Marisa Ballinger Artist
Awards
2026 The Wool Track - Finalist - Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre
2026 Shapeshift - Finalist - Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Gallery
2026 Gently Held & Middle Ground - Finalists - Fairholme Open Art Prize, Toowoomba, Queensland
2025 Carry Our Light - Highly Commended - Flying Arts Alliance Queensland Regional Art Awards Brisbane
2025 Ngurrampaa - Winner - Macquarie Emerging Artist Prize Sydney
2025 Push & Pull - Winner - Fairholme Open Art Prize Toowoomba Queensland
2024 Ngurrampaa - Local Excellence Award – UniSQ Biennial Art Awards, University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Symbiosis - University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba
Group Exhibitions
2026 Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre
2026 Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Gallery
2026 Museum of Health, Toowoomba Hospital Foundation
2026 QRRA Touring exhibition -Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, St George, Brisbane
2026 Facets Fairholme Open Art Prize exhibition, Toowoomba
2025 Queensland Regional Art Awards and Touring Exhibition 300 George, Brisbane
2025 The Land & It's Psyche- The Art Space Macquarie Group, Sydney
2025 RME Downlands Art Exhibition - Downlands College, Toowoomba
2025 Kurdinthi National First Nations Weaving Salon - Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2025 Curator's Choice - The Toowoomba Gallery, Queensland
2025 Facets – Fairholme Open Art Prize, Toowoomba, Queensland
2024 Park Perspectives - University of Southern Queeensland
2024 Connections – University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
2024 UniSQ Biennial Art Awards – University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
2024 Other Sites & Destinations – University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
2024 My Backyard - St Andrew’s Hospital Toowoomba, Queensland
2024 Fill Your Eyes – University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
2023 For Our Elders – The Write Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland
2022 Centred – Form to Freedom & Fibre Arts Take Two (Online)
2021 Weaving Connections – Toowoomba Arts Footprint Artist in Residence Project Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Education
Current Bachelor of Visual Arts - University of Southern Queensland (part-time)
2026 Indigenous Knowledge Systems Gathering Symposium - Professor Tyson Yunkaporta - University of Southern Queensland - Ipswich
2025 Kurdinthi National First Nations Weaving Symposium - Adelaide
2025 Yolŋu Weaving with Milingimbi Arts & Bula 'bula Arts (Ramingining) - Ku Arts Light Square, Adelaide
2025 Basket Weaving Workshop with Tjanpi Desert Weavers - Ku Arts Jam Factory, Adelaide
2024 Exhibition Storytelling Workshop - Cara-Ann Simpson curator & artist
2023 McGregor School Weaving Workshop - Kim Ah Sam – University of Southern Queensland
2022 Form to Freedom – Weaving for Fibre Sculpture - Harriet Goodall artist
2021 Deadly Weavers Workshops Toowoomba Arts Footprint Artist in Residence Project – Felicity Chapman artist
2021 First Nations Weaving workshops – Barb Menz-Walker weaver & educator
Achievements
2024 Connections – co- curator University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
2023 For Our Elders – co-curator Naidoc Week exhibition The Write Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland
2023 Wiimali FKG Book Project - co-illustrator and collaborator The Lighthouse Toowoomba and Harlaxton Primary School