‘Milne retains form, tone, colour and shape. She realizes that they are not an end in themselves but that, unless perfectly realized and technically commanded, they cannot serve the purpose for which she employs them. She maintains a rare consistency of vision and a style that allows her to offer a perceptive view of intense interiors that are often taken for granted too easily. Milne may paint the ordinary but she is not an ordinary painter.’
Joseph Eisenberg OAM
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Rachel Milne: Personal Space
King Street Gallery on William, Sydney, NSW
Rachel Milne: Nest
Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
2019
Rachel Milne: From Life
King Street Gallery on William, Sydney, NSW
2017
Rachel Milne: Two Years On
King Street Gallery on William, Sydney, NSW
After Olley
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
2015
Rachel Milne: Painter
King Street Gallery on William, Sydney, NSW
The Renewal of Mr Jones
former David Jones Store, Newcastle, NSW
2014
Interiors
Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle, NSW
Commissions & Residencies
2016
Artist in Residence at Hill End
Haefligers Cottage, June 2016
2015
Artist in Residence at Former David Jones Store
Renew Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Residency
2014
About Face Residency
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Muswellbrook Art Prize [winner]
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook, NSW
2019
Inside/Outside
King Street Gallery on William, Sydney, NSW
2018
‘A Painted Landscape’
Book Launch and Group Exhibition, Sydney
2015
Salon des Refuses
Archibald, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
After Your Collection
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Just Paper
Maitland Regional Gallery
2012
Open Exhibition
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol UK
2011
159 Autumn Show
Royal West of England Academy
2010
Open Painting Exhibition
Royal West of England Academy
2009
Autumn Exhibition
Royal West of England Academy
2008
Autumn Exhibition
Royal West of England Academy
Awards
2023
Vincent Prize [winner]
Art Van Go, Scratch Space, Sydney
2022
Evelyn Chapman Award [winner]
SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Muswellbrook Art Prize [winner]
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook
2020
Wynne Prize: Salon des Refuses
Wynne, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2019
Portia Geach Memorial Award [finalist]
SH Ervin Gallery
2018
Wynne Prize [finalist]
Gallery of NSW, Sydney NSW
Fleurieu Prize [finalist]
Fleurieu Art House, Fleurieu Peninsula
Kilgour Prize [finalist]
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Tattersall Prize [finalist]
Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, QL
Plein Air Prize [finalist]
Parliament House, Sydney, NSW
2017
Wynne Prize [finalist]
Gallery of NSW, Sydney NSW
2016
Portia Geach Portrait Prize [finalist]
SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney NSW
Plein Air Prize [finalist]
Parliament House, Sydney NSW
Kilgour Prize [finalist]
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery NSW
Calleen Art Award [commended]
Cowra Regional Art Gallery NSW
Fleurieu Food and Wine [highly commended]
University of South Australia
2015
Salon des Refuses
Archibald, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
M16 Drawing Prize [finalist]
M16 Artspace, Canberra
NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize [highly commended]
Parliament House, Sydney, NSW
2014
Kilgour Prize [finalist]
Newcastle Regional Gallery
Newcastle University Acquisitive Prize
Newcastle University
Calleen Art Award
Cowra Regional Art Gallery NSW
2013
Newcastle Emerging Artist Awards [highly commended]
Newcastle Art Space, NSW
Singleton Portrait Prize [WINNER]
Singleton Civic Centre
2010
Holburne Portrait Prize [shortlisted]
Holburne Museum, Bath UK
Selected Bibliography
Creswell Bell, Amber: ‘STILL LIFE’
Thames and Hudson Australia 2021
Johnson, Sarah: ‘The Art of Rachel Milne’
Catalogue Essay King Street Gallery 2019
Creswell Bell, Amber: ‘A Painted Landscape’
Thames and Hudson Australia 2018
Frost, Andrew: ‘Light and Time’
Catalogue Essay King Street Gallery Exhibition 2017
McMillan, Melinda: ‘Life Built on A Pure Passion for Painting’
Newcastle Star April 2016
Fortescue, Elizabeth: ‘Faces in the Crowd’
Daily Telegraph July 2015
Eisenberg, Joe: Catalogue Essay
King Street Gallery Exhibition Aug 2015
Rigney, Sam: ‘Rachel Milne shortlisted for $20,000 NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize’
Newcastle Herald, Sept 2015
Davis, Belinda-Jane: ‘Artist Rachel Milne Inspired by Archibald Prize Exhibition’
Newcastle Herald Jan 2015