BIOGRAPHY
Caroline Walls is a visual artist working across oil painting, drawing and sculpture. She completed an Honours degree in Visual Communication and Design at Swinburne University of Technology, before spending extensive time living and abroad in both London and New York, working in the field of fashion art direction and design. On returning to Australia she completed post-graduate studies in contemporary visual arts at the Victorian College of the Arts and continues her art practice from her studio in Melbourne, Australia.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 She Once Was, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne (Upcoming - Opens August 27)
2024 Touching From A Distance, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2023 A Thread To Find, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Mother Lover, Jerico Contemporary, Sydney
2020 Resemblance, Jerico Contemporary, Sydney
2018 Darker Places, Forty Five Downstairs, Melbourne
2017 Maybe She, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney
2017 Another Thought, Modern Times, Melbourne
2015 The Women, Gallerysmith Project Space, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Sydney Edit: The New Wave, Michael Reid Gallery, Northern Beaches
2024 Painting Now, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
2024 Embrace, Rhodes Contemporary, London UK
2024 Rick Amor Drawing Awards, McClelland Gallery, Victoria
2024 Queer Objectification, ANZ Private Gallery, Melbourne
2024 Melbourne Art Fair with James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2023 Summer New, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2022 National Emerging Art Prize (ACB Selects), Sydney
2022 A Gentle Unwinding, Modern Times, Melbourne
2021 Summer Show, Rhodes Contemporary, London UK
2020 Chromatic Retreat, Modern Times, Melbourne
2020 Sydney Contemporary with Jerico Contemporary, Sydney
2020 Intimacy, Jerico Contemporary, Sydney
2019 Rituals, Modern Times, Melbourne,
2019 Art & Artefact, The Design Files, Melbourne
2017 Jetsetter, Saint Cloche, Melbourne
2016 Home, Modern Times, Melbourne
PRIZES/AWARDS
2025 Omnia Art Prize, Finalist, Melbourne
2024 Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Finalist, McClelland Gallery
2023 Assembly Label, Artist in Residence, Melbourne
2022 National Emerging Art Prize, ‘ACB’ Selects Finalist, Sydney
2021 Omnia Art Prize, Finalist, Melbourne
2024 Touching From A Distance, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2023 A Thread To Find, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Mother Lover, Jerico Contemporary, Sydney
2020 Resemblance, Jerico Contemporary, Sydney
2018 Darker Places, Forty Five Downstairs, Melbourne
2017 Maybe She, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney
2017 Another Thought, Modern Times, Melbourne
2015 The Women, Gallerysmith Project Space, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Sydney Edit: The New Wave, Michael Reid Gallery, Northern Beaches
2024 Painting Now, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
2024 Embrace, Rhodes Contemporary, London UK
2024 Rick Amor Drawing Awards, McClelland Gallery, Victoria
2024 Queer Objectification, ANZ Private Gallery, Melbourne
2024 Melbourne Art Fair with James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2023 Summer New, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2022 National Emerging Art Prize (ACB Selects), Sydney
2022 A Gentle Unwinding, Modern Times, Melbourne
2021 Summer Show, Rhodes Contemporary, London UK
2020 Chromatic Retreat, Modern Times, Melbourne
2020 Sydney Contemporary with Jerico Contemporary, Sydney
2020 Intimacy, Jerico Contemporary, Sydney
2019 Rituals, Modern Times, Melbourne,
2019 Art & Artefact, The Design Files, Melbourne
2017 Jetsetter, Saint Cloche, Melbourne
2016 Home, Modern Times, Melbourne
PRIZES/AWARDS
2025 Omnia Art Prize, Finalist, Melbourne
2024 Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Finalist, McClelland Gallery
2023 Assembly Label, Artist in Residence, Melbourne
2022 National Emerging Art Prize, ‘ACB’ Selects Finalist, Sydney
2021 Omnia Art Prize, Finalist, Melbourne
EDUCATION
2014 — 2015
Graduate Certificate of Visual Arts, Victorian College of the Arts (VCA)
Graduate Certificate of Visual Arts, Victorian College of the Arts (VCA)
2003 — 2006
Bachelor of Visual Communication & Design (1st Class Honours), Swinburne University of Technology
COLLECTIONS
Bachelor of Visual Communication & Design (1st Class Honours), Swinburne University of Technology
COLLECTIONS
Held in private collections across Australia, UK, Europe, USA and Asia.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Vogue Living, Architectural Digest, The Design Files, Art Guide Australia, Vogue, Elle, Harpers Bazaar, Cereal Magazine, Russh, Real Living, Jane, Financial Review, Sunday Life, Inside Out, Belle, Yatzer, It’s Nice That.