Term: October 2018 – January 2019
Funded by:
Born in Geelong, Victoria, 1983
EDUCATION
2012-2013 Master of Fine Arts (by Research, First Class Honours),
Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2011 Master of Visual Arts (Course Work), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2011 Certificate IV Training and Assessment, HBA Learning Centres, Melbourne
2010 Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2006-2007 Diploma in Visual Art, Southbank Institute of TAFE, Brisbane
2002-2005 Bachelor of Journalism/ Bachelor of Arts (Art History and English),
University of Queensland, Brisbane
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2018-2019 Leipzig International Artist Residency (LIA), Leipzig, Germany
2018-2019 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant
2015-2016 Art Start Grant, Australia Council
2014 John Leslie Art Prize (landscape painting), Highly Commended, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
2012-2013 Australian Postgraduate Award, University of Melbourne
2007 Southbank Institute of TAFE, Graduate Show, Painting Award, Brisbane
Churchie Emerging Art Award, Finalist, Boys Anglican Grammar School, Brisbane
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2016 ‘Elastic Field’ group painting exhibition, January 29th – February 20th, 2016, Strange Neighbour, Fitzroy.
Fergus Binns, Gabriel Curtin, Michael Georgetti, Samson Martin, Viv Miller, Nick Ryrie, Antonia Sellbach, Laura Skerlj, Kate Tucker.
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2017
‘Aqua Lung’, Alaska Projects, Sydney
2016
‘Love in a Better Climate’, Fort Delta, Melbourne
2015
‘Tropical Planet’, Fort Delta, Melbourne
‘Ultra Violets’, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
2014
‘Cosmic Cuttings’, Tristian Koenig, Melbourne
‘Collapsible Wilderness’, Linden Innovators 3, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2013
‘White, Gold, Mountain’, Blindside, Melbourne
‘Fool’s Gold’, Platform Art Space, Melbourne
Group (Selection)
2018
‘Winter Sun’, Daine Singer, Melbourne
‘Paint, Painting, Painted’ Deakin Southbank Gallery, Melbourne (July)
‘Patina, LON Gallery, Melbourne
‘Paint18’, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
2017
‘Losing Farther, Losing Faster’, Alaska Projects, Sydney
‘Hyper Hyper’, Michael Reid Berlin, Berlin
‘What’s Happening Here?’, Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne
2016
‘Various Findings’, Chamber Presents, Melbourne
‘New Strokes’, Gallery 9, Sydney
‘Concrete Agenda’, C3 Gallery, Melbourne
‘Palm Reader’, LON Gallery, Melbourne
‘Here’s to Future Days’, Fort Delta, Melbourne
‘Elastic Field’, Strange Neighbour, Melbourne
‘VIEW’, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
2015
‘The Perfect Lethargy of Orbit’, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
‘MAN’, Tristian Koenig, Melbourne
2014
‘John Leslie Art Prize’, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
‘The Aggregate and the Algorithm’, Tristian Koenig, Collingwood, Melbourne
‘Exploration 14’, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2013
‘VCA Masters Graduate Exhibition’, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
‘Luminescence’, Windsor Hotel, Melbourne
2012
‘Rubicon Launch Show’, Rubicon ARI, North Melbourne
‘The Negative Mirror’, C3 Gallery, Abbotsford, Melbourne
2011
‘VCA Masters Graduate Exhibition’, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2010
‘VCA Graduate Exhibition’, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne 2007 ‘Churchie Emerging Art Award’, Boys Anglican Grammar School, Brisbane
Art Fairs
2016 ‘Spring 1883’, Fort Delta Presentation, Melbourne
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016
Dylan Rainforth, ‘Strange Neighbour show assembles crop of contemporary Melbourne painters’, The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald, January 26, 2016
2015
Maura Edmond, ‘Laura Skerlj: Tropical Planet’ Primer online arts blog, December 10, 2015
Dan Rule, ‘MAN: What to see in Melbourne galleries this week’ The Age, March 27, 2015.
2014
Dylan Rainforth, ‘Have iPads killed traditional painting?’ Sydney Morning Herald, August 12, 2014.
2013
Sarah Bunting, ‘Fool’s Gold’ catalogue essay for White, Gold, Mountain exhibition, Blindside, May, 2014.
2012
Casey Hutton, ‘Interview: Laura Skerlj’, The Meander online journal, 2012.
PUBLICATIONS (Selection)
2016
‘Vibrations from the Elastic Field’, catalogue essay, Elastic Field exhibition, Strange Neighbour, Melbourne
‘Soft Focus’, catalogue essay, Simon Gardam, Chonda Za exhibition, Wellington Street Projects, Sydney
2015
‘NEW15’, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, online review, ArtAsiaPacific
‘The Kaleidoscopic Turn’, National Gallery of Victoria, online review, ArtAsiaPacific
‘Feminist observations in the work of Georgia MacGuire’, feature article, ArtLink Magazine, ‘Global’ Indigenous issue, 35 #2 June
2014
‘The Floating Studio’, Runway: Australian Experimental Art, essay, ‘Islands’ issue, online journal
‘With The Universe At Our Backs’, catalogue essay, Catherine Evans, Blindside, Melbourne
‘Interview with Catherine Evans’, interview, The Meander, online journal.
