Mia Laing
Mia has been painting professionally in oils since 2012. Having dabbled in children’s illustration prior to that, the illustration genre still highly influences her art of today. Her recent works have storytelling as their basis, often with a touch of humour and are intricately detailed, collated from numerous reference photos.
Mia actively encourages and pursues non traditional ways of bringing her artwork into the public eye other than just as a painting, which has kept her artistic journey interesting and energised. She enjoys licensing
her artworks with Lalalandshop Australia and has licensed with Disney Australia, Screen Australia and Dingo Jazz Magazine. Mia recently created two bespoke artworks for use as prints in the newly renovated ‘The Timothee Resort’ in Busselton.
Licensing
Lalalandshop – Greeting cards and merchandise available in stores Australia wide and online.
2024 Artist in Residence The Timothee Resort Busselton WA ( 2 Bespoke artworks created for each room as prints)
2023 Screen Australia – Licensed 4 artworks for onset filming of Season Two ‘The Twelve’ (Yet to be released.)
2020 Disney Australia – collaboration with Bluethumb Art to create a artwork for the release of ‘The One and Only
Ivan’
Awards
● 2024 Finalist (11 Only) Unveiled Round Robin Exhibition Aspire Gallery Queensland (July 24)
● 2022 Runner Up Maritime Art Award Melbourne (Bounded By Sea)
● 2020 Winner People’s Choice – Mandjar Art Award 2020 (Sunset Love)
● 2017 Winner People’s Choice – Mid West Art Award 2017 (‘Electric Blue’)
● 2016 Winner ‘Best Oil’ – West Australian Society of Arts Annual Show 2016 – ( ‘Drift’ )
● 2015 Winner People’s Choice – West Australian Society of Arts Annual Show – 2015 (“Reflection”)
● 2014 Winner Framers’s (Curator’s Choice) Prize – Perth Royal Agricultural Show – 2014 (“Reflection”)
● 2013 Highly Commended – West Australian Society of Arts Annual Show – 2013 (Peaches and Pottery”)
● 2012 Winner People’s Choice Award – Town of Mosman Park Art Awards – 2012 (“Look Before You Leap”)
● 2012 Winner First Prize – SAVE Animal Art Awards 2012 Perth Expo – 2012 (“Girl’s Best Friend”)
Small Shows
2024 September – Perfectly Still (9 Botanical Artists)
● 2019 Kidogo JAM (With Joanne Duffy and Alix Korte) Kidogo Art house Fremantle 14-20th November 2019
● Artists In Perth Publication
● 2016 Three Palettes Exhibition (With Alicia Gorey, Jan Brown) – Moore’s Building Contemporary Art Gallery
Fremantle, 1st – 17th April 2016
Group Exhibitions
2024
● Aspire Gallery Queensland Little Feature May
● Finalist of only 11 – Unveiled Show Aspire Gallery Queensland (July)
● WASA Annual Show
● Churchlands Senior High School Art Exhibition
● Temp200 – Victoria Park
● Bluethumb 40×40 Group Show Adelaide
2023
● Walmsley Lane Artists
● Beverley Station Arts Award
● West Australian Society of Arts
● Army Art
● Churchlands Senior High School Art Exhibition
● Cossack Art Award
● Bluethumb Art award Finalist
● Lifeline Juniper Galleries
2022
● Army Art
● Bluethumb Art Award Finalist
● Morowa Art Exhibition
● Mission to seafarers Maritime Art Award (Prize winner)
● Melville Art Award
● Lifeline Art – Juniper Galleries
● Juniper Galleries
● West Australian Society of Arts
● Guest Artist for 2022 Churchlands Art Award
● Hale School Art Award
● Kalgoorlie Art Award
● Cossack Art Prize
2021
● Army Art 2021
● West Australian Society of Arts
● Perth College Exhibition
● Melville Art Award Finalist
● Stirling Art Award Finalist
● Bluethumb Art Award 2021 Finalist
● Art For The Animals invited Artist
● Hale School Art award
● Kalgoorlie Art Award
● Cossack Art Prize Finalist
2020
● Melville Art Awards 2020
● Finalist York Botanical Art Prize
● Mandjar Art Exhibition (Award Winner)
● Hale School Art Exhibition
2019
● Hale School Art Exhibition
● Rottnest Foundation Art Award
● Beverley Art Award
● West Australian Society of Arts
● Petrichor Little Big Art Award
● Perth College Exhibition
● Donated painting Starlight Children’s Foundation
2018
● Beverley Art Awards
● Kalgoorlie Art Prize
● Churchlands Senior High School
● West Australian Society of Arts
● Cossack Art awards
● Perth Art UpMarket (Stall Holder)
● Pup Art for Guide Dogs WA exhibition
● 70 Violins for 70 years
2017
● Newman College
● Cliftons Art Award
● Perth College
● MLC Ladies College
● Beverley Art Prize
● Mandjar Art Prize
● West Australian Society of Art
● Churchlands Senior High School
● Mid West Art Awards (PRIZE WINNER – People’s Choice)
● Kalgoorlie Art Awards
● Melville Art Awards
● Royal Agricultural Show Inaugural Landscape Prize Finalist
● St Marks College (Featured Artist)
● Bencubbin 100 yr Celebrations Featured Artist
2016
● Newman College Art Expo (invitation only)
● West Australian Society of Arts Annual Show (Prize Winner)
● Army Art (invitation only – August)
● Claremont Art Awards
● Finalist Clifton Art Awards (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, HongKong- 100 finalist only)
● St Marks College art awards
2015
● Newman College Art Expo (Invitation only)
● PUBLIC Salon 2015
● West Australian Society of Arts Annual Show (Prize Winner)
● City of Wanneroo Art Awards
● Perth Royal Agricultural Show
2014
● Newman College Art Expo (Invitation only)
● West Australian Society of Arts Annual Show
● Perth Royal Agricultural Show (Prize Winner)
● Natural Environment Exhibition, ENEX100 Perth City
● City of South Perth Emerging Art Awards
2013
● Newman College Art Expo (Invitation only)
● West Australian Society of Arts Annual Show (Highly Commended)
● Perth Royal Agricultural Show
● City of South Perth Emerging Art Awards
2012
● City of Mosman Park Art Awards (People’s Choice Winner)
● Perth Art Expo – University of WA (Animal Art Award 1st Prize Winner)
● Perth Royal Agricultural Show
● City of South Perth Emerging Art Awards
