ANNE BLAIR-HICKMAN

Visual Artist | Museum Educator | Community Arts Practitioner

www.annebh.com | Uralla, NSW, Australia

PROFILE

Anne Blair-Hickman is a process-based visual artist, museum educator and community arts practitioner working across painting, printmaking, photography and participatory arts practice. Her work explores themes of memory, place, belonging and connection, and is informed by a strong interest in learning, observation and creative inquiry.

EDUCATION

2022  Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
2021  Certificate Art Therapy for Community Connection, TAFE NSW
2019  Diploma of Visual Arts, Nepean Arts and Design Centre, TAFE NSW

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026  Across the Ditch, Black Gulley Printmakers, New England Regional Art Museum

2023 All that Glitters, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

2023 Thinking Outside the Frox, Mounted ARI, Blue Mountains

2022 Grad Show, National Art School

2022 Blue Mountains Art Prize, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Katoomba

2021 Margaret Olley Drawing Week, Rayner Hoff Project Space, National Art School, Sydney

2021 Reclamation: Exploring Memory, Mounted ARI, Springwood

2021 Collaborative Art Project, BMCAN / Mounted Ari Joint Initiative, Co-facilitated and participant

20202 Blue Mountains Print Making Prize Exhibition, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook

2019 Springwood Community Art Centre 50th Anniversary, Braemar Gallery, Springwood 

2019 100 Lines” Group Exhibition, Trapezium Gallery, Nepean Art and Design Centre, Kingswood

2019 Sydney Design Festival, Trapezium Gallery, Nepean Art and Design Centre, Kingswood 

2019 Blue Mountains Portraits Exhibition, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Blue Mountains City Art Gallery

2019 Sculpture at the Palais, The Palais Royale, Katoomba

2018 Blue Mountains Artfest, Wentworth Falls Public School

2018 Me, Myself, I, Trapezium Gallery, Nepean Art and Design Centre, Kingswood

2018 The Great Zig Zag Exhibition, Gang Gang Gallery, Lithgow

2018 Blue Mountains Arts Trail, Open Studio

2018 Annual Art and Textiles Exhibition, Springwood Community Arts Centre

2018Autumn Exhibition, The Edge Gallery, Katoomba

2018 Slap Art Exhibition, Studio W, Woollomoolloo

AWARDS, GRANTS & FUNDING

2026  Young Arts Awards – Congolese ArtPlay Project
2026  Young Arts Awards – ArtPlay Program
2023  Builder's Accolade, Blue Mountains Art Prize
2018  Overall Winner, Annual Art & Textiles Exhibition
2018  People's Choice Award, Annual Art & Textiles Exhibition

COMMUNITY ARTS & MUSEUM PRACTICE

2025–Present  Education Officer, New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM)

Development and delivery of curriculum-aligned school programs, gallery tours, workshops, educator resources, community engagement initiatives and wellbeing programs. Selected programs include:
• Remembering with Art
• ArtPlay
• NERAM Creative Kids
• School Holiday Programs
• School Outreach
• UNESAP

SELECTED PROJECTS

2025  Creative Streets Festival
Project coordinator for collaborative public art installation involving preschool children from across the Armidale region.

2025–Present  Remembering with Art
Monthly gallery-based arts engagement program for people living with dementia, aged care residents and community participants.

2025–Present  ArtPlay
Weekly creative learning program for babies, toddlers, preschool children and carers.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & ARTS LEADERSHIP

2025–2026  Selection Panel Member, University of New England School Acquisitive Prize (UNESAP)
2025–2026  Judge, Guyra Art Show
2026  Judge, St Mary's Primary School Art Show

RESIDENCIES, INTERNSHIPS & SPECIAL PROJECTS

2024  Studio Assistant (NAS Internship) / Art Centre Manager (Contractor)
Tapatjatjaka Art & Craft Centre, Titjikala, Central Australia

PROFESSIONAL ARTS EXPERIENCE

2023  Gallery & Curatorial Assistant, Norman Lindsay Gallery
2023–2024  Property Manager, Everglades House & Gardens (National Trust)
2022  Workshop Supervisor, NAS NEO, National Art School
2022  Gallery Assistant, National Art School Gallery

MEMBERSHIPS

National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
Black Gulley Printmakers