Roz Avent
Born In the UK
Lives and works in Dja Dja Warrung Country, Central Victoria, Australia
Roz Avent is a contemporary artist based in Central Victoria, Australia. Working across painting and drawing, she explores colour, rhythm, structure and perception through intuitive systems and abstraction. Born in England, but living in Australia from the age of 5, she studied at the City and Guilds School of Art, London and completed postgraduate studies in printmaking at Wimbledon School of Art, London.Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and has undertaken residencies in Italy and Australia, including three residencies at the International Centre for the Arts in Umbria. A finalist in numerous art prizes, she won the Maldon Portrait Prize in 2018.
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Awards & Prizes
2025 — Kedumba Drawing Prize, Highly Commended
2022 — Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Semi-Finalist
2022 — Maldon Portrait Prize, Highly Commended
2018 — Maldon Portrait Prize, Winner
2017 — Swan Hill Drawing and Print Prize, Finalist
2016 — Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Finalist
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026---Altered States, Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine
2026--- A Sum and Its Parts, Art Puff, Castlemaine
2024 — More Risky Business, Art Puff, Castlemaine
2024 — Playground, Arts Open, Castlemaine
2023 — Down the Rabbit Hole, Castlemaine State Festival
2021 — Liminal Time, Castlemaine State Festival
2019 — Unearthed, Castlemaine State Festival
2018 — Nature Brute, Bress Winery, Castlemaine
2017 — Nature Brute, Lost Ones Gallery, Ballarat
2015 — As It Is, Tinning Street Gallery, Melbourne
2007 — Risky Business, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026---Prelude, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2015 — New Works on Paper, Possum Gully Gallery, Maryborough
2005 — Chiaroscuro, Goya Gallery, Melbourne
2004 — 10 Artists, 10 Countries, Noosa Gallery (online)
2004 — Group Exhibition, Qdos Gallery, Lorne
1979 — Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Residencies
2019 — International Centre for the Arts, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
2016 — Mountain Seas Residency, Flinders Island
2015 — International Centre for the Arts, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
2013 — International Centre for the Arts, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
Education
1979 — Postgraduate Diploma, Printmaking, Wimbledon School of Art, London
1975–1978 — Diploma of Fine Art (Painting), City and Guilds School of Art, London