Pamela Conder  Biographical Summary - 29 solo exhibitions of Pamela Conder’s work have been held in Australia and internationally since 1977. These include 1979 Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Belgium; 1980 Gesellschaftshaus, Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt am Main; and 1984, 1988 Studio 18 Jersey, Channel Islands.   Her work as artist, author and naturalist has been recognized by numerous awards, including 9 Wildlife Art Society of Australasia Awards in the fields of painting, drawing and sculpture (most recently, the 1998 Award or Best Exhibit), as well as 3 Whitley Book Awards from the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales and the Wilderness Society's 1998 Environment Award for Children's Literature. In 1999 she received the Award for Best Exhibit (Painting) at the RSPCA Annual Exhibition. Her ‘Incomplete Book of Australian Mammals’ (in collaboration with Ronald Strahan) was shortlisted for a NSW Premier's Literary Award.  Pamela was named 2009 Wildlife Artist of the Year, and  Winner of the Endangered Species Category at the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. In 1991 Pamela received the prestigious Thomas Ramsay Science and Humanities Fellowship of the Museum of Victoria for her research on Megachiropterans and her subsequent book on Flying-foxes. She has published widely, as author and artist, in a variety of contexts including scientific, popular natural history and children's fiction. She has also travelled extensively, studying wildlife and working for its conservation. Pamela's work is held in public and private collections in Australia and internationally. She has exhibited at the Old Post Office Seymour since it opened in 1992 and also at Louise's previous Gallery in Kinglake.