Lucy was born and educated in Kyoto, Japan until she moved to Sydney in 2001. The artist began studying art formally in 2013 and was awarded the Thea Proctor Scholarship by the Julian Ashton Art School where she continued to study for four years.
Pulvers paints in both oils and watercolours. She spent time living in the UK and travelling Europe, using this time in a professional capacity to examine the multifaceted array of art available in those regions. The artist voraciously drew and painted during this period, styles that are amalgamated in her current body of work and are emblematic of her childhood and Japanese cultural history. Her work has a geometric quality, however it also incorporates organic circular lines that challenge the esoteric of geometry. Pulvers subjects are both refined and juxtaposed in equal measure, idiosyncratic of the artist’s distinctive style, which will garner her acclaim in astute collectors’ circles.
Pulvers work visualises the human mind in all its emotional and moral complexity. Her figurative work uses line and colour as an expression of mood and emotion. The decidedly human nature in her narrative has also seen the artists work featured on the cover of numerous literary works. Indeed, the relatively young artist is accomplished both in the diversity of her practical execution and her awarded achievements.
She has been a finalist in the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 in The Hunters Hill Art Prize; was a finalist in the 2017 and 2018 Portia Geach Portraiture Prize; and a semi-finalist in the 2018 BP Portraiture Prize held annually at the National Portrait Gallery in London. A watercolour by Lucy was selected for inclusion in the 207th annual exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours held in the prestigious Mall Galleries in central London. In 2020, three of Lucy’s watercolour paintings were once again selected to be exhibited in the 208th Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours annual exhibition and one painting, a self-portrait was awarded the ‘President’s Choice Award’.
Education
2018-9 Living and Painting in London
2012-2016 Attended Julian Ashton Art School
2014 Thea Proctor Scholarship from Julian Ashton Art School
Exhibitions
2023 ‘Syncopation’ Solo show, Audrey Fine Art, Pyrmont, NSW, Aus
2023 ‘Pianoforte’ solo show, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Aus
2023 – 2022 ‘The Tapestry of Me’ group exhibition – Rochfort Gallery, Sydney
2022 ‘Shikisai’ group exhibition – Audrey Fine Art, Sydney
2022 ‘Director’s Choice Exhibition’, 19 Karen Gallery, Sofitel Gold Coast Hotel
2022 ‘Sisters’ exhibition – Aarwun Gallery
2022 210th Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Prize – finalist exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2022 ‘International Woman’s Day Group Exhibit’ Sutton Village Gallery, Sutton, Aus
2021 ‘A Glassy Affair’ December exhibition, Audrey Fine Art Gallery, Pyrmont, Aus
2021 ‘Into the Light’ Exhibition, Whitewall Art Projects Gallery, Berrima, Aus
2021 ‘The Vincent’ Prize Finalist exhibition – DuckRabbit Gallery, Redfern
2021 209th Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour -three paintings included in finalists exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2021 ‘Three Sisters’ Exhibition – Live in Art Sydney Gallery, InterContinental Hotel, Double Bay 2020 Persistence Art Prize – finalist exhibition, Live in Art Sydney, Gallery, Surrey Hills
2020 208th Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour -finalist exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2020 Live in Art Sydney Art Prize – finalist exhibition, Live in Art Sydney, InterContinental Hotel Double Bay
2020 Live in Art Sydney Art Prize – finalist exhibition, Live in Art Sydney Gallery, Surrey Hills
2019 Mosman Art Prize -finalist exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery
2019 Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours -finalist exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2018 Portia Geach Portraiture Prize -finalist exhibition 2018 Hunters Hill Art Prize –finalist exhibition
2017 Portia Geach Portraiture Prize -finalist exhibition
2017 ‘Pulvers Art’ Exhibition at Willoughby Town Council Foyer, Chatswood
2017 Hunters Hill Art Prize –finalist exhibition
2017 ‘Pulvers Art’ Exhibition at Art Space Concourse, Chatswood
2016 Pymble Ladies College Centenary Exhibition 2016 Hunters Hill Art Prize –finalist exhibiton 2016 Sydney Royal Easter Show – Three Sisters Group Exhibit, Cattle Pavilion
2015 ‘Three Sisters’ Group exhibition, Landship Gallery, Georges Heights, Sydney
2015 Julian Ashton Art School Annual Exhibit, Pitt St, Sydney
2015 Julian Ashton Art School –Annual ‘9×5’ exhibition, Georges Heights
2015 Sydney Royal Easter Show – Three Sisters Group Exhibit, Cattle Pavilion
2014 Julian Ashton Art School Annual Exhibit, Pitt St, Sydney
2014 Julian Ashton Art School –Annual ‘9×5’ exhibition, Sydney
2013 Julian Ashton Art School Annual Exhibit, Pitt St, Sydney
2013 Three Sisters Art Exhibit at Concourse Art Space, Chatswood, Sydney
2013 Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Prize – finalist exhibition, Lane Cove Gallery, Sydney
2013 SKA Art Prize – finalist exhibition, Federation Square, Melbourne
2012 Cowra Japanese Peace Garden Gallery exhibition, month of September
2010 Pymble Art Gallery, Artist on exhibition
2009-2010 Kiku Arts Gallery, Bungendore NSW Artist on exhibition
Award and Prizes:
2023 ‘International Watercolour Masters’ finalist, Shropshire, UK
2023 Hunters Hill Art Prize Finalist, Sydney, AUS
2022 210th Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Prize – finalist Mall Galleries, London
2022 ‘The 67th Blake Prize’ – finalist, Casula Powerhouse
2021 ‘Luxembourg Art Prize’ – Certificate of Merit
2021 ‘Into the Light’ – exhibit finalist, Whitewall Art Projects Gallery, Berrima
2021 ‘The Vincent’ Prize – People’s Choice Award Winner, DuckRabbit Gallery, Redfern
2020 Persistence Art Prize – First Prize, Live in Art Sydney Gallery, Surrey Hills
2020 Persistence Art Prize – finalist, Live in Art Sydney Gallery, Surrey Hills
2020 ‘President’s Choice Award’ 208th Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
2020 208th Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour -finalist, Mall Galleries, London
2020 Live in Art Sydney Art Prize – finalist, Live in Art Sydney Gallery, Surrey Hills
2019 Mosman Art Prize -finalist
2019 Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours -finalist, Mall Galleries, London
2018 Portia Geach Portraiture Prize -finalist
2018 Hunters Hill Art Prize –finalist
2018 BP Portraiture Prize – semi-finalist
2017 Portia Geach Portraiture Prize -finalist
2017 Hunters Hill Art Prize –finalist
2016 Hunters Hill Art Prize –finalist
2014 Lethbridge Small Works – finalist
2013 Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Prize, finalist
2013 SKA Art Prize, finalist
2010 Wetland Care Australia National Art Competition 3rd Prize
Texts
2022 Book cover ‘The Government Inspector’ Roger Pulvers, Balestier Press
2022 Book cover ‘The Boy of the Winds’ Roger Pulvers, Balestier Press
2020 Book cover ‘Poems 2020’ Roger Pulvers, Balestier Press
2020 Book Cover, ‘Element” Jordie Albiston (winner of The Patrick White Literary Award 2019), Puncher & Wattmann.
2019 ‘Barkwoofggrrr!’ Children’s poetry book illustration, Jordie Albiston,
Little Barrow Press
2019 Book Cover,“The Unmaking if an American” Roger Pulvers, Balestier
Press
2018 Book Cover,“Liv” Roger Pulvers, Balestier Press
2015 ‘You Can’t Catch a Tiger by his Tale’ Children’s book illustration
2015 Book Cover,“The Poetry of Takuboku”Kawade Shobo
2012 Kenji Miyazawa book published by Shueisha, illustrations
2012 “Something Buzzing…” e-book illustrations
2010-2013 Phasminda Publishing e-book illustrations
