Belle Raine is an Australian artist born in Byron Bay and currently living and working on Wangal and Gadigal land in Sydney, NSW.

She is currently completing a BFA (hons) at the National Art School and previous to that graduated from the Byron School of Art. Her first solo show, SOS, was at the Tweed Regional Gallery in 2022 with her follow-up solo show, The Volumes at The Project Space, Mullumbimby, in 2023.

She has been selected and participated in various group shows, including the New Frontiers Exhibition 2026, at
Stala Contemporary Gallery in Perth and The Guild of Storytellers 2026 at Wonderground Gallery in the Barossa Valley, SA.

Raine has been a finalist in several art prizes, including the Gallipoli Art Prize in 2020, the Wollumbin Art Award 2022, the Ravenswood Emerging Artist Prize in 2022, for which she was highly commended and the BAM Art Prize in 2023.

Raine was also the recipient of a graduate award at BSA, winning the Byron Arts Magazine award for a 6-page feature in the magazine’s Issue 19 in 2021.

Education

2024 – 2026 The National Art School, BFA (Hons)

2018 –2021 The Byron School of Art, Contemporary Arts Practice

Solo Exhibitions

2023 The Volumes, The Project Space, Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby, NSW

2022 SOS, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW

Group Exhibitions

2026 The Guild of Storytellers, Wonderground Gallery, Seppeltsfield Barossa, SA

2026 Standard, Goodspace Gallery, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW

2026 New Frontiers, Stala Contemporary, Leederville, Perth, WA

2026 Bound, Goodspace Gallery, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW

2025 BFA Grad Show, The National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW

2025 The Artists Signature, Building 5.1.1, The National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW

2023 Byron School of Art 10 Years 2013-2023, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW

2022 Material Thinking, Agnes Contemporary, Murwillumbah, NSW

2020 Abandon Proceedings Graduate Exhibition, Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby, NSW

2019 Proceed with Abandon, Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby, NSW

Art Prizes / Awards

2023 BAM Art Prize, finalist, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, NSW

2022 Wollumbin Art Award, finalist, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW

2021 Ravenswood Emerging Artist Prize, finalist / highly commended, Sydney, NSW

2020 Byron Arts Magazine Graduate Award, Byron School of Art

2020 Gallipoli Art Prize, finalist, Sydney, NSW

Publications

2021 Byron Arts Magazine, feature article, Issue 19, pp 82-87

2021 Byron Arts Magazine, full page ad, Byron School of Art, Issue 18

Collections

Work held in private collections both nationally and internationally.