Amica Aindow (Queensland, Australia) develops her practice from a foundation in fine art and education, shaped by a lifelong fascination with nature’s quiet intelligence. Her early years as an art educator refined her sensitivity to process and perception, teaching her to observe how art can transform both maker and viewer.

In 2016, she left the classroom to devote herself fully to painting, establishing her studio as a space of experimentation and contemplation. There, she began developing her distinctive method of working with fluid mediums: water, ink, air, and time, to form organic patterns that evolve freely before being distilled into calm, balanced compositions.

Her paintings bridge two realms: the physical and the introspective. The shifting patterns of wind, tide, and terrain mirror her exploration of balance, release, and renewal within the self.

Inspired by nature, Aindow works with unpredictable materials such as water-based acrylics and ink, pairing spontaneity with deliberate restraint. Each painting begins in surrender, a first splash that moves beyond control, as pigment flows and merges across the surface in a quiet dialogue of colour, form, and texture. Hours dissolve as the composition unfolds, guided by intuition and chance.

This living undercurrent becomes the foundation for her refined surfaces. Drawing on the Japanese concept of Ma, the space between, she pares back the work to its essential form, allowing negative space to hold as much meaning as what remains. The final composition breathes: raw yet serene, sacred in its simplicity, a meeting point between chaos and calm.

Her work has been exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, with features in The Block and Grand Designs.

b. 1978 Hanover, West Germany.BVA, BED (sec), Queensland University of Technology, 2003.Lives and works in Toowoomba. Qld. Australia.

SOLO 

2024 Paradox, Solo Exhibition,  Art Images Gallery. 24 May - 26 June2023Feels Like Magic, 2024 Banter. 16th September - 16th October

2023 Botanical Infusions.The Mills Production. 8th September

2021 Wallum Country. Art Images Gallery. 29th January

2018 Held. Art Images Gallery, Norwood, Adelaide.

2018 Essence. Soho Art Gallery, Sydney

2017 Second Nature. BCM Crucible Gallery, Fortitude Valley

2017 Holding Space. Michael Reid Gallery, Murrurundi

SELECTED GROUP

2025 Botanical Floral Exhibition, Group Show, Greenhouse Interiors. Melbourne. September.

2025 Spring Exhibition, Feather & Lawry, September.

2025 The Other Art Fair, Sydney. March.

2024 Breaking Boundaries, Art Lovers Gallery, Melbourne, 7 Apr - 11 May
2024 Petite Collection, Think Pink II, 21 Feb - 21st March
2024 Biophilic Exhibition, Art Lovers Gallery, Melbourne, 10 Feb - 23 Mar
2023 Surface, Art Lovers Gallery, Melbourne. Oct 7th - Nov 18th
2023 Abstract Observations. Art Images Gallery. Adelaide Jun 30- Jul 31st.
2022 TEN Artprenr. Brisbane. 23 Nov - 19 Dec 2022
2022 Less Is More. Art Lovers Gallery. Gold Coast. 

2020 Abstract in Nature. Art Images Gallery. Adelaide.

2020 Toowoomba Grammar Show. Toowoomba Grammar School.

2019 The Other Art Fair, Sydney.

2019 Ten – joint exhibition. White Canvas Gallery, Brisbane.

2018 Voyage – joint exhibition. Left Bank Gallery Gold Coast.

2018 The Other Art Fair. Sydney.

2017 Christmas Exhibition. Art Images Gallery, Adelaide.

2017 The Other Art Fair, Melbourne.2017 [6x6] -Group show. Metropolis Gallery, Geelong.

2017 Dual Elements – joint exhibition. Left Bank Gallery, Gold Coast.

2016 Ambience Store Project – feature artist. Newfarm.

2016 Unchartered, the Space Between, joint exhibition. The Garden Haus, Maleny.

2016 Taking it to the Edge – group exhibition. Gympie Regional Gallery.

2016 Taste of Art - group exhibition. Noosa Art Gallery.2016 Rush Art Exhibition | Gympie Regional Gallery.

AWARDS

2019 Finalist, Art Lovers Australia Prize.

2018 Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards Queensland.
2018 Shortlisted, Art Lovers Australia Prize.

KNOWN COLLECTIONS

The Crown Hotel, Sydney. The Star Casino, Sydney. The Block Elsternwick, The Block, St Kilda, St John of God Berwick Hospital, Melbourne. Anglicare, Southern Queensland Meglio Therapeutics, Noosa.  Stocklands, Northlakes Retirement Village. Olympus Medical, Olympic Park, Sydney.
* Private Collections in Australia, Greece, Tokyo, Hong Kong, South America and the U.S.A 

TEXT

2018 Briony Downes, Held, Art Images Gallery, | Exhibition Tex

t2018 Briony Downes, Essence, Soho Gallery | Exhibition Text

2017 Danielle Harvey, Second Nature, BCM Crucible Gallery | Exhibition Text

COLLABORATIONS

2018 Racy & Lucky, SISU dress. 2017 Biocup Art Series2017 Woman on the Land, Collab with Racy & Lucky. Wearable Art Project.2016 Collab A nation – Live Artist Performances, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane & Mary St, Gympie. 

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS /PODCASTS

2025 Art + Business + Murals 

2024 Art + Business + Murals - Finding Your Style and Intuitive Work.

2021 Beautiful Chaos Workshop - Gympie Art Gallery.
2021 Beautiful Chaos Workshop - Art Lovers Australia, Gold Coast

2020 Slow Art for the Soul Workshops - Collaboration with Branch & Blossom

2019 Getting Back to What's Important - podcast interview with Laura Horn Art.

2019 Gympie Regional Council Arts & Culture Forum -  Guest Speaker

2019 Trusting Yourself - podcast interview with Abundant Artist

2019 Business of Art Conference. Art Lovers Australia - Panel presenter

2019 The Shape of Things to Come, Noosa Regional Gallery, March -Artist Talk

2019 Beautiful Chaos Workshops – Gympie Regional Gallery. Workshop presenter.

2018  Discover – Youth & Careers Symposium, Creative Industries. Gympie. Guest Speaker

2018 Painting Large: Workshop. Gympie Regional Gallery. July.

2018 Explorations in Abstraction & Monochrome. Workshop Presenter. House of Artisan. 

2018 Intuition & Abstraction: Workshop. Left Bank Gallery& Art Lovers Australia. Gold Coast

2017 Explorations in Abstraction. Workshop Presenter. House of Artisan. Gympie. May

2017 Intuition & Abstraction Workshop. Gympie Regional Gallery-June.

2017 Art Battles. Whole School Interactive Abstract Art Workshop & Auction.  

PRESS | MEDIA 

2022 Art Lovers Australia Exhibition Catalogue "Less Is More"

2019 Art Lovers Australia Blog, There is Beauty in Simplicity. Sunnefa Hamar Penning. 

2019 Australian Country Magazine, Bohemian Bliss, Jan 2019, issue 22.2.2018  “...the creation of tranquil & intuitive abstract art..” Home Design Magazine. Vol. 1`.No.3,

2018 Grand Designs Australia, Series 7 Episode 11, Tallebudgera Valley Queenslander2018 Grand Designs Australia Magazine, Issue 7.4

2018 Pastiche Magazine # 7, August.2018 “Six Standout artists you need to see at The Other Art Fair” Art Edit Magazine. Summer 

2018 Issue.2018 “Expressions in Abstract” Gympie Living Magazine, June. 

2017 Seen on Channel 9, The Block 

2017, Hallway Reveal. Commissioned work for ‘Ronnie & Georgia.

2017 Channel 9 Postcards: Metropolis Gallery

2017 Home Design Magazine, Creative Selection, July. 

2017 “Discovering the Magic of Mess with Sunshine Coast Artist Amica Whincop” Style Media, Mar