1971 Born in Melbourne, Australia Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
Education
1997
Master of Arts (Painting), The College of Fine Arts, UNSW 1996 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The College of Fine Arts, UNSW 1993 Studied Painting at Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
every breath you take, Karen Woodbury Gallery 2009 still vast reserves, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney 2007 soft rock, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne 2006 To soon to tell, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2005
Let’s get together, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne 2004 Upside down you turn me, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney 2003 Wish you were here, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney 2002 No Hard Edges, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
1998
Leftfield, Crawford Gallery, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Salon des Refuses 2010, The Alternative Archibald & Wynne Prize Selection, National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sy dney
2009/10
The Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
2009
Turbulent Terrain, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne (and touring)
2009
Newtown Diaries, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2008
Victorian Tapestry Workshop for St. Michaels Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
2008
An Ever Expanding Universe, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
2008
DeĢcor, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne
2007
BN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne and Sydney
2006
Against the Amnesiac Lifestyle Showroom, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
2005
Portable model of..., Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart and La Trobe Regional Gallery, VIC
2003
11th A4 Art, West Space, Melbourne
2003
Arrival/Departure, (collaboration with John Nicholson), Bus Gallery, Melbourne
2002
Art on Paper: 02, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2002
The Freedman Foundation Travelling Art Scholarship, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney University, Sydney
2002
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney
2002
Even Better than the Real Thing, Penthouse & Pavement, Melbourne
2002
New Painting, Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2002
Gallery 4A Xmas show, 4A Gallery, Sydney
2002
Fisher Ghost Festival Contemporary Art Award, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW
2001
Something for the Ladies, Penthouse & Pavement, Melbourne
2001
Painting Now, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2001
Same but different, Global Gallery, Sydney 2001 Hi-Lo 4, Deutscher Menzies Gallery, Sydney
2000
Christmas show, Snow Gallery, London
2000
New Acquisitions, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University, Sydney
2000
Hi-Lo 3, Snow Gallery London
1999
Creation, Astro, Sydney
1999
Hi-Lo 2, Astro, Sydney
1999
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney
1999
Jenny Birt Award, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
1997
Graduate Exhibition, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
1996
Fisher Ghost Festival Art Award, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW
1996
Landscape & Abstraction (2 person show), Crawford Gallery, Sydney
1996
Jenny Birt Award, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Grants and Awards
2003
The Pat Corrigan Artists Grant
2002
The NSW Artists Marketing Grant
2001
The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists
2001
NSW Marketing Grant
2001
1st Prize, Willoughby City Art Prize
1998
Chroma Australia Art Prize
1998
Young Artists Painting Prize, Berrima Art Society
Commissions
2010
Victorian Tapestry Workshop for St Michaels Church, Collins Street, Melbourne
2009
Sofitel Hotel, Collins Street, Melbourne
Collections
Artbank, Melbourne University of New South Wales, Sydney Bundanon Estate RACV Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne Macquarie Bank UBS Australia
Selected Bibliography
2010
‘What Now?’, Australia Art Collector, April-June2010, pp.124-125
2010
Martin, L; ‘Romanticism and a Gothic sensibility’, Profile, Australian Art Review, Feb/Apr, pp.36-7
2009
Nainby, B; ‘Beyond imagination, into the abyss’, Turbulent Terrain: Manifestations of the sublime in
contemporary art, Exhibition catalogue, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Victoria
2008
Keys, M; An Ever Expanding Universe catalogue essay, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
2008
Johnson, F; Interior Perspective, Sightlines, The Age,
2007
Byrne, L; Soft rock catalogue essay, Karen Woodbury Gallery
2006
Crawford, A; Against the Amnesiac Lifestyle Showroom, The Age, Preview, Arts, 10 Sep, p.35
2006
Rohde, K; Drop marks the spot, Lets Get Together catalogue essay, Karen Woodbury Gallery
2005
Events, Lara Merrett, Vogue Living, July/August, p.62
2005
Lara Merrett, Let’s Get Together, Profiles, Art Almanac, July, p.173
2005
Lara Merrett, The List, Museums & Galleries, Melbourne, Issue 031, July, p.84
2005
Portable model of... catalogue essay, Plimsoll Gallery
2004
Loxley, A; Sydney Morning Herald, The Arts, 6 Apr
2003
Low, L.A; Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, review, 2-4 May
2003
Kate Rohde and Lara Merrett, Critic’s picks, Metro, 4-10 April
2003
Lara Merrett: Wish You Were Here, Domain, p.3, 3 April
2002
Glass, A; Eye Candy, Australian Style, Number 62, May, p.48
2002
Hynes, V; Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, Critics Picks, 26 Apr
2002
Low, L.A; Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, 3-4 May
2002
Glass, A; Australian Style, May, p.48
2001
Hynes, V; Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, 7 Sep
2001
Itiyar, I; Catalogue Magazine, Interview, Sep
2000
Keenan, C; Seven talents granted a passport to the world, Metropolitan, 22 December, p.13
2000
Coomer, M; Time Out London, Art Review, 5-12 Jul, #1559, p. 55
2000
Oyster, World News, Winter, Jun/Jul, #30, p.20
2000
Creative Review (UK), Jun, Vol.20, #6 p.88
1999
Campaign Magazine, Gallery, Jan, pp.31-35
1996
James, B; Sydney Morning Herald, The Galleries, Jan
