LUCIA MOCNAY
Lucia lives and works in Naarm / Melbourne, Australia
Lucia Mocnay creates anthropomorphic taxidermy using traditional taxidermy skills and a bricolage of authentic antiques, vintage textiles and relics.
Education
2011 Taxidermy, mentored under Mario Pennisi
2005 Certificate 3 Multimedia, Victoria University
2000 Bachelor of Fine Art, Monash University
Solo Shows
2017 ‘Mythologia’ Melbourne City Library
2016 ‘Curios’ beinArt Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 ‘Wyndham Art Prize’ Wyndham Cultural Center, Melbourne
2022 ‘Lake Mac Art Prize’ Museum of Art & Culture, Lake Macquarie
2022 ‘National Capital Art Prize’ Fitters Workshop, Canberra
2022 ‘Scotch Art Show’ Scotch College, Melbourne
2022 ‘The Other Art Fair’ Meat Market, Melbourne
2019 ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne
2019 ‘Make or Break’ – Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
2019 ‘The Other Art Fair’ Kensington, Melbourne
2016 ‘Small Works Show’ beinArt Gallery, Melbourne
2016 ‘beinArt Inaugural Exhibition’ beinArt Gallery, Melbourne
2015 ‘Spirit of Adventure’ CASFFA, ACMI, Melbourne
2015 ‘Coastal with a Twist’ Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
2015 ‘Somewhere Between Walking and Sleeping‘ Dark Horse Experiment, Melbourne
2014 ‘Creature’, Off The Kerb, Melbourne
Collaborative Projects
2011 – present Anthropomorphic Ancestry, photographic collaboration with Aglaia B, Melbourne
Selected Media
beinArt ~ Ethical Taxidermy Writeup ~ 26/5/2016 ~ AUS
The Creators Project ~ Vice Article ~ 26/5/2016 ~ USA
beinArt Artist ~ Artist Collective ~ 3/2016 ~ AUS
The 4th Wall ~ Web Interview & Photo Gallery ~ 17/6/2015 ~ AUS
Makers of Melbourne ~ Interview ~ 22/9/2014 ~ AUS
Bibliography
Jul 2018 – Odd Is Art – Art Book, Worldwide
Dec 2018 – Art/Edit – Issue 16, Australia
Dec 2016 – Conjured Creations, book 2
Jun 2016 – Conjured Creations, book 1
Apr 2015 – #taximag – Issue 3, UK / Europe
Apr 2015 – Inked Magazine – Issue 31, Australia / NZ
Feb 2015 – Things & Ink, Issue 10, Australia
Oct 2014 – Art/Edit magazine, Issue 4, Australia
Oct 2014 – Leader Newspapaer, Wyndham & Hobson’s Bay, Australia
Permanent Display
A large selection of Lucia’s works are on permanent display in museums in South Korea, USA, Canada & Australia.
Private Collections
Perth, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Canada, Norway, Seattle
Awards
2025 1st Prize: Australian Taxidermy Championships: Anthropomorphic
2024 1st Prize: Australian Taxidermy Championships: Anthropomorphic
2023 1st Prize: Australian Taxidermy Championships: Anthropomorphic
2023 Finalist Wyndham Art Prize
2022 Finalist National Capital Art Prize
2022 Finalist Lake Mac Art Prize
1998 1st Prize: Bronze Nose Award, Monash University, Melbourne
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