Amanda Morgan

AMANDA MORGAN: ART CV

1. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ART: 2006: Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Education, University of Melbourne); 2004: An incomplete Bachelor Degree in Electronic Design and Interactive Media (Swinburne University); 2001: Masters by research Fine Arts, (Victorian College University of Melbourne); 1994: Bachelor Degree with Honours in Fine Arts majoring in Painting (RMIT); 1988: Diploma of Art and Design, (Swinburne University).

2. EXHIBITIONS: 
CURATING EXHIBITIONS: 2011: Seeing to a Distance - Single Channel Video Work From Australia, an exhibition of 24 contemporary artists videos at Level 17 Artspace (Melbourne); 2007: I Can, 20 emerging visual artists stencilling the gallery walls at Conical (Melbourne); 2006: Transformers, 30 emerging Australian video artists at Loop, (Melbourne); 2003: I see, a weekly curated broadcast of international contemporary video artists for Channel 31, (with Emily Cormack); 2003: Site, emerging sculpture and video artists selected from the VCA (with Janet Burchill) at Conical (Melbourne); 2001-2004: Conical, curatorial selection committee and founding board member (Melbourne).

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS: SOLO:
2014: Colour Field Painting, Outdoor single-channel video projection, Victoria Park Stadium, Bob Rose Stand, commissioned by City of Yarra, (Melbourne); 2013: Fragile Globe (Impermanence no 5.), Interior single-channel video installation, Gertrude St Enoteca, curated by Kym Ortenburg and Yandell Walton, Gertrude Projection Festival, (Melbourne); Separation (Bonegilla), Outdoor video projection mapping, Q-View Digital Gallery, commissioned by City of Albury, (NSW); 2012: Emergence (Hyper buildings) - Ephemeral Museum, interior video and photographic installation, Fehily Contemporary, (Melbourne); 2012: Dusk Till Dawn, video projection mapping, Q-View Digital Gallery, commissioned by City of Albury, (NSW); 2010: Ukiyo-e: floating world, performance video projection commission, Fringe, (Melbourne); 2009: Desert/Water, Tjinmilypa kalyu kaninytjarraku wilarninpa (when water flows inside the body), outdoor video projection, culture center, Wirrimanu, Balgo, (WA); 2007: Birrarung: Present Past, permanent installation, commissioned by McNabb Gomes Architects, (Melbourne); 2006: Point of View, installation, commissioned by Andrew McConnell, Circa at the Prince of Whales, (Melbourne) 2003: Cut, video and photographic installation, Conical, (Melbourne); Process Colour, video and photographic installation, Conical, (Melbourne); 2002: Falling Water – Signal, video installation and short film, Conical, (Melbourne); 2001: Perspective Intersect, (with Garry Wheeler), video installation, Gamma Space, (Melbourne); 2000: Following the Blind Leading the Blind, video installation, VCA Gallery, (Melbourne); 2000: After 8 Second Delay Room, video installation, VCA Gallery, (Melbourne).

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS: GROUP:
2014: The Cinecity Architectural Film Project, Night Film Night, a touring exhibition of contemporary films on architecture, curated Sarah Breen Lovett and Louise Mackenzie, Perth Cultural Centre a fringe event of The National Architecture Conference, and Vivid Ideas, Museum of Contemporary Art, (Sydney); White Night: Kaleidoscope (with Nick Azidis and Ian de Gruchy) large format still image projection, the State Library of Victoria (Melbourne); White Night: Onsite/Insite, Outdoor single-channel video projection, curated by Anthony McInneny and Paul Candy, RMIT School of Art, (Melbourne); Melbourne Now: Pursuit ArtSpace a mobile gallery, curated by Peter Burke, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square, and NGV International, St Kilda Road (Melbourne); 2013: Cinecity Architectural Film Project, a touring exhibition of contemporary films on architecture, curated Sarah Breen Lovett and Louise Mackenzie, touring to Perth Open House, (Perth) Arcfilmfest (Santiago, Chile) Research Visions Exhibition + Symposium, art/design/research by PhD Candidates of Architecture Design and Planning at The University of Sydney, (Sydney), Architecture Film Festival Lisbon, (Portugal), Harold White Theatre, Melbourne University Planning Association and SONA, Australian Institute of Architects National Conference, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square, (Melbourne); Gertrude Projection Festival, Transience (with Ian de Gruchy) video projection mapping, the Builders Arms, curated by Kym Ortenburg and Yandell Walton, (Melbourne); 4 x 4 Projection Festival, Biosphere (The Black Mile), curated by Yandell Walton, Furdydurke, (Melbourne); Nocturnal, Her Voice, large format still image projections, curated by Ian de Gruchy, commissioned by City of Greater Dandenong(Melbourne); exUrban Screens, Biosphere No.3 (Sundial) Outdoor single-channel video projection, Frankston library, curated by Matthew Perkins and Vince Dziekan, (Melbourne); 2012: White Night, No expectations, (with Nick Azidis and Ian de Gruchy) large format still image projections, the State Library of Victoria (Melbourne); Lumen: Synchronicity, outdoor video projection, curated by Christopher Eamon, Staten Island industrial waterfront site, Atlantic Salt Company, (New York); After the meal: a taste for excess, video and photographic installation (with Pascale Gomes-McNabb and James Morgan), The Johnston Collection, Fair Hall house Museum, (Melbourne); Gertrude Projection Festival, Ephemeral Museum, large format still image projections (with Nick Azidis + Ian de Gruchy), Atherton Gardens Estate, Fitzroy, Gertrude Projection Festival, curated by Kym Ortenburg, (Melbourne); Hyper buildings, video projection, EveryWhere where But Here, Blindside Gallery, (Melbourne); Slave pianos, punkasila, pipeline to oblivion : 3 projects by Danius Kesminas and collaborators,curated by Max Delany, Monash University Museum of Art, MUMA, (Melbourne); Seeing to a distance: Single Channel Video From Australia, Level 17 Artspace, (Melbourne); 2011; Hidden Places, Vertigo in Time, two-channel façade video projection, Gertrude Projection Festival, Curator: Kym Ortenburg, Melbourne; Lumen, Aquatic Ecosystem video installation, curated by Ginger Schulick, Staten Island industrial waterfront site, Lighthouse Museum, (New York); Digital Fringe, Suburb Under Water, Suburb In The Sky, (Melbourne); 2009:Punkasila - Punkasalsa, with Danius Kesminas, Tenth Biennale of Havana, (Cuba);Group Show, with Danius Kesminas, Darren Knight, (Melbourne); PUNKASILA: The Havana Affair, with Danius Kesminas and Punkasila, One Galeri,Jakarta Barat, (Indonesia); I Want You to Want Me, with Danius Kesminas, Marx & Zavattero, SF, (USA);Dream, The Gertrude Street Projection Festival, curated by Kym Ortenburg,  (Melbourne); 2008: The Black Chair, short documentaries with Warlayirti Artists Corporation, Balgo, (WA);Next, with Danius Kesminas and Punkasila, Art Fair, with Darren Knight, (Chicago, USA);Snapshot, Falls Bridge, Artspace, (Melbourne); 2007:U-Turn, with Ella Fairbairn, curated by Larissa Hjorth & Kate Shaw, Glendale College Gallery, (LA, USA); 2004:1+1+1, curated by Janet Burchill, Yuill/Crowley, SydneyStudio Show, Gunnery Studio, Artspace, (Sydney);120 Degrees of Separation, Linden, St. Kilda Contemporary Arts Centre; Flora Nova, Nellie Castan, (Melbourne); 2003:Another Planet, curated by Keely Macarow, Robert Beck Cinema, New York;The Video Data Bank, The Gene Siskel Film Centre, (Chicago); Home Loan, curated by Larissa Hjorth and Kate Shaw, Caroline Springs, (Melbourne);Percept, with Martin Reid, designEX, Melbourne Exhibition Centre; 2morrowscope, with Martin Reid, designEX, Melbourne Exhibition Centre; 2001: Fall out, with Janet Burchill, curated by MaryLou Pavlovic, VCA Gallery, (Melbourne); I See Nights, curated by Emily Cormack, Croft, (Melbourne);The Office of Utopia Procedures, curated by Bernhard Sachs, West Space, (Melbourne); 2000: Pragmatics of Inscription: Wall Drawing, with Janet Burchill, curated by Bernhard Sachs, Linden, St.Kilda Contemporary Arts Centre, (Melbourne); Following the Blind Leading the Blind, VCA Gallery, (Melbourne); Diffuse, Project Space, VCA, (Melbourne); After 8 Second Delay Room, VCA Gallery, Melbourne;2000: One Night in the Real World, with Emily Floyd and Mecca Medialight, Laundry, Next Wave, (Melbourne); 1999: Post No Bills, Revolver, (Melbourne); 1996: Private Places, Platform 2, Flinders Street Underpass, (Melbourne); Display, Platform 2, Flinders Street Underpass, (Melbourne); 1994: RMIT Honours Exhibition, 333 Collins Street, (Melbourne); 1993: Group show, Platform, Spencer Street Underpass, (Melbourne); Group Show, Swanston Street Gallery, (Melbourne); 1992: Mass Hang 2, Deutscher Space, (Melbourne).

AWARDS/ GRANTS: Public Art grant (by invitation) from the City of Yarra for the Collingwood Stadium (2014); First Prize Winner, Cinecity Architectural Film Project, for the National Architecture Conference Melbourne, awarded by Jane Rendell - Art and Architecture, and Richard Sowada, ACMI (2013); Urban and Public Art development grant with Kate Shaw (by invitation) City of Yarra for the Post office walk landscape artwork ‘Naturally’ (2013); Urban and Public Art grant from City of Albury, NSW for architectural film projection (2013); Urban and Public Art grant, from City of Albury, NSW for architectural film projection (2012); Public art Development Grant (by invitation) from City of Albury, NSW, for Ephemeral Art Wonga Wetlands, landscape artwork (2012); Short-listed for Australia Council new work grant for Seeing to a Distance exhibition (2011); Arts Travel Grant from Victorian College of the (2004); Finalist, ABC short film and video competition (2004); Pat Corrigan (NAVA) for Process Colour exhibition (2003); Public art Development Grant form the Melbourne City Council for an out door video projection project (Pre White Night) for the Laneways Project (2001); Australian Postgraduate Research Scholarship Award for research about the history of the projected image at the Victorian College of the Arts (2000-1); First Prize Winner New media art award for Bates international in New York (1995); First Prize Winner in the Caroma Acrylic painting award in Melbourne (1994); Arts Grant Recipient from RMIT union arts for a limited edition artist book (1994); Pat Corrigan (NAVA) for Platform exhibition (1994); Artist Studio Grant Recipient from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1992).   

RESIDENCIES: Art Residency at PointB Worklodge , Brooklyn NY (2011-open ended); Art Residency at The Culture Centre Warlayiti Artists Corporation in Balgo WA (2008-9); Art Residency at The Gunnery Studio, Artspace from NSW Ministry for the Arts (2004).

SELECTED REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS OF MORGAN’S ART PROEJCTS: 'Melbourne’s White Night' Sydney Morning Herald, (image 31), Feb 23, 2014; ‘Melbourne’s White Night’ The Age (image 31), Feb 24, 2014; 'White Night 2014: Melbourne comes alive', Sydney Morning Herald entertainment section, Feb 22, 2014; David Urwin, 'The Festival of Lights', exhibition review image 6, Broadsheet, 17th July, 2013; Rebecca Di Nuzzo ‘Everything is Illuminated: Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2013’, Meld Magazine, July 9, 2013; ‘Morgan Lit Up At Chance’ interview, The Melbourne Leader, July 15 2013, p.13; Aderg, ‘RMIT Shines Light on Gertrude St Projection Festival,’ DG Design Network, JUL 16, ’13; feature image published in exhibition review ‘Gertrude Street Projection Festival’ The Melbourne Review, July 2013; Rob Wilkes, ‘Off-The-Wall On The Table Exhibition Of Fine Art And Fine Dining…’, exhibition review, We Heart UK, September 12th, 2012; Shawn Ashkanasy, ‘After the Meal: A Taste for Excess’, exhibition review, Broadsheet, 8th March, 2012; Michael Harden, ‘Excess All Areas’, exhibition review, Gourmet Traveller, May 2012; Joanna Gould, interview, The Gertrude Association, July 2012; Dave Anderson, Reflections IES Lighting Society Magazine, exhibition review, August Issue, 2012, p.7; Derek Guille, interview: ‘Seeing to a distance: Single Channel Video From Australia’, 774 ABC, Evening Program, 10 August, 2011; ‘Blast From the Past in More Ways Than One’, The Age, exhibition review A3 section, 3rd August, 2011; Indonesia and Punkasila, video art work featured, News Hour, ABC TV, 2011, Steven Mc Elroy, ‘Arts Beat’, exhibition review, New York Times, 23 June, 2011; Keely Macarow, 'Taking the Gritty Backlash to the USA’, exhibition review, Realtime, issue #54 April-May, 2003, p.22; Sandra Bridie, ‘Artists / Artist-run Spaces: Interviews With Artists From Six Melbourne Artist Run Spaces’, Published by West Space Inc. 2003; Ashley Crawford, ‘In The Art Of Suburbia’, The Sunday Age, Extra section, Sept 2003, p.20; Andrew Brasier, ‘Delfin’s art encounter’, Herald Sun, Home magazine, Sept 13, 2003, p.35; Andrew Brasier, ‘Art springs up with Delfin, Herald Sun, Home magazine, Aug 16 2003, p.32; Megan Backhouse, ‘Conversion To Suburban’, The Age, review A3 section, Wednesday Sept 10, 2003, p.11;  Megan Backhouse, ‘Rubbishing Art’, The Age, review A3 section, Wednesday Sept 17, 2003, p. 12; Lucinda Strahan, ‘On The Outer’, The Age, exhibition review A3 section, Thursday Sept 18, 2003, p.8; Roger Taylor, Interview: ‘Conical Artists Run Space’, 102.7 3RRR FM, Hi & Lo, Melbourne, 2002; Andrew Mackenzie, interview: ‘Amanda Morgan Feature Video Artist’, Channel 31, Public Hangings, 2002; Kirsty Simpson, ‘Hang’em High’, The Herald Sun, 10 Oct, 1992.

CATALOGUE ESSAYS: Max Delany (ed.), ‘Slave Pianos | Punkasila | Pipeline To Oblivion: 3 Projects By Danius Kesminas and Collaborators’, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2011, p.19, 58, 72-73; Brendan Lee, ‘Time Machines’, Seeing to a Distance - Single Channel Video Work From Australia, Level 17 Artspace, 2011; Darren Tofts, ‘Tales from futures past; the lessons of Lemmy Caution’, Seeing to a Distance - Single Channel Video Work From Australia, Level 17 Artspace, 2011; Ashley Crawford, ‘U-Turn’, Glendale College Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2007, p.36; Larissa Hjorth, ‘Organic Chocolate’, Process Colour, Conical, 2003; Kate Shaw, ‘Preaching to the Converted’, Homeloan, Caroline Springs, Melbourne, 2003: Keely Macarow, ‘Another Planet’, Catalogue Essay, Robert Beck Cinema, New York, and The Video Data Bank, The Gene Siskel Film Centre, Chicago, 2003.

PUBLIC ART COMISSIONS: 2014: Colour Field Painting, Outdoor single-channel video projection, Victoria Park Stadium, Bob Rose Stand, commissioned by City of Yarra, (Melbourne); 2013: Separation (Bonegilla), Outdoor video projection mapping, Q-View Digital Gallery, commissioned by City of Albury; Urban and Public Art development grant with Kate Shaw (by invitation) City of Yarra for the Post office walk landscape artwork ‘Naturally’; 2012: Dusk Till Dawn, video projection mapping, Q-View Digital Gallery, commissioned by City of Albury, (NSW); Current Emergence, Public Art Commission development project, Wonga Art in the Wetlands, commissioned by City of Albury, (NSW); (Melbourne); 2007: Birrarung: Present Past, permanent installation, commissioned by McNabb Gomes Architects, (Melbourne); 2006: Point of View, installation, commissioned by Andrew McConnell, Circa at the Prince of Whales, (Melbourne).

PROJECTIONS: SET DESIGN: 2013: large format projection images commissioned by Projectionteknik for Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball Tour performance, Hanging Rock, (Melbourne); projection images commissioned by Projectionteknik for Matthew Sigley studio set performance (Melbourne); 2012: Production Design, Birth Mother, Directed by Natasha Johns-Messenger (Melbourne); large format projection images for Australian National Academy of Music Quartetthaus, performance, Arts Centre Melbourne, commissioned by Projectionteknik, Arts Victoria, (Melbourne); 2010: Ukiyo-e: floating world, performance video projection, Fringe, (Melbourne); 2003: Percept, and 2morrowscope, two exhibition designs with video and projections with Martin Reid, for designEX, Exhibition Centre (Melbourne).

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