RACHEL MELCHERS

Born 1975 | Melbourne, Australia

CURRENT

2026 - ‘Art Month’, Loft, Mudgee, March

2026 - ‘The Grammer Art Show’, Toowoomba, March

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 - ‘Fragments of Memory’, Wandelen Studio + Gallery, Mudgee, November

2025 - ‘Impressions Left’, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, July

2024 - ‘Open Studio’, Wandelen Studio + Gallery, Mudgee, October

2024 - ‘Day Beginning, Day End’, Wandelen Studio + Gallery, Mudgee, April

2023 - ‘Close to Home’, Alby and Esthers Cafe, Mudgee, June

2022 - ‘Characters of Landscape’, Rosby Gallery, Mudgee, July

2022 - ‘Grounded’, Gloucester Gallery, May

2020 - ‘Lost in Landscape’, Blackstone Gallery, Newcastle, August

2016 – Solo Show, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee, September

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 – The Affordable Art Fair Sydney (with The Corner Store Gallery), November

2025 - The Other Art Fair Sydney, Balmain, May

2024 - ‘MAP Portrait Prize’, Mudgee Arts Precinct, Dec - Mar

2024 - ‘The Journey Person Salon’, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, December

2024 - ‘Regional Landscape Prize’, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, September

2024 - ‘Inside This Box’, The Corner Store Gallery, February

2022 - ‘MAP Portrait Prize’, Mudgee Arts Precinct, Dec - Mar

2021 - Corner Store Gallery - Orange, stockroom

2018 - Art Unlimited – Dunedoo, June

2015 - ‘We Get By’, Cooks Hill Gallery - Newcastle

2015 - Art Unlimited – Dunedoo, June

2014 - Art Unlimited – Dunedoo, June

Awards

2024 - ‘MAP Portrait Prize’, Mudgee Arts Precinct, Finalist

2024 - ‘Regional Landscape Prize’, Corner Store Gallery, Orange, Finalist

2024 - ‘Inside this Box’, Corner Store Gallery, Orange, Finalist

2022 - ‘MAP Portrait Prize’, Mudgee Arts Precinct, Finalist

2018 - ‘Peabody Wilpinjong Prize for Hanging Art’, Art Unlimited, Dunedoo, Winner

2015 - ‘Pro Hart Prize for Hanging Art’, Art Unlimited, Dunedoo, Highly Commended

2014 - ‘Pro Hart Prize for Hanging Art’, Art Unlimited, Dunedoo, Winner

2014 - ‘ABC Western Plains Prize’, Art Unlimited, Dunedoo, Winner

Art Education

2025 - ‘Abstracting the Landscape’ - online course with Andrew Faulkner

1997 - Bachelor Arts (Visual Arts) - University of Newcastle