SHOUFAY DERZ CV

 

EDUCATION

14

PhD Candidate, University of Sydney

11

Master of Fine Arts by Research (Media Arts), University of New South Wales

03

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of New South Wales

98

Diploma of Fine Arts with Distinction (Photography/Printmaking), Northern Sydney TAFE, Sydney

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

15

The Wish, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

13

Shoufay Derz, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

12

Negatives, Queensland Centre for Photography

11

Depart Without Return, COFA Space, Sydney

07

Shoufay Derz, Delmar Gallery, Sydney

 

Transportation Love Song: Inseparable, Art and disability, M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, Esplanade Concourse, Singapore

 

Radii Heart, AWE space II, UNSW, Sydney

06

Break-up (Curators: David Teh and Jasper Night). Commissioned for Half Dozen Festival, Chinatown Public Art Project, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Gallery 4a, Sydney

04

Radii Heart, Sherman Artbox, Sherman Galleries, Sydney

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

15

The Fate of Image, The Forth International New Media forum, curated by Wang Chunchen, Chongqing, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China

 

2015 Festival of Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre

 

VIDEO CONTEMPORARY, presented by Samsung curated by Australian Centre for Moving Image, Sydney

 

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, with Artereal Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney

 

Video Platform, Art Stage Signapore, curated by Paul Greenaway of GAG Projects

 

Stations of the Cross, McGlade Gallery, curated by Rosemary Crumlin & Doug Purnell

14

Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: DARK HEART curated by Nick Mitzevich, Australia

 

Wondermountain, curated by Joanna Bayndrian, Penrith Regional Gallery

 

New Contemporaries, curated by Nick Tsoutis, SCA Galleries

 

Models of the Afterlife, curated by Cartherine Benz, Delmar Gallery

 

Conquest of space, curated by Andrew Frost, COFA Galleries

 

The 38th Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs

 

Is this Art?, presented by dLux Media Arts, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

 

Unveiled, curated by Emma Benichou, Gallery Smith Project Space

 

Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne

13

Phantom Limb, curated by Speculum projects, UTS Gallery

 

Pigeon Auction, curated by Toni Baily, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre

 

Blake Prize Tour, Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne

12

Light Sensitive, works from the Verghis collection, t ouring to Moree Plains Gallery, Goulburn

 

Regional Art Gallery, Hawkesbury Regional Art Gallery, The Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Grafton Regional Gallery, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre

 

Shelf Life, curator: Catherine Benz, Delmar Gallery, Sydney

11

Shelf Life, curator: Catherine Benz, Delmar Gallery, Sydney

 

Annual members show, Asia-Australia Arts centre, Gallery 4a, Sydney

10

An Insight, Trinity Grammar School Art Collection, curated by Catherine Benz, Delmar Gallery

 

Shelf Life, Delmar Gallery, Sydney

 

Annual members show, Asia-Australia Arts centre, Gallery 4a, Sydney

09

The Spirit Within: Australian Contemporary Art, curated by Rosemary Crumlin, Isobel Crombie, Helen Light, Parliament of World Religions, Melbourne

 

Light Sensitive, works from the Verghis collection, curated by Richard Perran, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst

 

The Liverpool City Art Prize, Casula Power Arts House, Casula

 

Life of Staff, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank

08

Annual members show, Asia-Australia Arts centre, Gallery 4a, Sydney

 

Asian Traffic (selected works on tour), Today Art Museum, Beijing; Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; OCTA Museum of Contemporary Art, Shenzhen

04

One of, Festivus 04, Sherman galleries, Sydney (with Jackie Redgate, Shaun Gladwell, Mel O’Callaghan, Deborah Paauwe, Lynne Roberts-Goodwin, Todd Robinson, and John Young)

 

Asian Traffic: Phase 6, curated by Binghui Huangfu, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney (Official Parallel Event of the Biennale of Sydney)

03

53rd Blake Prize for Religious Art: Touring Blake Exhibition 04 (selected works), Grafton Regional Gallery, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Australian Catholic University (ACU) National, Strathfield, NSW and Melbourne VIC

02

52nd Blake Prize for Religious Art: The Touring Blake Exhibition 03 (selected works), Tamworth Regional Gallery, Devonport Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbor Regional Gallery, ACU National, Strathfield NSW and Melbourne VIC

 

Under the Sun, EPS Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney

 

AWARDS

15

Grant Recipient, Australia Council for the Arts Project for Individuals 2015

 

New South Wales Artists’ Grant, National Association of Visual Arts

 

Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper 2015

 

Postgraduate Research Support Scheme Grant, Sydney University

14

Finalist, The 38th Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs

 

Finalist, 2014 Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne

 

Finalist, 52nd Fishers Ghost Award, Cambelltown Arts Centre

13

AIR Taipei International Artist Residence Fellowship

 

Sainsbury Sculpture Grant

 

Australian Postgraduate Award to undertake Phd, University of Sydney

 

Finalist, William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

 

Recipient, Arts NSW Travel Grant

 

Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Art Award

 

Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre

12

Highly Commended, 61st Blake Prize for Religious Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

 

Highly Commended, 37th Alice Prize, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs

 

NAVA NSW Artists’ Grant

 

Finalist, 50th Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre

11

Australia Council ArtStart Grant

 

Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2011, Campbelltown Arts Centre

 

Finalist, The Substation Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Melbourne

08

Postgraduate Scholarship, The Viktoria Marinov Award in Art

 

Winner, Judges Special Mention Prize, Churchie National Emerging Art Award

07

Janet Holmes à Court Artists Grant and Visual and Craft Artists’ Grant

 

Australia Council New Work Grant

06

Finalist, 34th Alice Prize, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs

03

Winner, 52nd Blake Prize for Religious Art

 

Helen Lemprière Traveling Art Scholarship, Artspace

 

RESIDENCIES

15

Hill End Residency

13

AIR Taipei International Artist Residence

12

Self-initiated residency, Taklamakan Desert, China

11

Self-initiated residency, Ambrym, Vanuatu

07

Artist in Residence, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney

 

COLLECTIONS

 

Art Gallery of South Australia

 

The Balnaves Foundation

 

Bresic Whitney Art Collection

 

Alice Springs Art Foundation Art Collection

 

Society of the Arts, Trinity Grammar School Art Collection, Delmar Gallery

 

University of Sydney Union Art Collection, Sydney

 

Northern Institute of TAFE, Sydney

 

Rachel Vergis Collection

 

Private Collections in Australia and internationally