Louise Bennett
CV
FORMAL EDUCATION
2009: Bachelor of Fine Art Visual Art (Hons), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2016: Lord Mayors Young and Emerging Artist Fellowship, Brisbane City Council - Recipient.
2015: Arts Queensland Individuals Fund Development Grant - Recipient.
2015: Media Art Asia Pacific (MAAP) Residency Award.
2014: Churchie National Emerging Art Award – Finalist.
2012: Arts Queensland Career Development Grant - Recipient.
2012: Churchie National Emerging Art Award - Finalist.
2011: Churchie National Emerging Art Award - Finalist.
2011: Jeremy Hynes Award, Institute of Modern Art - Finalist.
2010: Melville Haysom Memorial Art Scholarship, Gallery of Modern Art/Queensland Art Gallery – Recipient.
2009: Dean’s List for Excellent Academic Performance, Queensland University of Technology – Recipient.
2008: Dean’s List for Excellent Academic Performance, Queensland University of Technology – Recipient.
2007: Golden Key International Honour Society, awarded membership.
RESIDENCIES
2017: Arteles Creative Centre, Haukijärvi, Finland.
2017: Casa na Ilha, Ilhabela, Brazil.
2016: Visiting artist, Plan AutoPoiesis, Lima, Peru.
2016: The Auxiliary, Stockton-on-Tees, UK.
2016: Shankill Castle, Paulstown, Ireland.
2015: Residency Award, Media Art Asia Pacific (MAAP), Brisbane.
2012: Ionion Centre for the Arts and Culture, Artist Residency, Greece.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2017: Mentored emerging artist Sophye Soliveau, Pisac, Peru.
2016: Audio Post-Production Course, Maine Media College, Maine, USA.
2016: Mentorship & Artist Assistant, Jemima Wyman, Los Angeles, USA.
2016: Artist Assistant, Claire Roberston, large scale project, Pilbara Desert, Western Australia.
2015: Black Card, Cultural Capability Framework based on Aboriginal Terms of Reference (ATR) using Aboriginal Approaches to Knowledge, guided by the BlackCard elders.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018: Light Between Our Oceans, Institute of Modern Art (IMA), Brisbane, Australia.
2017: Light Between Our Oceans, Bus Projects, Melbourne.
2017: Now is Now // Ahora es Ahora, Barranco Municipalidad Funicular, Lima, Peru.
2016: The Sun From Your Past, Clutch Collective, Brisbane.
2015: Emoji Flow, St Paul's Tce, Brisbane.
2015: ALL AT ONCE, Media Art Asia Pacific (MAAP), Brisbane.
2012: Kefalonia Dreaming, Ionion Arts Centre, Kefalonia, Greece.
2012: Traces, Pestorious Sweeney House, Brisbane.
2011: Traces, Metro Arts Program, Brisbane.
2011: Screen Dreams, Room60, Brisbane.
2010: Mood in Progress, Boxcopy, Brisbane.
2006: 17 Frames, The Outpost, Brisbane.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017: Media Nostalgia: Time Reflection, KOSMA International Exhibition, Gwangju, Korea and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Curated by MAAP Media Art Asia Pacific
2017: Primer Contacto: EL CUBIL, SEQES, Barranco, Lima, Peru.
2017: Earth Breathing, Collaborative audio installation and performance with Tomsuma (Kayo Ishikawa), Finland.
2017: Our Sideways Time-travel, QUT Frank Moran Gallery, Brisbane.
2016: VZW Kunst Watou Art Festival, Belgium.
2016: Against the Grain Festival, Brisbane.
2016: fail better - Franz Ehmann collaboration, Homeground, Boxcopy, Brisbane.
2016: Sound collaboration with Caitlin Franzmann, Metro Arts, Brisbane. (Response to Zoe Knight's Untitled #5).
2015: CHANNELS, Video Art Festival, Melbourne.
2015: Post Tourist, Kings ARI, Melbourne.
2015: Another Queue, Accidentally Annie Street Space, New Farm Bowls Club, Brisbane.
2015: La Movida, Biblioteca Municipal de Barranco, Lima, Peru
2015: Caitlin Franzman's Chasing Infinite Junctures, Boxcopy, Brisbane.
2014: Subtropic Complex, Institute of Modern Art and James St Precinct, Brisbane.
2014: Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisnane.
2014: Presence/absence, Spiro Grace Art Rooms (SGAR Gallery), Brisbane.
2013: Beijing Film Academy International New Media Arts Triennial exhibition, Beijing Film Academy, China.
2013: Rinse and Repeat, The Hangar, Brisbane.
2013: Field, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane.
2012: Going South, Screen Space, Melbourne.
2012: Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane.
2012: Smallgoods, Boxcopy, Brisbane.
2012: Knock, Accidentally Annie St Space, Sebel Hotel, Brisbane. (Curated)
2012: It’s a Small Small World curated by Hennessy Youngman, Family Business, Chelsea NYC.
2012: Triangulate, Brisbane Emerging Arts Festival, Brisbane.
2011: Secret Pint, Paper Plane Gallery, Sydney.
2011: Skype Show, Accidentally Annie St Space, Brisbane. (Curated)
2011: Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane.
2010: Present, Level ARI studio group show, Brisbane.
2010: The Artist Handbook Exhibition, PS Gallery Artworkers, Brisbane.
2010: Small Works 2010, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
2010: For Us By Us, Artist collaboration with fashion designers, Brisbane.
2010: Broadcast, Level, Brisbane.
2010: Invitational, Level, Brisbane.
2010: Shape of Things to Come, Best of Recent Graduates, The Block, Brisbane.
2010: Creative Outlets, Stones Corner Street Festival, Brisbane.
2009: Everything et al, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2009: Pashing Seatbelts, QUT BFA Visual Arts Honours Graduate Exhibition, QUT The Block
2009: Recession Art + Other Strategies, Inbetweenspaces, Brisbane.
2009: Drawn Apart, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane.
2009: Sketch Pad, Parade Ground CI precinct, Brisbane.
2009: House Party, Accidentally Annie St Space, Brisbane. (Curated)
2008: Culture Vultures, Boxcopy Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2008: Taste Test, QUT BFA Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, H Block, Brisbane.
2008: Fresher Cunts, Inbetweenspaces, Brisbane.
2007: Dope, Transit Lounge, Brisbane.
2007: That Depends (Ed Kuepper Live – video collaboration), The Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane.
2007: Viewfinder, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2007: The Package, Video Collaboration with Dance, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2006: Transmute, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane.
2005: Smorgasboard, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016: "The Sun From Your Past", Solo Exhibition Essay by Lisa Bryan-Brown.
2015: “Digital Consequences”, Critical Solo Exhibition Review by Natasha Matila-Smith, EyeContact
2014: “Presence/Absence”, Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Jenna Baldock, Spiro Grace Art Rooms
2013: “Rinse & Repeat”, Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Laura Brown
2013: “Field”, Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Lisa Bryan-Brown
2012: “Traces”, Solo Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by David Pestorious
2012: “Cyberspace as Medium”, Critical Solo Exhibition Review by Carmen Ansaldo, EyeContact, June 10
2012: “Triangulate –Brisbane Emerging Art Festival”, Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Laura Brown
2012: “Traces”, Exhibition Essay by Lisa Bryan-Brown, Griffith University Art Gallery for Churchie Emerging Art Award
2011: “Traces”, Solo Exhibition Catalogue essay by Rachael Parsons, Metro Arts
2011: “Inclusivity and Isolation”, Fillip by Peta Rake, Issue 15, 2011, p.70-78
2010: “Abject Boredom”, Solo Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Meg Hale, Boxcopy
2008: “Culture Vultures”, Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Daniel McKewen
PUBLICATIONS
2018: "Bridging Daughters" interview with Claire Robertson and Gabriela Concha, InResidence 2017 In Review Publication.
2015: "Louise Bennett : ALL AT ONCE : (embodied :/ remembered :/ mediated :/), Artist Book, created by Erika Scott. Self published.
2013: “Knock – Accidentally Annie Street Space”, Critical Appraisal, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 257, March 2013, pp.56
2012: “Knock”, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Accidentally Annie Street Space
2011: “Skype Show, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Accidentally Annie Street Space
2009: “House Party”, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Accidentally Annie Street Space
TALKS
2015: Respondent to Panel: Institutions and Publicness, What Can Art Institutions Do? Symposium, Institute of Modern Art
2014: Speaker at SafARI Sydney Biennale Fringe Event, “SaFORUM” Panel Discussion (Forum included talks from Mike
Parr and Lisa Havilah), Kudos Gallery, Sydney.
2014: Artist talk, “I <3”, Boxcopy, Brisbane.
2011: Artist talk, “Traces”, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2010: Interviewed TV Moore, GoMA/QAG Public Programs as part of the Melville Haysom Memorial Scholarship Award.
2010: Speaker at “Invitational”, Panel Discussion, Chaired by Rachel Parsons, Level, Brisbane.
2010: Artist talk, “For Us By Us”, QUT Fashion Precinct, Brisbane.
2010: Artist talk, “Mood in Progress”, Boxcopy, Brisbane.
2010: Panel discussion for “Broadcast”, Chaired by Dr Courtney Pedersen, Level, Brisbane.
EMPLOYMENT
2016- 2016: Research and Program Officer, Media Art Asia Pacific (MAAP), Brisbane.
2014 - 2016: Philanthropy Relations Officer, Queensland University of Technology, fulltime position, Brisbane.
2009 - current: Co-director of Accidentally Annie Street Space, Artist Run Initiative, Brisbane.