I am a Dayboro-based maker, working with paper, found images, and more recently my own photographic images.
My process is a call-and-response to the materials I find, relying on the simplicity of collage to express complex ideas through a minimal, materially constrained visual language. I am interested in the ongoing exploration of how media, images, and ideas intersect.
Through reading, writing, and independent learning, I connect where I am and the world I live in. My work is shaped by lived experience, surroundings, and a commitment to mindful, environmentally sustainable making.
contact me at hello@amandaigardner.com
Curriculum Vitae
Exhibitions
2026 Pavilion artist residency, Dayboro, Aug (group) [forthcoming]
2025-2026 Fresh Eyes 2025, Redcliffe Art Gallery, 22 Nov, 2025 - 7 Mar (group)
2025 Toward Home, The Old Fire Station Gallery, Redcliffe, 6 - 31 Aug (group)
2025 AHA! Moments, The Hub Gallery, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, 16 Aug - 16 Sep (group)
2024-2025 Camera & Collage, Kolaj Institute Gallery as part of Photonola 2024, New Orleans, 29 Nov - 25 Jan (group)
2024 Moreton Bay Art Prize, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, 22 Jun - 3 Aug (group)
2023 Moreton Bay Art Prize, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, 2 Jun - 18 Aug (group)
2023 Musswellbrook Regional Art Prize, Musswellbrook Regional Art Centre, Musswellbrook, 27 Feb - 29 Apr (group)
2022 Glimpse Through a Window, Solo exhibition, The Churn Room, Dayboro (solo)
Collections and Awards
2026 Works acquired by the City of Moreton Bay Art Collection
2025-2026 Fresh Eyes 2025 | Commission of a body of work for Redcliffe Art Gallery
2024 Highly Commended | Moreton Bay Art Prize, Pine Rivers Art Gallery
2023 3rd Prize | Moreton Bay Art Prize, Pine Rivers Art Gallery
2023 Finalist | Musswellbrook Regional Art Prize, Musswellbrook Regional Art Centre
Projects and Residencies
2025 The Path Program | The Redcliffe Art Galley
2024 Photography and Collage Virtual Artist Residency - online artist residency, Kolaj Institute, New Orleans, July
2023-2026 Art Lab | Founder of a discussion group exploring art and art-making through writing and artist-led dialogue
2023-2024 Language of Posing | RADF Continuing Creating grant recipient to develop photographic source material
2022 At Home Artist Residency - concept and creation of a 3 month artist residency model, designed to bring an artist residency into the home studio
2022 Artist residency - The Churn Room, Dayboro, January - March
Associations and Organisations
Flying Arts Alliance (FAA)
National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)