festival, Coburg

    2014 Everyday Monument #2, MoreArt public art festival, Brunswick

    Inner Nature, International Exhibition of Video Art, Valencia, Spain and Marnay-sur-Seine, France

    The Collector Series: Oblivious Ends, Private Residence, Hawthorn

    Solent Summer Salon, Mettricks, Southampton, England

    Give and Take, C3 Gallery, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford

    Everyday Monument, White Night, RMIT University, Melbourne

    2013 A Tale of Two Cities: A Duet of Hong Kong and Melbourne, Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong

    Season 4: Memory, Lightscapes Projects, Rodda Lane, RMIT University

    Wrapped Home, Bus Tour, Melbourne

    2012 Gather / Return, Tinning Street Gallery, Brunswick

    Summer Show, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick

    Interpretations of Intimacy, Open Space Gallery, Melbourne

    Found and Lost, Leeper Library, Trinity College, Melbourne

    2011 Lost and Found, First Site Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne

    2010 Little Memories, Brunswick Arts Space, Brunswick

    Fit to Print, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne

    2008 Somewhere between, Pigment Gallery, Nicolas Building, Melbourne

    2007 Domestic Artefacts, Seventh Gallery, Gertrude St, Fitzroy

    Residencies, Awards & Grants

    2020 National Assistance Program for the Arts grant, The Myer Foundation

    2019 Small Projects grant, City of Yarra

    2018 Residency, Cortex Frontal, Cortexrcult Cultural Association, Arraiolos, Portugal

    Residency, Tribu de Trueno, Bariloche, Argentina

    Residency, Fusion Gallery, Inaudita Cultural Institution, Turin, Italy

    Residency, Northcote Pottery, Brunswick

    2014 ArtStart grant, Australia Council

    Moreland City Council artist grant, Brunswick

    Tenot Foundation grant, France

    Residency CAMAC centre d’Art artist residency, Marnay-sur-Seine, France

    People’s Choice Award, MoreArt, Moreland City Council, Brunswick

    2013 RMIT Link Arts funding, individual funding

    Fremantle Print Award (Short-listed)

    RMIT Link Arts funding, collectives funding

    2012 RMIT Link Arts funding, group funding

    2013–7 Fremantle Print Award, Libris Artist Book Award, Fremantle Print Award, SCU Artists Book Award, Port Jackson Press Graduate Award

    2006 Fire Station Gallery Award for Graduate Student

    Text

    Aglow catalogue essay by Sarah Tomasetti, published by Peradam Projects, 2021

    Tableaux essay by Stephen Palmer, 2019

    Waves catalogue essay by Charlotte Cornish 2017

    Nature Sublime catalogue essay by Sigourney Jacks, 2017

    Heavy Majestic catalogue essay by Jake Treacy, 2016

    New Histories catalogue essay by Clare Humphries, 2009

    Collections

    State Library of Victoria

    National Library of Australia

    RMIT University

    Various private collections

    Collectives

    2013 - The Birds ARI (Co-Director)

    2012 The Projects Collective

    The Birds ARI Exhibitions

    2015 Birding, Spiritous, Abbotsford’s Convent

    Bootcamp: Race, The Food Court Art Space, Docklands

    2014 Welcome to Paradise, Next Wave Festival, Festival Hub, Melbourne

    GOLDEN RULZ, White Night, RMIT University, Melbourne

    Season 5: Porous, Lightscapes Projects, Rodda Lane, RMIT University

    2013 Art Boot Camp, Fringe Festival, Bluestone Arts Venue, Footscray

    From the table, Conduit Artspace, Fitzroy

    Mating Call, Rooftop Artspace, Curtain House, Melbourne

    2012 Boot Camp: Survival, Dear Patti Smith Gallery, Collingwood