Prizes:
Finalist, Kennedy Art Prize 2018
Second Prize, SmallWorks 2016, Brunswick Street Gallery
Exhibition history:
Solo:
The Absence of Narrative, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, 20 October - 1 November 2017.
Unreadable Presence, Alternating Current ArtSpace, 248 High Street, Windsor, 3 - 25 March 2017.
Postcards from Hockney and other paintings, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Collingwood, 25 May - 12 June 2016.
Olga Tsara - Paintings, 69 Smith Street Gallery, 15 April - 3 May 2015
Curated:
Untitled Exhibition About Art (curated with Sophie Fitsioris), Artemisia Gallery & Event Space, 248 High Street, Windsor, 23 April-4 May 2025
Domestica Fantastica (curated with Andrea Hughes and Kelly Sullivan), Various Space, 25 Main Street, Foster, 3960, 1 February-3 March 2025
Scavengers: 12 artists (curated with Polly Hollyoak and Andrea Hughes), Alternating Current ArtSpace, 248 High Street, Windsor, 6-21 December 2019
Made to Measure, (curated with Polly Hollyoak), Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, 22 October-17 November 2019
Scavenged: Hollyoak, Hughes, Tsara, (curated with Polly Hollyoak and Andrea Hughes), Black Cat Gallery, 95 Johnston Street, Collingwood, 4-14 April 2019
The Quieter You Are, The More You Can Hear, (curated with Andrea Hughes and Kate Walsh), Alternating Current ArtSpace, 248 High Street, Windsor, 5-28 July 2018
Group:
The Fitzroy Fifty-Five, Fitzroy Public Gallery, Level 2, 125 Smith Street, Fitzroy, 7-15 September 2025
Still Life, Sol Gallery, 420 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 1 July-13 July 2025
Mask: the art of concealing and revealing, Artemisia Gallery & Event Space, 248 High Street, Windsor, 21 August-1 September 2024
Grand Opening Group Show, Artemis Gallery & Event Space, 248 High Street, Windsor, 17-28 April 2024
Buy or Cry, Sol Gallery, 420 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 13-26 December 2023
Luscious, BrightSpace, 8 Martin Street, St Kilda, 17-24 June 2023
Autumn Harvest, Sol Gallery, 420 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 20-31 March 2023
New Milestone, Alternating Current ArtSpace, 248 High Street, Windsor, 3-25 March 2023
Falling Out of Red, Sol Gallery, 420 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 8-19 February 2023
Oprah has an Arts Degree, Black Cat Gallery, 95 Johnston Street, Collingwood, 30 June-11 July 2021
Compact, Alternating Current ArtSpace, 248 High Street, Windsor, 21 May-12 June 2021
FireAid Art Bushfire Relief Benefit, Satellite Gallery, The Old Bar, 74-76 Johnston Street, Fitzroy, 4-18 January 2020
Scavengers: 12 artists, (curated with Polly Hollyoak and Andrea Hughes), Alternating Current ArtSpace, 248 High Street, Windsor, 6-21 December 2019
A Room of Her Own, BrightSpace, 8 Martin Street, St Kilda, 4-7 November 2019
Made to Measure, (curated with Polly Hollyoak), Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, 22 October-17 November 2019
Compact, Alternating Current ArtSpace, 248 High Street, Windsor, 24 May-15 June 2019
Brilliant Brolly Competition, Duldig Studio Museum & Sculpture Garden, 92 Burke Road, Malvern East, 6 April 2019 (WINNING ENTRY)
Scavenged: Hollyoak, Hughes, Tsara, (curated with Polly Hollyoak and Andrea Hughes), Black Cat Gallery, 95 Johnston Street, Collingwood, 4-14 April 2019
Kennedy Art Prize 2018, Royal South Australian Society of Arts, North Terrace & Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, SA, 7 - 23 September 2018
The Art of Football Mark II - Finding Marn Grook, MIM, 27 Deakin, Mildura, 22 August - 22 September 2018
Antipodean Palette 2018, Steps Gallery, 62 Lygon Street, Carlton, 3-9 August 2018
The Quieter You Are, The More You Can Hear, (curated with Andrea Hughes and Kate Walsh), Alternating Current ArtSpace, 248 High Street, Windsor, 5-28 July 2018
The Exquisite Palette Show, (St. Luke Artists Colourmen, curators), Tacit Galleries, 123a Gipps Street, Collingwood, 6 June - 1 July 2018
You Kick Like a Girl, Red Gallery, 157 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North, 1 - 18 February 2018
Face to Face, Black Cat Gallery, 95 Johnston Street, Collingwood, 17 -28 January 2018
SmallWorks, Brunswick Street Gallery, 322 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 8 December 2017 - 3 January 2018
Linden Postcard Show 2017-18, Linden New Art, Domain House, Dallas Brooks Drive, South Yarra, 10 November 2017 - 23 February 2018
Movement, 69 Smith Collective, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, 117 Vere Street, Abbotsford, 3-20 August 2017
Black & White, Black Cat Gallery, 95 Johnston Street, Collingwood, 1 -20 June 2017
SmallWorks 2017, Brunswick Street Gallery, 322 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 7 May - 2 June 2017
40 x 40 2016, Brunswick Street Gallery, 322 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 11 December 2016 - 21 January 2017
Summer Salon, Alternating Current ArtSpace, 248 High Street, Windsor, 30 November - 17 December 2016
All I Wish, Black Cat Gallery, 1103 Burke Road, Hawthorn East, 1- 20 December 2016
Belle Arti 2016, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, 350 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, 13 July - 27 August 2016
SmallWorks 2016, Brunswick Street Gallery, 322 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 15 May - 4 June, 2016. (SECOND PRIZE)
Wildcards & Fugitives, Joyce McGrath Gallery, State Library of Victoria, 5 May - 31 July 2016
Chalk and Cheese, Alternating Current ArtSpace, 248 High Street, Windsor, 1 - 24 April, 2016
40 x 40 2015, Brunswick Street Gallery, 322 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 14 December 2015 - 16 January 2016
End of Year Prize Show, 69 Smith Street Gallery, 2 - 20 December 2015
Girlhood #2, Union Club Hotel, 164 Gore Street, Fitzroy, 20-26 November 2015
The People's Palace, Joyce McGrath Gallery, State Library of Victoria, 11 April – 31 May 2013
Visions of Self and Others, Joyce McGrath Gallery, State Library of Victoria, 29 March - 7 May 2012
Publications
Essays:
The Coppin Collection at the State Library Victoria, On Stage, Theatre Heritage Victoria, March 1, 2025
Women’s Work-Resistance Work: The Political Graphics of Feminism in 1980s Melbourne, RMIT Design Archives Journal, vol 13, no 1, 2023, pp. 80-91, April 3 2023. Essays and catalogue to accompany the exhibition ‘Radical Utopia: and archaeology of a creative city’, RMIT Gallery, February-May 2023
pdf: https://www.academia.edu/100082146/Radical_Utopia
Edna Walling’s pictures, La Trobe Journal, No 107, November 2022
Juan Davila collection of sketchbooks, La Trobe Journal, No 100, September 2017
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/La-Trobe-Journal-100-Olga-Tsara-02.pdf
Howard Arkley Archive, La Trobe Journal, No 107, September 2017
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/La-Trobe-Journal-100-Olga-Tsara-01.pdf
World War I posters from the State Library Victoria collection, La Trobe Journal, No 198, Spring 2016
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/La-Trobe-Journal-98-Olga-Tsara.pdf
The Mystery of the Peruvian Photographs, La Trobe Journal, No 88, December 2011
https://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-88/t1-g-t14.html
Agitation Propaganda Posters in the State Library of Victoria: production, perception, preservation, La Trobe Journal, No 84, December 2009
https://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t6.html
Linnaeus Tripe’s Views of Burma, La Trobe Journal, No 79, Autumn 2007
https://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-79/t1-g-t6.html
The Art of revolution: Political posters in the RedPlanet archive, La Trobe Journal, No 75, Autumn 2005
https://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-75/t1-g-t11.html
The Postmodern advertising message: take it or leave it, All the rage: the poster in Victoria 1850-2000, [catalogue], Melbourne, State Library of Victoria, 2001
Troedel & Co.: Master Printers and Lithographers, La Trobe Journal, No 62, Spring 1998
https://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-62/t1-g-t7.html
Blogs:
Ailsa O’Connor: highlights of a life of socialist activism, feminism and art, State Library Victoria, March 23, 2026
Think globally, act locally: feminist posters by Australian women artists from 1970s-1990s, State Library Victoria, March 27, 2025
Beauty spots: from facial flaws to fashion statements, State Library Victoria, September 6, 2018
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/beauty-spots-from-facial-flaws-to-fashion-statements/
The breaking of the drought: silent movies and photography, State Library Victoria, July 30, 2018
Sybil Craig: a life in pictures, State Library Victoria, March 7, 2018
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/sybil-craig-a-life-in-pictures/
The art of shadows: Andrew Macredie’s silhouettes, State Library Victoria, December 1, 2017
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-art-of-shadows-andrew-macredies-silhouettes/
Ruth Hollick and early Australian fashion photography, State Library Victoria, August 30, 2017
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/ruth-hollick-and-early-australian-fashion-photography/
Australian ornithologists in Siberia, State Library Victoria, April 28, 2017
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/australian-ornithologists-in-siberia/
The politics of poster making: the RedPlanet archive, State Library Victoria, November 11, 2016
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-politics-of-poster-making-the-redplanet-archive/
WWI posters from the Library’s collection, State Library Victoria, April 21, 2016
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/wwi-posters-from-the-librarys-collection/
The discovery of a plan, State Library Victoria, February 17, 2016
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-discovery-of-a-plan/
The Howard Arkley Archive, State Library Victoria, December 14, 2015
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-howard-arkley-archive/
Australian Performing Group, State Library Victoria, April 6, 2013 (jointly written with Keri Hall)
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/australian-performing-group/