Marley Dawson

MARLEY DAWSON

Born 1982, Wellington, NSW

Lives and works Bethanga, Australia

Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours, First Class), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

loose ends, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

plateau, Hyphen – Wodonga Library Gallery, Victoria

hum, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

ghosts, Phillips Collection, Washington D.C, USA

Smoke, Hemphill Artworks, Washington, D.C, USA

Public Furniture, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Palethorp, Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney

Construction (Barangaroo), Barangaroo, Sydney

Explosion/Resolution, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

Construction (T Street NW), 5x5 Project, curated by Justine Topfer, Washington DC

Marley Dawson [performance], Kreeger Museum, Washington

Statics and Dynamics, Hemphill, Washington DC, USA

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Big Feelings (going nowhere), Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC

MCR (with Christopher Hanrahan), Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart

HEAVY INDUSTRY / LIGHT COMMERCIAL, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Relax, db/tp, Sydney

Purlieu, Awesome Arts Festival, Perth

Box of Birds, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Trick Shop, Locksmith Project Space, Sydney

Marley Dawson (shed), Chalk Horse, Sydney

Geronimo Wells End, GrantPirrie Window, Sydney

ECR. A collaboration with Christopher Hanrahan, Performance Space, Sydney

She's not structural, (MVA graduation show), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

The First 40 Years, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

Sydney Contemporary, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Bowerbird: Clinton Bradley and the Art of Collecting, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo

State of Play, Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney

Future Eaters, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne

That Which Cannot Not Be, Vox Populi, Philadelphia PA

Gravity (and Wonder), Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney and Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

Mine Moonlight, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ

Counter Compositions, Artbank, Sydney

We Pain, Lump, Raleigh, NC

Solid State, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, AU

Cars = My Automolove, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture, Queensland

Sondheim Prize Finalists exhibition, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Cocktails: Dawson, Griggs, Moore, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Washington Project for the Arts, Capitol Skyline, Washington DC, USA

Flex, Flex Projects, Washington DC, USA

Seven Points (part one), Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, USA

Call Collect, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington DC, USA

Sexes, Performance Space, Sydney

Redlands Westpac Art Prize, National Art School Gallery, Sydney

New Work, Fraser Street Studios, Sydney

Illuminations and Bad Faith, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney

Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney

Phenomenonononon, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

Group Show, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

The Horn of Plenty, Para/Site, Hong Kong

Helen Lempriere Travelling Artist Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney

Batteries Not Included, curated by Malcolm Smith, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.

Looking Out, curated by Christopher Hanrahan, Macquarie University, Sydney

Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney

Oblivion Pavilion, curated by Amanda Rowell, Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Sydney

Stone villa annual show, Chrissie Cotter gallery, Sydney

Oblivion Pavilion, curated by Amanda Rowell, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

Twotap video show. Kent St bar, Melbourne

Science Fair, Firstdraft, Sydney

Locksmith Fundraiser, Sydney

Im a good boy, Firstdraft, Sydney

Volta 2, Performance Space, Sydney

Volta 1, Performance Space, Sydney

Light Brigade, Chalk Horse, Sydney

DIY.Lotekhitec (curated by Jesse Hogan), Brightspace, Melbourne

Riki Tiki Tavi: I could be your big dipper (collaboration with Kate Mitchell), Firstdraft, Sydney

The Antipodes Project, Point Ephémère, Paris [an exchange project between Sydney College

New 06, (as collaborative group, Makeshift: Anna Crane, Marley Dawson, Pep Prodromou, Ned Sevil) Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne

The Antipodes Project, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney [an exchange project between Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris]

Terrain Vague, (collaboration with: Anna Crane, Marley Dawson, Pep Prodromou, Ned Sevil, Anwyn Crawford and Emma Davidson) Mori Gallery, Sydney

No Tyre Kickers, Phatspace, Sydney

Firstdraft is dead, Long live Firstdraft (Directors' Show), Firstdraft, Sydney

Honours graduation show, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

How long is a piece of string?, Phatspace, Sydney

Me and my coma, Firstdraft, Sydney

WYWH, Firstdraft, Sydney

Royal Parade, Firstdraft, Sydney

Undergraduate Show, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

What the world needs now, Phatspace, Sydney

Shelf life, Newspace Gallery, Sydney

Origins, Newspace Gallery, Sydney

SELECTED AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS

The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship, Sydney College of the Arts

New South Wales Artist Fellowship, CreateNSW

Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, Sculpture

Australia Council for the Arts, New Work Grant

Australia Council for the Arts, Skills and Arts Development Grant

Arts New South Wales, Quick Response Grant

Australia Council for the Arts, New Work Grant

Australian Postgraduate Award

COLLECTIONS

Artbank

Austcorp

Private collections in Australia and the United States

COMMISSIONS

Bungambrawatha, Albury City, New South Wales

Construction (Barangaroo), Barangaroo, Sydney

Construction (T Street NW), 5x5 Public Art Project, Washington D.C

MCR, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, (collaboration with Christopher Hanrahan)

Wondersite, Forrest Place, Perth

ECR, Performance Space, Sydney, (collaboration with Christopher Hanrahan)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mark Jenkins, ‘At the Phillips Collection, conceptual art that evokes ‘Ghosts’ of the museum’s past’, The Washington Post, 9 June 2021

MOMENTS, Fodder Press, Philadephia

Stella Rose McDonald, 'Solid State', The Art Life, July 20, https://theartlife.com.au/2015/solid-state/

Future Eaters, Monash University Museum of Art, Caufield East

Mark Jenkins, 'Marley Dawson: Statics and Dynamics', The Washington Post , 2 March, p E2

Louis Jacobson, 'The Top 5 Photos Show In DC This Year', Washington City Paper, 23 December

Louis Jacobson, 'Marley Dawson: Statics and Dynamics', Washington City Paper, 31 January, p.36

Mark Jenkins, ‘Marley Dawson’, The Washington Post, Sunday 16 June 2013, p E2

Joel Draper, Big Feelings (going nowhere), catalogue essay, Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC

Bree Pickering, Seven Points (part one), Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, 2013, pp 2-7

Lauren Landau, ‘Art Beat with Lauren Landau’, National Public Radio, WAMU 88.5, http://wamu.org/programs/art_beat/13/02/27/art_beat_with_lauren_landau_feb_27, 27 February 2013

Audrey Hoffer, ‘Australian Embassy Aims to Dispel Down Under Clichés’, The Washington Diplomat, edition April 2013

Rachel Pulley, ‘7 Points Exhibition at the Embassy of Australia’, Pink Line Project, http://pinklineproject.com/article/7-points-exhibition-embassy-australia, 04 March 2013

DC Culture Communique, http://culturaltourismdc.tumblr.com/post/44070791435/seven-points, 26 February 2013

Ella Mudie, ‘Sex: the bigger picture’, RealTime issue #113, Feb-March 2013 pg. 46

Sexes, exhibition catalogue, Performance Space, 2012

Lucy Hawthorn, ‘Public Art and its Audience: Iteration again, cast’, Realtime, Issue 106, Dec-Jan 2011, p. 43.

Public art in the island state, ABC Radio National, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/artworks/stories/2011 /3334801.htm 9 October 2011

Fiona Blackwood, ‘Dirt Bike Track becomes Art’, ABC News, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-18/dirt-bike-track-becomes-art/2904644, 18 September 2011

Andrew Harper, Christopher Hanrahan and Marley Dawson ‘MCR’: Critical Response, Iteration Again, 13 Public Art Projects Across Tasmania, http://www.iterationagain.com/archives/1380, September 2011

Anneke van de Vusse, ‘Public art project starts loud and dirty’, 936 ABC Hobart, http://www.abc.net.au/local/ stories /2011 /09/16/ 3319483.htm, 16 September 2011

Pedro de Almeida, Marley Dawson HEAVY INDUSTRY/LIGHT COMMERCIAL, Art Monthly, #243, September 2011, p 37

Adam Gezcy, ‘Doin’ Stuff. Marley Dawson’s machine-sites’, Eyeline, No. 72, pp 21–25

Ella Barclay, 'Marley Dawson', Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney

Artist Biography and Statement, Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship Publication, (Sydney: Artspace, 2009) pp18

Christopher Hanrahan, 'Trick Shop', Locksmith Project Space Press Release

Dougal Phillips, 'Marley Dawson', Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney

Sinisia Mackovic, Marley Dawson: Box of Birds, The Thousands, thethousands.com.au/sydney/look/box-of-birds-marley-dawson/, 19 August

Angela Bennetts, 'Marley Daswon: Box of Birds', altmedia.net.au/exhibition-marley-dawson---box-of-birds/10740, 31 August 2009

Christopher Hanrahan, ‘Looking Out’ Exhibition catalog. Macquarie University Press, Sydney, 2008.

Emily Hunt and Raquel Welch, ‘Marley Dawson’ (interview), OBLIVION PAVILION exh. cat., Gertrude Contemporay Art Spaces, Melbourne

Robert Nelson, ‘Inexorable march to ruin celebrated’, The Age, April 2 2008, p17

Sarah Hetherington, ‘I am a good boy’, Artlink, vol. 28, no. 2

Robert Nelson, ‘Inexorable march to ruin celebrated’ The Age, 2 April 2008

Charlotte Day, Oblivion Pavilion, Art&Australia, Spring 2008

Josephine Skinner, Oblivion Pavilion, Runway, Issue 11, 2008

Adam Jasper, Oblivion Pavilion, Time Out Sydney, 13-14 May 2008, p 39

Looking Out’ Exhibition catalogue, Macquarie University Press

Christopher Hanrahan, ‘Marley Dawson’, Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney

Louise Schwartzkoff, ‘ECR’, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 15, 2008

Amelia Groom, ECR, The Thousands, http://thethousands.com.au/sydney/look/ecr/, 11 August, 2008

Sydney College of the Arts and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, The Antipodes Project, exh. cat., Paris and Sydney

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, New 06, exh. cat.

Luke Benedictus, ‘A shot of the new’, The Age, 26 March 2006

Marley Dawson and Holly Williams, Me and my coma, exh. cat. Firstdraft, Sydney