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Penelope Cain

Page 1 | Biography

Lives: and works in Sydney

Education
2001 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) (Hons), The Australian National University
Previously completed science-based degree, The University of Sydney
Currently completing an MFA at Sydney College of Arts, the University of Sydney


Solo Exhibitions
2012: The Hunt: Day 1, paste-up and drawings, Gaffa Galleries, Sydney
2011: Cubicle Farming paste-up series, Sydney CBD. Commissioned: City of Sydney for
Streetware 2/Laneways
2010: Parklife, Centre For Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
2009: Meshing on the Grid, MOP Gallery, Sydney
2009: Infestation, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
2009: Sink or Swim: The Screen, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove,
Brisbane
2009: Antiparallelogram, University of East London Gallery, London, UK
2008: Out of Office Message, Australian Commerce and Industry Office, Taipei, Taiwan
2005: Beam, video projections, assorted venues in Canberra CBD, Australia
2001: Naturalistic, installation, IGA Supermarket, Canberra, Australia


Group Exhibitions
2014: Fractured fairytales: Penelope Cain and Barbara Doran, Queensland Centre for
Photography, Brisbane.
2013: Unattended City, in Dystopia, curator Nicholas Tsoutas, Research Gallery, SCA,
Sydney.
2012: Dobell Drawing Prize exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW
2012: CloudCity, Delmar Gallery Sydney. Curated by Catherine Benz
2012: Mostly Agree, Stills Gallery, Sydney. Curated by Josephine Skinner
2012: New Photographers, Brenda May Gallery. Curated by Meg Fizzel
2011: Selectively Revealed, Asialink touring exhibition. Aram Art Gallery, Goyang,
Seoul.Curated by Claire Needham and Sarah Bond. Toured Seoul, Taiwan and Thailand
2012.
2011: Experimenta Utopia Now, Museum of Old and New Art, Launceston, Tas. Curator
Clare Needham
2011: A-to-Z, University of East London Gallery, London
2011: Natural Digression, University of Technology Gallery, Ultimo, Sydney. Curator Yolande
Norris
2010: Experimenta Video Program, Australian Pavilion, Shanghai World Expo. Curator Kat
Vane-Tempest
2010: Coded, Blacktown Regional Arts Centre. Curator Sophia Kouyoumdijian
2009: Contemporary Fl�nerie: Reconfiguring Cities, Oakland University Art Gallery, MI,
USA.
2008: Shanghai Intrude:366 Shanghai, China, curated by Shen Qibin, Zendai MoMA
2008: Age of Enlightenment, The Quad, Derby, UK. Curator Alfredo Cramerotti
2008: Shadow Boxing, MOP Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curator Holly Williams
2007: Citylogue, Barry Gallery, TAV, Taipei, Taiwan. Curator Ashley Chan
2007: Figuratively Speaking: the Figure in Contemporary Video Art, QUT Art Museum,
Brisbane, Australia. Curator Simone Jones
2006: safARI, MOP Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curators Lisa Corsi and Margaret Farmer 2005: Experimenta 2005: Vanishing Point, Melbourne, Australia. Curator Liz Hughes.
2005: Mira Como Se Mueven (See How They Move), April 2005, las Salsa de Exposiciones de Fundaci�n Telefonica, Madrid, curator Mart� Peran.


Grants/Awards
2011: Power Institute Award for Artists: Residency at the Cite International des Arts, Paris 2008: Australia Council for the Arts skills and arts development award: residency, British School of Rome,Italy
2007: Asialink fellowship and residency at Taipei Artists Village, Taiwan
2003: Artist Residency at Megalo Print Studios, Canberra, Australia
2001: Canberra School of Art Emerging Art Prize and residency at CCAS

Prizes
2013: Finalist, Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award.
2013: Finalist, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Croydon, Sydney.
2012: Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2009: Finalist, Albury Art Prize, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury
2008: Finalist New Social Commentary, Warnambool Art Gallery, Warnambool
2007: Churchie Emerging Arts Prize: Overall winner, Brisbane


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