Exhibitions & Awards

Eugenie Kawabata is committed to curating design exhibitions, participating in design competitions, awards, and exhibitions as a way of exploring new ideas and expanding her creative vision.

2025

Botanica Exotica: Unknown Civilisation, New York, USA
AM Collective, Atmospheres, Group show

2024

Botanica Exotica: Unknown Civilisation, Adelaide, SA
JamFactory, solo exhibition
Craft Victoria, Fables and Folklore, Group show

2023

Botanica Exotica, Melbourne, VIC
Melbourne Design Fair, Melbourne
Mondopiero, Melbourne Design Week 2023

2022

Shortlisted for the Inde Awards - 'Object’ category, Indo Pacific

Second Life #2, Melbourne, VIC
Exhibition at Mondopiero , Melbourne Design Week 2022.

2021

Wisdom of Objects, Melbourne, VIC
Exhibition curator & exhibiting designer, Melbourne Design Week 2021.

2020

Second Life, Melbourne, VIC
Solo exhibition presented as part of Melbourne Design Week 2020.

2019

Liminal, Melbourne, VIC
A collaborative installation with photographer Adrian Lander and composer Duane MorrisonDuane, presented as part of Melbourne Design Week 2019.

2018

Vivid Design Award, Melbourne, VIC
Finalist for 'Yakka' collection and 'Karijini Twilight' tiered side tables.

Yakka, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, VIC
Solo exhibition Yakka Collection. This was part of Melbourne Design Week 2018,
an initiative by Creative Victoria in partnership with NGV.

How Much Can a Koala Bear, Melbourne, VIC
Exhibition co-curator & exhibiting designer. This was part of Melbourne Design Week 2018, an initiative by Creative Victoria in partnership with NGV.
 

2017

Vivid Design Award, Melbourne, VIC
Finalist for 'Stack' collection
Departures, Melbourne, VIC
NGV Melbourne Design Week
Curator: Eugenie Kawabata & exhibiting designer
Departures was a group design exhibition which was part of Melbourne Design Week 2017, an initiative by Creative Victoria in partnership with NGV.

2016

Elemental Exhibition, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, VIC
Curator: Eugenie Kawabata & exhibiting designer
Fringe Furniture Exhibition, Fringe, Melbourne, VIC
Exhibiting designer
Workshopped 16 Exhibition, Sydney,NSW
Exhibiting designer
Finalist in Vivid Design Award, Decor & Design, 
Melbourne VIC
Exhibiting designer
The Snap Collective, Denfair, Melbourne, VIC
Exhibiting designer

2015

Finalist in Alessi Design Prize for Emerging Designers, Sydney, NSW 
Finalist Vivid Design Award, Melbourne, VIC
Exhibiting designer
Finalist ACE Design Awards, Melbourne, VIC 
Exhibiting designer
Workshopped 15 Exhibition, Sydney NSW 
Exhibiting designer
Fringe Furniture Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC 
Exhibiting designer

2014

Finalist in Edge Design Competition, Sydney NSW  
Exhibiting designer
Finalist Vivid Design Award, Melbourne, VIC  
Exhibiting designer
Finalist AFA Awards, Melbourne, VIC
Exhibiting designer
Fringe Furniture Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC
Exhibiting designer
Made Here Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC 
RMIT Furniture Graduate Exhibition - exhibiting designer