Statement
My practice explores perception and phenomenal experience, particularly
as mediated by technologies such as photography, film and video. Using
the most basic principles of these media, my work re-enacts the sense of
wonder and experimentation that characterised early photography and
film. I construct or modify cameras, lenses, viewing devices or film and
video equipment using d.i.y. techniques, junk store materials and op
shop technology. The idiosyncratic imaging devices that result from
these manipulations and misuses are used to document everyday phenomena
and my immediate surroundings, and to create and frame the experience of
viewers in the gallery.
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2013 Complex Experience, The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct
2012 Light Forms Images, Screen Space, Melbourne
2010 In Stereo (with Rachael Haynes), Metro Arts, Brisbane
2008 Photo Lab, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2006 Handran + Smith (with Martin Smith), Kings ARI, Melbourne
2012 Light Forms Images, Screen Space, Melbourne
2010 In Stereo (with Rachael Haynes), Metro Arts, Brisbane
2008 Photo Lab, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2006 Handran + Smith (with Martin Smith), Kings ARI, Melbourne
2005 detail, Blacklab International, Brisbane
2004 photo cube, The Cube, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
2003 The White Album, The Farm Space, Brisbane
Give and Take (with Martin Smith), Metro Arts, Brisbane2001 Panorama, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
2003 The White Album, The Farm Space, Brisbane
navel gazing, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
2002 unseen, 60 Merivale Street, Brisbane
(detail), The Lounge, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, SydneyGive and Take (with Martin Smith), Metro Arts, Brisbane2001 Panorama, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
2000 The Comfort Zone, the Development Space, Brisbane
Sprawl, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane Selected Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2012 Eddy curated by Brooke Ferguson, Metro Arts, BrisbaneEx-Urban Screen (Public Screenings), various locations, Melbourne
2011 Right Here Right Now - Exposures from the Public Realm, Format Festival, Derby, UK
2010 Sound Gate, Kunsten/Utzon Centre/ Platform 4, Aalborg, Denmark
2009 A New Truth to Materials, BoxCopy, Brisbane
New Skin, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane 2008 Still Cinema: LightSpeedTravel (Screening) Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool Biennale
2007 20/20 curated by Frank McBride, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2005 The Lake curated by Wei-Li Yeh, Taipei International Artist’s Village, Taiwan
Prime: new art from Queensland, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2004 Sleight, Redland Art GalleryPrime: new art from Queensland, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
On Location curated by Angela Goddard, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2003 The Farm Comes to Town, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
b-sides curated by Martin Smith, Studio 11, Brisbane
2001 Close Proximity, Found Project Space, Melbourne
fader curated by Sandra Selig, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Fresh Cut curated by Ruth McDougall, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Best of QUT Graduates, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2000 Venture curated by Joseph O’Connor, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Backyard curated by Maree Cunnington, Global Arts Link, Ipswich
Residencies
2007 London Studio Residency Australia Council for the Arts
2001-2 Promise Program Residency Metro Arts, Brisbane
2001-2 Promise Program Residency Metro Arts, Brisbane
Selected Bibliography
2012 Brooke Ferguson, Eddy (ex cat) Metro Arts, Brisbane
2009 Danni Zuvela, A New Truth to Materials (review) Artlink Magazine
2009 Danni Zuvela, A New Truth to Materials (review) Artlink Magazine
Camille Serisier A New Truth to Materials (review) Runway 14, Invisible Inc.
2006 Bec Dean Temporal Spectres, Kings ARI, Melbourne
2005 Nicholas Chambers This space has been reserved for the production of art in Photofile, Issue 75
Simone Jones Prime (review) Eyeline, Issue 61
2004 Angela Goddard On Location (ex cat) Queensland Centre for Photography
2003 Claire Gobe, The White Album (review), Eyeline, issue 53 pp
Grant Stevens, Peering In (interview), Local Art, issue 9 pp 12-13
Rachael Haynes, The White Album (ex cat), the Farm Space, Brisbane
Grant Stevens, Peering In (interview), Local Art, issue 9 pp 12-13
Rachael Haynes, The White Album (ex cat), the Farm Space, Brisbane
2002 Ihor Holubizky and Franz Ehmann Heterostrophic IMA Press, Brisbane
Jane Gallagher, Give and Take (review), Eyeline, issue # 48 pp 50-1
Martin Smith, Opposites Attract in Give and Take (ex cat), Metro Arts
Jane Gallagher, Give and Take (review), Eyeline, issue # 48 pp 50-1
Martin Smith, Opposites Attract in Give and Take (ex cat), Metro Arts
2001 Mark Gomes, fader: evacuating the time scene (review), Eyeline 46, pp 46-47
Timothy Morrell, Pseudo Documentaries (ex cat), Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
Ruth McDougall, transitions in Fresh Cuts (ex cat), IMA Press, Brisbane
Timothy Morrell, Pseudo Documentaries (ex cat), Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
Ruth McDougall, transitions in Fresh Cuts (ex cat), IMA Press, Brisbane
Education
2000 Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in Visual Art, Queensland University of Technology
1997 Bachelor of Visual Arts in Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
Selected Curatorial Experience
2009 I have not been myself lately… (with Simon Wright & Jo Duke), QCA Gallery
2007 The One and the Many (with Holly Arden) DELL Gallery @ QCA, Brisbane
2004 Space Invaders (with Rachael Haynes) Toowoomba Regional Gallery
City Views Museum of Brisbane
Fresh Cut 04 Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2003 post-performance (with Rachael Haynes) The Farm Space, Brisbane
Op Shop Studio11, Brisbane & RocketArt, Newcastle
Second Sight Brisbane City Gallery
Selected Publications
2011 Brooke Ferguson: Pause/Play (ex cat) Metro Arts, Brisbane
2009 Out of Time (Book Review) Australia New Zealand Journal of Art,
2009 Out of Time (Book Review) Australia New Zealand Journal of Art,
2007 The Crash Crew (ex cat) Metro Arts, Brisbane
2005 Izabela Pluta in From Space to Place (ex cat), Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Object Subject (review) in Artlink Volume 25 Number 2
2004 Chris Howlett: Weapons on the Wall (ex cat) Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Eugene Carchesio: Time takes everything takes time in Metis 04 (ex cat), Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
Martin Smith: What Would You Choose? (ex cat) The Farm Space, Brisbane
Eugene Carchesio in Temperature: Contemporary Queensland Sculpture (ex cat) Museum of Brisbane
Sarah Ryan: it’s a complex world (review) Photofile 71, Australian Centre for Photography
2003 Rachael Haynes: Confetti (ex cat) The Farm space, Brisbane
Chris Howlett: Weapons on the Wall (review) Eyeline issue 52
4 x 4 (review) Artlink Volume 23 number 2
2002 Martin Smith: Reliving the Inane in Give and Take (ex cat) Metro Arts
Susan Fereday: Remember Me (ex cat) Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane