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EDUCATION |
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Western Sydney |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES |
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Noble Savage, Artereal Gallery, Sydney |
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Me & You, performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
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Santa, performance at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Sydney |
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Performance at Cutlog New York Art Fair, New York City |
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Motherland, in association with Head On Photo Festival, Artereal Gallery, Sydney |
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Liam Benson, in association with Head On Photo Festival, Artereal Gallery, Sydney |
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Southern Cross’ Lullaby, The Lock Up residency & exhibition, Newcastle |
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Werewolves, MOP Gallery, Redfern |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, with Artereal Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney |
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The Space of Difference, is the Space of Collapse, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, curated by Shivanjani la |
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Over View, Travelling International Festival of Video Art, UNSW Galleries, presented by dLux MediaArts and UNSW |
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Firstdraft Auction 2015, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney |
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Street Screen Project, Australian Centre of Photography, Sydney |
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Contemporary’s Contempories, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
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Melbourne Art Fair, with Artereal Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
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Compassionate Voices, Charity Art Auction, collaboration between Voiceless and Koskela, Sydney |
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Unveiled, Gallery Smith, Melbourne |
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#FOMO, Artereal Gallery, Sydney |
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Haus of Kitteh, performance work by The Motel Sisters, Hazelhurst Arts Festival |
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Same Same, curated by Lisa Corsi, Artereal Gallery, Sydney |
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Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, with Artereal Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney |
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Blake Prize, COFA Gallery, Sydney |
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Collaborateurs, Artereal Gallery, Sydney |
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Peripheral Visions, Garis & Hahn, New York |
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Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD |
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Workout, performancwe work by The Motel Sisters, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
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The Social, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney |
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Blue and Pink Phenomenon, The Substation, Melbourne |
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Cementa_13, Biennial Contemporary Arts Festival, Kandos NSW |
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Sexes Exhibition, Carriageworks Performance Space, Sydney |
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Free Fall, performance at Oxford Art Factory, Sydney |
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Tough Love, Curated by Christine Morrow, Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide |
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Femmes Hommes: the figure in contemporary art, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne |
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The Pioneers, MOP Projects, Sydney |
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The Bocan, The Lewers Bequest, Penrith Regional Gallery, Penrith |
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Hazelhurst Art Award Works on Paper, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney |
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No Artist is an Island, The Lock Up residency & exhibition, Newcastle |
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Body capital, Loop Space, Newcastle |
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Southern Cross’ Lullaby, The Lock Up residency & exhibition, Newcastle |
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In Temperance, Popup Gallery, Sydney |
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Re/Gendered, Platform Artists Group Inc. Degraves St Subway (Campbell Arcade), Melbourne |
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Horror Come Darkness, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Macquarie Park, |
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The More You Ignore Me the Closer I get, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane |
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Identifiable Culture, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown |
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Dream Merchant, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown |
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Becos I’m Worf It, MOP Projects, Sydney |
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Performing for the Camera, Firstdraft Galley, Sydney |
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SafARI 2008, Gaffa, Sydney |
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MAN, Penrith regional Gallery, Emu Plains, Penrith |
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Bent Western, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown |
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Our Lucky Country (still different), Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea |
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Becos I’m Worf It, Linden Centre for Contemporary arts, Melbourne, |
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At the Vanishing Point; the show to launch the space, At the Vanishing Point, Sydney |
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Postcards from the edge, The Black Loft, Dublin, Ireland |
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Dream Merchant, Kings artist run initiative, Melbourne, |
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Our Lucky Country, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea |
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Snowdropping, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown |
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Queering the Mardi Gras, MLC Gallery, Ultimo |
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Overt Compensation: Reloaded, Depot Gallery, Waterloo |
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Gang Festival 05-06, Pelt Gallery, Chippendale |
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Horsepower, Liverpool Regional Gallery, Liverpool |
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Designfesta: Through a Strangers Eyes, Tokyo |
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Gang Festival 05-06, Various spaces, Indonesia |
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Western front, Art is a Social Space, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown, |
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C-Town Bling, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown |
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Satellite of love, Bus Gallery, Melbourne |
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Satellite of love, Phatspace, Darlinghurst |
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Dress code, MOP Gallery, Redfern |
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Weapons of Mass Destruction, Mori Gallery, Sydney, February |
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Overt Compensation, Depot Gallery, Waterloo |
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Sideshow Valley: opening night and installation launch, 2004 SOOB festival, Brisbane |
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Going Pro Project,The Lewers Bequest, Penrith Regional Gallery, Penrith |
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Energex Arbour Contemporary Art Prize, Southbank Brisbane L’Ovest, Firstdraft Gallery, Surry Hills |
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The art of condoms, Phatspace Gallery, Darlinghurst |
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What the world needs now 2, Phatspace Gallery, Darlinghurst |
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Decoding Sub-cultures, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown |
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Self Discipline, Phatspace Gallery, Darlinghurst |
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Structurally unsound, UWS Grad show, University of Western Sydney, Kingswood |
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Smudge, Palace Gallery, South Brisbane, Queensland |
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Queering the streets, Sydney 2002 Gay Games, Sports and Culture Festival |
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RESIDENCIES |
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Arteles Creative Centre, Finland |
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The Lock Up residency, Newcastle |
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Our Lucky Country residency program, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea |
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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS |
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Winner, Champions of the West Initiative, Arts Category |
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Finalist, The Blake Prize |
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Winner, The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Award |
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Winner, The Hawkesbury Art Prize |
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Finalist, The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award |
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Winner, the Contemporary Award category of the Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney |
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Winner, The Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Art Gallery, Sydney |
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Finalist, Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast |
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Winner, Mardi Gras Art Prize, Sydney |
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Photographic Award Recipient, The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award |
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Finalist, The Blake Prize |
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Finalist, The Helen Lempriere Traveling Art Scholarship |
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Finalist, Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast |
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Finalist, Art and Australia RIPE Award |
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Linden Innovators program Recipient, Linden Centre For Contemporary Art, St Kilda |
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Finalist, Iris Award, PCP, Perth |
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Finalist, CCP Colour Factory Award, CCP, Fitzroy |
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Finalist, Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast |
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SELECTED PUBLICATION & REVIEWS |
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‘Hannah Gadsby’s Oz’, ABC tv, broadcasted on 25 March 2014 |
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‘Artists Unite in Cube Show’, by Lauren Murada, Inner West Courier |
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‘Liam Benson: Drag Race Riot’, by Daniel Mudie Cunningham. Runway, Issue 16: Disappearance |
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‘Dream Merchant’ by Josephine Skinner, Runway, Issue 13: Dead |
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‘Our Lucky Country (still different) Jo Higgins, Artlink, Vol 28 no 1 |
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‘Art on the Outskirts: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre’, Dominique Angeloro, Art & Australia Vol 48 no 3 |
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‘Our Lucky Country’ (difference) Elise Routledge, Runway, Issue 9: Change |
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‘So who the bloody hell are we?’ Sophia Kouyoumdjian, ‘Our Lucky Country (still different), Hazlehurst & MOP Projects. ISBN 9781921437014 |
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COLLECTIONS |
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Art Gallery of South Australia |
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University of Western Sydney |
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Numerous private collections |
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THE MOTEL SISTERS |
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The Motel Sisters is an ongoing performative/inter-arts collaboration between Liam Benson and Naomi Oliver since 2004 |
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