Lives and works in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia.
Represented by Australian Galleries – Melbourne and Sydney.

august.carpenter@gmail.com / @augustcarpenter

Selected Exhibitions

2026 Baldessin Studio 25th Anniversary, Australian Galleries (upcoming)
2026 Local Remix:Assembly, Nillumbik Council, Montsalvat Arts Centre
2026 1956–2026, Australian Galleries
2026 Women of the Badlands, Montsalvat Arts Centre
2025
Burning Inside, Charles Sturt University
2025
Melbourne Art Print Fair: editions1
2025 Assemblage, Australian Galleries
2025 Castlemaine Experimental Print Prize
2025 Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award
2025 Crescendo Artist Book Award
2025 Libris Artist Book Award
2025 Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania
2024
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA)
2024 hummadruz, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2024 MONDO, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2023 Painterly Prints, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2023 Coming together, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
2023 Australian Monoprint Prize
2022 Alter/altar, Divisions Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Baldessin & Friends, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2021 The Actions of Storms, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2021 Light touch, Tinning St Presents, Melbourne
2021 Winter, Australian Galleries
2021 Mono, Australian Galleries
2021 State of the Mark, Australian Galleries
2021 Australian Monoprint Prize
2020 Now & Then, Australian Galleries
2020 Fragments, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2020 Monochrome Landscapes, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2019 Splendacious, Neospace, Melbourne
2017 Fremantle Print Award
2015 Here & Now, NKN Gallery, Melbourne

Residencies

2026 Artist in Residence, Megalo Print Studio
2023–2025 Artist in Residence, Dunmoochin Art Foundation


Awards

2025 Castlemaine Experimental Print Prize – Overall Winner (Acquisitive), Castlemaine Art Museum
2023 James Northfield Lithography Scholarship, Australian Print Workshop
2019 Tate Adams Memorial Fellowship, State Library of Victoria & Baldessin Studio


Text/Interview

2025 Among the Elements, Imprint Magazine, written by James McArdle
2024 5 Press Profile by More Than Reproduction
2021 The Actions of Storms, Exhibition review, Artist Profile
2020 Australian Galleries, Artist Feature
2017 Lor Journal, 5PRESS Interview
2012 ‘Artist’s of tomorrow discover paints potential’, The Guardian, written by Jonathan Jones


Education
2012 BFA with Honours, Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design (Byam Shaw School of Art)