Gemma Rose Brook graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Adelaide Central School of Art in 2019 and since then has established a strong emerging practice throughout South Australia. In her first year of professional practice she was awarded a year long Artist Residency at Carclew House and the Carclew Fellowship where she had the opportunity to be mentored by Sydney based painter Tom Carment, and complete further study interstate including a Masterclass at the National Art School. In 2020, Gemma was a finalist in the Heysen Prize for Landscape and in the same year won 1st place in the Royal Society of the Arts Youthscape Prize. In 2021, Gemma received a grant for Adelaide Central School of Art to support her successful solo exhibition at Floating Goose Studios based on her time in the APY lands. Last year she was also selected for the Gallery M Art Prize and set up a studio in Verdun in the Adelaide Hills while painting for interstate shows in NSW. Her work is highly collected.