Felicia Aroney
“For me, art is a vessel through which I can communicate with any audience. ... I use my art to draw out memories and tell stories in a way that words cannot.”
Felicia Aroney is a Perth-born, Sydney-based contemporary artist known for her richly textured floral and abstract paintings. Drawing on her European heritage, Felicia is inspired by the distressed, timeworn facades of classical architecture—surfaces marked by history and memory.
Working primarily with oils and acrylics, she uses a palette knife to layer and sculpt paint into bold, dimensional forms that rise in relief from the canvas. This signature technique gives her work a highly tactile quality, blurring the line between painting and sculpture. Her art evokes a deep sense of antiquity while celebrating the natural world, capturing both the elegance of the past and the vitality of the present.
Felicia has a strong and established presence in the art world. She is represented by eight leading Australian galleries and has exhibited extensively, with over 50 solo and group exhibitions to her name. Her work has been shown internationally in cities including Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, and Florence. A Mosman Art Prize finalist, Felicia’s paintings are held in private collections throughout Asia, Australia, and Europe.
About the Artist
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Born 1970 in Sydney, NSW, where she still lives and works
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Solo Exhibitions
2024
Magic Garden, Aroney Art Gallery, NSW
Aegean Gold, Aroney Art Gallery, NSW2023
New Works, BMGART Gallery, SA
Small Works, Aroney Art Gallery, NSW
Solo exhibition, Harvey Gallery, NSW2022
Solo exhibition, Linton & Kay Gallery, WA
Solo exhibition, Gallery One, QLD2021
Hydrangea, Aroney Art Gallery, NSW
Solo exhibition, Winmark Gallery, Broke NSW
Solo exhibition, Linton & Kay Gallery, WA2020
Abstraction, Aroney Art Gallery, NSW2019–2020
Hydrangea Season, Aroney Art Gallery, NSW2019
Solo exhibition, Linton & Kay Gallery, WA2018
Solo exhibition, Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW2017
Solo exhibitions at Mandoon Estate (Linton & Kay Gallery) and Cape Lodge Hotel, WA2016
Solo exhibition, Art2Muse Gallery, NSW2015
Solo exhibition, Art2Muse Gallery, NSW2014
Solo exhibitions at Napoleon Perdis Lifestyle Stores (NSW and VIC)
Solo exhibition, Gadfly Gallery, WA
Solo exhibition, Milk Factory Gallery, NSW
Solo exhibition, Sydney Children’s Hospital, NSW2013
Solo exhibitions at Girls with Gems, Balmain Art Fair (Feature Artist), Art2Muse Gallery, and Tusk Gallery, VIC2012
Solo exhibition, Art2Muse Gallery, NSW2011
Solo exhibition, Art2Muse Gallery, NSW
Selected Group Exhibitions and International Art Fairs
2024
Commissioned work, The Star Casino, Brisbane
Spring exhibition, Manyung Gallery, VIC2023
Small Works Art Prize
Landscape Art Prize
Affordable Art Fairs, Sydney and Melbourne2022
Melbourne Affordable Art Fair
Lethbridge Art Prizes
BOND University installation, QLD2020
Blacktown Art Prize
Eggersmann Australia showcase
Lethbridge Art Prize finalist2019
Exhibition at Sofitel Hotel, Broadbeach, QLD2018
Denfair, Melbourne
Designer Rugs collaboration
Featured on 9Life’s Open Homes Australia2017
Collaborations with Lavender Hill Interiors and Napoleon Perdis2016
Asia International Art Fair, Hong Kong
Singapore Art Fair
Affordable Art Fairs in Hong Kong and Seoul
Gallery 360, Florence, Italy2015
Asia Contemporary, Hong Kong
Seoul Affordable Art Fair
Guest speaker, Queen Victoria Building fundraiser2014
Finalist in Mosman and Hornsby Art Prizes
Singapore and Hong Kong Contemporary Art Fairs
Exhibition at NSW Parliament House
Finalist, Waverley Art Prize2013
Balmain Art Fair (Feature Artist)
Walker Street Gallery, VIC
NSW Parliament House
Finalist, Waverley Art Prize
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Mosman Art Prize – Finalist
Hornsby Art Prize – Finalist
Waverley Art Prize – Finalist
Lethbridge Art Prize – Multiple finalist selections
Blacktown Art Prize – Finalist
Numerous other regional and national art prize finalist recognitions
143 x 118cm