Jacinda Bayne

"Looking and seeing are two different things. It is only when I paint or draw what I am looking at that I truly see what is there."

- Jacinda Bayne

Jacinda Bayne is a New Zealand–born contemporary landscape artist based in Fremantle, Western Australia, celebrated for her emotive, semi-abstract paintings. Inspired by her extensive travels and deep connection to place, Bayne layers translucent oil glazes with intuitive mark-making to create luminous, dreamlike landscapes that invite reflection, memory, and a quiet sense of belonging.

Her process often begins with travel to sites of inspiration, where she records impressions through watercolours and sketches. In the studio, these observations evolve over months of layering and glazing—alternately adding and removing paint—to achieve a depth of light and colour that defines her work. Describing herself as an “emotive colourist,” Bayne uses colour as a visual language to convey mood, memory, and the essence of place.

Since graduating in 1997 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Otago Art School in Dunedin, New Zealand, Bayne has exhibited widely across Australia and internationally, including solo shows in New York at Anderson Contemporary and the Australian Consulate.

 About the Artist

    • Born 1974 in New Zealand. Lives and works in Fremantle

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions

    • 2022
      A Land of Colour – Crown Towers, Crystal Club, WA

    • 2021
      Cossack Art Awards, Karratha, WA
      White San, Red Dust – Earlywork Gallery, Fremantle, WA

    • 2020
      At The Waters Edge – Gallery One, Southport, Queensland

    • 2019
      Rediscovered – Linton and Kay Galleries, WA
      Illuminate – PSAS, Fremantle, WA

    • 2018
      Familiar Land – The Studio Gallery, Yallingup, WA
      Gallery at 350 Bleecker – New York, USA
      Merging Landscapes – Australian Consulate-General, New York, USA

    • 2017
      Merging Landscapes – Anderson Contemporary, New York, USA

    • 2015
      Records – PSAS, Fremantle, WA

    • 2014
      Landscape and Memory – Linton and Kay Galleries, WA

    • 2013
      The Floating Tree – Linton and Kay Galleries, WA

    • 2011
      Where The Water Talks – Linton and Kay Galleries, WA

    • 2010
      In a Different Light – Linton and Kay Galleries, WA

    • 2009
      Journey Through the Kimberley – Monsoon Gallery, Broome, WA

    • 2007
      Horizons – Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah, WA

    Selected Group Exhibitions

    • 2023
      WOW Women of the West – Linton and Kay Galleries, WA

    • 2022
      Environment – Linton and Kay Galleries, WA

    • 2021
      St Hildas Art Exhibition, Perth, WA
      PLC Art Exhibition, Perth, WA

    • 2018
      Galvanise – Artsource Members Exhibition, WA

    • 2016
      Summer Exhibition – Anderson Contemporary, New York, USA

    • 2014
      10 Years – Mandurah Performing Arts Centre Collection, WA

    • 2013
      Leeuwin Exhibition – Studio Gallery, Yallingup, WA

    • 2012
      Directors Choice – Linton and Kay Galleries, WA
      International Sister City Exhibition – Chengdu, China

    • 2011
      North and South – Studio Gallery, Yallingup, WA

    • 2010
      City Art Walk – Black Swan Art Prize, Perth, WA

    • 1999
      Group Exhibition – Stenton Gallery, East Lothian, Scotland

    • 1997
      Otago Art School 100 Year Exhibition, Dunedin, New Zealand

  • Selected Awards and Commendations

    • 2019
      Finalist – Busselton Art Award
      Finalist – Royal Perth Art Award
      Francesca Nelson Award

    • 2017
      Finalist – Royal Perth Art Award

    • 2014
      Highly Commended – City of Busselton Art Award
      Finalist – Heysen Prize, South Australia

    • 2013
      Finalist – Black Swan Heritage, WA
      Art Prizes Australia, Victoria

    • 2011
      Winner – Mandjar Art Award, WA

    • 2010
      WA Premiers Art Partnership Grant

    • 2008
      Finalist – YAWA Award and Artitude, WA
      Highly Commended – Signature Southwest, WA
      Highly Commended – Vasse Art Award, WA

    • 2006
      Highly Commended – Canning Art Awards, WA

    • 2005
      Winner – Canning Art Award, WA

    Residencies

    • 2016
      Donnelly River, WA

    • 2013
      Mowanjum Mural Art Project, Derby, WA
      Art Residency – Arts Brookfield, WA

    • 2012
      Artist Residency – Chengdu, China

    • 2011
      Artist in Residence – Bankwest, WA
      Artist in Residence – True North, WA

    • 2010
      Artist in Residence – Enex 100, WA

    • 1996
      WASPS, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Public and Private Collections

    • International Art Museum, Chengdu, China

    • Mandurah Performing Arts Gallery Collection, WA

    • Otago Fine Arts School, Dunedin, New Zealand

    • Go Marine, WA/Singapore

    • Mineral House, WA

    • True North, WA

    • Mirvac, WA

    • Ashburton College, New Zealand

Works by the Artist

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