Artist Biography
CAREER
Freelance Botanic Artist - 2008-current
Tour Manager, Australians Studying Abroad - 2009-current
MEMBERSHIPS
Société Française d'illustration Botanique, Paris, France
Friends of the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Mt Macedon Horticultural Society, Victoria, Australia
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 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens 2015
Les Journes des Plantes - ‘Jardin gourmand’ - Domaine de Chantilly, France 2016
The Art of Botanical Illustration – A New Direction 2016 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens
Journees des Plantes – ‘Jardinez en Technicolor’ - Domaine de Chantilly, France 2017
reframing Nature – Natural History Exhibition - Melbourne Botanic Gardens 2017
The Art of Botanical Illustration – 2018 - Melbourne Botanic Gardens
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
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