Libby Moore

After completing an arts degree, Libby went on to study graphic design before developing her art practice as a self-taught painter. At a mature stage in her life, she realised her long-held ambition to formally study fine art, enrolling at the National Art School where she majored in printmaking and graduated in 2025.
 
Working primarily with acrylics in her home studio on Wallumedegal land in north-western Sydney, Libby creates semi-surreal still life tableaux that explore themes of womanhood, maternity and domesticity. Her paintings depict sculptural and functional vessels that echo the female form, imbuing utilitarian objects with distinct personalities; often complex and uncompromising. Through prolonged observation and a kind of silent exchange, they become companions and quiet counsellors within her practice.
 
At OFFMARKET Gallery, Libby continues her dialogue with the glass and ceramic characters discreetly accumulating in her studio. In these works on paper and birch panel, the vessels become her protagonists through which she can reflect on the female experience and the cyclical patterns of human life.
 
Whilst studying and honing her work, Libby has been a finalist in numerous art awards in Australia, held solo exhibitions, and participated in many group shows. She is the recipient of the Hornsby Shire Local Artist Award and the Georges River Art Prize Acquisitive.


Education

Bachelor of Fine Art, National Art School

Graphic Design Diploma, Blake College, London

Bachelor of Arts, University of New England

Solo/Duo Exhibitions

2026 STILL/ALIVE, with Viola Dominello, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre

2025 Dancing on Glass and Skipping with Light, The Corner Store Gallery

2024 Complex Characters in Affable Arrangements, Ditty Wheels

2022 The Attitudes and Antics of Voluptuous Vessels, Ditty Wheels

2018 Clustered, Art Gallery on Darling

 

Finalist and Awards

2026 Mosman Art Walk, finalist

2025 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, finalist

2025 Kennedy Prize, finalist

2025 FACETS The Fairholme Open Art Prize, finalist

2025 INSIDE THIS BOX, The Corner Store Gallery, finalist

2024 National Art School Library Artists’ Book Annual Exhibition, finalist

2024 Basil Sellers Art Prize, finalist

2024 Inaugural Interior Art Prize, Weswal Gallery, finalist

2024 Hornsby Art Prize, finalist

2024 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, finalist

2024 Remagine Art Prize, Wallarobba Art and Cultural Centre, finalist

2024 INSIDE THIS BOX, The Corner Store Gallery, finalist

2023 Georges River Art Prize, Hurstville Museum and Gallery, finalist and winner

2023 Hornsby Art Prize, winner Hornsby Shire Local Artist Award

2023 Inaugural National Art School Library Artists’ Book Annual Exhibition, finalist

2023 The Agency Still Life Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, finalist

2023 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, finalist

2023 First Prize Still Life Award, Aspects Art Show

2023 Contemporary Art Award, Aspects Art Show

2023 Petite Pieces, Aspire Gallery, finalist

2023 INSIDE THIS BOX, The Corner Store Gallery, finalist

2022 Greenway Art Prize, finalist

2022 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, finalist

2022 INSIDE THIS BOX, The Corner Store Gallery, finalist

2021 Bluethumb Art Prize, finalist

2021 Blacktown City Art Prize, finalist

2021 INSIDE THIS BOX, The Corner Store Gallery, finalist

2020 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, finalist

2020 BLUE, Blackstone Gallery Works on Paper, finalist

2020 Basil Sellers Art Prize, finalist

2020 Waverly Art Prize, finalist

2020 HOME, The Corner Store Gallery

2020 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, finalistFinalist and Awards cont.

2020 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award online, finalist

2019 Hornsby Art Prize, finalist

2019 Wingecarribee Landscape Prize,finalist

2019 SMALL! 2019, finalist

2019 Hunters Hills Art Exhibition, finalist, winner Smaller Works Prize

2018 Hornsby Art Prize, finalist

2018 Just a Square, Darling Mills Studio Gallery, finalist

2018 SMALL! 2018, finalist

2018 Epping Arts Fair, major prizewinner

 

Group Exhibitions

2026 Beyond Utility, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery

2025 Summer Group Salon, CBD Gallery

2025 SURFACED, Tiliqua Tiliqua

2025 Sydney Contemporary, Paper Booth, CBD Gallery

2025 NEW VOICES, NAS Graduates Show, CBD Gallery

2025 IGNITE Art Show, Women for Change, The Sibyl Centre

2025 Resident Artist, Art Gallery on Avalon Beach

2024 NAS Grad Show, National Art School

2024 Ode to Spring, Purple Noon Gallery

2024 Second Life, Atherden Street, The Rocks

2024 DELICATESSEN, Project Gallery 90

2024 Explican Natura, The Corner Gallery

2024 Heritage Uncovered, Manning Clark House

2024 Please Stay, Ditty Wheels Gallery

2023 FORCED PARAMETERS, LSG Exhibition, National Art School

2023 Affordable Art Fair, The Brush Artists

2022 UNWRAPPED online show, The Brush Artists

2022 Incognito Art Show

2021 Florescence, Purple Noon Gallery

2021 The Other Art Fair, The Cutaway Barangaroo Reserve

2021 Summer salon, Purple Noon Gallery

2020 Summer stockroom, Michael Reid Murrurundi

2019 Linden Postcard Show

2019 Inverell Art Prize

2019 Lane Cover Art Award

 

Residencies

2023 Arterie Residency, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse

2023 Arterie Residency, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

 

Collections

2023 Georges River Art Prize, winner acquisitive award

2020 Work acquired for private collection of Basil Sellers, AM