CV
Lives and works in Narrm / Melbourne, Australia
Education
2013 Bachelor of Fine arts (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts
2010-12 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts
2007-8 Diploma of Visual Arts, Swinburne
Collections
Artbank
Bendigo Art Gallery
Canva
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
Deakin University
ING Bank, Sydney
Melbourne Biennial Lab
Melbourne University Union
Monash University Museum of Art
National Gallery of Victoria
National Library of Australia
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Redlands, Sydney
University of Queensland
Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Awards
2024 Darebin Art Prize 2024, Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, Finalist
2023 Woollahra Small Sculpture Award - Finalist
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Prize - Finalist
2022 Burrinja Climate Change Biennale Award - Finalist
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Prize - Finalist
Paul Guest Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery - Finalist
2021 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Prize - Finalist
Adelaide Fringe Festival Poster Design Award - Finalist
2020 McClelland Small Sculpture Prize - Finalist
2019 R & M McGivern Prize - Finalist
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize - Finalist
Art4All Fairfield Primary fundraiser - Highly Commended
Manningham Ceramic Art Award - Finalist
2018 The Art Life Emerging Artist Award - Winner
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award - Finalist
2017 NAVA 2017 Australian Artist Grant - Recipient
Woollahra Small Sculpture Award - Finalist
Redlands Konica Minolta Emerging Artist Award - Winner
Redlands Konica Minolta Viewers Choice Award - Winner
2016 Moreart VicTrack Award - Winner
McGivern Painting Prize Peoples Choice Award - Winner
The Churchie Award, QUT University - Finalist
Bruny Island Painting Prize - Finalist
2015 Victorian Craft Award, Craft Victoria - Finalist
2014 Substation Contemporary Art Prize - Finalist
2013 Meyers Place Mick Pettifer Memorial Award - Winner
Linden Postcard Prize - Winner
HATCHED, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art - Finalist
2012 Roger Kemp Memorial Prize - Winner
2010 PROUD VCA Best First Year Artist Award - Winner
Metro 5 Award, Metro Gallery - Finalist
Substation Contemporary Art Award - Finalist
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Hold Your Horses, Olsen Gallery, Sydney. (22.11.23 - 15.12.23)
2022
Twenty-four Shopping Lists Written On Post-It Notes Found Whilst Working at a Supermarket, Olsen Annexe, Sydney. (November 9-26)
On Plane Air, {Suite} Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand. (August 3 - August 27)
The World’s Gone Pear Shaped, MARS Gallery, Melbourne. (May 25 - June 12)
The Frankston Line, Frankston Arts Centre, Victoria. (January 8 - February 14)
2020
Trying To Leaf Things Better Than We Found Them, MARS Gallery, Melbourne (Nov 17 - Dec 15)
Planes, Trains and Bubble’O Bills, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW, (Nov 27, 2020 - March 14, 2021)
2019
An Open Book, Readings, Melbourne
Every Kind Of Shape, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
Connector Pens Connecting, MARS Gallery, Melbourne
2018
52 Shopping Lists Written By People Who Need Milk, Bunjil Place, Victoria
2017
She smiled, Curated by Khai Hori, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore
2016
A Series of Self Poor Traits, Galerie Pompom, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
2024
Bayside Painting Prize, Bayside Gallery, Melbourne, (03.05.24 - 23.06.24)
Local Remix: Still Life, Barn Gallery, Melbourne, (03.05.24 - 23.06.24)
Material Concerns, Res Artis Project Space, Melbourne, (11.04.24 - 11.05.24)
Darebin Art Prize 2024, Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, Melbourne, (10.01.24 - 23.03.24)
2023
30 Year Celebration exhibition, Olsen Gallery, Sydney, (19.12.23 - 30.01.23)
Question The Space, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, (21.11.23 - 01.03.24)
2023 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Gallery, Sydney, (27.09.23 - 05.11.23)
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin Art Gallery, Victoria, (23.08.23 - 13.10.23)
Kindred, Divisions Gallery, Melbourne, (22.09.23 - 22.10.23)
52 Actions, Singleton Arts and Cultural Centre, (02.12.23 - 11.02.24)
52 Actions, Jervis Bay Museum and Gallery, (22.06.23 - 02.10.23)
Australiana: Designing a Nation, Bendigo Art Gallery, (18.08.23 - 25.07.23)
Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, (24.03.23 - 20.08.23)
Incognito Art Show fundraiser exhibition, Sydney, (15.08.23 - 16.08.23)
UMSU Art Collection: New Acquisitions and Selected Works, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, (30.01.23 - 10.02.23)
Making the Metro Tunnel: Reflections by contemporary Australian artists, Domain House, (01.04.23 - 07.05.23)
52 Actions, Wangaratta Art Gallery, (22.04.23 - 04.06.23)
2022
MARS Christmas Show, Melbourne (06.12.22 - 20.12.22)
Burrinja Climate Change Biennale Award Exhibition, Burrinja Gallery, Victoria (03.12.22 - 17.02.23)
Swelter, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Curated by Hannah Willliamson, Queensland (November 26, 2022 -March 4, 2023)
Seperate & Silent, Divisions Gallery, Melbourne, (October 28 - December 4, 2022)
AMPLIFY, Sydney Contemporary, Curated by Annika Kristensen, Carriageworks, Sydney (September 8-11, 2022)
52 Actions, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW (August 27 - November 14, 2022)
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin Art Gallery, Victoria, (07 September 2022 - 21 October 2022)
Paul Guest Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, (06 August 2022 - 30 October 2022)
White Night festival, Shepparton, (June 25, 2022)
Ken Done: Paintings You Probably Haven’t Seen, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, (June 4 - August 14, 2022)
From Mundane to Friday; The art of everyday Melbourne, Melbourne Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne, (April 20 - August 19, 2022)
Risographomania, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland. (February 18 - April 10, 2022)
2021
MARS Christmas Show, MARS Gallery, Melbourne, (December 8 - December 20, 2021)
Emergence, Divisions Gallery, Melbourne, (November 26, 2021 - January 16, 2022)
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Prize, Deakin Art Gallery, Melbourne. (November 15 - Decmber 15, 2020)
Firstdraft Fundraiser, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney, (August 13 - 22, 2021)
Spring1883, MARS Gallery, (August 3 - 8, 2021)
Urban Eats, curated by Jessie DiBlasi, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne, (June 18 - July 18, 2021)
Shaping Wit, curated by Cassandra Hard-Lawrie, The Concourse, Sydney, (April 21, 2021 - May 16, 2021)
52 artists 52 actions, Artspace, Sydney, (April 11-18, 2021)
Pop Mart, JamFactory, Adelaide, curated by Becca Freezer, (February 25, 2021 - April 25, 2021)
2020
Uptown, curated by Fiona Scanlon and Robert Buckingham. (December 15, 2020 - February 28, 2021)
Eat Art, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW. (December 5, 2020 - January 31, 2021)
Linden Postcard 30th Birthday Show, Linden Gallery, Victoria. (October 21, 2020 - Jan 31, 2021)
Contour 556, Curated by Neil Hobbs, Canberra. (October 8 - 31)
Do I Have To Spell It For You?, Hawthorn Town Hall Gallery, Victoria
Primaveral, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane
Me and UooUoo Art Trail, Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation, Victoria
McClelland Small Sculpture Prize, McClelland Gallery, Victoria
Don’t Let Yourself Go, Cement Fondu, Sydney
FBi Radio fundraiser. Sydney
ART AID GIPPSLAND. Curated by Simon Gregg, Gippsland Art Gallery, Feb 15 - March 15
Drawing On The Wall. Deakin Uni Art Gallery. Victoria. Curated by James Lynch. Feb 18 - Mar 27
Bushfire Fundraiser, Stockroom Gallery, Victoria
Let’s Play. Curated by Tegan Iverson. CS Gallery, Victoria
2019
MARS 15th Birthday Exhibition, MARS Gallery, Melbourne
“Anthropocene” (R & M McGivern Prize), Realm Gallery, Victoria
“Selfies of Art Viewer”, JIR SANDEL, (Curated by Paola Paleari), Copenhagen, Denmark
Lo Fi Hi, (Curated by Jade Walsh), Toot Artspace, Melbourne
Physical Absence, A Human Portrait (Curated by Maya Martin-Westheimer), Missing Persons Space
Recent Acquisitions from the Deakin Collection, Deakin University Gallery, Burwood
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra City Council, Sydney
“Art For All” Fairfield Primary School Fundraiser Exhibition, Victoria
Manningham Victorian Ceramic Art Award, Manningham Gallery, Victoria
Utopian Object, c3 Gallery fundraiser exhibition, Melbourne
Self Made,: Zines And Artist Books (Traveling show), Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW
Self Made,: Zines And Artist Books (Traveling show), Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD
Shit Show. TCB Gallery fundraiser exhibition. Melbourne
Melbourne Comes to Sydney, Home@375 Gallery, Sydney
MONA FOMA, Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania
2018
c3 Contemporary Artspace Fundraiser exhibition. Melbourne.
Dream Thoery #2. Curated by George Adams, Pompom Gallery, Sydney
Word. Hugo Michell Gallery. Adelaide.
Self Made: Artist Books and zines, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, South Australia. (15.09.18-21.10.18)
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin Art Gallery, Victoria
Firstdraft Fundraiser. Firstdraft. Sydney
Soft Toy City. Curated by Tegan Iversen. Rubicon Gallery. Melbourne.
Everyday Monuments. Curated by Lisa Byrne, Artspace Realm. Victoria. (2 person exhibition with Carly Fischer)
Suburbia, (Curated by Megan Monte and Josephine Skinner, Cement Fondu, Sydney
Self Made,: Zines And Artist Books (Traveling show), Bunjil Place Gallery, Victoria
Cattle and Cane, (Curated by Brigid Hansen), Dirty Dozen
Ink in the blood: The Life of Melbourne’s Newspapers, (Curated by Andrew Stephens), Melbourne Town Hall
2017
c3 Annual Fundraiser Exhibition, c3 Contemporary Artspace, Melbourne
Self made: Zines and Artist Books, (Curated by Monica Syrette), State Library of Victoria
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra City Council, Sydney
Every Dog Will Have Its Day, (Curated by Sophia Cai and Kathleen Linn), Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
Open House. True Estate Gallery. (Curated by Elvis Richardson and Beau Emmet).
Firstdraft Annual fundraiser. Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
Cooked. Lamington Drive Gallery, Melbourne
You’re my Number 1, (group show curated by Talia Smith), Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
9x5 VCA 150 (Curated by Elizabeth Gower), Margeret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
Redlands Konica Minolta Art prize (Curated by Callum Morton), National Art School, Sydney
Birds; Flight Paths in Australian Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
2016
Small things, (Curated by Danielle Hakim), Mailbox Art Space, Melbourne
Faux Studio, C3 Annual Fundraiser, C3 Contemporary Art space, Melbourne
R & M McGivern Art Prize, Artspace at Realm, Victoria.
The Union Collection; Recent Acquisitions, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Lots of nudes, group show at LON Gallery, Melbourne
Bruny Island Art Prize, Bruny Island, Tasmania
RMIT ESP Fine Art Fundraiser exhibition, Melbourne.
Red ball: The fine art of footy, Red Gallery, Melbourne. (July 20 - August 6)
Cornucopia, Shepparton Art Museum, (Curated by Anna Briers), (Feb 28 - May 22)
Playful, Melbourne Library, (Curated by Sophia Cai), (April 2 - 29)
West Space Fundraiser, West Space Gallery, (April 22-24)
Um...titled, Bus Projects, (Curated by Laura Couttie), (Feb 3- 20)
2015
Faux Fair. C3 Gallery. (Curated by Tai Snaith)
The Thing that Feels, Gallerie Pompom, (Curated by Talia Linz), Sydney
The Door in the Wall, Blindside Gallery, (Curated by Verity Hayward and Lucie McIntosh)
Visiting Paradise, Artist in Residency exhibition at Cowwarr Art Space
So... about that brief (Curated by Catherine Read), George Paton Gallery
TCB Art Ic. Fundraiser, TCB Gallery
Art As A Verb, (Curated by Charlotte Day, Francis Parker and Patrice Sharkey), Artspace, Sydney
Victorian Craft Award, Craft Victoria
The things that scared me this morning are over now!, (Curated by Anushia Andrews, Hanann Al Daqqa and Carol Que.) George Paton Gallery
Che Cosa, (Curated by David Capra), Wollongong Art Gallery, N.S.W
West Space fundraiser, West Space, Melbourne
Future Now, (Curated by Rosemary Forde), Cowwarr Art Space, Gippsland, Victoria
Life / Death, (Curated by Sebastian Goldspink), Anna Pappas Gallery
It’s funny, like Ha-ha funny, MCA Artbar, (Curated by Tom Polo), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2014
Art as a verb, (Curated by Charlotte Day, Francis Parker and Patrice Sharkey),
Monash University Museum of Art
I probably don’t like you, (Curated by Nick Devlin and Fergus Binns), Death Be Kind
The Substation Contemporary Art Prize, (Curated by Jessica Bridgfoot), The Substation
Future Now, Punctum gallery, Castlemaine, Regional Victoria
\_(ツ)_/¯ The Second Bus Projects Edition Exhibition, Bus Projects
Artist Books (Reprised), George Paton Gallery
PICA Salon. (Curated by Nadia Johnson). Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Future Now, The Artery, Warrnambool, Regional Victoria
West Space Fundraiser. West Space
Nothing’s Happened Since Yesterday, Galleria 291.EST, (Curated by Naima Morelli), Rome, Italy
Future Now, The Substation
NEW14, (Curated by Kyla McFarlane), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Das Boot Fair, (Curated by Oscar Perry and Esther Stewart), North Melbourne Meat Market
Dummy, (Curated by Made Spencer-Castle and Alice Mathieu), Mailbox Artspace
Rooftop Transmissions, Rooftop Cinema (As part of the NGV’s Melbourne Now exhibition)
Coming Soon, West Space
2013
New Acquisitions Vol. III, Fort Delta Gallery
Honours Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts
The Aesthetics of Disengagement, (Curated by Chelsea Hopper), Moana Gallery, Perth
Channels Australian Video Art Festival, Australian Centre for Moving Image.
Kenneth Biennale, TCB Art Inc.
Kenneth Biennale, Rearview Gallery
Third/Fourth. (Curated by Christopher L.G Hill), Margaret Lawrence Gallery
Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Linden Postcard Prize, Linden Gallery
2012
VCA Grad Show, Victorian College of the Arts
Happy Accidents (with Jock Walker and Andy Trelor), Rearview Gallery
My beautiful City, State Library of Russia, St. Petersburg
My Beautiful City, Melbourne Town Hall
Kimchi, VCA Student Gallery, (Curated by Kim Donaldson)
ANYTHING, EVERYTHING AND ONE OTHER THING, Alaska Gallery (Curated by Tom Polo)
Funny Games, VCA Student Gallery, (Curated by Anna Higgins)
Newness 2012, Richmond Railway station
2011
Is it straight? George Patton Gallery (Curated by Craig Burgess)
Tea Towel, Gilligan Grant Gallery
2010
Not another Dot Dot Dot, (Curated by Lisa Radford and Sam George), Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
PROUD, Margaret Lawrence Gallery
Metro 5 Award, Metro Gallery
Dot Dot Dot Again, Paleton Gallery, Sydney (Curated by Lisa Radford and Sam George)
Williamstown Festival Art prize, The Substation
Paper-Cuts, George Patton Gallery (Curated by Patrice Sharkey)
2009
Dot Dot Dot, Hell Gallery. (Curated by Lisa Radford and Sam George)
2008
Title Goes Here, (Swinburne Diploma of Visual Arts Grad Show), Brunswick Street Gallery
Fort Heart presents Nice Box, No Vacancy Gallery
Bus: Pass, fundraiser exhibition for Bus Gallery
Murals
2022 ‘Balancing Act’, James Street, Windsor, Melbourne
2021 Canva head office, Sydney
2020 Chapel Street Precinct, Victoria
2019 Deakin University Greenwood Park, Victoria
MONA FOMA, Tasmania
2018 Realm Artspace, Victoria
2017 “Murals Wedding”, Monash University car park, Clayton, Melbourne
ING, Sydney
2014 Third Drawer Down, shopfront window, Prahran, Melbourne
Art Book Fairs
2015
Open Spaces, Abbotsford Convent
VOLUME Art Book Fair (presented by Perimeter Books and Printed Matter), Artspace, Sydney
Curated Exhibitions
2022 From Mundane to Friday; The art of everyday Melbourne, Melbourne Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne, (April 20 - July 22, 2022)
2013 Kenneth Biennale (Co-curated with Amy May Stewart),
Held simultaneously at TCB Gallery, Rearview Gallery and Margaret Lawrence Gallery
Residencies
2019 ABC Radio National (One day)
2018 Deakin University Art Gallery, Burwood, (One week)
2017 ING, Sydney (One week)
2016 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. (Two weeks)
Melbourne Biennial Lab, (Six weeks. Curated by Natalie King)
2015 Artspace, Sydney. (One week)
National Gallery of Victoria, Friday Nights Artist in Residence. (Six weeks)
Jimmy Grants Greek restaurant, Richmond (one week)
Cowwarr Art Space, Gipplsand, Regional Victoria. (Two weeks.)
Commissioned Writing
2023
Article about my work in relation to home and the everyday, published in NGV Magazine issue 40, May-June 2023. Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria
Article about my experience with exhibiting at artist run galleries and their influence on my practice, published in Art Guide Jan 2023. Commissioned by Art Guide Australia.
2022
Catalogue essay for From Mundane to Friday; The art of everyday Melbourne, Melbourne Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne, (April 20 - July 22, 2022)
2021
Catalogue essay for Jamie Whiteside’s June exhibition at The Wondering Room, Brunswick. Supported by City of Moreland.
2019
Bi-Carb Soda. Commissioned essay about McKenzie’s Bi-Carb Soda for Town Hall, City of Melbourne.
2018
Love at First Bite. Commissioned essay about Four’n’Twenty pies for Town Hall, City of Melbourne.
2017
Richard Tipping: Instant History, Art Almanac, April-May issue
2016
Four artist pages in the third issue publication Funny Ha-Ha. Edited by Rebecca Varcoe.
2015
Exhibition essay. “Artist-ficial Intelligence”. Written as part of the Kings Emerging Writers Program to accompany the exhibition “The Machine” by Paul Van Katwijk from 27.11.15 to 19.12.15 at Kings Artist Run Gallery.
Exhibition essay. “An exhibition text written in forty minutes and second,” Written as part of the Kings Emerging Writers Program to accompany the exhibition “Disinformation” by David Greenhalgh from 02.10.15 to 24.10.15 at Kings Artist Run Gallery.
“Happy Go Souva-lucky”. Text and drawing piece commissioned by Jimmy Grants restaurants.
Exhibition essay. “I’m like a Fleur, I long to ride away.” Written as part of the Kings Emerging Writers Program to accompany the exhibition “Dissociative Dialogues” by Fleur Summers from 07.08.15 - 29.08.15 at Kings Artist Run Gallery,
“Kenny the Wacky Artist” comic strip, Funny Ha Ha publication Issue 2, Edited by Rebecca Varcoe
“Art, music and friendships. Kenny Pittock interviews Misha Grace”. SPOOK magazine. 15.04.15.
“You art what you eat”, Funny Ha Ha publication Issue 1. Edited by Rebecca Varcoe
“Out with the old, in with the NEW15”, article on the lead up to NEW15 at ACCA for Three Thousand.
Turtle Eclipse of the Art, Sturgeon, Issue three
2014
Mambo: 30 Years of Shelf Indulgence for Three Thousand.
Ten minutes with David Shrigley. Interview with David Shrigley for Vogue LIving.
Go ahead, make my day-vid Shrigley. Interview with David Shrigley for Three Thousand.
NEW sen-sation: A drawn out day on the train, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art blog
2013
5 Hours, 10 Artworks, Sturgeon, (Commissioned by Artbank), Issue one
2012
Petrol Station, Un Magazine issue 6.2, Artist Page
Capsicum Spray, Death of a Scenester, Issue 5, Artist Page
2005
“Graffiti or Vandalism”, article published in magazine UpperGully News when I was aged 16. Page 8.
Teaching / Workshops hosted / Artist Talks
2024
Fun Food with Clay workshop as part of Wellbeing Program at National Gallery of Victoria, April 11, 2024
’Drawing The Everyday’ workshop for people aged 10-17, Kingston Arts Centre, April 10-12, 2024
Artist talk for SIGNAL Emerging Curators group, Jan 2024
2023
Presented seven week ceramic workshop at Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, May-June 2023
Presented Drawing workshops at Bendigo Art Gallery, May 2023
Presented two artist talks and drawing workshops to year 10’s at Bendigo South East College, 14.06.23
Presented two artist talks and drawing workshops to year 10’s at Bendigo Senior Secondary College, 22.06.23
Presented artist talk at NGV to the NGV Art Readers group, 21.06.23
Presented artist talk at La Trobe University, 15.06.23
Presented artist talk at NGV as part of ACCA Art Club (hosted by Max Delany), 20.05.23
2022
Presented two sculpting workshops at Xavier College art night, 27.10.22
Panel member of Australian Ceramics Tools for Practise online workshop, 11.10.22
Drawing caricatures for Casey Cornucopia, Bunjil Place, 24.06.22
Drawing workshops for all ages at Frankston Arts Centre, throughout January
Artist talks and ceramics workshops for each of the year 8 classes at Xavier College, March-April
Six week ceramic workshop with year 11’s at Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
2021
Online Drawing Workshop with FReeZA and Maroondah Youth Centre, 03.10.21
Hosted two ceramic workshops at Immigration Museum as part of Midsumma Festival, 25.04.21
Exhibition opening speech about art and humour for Shaping Wit at The Concourse gallery, 20.04.21
Artist talk panel at JamFactory, Adelaide, 17.04.21
Hosted two ceramics hand building workshops at JamFactory, Adelaide, 17.04.21
Three day “Summer Series” drawing workshop at the National Gallery Gallery of Victoria. 12.01.21-14.01.21
2020
“North pole University” Christmas Card drawing workshop at Deakin Edge, NGV. 05.12.20
Hosted Drop-By Drawing video workshop at National Gallery of Victoria. 19.04.20
2019
Hosted Drawing workshop at Xavier College Art Show, 31.10.19
Hosted Drop-By Drawing at National Gallery of Victoria, 29.09.19
Open House Melbourne weekend of talks presenting my work in the town hall collection to the public
Ten workshops teaching ceramics to Xavier College Year 8 Students
Artist talk at Adelaide Central Arts University
Taught seven week ceramic and painting workshop with year 11 and 12 VCA Secondary School students.
2018
Video interview for solo exhibition at Bunjil Place
Artist talk at Bunjil Place. 08.04.18
Two Kids’ Own Publishing Imaginerium book making workshops the Abbotsford Convent (22.01.18)
2017
Blindside art teachers Personal Development Day, studio visit / presentation of my work, 08.04.17
MPavillion MRelay, interviewed by Nayuka Gorrie, intervewing Sue Maslin. 04.02.17
2016
“Drawing the Market” Hosted still life drawing workshop for Melbourne Biennial Lab. 23.10.16
“Still Life Drawing?” Hosted still life drawing workshop at MPavillion. 22.10.16
“And they could never Voltaire us apart” talk at House of Voltaire, Melbourne. Curated by Melissa Loughnan
Two weeks teaching ceramics, painting and contemporary art to the year elevens at Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
2016 Artist mentor for year 12 student at Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Artist talk at Galerie Pompom, Sydney, 04.05.16
Hour long “SAM OUT LATE!” artist talk at Shepparton Art Museum. 21.04.16
Cornucopia at Shepparton. Where Magazine Melbourne. Pg 24. March 2016
Cornucopia opens at SAM, Shepparton Adviser, p10, 2016
Sam exhibition- Cornucopia, Artshub.com
Hosted drawing workshop at Melbourne City Library, in association with Melbourne Youth Week. (16.04.16)
Presentation of my work to first year Visual Art Diploma Students at Swinburne Wantirna (08.03.16)
Hosted Drop By Drawing student night at National Gallery of Victoria (29.02.16)
Hosted five day workshop at SIGNAL on drawing and turning drawing to animation. Resulting footage exhibited at Australian Centre for Moving Image and Sugar Mountain Festival.
MPavillion Signal Summer Artist Conversation with Dell Stewart and Dylan Martorell, (4.30pm. 20.01.16)
Hosted National Gallery of Victoria workshop with primary and secondary school teachers about responding to Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei within the classroom. (13.01.16)
Hosted National Gallery of Victoria workshop with year 11 and 12 students about putting together a folio. (20.01.16)
Co-hosted weeklong workshop at Signal with artist Dell Stewart for people aged 13-22, focusing on drawing and then converting the drawings to animation. (18.01.16 - 22.01.16)
2015
Hosted Drop By Drawing, National Gallery of Victoria, (2-4pm, 07.11.15)
Radio interview in studio at 90.7 SYN FM promoting my drop by drawing at NGV Friday Nights on breakfast show Get Cereal, with Nicholas Soraghan, Tess Johnson and Nathan Slachter. 07.10.15
Presented an hour and a half presentation of my work to the Photo Imaging class at RMIT Univiersity. (16.09.15)
Presented an hour and a half presentation of my work to people studying diploma and advanced diploma of art and illustration at the Chrisholm Institute TAFE, Frankston campus. (05.08.15)
Presented a presentation of my career post TAFE, representing Swinburne as a past alumni at the 2015 Multimedia Art and Design conference. (30.07.15)
Imagineering workshop in response to Ryan Gander, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, (25.07.15)
Mentoring program with year 12 art students at Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Artist talk and ceramic class with year 10 and 11 students from Sale Catholic College, Regional Victoria. (20.04.15)
Presented an artist talk followed by a pasta making workshop at Wollongong City Art Gallery, NSW. (07.02.15)
2014
Weekly classes as a sessional tutor, teaching contemporary art history, painting workshops and ceramic workshops with year 11 and 12‘s at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School.
Hosted ‘DRAWN AT ACCA”, adult drawing classes at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
Asked to create a manifesto and presented a live reading of it at MUMA (Monash University Museum of Art.)
Presented Artist talks at Swinburne lecture theatre for the Industry Design Forum, as well as at the Academia University in Rome, Italy, the Artery in Warrnambool, Punctum Gallery in Castlemaine, Mailbox Artspace, ACCA (the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art) and West Space Gallery.
2013
Artist talk at PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art).
Artist talk at West Space gallery
PRESS
2023
In studio interview on Smart Arts about Question The Space exhibition, with guest hosts Steph and Dan Teitelbaum, 102.7FM Triple R, 29.12.23
Art In Conversation Studio visit video for Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. November 2023
Question the Space, a playful invitation to look, think and connect with art, Artshub, Rochelle Siemienowicz, 21.11.23
Australiana art and design: A litmus test on nationhood, Artshub, Celina Lei, 11.05.23
The Must See Artworks at the free Melbourne Now exhibition, Herald Sun, Samantha Landy, 24.03.23
Latest Exhibition All About Home, Bendigo Times, Jordan McCarthy, 25.03.23
Exhibition Review- Melbourne Now 2023, Artshub, Gina Fairley, 29.03.23
Making the Metro Tunnel, interview on JOY FM with David Hunt for Sunday Arts, 26.03.23
Larrikins, Louts and Paddle Pops, The Age, Stephanie Bunbury, 16.03.23
Bendigo Art Galleries New Exhibition!, WIN News Bendigo, TV segment interviewed by Courtney Burke, 17.03.23
National Identity clothed in fine style, Jonah Waterhouse, The Australian, 16.03.23
Australiana stars melted ice-cream and a Ken Done doona, Liz Hobday, Bendigo Advertiser, 18.03.23
How kitsch became cool: Australiana exhibition celebrates Dame Edna, Ken Done and Melted Ice-creams, Jenny Valentish, The Guardian, 18.03.23
Eight things to do in Bendigo this Autumn. Linley Wilkie. Bendigo Advertiser. 24.02.23
Exhibition tells Australia’s Art and Design History, Adrian Black, The West Australian, 21.02.23
What to do in Bendigo this Autumn, Ashleigh Hastings, TimeOut, 21.02.23
Sweltering this summer? Swelter is the show for you, Andrew Stephens, Art Guide Australia, 31.01.23
Your Guide to the Art Exhibitions Not To Miss This Year, Sydney Morning Herald, Kerrie O’Brien, 29.01.23
Marvelous Murals Melbourne, Alesha Capone, realestate.com.au, 06.02.23
2022
Radio interview with David Astle on ABC, 14.11.22
The Best Sydney Art Shows To See This November, Monster Children, Chloe Burich, 14.11.22
Next Major Gallery Exhibit Revealed, Bendigo Times, Alistair Finlay, 24.10.22
Australiana: Designing a Nation, Australia Arts Review, 26.10.22
’From Ken Done to a melted Bubble’O Bill, Ambitious Exhibition asks what defines Australian art’, The Age, Elizabeth Flux, 18.10.22
’10 Galleries to visit at Sydney Contemporary’, A Rich Life, Chloe Mandryk, 07.09.22
”Sydney loves nothing more than a large spectacle - with the possibility of shopping”, Sydney Morning Herald, John McDonald, 08.09.22
”Six of the most impressive installations to see at Sydney Contemporary”, Vogue Living, Annika Kristensen and Amy Campbell, 22.08.22
Solo exhibition ‘En Plane Air’ at {Suite} Gallery featured on TVNZ One Network News in Auckland, 18.08.22
Radio interview with David Astle on ABC 774 discussing tips for navigating galleries and museums, 09.08.22
The Messages: Alison Healy on Great Shopping Lists Of History, Alison Healy, The Irish Times, 20.07.22
Radio interview with Oslo Davis on The Oslo Show, Triple R 102.7fm, 29.06.22
Radio interview with David Astle on ABC, 21.04.22
Radio interview with Aisha Protoud for ‘Mystifying Melbourne’ Triple R 102.7FM, 27.04.22
Radio interview with Peter Grubby Stubbs on 3AW Evenings, 05.05.22
Radio interview with Chris Thompson for ‘Behind The Scenes’ Vision Australia Radio 1179AM, 23.05.22
Radio interview with David Hunt on ‘Sunday Arts’ 94.9 JOY FM, 08.05.22
’Exhibition finds art in Melbourne’s Mundane’, Sophie Berrill, Published in CBD NEWS, 25.05.22
’From Mundane to Friday paints a fascinating portrait of everyday life in Melbourne’. Sidonie Bird De La Coeur. Beat Magazine. 13.04.22
2021
Chapel Street Precinct has turned into an outdoor art gallery, Nicola Dowse, TimeOut, 30.09.21
Spring1883 VII, The Review Board, Marielle Soni, 05.08.21
Interview on The Arts Show with Namila Benson, ABC Radio National. 05.05.21
10 artists choose 10 past winners as the Archibald Prize turns 100, Art Guide Australia, Tracey Clement, 02.06.21
Birds, Books and Bubble’O Bills, Interview with Antithesis Journal, Maddison Moore, 30.04.21
Kids Pull at our Art Strings, Herald Sun, Olivia Jenkins, Page 13. 20.01.21
Radio interview with Alice Walker about my NGV Kids on Tour program, ABC Goulburn Valley, 11.01.21
2020
Planes, Trains and Bubble’O Bills, A Rich Life, Kirsty Francis, 22.12.20
Editors picks; Gallery Hopping. Broadsheet. Tomas Telegramma. 10.12.20
Happy 30th birthday to the Linden Postcard Show. Tracey Clement. Art Guide. 05.11.20
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Collaborates With Local Artists For True Colours Campaign, Broadsheet, 19.10.20
BLOOD DONOR’S URGED TO ‘FLEX THEIR COLOURS, Daily Telegraph, 19.10.20
Limited-edition bandages launch to boost blood donations, Hospital Healthcare, 20.10.20
Interview with Chris Thompson from arts show, Behind the Scenes, for Vision Australia Radio. 31.08.20
"A Blank Canvas: As the world holds its breath, creative minds are mapping out a new direction”. Andrew Stephens. The Age. Page 8. 15.08,.20
“What the world needs now is art”. Andrew Stephen. Sydney Morning Herald. 14.08.20
Interview with Amy Gardner for ‘Hey Boofhead’ online journal. 18.04.20
Home Comforts: What’s On This Weekend? The Age. 17.04.20
Eight Ways to Upskill Without Leaving the House. Concrete Playground. Melanie Colwell. 08.04.2020
NGV is bringing drawing classes straight to your home. Maggie Zhou. Beat magazine. 09.04.2020
Learn to draw in your living room with NGV Drop-By Drawing, Portia Conyers-East, Daily Review, 08.04.20
Isolation Inspiration. What to watch, read and listen to now. BBC Culture. 09.03.20
Online workshops set to inspire budding Beethovens and Warhols at home. Kerrie O’Brien. Sydney Morning Herald. 06.03.20
20 Books of ideas and activities that will keep kids busy for hours. Carina Bruce. Herald Son. 25.03.20
Drawing On Deakin’s Walls. Docklands News. Meg Hill. 28.01.20
2019
Interview at R&M McGivern with Nadine Christensen by David Hunt at 94.7 Joy FM, Sunday Arts Program, 24.11.19
“Lo FI Hi”, Melbourne Art Review, Matto Lucas, 08.11.19
“Kenny Pittock makes art that looks good enough to eat” ABC Radio National. 02.07.19
“Connector Pens Connecting” at MARS Gallery, Melbourne, Blouin Artinfo, 19.03.19
Kenny Pittock and the art of the Tim Tam, Andrew Stephens, The Age, Page 15, 08.03.19
Mona Foma Shines Bright, Larry Heath, The AU Review,21.01.19
How the true-blue Workers Club became Launceston’s hippest party space. Frances Vinall. The Examiner. 12.01.19
2018
Artists Use Text In Word. Art Guide Australia. Zara Sigglekow. 30.08.18
Monuments to the everyday- Kenny Pittock. Maroondah City Council. 24.05.18
“Self Made- Zines and Artist Books exhibition now on at Bunjil Place”. Herald Sun. Christian Tatman. 23.04.18
Sydney Gallery as Playful and Interesting As It’s Name. Broadsheet Sydney. Jane Albert. 15.03.18
The Humours Of Kenny Pittock. Art Guide Australia Podcast. Interview by Tiarney Miekus.09.03.18
From Parramatta to Paddington; Artists Paint their vision of suburbia. Sydney Morning Herald. Helen Pitt. 08.03.18
In conversation with Kenny Pittock. Abotsford Convent blog. Huw Cushing. 17.01.18
2017
The fun art with Kenny Pittock, The Saturday Paper, Rebecca Varcoe, 02.12.17
“Kenny Pittock, book sculptor”. Australian book designers Association, 24.11.17
un Magazine. Issue 11.2. Art Humour Dialogue. Carrie Miller and Andrew Frost. Pages 43-47
Designing the Museum of Modern Love. Australian Book Designers Association. Sandy Cull. 19.07.17
”9x5 exhibition recieves huge response from leading Australia’s artists”
“One mans trash is another mans award winning installation”. Grazia magazine, Nicholas Carolan, 11.05.17
“This emerging artist just turned your shopping list into $10,000”, Vogue, Victoria Gore, 31.03.17
Arts Thursday on Eastside Radio Sydney, Bronwyn Rennex, 13.04.17
“An artwork of shopping lists earns artist $10,000 award”, Broadsheet, Jane Albert, 28.03.17
2017 Redlands Konica Minolta art pairings, Art Almanac, 20.03.17
Discussing book project on Triple J radio. 08.03.17
Redlands Prize pairings. Art Almanac. 20.02.17
Exhibition review: Chan Hampe’s Swan Song, Artitute, 02.02.17, Durriya Dohadwala
5 Unique tours to Check Out In Singapore Art Week 2017, Channel News Asia, 04,01.17, Mayo Martin
Man on a mission to spread art everywhere, Today Online, 12.01.17, Rena Devi
Attitude Adjustment, artforum.com, Singapore, 17.01.17
Public Art, Pop-ups and Parties, Business Times Singapore, 14.01.17, Helmi Yusof
2016
Home town 2, A series of self poor traits. Sydney Morning Herald Shortlist supplement, pg. 2, 12.05.16, Sharne Wolff
“Kenny Pittock, Heath Franco and Josephine Skinner solo shows”, Two Thousand, 03.05.16, Claire Finneran
“Six and a half questions with Kenny Pittock”, interview with Sharne Wolff, theartlife.com, 02.05.16
“Clever whimsy at the Melbourne City Library”, Timeout Magazine, published 11.04.16
“PLAYFUL exhibition”, published 06.04.16, www.frankie.com.au
Art Guide, Cornucopia review, Sarah Werkmeister, Published 22.03.16, March-April issue
“Thinking about food through art”, radio interview/review with Michael Mackenzie on Radio National, March 22
Art Guide front cover, January-Feb Issue
Art Collector, 50 Things Collectors Need to Know, No. 3, Issue 75 Jan-March 2016, pages 80-81, Carrie Miller
2015
“Contemporary Artist of Curiosity”, The Foothills, Page 4-6, Edition 25, Marina Cook
“Creative Crush” interview for Extraordinary Routines. Madeleine Dore. 03.11.15
National Gallery of Victoria Periscope Interview. Artist in residence discussed indepth in interview by Carmen Angerer with Laura Jean. 30.10.15
“Gareth Liddiard at NGV Friday Nights.” A 1000 Mistakes. 24.11.15
“VOLUME Exhibitors share their favorite publications”, The Thousands, Claire Finneran, 10.09.15
“VOLUME 2015”. The Art Life. Sharne Wolff. 07.09.15
“How to make the most of instagram”, Design Arts Hub, Madeleine Dore, 08.09.15
“5 Great Art Blogs You Must Visit”, The Art and The Curious, Celeste Hawkins, 13.08.15
“Around the Galleries”, Gippsland Country Life, page 28, Spring Issue 2015
Artist in residence. Cowwarr Art Space e-news page. Carolyn Crowley. 20.07.15
“Art As A Verb at Artspace”, Two Thousands, Claire Finneran, 04.06.15
“Future Now: Meet the artists”, Trouble magazine, photography by Kirsty Milliken, 29.03.15
“Pittock On PICA Icecream on the Wall”, Colosoul, Issue 17, published in March, David Charlesworth, page 29-30
Urban Artists Answer Call, LaTrobe Valley Express, Farrah Plummer, 05.03.15
“Funny Ha-ha”, Three thousand review of Funny Ha-Ha publication, Sam West, 26.03.15
“Funny Ha-Ha, Happiness in Print”, SPOOK magazine, Hannah Hawkins, 09.04.15
Project 15 Death I Life, review in Art Guide, Dylan Rainforth, 06.02.15
“An interview with Kenny Pittock by Anna Leonedas”, published on Monash University website. Anna Leonedas.
2014
Hour interview, “Kenny Pittock and Georgina Lee”, Italian short film documentary. Mauro Piccinini.
Warhols children, “Postcards with Kenny”, Hannah Greethead, 18.11.14
Warhols children. “Meet Kenny Pittock”, Hannah Greethead, 11.10.14
Three Thousand, “Art As A Verb”, R.Smutt, 01.10.14
Three Thousand, “I Probably Don’t Like You Opening”, Sarah Werkmeister, 23..09.14
Three Thousand, \_(ツ)_/¯, The Second Bus Projects Edition Exhibition, Sarah Werkmeister, 17.09.14
Interview with Beatriz Marambio for cargocollective.com, published August 12.
Australiani a Roma. Kenny Pittock, Georgina Lee e Nothing’s Happened Since Yesterday, artapart ofculture.net, Donato Di Pelino, July 7, (Italian)
Face Magazine, NOT TO BE MISSED ROME SUMMER EXHIBITIONS, Di Gustavo Marco P. __Cipolla, June-August 2014,
Naima Morelli, Review of Talk at Rome’s Art Academy, July 06, 2014
Australian Unlimited, “Melbourne Art Scene inspires Italian spaces”, Naima Morelli, April 30, 2014
ArtAPartofCulture, “due artisti da Melbourne”, Bruno Munari, April 2014, (Italian)
Art Collector, “Young Hopefuls”, Andrew Frost, (April-June 2014), Issue 68, Page 53
Art And Australia (now called ARTAND), NEW14 Review
“When Art and Fashion Collide”, Emporium Melbourne.
NEW14 Artist interview, ACCA youtube channel
The Age, “NEW14 at ACCA is a Twinkling palette of light and vision”, Robert Nelson, March 26
The Age, “New faces get on board”, Dan Rule, March 15
The Guardian, “New14 review; Seinfeld, Grand Piano’s and Talismans”, Fiona Gruber, March 20
TimeOut Melbourne, “NEW14”, Natalie Brooke, March 11
The Age, “Artists gain new perspective”, Dylan Rainforth, Page 18
TheThousands, ‘Coming Soon’ opening at West Space, Toby Fehily
2013
Video Visions, essay by Jared Davis, Channels Australian Video Art exhibition catalogue
Art Guide Australia, “An Artist Walks Into A Bar”, Andrew Frost, Page 65, July/August 2013
Kenneth Biennale at Rearview Gallery, Three Thousand, Dirtman Shiraz
“The Kenneth Biennale explained”, Three Thousand, Sam West
The Age, Postcard Prize, Dylan Rainforth, February 6, Page 13
Postcards from the edge, The Weekly Review, Lexi Cottee, April
2012
ArtLife, “Anything, Everything and One Other Thing”, Carrie Miller
Arts Diary 365, Installations by Samantha Riegl and Kenny Pittock
Thethousands, “29 Train Drawings”, Mark W Free
2010
“Healing touch in bedside reading”, Maroondah Journal, August 10