Annie O'Rourke’s work reveals an enduring interest in the human figure and its relationship to its environment, with her most recent body of work exploring the depiction of women in Australian visual culture and the creation of cultural myths. The pencil under-drawings beneath the paint remain an integral part of her work, revealing the processes of making and the constructed nature of imagery.
O’Rourke recently won the Painting Prize in the 2019 Moreton Bay Art Awards and was overall winner of the 2018 Milburn Prize. Highly Commended in the 2018 Clayton Utz Art Award, she was also selected as a finalist in the 2018 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize (Emerging Category), NAS Gallery, Sydney, on the recommendation of eminent Australian artist Jenny Watson.
