CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in Lismore, Australia
Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
EDUCATION
| 2005 | Melbourne University, Graduate Diploma of Education |
| 2002 | RMIT, Masters in Fine Art |
| 2000 | RMIT, Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture), Honours |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2014 | Velites, C3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne |
| 2013 | Saracens, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne |
| 2010 | If I am not, put me there; and if I am, so keep me, Artforum Berlin, Berlin |
| 2008 | The Great Alone, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland Low and Lone, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra |
| 2007 | The Great Alone, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Spaces, Melbourne |
| 2006 | Open Studio, 18th Street Arts Centre, Los Angeles |
| 2004 | When the Sleeper Wakes, TCB Inc., Melbourne |
| 2002 | O Mother, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Can there be pleasure in this shadowy room.., First Floor, Melbourne |
| 1999 | Eleanor Vance, First Floor, Melbourne |
SOLO COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
| 2013 | Optional Mysteries, with Helen Walter, Abbotsford Convent Rotunda, Melbourne |
| 2004 | Smash Your Own Windows, curated by Starlie Geikie and Spiros Panigarakis, Clubs
Project Inc., Melbourne. 24 hour love, for CLUBSin the Pines, with Nadine Christensen and Laressa Kosloff, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland |
| 2003 | Miriam Hall, Starlie Geikie and David Noonan, Clubs Project Inc., Melbourne |
| 2001 | The Girl and the Gardener, Starlie Geikie and Spiros Panigarakis, First Floor, Melbourne |
| 2000 | The Tyranny of Feelings, Starlie Geikie, Emily Floyd and Lara Stanovic, TCB inc |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| Upcoming | Open Group, Starlie Geikie and Julia Gorman, c3 Contemporary art Space, VIC |
| 2020 | Craftivism, curated by Rebecca Coates and Anna Briers, Museum of Australian
Democracy, ACT Craftivism, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, NSW |
| 2019 | Craftivism, curated by Rebecca Coates and Anna Briers, Warrnambool Art Gallery,
Warrnambool, VIC
Craftivism, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC |
| 2018 | Craftivism, curated by Rebecca Coates and Anna Briers, Shepparton Art Museum,
VIC
Starlie Geikie, Caves Gallery inc., Melbourne. From Will to Form: 2018 TarraWarra Biennale, curated by Emily Cormack, TarraWarra Museum |
| 2014 | Fin, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne |
| 2013 | Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Like Mike, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne. Future Visions, Castelmaine Festival, Castlemaine. Recent Acquisitions, Ararat Regional Art Gallery, VIC |
| 2012 | Future Visions, Divonne les Bains, France
Drawing from the Colony, online project curated by Marcus Keating, marcuskeating.com/Drawing%20from%20the%20colony.htm |
| 2011 | Reason and Rhyme, Gertrude Contemporary, curated by Emily Cormack, Amita
Kirpalani and Charlotte Huddleston, Melbourne
St. Paul Street, Reason and Rhyme curated by Emily Cormack, Amita Kirpalani and Charlotte Huddleston, Auckland Impossible Objects II, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne |
| 2010 | GrantPirrie, The Garden of Forking Paths, curated by Lauren Reid, Sydney |
| 2009 | Hutchins Art Prize, The Long Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
The Secret Life of Plants, Linden Gallery, curated by Andrew Gaynor, Melbourne The Secret Life of Plants, Fremantle Arts Centre, curated by Andrew Gaynor, Perth Victory Over the Sun, Utopian Slumps, curated by Helen Hughes and Melissa Loughnan, Melbourne |
| 2008 | Girls Girls Girls, curated by Nat Thomas and Lyndal Walker, Carlton Club, Melbourne
The Horror of Tradition, curated by John Souza, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles Starlie Geikie and Lauren Berkowitz, curated by Rebecca Coates, Neon Parc, Melbourne New Victorians, curated by Megan Tegart, Sydney University Gallery, Sydney Informal Rituals, curated by Helen Johnson, TCB inc., Melbourne Frankston Library Project,co ordinated by Jen Berean and Pat Foster |
| 2007 | Too Near, Too Far: An Introduction to Australian Independent Art Scene, Careof Centre
for Visual Art, Milan
Slowing Down, Glen Eira Gallery, curated by Stuart Bailey, Melbourne A Bridge Too Far, Alliance de Francaise, curated by Jacqueline Doughty, Melbourne Studio Artists’ Exhibition, Gertrude Contemporary Spaces, Melbourne |
| 2006 | This is the thing I thought would never come, Bus, curated by Tony, Melbourne
Garifalakis
Greetings, Ocular Lab, curated by Nick Selenitch, Melbourne Gertrude Contemporary Spaces Studio Artist Show, Melbourne Schank Show, curated by Mark Fiery, Cape Schank VIC |
| 2005 | Neo Folk, Lithuanian Club, curated by Julian Holcroft, Melbourne.
A Short Ride in a Fast Machine: Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces 1985- 2005, Melbourne Volumeeverything (Artist page), ClubsProject @ Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces |
| 2004 | Projekt Video Compilation, Physics Room, Auckland
Hole in the Bucket, curated by Spiros Panigarakis, Clubs Project Untitled, curated by Katherine Huang, MIR 11, Melbourne Canberra Contemporary Art Space Award, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT Art and Film, curated by Natasha Bullock and Brendan Lee, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne Vision, GrantPirrie, Sydney Projekt Video Compilation, curated by Brendan Lee, Melbourne |
| 2003 | Outakes Video Compilation, Kings Gallery, Melbourne Art and Film, curated by Natasha Bullock and Brendan Lee, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne Vision, GrantPirrie, Sydney Projekt Video Compilation, curated by Brendan Lee, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Primavera, curated by David Broker, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Sydney Superheroes?, curated by Bridget Crone, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne New Art, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney Starlie Geikie and Emily Floyd, Kylie Minogue fanzine, compiled by Kathy Temin |
| 2001 | City Square Public Exhibition, curated by Lyndal Jones, Melbourne CBD Dream Operator 2, curated by Bridget Crone, London Something for the Ladies, Penthouse and Pavement, Melbourne New Romantic, curated by Lyndal Walker, Project Space, Melbourne Dream Operator, curated by Bridget Crone and Judith Shwarzbart, Z Bar Cinema, Berlin |
| 2000 | SPF 4, curated by Spiros Panigarakis, Harley Heaven, Melbourne Fascination, curated by Charlotte Day, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melb One Eleven, online publishing project, collaboration with Media Light, Melbourne X Punk, curated by Richard Butler- Bowden and Andrew Mac, Citylights Project inc, Melb Blink Video Lounge, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne Nostalgia for the Apocalypse, curated by Lyndal Walker, PB Gallery, Melbourne |
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
| 2013 | Abbotsford Convent Foundation Artists’ Grant |
| 2009 | St. Vincent’s Hospital Residency program (1 year),Kew Victoria Arts, Arts Development Creation |
| 2008 | Janet Holmes a Court Artists’ Grant |
| 2006 | Australia Council International Residency, Los Angeles Gertrude Contemporary Art Space Studio Residency (2 years), Melbourne |
| 2004 | Australia Council Grant, Development |
| 2003 | Victoria Arts Grant, Arts Development -New Work |
| 2002 | Equity scholarship, Masters of Fine Art, RMIT |
COLLECTIONS
Ararat Regional Art Gallery
Artbank Australia
Chartwell Collection, New Zealand
St Vincent’s Hospital Collection
Various private collections in Australia
RELATED ACTIVITIES
Featured in ‘Australiana to Zeitgeist’ written by Melissa Loughnan, Thames and Hudson, 2017
Founding member of artist run initiative, Clubs Project, 2002-2004
Artist in residence, Melbourne Girls Grammar School, 2014
Secondary Art Teacher, Brunswick Secondary College, 2006-2009
Lecturer (Sculpture), La Trobe College of Art and Design, 2004