Photo Credit: Courtesy of the artist, 2023
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Academic Qualifications
2013 – Cert IV Visual Art and Contemporary Craft, Gordon Institute Geelong
2009 – Ba. Education (Primary), Maj. Visual arts, Deakin Geelong, with Distinction
Awards/Grants
2023 – Noel Counihan Commemorative Art Award Winner
2023 – Finalist National Photographic Portrait Prize
2021 – Midsumma Aus Post Art Prize Winner
2020 – MGA Bowness Photo Prize Finalist
2020 – Midsumma Pathways (Mentorship) Participant, mentored by Jenny Watson
2020 – Recipient Moreland City Council Flourish Arts Recovery Grant, for “Supporting Exhibiting Moreland Artists at NOIR”, NOIR darkroom, Coburg
2019 – Group recipient, City of Perth Grant for “Embedded” Group Exhibition, Flux Gallery Perth
2018 – Moreland City Council Arts Investment Grant, for “Developing our Darkroom” project, NOIR darkroom, Coburg
2013 – Geelong Gallery Art Prize, Gordon Institute, Geelong
2006 – Dean’s Scholarship for Highest Academic Achievement of a First Year Student, Deakin University Geelong
Solo Shows
2021 – “Ghost Trash” Alternating Current Art Space, Windsor, June
2021 – “Swanston Street Series”, B-side Gallery, Fitzroy, May
2018 – “Untitled”, NOIR darkroom, Coburg, August
2016 – “Rat Portraits”, A Gallery, Preston, August – September
Selected Exhibitions
2023 – “Summer Show”, Kyneton Ridge Artspace, Nov
2023 – “Merribek Summer Show”, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Nov
2023 – “Hope”, Bside Gallery, Fitzroy, Oct
2023 – “Iris Award”, Perth Centre for Photography,
2023 – “Geelong Gallery Acquisitive Print Prize”, Gellong Gallery,
2023 – “Burnie Print Prize”, Burnie Arts Centre, Tas
2023 – “Gather Together” – Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, June
2023 – “Please Scream Inside Your Heart”, Spontaneous Assembly, Melbourne Docklands, June
2023 – “National Photographic Portrait Prize”, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, June
2023 – “Melbourne Now”, NGV, Melbourne CBD, March
2023 – “Hillvale Trophy”, Hillvale Gallery, Brunswick, April
2023 – “The Hair Precedes the Woman”, Analogue Academy, Geelong, February
2022 – “A(Di)apology”, First Draft, Woolamaloo Sydney, December
2022 – “Collective”, Perth Center for Photography, Perth, November
2022 – “It’s in our Nature: An Ecofeminist View of the Antropocene”, Conections Art Space, Dandenong, March
2022 – “It’s in our Nature: An Ecofeminist View of the Antropocene”, School House Studios, Coburg, Feb – March
2022 – “Queer My Head”, DAX centre, Parkville, Jan – March
2022 – “Fort Heart Co: Moving Visions”, Loop Art Space, Melbourne CBD, January
2021 -“Anywhere But Here”, Bside Gallery, Fitzroy, December
2021 – “Stages: Life in Lockdown”, Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, Nov
2021 – “Midsumma Aus Post Art Prize”, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne CBD, May
2021 – “CCP Salon”, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, January – February
2020 – “Bowness Photography Prize”, Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, October – February 2021
2020 – “Incinerator Art Awards” as part of the “Covid-19 Quilt” Project, Online Exhibition, August
2020 – “Fuck Covid” Print Exchange, Union Street Printmakers, Hindmarsh (SA), June
2020 – “Embedded”, Flux Gallery Perth, March
2020 – ” Hand Stuff”, NOIR darkroom, Coburg, Feb/March
2019 – “Splendacious”, Neospace Gallery, Collingwood, November/December
2019 – “Dumping Rave”, M80 Bypass Laverton, December
2019 – ” Some Words Put Together in a Melancholy, But Beautiful Kind of Way”, NOIR darkroom, Coburg, March
2019 – “Embeded”, NOIR darkroom Gallery, Coburg, March
2019 – ” Dodgy Art Show”, Dodgy Paper, Docklands Melbourne, January
2018 – “A Very NOIR Holidays”, NOIR Darkroom, Coburg, December
2018 – “12×12 Exhibition “, Stockroom, Clifton Hill, December
2018 – “All the Feels” (zine and exhibition), Loop Art Space, Melbourne, October
2018 – “1000 Skulls”, Satellite Gallery, Fitzroy, October
2018 – “State Trustee’s Connected Art Exhibition”, Fed Square Atrium, Melbourne, October
2018 – “Building The Future Together “, Preston Town Hall, Preston, October
2018 – “Stay Safe”, NOIR Darkroom, Coburg, October
2018 – “Mental Health Foundation Australia Consumer art Prize”, October
2018 – “Into Art Exhibition”, Coburg Town Hall Gallery, Coburg, July
2018 – “Literacy Festival Exhibition – Print Exchange”, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, May
2018 – “big Small (Works) Birthday Bash”, NOIR Darkroom, Coburg, April
2017 – “Bring a Plate – Group Exhibition”, The Stockroom, Ringwood, December
2017 – “Imaginings” print exchange/exhibition, Curated by Rona Green, Neospace, Collingwood, December
2017 – “Cut Copy Paste – The Art of the Zine”, Noir Darkroom, Coburg, November
2017 – “Dodgy Art Show 2 – Group Show”, The Stockroom, Ringwood, September
2017 – “Trashed – Group Show”, NOIR darkroom, Coburg, September
2017 – “Lid It! – Group Show”, FernArtz, North Coburg, August
2017 – “Autumn – Group Show”, NOIR darkroom, Coburg, May
2017 – “Youth – Group Show”, Off the Kerb, Collingwood, April
2016 – “Brunswick Street Gallery 40×40 Art Prize”, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy December
2016 – “Sh(km)art” group exhibition, A Gallery , Preston, December
2016 – “Coastal” print exchange/exhibition, Art Is…Gallery, Geelong, December
2016 – “Panopoly” print exchange/exhibition, Curated by Rona Green, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, November
2016 – “80s Exhibition” Group Show, A Gallery in Preston, September
2016 – “Rat Portraits” Solo show, A Gallery, Preston, August – September
2016 – “The message is in the Medium” Group Show, A Gallery, Preston, June
2015 – “Magical” print exchange/exhibition, Curated by Rona Green, Neospace Gallery, Collingwood
2015 – “Figment Festival Exhibition” Art and Objects from the Festival, Little Creatures Canteen, Geelong
2015 – “Hand Scan – Interactive Art Piece”, Figment Festival, Geelong
2014 – “Project 1+2”, Printmaking Exchange, South Africa, Canada, Queensland, Geelong
2014 – Opening Group Show, Nod’ Destra Gallery, Seddon
2013 – Graduate Group Show, Gordon Institute, Geelong
2013 – “Don’t Scream” Group Exhibition, Pink Pole Gallery, Geelong
2013 – Collaborative Group Installation with Jessika K, New Wilderness Fringe Festival, Courthouse Arts Geelong
2012 – Selected Print/Porcelain Works, Armageddon Cake Café, Geelong
2011 – Geelong Art Revealed Group Show, Geelong Wool Museum
2010 – Red Brick Gallery Small Works Prize Group Show, Ballarat
2007 – Surfcoast Calendar Competition Group Show, Torquay Shire Building
Curation
2020 – ” Feminist Aesthetic”, NOIR darkroom, Coburg, February
2020 – “Hand Stuff”, NOIR darkroom, Coburg, March
2020 -“Brown Bags”, NOIR darkroom, December
Publications
“Excerpt from the Swanston Street Series”, ADSR zine, Vol. 014, pp. 29-35, August 2021
“Queer My Head Catalogue“, Jane Hayes, P.19, 2022
“Flux Gallery Review: Embedded 2020”, Pelican Magazine (online), March 18 2020
“Whole new layer of modern art”, Western Independent, March 12, 2020
“International Women’s Day”, Art Almanac, 27 February, 2020
“Feminist Friday Feature”, Foto Femme United (online), 22 May 2020
“All the Feels”, In Sickness and Stealth Art Collective, October 2018
Selected Community Projects/Voluntary Work
2022 (ongoing) – Studio assistant for Studio Dax program, Dax centre Parkville
2022 – Volunteer workshop (film photo/cyanotype/lumen) assistant facilitator, Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill
2017 – 2021 – volunteer/gallery assistant/workshop volunteer/assistant curator/co-founder, NOIR darkroom, Coburg
2016 – Creator and Facilitator “Swanston Street Series Interactive Performance Piece”, 26th Annual Meredith Music Festival* , Meredith, (*in an unofficial capacity)
2016 -Volunteer gallery assistant, “Anthropoid; Geelong Emerging Artists Exhibition”, Sally Walker Artist Space Deakin University, Geelong
2016 – Volunteer/instructor “Lomo Camera Walk/Film Developing workshop”, Courthouse Youth Arts, Geelong
2015 – Artist (by donation), “Dark & Kooky Trash & Treasure”: Strange Neighbour Fundraiser, Fitzroy
2015 – volunteer/collaborative organiser/outreach director/Fundraiser/Artist, Figment Festival, Geelong
2014 – Volunteer “door bitch”/street artist”, “Powerhouse Geelong” Project
2014 – Volunteer event photographer, “Near Neighbours Exhibition”, Abbortsford Convent
2014 – Workshop Leader/Creator, “LinoInc” Mural Workshop, Figment Festival, Geelong
2014 – Volunteer Artist Assistant, “Project 1+2”, Grovedale Community Centre
2011 – Artist in Armageddon Cake Paste-Up Wall Mural (event), Geelong
2010 – Volunteer commission, 4 “Bout Posters”, Geelong Roller Derby League
2007 – Coordinator of “Thank You CFA” School Mural @ Eildon Primary School for Black Saturday Bushfires
2006 – 2012 – OSHC worker/Art Facilitator @ Surfcoast Holiday Program, Torquay
2005 – Volunteer facilitator T-shirt Printing Workshop, WIT Festival, Wales, United Kingdom
Emma "Ruby" Armstrong-Porter 