Born Australia 1968
STUDIES: BFA with Honours - UTAS
REPRESENTED:
BMGArt - (Adelaide); Colville Gallery – (Hobart); Galleri Ingela S - (Stockholm)
 

Solo Exhibitions in Australia, Asia and Europe: (Selected)

BRAG (Burnie Regional Gallery, 2014); BMGArt (2014) - Galleri Ingela S, Stockholm (2014); Gallery Pejean (2013); Despard Gallery (2012) - Galleri Overkikaren, Stockholm (2009) - Maitland, Manning, Moree Plains Regional Gallery (2007) - Collateral Art Haarlemmermeer and Utrecht, (Netherlands), New England Regional Art Museum (2006), John Miller Galleries (2008, 2006a &2006b) - Australian Embassy (Tokyo), Edogawa City Kumin Gallery (Tokyo), Gallery Art Point (Ginza), Gallery H.O.T. (Osaka) (2004) - NSW State Parliament (2001), Mira Galleries (2001) - Gosford Regional Gallery (2000), Von Bertouch Galleries (2002, 2000), Bulle Galleries (2000)
 
 

Group Shows (Selected)

2015- Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, Hobart 2013 – Plimsoll Gallery, Galleri Ingela S, “Showcase” Gallery Pejean; 2012 - “Stockholm Art Fair” – Galleri Overkikaren; “Abstraction” – Despard Gallery; 2010 - “Solitary Pursuits in Red” – Maitland Regional Gallery; 2007 - “In the Gap” – Annandale Galleries, Maitland Art Prize; 2006 - Packsaddle Exhibition” – New England Regional Museum, “Australian Art Show” – Galerie Zuger ( USA), “World Print Prize”- Lessedra Gallery (Sofia, Bulgaria); 2005 - Shanghai Art Fair, Maitland Art Prize, “World Print Prize” – Lessedra Gallery, National Place of Culture (Sofia, Bulgaria); 2004 - “River Themes”- Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery; 2003 -“New Acquisitions 2001-2003”, Newcastle Regional Gallery; 2002 – “Salon des Refuses” – S.H. Ervin Gallery; “Packsaddle Exhibition” – NERAM; 1998 - Solander Gallery; 1996 - Mosman Art Prize 1995 - Edogawa Festival Japan
 

Collections (Selected)

Public and private collections in: 
Australia, China, Finland, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK, USA
Public Collections including: • Ballarat, Burnie, Hastings, Maitland, Manning, Moree Plains, Newcastle Regional Galleries / Edogawa City 
(Tokyo), Tama City - Japan / Hoofdoorp City, Utrecht City Hall – The Netherlands / Konst Stigen, Landstingets Konstforening, Lulea University – Sweden / Business Central Coast, Coffs Harbour City Collection, Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service – Gosford, Newcastle & Wyong, NSW Parliament, Premiers Department (Department of State and Regional Development) Gosford, University of Newcastle – (Central Coast Campus), Wyong City Council 

Corporate Collections including
• Downey Group, Elcom Credit Union, Future School, Fuji Xerox Australia, Gallipoli Memorial Club, Hill St Sports Medicine Centre, Krone Australia, Octopus Fulfilment, Staff Force, Sun-Microsystems, Taylor Financial 
Group, Soul Pattinson Telecommunications (SPT), Wright Advertising / Colourstock, Original Concepts – The Netherlands / Edogawa Art Association, Edogawa International Friendship Association (EIFA), Edogawa Welfare Association for the Blind, Matsudaira Family Collection – Japan / Goldwater Memorial Hospital – New York/ Vin & Spirits Konstforening – Stockholm
 

Books / Catalogues

12 exhibition catalogues; 4 published poem books (including translated); CD of 
Red Poem Reading soundscape/installation
 

Prizes

Lloyd Rees Art Prize, Colville Gallery Finalist  2015, winner Wyong Art Prize (Contemporary) & Gosford Art Prize – (Open Section) Finalist in many art prizes including; Salon Des Refuses finalist 2002/ Fishers Ghost finalist, Campbelltown Regional Gallery 1998, 
2001, 2002/ Mosman Art Prize finalist 1998/ Lessedra Gallery, Bulgaria – World print prize finalist 2005, 2006/ Muswellbrook art prize finalist 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009/ Maitland art prize finalist 2004, 2005, 2006/ Gosford art prize finalist 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003/ Wyong art prize finalist 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 / Commended and Highly commended awards in various shows
 

Bibliography

TV, Newspaper, magazine in Australia, Asia, Europe, USA including: Michael Edwards: “The Art of War/ Neil Haddon: “Typing, Painting, Meaning”/ Anders Engman: “Steve Woodbury”/ ABC 
– 7.30 Report (TAS) / Tasmanian Style / John McDonald – “Solitary pursuits in red” MRG / ABC Radio / Sasha Grishin – “Steve Woodbury: Dying From Birth” / Lino Magazine / Jonathan Goodman “Steve Woodbury - Search for the Sublime” /Newcastle Herald /Witte Weekblad (Netherlands)–16/07& 070606/ Newcastle Herald / Kunstbeeld / Jonathan Goodman/ Lessedra Gallery Bulgaria/Bill Gregory-2004 / Edogawa TV, Tokyo / Gallery Magazine (Japan) 2004 /FM Radio, Tokyo/ Yomiuri Newspaper / Sankei Newspaper/ Asahi Newspaper/ Osaka 
Daily Newspaper / Today Extra – NBN/ New Art International – NY/ NBN News/ Australian Artis /New Art International (NYC) / Australian Artist/ Canberra Times – Sasha Grishin