About Felicity Spear
Felicity Spear began her working life as an art educator in secondary schools. During this time she travelled overseas extensively. Leaving teaching to have a family, she returned to her own art practice, combining it with further university study in the visual arts. She completed a Master of Arts by Research at RMIT University in 1999 and a Doctor of Philosophy from Monash University in 2007, where she was the recipient of an Australian Post-Graduate Award and a Post-Graduate Travel Grant, assisting her to conduct research in the U.K. in 2004.
Felicity has been awarded two independent residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. She has been shortlisted for a number of prizes, as well as receiving grants for solo and collaborative work. For the past fourteen years she has exhibited with Stephen McLaughlan Gallery in Melbourne and in artist-run spaces and public and commercial galleries in Australia and overseas.
Felicity is a member of N.A.V.A. (National Association of Visual Arts).