Our story
Mirree is a highly successful and acclaimed Contemporary Aboriginal Artist.
She works full-time as a professional Contemporary Aboriginal painter, residing in Wiradjuri country.
Mirree has developed her style over many years to produce a unique and individual style, consisting of layers of paint & color, line and dot work. Mirree begun painting in 1996, she started to promote her work overseas in 2013.
Mirree travels overseas to promote her Artworks to the world in places such as Sydney, Canberra, New York, Miami & India. Her goal is to reach other places such as China, Japan, Dubai, Europe and Canada.
Mirree has achieved great success over the years including Innovation & Excellence Awards 2023 for Contemporary Artist of the Year and Best Contemporary Artist of the Year Award in 2022. She has been featured in a range of publications that celebrate her achievements in creating uniquely individual and eye-popping Aboriginal paintings.
Below is the current up-to-date list of her works on display around the globe.
Education:
2010 Penrith Valley Business Enterprise Centre,
Small Business Management Cert.4
2004 University of Newcastle, BA Fine Art
1998 TAFE DUBBO NSW, Visual Arts Cert.3
1997 TAFE DUBBO NSW, Drawing Fundamentals Cert.2
1996 TAFE Macquarie Fields NSW, Visual Merchandising
Exhbitions:
SOLO
2013 Hidden World Part: 3, Kimbells Café Wellington 2009
Hidden World Part: 2, Yala Café CIT Canberra
2009 Hidden World, Sassafras Creek Café Kurrajong Village
2005 The All Seeing Eye, Three Monkey’s Café Newcastle
2004 Remembrance, Host Gallery Newcastle
2003 Instinct 1998-2003, Watt Space Gallery Newcastle
2000 Artist of the Month, Dubbo Regional Gallery
GROUP
2023-2022 Raising awareness of Mental Health through Art, Royal Children's Hospital Foundation
2020 ChaShaMa Gala, NYC
2020 She Persisted Exhibition The Armory Show - Affordable Art Fair, NYC
2019 "One Self" Exhibition in partnership with the ChaShaMa Gallery (Aboriginal Boy Art)
2019 Affordable Art Fair, NYC
2019 Her Story After Party See Me, Digital Display NYC (Brolga Babies Art)
2017 Mediating Dreams, New Delhi India
2016 Creators Deserve to be Seen, Times Square, NYC
2015 Scope Miami Beach, See Me Miami
2014 Art Takes Time Square, NYC
2014 Art in Review, See Me, NYC
2014 Art Takes Paris, NYC
2014 Water, Sree Art Gallery, New Delhi
2014 Aqua Aegis, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
2014 “Confluence ‘14 (An International Artist Show), New Delhi
2014 Multi-Cultural Festival, Canberra
2013 Scope Art takes Miami, See Me Miami
2013 Creatives Rising, See Me NYC
2013 The Story of the Creative, See Me NYC
2013 Multi-Cultural Festival, Canberra
2010 It’z az Plain az Black And White, Darlinghurst
2004 Annual Student Acquisitive, Watt Space Newcastle Gallery
2003 Butterfly Effect, Spirit of Place Gallery Austinmer
2003 The University of Newcastle Faculty Staff & Student Exhibition, McMaster Gallery, South Carolina US
2003 Tertiary Student Art Exhibition, Maitland
2003 The Weston Art Show, Kurri Kurri
2003 Alternate Realities, Watt Space Gallery Newcastle
2003 International Women’s Day, Hunter Women’s Centre Newcastle
2002 Annual Student Acquisitive, Watt Space Gallery Newcastle
2002 Contact, Watt Space Gallery Newcastle
2001 Annual Student Acquisitive, Watt Space Gallery Newcastle
2001 Aboriginal Olympics Exhibition, Olympic Park
1998 Essence, Dubbo Regional Library
1997 TAFE Exhibition, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
COMMUNITY ARTS, PRIZES & SCHOLARSHIPS
2024 Innovation & Excellence Awards for Contemporary Artist of the Year: Art by Mirree
2023 Innovation & Excellence Awards for Contemporary Artist of the Year: Art by Mirree
2022 Innovation & Excellence Awards for Contemporary Artist of the Year: Dreams of Creation Australia
2022 Best Contemporary Artist of the Year Award: Mirree Bayliss
2018 Inaugural NSW Aboriginal Arts & Cultural exchange Bathurst
2017 Rare Birds Mentoring Scholarship
2014 Kew Y Ahn Gallery Family Fun Day, Hartley
2014 Gilgandra Tourist Information Centre, Gilgandra
2014 Black Arts Market, Sydney
2013 Indigenous Fashion & Textile Design Scholarship, Melbourne
2013 Dubbo Tourist Information Centre, Dubbo
2013 Dubbo Sprout Café, Dubbo
2009 Canberra Teacher of the Year Award, Canberra
2002 Beautiful Garden Mural, Newcastle
1998 Festival of the Red Earth, Window Painting, Dubbo RSL
1997 Aussie Outback Mural, Mendooran
EMPLOYMENT
2010-2024 Self-Employed Professional Artist, Author & Entrepreneur
2006-2009 Canberra Institute of Technology, Canberra, ACT Aboriginal Indigenous Art Teacher
PUBLICATIONS:
2023 Dreamtime Stories of The Dingo (updated version)
2023 The Colouring Book of Dingo Dreamings (updated version)
2022 The Colouring Book of Flower Medicine
2022 The Colouring Book of Flower Medicine Companion Book
2022 The Limited Edition Dreamtime Oracle Card Deck and Guidebook
2020 The Colouring Book of Animal Totems
2020 The Colouring Book of Animal Totems Companion Book
2019 Dreamtime Stories of The Dingo (sold out)
2018 The Colouring Book of Dingo Dreamings (sold out)
2017 The Dreamtime Oracle Cards & Guidebook (sold out)
2017 Universal Spirit Dreaming Colouring Book (sold out)
2016 The Colouring Book of the Dreamtime
2016 The Colouring Book of the Dreamtime Companion Book (sold out)
