Joanna Wolthuizen develops a language of painting grounded in architectural structure and perceptual stillness.

ARTIST PROFILE

Joanna Wolthuizen is an Australian abstract artist and the originator of Composed Abstraction™, a contemporary geometric language defined by architectural clarity, measured proportion, and restraint.

Her work has been presented internationally, including Monaco and London, and is held in private collections across Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Working through Composed Abstraction™, her paintings are conceived not as images, but as spatial structures—where tone, geometry, and material presence stabilise perception within architectural space.

SELECTED AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2024 — Solo Exhibition, Sol Gallery, Melbourne
2023 — International Contemporary Art Fair, Monaco
2023 — Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne
2022 — Paddington Art Prize (Finalist)
2022 — Melbourne Creative Hoardings Project
2019 — Paddington Art Prize (Finalist)
2017 — Lethbridge Art Award (Finalist)

• 2024 — Bluethumb Art Prize
• 2023 — Newcastle Maritime Art Award
• 2023 — Bluethumb Art Prize
• 2022 — Melbourne Creative Hoardings Project
• 2022 — Paddington Art Prize
• 2022 — Bluethumb Art Prize
• 2019 — Paddington Art Prize
• 2017 — Lethbridge Art Award
• 2015 — KAAF Art Prize
• 2012 — ANL Art Prize
• 2012 — Flanagan Art Prize
• 2012 — Wilson Visual Arts Award
• 2012 — Waverley Art Prize
• 2012 — Mount Eyre Art Prize
• 2012 — SCOPE Galleries Award
• 2012 — Calleen Art Award
• 2012 — The Outback Art Prize
• 2011 — The Blake Prize
• 2011 — Paddington Art Prize
• 2011 — Prometheus Visual Arts Award
• 2011 — The Woollam Outback Art Prize
• 2011 — Walker Street Gallery Art Prize
• 2010 — Paddington Art Prize
• 2010 — Biennial Norvill Art Prize
• 2010 — Calleen Art Award
• 2010 — Walker Street Gallery Art Prize
• 2010 — The Woollam Outback Art Prize
• 2009 — Mount Eyre Art Prize

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• 2001–2004 — Bachelor of Design, Monash University
• 2000–2001 — College of Art, Design & Photography, Melbourne

PUBLISHED WORKS

• 2013 — “Beside the Loneliness of Others” (Fiction), Whisperings Literary and Visual Culture Quarterly, Mountain Tales Press, California, USA — Vol. 3, Issue 3, Fall Edition
• 2013 — “Blink” (Fiction), Tincture Journal, Issue Three, ed. Daniel Young, September 2013
• 2013 — “Listen to the Rhythm” (Fiction), Regime 02 Magazine of New Writing, Regime Books, Western Australia
• 2013 — “Untitled” (Cover Artwork), Regime 02 Magazine of New Writing, Regime Books, Western Australia
• 2012 — “Daybreak Through Dusty Skies” (Fiction), Shortlisted by the Society of Women Writers, March 2012
• 2011 — “The Visual Composer” (Essay), Melbourne Magazine, October 2011

SPECIEAL EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

• 2024 — We Dream in Colour, ALA Gallery, Collingwood, VIC
• 2024 — A Palette of Peach, Bluethumb Gallery, Richmond, VIC
• 2012 — Art Month Exhibition, opened by Marlene Antico, Art2Muse, Sydney, NSW
• 2011 — Gallery Launch, Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, Sydney, NSW
• 2011 — Christmas Exhibition, Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, Sydney, NSW
• 2010 — Pink Lady Charity Art Auction, Melbourne, VIC