Competitions & Awards ::

2023 Oct - Mullum Ingenuity Sculpture Prize - 'Overall winner / Aquisitive Prize'
2022 - Creative Mullum Ingenuity Small Sculpture Prize - 'Peoples Choice Award'
2012 Uki Arts Exhibition - 'People's Choice Award'
2011 Chalk Urban Art Festival - Winner Best Newcomer Award
2010 Street Art Expo - Winner 'Peoples Choice Award'
2009 Chalk the Walk, Surfers Paradise - 'Best Technicall
1994 Spicers Paper Sculpture Competition, Brisbane - 'Overall Winner'

Artworker ::

2025> Trackways Sculpture Inc. Committee
2021 > 2023 - Murwillumbah Arts Trail, Committee
2012 > 2023 - Artist @ Zest Events International
2015 - 2024 - Key Sculptor/ Village Roadshow Studios
2013 > 2014 - Teacher - Artable, Kingscliffe NSW
2014 > 2016 - Monte Mart Artist and Graphic Designer
2012 > 2013 - Manager, Escape Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
2006 > 2008 - CBD Gallery, Assistant Gallery Manager

Media and publications ::

Put Some Colour in Your Life TV Series - Episodes - S1, S3 & S5
Mont Marte artist - Illustrations on printed merchandise

Published art books available online on BLURB

Amelia Batchelor - CV

Amelia has always loved to draw and create from a very early age and was an inspiration to select graphic design as a career choice. With decades of experience in a variety of Queensland based advertising agencies and running her own busineses, she has a vast knowledge and a variety of skills in the advertising industry, managing teams, providing innovative and exceptional creative solutions for clients. Amelia's skills include providing team leadership, technical expertise, project management, client liaison, design & production, as well as creative workshop packages, curatorial expertise and design for exhibitions and displays.

Amelia has worked as a key sculptor at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast for over four years with her highlight GOMA - sculpture from the movie THOR - Ragnarok having selected works exhibited in Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art - Marvel Exhibition 2017. As a key artist and team member of Zest International Entertainment for nearly 10 years working across the country on streetart, murals, 3D artworks and large collaborative projects. Her studies and diploma in Natural History Illustration, led her to spend two years teaching art classes at developing art workshops and classes.
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Gallery Management / Curating / Gallery Assistance

Bird Nerds - Co-creator, manager and curator
Small Works Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW - Owner
Escape Fine Art Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
MealieArt House Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
Brunswick Gallery, Melbourne
[MARS] Melbourne Art Rooms Contemporary Gallery, Melbourne Victoria
Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne Victoria
CBD Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland

- Media / Marketing 
- Online SM Network Coordinator
- Corporate / Community Liaison
- Research / Development
- Public Arts Projects / Workshop coordination
- Theme Decorator / Prop Maker

Licenses
- Working with Children Blue Card - NSW / QLD
- EWP Operator Licence Yellow Card
- General Blue Safety Card
- Public Liability Insurance

Graphic Designer

• Business owner / graphic design - self employed, up to 40+ clients nationally
• Graphic design 1995-2009 full time - Engineering firm
• Graphic design - 1985-1995 full time - advertising agencies and freelance contracts

- Communication - Yearly national group conferences, business networking, client liaison, recruitment and review meetings.
- Management - Organising and facilitatation of teams, team leader and management of an in-house graphic design studio with internal and external clients.
- Financial - Quoting and fee structure reporting, documentation, costing and archiving of projects, audit review meetings.
- Technical

  • Diploma of multimedia - advanced web design and interactive media
  • Diploma Cert - Natural History Illustration
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Procrate
  • Microsoft office
  • SketchUp - 3D modeling
  • Scanning and photo manipulation
  • Photography, model and prop direction
  • Print management
  • Understanding of copyright laws