Sandie Stewart, acrylic on paper, 300cm x 210cm, 2007

Born Western Australia, 1971
1989–1991 Diploma in Art and Design, WA Met. School of Art and Design
1992–1993 Travel UK
1994–2003 Illustrator and designer, The West Australian Newspaper
5-year Residency at Customs House , Fremantle
2009 – Propel Youth Arts Mentor

2010 – Studio Escalier, Paris, Winter at the Louvre drawing program

Selected awards and commendations
2007 Metro 5 Gallery – finalist
2006 Metro 5 Gallery – finalist
2004 Cromwell’s art prize – finalist
2003 Australian Journalism Association – Print graphics prize
2003 Katanning Art Prize – Highly commended
1997 Nominated for a Walkley Award for ‘artwork’

Selected Exhibitions
2011 ROA Gallery, London, solo

2010 Wagner Art Gallery, NSW, group

2010 Gunyulgup Galleries, WA, solo

2010 Melbourne Art Fair, Perth Galleries, group

2010 Perth Galleries, 'Legacy', WA, solo
2010 Holmes a Court Gallery, 'Ten', group
2009 Gallery 27, 'pack', London, solo
2008 Gunyulgup Galleries, WA, solo
2007 Perth Galleries, WA, ‘Clusters’, solo
2007 Customs House open studio, WA, group
2007 Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA, group
2007 Metro 5, VIC, Finalists, group
2006 Gunyulgup Galleries, WA, solo
2006 Perth Galleries, WA, group
2006 Metro 5, VIC, Finalists, group
2005 48 King St, Perth, WA, solo
2004 Murray St, Perth, WA, solo
2004 Cromwell, NSW, Art Prize Finalists, Sydney, Melb and Washington DC

Publications
• The West Australian, 2010, Review by Ric Spencer
• The West Weekend Magazine, March 2010, 'My Space'
• Australian Art Market Report, January 2010, 'Expat Eye'
• This is London Magazine 2009
• In London 2009
• The London Paper 2009 – Meet the artist
• The Australian Times, London 2009 – Coad breaking
• The West Australian 2009 – Artists puts expats in big picture
• The West Australian 2007– Portraits from face-to-face
• Artists Chronicle– Cover image, Nov 2007
• RTR Fm radio interview – 2007
• The Fremantle Gazette 2007 – ‘Rachel shines again’
• The Fremantle Herald 2006 – ‘Ms Coad cracks it’
• The Fremantle Gazette 2006 – ‘Young artist in hunt for coveted national prize’
• The West Australian 2005 – ‘WA pair up for prize’
• The Great Outdoors, channel 7 – Painting featured in The Outram Hotel
• PostcardsWA – Gallery interview and review – channel 9, 2004
• Perth Woman Magazine 2003 – Artscape ‘Moving pictures’
• The West Australian 2002– ‘Artist frames brothers’, Portrait of the Mickelberg Brothers

Collections
• Janet Holmes a Court Collection
• Cromwell Art Prize Collection.
• Private collections: Australia, Ireland, Holland, Hong Kong Singapore, USA, UK and Japan