Anne-Marie Zanetti

Bio / CV

A Brisbane-based artist, Anne-Marie is the recipient of numerous awards and has been chosen for many of Australia's key art prizes, including the Doug Moran Portrait Prize 2018. During her career, she has exhibited her works at Art Fairs and group exhibitions in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Miami, and San Diego, among others.

Anne-Marie Zanetti uses simple, flowing elements, as well as rich colour, tone, and detail to create her contemporary, expressive oil paintings. Her figurative and still-life paintings are inspired by beauty, saturated in light, and rendered in layers of fine smooth brushstrokes so as not to distract from the overall drama of the composition.

Through her conversation with paint, she is continuously exploring and transforming her emotional landscape. In her works, she aims to highlight the preciousness of objects and moments in time that might otherwise seem insignificant; creating an intimate atmosphere of the artist's own personal experience and inviting the viewer to share in her unique vision.

Education and training

Studio painting
Michael Zavros 2017
Brisbane Painting Classes
Portrait from Life – Andrew Bonneau, 2015, 2016, 2017
Skin Texture Workshop – Marcel Desbien 2015
Floral Workshop – Marciel Desbiens 2013
Brisbane Institute of Art
Portrait from life – Margaret Fredrickson
Life Drawing Classes
Art Workshops Australia R
James Guppy Workshop
Portrait Peter Churcher 2010
Lethbridge Gallery Workshops
Brett Lethbridge
Joel Rea

Honours and Awards

3^rd Place in IGOR Fall Salon 2021
Honourable Mention – Blue Review Art Prize 2021
REHS Gallery Exhibition Award – 15^thInternational ARC Salon 2021
Second Prize at the RNA Art Competition – Painting 2021
Commended Award – Light, Space and Time ‘Animal’ Exhibition 2020
Commended Award – Lethbridge 20,000 2019
Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, 2018
Highly commended – RQAS Figurative Award 2018
Winner – Rotary Art Spectacular 2018
People’s Choice Award – Rotary Art Spectacular 2018
People’s Choice Award – Muswellbrook Art Prize 2017
3^rd Prize Still Life Challenge International Artist Magazine 2017
Winner front cover of Art-Prizes Australia Calendar 2017
People’s Choice Award – Kennedy Art Prize 2016
Winner (Brisbane) – Cliftons Art Prize 2016
Winner Open Class – RNA Art Competition 2016
Winner – Rotary Art Spectacular 2016
People’s Choice Award – Lethbridge 10 000 Art Award 2014
Commended for Originality – Lethbridge 10 000 Award 2014
Commended for Skill – Lethbridge 10 000 Award 2010
Highly Commended – Nundah Village Art Exhibition 2009
Best Still Life Wilston Art Exhibition 2006
Best Floral Laidley Shire Art Awards 2003

Selected Exhibitions
2022
Finalist RQAS Figurative Award, Brisbane, Qld Australia
Finalist Lethbridge 20 000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Qld Australia
‘INsight’ exhibition, REHS Contemporary Gallery, NY, USA
‘Interconnected’ Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition NERAM, Armidale Australia
Group Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Australia

2021
‘Make It Real’ exhibition, Poets and Artists IL, USA
‘Quest for the Modern Figure’ exhibition 33 Contemporary Gallery IL, USA
Finalist Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane Qld Australia
Semi-finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney Australia
Honourable mention, Blue Review Art Prize, Sugarlift Gallery, NY USA
Finalist in the International Guild of Realism Fall Salon, Arizona USA
Finalist in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Armidale Australia
‘Home’ exhibition at Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Qld Australia
Finalist RNA Art Competition, Brisbane Qld Australia
Finalist Lethbridge 20 000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Qld Australia
Finalist Boynes Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne, Vic Australia
Darcy Doyle Art Awards, Gold Coast Qld Australia
‘Twenty Drawings’ Exhibition, 33 Contemporary Gallery IL, USA
Light and Dark Exhibition, RQAS Gallery, Brisbane Qld Australia
‘Au Natural’ Exhibition, 33 Contemporary Gallery IL, USA
Finalist SBS Portrait Prize, Mornington, Vic Australia
Finalist 15^th International ARC Salon, New Jersey, USA
Finalist Nillumbik Art Prize, Eltham, Vic, Australia
Finalist Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia
‘Women Painting Women’ invitational Exhibition, Burrinja Gallery, Upwey Vic Australia
‘Be My Valentine’ Exhibition online, 33 Contemporary Gallery IL, USA
‘International Women’s Day’ Exhibition online, 33 Contemporary Gallery IL, USA

2020
Finalist Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane Qld Australia
Finalist Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane Qld Australia
‘Animals’ exhibition online, Light, Space and Time Gallery
‘Shelter’ Exhibition online 33 Contemporary Gallery IL, USA
Finalist Lethbridge 20 000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Australia
Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Qld Australia
‘Razors Edge’ Exhibition online 33 Contemporary Gallery IL, USA
Finalist Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Townsville Australia
‘Shades of Light’ Exhibition RJD Gallery NY USA
‘Story Tellers’ Exhibition Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne, Australia

2019
‘Contemporary Realism’ Exhibition Gallery 1261, Denver CO, USA
‘Ties that bind’ online 33 Contemporary Gallery IL, USA
Finalist Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane Qld Australia
‘Art of the Nude’ online 33 Contemporary Gallery IL, USA
Finalist Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane Qld Australia
‘Provocative Patterns’ Goss183 magazine USA
Finalist Lethbridge 20 000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Australia
Finalist Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide SA Australia
Exhibiting Downlands Art Exhibition, Toowoomba, Qld Australia
‘In Bloom’ exhibition online Abend Gallery Denver, USA
Duo exhibition ‘Reminisce’ – Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Australia
Exhibited at Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Grammar Art Show Brisbane, Qld Australia

2018
Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane, Qld Australia
Exhibited at Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore
Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney Australia
Finalist EMSLA Art Prize, Wollongong, NSW Australia
Finalist Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide, SA Australia
Finalist RQAS Figurative Award, Brisbane, Qld Australia
Finalist Neumann Dust Temple Portrait Prize, Qld Australia
Finalist Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore NSW Australia
Exhibited at Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Qld Australia
Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane Qld Australia
Finalist Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Townsville Qld Australia

2017
Exhibited at Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore
Finalist EMSLA Art Prize, Wollongong, NSW Australia
Exhibiting Downlands Art Exhibition, Toowoomba, Qld Australia
Solo exhibition ‘Fructuous’ – Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Australia
Exhibited at Art Expo Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Exhibited at Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane Qld Australia
Finalist International Artist Magazine Still Life No.97
Finalist Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook NSW Australia
Finalist Bluethumb Art Prize, Melbourne Vic Australia
Exhibiting in Sugarman Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, USA

2016
Exhibited at Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore
Finalist Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide SA Australia
Finalist Cliftons Art Prize, Asia Pacific
Finalist Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane Qld Australia
Finalist Annual Art Competition, The Artist Magazine USA
RNA Art Competition, RNA Show, Brisbane Qld Australia
Dual Exhibition ‘Transformation’ Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Qld Australia
Finalist Lethbridge 10 000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Australia
Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane Australia
Exhibiting in Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, USA
Exhibiting in AustArtStudio, New York, USA
Exhibiting in Mary Martin Gallery, Florida, USA

2015
Spectrum Art Fair Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Contemporary Art Show, Balboa Park, San Diego, USA
Artist Showcase, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Qld Australia
Finalist Annual Art Competition, Artist Magazine USA
Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane Qld, Australia
‘Cherished’, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Qld, Australia
Painting Exhibition, Richard Randall Studio, Brisbane Qld, Australia

2014
Lethbridge 10000 Finalists Exhibition, Brisbane Qld, Australia
Artist Showcase, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Qld, Australia
Finalist Lethbridge 10 000 Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane Qld, Australia
Finalist Clayton Utz Art Award 2014, Clayton Utz, Brisbane Qld, Australia

2010
Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane Qld, Australia
RNA Art Competition, RNA Show Brisbane Qld, Australia
Group exhibition, Martin Galleries, Nundah Brisbane Qld, Australia
Grammar Art Show (invitational), Brisbane Qld, Australia

Bibliography
Gillies Max, “How Artists See Themselves” article, Fine Art Connoisseur Mag Issue Nov/Dec 2021
15^th Art Renewal Center Salon Catalogue 2021
Lopez, Aryanne ’10 Best Portraits in the ‘Boynes Emerging Art Award’ July 2021
Menendez Didi Buzz Feed ‘100 Figurative Painters Working Right Now’ 2020
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