Biography

1974
Born Stirling, South Australia

Current
Lives and works Ipswich, Queensland

Studies

1997–99
Diploma of Arts (Theatre Design), Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
1993–94
Certificate in Applied and Visual Arts, Onkaparinga Institute, Adelaide

Solo Exhibitions

2017
Sometimes I like to pretend I’m a robot, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
After Reflecting on the Matter, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland
2016
Joyride, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Somewhere, between floating and falling, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne
2014
Behind the Lines, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2011
Wayward, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Substance, BMG Art, Adelaide
2010
Made to Measure, Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland
Always, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Field of Vision: recent work by Lincoln Austin, Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland
2009
As Far as I Can See, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Field of Vision, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2008
Insideout, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2007
Still Moving, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2005
Relating the Matter, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Words Fail Me, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2004
Space Invaders and Time Machines, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2003
Two, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2002
Which Way Up?, SOApBOx Gallery, Brisbane
1999
Breakfast for Forty: Jewellery, Sculpture, Painting, Chief Street Studio, Adelaide

Group Exhibitions

2015
Gold Coast Art Prize 2015, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
Summer Exhibition, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
December Mostra 2015, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
Light Play: Ideas, Optics, Atmosphere, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane
Opening exhibition, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
Contemporary works from the collection, Ipswich Art Gallery,  Queensland
Con/struct—Celebrating Queensland Sculpture, Caboolture Regional Art  Gallery, Queensland
2014 
Contemporary works from the collection, Ipswich Art Gallery,  Queensland
Recent Acquisitions, GoMA, Brisbane
15 Artists Retrospective Exhibition, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, Queensland
2013
Collectomania, Queensland Museum, Brisbane
Drawing a line, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
The imperceptible something..., Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
In my hand, Paper Boat Press, Brisbane
The Unusual Suspects V, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2012
Spare Parts 2012, The Rag Factory, London, England
15 Artists, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Redcliffe, Queensland
Ten Years of Things, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Selected works: New acquisitions from the QUT Art Collection, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Shakin’: The contemporary kinetic aesthetic, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
2011
Art for flood sake, Logan City Art Gallery, Queensland
Artist Artists, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
2010
New 2010: Selected Recent Acquisitions, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
The Unusual Suspects IV, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
NOTFAIR 2010, Richmond, Victoria
Spare Parts, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane
2009
New 2009: Selected Recent Acquisitions, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Spin, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Volume II, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
New: Selected recent acquisitions 2008–2009, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2008
The Great Divide, Artisan, Brisbane
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2008, Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney
Renault New Generation Art, Art Brisbane, Brisbane
2007
20 Artists 20 Years, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
Arc: Art, Design & Craft Biennial, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2006
Artworkers Award: finalist exhibition, Artworkers Alliance/Raw Space Galleries, Brisbane
2005
Crates on Wheels, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland, travelling to regional Queensland schools
2004–05
Avalon: Artists in Residence, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2004
The Unusual Suspects II, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2004 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
Space Invaders: Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland
2003
The Unusual Suspects, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
The Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
2000
Stained Glass Window Design Competition, St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane
1999
Expressions of Interest, Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
1996
Nudes and Music, Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Adelaide
1995
East and West, Adelaide
Artery Party, Carclew Youth Art Centre, Adelaide
1992
Miss Glady Sim Chun, Adelaide

Prizes and Grants

2015
Artist in residence (3 months),  British School at Rome, Australia Council  for the Arts
2012
Winner—15 Artists, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Redcliffe, Queensland
Art and Architecture Prize (in collaboration with Ferrier Baudet Architects Pty Ltd), Australian Institute of Architects, Queensland Architecture Awards—for Correlate, St Leo's Catholic College, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
2010
Jump Mentor Program, Youth Arts Queensland—mentoring Queensland artist Jasmin Coleman
2009
Regional Artist in Residence, Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts/IMA, Brisbane
2004
First Prize—Sculpture Section, Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award, Toowoomba Regional Gallery Queensland

Commissions

2015 
Every Precious Drop, Mater Private Hospital, Springfield, Queensland (Mater Hospital/Silver Thomas Hanley Architects)
 Stand and deliver, O'Neill Architecture, Brisbane,  Queensland (Private commission)
2014 
Do you see what I see?, Burnett Lane, Brisbane (Brisbane City Council)
Hoop Pine Suite, Part 1, Westfield Garden City, Mount Gravatt, Queensland (UAP/ Westfield Corporation)
Glimmer, Sheraton 4 Points, Brisbane (Noel Robinson Architects/Felicity Hotels)
2013
Abracadabra, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland (Prince Charles Hospital/Queensland Health)
 Habena, St Leo's Catholic Men's College, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland (Ferrier Baudet Architects)
2012
Queensland Museum Medal 2012, 6° of Separation, Queensland Museum, Brisbane
2010
Ebb & Flow, Go Between Bridge, Brisbane (Hale Street Link Alliance/Brisbane City Council)
Correlate, St Leo's Catholic College, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
2009
Once, again, Santos Place, 32 Turbot Street, Brisbane (Donovan Hill/Neilson Properties)
Epificus, Morrissey Street Bridge, Woolloongabba (North-South Bypass Tunnel, EDAW/Brisbane City Council)
Openended, Ipswich Magistrates Court, Ipswich (Cox Rayner/Queensland Government)
2007
Spun, Southbank Institute of Technology, Ernest Street, South Brisbane (Cox Rayner Architects/John Holland Group)
2006
When the Stars Come Out, Festival Towers, Brisbane (Cox Rayner Architects/Devine Limited)
2005
Where were we?, Casino Towers, Brisbane (Cox Rayner Architects/Devine Limited)
2003
Christmas decorations, Gallery Store, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Christmas decorations, Stelios Papas, Brisbane
2002
Christmas decorations, Gallery Store, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Kinetic Christmas decorations, Stelios Papas, Brisbane
2001
Christmas decorations, Stelios Papas, Brisbane
2000
1:50 Venue models, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide
1998
1:43 Drive-in cinema model, Holden Exhibition, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide
1997
Stage props, Don Pasquale, State Opera of South Australia, Adelaide

Teaching

2014
Subject matter, selective topic, Masters of Architecture, School of  Architecture, University of Queensland
Folding Architecture, lecture and workshop, 1st year, School of  Architecture, University of Queensland
2010 
Jump Mentor Program (Mentoring Queensland artist Jasmin Coleman), Youth Arts Queensland
2008
Drawing with shadow (Children's workshop), QAGoMA, Brisbane
1999
Puppet making workshops, Applied and Visual Art Deptartment, Onkaparinga  Institute, Adelaide

Theatre Designs

1999
Nirvana, Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
Come Out—Out Doors, Come Out ‘99, Adelaide
1998
Dome, Centre for the Performing Arts/SYTE, Adelaide
Macbeth, Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
No Man’s Land, Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
Road, Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
Flamma Flamma, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide
I’m Herbert, Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
September Dance, Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
History of Australia, Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
1997
The Sultana Jar, Junction Theatre Company, Adelaide
Black on White, Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide
Restless Dance, Junction Theatre Company, Adelaide
1996
The Birthday Party, Adelaide Arts Theatre, Adelaide

Travel

2009
Japan, Russia, Estonia, France, Ireland, England
2008
India
2006
Japan
2005
Arnhem Land (Millingimbi)
2003
Italy, Greece and Turkey
1999
Arnhem Land (Maningrida)—Seconded to Maningrida Arts and Culture
1997
Timor

Bibliography

(04) Conrad Jupiters Art Prize [ex. cat], Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland, 2004
Anon. ‘St Leo’s new look’, UQ News, August 2011, The University of Queensland
Armistead, Jacqueline. The Great Divide [ex. cat.], Artisan, Brisbane, 2008
Avalon: Artists in Residence [ex. cat.], Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, 2004
Ballard, Brett. ‘Lincoln Austin’, Lincoln Austin: Always [ex. cat.], Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 2010
Booij, Sarah. ‘Expressing complex geometry with precast concrete’, National Precaster Magazine, No. 49, August 2008
Booij, Sarah. 'Local artist and engineering firm join forces', ARUP Australasia, June 2008
Brown, Phil. ‘Bridging the gap’, Brisbane News, 30 July–5 August 2008
Carlon, Kris. Lincoln Austin [unpublished thesis], 2007
Ewington, Julie. ‘Xstrata Community Partnership Program’, Artlines, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, No. 3–2010
Felipe, Ricardo. Avalon: Art & life of an apartment building, Museum of Brisbane and Vanity Publishing, Brisbane, 2005
Gillespie, Josephine. ‘Fantastic plastic fills void’, Queensland Times, 27 August 2010
Hilton, Anna. ‘Artistic wheels turn for mural’, Westside News, 17 May 2010
Kubler, Alison. ‘Capturing Sculpture’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 58, October–December 2011
Kubler, Alison. ‘The Great Divide’, Artlines, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, No. 3–2008
Lincoln Austin: Still Moving [ex. cat], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2007
Lincoln Austin: As Far as I Can See [ex. cat], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2009
Lincoln Austin: Wayward [ex. cat], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2011
Lincoln Austin: Behind the Lines [ex. cat], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2013
McLean, Sandra. Show & Tell, The Courier Mail, 31 January 2003
McRae, Vanessa. Artnotes: Queensland, Art Monthly Australia, #212, August 2008
Parker, Francis. ‘Recent Acquisition’, Xstrata Community Partnership Program, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, June 2010
Phipps, Julia. Affordable art to steal local show, MX News, 29 May 2008
Space Invaders [ex. cat], Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland, 2004

Public Collections

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland Museum, Brisbane
Artbank, Sydney
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland
Prince Charles Hospital/Queensland Health, Chermside, Queensland
Queensland Courts, Ipswich
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Southbank Institute of Technology, Brisbane
Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
St Leo's Catholic College, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
The University of Queensland, Brisbane
Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland
Brisbane City Council, Queensland
Devine Limited, Brisbane
KPMG, Brisbane
Nielson Properties, Brisbane