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| Education
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| 2004
- 2006 |
Master
of Fine Arts (Art and Technology), School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1996 - 1998 |
Bachelor
of Fine Arts (Drawing), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne |
| 1988 - 1991 |
Bachelor
of Education (Visual Art), University of Melbourne |
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| Solo
Exhibitions |
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| 2009 |
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Louisa Bufardeci + Zon Ito,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
| 2008 |
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Some Material Flags,
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOT), Tokyo |
| 2007 |
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Every second is like, forever, and every
year is like 11.3 centimetres,
Design Commission, Seattle, WA |
| 2007 |
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Every second is like, forever, and every
year is like 11.3 centimetres,
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2006 |
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Starter Pistols, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2005 |
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Visionary Projects, with Emma Balazs, VersionFest, Chicago, USA |
| 2003 |
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Skin Quartet,
with David Young, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2002 |
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The
Unbearable Weight of Ordinary Things, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa
Monica, CA |
| 2001 |
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Cold
Storage, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2001 |
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ColourPhonics,
Spare Room, RMIT, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
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Counter-play,
Studio 12, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
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The
Art of Good Reasoning, West Space, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
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Another
rounding of facts, Studio 12, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
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"the
comforting illusion" (the prey), Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
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"the
comforting illusion" (just remember this), Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
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"the
comforting illusion" (breathe), Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
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Spector,
talk artists initiative, Melbourne |
| 1997 |
fold,
George Paton Gallery, Melbourne |
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| Group
Exhibitions |
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| 2011 |
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The Five Obstructions,
VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbournek |
| 2009 |
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Viewpoints & Viewing Points – 2009 Asian Art Biennial,
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts |
| 2008 |
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In/Formation,
BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2008 |
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A Time Like This, VCA Margaret Lawrence
Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2008 |
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Red, Wangaratta Regional Gallery,
Victoria |
| 2007 |
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Zoom +/- , ARENA1 Gallery, Santa Monica,
CA; Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2006 |
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The Unquiet World ,
Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne |
| 2006 |
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2006 MFA Graduate Exhibition,
G2, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 2005 |
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Make it Modern, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Melbourne |
| 2005 |
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A Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne |
| 2005 |
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Your Sky, Gigantic Art Space, New York, USA |
| 2005 |
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Daily Care Center, Galeria Noua, Bucharest, Romania |
| 2004 |
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Cycle Tracks Will Abound in Utopia, Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne |
| 2004 |
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Free Time, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart |
| 2004 |
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PUBLIC/PRIVATE Tumatanui/Tumataiti The 2nd
Auckland Triennial, Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2003 |
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Khoj International Artists Residency Open
Day, Delhi, India |
| 2003 |
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ReUnion, George
Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne Student Union, Melbourne |
| 2003 |
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Feedback:
Art, Resistance and Social Conscience, Monash University Museum of
Art, Melbourne |
| 2002 |
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When
the lake froze over, Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne |
| 2001 |
Artissima,
Torino Esposizioni, Turin, Italy |
| 2001 |
The
Alice Prize Exhibition, Alice Springs |
| 2001 |
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Migration,
West Space, Melbourne |
| 2001 |
First
Floor Fundraiser, First Floor, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
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200
Gertrude Street Studio Artists 2000, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
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The
Pragmatics of Inscription, Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
Docklands,
with Elizabeth Boyce, Glass Street Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
Drawing
- The Extended Field, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery,Melbourne
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| 2000 |
National
Works on Paper Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery,
Mornington |
| 2000 |
Sally's
Paddock Exhibition, Patrizia Autore Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
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A
Matter of Distance, Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
A4
Art, West Space, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
tcb
Fundraiser, tcb, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
Overview,
Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
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Make
It Yourself, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
National
Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington |
| 1999 |
Who's
afraid of the avant-garde? Who cares?, tcb, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
system*,
Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1998 |
Intended
for the General Public, Myer windows, (Melbourne International Festival),
Melbourne |
| 1998 |
Syntax
of the Real, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1998 |
Post-Postcard
Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1998 |
Summer
Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne |
| 1997 |
A4
Art, West Space, Melbourne |
| 1997 |
Red,
West Space, Melbourne |
| 1997 |
Walkerville,
George Paton Gallery, Melbourne |
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| Grants,
residencies, awards and commissions |
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| 2008 |
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Australia Council, Visual Arts and Craft Strategy New Work Grant |
| 2007 |
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Manhattan Graphics Center Scholarship |
| 2006 |
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Australia Council, New Work Grant |
| 2006 |
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VAP Fellowship, School of
the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 2006 |
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Arts Victoria Arts Development Grant |
| 2005 |
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Second Year International Scholarship, School of
the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 2004 |
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Mercer,
the consulting business of Marsh & McLennan
Companies, Commission |
| 2004 |
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Arts Victoria Arts Development Grant |
| 2004 |
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Gordon and Anne Samstag
International Visual Arts Scholarship |
| 2004 |
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Arts Victoria Export and Touring Fund grant |
| 2003 - 2004 |
Asialink
Residencies in India and Bangladesh |
| 2003 |
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University of Melbourne,
Student Union, Student Computing Centre, Commission |
| 2001
- 2002 |
Australia
Council Los Angeles Studio |
| 2001 |
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City
of Melbourne Laneways Temporary Public Art Project, Commission |
| 2000 |
Sally's
Paddock Acquisitive Art Award, Patrizia Autore Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1999
- 2001 |
200 Gertrude
Street Studio Residency, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
Pat Corrigan
Artists Grant |
| 1998 |
Garry
Grossbard Drawing Award, Victorian College of the Arts |
| 1998 |
Victorian
Campus Art Prize, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1998 |
Post-Postcard
Show Award, Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1997 |
Stella
Dilger Award, Victorian College of the Arts |
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| Bibliography |
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| 2010 |
| Louisa Bufardeci, A practice of collecting, NAVA Quarterly, Issue 10.2 June 2010 |
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| 2009 |
| Nick Dent, In the realm of the census, Time Out Sydney, July 8 - August 4, 2009 |
| Nicola Harvey, Louisa Bufardeci & Zon Ito, Frieze, Issue 127 November - December 2009 |
| Rachel Kent, Flagging It,Artlink, Volume 28, Number 4, 2009 |
| Jane Somerville, Louisa Bufardeci at the MCA, Art World, Issue 9 June/July 2009 |
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| 2008 |
| Samantha Compte, A Time Like This, VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, 2008 |
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| 2005 |
| Mark Titmarsh, New Voyagers: Psychogeographers and Time, Photofile, Issue 75, Spring 2005 |
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| 2004 |
Ashley Crawford, Where the statistical is the political, The Age, Melbourne, August 28, 2004  |
| Edward Hanfling, Enchantment/disenchantment: the 2nd Auckland Triennial, Artlink, volume 24, #2, 2004 |
| Stephen Naylor, PUBLIC/PRIVATE Tumatanui/Tumataiti The 2nd Auckland Triennial, Art Monthly, #170, June 2004 |
| Cynthia Troup, The Scope of Governing Values, PUBLIC/PRIVATE Tumatanui/Tumataiti The 2nd Auckland Triennial, Auckland Art Gallery, March 2004 |
| Philip Watkins, Free Time, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, June 2004 |
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| 2003 |
| Anna Clabburn, Feedback, The Australian, May 4-5, 2003 |
| Cynthia Troup, Surveying Skin Quartet, Orifice, Melbourne International Arts Festival, October 2003 |
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| 2002 |
| Stuart Koop, Cold Storage, Artext, #76, Spring 2002 |
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| 2001 |
| Jane Faulkner, Changing Lanes, The Age, Melbourne, September 18, 2001 |
| Ry Haskings, We're walking all over it, The Paper, #29 December 2001 |
| Jonathan Marshall, Of style and substance, RealTime #58, October 2001 |
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| 2000 |
| Samantha Compte, 200 Gertrude Street Studio Artists 2000, 200 Gertrude Street, 2000 |
| Georgia Cribb, The Docklands Project, Glass Street Gallery, 2000 |
| Robert Nelson, From here to eternity, and make it snappy, The Age, Melbourne, December 13, 2000 |
| Tom Nicholson, Another rounding of facts, Artext, #69, May/July 2000 |
| Cynthia Troup, A Matter of Distance, Linden Gallery, April 2000 |
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| 1999 |
| Samantha Compte, (ed), Make It Yourself, 200 Gertrude Street, 1999 |
| Tom Nicholson, system*, Linden Gallery, 1999 |
| Masato Takasaka, (ed), Whose afraid of the avant-garde? Who cares?, tcb, 1999 |
| Lara Travis, system*, Like,, #9, Winter 1999 |
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| 1998 |
| Anita Bragge, Wild Cards Tell All, Herald-Sun, Melbourne, February 9, 1998 |
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