Artist Biography
CAREER
Freelance Botanic Artist - 2008-current
Tour Manager, Australians Studying Abroad - 2009-current
Tutor of Botanic Art, Geelong Botanic Gardens - 2021-current
Tutor of Botanic Art, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne - 2021-current
MEMBERSHIPS
Société Française d'illustration Botanique, Paris, France
Friends of the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Mt Macedon Horticultural Society, Victoria, Australia - Awarded Life Membership 2024
Friends of the Geelong Botanic Gardens
National Association for the Visual Arts
Botanical Art Society of Australia
Friends of the Melton Botanic Gardens
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
An Inquisitive Eye: the botanical art of Craig Lidgerwood - Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, Melbourne 2012
Small Wonders – Woodend Winter Arts Festival 2015 - Black Anther Gallery, Woodend
Natural Obsession: botanic art of Craig Lidgerwood - Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, Melbourne 2016-2017
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
The Art of Botanic Illustration 2010 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens
Botanica 2012 - Sydney Botanic Gardens
Capturing Flora: 300 years of Australian Botanical Art - Ballarat Art Gallery 2012
The Art of Botanic Illustration 2012 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens
Botanica 2013 - Sydney Botanic Gardens
From the Forest to the Foreshore - Melbourne Botanic Gardens 2013
The Art of Botanical Illustration 2014 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens
17th World Conference of Rose Societes - Lyon Botanic Gardens, France 2015
reframing Nature – Natural History Exhibition 2015 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens 2015
Les Journes des Plantes - ‘Jardin gourmand’ 2016 Domaine de Chantilly, France
The Art of Botanical Illustration – A New Direction - Melbourne Botanic Gardens 2016
Journees des Plantes – ‘Jardinez en Technicolor’ - Domaine de Chantilly, France 2017
reframing Nature – Natural History Exhibition 2017 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens
The Art of Botanical Illustration 2018 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens
reFraming Nature - Natural History Exhibition 2019- Melbourne Botanic Gardens
Artanica - A Botanic Art Exhibition - Mt Macedon Horticultural Society 2019
16th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration - Hunt Institute for Botanical Illustration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 2019-2020
The Art of Botanical Illustration 2020 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens
reFraming Nature 2021 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens
Inspired by Nature Exhibition 2022 - Waterfront Gallery, Geelong
Autumn - Botanic Art - Mt Macedon Horticultural Society 2022
The Art of Botanical Illustration 2022 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens
Flora: the Art and Science of the Plant - Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth 2023
Inspired by Nature - Deakin University Waterfront Gallery, Geelong 2023
Artanica - A Botanic Art Exhibition, Mt Macedon Horticultural Hall 2024
Drawn from Nature: Botanical Illustration between Art and Science, Burrinja Gallery, Upwey 2024
The Art of Botanical Illustration - 2024, Melbourne Botanic Gardens
Bountiful Botanicals - Belco Arts, Belconnen, ACT 2025
Inspired by Nature 9 - Gordon Gallery, Geelong 2025
BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
Dicksonia Rare Plants Manual - Hyland House Publications 2008
Influential Australian Garden People: their stories - Anne Virginia Vale 2016
MEDIA PUBLICATIONS
Art Nation - ‘Craig Lidgerwood: My Secret Art Life’ ABC Television 2010
Bendigo Advertiser - ‘Garden delivers Rare Beauty’ Fairfax Media 2014
The Gardening Magazine - ‘Painting Cactus’ September 2014
The Garden Drum - ‘The Art of Botanical Illustration' October 2014
HMA News Magazine - ‘Living Art – Botanic Artist Craig Lidgerwood’ Horticultural Media Australia 2014
Lifestyle in the Macedon Ranges - ‘A Botanical Breed’ April 2016
Gardening Australia 30th Anniversary - Stephen Ryan - My Garden Path 2019
Gardeners' Gazette - 'Autumn Festival 2022' Autumn 2022
Botanical Art Society of Australia - 'Artist Profile - Craig Lidgerwood' Spring 2023
Botanic News - 'At a Snail's Pace' - Winter 2025
EVENTS
The Gardener’s Library - Melbourne International Flower Show 2014, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
Small Wonders Art Lecture & Lunch - Woodend Winter Arts Festival, Ethic Cafe, Woodend 2015
EDUCATION
Drawing & Watercolour, Council of Adult Education, Melbourne - 1989-90
Botanic art & illustration, Anita Barley, Woodend - 2006-2012
Botanic art & illustration, Anita Barley, Kate Nolan, John Pastoriza-Pinol - Mt Macedon Horticultural Society - 2013-2017
Botanic Art & illustration workshops, Diane Emery, Suzanna Blaxhil, Fiona McKinnon, Margaret Castle, Agathe Ravet-Haevermans - 2008-2011
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, USA - Corymbia filicifolia acquisition - 2025