Born Banie Poland

Settled in Perth, Australia 1994, moved to Melbourne 2005

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

1979 –1984 Study at Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland. Faculty: Drawing, Painting and Graphic Art 

1984 Master of Fine Arts, with Distinction, Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland

1989 –1994 applied research and creative activity throughout Asia, Europe and Australia

Since 2006 represented Drawing Center of New York Viewing Program, New York, US

Since 2006 represented, Kentler International Drawing Space Flat Files, Brooklyn, US

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 SILVER is the NEW GOLD — Wall Drawing for Sara; walk drawing in domestic context.

2023-2024 An ongoing online exhibition of digitally iPhone-created series:

– I LIKE THIS

– WEATHER

– SPACE

– WHEN I WAS (Alter Ego)

– MASKED FOR PRIVACY

– SHE, the ‘MUNDANE’ CRIMINOLOGIST (The Body Farm)

– EXCAVATION on the RIVER X (The Overgrown Plato’s Cave)

– IN The MEANTIME

– IDENTIFICATION BODY MARKS

– The NIGHT LETTERS

2023 HAND SOUND-DRAWING FOR MRC, life performance Melbourne Recital Centre foyer, Melbourne

2023 FROST DRAWING FOR MRC, Melbourne Recital Centre, multi-storey glass facade, Melbourne

2023 MY OWN ART HISTORY, Gallerysmith, Melbourne

2022 A SPACE OF FACIAL DECORATION, the Manningham Gallery, City of Manningham

2021 FROST & SHADOW DRAWING FOR CITY OF MELBOURNE, 8-10 Royal Arcade shop interior, Melbourne

2020 VIRTUAL WALKS WITH MY MOTHER (outdoor in the time of pandemic), exhibited on social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook

2020 HERBARIUM FOR THE TIRED MIND (plants in COVID-19), exhibited on social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook

2020 A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW (portraits as indicators of wellness, COVID-19 project), exhibited on social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook

2019 WALL DRAWING FOR ART SPACE REALM, Art Space Realm, Ringwood, Australia 

2018 FROST DRAWING FOR HAWTHORN ARTS CENTRE Hawthorn City Council, Australia 

2018 FROST & SHADOW DRAWING FOR AUSTRALIA COUNCIL, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney, Australia 

2018 31 DOMESTIC JOBS FOR DECEMBER, Deakin Downtown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2018 A ROOM OF FACIAL DECONSTRUCTION, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia

2017 A THROUGH-GREY ROOM, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Australia

2017 GRASS, FROST DRAWING FOR OMI, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, US

2017 CALIFORNIA TUNICS,  BoxoPROJECTS, Joshua Tree, US

2016 SITUATIONS GRAFTON, Grafton Regional Gallery, Australia

2016 FROST DRAWING FOR THE GALLERY, Grafton Regional Gallery, Australia

2016 FROST DRAWING FOR CARINGA Shopping Link, Grafton, Australia

2016 A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW (extended), Kathleen O’Connor Gallery, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia

2016 ANOTHER HAPPY LANDING, Collection Gallery, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia

2016 stCloud: FROST DRAWING FOR SEGUE, four venues: The Street Theatre, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Museum & Gallery and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, Australia

2015 DUST COVERS & FROST DRAWING ART COLLECTIVE WA, ArtCollective WA Gallery, Subiaco, Australia 

2015 FOUND IN TRANSLATION: DEAKIN UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia

2015 ODNALEZIONE W TŁUMACZENIU: Oto Powierzchnia, Art Academy Szczecin, Poland 

2015 FILMS, Electric Shadows Bookshop, Canberra, Australia

2014 FOUND IN TRANSLATION, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Australia 

2014 SITUATIONS SOFITEL (at the place of origin), Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, Australia 

2014 C4RD WINDOW: drawing for the silent room and station’s noise, Centre For Recent Drawing, London, UK

2014 SITUATIONS SOFITEL, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia 

2014 WALL DRAWING FOR BOHNACKER, EuroShop International Fair, Düsseldorf, Germany

2013 MRÓZ, RYSUNEK W MUZEUM (Frost Drawing for the museum), National Museum Szczecin, Poland

2013 FROST DRAWING FOR SOFITEL SYDNEY, Sofitel Wentworth Sydney, Australia

2013 A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2013 BETWEEN WANDER & SETTLEMENT (After), Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia

2012 FROST & DUST, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, Australia 

2012 BETWEEN WANDER & SETTLEMENT, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, US

2012 FROST DRAWING FOR JOSHUA TREE, BoxoHOUSE, Joshua Tree, US

2012 WALL DRAWING FOR SHEPPARTON, Shepparton Art Museum, Australia 

2011 BETWEEN VISIT & MIGRATION, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia 

2011 THE TRAIN TRIP, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia 

2011 FROST DRAWING FOR THE LIBRARY, La Trobe University Library, Bundoora, Australia

2010 BETWEEN VISIT & MIGRATION, Australia Council for the Arts Studio Greene Street, New York, US

2010 SELF-CENTERED, Arc One Gallery Project Room, Melbourne, Australia

2010 400 (collaborative with Longin Sarnecki), RMIT Project Space/Spare Room, Melbourne, Australia

2009 CONVERSATION, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia

2009 SOMEONE AND I, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia

2008 SHARED SPACE NEW YORK, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, US

2008 SAFETY ZONE SZCZECIN, OFFicyna place of art Gallery, Szczecin, Poland

2008 CINDERELLA II – THE DREAMER, SASA Gallery University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

2008 CINDERELLA II – THE DREAMER, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2007 LOOKING, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2006 LIVING EDGE, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia

2006 SKIN OF THE WALL, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia

2006 SHARED SPACE, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2005 SPACE ACTIVE, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia

2005 THIS IS WHAT WAS THERE, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2004 NOW, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia

2004 DAWN TO DUSK, Arc One/Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia

2004 SAFETY ZONE, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia

2003 MAGNOLIA, Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia

2002 DRAWING CONTINUOUS, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia

2002 MEETING YOU THERE, Space Untitled, New York, US

2002 GRAFFITI FOR INTERIORS, Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia

2001 AWARD WORKS, Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia

2000 CARTOGRAPHY, Roar Studios, Melbourne, Australia

2000 CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER – ALICE, (with Sandra Lee Murphy) Impressions Gallery, Perth, Australia

1999 THE SURFACES OF TIME, Impressions Gallery PMWA, Perth, Australia

1999 LANGUAGE, Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia

1998 PERMANENT RESIDENCY, ARM Gallery, Poznan, Poland

1998 TAKING A STAND, Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia

1998 ART WITH POETRY AND MUSIC, Polish-Australian Cultural Society, Murdoch University, Australia

1998 PRINTS, Polish Cultural Club, Midland, Australia

1989 NEW WORKS, PSP Gallery, Poznan, Poland

1984 GILGAMESH, Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland

1984 NEW WORK, City Gallery, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland

PERFORMANCES

2021 FROST & SHADOW DRAWING FOR CITY OF MELBOURNE, duration: 21 days, shop 8–10 Royal Arcade, Melbourne, Australia

2019 WALL DRAWING FOR ART SPACE REALM, duration: 3 days, Art Space Realm, Ringwood, Australia

2019 THE CYCLAMEN PROJECT (drawing/weaving), duration: 8 weeks April & June, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne

2018 FOUND IN TRANSLATION: BUNJIL PLACE GALLERY, duration: 10 days, Bunjil Place, Narre Warren, Australia

2018 FROST DRAWING FOR HAWTHORN ARTS CENTRE, duration: 5 days, Hawthorn City Council, Australia 

2018 FROST & SHADOW DRAWING FOR AUSTRALIA COUNCIL, duration: 12 days, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney

2018 ODILE, FROST DRAWING FOR WALKER, duration: 3 days, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Australia

2018 TABLECLOTH FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, duration: 3 hours, Australia High Commission, Singapore

2018 A ROOM OF FACIAL DECONSTRUCTION, duration: 9 days, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia

2017 A ROOM OF HAPTIC KNOWLEDGE, duration: 5 days, Art Projects Australia, Melbourne, Australia

2017 A THROUGH-GREY ROOM, duration: 10 days, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Australia

2017 GRASS, FROST DRAWING FOR OMI, duration: 7 days, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, US

2017 CALIFORNIA TUNICS and MODERNIST CONVERSATION, duration: 4 days, Art Palm Springs 2017 

2017 CALIFORNIA TUNICS and MODERNIST CONVERSATION, duration: 3 weeks, BoxoPROJECTS, Joshua Tree, US

2016 FROST DRAWING FOR THE GALLERY, duration: 4 weeks, Grafton Regional Gallery, Australia

2016 FROST DRAWING FOR CARINGA, duration: 4 days, Shopping Link Grafton, Australia

2016 A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW (extended), duration: 24 days, Kathleen O’Connor Gallery, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia

2016 FROST DRAWING FOR THE WATFORD HOUSE, duration: one-off event, The Avoca Project, Australia

2016 stCloud: FROST DRAWING FOR SEGUE, duration: 6 days, The Street Theatre, Canberra, Australia

2016 stCloud: FROST DRAWING FOR SEGUE, duration: one-off event, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

2016 stCloud: FROST DRAWING FOR SEGUE, duration: one-off event, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Australia

2016 stCloud: FROST DRAWING FOR SEGUE, duration: one-off event, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, Australia

2015 DUST COVERS ART COLLECTIVE WA – the Walk-in Wardrobe, duration: 4 weeks, Art Collective WA, Subiaco, Australia

2015 FROST DRAWING for ART COLLECTIVE WA, duration:  4 weeks, Art Collective WA, Subiaco, Australia

2015 THE ICE CUBE, FROST DRAWING FOR MSK GENT, duration: 14 days, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, Belgium

2015 FOUND IN TRANSLATION: interpretation Drawing #4 THE CONCRETE POEM, duration: 7 days, Deakin University Art Gallery, Burwood, Australia

2015 SHADOW ON LONG GULLY, FROST DRAWING FOR TARRAWARRA, duration: 3 days, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Australia

2014 SOUTH DURRAS CHRISTMAS EDIBLE DRAWING FOR PEOPLE AND DOGS, duration: one-off event, South Durras Progress Hall, Australia

2014 ON THE SKY AND WATER, FROST DRAWING FOR AGNSW, duration: 7 days, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2014 C4RD window: drawing for the silent room and station’s noise, duration: one-off event, Centre 4 Recent Drawing, London, UK 

2014 THE START BENCH, duration: 5 days, START Art Fair at Fehily Contemporary, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2014 WALL DRAWING FOR BOHNACKER, duration: 6 days, Bohnacker Store Solutions, EuroShop, Dusseldorf, Germany

2013 LATE DINNER CONVERSATION, duration: one-off event, Murdoch Children Research Institute Fundraising, Melbourne, Australia 

2013 MRÓZ, RYSUNEK W MUZEUM, duration: 5 days, National Museum Szczecin, Poland

2013 FROST DRAWING FOR THE MOSCOW MANEGE, duration: 21 days, the 5th Moscow Biennale: More Light, Russian Federation

2013 FROST DRAWING FOR SOFITEL SYDNEY, duration: 3 weeks, Soire Cafe, Sydney, Australia 

2013 A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW, duration: 14 days, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 

2013 DUST COVER HUMAN, PORTRAIT 6 – BEVAN, duration: one-off event, private residence, Melbourne, Australia    

2012 LEDGE DRAWING FOR NON, duration: one-off event, RMIT First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 

2012 DUST, duration: 14 days, Sofi’s Lounge, Sofitel Melbourne, Australia

2012 FROST, duration: 13 days drawing performance, Sofitel Melbourne, Australia

2012 WINDOW SHOPPING FROST DRAWING FOR GOMA, duration: 18 days, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

2012 DUST COVER CAMPUS FURNITURE, duration: 10 days, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, US

2012 SITUATIONS, duration: 7 days, 14 one-hour etudes, various locations accross Joshua Tree, Palm Springs, US

2012 FROST DRAWING FOR JOSHUA TREE, duration: 3 days, BoxoHOUSE, Joshua Tree, US 

2012 WALL DRAWING FOR SHEPPARTON, duration: 3 days, Shepparton Art Museum, Australia

2012 SHARED SPACE WALL DRAWING FOR GLEN EIRA, duration: one-off event, Glen Eira City Gallery, Australia   

2011 FROST DRAWING FOR KALLANG, duration: 10 days, Singapore Biennale 2011: Open House

2011 FROST DRAWING FOR THE LIBRARY, duration: 4 days, La Trobe University Library, Bundoora, Australia

2011 FROST DRAWING FOR FEHILYS, duration:  14 days, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia

2011 PIERRE’S DESSERTS TABLECLOTH, duration: one-off event, Rosamond Café, Melbourne, Australia

2011 1826 DAYS CARPET, duration: one-off event, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia

2011 SHARED SPACE A0, duration: one-off event, Academy of Arts, Szczecin, Poland

2010 DUST COVER PAINTING, THE TRIAL by SIDNEY NOLAN, duration: one-off event, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

2010 BETWEEN VISIT & MIGRATION, 20 performances, duration: 3 months, Australia Council Greene Street Studio, New York City, US

2009 THE SOFA, duration: one-off event, CarriageWorks, Sydney, Australia

2009 TABLECLOTH FOR 10, duration: one-off event Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

2008 WITHIN, Frost Drawing, 5 days, Project Space/Spare Room RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

2008 SHARED SPACE NEW YORK, duration:  5 days, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, US

2008 THE BENCH, duration:  2 days, COFAspace Gallery, Collage of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia

2005 PERSONAL SPACE/SAFETY ZONE 8, duration: one-off event, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia, Adelaide

2004 PERSONAL SPACE/SAFETY ZONE 7, duration: one-off event, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia 

2003 PERSONAL SPACE/SAFETY ZONE 3, duration: one-off event,  Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 

2003 PERSONAL SPACE/SAFETY ZONE 2, duration: 2 days, The Rocks, Sydney, Australia

2003 BREAKFAST CONTINUOUS, duration: 2 days, studio Perth, Australia

2003 DIFFERENCE KOBIETA/WOMAN duration: one-off event, studio Perth, Australia 

2001 PERSONAL SPACE/SAFETY ZONE 1, duration: 4 days, studio Perth, Australia

2001 DIFFERENCE WODA/WATER, duration: one-off event, studio Perth, Australia

 

PUBLIC SCREENINGS & BROADCASTING

2016 A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW at BLOOB Festival, Ibiza, Spain

2015 A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW at TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Australia 

2015 A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW at Drawn to Experience V2, QCA Galleries, Brisbane, Australia

2015 A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW, ON THE SKY AND WATER; FROST DRAWING FOR AGNSW at Draw to Perform 2, London, UK

2015 MT.BAKER at Stage Singapore – Video Stage, Singapore  

2013 MT.BAKER and THE TRAIN TRIP at Sofitel Wentworth Sydney, Australia

2012 MT.BAKER and THE TRAIN TRIP at Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, US

2012 THE TRAIN TRIP at Carrousel de Louvre, Drawing Now Paris Art Fair, France 

2011 THE TRAIN TRIP at Big Screen Plaza, New York, US

2011 THE TRAIN TRIP at IMPACT7 International Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

2010 THE TRAIN TRIP SOUND-DRAWING at Experimental Sound Radio, Western Washington University, US

2010 SKIN OF THE WALL at Project Space/Spare Room, RMiT University, Melbourne, Australia

2009 DESIRE 3 at Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival (BEAF), WWV VU Gallery, Western Washington University, US

2009 PERFORMANCES at Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide, Australia

2008 PERFORMANCES at Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn NY, US

2005 UNNAMED at Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia

2005 T-NDJ and UNNAMED at International Drawing Conference, Hyatt Regency, Adelaide, Australia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024-2025 LOST IN PALM SPRINGS, a touring exhibition curated by Dr Greer Honeywill

2024 FROST DRAWING FOR GALLERYSMITH ; performance drawing/installation, Gallerysmith.

2023 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair at Gallerysmith , project: 365 ARTIST NOT & WORK,

2023 “Floating Land, Us and Them”, Art in Environment biennale, Noosa Regional Gallery

(drawing performance SHARED SPACE, FROST DRAWING FOR NOOSA)

2023 “Forming the Flag” the Eureka Centre, Ballarat

2018 TRACE, Bunjil Place Art Gallery, Narre Warren, Australia

2018 COMPASS, Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia

2018 This Wild Song FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Australia High Commission, Singapore

2018 ODILE, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Australia

2018 SINGER, Art Palm Springs, represented by BoxoPROJECTS, Palm Springs, US

2017 FARAWAY, SO CLOSE, Art Projects Australia, Melbourne

2017 THE FIELDS SUMMER EXHIBITION, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, US

2017 ARTISTS’ BOOKS FOR EVERYTHING, Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen I Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany

2017 Art Palm Springs, represented by BoxoPROJECTS, Palm Springs, US

2016 A WALLABY ONCE SAT HERE (small acts of celebration and concern, ecology and the feminine) The Avoca Project, Australia

2016 JADA (Jacaranda Drawing Prize) Grafton Regional Gallery, Australia

2016 Kedumba Drawing Prize, Orange Regional Gallery, Australia

2016 SURFACE TENSIONS: SIZE MATTERS Gallery 25, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

2016 BLOOB Festival, Ibiza, Spain

2016 Art Palm Springs, represented by BoxoPROJECTS, Palm Springs, US

2015 RAAKLIJNEN (LINES OF TANGENCY), Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Museum of Fine Arts) Ghent, Belgium 

2015 MAPPING THE DROWNED WORLD, SCA Galleries, Sydney 

2015 DRAWN TO EXPERIENCE V2, ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra

2015 Stage Singapore – Video Stage, Art Fair Singapore

2015 DRAW TO PERFORM 2 – International Symposium for Drawing Performance, Number3, London, UK 

2014 DRAWING OUT DOBELL DRAWING BIENNIAL, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2014 TRACE: Performance and its Documents Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

2014 START Art Fair (at Fehily Contemporary), Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2014 Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia 

2013 The 5^th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art: More Light, The Moscow Manege, Russian Federation

2013 DRAWN IN EXPERIENCE, POP Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2013 DRAWING DATA, Drawing Out Symposium, RMIT First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 

2012 NONfiction International Conference, RMIT First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 

2012 THE BOXOHOUSE SURVEY 001:2012, BoxoOFFICE, New York, USA

2012 Melbourne Art Fair 2012, represented by Fehily Contemporary, Australia

2012 DRAWING NOW PARIS Art Fair, represented by The Drawing Center New York, Carrousel de Louvre Paris, France 

2012 CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIA WOMEN, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia 

2012 CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING 2 University of the Arts, London, UK 

2012 ENCOUNTERS Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2012 10th Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn NY, USA

2012 Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia

2011 PATHWAY: Drawing In, On, and Through the Landscape, Drawing Center and Big Screen Plaza, New York, USA

2011 Singapore Biennale 2011: Open House, Singapore

2011 A GLEAM OF LIGHT, Helen Maxwell 2 M16, Canberra, Australia

2011 UNRAVELLED: Typographical prints and artists’ books from the Banyule Art Collection, Banyule Regional Gallery, Australia

2011 Burnie Print Prize 2011, Tasmania, Australia

2010 FREEHAND: RECENT AUSTRALIAN DRAWING, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Australia

2010 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2010 DEGREES OF DENSITY, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Georgia, USA 

2010 CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWINGS 1, RMIT University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2010 CONSTELLATIONS: a large number of small drawings, RMIT University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2010 Stanthorpe Art Festival, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Australia

2010 8th Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn NY, USA

2010 MULTIPLE MATTERS – GRAFISCHE KONZEPTE: International Print Triennial Vienna, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austraia

2010 DEGREES OF DENSITY, Arkansas Arts Center, USA

2010 SMS, The National Museum of Art, Szczecin, Poland

2009 I WALK THE LINE: NEW AUSTRALIAN DRAWING, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

2009 Burnie Print Prize 2009, Tasmania, Australia

2009 THE FELT TIP PEN SHOW, Rear View Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2009 SOUND VISION 2009 Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival (BEAF), WWV VU Gallery, Western Washington University, US

2009 HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE Transcultural Exchange, Boston MA, US

2009 DEGREES OF DENSITY curator Marylin Symmes Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn NY, US

2009 EXQUISITE CORPS International Project Little Galley, Sage Colleges, Albany NY, US

2009 EXQUISITE CORPS (curators Mary March, Constantin Severin) Biblioteca Bucovine, Suceava, Romania

2009 ENTROPY, Stara Prochownia Gallery, Warszawa, Poland

2009 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Prize, Huzelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Australia

2009 DLAP 2009 City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia

2009 City of Hobart Art Prize 2009, Tasmanian Museum and Gallery, Hobart, Australia

2009 IKEA HOME PROJECT, CarriageWorks, Sydney, Australia

2009 International Print Triennial Krakow 2009, Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland

2009 GRAFIKA CZY JUZ FOTOGRAFIA – Opole 2009, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Opole, Poland

2009 Geelong Acquisitive Print Award, Geelong Gallery, Australia

2009 SMS (Szczecin-Melbourne-Szczecin), Guildford Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2009 HOUSE, HOME AND PLACE, Grafton Regional Gallery, Australia   

2008 THE TALLIS FOUNDATION 2008 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Australia

2008 KONTRAPUNKT Performers Festival, OFFicyna Place of art Gallery, Szczecin, Poland

2008 ENTROPY Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, New York, US

2008 6th 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn NY, US

2008 MULTIPLEX, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2008 Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia

2008 NEW SOCIAL COMMENTARY ’08, Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Australia

2008 The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize ’08, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia

2008 MARKING TIME, COFAspace Gallery, Collage of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2008 THE SWISS HOUSE, Project Space/Spare Room, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

2008 JADA Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery touring exhibition, Australia   

2007 CHANCE & NECESSITY, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2007 TRACES Contemporary Drawing Project, Central TAFE Gallery, Perth, Australia

2007 5OF5, Benalla Regional Gallery, Australia 

2006 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2006 Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale, South Australia

2006 THE FREE PRESS, Röda Sten, Göteborg, Sweden

2006 The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia

2006 MINE OWN EXECUTIONER, Mundaring Arts Centre, Australia

2006 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill, Australia

2006 The Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Australia

2005 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2005 DRAWN OUT, Perth institute of Contemporary Art, Western Australia

2005 DRAWING IS A VERB, Adelaide Central Gallery2, International Drawing Conference, Australia

2005 The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia

2005 City of Perth National Art Award, Perth institute of Contemporary Art, Australia

2005 TRANSLATIONS AUSTRALIA, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia

2005 MEMORY STATION, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2005 MINIATURES, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia

2005 THEIR SUMMER, Arc One Galleries, Melbourne, Australia

2004 Fifth Drawing Biennale, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, Australia

2004 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2004 Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia

2004 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill, Australia

2004 International Mini Print Exhibition, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Australia

2004 Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery touring exhibition, Australia

2004 BankWest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth institute of Contemporary Art, Australia

2004 MINIATURES, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia

2004 SUMMER SHOW, Arc One Galleries, Melbourne, Australia

2004 MULTI-COLOURED AUSTRALIA, Embassy of Republic of Poland, Canberra, Australia

2003 mix tape, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

2003 POLISH ART CONFRONTATIONS ’03, Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, US

2003 The Regular Paper, ENMU-R, Roswell, New Mexico, US

2003 Sydney International Art on Paper Fair, Gallery East, Fox Studios, Sydney, Australia

2003 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2003 Hutchins Art on Paper Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, Australia

2003 Art on the Rocks, ASN Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney, Australia

2003 POLART ‘03, Parliament House, Sydney, Australia

2003 The Western Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Australia

2003 WOMEN WORKING FOR WOMEN Soroptimist International, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia

2003 Bunbury Biennale, Regional Art Gallery, Australia

2003 MINIATURES, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia

2003 SUMMER SHOW, Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia

2002 The Free Art Biennial, New York, USA

2002 Manifesta 4, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2002 Melbourne Art Fair, Gallery East, Royal Exhibition Building, Australia

2002 Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia

2002 MELASPINA, Miniature Print Biennale, Montreal, Canada

2002 The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia

2002 BankWest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth institute of Contemporary Art, Australia

2001 WHERE I LIVE, International Print Exchange, Somerset County Museum, UK

2001 The Western Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Australia

2001 1st International Drawing Biennale in Memory of Tomasz Ostrowski, Melbourne, Australia

2001 ROCHE Contemporary Art, PCL Exhibitionists Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2001 The 9th Acquisition & Print Awards, Tweed River Regional Gallery, Australia

2001 Bunbury Biennale, Regional Art Gallery, Australia

2001 City of Perth Invitation Art Exhibition, Perth, Australia

2001 Hazelhurst Art Award for Art on Paper, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Australia

2001 The Toowoomba Biennale Art Exhibition, Regional Art Gallery, Australia

2000 6 X 6, Impression Gallery, Perth, Australia

1999 Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia

1999 THE PRINT CALENDAR 2000, The New Collectables, Fremantle, Australia

1999 THE PRINT CALENDAR 2000, Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, Australia

1999 Prints WA 1999, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia

1999 The Western Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Australia

1999 OUTBACK, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Australia

1999 Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool, Australia

1998 WESTERN EDGE, Print Council of Canada, Vancouver, Canada

1998 PRINTS WA/98, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia

1997 PRINTS WA/97, Impressions Gallery, Perth, Australia

1997 ONE WORLD – ONE HOPE Aids Council Found Rising Exhibition, Perth, Australia

1997 SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE OF STILL LIFE, ARM Gallery, Poznan, Poland

1997 THE ESSENCE OF BLOOMING, ARM Gallery, Poznan, Poland

1996 International Book Design Fair, Jerusalem, Israel

1989 Polish Art Fair, Poznan Trade Fair, Poland

1989 PLEIN AIR, State Gallery and Museum, Rybnik, Poland

1989 PAINTING & DRAWING, Gniezno City Gallery, Poland

1988 4th International Triennial of Drawing, Wroclaw, Poland

1988 International Art Exhibition, Polish Mother’s Hospital, Lodz, Poland

1987 International Quadrennial of Woodcut & Linocut, Olsztyn, Poland

1987 ALEXANDER RAK, National Printmaking Exhibition, Katowice, Poland

1987 PLEIN AIR, State Gallery and Museum, Gniezno, Poland

1987 6th National Emerging Printmakers Exhibition, Poznan, Poland

1986 International Children’s Book Design Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic

1986 International Triennial of Drawing, Kalisz, Poland

1986 ALEXANDER RAK National Printmaking Exhibition, Katowice, Poland

RESIDENCES

2019 Australian Tapestry Workshop Melbourne, Australia

2016 Grafton Regional Gallery, Australia

2016 The Street Theatre, Canberra, Australia

2015 Artsource and Art Collective WA, Australia

2013 Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Artist in Residence, Australia

2012 Sofitel Melbourne on Collins Artist in Residence, Australia

2012 Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, US

2012 BoxoHOUSE, BoxoProjects, Joshua Tree, US

2011 La Trobe University Library, curated by La Trobe University Museum of Art, Australia

2010 Australia Council Greene Street New York Studio Residency, US

2008 South Australia School of Art Gallery Artist in Residence, Adelaide, Australia

GRANTS & SPECIAL PROJECTS

2021 City of Melbourne Flash Forward COVID-19 art commission

2020 Austarlia Council for the Arts, New Work Grant – Create (Established Artist) 

2020 Art Gallery of Western Australia Art Archive, a project for artists in the gallery collection

2016 Loreto Mandeville Hall, public art project, Toorak, Australia

2013 Austarlia Council for the Arts, New Work Grant (Established Artist) 

2008 Austarlia Council for the Arts Skills and Professional Developement International Residency Grant 

2007 ECU Business and Law Buildings, public art commission, Perth, Australia

2006 Austarlia Council for the Arts, New Work Grant (Established Artist)

2004 Ministry for Culture & the Arts Western Australia, New Project Grant, 

2003 Ministry for Culture and the Arts Western Australia Artflight, 

2002 Ministry for Culture and the Arts Western Australia Artflight, 

2001 Ministry for Culture and the Arts Western Australia Artflight,

2000 Ministry for Culture and the Arts Western Australia Artflight,

1999 WA Centenary of Women’s Suffrage Grant 1999/2000, Fremantle, Australia

1988 President of Poznan Emerging Artists Fellowship, Poland

PRIZES & AWARDS 

 

2014 Winner, Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia

2010 Winner, Stanthorpe Art Festival, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Australia

2009 Print Council of Australia Print Commission

2008 Mornington Peninsula Shire Acquisition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Australia

2008 Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Acquisition JADA, Grafton Regional Gallery, Australia 

2005 The Hutchins Prize, Hobart, Australia

2005 Whyalla Art Prize, Country Arts South Australia

2005 ARTITUDE (Commendation), Perth Convention Centre, Australia

2004 Hutchins Art Prize Henry James Art Hotel Award, Hobart, Australia

2003 Joondalup Art Prize, Australia

2001 The Artist’s Chronicle Front Cover Award, Australia

2001 Minnawarra Art Festival LIVING IN MY CITY, Armadale, Australia

2000 PrintsWA 2000, Fremantle, Australia

2000 City of Melville Art Awards (Work on Paper), Australia

2000 Minnawarra Arts Festival (Work on Paper), Armadale, Australia

1999 Albany Art Prize (Drawing), Australia

1999 City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Art Awards (Drawing), Australia

1999 The Katanning Art Prize (Miniature), Australia

1999 CPM 8th Print Acquisition Awards (Highly Commended), Bray Park, Australia

1999 PMH’s 90th Birthday Inaugural Art Award, Perth, Australia

1999 Illawarra Print Award (Commendation), Wollongong, Australia

1999 City of Melville Art Awards (Work on Paper), Australia

1998 Joy Johnson Memorial Award for Linocut, PrintsWA, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia

1997 City of Melville Art Awards (Work on Paper), Australia

1988 Emerging Polish Printmakers Award, Katowice, Poland

COLLECTIONS

 

Public:

National Gallery of Australia; National Gallery of Victoria; Art Gallery for New South Wales; Art Gallery of South Australia; Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia; Jewish Museum of Australia; The Drawing Center New York; Artbank Commonwealth Collection; Grafton Regional Art Gallery; Fyre Gallery Braidwood; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery; Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery; Tweed River Art Gallery; 

Charles Sturt University Art Collection Wagga Wagga; Edith Cowan University; Murdoch University; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University; University of Western Australia; Western Washington University; Poznan Academy of Fine Arts; Arts Academy Szczecin; Chang Mai University; ENMU-R Roswell University; Hutchins School Collection; Westbourne Grammar; 

City of Armadale; City of Banyule; City of Fremantle; City of Joondalup; City of Whyalla; Shire of Katanning; City of Rybnik; Australian Print Collection Wagga Wagga; Print Council of Australia; Print Council of Canada; London Print Workshop; The Polish Mother Children’s Hospital Lodz; Royal Perth Hospital; Sir Charles Gardener Hospital; Murdoch Children Research Institute

Corporate and private collections (selected): 

Arjo Wiggins/Canson Australia Pty Ltd; BankWest; BHP Billiton; Bullseye; Henry James Art Hotel; Legal Aid Australia; Technology Park Western Australia; Wellington Management Japan; Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza – KAW 

PRESENTATIONS & ARTIST TALKS

2021 Art Lecture ZOOM, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, US

2018 Artist Talk, Bunjil Place Art Gallery, Narre Warren, Australia

2018 Artist Forum, Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia

2018 Artist Talk, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney

2016 Artist Talk, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

2016 Art Presentation, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

2016 Art Forum – Segue Festival, The Street Theatre, Canberra, Australia

2015 Art Forum, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

2015 Artist in Conversation with Andre Lipscombe, Art Collective WA Gallery, Subiaco, Australia

2014 Guest Artist Lecture at Art Forum, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

2013 Presentation, 5th Moscow Biennale workshop An Architect and a Houswife The Moscow Manege, Russian Federation

2013 Artist Talk at A Room Without A View RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2013 Artist in Residence artist talk and Power Point Presentation, Sofitel Wentworth Sydney, Australia 

2012 Artist Talk at Contemporary Australia Women, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

2012 Guest Artist Lecture, Western Washington University Art Deparment, Bellingham, US

2012 15 Artist in Residence lectures, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, US

2011 Exhibiting Artist Talk, Singapore Biennale, Old Kallang Airport, Singapore

2011 Guest Artist Lecture, Academy of Arts, Szczecin, Poland

2011 Artist Talk at Pathwey, The Drawing Center and The Big Screen Plaza, New York, US

2010 Presenter, Focus Fest 2010: Human Traces Conference, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2010 Artist Lecture, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

2010 Artist talk ART FORUM, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

2010 Guest Artist Lecture, Western Washington University Art Deparment, Bellingham, US

2010 Artist Talk for KRAK Art Group, Los Angeles, US

2010 Artist Talk for ARTPO Group, Chicago, US

2009 Guest artist lecture, School of Art, National University of Australia, Canberra, Australia

2009 Artist Talk: Shared Space, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia

2009 Guest Artist Lecture at Art Forum, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

2008 Artist Talk: Performative Drawing, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, US

2008 Artistspeak, Samstag Museum Auditorium, University of South Australia, Adelaide

2008 Guest artist lecture, TAFE, Adelaide, Australia

2008 Presenter ”Marking Time”  International Drawing Conference, COFA, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2007 Guest artist lecture, SA School of Art University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

2006   Artist Talk: Skin of The Wall, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia 

2006 Guest speaker, Visiting Artist Program – Context & Culture 2, Holmesglen TAFE, Australia

2005 Artist Talk: Tablecloth, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2004 Artist Talk: Personal Space/Safety Zone, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia

2003   Guest speaker for the First Sunday program at the Art Gallery of Western Australia

2002 Guest speaker, TAFE Central, School of Art, Perth, Australia

2001 Guest speaker, Art Department students, Curtin University, Australia 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GRAPHIC DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION

1984–Present Book design: layout, typography and illustration. Published illustrated books include:

•  Dr David Bromfield Fakeology, the work of Stuart Elliott 1964-2004,184pp, BrownArt, East Perth 2004 
•  Dr David Bromfield NOW: Gosia Wlodarczak drawing 1986-2004,108pp, BrownArt, East Perth 2004 
•  Dr Jan Altmann and Julie Prott Out of the Sitting – room, Western Australian Women’s Art 1829-1914, 84pp, Press for Success, Perth 1999
• Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki The Land of Venus, 64pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan1996
• Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki Sheds of Saffron, 64pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan 1996
• Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki Paths of the Brahmin, 72pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan 1996
• Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki Friends from the Ark, 64pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan 1996
• Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki Rags of the Earth, 64pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan 1996
• Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki Guardians of Dreams, 64pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan 1996
• James Matthew Barrie Peter Pan, 132pp, Ksiegarnia Sw. Wojciecha Publishing House, Poznan 1990 
• Grozdana Olujic Tails of the Southern Wind Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza Publishing House (KAW), Poznan 1990 
• Hans Christian Andersen The Most Beautiful Rose – Tales, 236pp, Sw. Wojciecha Publishing House, Poznan 1989 Bronislaw Dostatni Magda’s Travels, science series for children, KAW, Poznan 1988-90

1999-00 Editor of Printmakers Association of Western Australia Newsletter

1995-97 Art Director, ‘SARO’ Publishing House, Poznan

1987-95 Book Designer and Illustrator for Polish publishing houses: ‘Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza – KAW’, ‘Wydawnictwo Zachodnie’, ‘Ksiegarnia Sw Wojciecha’

1985-89 Graphic designer, Raczynski National Library, Poznan

      

MENTORSHIP

2015-16 Gera Wojter, Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA)

2014 Rosemary O’Rourke, arts@work Arts Tasmania, Hobart

2010 Ashington Mentorship Scheme, Helpmann Academy, Adelaide

CURATORIAL, PROJECT COORDINATION

2008 THE BIG DRAW – community drawing event coordinator, The Swiss House, Avoca

2007 Judge, Whyalla Art Prize

2005 Two-day drawing workshop for children, ArtPlay, City of Melbourne

2004 Judge, Joondalup Art Prize

2002 Judge, Religious Art Prize, BankWest Building, Perth

2001 Judge, Religious Art Prize, BankWest Building, Perth

2000 one hour tutorial and lecture, TV program Book Illustration, host – Carl Altmann, TAFE Television and Channel 31, March 2000

2000 Curator PRINTSWA 2000 exhibition, The Moores Building, Fremantle

2000 Curator WHERE I LIVE International Prints Exhibition, Impression Gallery, Perth

1999 Curator PAINTED EARTH by Longin Sarnecki, MOSAIC Bookshop, Perth

1999 Curator PRINTSWA ‘99 Printmakers Association of WA art award, The Moores Building, Fremantle

1999 Curator LANGUAGE exhibition by Longin Sarnecki, The Moores Building, Fremantle

1999 Copyrights lecture for TAFE Art’s Management students, Impressions Gallery, Perth

1999 Printmaking Workshop for the art group Factory, TAFE Carine

1998 Drawing Workshop for the art group Factory, TAFE Carine

1998 Curator PAINTED EARTH photographic exhibition by Longin Sarnecki, Impressions Gallery, Perth

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS

2001 Art writer Australian correspondent, ARTeon monthly art magazine

2000 Drawing teacher (seasonal), TAFE Central, Perth

1985-89 Exhibition Curator, Raczynski Library, Poznan

1985-89 Freelance Display Designer, International Trade Fairs, Poznan

1985-88 Design for religious festivals, City Church Fara, Poznan

1984-89 Private tutor for students entering exams to Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan

1981-82 Theatre stage design, the Polski Theatre, Pozna