b.1978

currently working and living in Canberra, Australia

Education

2019 Oil Painting with Robin Eley, Art Academy

2019 Oil Painting From Life with David Kassan and Shana Levenson, Art Academy

2016-2019 Mentorship under David Kassan and Shana Levenson, ArtCritAcademy 

2016 Addicted to Oils Portraiture, ANU Centre for Continuing Education

2016 Introduction to Oil Painting, ANU Centre for Continuing Education

Group Exhibitions

2020 Abend 30th Miniature Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, USA

2020 Painting the Figure Now, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, USA

2020 On Show, M16 Gallery, Canberra, ACT

2020 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award, Bega Regional Valley Gallery

2020 Small Works, Abend Gallery, online exhibition

2020 Razor's Edge, 33 Contemporary Gallery, online with Artsy

2020 The Creator and The Muse, 33 Contemporary Gallery, online with Artsy

2020 Storytellers, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2020 The Darling Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT

2019 The Lester Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of WA, Perth

2018 Downlands Art Exhibition, Toowoomba, QLD

2018 All Saints' Ainslie Art Show, Canberra, ACT

2018 Twitter Art Exhibition, Canberra, ACT

2017 Cliftons Art Prize, Canberra, ACT

Achievements

2020 Semi Finalist, 15th International Arc Salon

2020 Semi Finalist, The Lester Prize for Portraiture

2020 Finalist, Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award

2020 Finalist, The Darling Portrait Prize

2019 Finalist, The Lester Prize for Portraiture

2019 Finalist, 14th International ARC Salon

2018 Semi Finalist, Doug Moran Art Prize

2017 Peoples Choice Award, Cliftons Art Prize

Publications/Media

2020 Artelibre Arte y Libertad XV 

https://www.artelibre-store.com/libros-arte-y-libertad/

2020 Realism Today, Flowers and Faces: Photorealistic Still Life Portraits https://realismtoday.com/flowers-and-faces-photorealistic-still-life-portraits/ 

2020 Realism Ambassador of the Week, Realism Today

https://realismtoday.com/realism-ambassador-of-the-week-narelle-zeller/

2020 Artists Can interview https://artistscan.wixsite.com/artistscan/post/narelle-zeller

2020 Oz Arts Magazine, Issue 21 Spring edition 

https://www.ozarts.net.au/images/oz-arts/2020-spring/shirley-hannan-prize.pdf

2020 Razor's Edge catalogue, Poets and Artists https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1760321

2020 StoryTellers catalogue, Poets and Artists and Flinders Lane Gallery

https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1734125

2019 Poets and Artists Magazine, issue #106 Provocative Patterns https://www.poetsandartists.com/social/issue-106-provocative-patterns-download 

2018 Visual Art Canberra http://www.visualartcanberra.com/zeller-narelle/

2017 The Guide Artists Magazine https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/58618255/issue-4-june-2017

Memberships

National Portrait Gallery

PoetsArtists

Canberra Art Workshop