Ongoing - Melbourne, Queensland, Australia

Curriculum Vitae

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EDUCATION

2000

Master of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, United States of America.

1996

Bachelor of Visual Arts, (First Class Honors), QUT, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010

Director, Queensland Centre for Contemporary Art (QCCA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2009

Lecturer, Sculpture, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2006

Curator, Debut III, Blindside Artist Run Space, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Committee Member, Blindside Artist Run Space, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

ACADEMIC AWARDS, HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS

2004

Arts Queensland Monthly Grant, Brisbane, Australia.

1998

Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Art Scholarship, South Australian School of Art.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2009

Flasbacks, Metro Arts, Gallery 2, Edward Street, The City, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Flasbacks, Balmoral Room, City Hall, King George Square, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Frequencies, Sherwood Room, City Hall, King George Square, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

2006

INOUT, Blindside Artist Run Space, Nicholas Building, The City, Melbourne, Australia.

2004

Weapons on the Wall, Institute of Modern Art, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2003

Weapons on the Wall, The Farm, The City, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2002

Weapons on the Wall, Queensland University Art Museum, The City, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2000

Hire Me Out, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, Los Angeles, United States of America.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2012

Upcoming (Australian Survey show), curated by Max Presneill, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2010

Videoholica - International Video Art Festival: Keep the Illusion Alive, Varna, Bulgaria.

Premier of Queensland's National New Media Art Award, Gallery of Modern Art, QLD, Australia.

Hobart Art Prize, Hobart Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.

Machinima, The Block, Creative Industries, QUT, QLD, Australia.

Vocal Thoughts, Project 9, Contemporary Art Centre of SA Inc., Adelaide, South Australia.

2009

Sweet Lip, Accidently Annie Street Space Artist Run Iniative (AASS), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Visual Dust, Parer Place screens, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Everything (et al), Metro Arts, Gallery 2, Edward Street, The City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

2007

Christopher Howlett Enterprise: this is not art but design, Post Studio Arts, Melbourne, Australia.

2005

The End, Orange & Brown Overseas, The Block, Creative Industries, QUT, Queensland, Australia. Arc Biennial: Art & Design, City Hall: Sherwood Room, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

2004

Contraband, Stowaway Lounge: Artist-Made Karaoke Videos", 12th Inter-Society of Electronic Arts (ISEA), Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm & Tallinn. Freewaves: Contraband Stowaway Lounge, C-level, China Town, Los Angeles, United States of America.

1999

Ply, Art Center for Design, Pasadena, Los Angeles, United States of America.

1997

Things Visible and Invisible, curated by Linda Michael, Metro Arts, The City, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Group Show, Alderton gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

1996

Cue, KickArts, Cairns Contemporary Art Space, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Australia Asia Pacific Hotel Art Fair, Coronation Drive The City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Das Objekt, Whitebox gallery, The City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Cue, curated by Donna Confetti, Adelaide Fringe Festival, The Grand Lodge of Freemasons, Adelaide, S.A., Australia.

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2011

"Kick Off - curated program of contemporary video art" , Gold Coast Suns Metricon Stadium, QLD, Australia.

2000

QUT Billboard project, Kelvin Grove Road billboard, Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

INTERVIEWS

2010

Australian Art Market Report, Interview by Serena Bentley, Issue 36, April, Paddington, NSW, Australia.

PUBLICATIONS

2010

"In the not too distant future" by José Da Silva, Premier of Queensland's National New Media Art Award Catalogue Essay, p16 -19, QLD, Australia.

"The past informs the future" by Danni Zuvela, RealTime Magazine - Issue 99, Oct-Nov, QLD, Australia.

2009

Flashbacks by Mark Pennings, Reviews, Eyeline: Contemporary Visual Arts Number 70, p.83, Brisbane, Australia.

Flashbacks by Mark Webb, Flashbacks Catalogue Essay, Aug, Brisbane, Australia.

Bold Intersection in Time by Suzanna Clarke, In the Frame, ETC, Courier Mail, Aug, Brisbane, Australia.

2007

"Debut III - Restaged Aesthetics", Blindside Artist Run Space Inc., Melbourne, Australia.

2006

"A Semiotic Analysis: Sound & Text Exercises", Blindside Catalogue Essay, Melbourne, Australia.

2005

"Lets Get Political - Rex Butler", in BAM, The Courier Mail, January 1, Brisbane, Australia.

2004

"Weapons on the Wall: Seduction is Important by Chris Handran", IMA catalogue, December, Brisbane.

2003

"Reviews", Eyeline: Contemporary Visual Arts, Number 52, p.47, Brisbane, Australia.

1998

"Review", Samstag Catalogue, Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Art Award, p.5., Australia.

1996

"Cue", exhibition catalogue for Cue, curated by Donna Confett, p.3 - Review, Australia.

COLLECTIONS

2009

Griffith University Art Collection, Brisbane, Australia.

2004

Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane, Australia.