Born: Sydney, 1979
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia
Solo Exhibitions
| 2011 |
no more light, Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney |
| 2009 |
ague, Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney |
| 2007
2006
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Let down, Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney
Alone, Alone, Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney
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| 2005 |
Study for a drowning man, Artbox, Sherman Galleries, Sydney Big Boy Blues, MOP, Sydney
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| 2004 |
By The Sea, Francis Baker-Smith, Sydney Patrick Swann Presents: The Best of Patrick Swann’s Greatest Hits- Until Now, Volume 1, Francis Baker-Smith, Sydney
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| 2003 |
No Visible Peculiarities. 12hr performance in collaboration with Kate Mitchell, Gallery Wren, Sydney
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| 2002 |
Untitled (from the series innerwest). Produced in collaboration with Andrew Liversage, Imperial Slacks, Sydney |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2011 |
Illuminations and Bad Faith, Bondi Pavillion Gallery, Sydney
Whatever Works, db main gallery, Sydney
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| 2010 |
The Garden of Forking Paths, Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney
Move: The Exhibition, Kaldor Public Art Projects. Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art
XRAY at the Perseverance, Supermarket 2010, Stockholm
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| 2009 |
Liminal, CAST Gallery, Hobart
Rising Tide: Film and Video Works From The MCA Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
On Rage, Jan Murphy, Brisbane
The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Rising Tide: Film and Video Works From The MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
X-Ray, Perseverance, London |
| 2008 |
Neo- Goth: Back in Black, University of Queensland Art Museum, Queensland
Roving Eye, Rebecca Hossack, London
Looking Out, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
I Am a Good Boy, Firstdraft, Sydney
MOVE: Video Art in Schools |
| 2007 |
Funeral Songs, MOP Projects, Sydney
Ill Communication, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
New Acquisitions 2007, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Portal, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
Albury National Photographic Prize, Albury, N.S.W.
The one and the many, DELL gallery, Queensland
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| 2006 |
The year in art, S.H. Ervin gallery, Sydney
Projector, Four, Dublin, Ireland
Tomorrow Again, Artspace, Sydney
Low, Mop Projects, Sydney
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney
Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
The Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Caloundra, New South Wales
Play: Special Edition – Video Art from Australia, Vienna
Hello Lovers (thanks fans), Bus gallery, Melbourne
The Tonight Show, The Rehearsal Room, Sydney
Masquerade, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Swell, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
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| 2005 |
Punch, MOP Projects, Sydney
Glad Wrap Up, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
To Think We Almost Made It (The Anti-Heroic Gestures of True Romantics), Firstdraft, Sydney
Are we there yet?... (The Sublime Project), Phatspace, Sydney
Fantastical..., Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
Scene-Change, Sherman Gallery, Sydney
Romantic movement (in nine parts), Phatspace, Sydney
I love Everything, Rocketart, Newcastle
Turning Tricks, FirstDraft, Sydney |
| 2004 |
Stupid Snowman Can’t Even Cry, ‘Phatspace Charity Auction’. Phatspace, Sydney
Nothing Compares to You, ‘Schiaffo Travelling Art Scholarship’. First Draft, Sydney
I am to Sad to Tell You Too, ‘What the World Needs Now.’ Phatspace, Sydney
Eyes on the Prize. Performance, video/sculptural installation in collaboration with members of the Francis Baker-Smith and 7th Gallery Directors. 7th Gallery, Melbourne
Performance Anxiety, Next Wave Festival. Federation Square, Melbourne
Hold the pickle, lettuce takes on new meaning. Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
Getting To Know You. Francis Baker-Smith, Sydney
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| 2003 |
Afterdark, my sweet, Kudos Gallery, Sydney |
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
John Kaldor Collection
National Private Collections
Awards
Albury National Photographic Prize exhibition (finalist), Albury, New South Wales, 2007
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship exhibition (winner), Artspace, Sydney, 2006
The Sunshine Coast Art Prize exhibition (finalist), Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Caloundra, New South Wales, 2006
Selected Bibliography
Art & Australia, Current: Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand, 2008
Andrew Frost, 'Being a success is overrated - we should strive harder to fail well', The Sydney Morning Herald, July 22nd, 2009
Art & Australia, 'Current: Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand', 2008
Andrew Frost, 'Screen Tests', The Sydney Morning Herald, November 24th 2007
Andrew Frost, '50 Most Collectable Artists,' Australian Art Collector
Issue 39 January- March 2007
Clare Lewis, ‘Alone Alone’ interview ,Runway-Issue 7 Copy October 2006
The Weekend Australian Feature review April 8th – 9th 2006
Sebastian Smee, 'Identitiy Crisis', The Weekend Australian April 8th – 9th 2006
Sunanda Creagh, 'alone, alone', The Sydney Morning Herald Open Gallery’ January 14th – 15th 2006
Tracey Clement, 'Browned Off', The Sydney Morning Herald, January 20th – 26th 2006
Rachel Kent, 'Pun to paradox: Bas Jan Ader revisited', Parkett #75, 2006
The Art Life, 'Hello from The Art Life', Art and Australia, August 2005
The Art Life, 'Controversial art show', www.theartlife.blogspot.com, April 2005
The Art Life, 'Farewell Francis', www.artlife.blogspot.com, September 2004
Angeloro, D., 'The Name is on the Door', The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri February 21, 2004
Sored, L., 'Horsing About', Yen magazine, December 2003
‘Postwest’, 2002. Cover photograph and double page feature
Untitled (from the series innerwest) in collaboration with Andrew Liversage
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