Nell

NELL

Born in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney (Bachelor of Visual Arts), Australia

The University of California, Los Angeles (Honours), USA

Founding Director of Rubyayre artist run gallery

Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney and École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Blessings, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

NE/LL, Walkway Art Gallery, Bordertown, SA

WORDS + CROSSES, Ramp Gallery, Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, New Zealand

The Woken, STATION, Melbourne

NE/LL, Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria

Let There Be Robe, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

BLACK n' WHITE, PS, Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

THE FIRSTBORN IS DEAD, STATION, Melbourne

GRAVEST HITS, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

Let There Be Robe, Alaska Projects, Sydney.

Made in the Dark, Kalimanrawlins, Melbourne

Hometown girl has wet dream, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales

Life and Death, ARTBAR, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

It's a Long Way to the Top (If you Wanna Rock n' Roll)- Hobart, Chanting to Amps, Let There Be Robe, MONA FOMA Festival of Music and Art, Salamanca Place, PW1, Theatre Royal and MONA, Hobart

Made in the Light, Allens, Deutsche Bank Building, Sydney (curated by Ewen McDonald)

It's a Long Way to the Top (If you Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) -Sydney, MONA FOMA Festival of Music and Art, Hickson Rd, Sydney

The Oracle - Spring/Summer 2011/12, collaboration with Romance Was Born for Australian Fashion Week, Mitchell Library, Sydney

Made in The Cross, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

All the Way, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

There Goes a Narwhal (with Michael Zavros), Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne

Happy Ending, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Who Made Who, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Nell, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales

No Mountain, No River, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Fly as High as Me, Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Wet Light, Block, Sydney
The Fly and the Mountain (with Mel O'Callahan), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Unlimited Radiance, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Treasure, Briefcase, Sydney
mel + nell (with Mel O'Callahan), Room, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
nell, Showcase, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

NellNation (with Neha Choksi) Byculla, Mumbai
nell + mel (with Mel O'Callahan), Galerie Stadt Munchen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
mel + nell (with Mel O'Callahan), Room 35, Sydney

NellNation (with Neha Choksi) 4A Gallery, Sydney
nell + mel (with Mel O'Callahan), Room 35, Sydney

Nell, Galerie Y-Burg, Vrieshuis Amerika, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
mel + nell (with Mel O'Callahan), Room 35, Sydney

Groove is in the Heart (with Sadie Chandler) Stripp, Melbourne, Australia
Unfettered, Side-On, Sydney

NELL.A, room 505, The Co-op, Los Angeles, USA

Bunny Installation, Interior 4, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Hope Dies Last: Art at the End of Optimism, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne

Sydney Contemporary, Sydney

Workshop, University of Queensland Art Museum, Queensland

Curiouser & Curiouser, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW

Heather B. Swann: I LET MY BODY FALL INTO A RHYTHM, BUoY Arts Centre, Tokyo and The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne

Rigg Design Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 

Primavera at 25: MCA Collection, Artspace Mackay, Mackay, QLD, Glasshouse, Port Macquarie, NSW and Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW 

Hunter Red: Corpus, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

This Wild Song, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Melbourne

Children of Mallarmé Fashion, Art & Collaboration, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand

Shantih shantih shantih, STATION, Melbourne

Hunter Red: Razzamatazz, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW

Confluence, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra

From Here to There: Australian Art and Walking, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW

The National: New Australian Art 2017, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia
The World Within: The Julian & Stephanie Grose Collection, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Primavera at 25: MCA Collection, Murray Art Museum Albury, Albury, NSW and Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland

BOARD, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, NSW

I love Pat Larter, Neon Parc, Melbourne

Namatjira Project Auction, Tarnanthi, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Magic Object, The Adelaide Biennial, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Primavera at 25: MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

I HEART ROCK: ROCK IS THE TOTAL WORK OF ART, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne

Sirens (I Heard Voices In The Night), Gertrude Glasshouse, Melbourne

SPRING 1883, w/ STATION, Windsor Hotel, Melbourne

Lovers of Neptune's Cabinet, Jam Factory, Adelaide

It's Only Castles Burning, STATION, Melbourne

The Waiting Room, curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Artbank Gallery, Sydney

Happyness, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, NSW
Light Play, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane (curated by Samantha Littley)

Amsterdam Drawing 2015, Contemporary Art on Paper, NDSM-Werf, Amsterdam-Noord

Exhibit A, The Lock-up, Newcastle (curated by Carrie Miller)

The Labyrinth, Day For Night performance festival 2015, Performance Space, Carriageworks, Sydney

The Piano Has Been Drinking, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland

BOULEVARD: ALASKA Studio Artists, ALASKA PROJECTS, Sydney

DAY FOR NIGHT, Performance Space, Carriageworks, Sydney

Sound and Vision, Mojo Record Bar, Sydney

Notes Towards a Future Feminist Archive, Cross Art and Books, Sydney

VIDEO FOREVER 22, Fight or Flight, UNSW Galleries, Sydney

Collectors' Space, ARTMONTH, Sydney (curated by Glen Barkley)

PULSE: Reflections on the body, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra

I Miss You More When It Rains, Dog Park Project Space, Christchurch (presented by Alaska Projects)

Express Yourself: Romance Was Born for Kids, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

5 Days on Earth is 5 Days in Heaven, Shangri-la, Glastonbury, UK

Transcendence: Nell, Angelica Mesiti, Aura, Satz, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne

Snap! Crocodile Culture, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, Queensland

The Music Edition, ARTBAR, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Peninsula

Collectors' space, ARTMONTH, Sydney (curated by Natalia Bradshaw)

Like Mike, Sarah Scout Gallery, Melbourne

Group Show, Kaliman Rawlins, Melbourne

National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize 2013: remix.post.connect, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane

Theatre of the World, La maison rouge, Paris (curated by Jean-Hubert Martin)

The Green Cathedral, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong

The Blake Prize, Galleries UNSW, Sydney and travelling

Op Shop, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland

Unbound, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney

all originals represent / IN SYNTHESIS: Female Artist Collectives and Collaborators, Paramount Pictures Building, Sydney

Transmission, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney.

Inspiring Artists: Recipients of the Pat Corrigan Artists' Grant, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland.

Theatre of the World, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart.

Works from the collection of Janice McCulloch, The Depot Gallery, Sydney (curated by Ewen McDonald)

GROUPS WHO, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Together in Harmony, Korea Foundation Cultural Centre, Seoul

Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

MONAISM, MONA, Hobart

The Blake Prize, National Art School Museum, Sydney and travelling

Works with a Quirk, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland

Speaks Volumes: The Ron & George Adams Collection, MOP, Sydney

Subtext : Art for Literacy, CarriageWorks, Sydney (curated by Marni Williams and Chloe Wolifson)

OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE, Customs House, Sydney (curated by Virginia Wilson)

Twenty/20, UTS Gallery, Sydney and Dubbo Regional Gallery (curated by George and Ron Adams)

Text-i-cles, Melbourne Art Fair (curated by Lisa Radford and Rob McHaffie)

Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney (curated by Lindy Lee)

SKATE!, Artspace, Sydney

Group Show 2009/2010, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Wax On, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery (curated by Nell Schofield)

The Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council Chambers, Sydney

to whom it may concern: the written word in contemporary art, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne

Soft Sculpture, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

3x2x2x3 (curated by Barbara Flynn), Deloitte, Sydney

There Goes a Narwhal, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane

National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria

Neo Goth: Back in Black (curated by Alison Kubler), The Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane

Rimbaud / Rambo, Neon Parc, Melbourne

Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Victoria

Summer '07 '08, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

New Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Heidegger 30 Ans Deja (curated by Annette Messager), Galerie Gauche, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange

ABN AMRO Prize, ABN AMRO Building, Sydney

Creepy Crawlies, Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich

Girl Band (curated by Barbara Flynn), Deloittes, Sydney

Film Archive, Art 38 Basel, Basel, Switzerland

ABN AMRO Prize, ABN AMRO Building, Sydney

Out of Place (curated by Binghui Huangfu), Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney

The Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council Chambers, Sydney

Not Being There, Beijing International Art Camp, Suo Jia Cun, Beijing

Demolish? Demoish! Demolish., Beijing International Art Camp, Suo Jia Cun, Beijing

Blake Prize Exhibition, Sir Hermann Black Gallery & Sculpture Terrace, University of Sydney

Unstrung: the bead in contemporary art, (curated by Louise Tegart), Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria

Uncanny (the unnaturally strange) (curated by Rhana Devenport), ARTSPACE, Auckland, New Zealand

The Maitland Art Prize, Thomas Morgan Pavilion, Maitland

Small Offerings, The Cross Art Project, Sydney

Material Girls and Boys (curated by Barbara Flynn), Deloitte, March-June 2005

Academici: The Australia Council Visual Arts/Crafts Board Rome Studio Residency, 1999-2004 (curated by Kit Wise), Monash University Faculty Gallery, Melbourne and Academia Britannica, Rome

Auto Fetish: Mechanics of Desire (curated by Nick Mitzevich), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle

Adrift, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

A Pink Idea, Ralph Lauren Pink Pony Auction for Breast Cancer, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Hang 12, Clean Oceans Auction, Christies Sydney

The ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, ABN AMRO Tower Foyer, Sydney

Out of the Blue, MOP Projects, Sydney

The Freedman Foundation Awards Exhibition, Sir Hermann Black Gallery & Sculpture Terrace, University of Sydney, Sydney

2004: Australian Culture Now, Australian Centre for the Moving Image and The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria Australia, Melbourne

The Maitland Art Prize, Thomas Morgan Pavilion, Maitland, New South Wales

Academia Britannica, Rome, Italy
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
Spiders and Flies, New Contemporaries, Sydney
Willoughby City Art Prize, Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney
The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Wanderings, Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales
Liverpool City Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, New South Wales
Sydney MOP, MOP Projects, Sydney

Willoughby City Art Prize, Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney

Art and About, Sydney City, AMP Building and Town Hall House, Sydney

Slacking Off, Imperial Slacks, Sydney

Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney

Archive of Dud Slides, Briefcase, Sydney

Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney

Briefcase 50, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney

Towards a Free Tibet, Span, Melbourne

The Flag Project, One Station Plaza, Peekskill, New York, USA
The First 20 Years, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

The Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council Chambers, Sydney
I'm an Artist and I Need My Sleep, Rubyayre, Sydney
Black to Basics, Rubyayre, Sydney + 1st Floor, Melbourne

Mum Shirl, Boomalli, Sydney
Emergency Rescue, Rubyayre, Sydney
Garage Sale, Rubyayre, Sydney
Untitled, Rubyayre, Sydney

Primavera, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Wolf in Sheeps Clothing, 1st Floor, Melbourne
Dazzle, 1st Floor, Melbourne
Later/Updated, Galerie Stadt Munchen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, SH Errvin Gallery, Sydney
UCLA Senior Undergraduate Art Exhibition, Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles

White Hysteria, South Australian Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide, Stripp, Melbourne
The Co-op Show, The OK, Los Angeles, USA

fanta (sm), First Draft, Sydney
N.S.W Government Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, COFA Gallery, Sydney

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES

Carriageworks Clothing Store One Year Studio Artist, Sydney

Inducted into the Maitland City Hall of Fame

Artspace One Year Studio Artist, Sydney

UQ National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize 2013 (Winner)

New work grant, The Australia Council

Artist in Residence, Australian National University, Canberra

Fauvette Lourerio Memorial Artists Exchange Scholarship, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Red Gate Gallery Studio, Beijing

Rome studio, The Australia Council

The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists

The Marketing Grant, NAVA

The Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Winner of the People's Choice Award

Emerging Artists Grant, The Australia Council
The Pat Corrigan Grant

Sydney University, Overseas Study Bursary

William Fletcher Trust Grant

COLLECTIONS

Allens, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

Artbank
Austcorp corporate collection, Sydney, NSW

BFG Superannuation Fund, Sydney, NSW

Credit Suisse, Sydney, NSW
Deutsche Bank, Sydney, NSW
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD

Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW

Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW
MBF Australia Ltd, Sydney, NSW
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW

Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, TAS

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton VIC

The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD

Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, Hamilton, NZ

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

Happy Rain, Carriageworks in partnership with Mirvac Office & Industrial, South Eveleigh

Eveleigh Tree House, commissioned by Carriageworks in partnership with Mirvac Office & Industrial, Eveleigh Green, Sydney (to be completed in April 2019)

National Gallery of Victoria, Happy Ending for Sculpture Garden, NGV International, Melbourne, VIC

Made in the Light, Allens, Deutsche Bank Building, Sydney

Let There Be Robe, MONA FOMA, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart

Let Me Put My Love Into You, Deutsche Bank, Sydney

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chynna Santos, 'A New Treehouse Art Installation Celebrates Eveleigh’s Nature and History', Broadsheet Sydney, 4^th October 2019

Andrew Stephens, 'Hope and fear collide in art for the end days', The Age, 4^th October 2019

Sharne Wolff, Interview: Nell, Byron Arts Magazine, issue 10, 2018

Georgina Safe, Romance Was Born, Thames & Hudson, pp.15, 258-261

Meryl Ryan, BOARD, exh. cat. Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, NSW, pp.2-3,7

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Zana Kobayashi, Maitland-born artist Nell mixes zen buddhism and rock'n'roll to make an impact, Newcastle Herald + online March 8^th, https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5270430/take-it-from-nell-its-a-long-way-to-the-top-if-you-wanna-rocknroll/

Another boost for Walkway Gallery, Border Chronicle, January 24^th, https://www.borderchronicle.com.au/story/5186566/nell-comes-to-bordertown/#slide=1

Amy Maynard, NELL official opening at Walkway Gallery, March 9^th, https://www.borderchronicle.com.au/story/5272903/nell-official-opening-at-walkway-gallery/

Kerry-Anne Cousins, A striking collection of creative partnerships in glassmaking, The Sydney Morning Herald, Canberra Times + online, July 9th

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Sasha Grishin, The National: New Australian Art in Sydney shows works at three venues, Sydney Morning Herald, April 6th

Dee Jefferson, Nell at The National, Time Out, April 25th

Andrew Frost, The National review - happy accidents shine in major Australian contemporary art show, The Guardian, March 31st

Gina Fairley, Do we need The National?, ARTSHUB, March 31st

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Ruby Nyika, Buddhism, crucifixes and rock `n' roll, The Waikato Independent, August 15th 

Penelope Benton, Debates we don't need to have, NAVA, Sept 25th

Samantha Morris, Cult stars: Robert Forster and Nell, Blank Gold Coast, July 24th

Broede Carmody, Female artists shine in 2017 ARIA nominations, Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 10th

Lisa Slade, Sebastian Goldspink, Lisa Havilah, Magic Object, 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, exh. cat. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2016

Julie Ewington, The Wake, STATION, Melbourne, 2016

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Megan Backhouse, The Waiting Room, Art Guide, May/June, p74-77

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Tracey Clement, Interview Nell's survey show at SAM is a mash-up of everything she loves, Art Guide, 7 October 

Katherine Gilliespie, Australian Artist Nell Proves AC/DC Can Be Deeply Spiritual, The Creators Project, Nov 8 2016

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Nell, two words, one star press' BOOK MACHINE, VOLUME 2015, Artspace, Sydney

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Carrie Miller, 'Exhibit A', (exhibition catalogue and poster), The Lock-up, Newcastle

Dylan Rainforth, catalogue essay for BLACK n' WHITE, PS Project Space, Amsterdam

Julie Ewington, catalogue essay for THE FIRSTBORN IS DEAD, STATION, Melbourne

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Jeff Kahn and Emma Price, DAY FOR NIGHT (exhibition catalogue), Performance Space, Sydney

Orlan Erin Raleigh, Sound and Vision (exhibition catalogue) Mojo Record Bar, Sydney

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The Collectors, Belle Australia, p84

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Lionel Bawden, 'NOTHING IS DIVISIBLE/ONE PRACTICE, ONE LIFE, ONE MOMENT: Nell - A conversation between two artists', Yoke Magazine, Issue 01, January 2014

National Works on Paper (exhibition catalogue), Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Peninsula

Pulse: Reflections on the Body, (exhibition catalogue), Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra

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Unbound, (exhibition catalogue) Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney

Op Shop, (passport, exhibition catalogue and poster), Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland

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OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE (Exhibition Catalogue), Customs House, Sydney

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“No pipe dream as women rock up to re-create AC/DC classic”, The Sydney Morning Herald, October 5^th, 2011, pp6

Georgina Safe, “Bejeweled fantasy born of fashion as a never-ending story”, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 2^nd, pp3

Georgina Safe, “Fashion and art find a fit”, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 11, 2011, pp15

Clare Press, “20 Australian Masterpieces since 2000”, The MONTHLY, October 2011, pp43

Bernard Zuel, Made in The Cross (exhibition catalogue)

Jacqueline Millner, Nell: Fly as High as Me, Conceptual Beauty: Perspectives on Australian Contemporary Art, published by Artspace, 2010

Bronwyn Clark-Coolee, Twenty/20 (exhibition catalogue) UTS Gallery

Nell Schofield, Wax On (exhibition catalogue) Hazelhurst Regional Gallery

Isobel Phillip, 'Praying Hands', theartlife.com.au, 19^th August, 2010

Gillian Seriser, 'Nell: A Question of Identity', Australian Design Review, (date unknown), pp. 46

Lisa Radford and Rob McHaffie, Text-i-cles (exhibition catalogue) TCB at the Melbourne Art Fair

Australian Tapestry Workshop News, New Works - Nell, Issue 26, August, pp.7

Gillian Serisier, “Nell: A Question of Identity”, (inside) interior design review, Issue 62, pp.46-48

Jennifer Saunders, “Contemporary Australian Tapestries”, Australian Tapestry Workshop, pp.60-61

Prue Gibson, The Rapture of Death, (Sydney: Boccalatte Make Books, 2011), pp.103-111, 137

Andrew Frost, “Natural Order”, The Sydney Morning Herald: Metro, Aug 27^th-Sept 2^nd 2011, pp.14

Rob Bates, Small but perfectly formed, The Wentworth Courier, Wednesday Oct. 21st, p52-53

Art and About (exhibition catalogue) Retrospective, p34-35

Lucina Ward, Soft Sculpture (exhibition catalogue) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

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Anna Saunders, Simply Red, Marie Clare, June, p28-37

Lionel Bawden, ALL THE WAY, (exhibition catalogue), Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney 2008

There Goes a Narwhal, (exhibition catalogue) Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne

There Goes a Narwhal, (exhibition catalogue) The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane

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“Nell, New Work”, Art World, Issue 2, April/May 2008, p140-143

Alice McCormick and Sarah Rhodes, The Artist's Lunch, Murdoch Books, 2008, pp 148 - 15

Robert Nelson “With sinister sauce and sorcery, creepy is the new black”, The Age, 13 February 2008, p25

Alison Kubler, Neo Goth: Back in Black (exhibition catalogue) The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 2008, p78

Ashley Crawford, “Gothic Candor: I am the coffin that will not be silent”, Art Monthly, Dec 2008, Issue #216, p46

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Barbara Flynn, 3x2x2x3 (exhibition catalogue) Deliotte, Sydney, 2008

Robert Nelson, “Sculptures reject formula for jocular,” The Age (Metro Reviews), Wednesday March 14, 2007, p18

Artist Pages, Publick Art, Bush Job Edition, 2007

Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (exhibition catalogue) Werribee Park, Victoria, 2007

New Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

“Making more possible”, ABN Amro 2006 Emerging Artist Award (exhibition catalogue), Sydney, 2006

Barbara Flynn, Girl Band (exhibition catalogue), Deliottes, Sydney, 2006

Flaming Youth (exhibition catalogue), Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 2006

Postgraduate Degree Show (exhibition catalogue) Sydney College of the Arts p.146

“Critical Mass”, Art and Australia, Vol. 44, No. 2, p274

Katrina Strickland, "Weave Magic", The Australian Financial Review, 7 December, p.44

Joanna Mendelssohn, “Nell: Happy Ending”, Artlink, Vol. 25 No. 3, p 83

Dominique Angeloro, “Those about to rock”, Metro, June 3-9 2005, pg 26

Rex Turnbull, “Nell - Just Nell,” Lino Magazine, Issue 9, art section, p. 98

Felicity Harley, Academici, (exhibition catalogue), Monash University, 2005, p. 30

Tracey Clement, Primal Urges, The Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, 14 October, p27.

Sunanda Creagh, Open Gallery, The Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, p29

Victoria Hynes and Annemarie Lopez, The Apprentice, The Sydney Magazine, August 2005, p52-59

Rhana Devenport, Uncanny: The Unnaturally Strange (exhibition catalogue) Artspace, Auckland

Exhibition Review “Triple M Rocks the Afterlife” http://artlife.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_artlife_archive.html

Rueben Keehan, “Out of the Blue,” localART, issue 16, October, p. 3-4

Fine Arts, The British School at Rome 2003-2004, p. 60-63

Ingrid Woodrow, Auto Fetish (exhibition catalouge), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, November 2004.

Peter Hill, “Free installations,” Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), July 17-18, p. 8 - 9

Shelley McSpedden, “Critic's Picks: Nell,” Sydney Morning Herald (Metro), July 16 - 22, 2004, p. 27

Lenny Ann Low, “Mice and death, as well as things in primary colours,” Sydney Morning Herald (Metropolitan), Tuesday, July 13, 2004, p. 14

Sunanda Creagh, “Spotlight: Who Made Who,” Sydney Morning Herald (Metropolitan), Friday, July 9, 2004, p. 12

Naomi Evans, Nell: Who made who, exhibition brochure, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Dr Charles Green (editor), 2004: Australian Culture Now (exhibition catalogue), Australian Centre for the Moving Image and The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria Australia, Melbourne, p. 178
Jane Somerville, “Biennale Satellite Exhibitions,” State of the Art, p. 97

Jeni Porter and Lisa Pryor, “Are you getting enough?,” The (Sydney) Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, June 18, p. 46, 47

Bruce James, "Queen of the uncanny turns up the heat," Sydney Morning Herald, November 27, p. 16.
Jacquline Millner, Review, Postwest, No. 20, p. 56, 57
“Cat: Nell,” 3D World, Issue 568, 1 April

“Profiles,” Art Almanac, November, p. 118

Art & About: the city as a canvas, (exhibition catalogue), 16 - 29 September, p. 4
Jacqueline Milner, The Fly and the Mountain (exhibition catalogue), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Jessica Halloran, “Exhibition,” Sydney Morning Herald, Jan. 25, p.14
Lenny Ann Low, “Fly Buys,” Sydney Morning Herald, Feb. 2-3, p. 11 Metro
Alejandra Szczepaniak, “Mel + Nell,” LOOK, Art Gallery of New South Wales Magazine, Feb., p. 30
Emma Nowland, “The Fly II,” Black + White Magazine, Issue 59, Feb., p. 4

Courtney Kidd, “Unlimited Radiance,” Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, 16 March, p. 27
Roman Danylak, “Briefcase,” Object No. 3, p. 14
Jason Markou, “Boot Camp,” exhibition essay, Block, Sydney
Lenny Ann Low, “Urban Insights”, Sydney Morning Herald, August 11 - 12, p. 11 Metro
Elizabeth Fortescue, “Off the Wall”, The Daily Telegraph, June 9, p. W9
Grant Sutherland, “Genetics,” Helix Illustration, Black + White Magazine, Issue 54, August

“Nell for mac,” Oyster Magazine, Issue 31, August-September, p. 52.
Bruce James, “Sights,” Sydney Morning Herald, April 22nd, p. 2
Russell Storer, “Beauty, Trust, Seduction,” eyeline, No 41, summer, p. 16 -17.
Dent, N. “Seepy Crawlies,” Black + White Magazine, Jan, p. 6

Blank, E. “Fresh Flair for the Art Scene,” Architektur + Wohnen, Oct.26th, pp 94, 95, 97, 127, 133.
Bruce James, “Monster Hunt,” Sydney Morning Herald, Oct.16th, p. 13s.
Ben Genocchio, “Fun and funky talent show,” The Australian, Sept. 24th, p, 12.
Elizabeth Fortescue, “Unsung artists go back to the future,” Daily Telegraph Sept. 10th, p. 52
Rachel Kent, Primavera, (exhibition catalogue), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Bruce James, “Flies in the face of Reality,” Sydney Morning Herald, April 24th, p. 12
Russell Storer, Dazzle, (exhibition catalogue), 1st Floor, Melbourne

Bruce James, “Galleries,” Sydney Morning Herald, March 23rd
Bruce James, “Sights,” Sydney Morning Herald, March 21st, pg 2s.

A Taste in Art, in support of Community Aid Abroad, (exhibition catalogue), Sotheby's, Melbourne