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Penelope Cain

A-M Gallery Penelope Cain Newtown
Exhibition 2015

Artist CV

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Year Event
2014 Superdry and Other Panoramas, MOP Projects, Sydney
2012 The Hunt: Day 1, paste-up and drawings, Gaffa Galleries, Sydney
2011 Cubicle Farming, paste-up series, Commissioned: City of Sydney for Streetware 2/Laneways
2010 Parklife, Centre For Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2009 Infestation, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
2009 Sink or Swim: The Screen, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
2009 Antiparallelogram, University of East London Gallery, London, UK
2008 Out of Office Message, Australian Commerce and Industry Office, Taipei, Taiwan
2005 Beam, video projections, assorted venues in Canberra CBD

Selected Curated & Group Exhibitions

Year Event
2015 Paramor Art + Innovation Exhibition, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
2014 The Blake Prize Exhibition, Galleries UNSW, Sydney
2014 Midyear Postgraduate Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
2014 Fractured fairytales: Penelope Cain and Barbara Doran, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2013 Unattended City, in Dystopia, curator Nicholas Tsoutas, Research Gallery, SCA, Sydney
2012 Dobell Drawing Prize exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW
2012 CloudCity, Delmar Gallery Sydney. Curated by Catherine Benz
2012 Mostly Agree, Stills Gallery, Sydney. Curated by Josephine Skinner
2012 New Photographers, Brenda May Gallery. Curated by Meg Fizzel
2011 Selectively Revealed, Asialink touring exhibition. Aram Art Gallery, Goyang, Seoul. Curated by Claire Needham and Sarah Bond. Toured Seoul, Taiwan and Thailand 2012
2011 Experimenta Utopia Now, Museum of Old and New Art, Launceston, Tas. Curator Clare Needham
2011 A-to-Z, University of East London Gallery, London
2011 Natural Digression, University of Technology Gallery, Ultimo, Sydney. Curator Yolande Norris
2010 Experimenta Video Program, Australian Pavilion, Shanghai World Expo. Curator Kat Vane-Tempest
2010 Coded, Blacktown Regional Arts Centre. Curator Sophia Kouyoumdijian
2009 Contemporary Flânerie: Reconfiguring Cities, Oakland University Art Gallery, MI, USA
2008 Shanghai Intrude:366 Shanghai, China, curated by Shen Qibin, Zendai MoMA
2008 Age of Enlightenment, The Quad, Derby, UK. Curator Alfredo Cramerotti
2008 Shadow Boxing, MOP Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curator Holly Williams
2007 Citylogue, Barry Gallery, TAV, Taipei, Taiwan. Curator Ashley Chan
2007 Figuratively Speaking: the Figure in Contemporary Video Art, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia. Curator Simone Jones
2006 safARI, MOP Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curators Lisa Corsi and Margaret Farmer
2005 Experimenta 2005: Vanishing Point, Melbourne, Australia. Curator Liz Hughes
2005 Mira Como Se Mueven (See How They Move), April 2005, las Salsa de Exposiciones de Fundación Telefonica, Madrid, curator Martì Peran.

Academic Qualifications

Year Event
2014 MFA, Sydney College of Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney
2001 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) (Hons), Australian National University, Canberra

Awards and Scholarships

Year Event
2015 Finalist, Paramor Art+ Innovation Award, Casula Powerhouse
2014 Finalist, The Blake Prize, Sydney
2013 Finalist, Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award
2013 Finalist, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Croydon, Sydney
2012 Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2011 Power Institute Award for Artists: Residency at the Cite International des Arts, Paris
2009 Finalist, Albury Art Prize, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury
2008 Australia Council for the Arts skills and arts development award: residency, British School of Rome, Italy
2008 Finalist New Social Commentary, Warnambool Art Gallery, Warnambool
2007 Asialink fellowship and residency at Taipei Artists Village, Taiwan
2007 Churchie Emerging Arts Prize: Overall winner, Brisbane