Lorraine Simiana
Visual Artist
Based in Sydney, Australia
Education & Training
2025 | Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, TAFE NSW – Meadowbank Campus
2024 | Certificate IV in Arts and Cultural Administration, TAFE NSW – Meadowbank Campus
2022 | Statement of Attainment: Capture Photographic Images, TAFE Digital
2020 | Statement of Attainment: Build and Launch a Small Business Site, TAFE Digital
2016 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Darlinghurst
2014 | Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, TAFE NSW – Meadowbank Campus
2013 | Diploma of Fine Arts, TAFE NSW – Meadowbank Campus
2010 | Diploma of Interior Design, TAFE NSW – Lidcombe Campus
1993 | Associate Diploma of Architectural Drafting, TAFE NSW – Ultimo Campus
Solo Exhibitions
2025 | Unseen/Unheard: Giving Voice to Silence, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2020 | Connection (Live Performance), Plaza Art in Four Parts, Granny Smith Festival, Eastwood
2018 | Are You Listening, Can You See Me?, MLC Gallery, Newtown
2014 | Fragments of Memory, Lane Cove Music and Cultural Centre
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 | Urban vs Nature, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
2020 | Being, Belonging and Becoming, The Other Art Fair, Barangaroo Reserve, Sydney
2017 | Pinkgasm, MLC Gallery, Newtown
2016 | Graduate Exhibition, National Art School, Darlinghurst
2014 | Graduate Exhibition, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2013 | Fragments of Time, Hungry for Art Festival, Ryde Council
2013 | Graduate Exhibition, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2013 | Energy Field, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2012 | Meadowmorphosis, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2011 | Translation, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
Awards, Residencies & Prizes
2020 | Artist in Residence, Granny Smith Festival, Eastwood
2018 | Artist in Residence, Blacktown Arts Centre
2017 | Artist in Residence, Blacktown Arts Centre
2014 | Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize – Open Division
Volunteering & Invigilation
2014 | Invigilator, 19th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art
2012 | Invigilator, 18th Biennale of Sydney, Cockatoo Island
Media & Press Links
Granny Smith Festival: Plaza Art in Four Parts
Blacktown Arts 2017 Creative Residency Announcement
Artist in Residence Profile: Lorraine Simiana
SWR FM – Open Artist Studio Feature
Fragments of Memory – Lane Cove Music and Cultural Centre
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award Preview