BEN ALI ONG CV
 

EDUCATION

04 Diploma of Photography, TAFE N.S.W (Ultimo Campus), Sydney
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

15 Nyctophilia, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
12 1000 Years Beside Myself, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
11 Ben Ali Ong, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
  Ballads of the Dead and Dreaming, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
10 Ben Ali Ong, Sydney Art Fair, Tim Olsen Gallery
  Songs For Sorrow, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
09 Ben Ali Ong, Sydney Art Fair, United Galleries, Sydney
  Black Sun (The Art of Dying), Queensland Centre for Photography
  Ben Ali Ong, Powerhouse Museum, Brisbane
  Black Sun (The Art of Dying), China Heights Gallery, Sydney
08 Refluent Hours, Xhibit 9, Sydney
  Refluent Hours, Blender Gallery, Sydney
  Refluent Hours, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
07 Broken Beauty, Blender Gallery, Sydney
  Broken Beauty, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
05 One Traveller, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

12 Capturing the Light, Retrospective Galleries, Byron Bay
11 Heat, Tim Olsen Gallery Sydney
  Autumn, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
  Wattle, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
10 Concert for the Cure, Shapiro Gallery
  Miscellanea, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
  Color Blind – Contemporary Black and white Photography, Art Factory Gallery, Brisbane
  Double Exposure, Viscopy Gallery, Sydney
  Screen, National Art School, Sydney
09 Hip Pop, United Galleries, Sydney
  Light at the End of the Camera, Obscura Gallery, Melbourne
  Life Force Charity Art Auction, Stills Gallery, Sydney
  Fresh Meet, Marsu Homme, Sydney
  Unwrapped, United Galleries, Perth
  30×40, United Galleries, Sydney
  Painted Photographs, Viewfinder Gallery, London
  Emerging, Gosford Regional Gallery
08 Annual Members Exhibition, Gallery 4a, Sydney
  9×5 Annual Group Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong
07 Happy 100th Group Show, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
  Photography and Installation, Wallspace Gallery, Sydney
  Cross Projections, Tusculum House, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Sydney
06 3 E.P’s, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
 

AWARDS

12 Selected, Redlands Art Prize Emerging Artist Award and Exhibition
11 Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Shubert Photography Award
10 Finalist, Blake Prize
  Finalist, CLIP Photographic Landscape Prize
  Finalist, Alice Art Prize
  Finalist, Head On Photographic Portrait Prize
09 Winner, Mosman Photo Festival Prize
  Finalist, Murrundi Art Prize
  Finalist, Blake Prize
  Winner, Sharpe Brothers Acquisitive Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery
  Finalist, Olive Cotton Photographic Prize
  Finalist, Moran Photographic Prize
08 Finalist, Mosman Festival Photography Competition
  Finalist, He Who Explores Art Award, Walker St. Gallery
  Finalist, Macarthur Cook Art Award
  Finalist, Waverly Art Prize
  Finalist, Olive Cotton Photographic Prize
  Finalist, Stanthorpe Art Prize
07 Runner Up, Mosman Festival of Photography Competition
  Selected, Cross Projections, a cinematic screening as part of the Kings Cross Art Guild
  Finalist, Moran Photographic Prize
  2x Silver Medals, Canon AIPP Awards Australia
06 Finalist, Noise, Black and White Photography section
 

COLLECTIONS

  Macquarie Group
  Queensland Centre for Photography
  Sharpe Brothers
  Private Collections in Australia and Europe